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Medium
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Application
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Let be a sample space and is invertible be an even. Then is equal to
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Correct option: D
Option D (50/81) is correct because it represents the probability of the matrix being invertible, calculated by subtracting the probability of the matrix being non-invertible from 1.
362
Medium
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Analyzing
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If and then is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it is the calculated probability of the intersection of events B and C, given the provided probabilities.
363
Medium
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Analyzing
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If positive integers are taken at random and multiplied together, the probability that the last digit of the product is 2, 4, 6 or 8, is
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because it calculates the probability that the product of n random integers ends in 2, 4, 6, or 8.
364
Easy
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Application
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If and are two independent events, then the probability that only one of and occur is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it represents the probability that only one of A and B occurs, calculated using the probabilities of A and B and their intersection.
365
Medium
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Analyzing
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In a bag there are 10 balls of either Black or White. Let be the event which contains exactly white balls and its probability is proportional to Now an another ball is drawn randomly. If be the probability that the ball drawn is white and Where then the value of equals
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Correct option: D
3
Option D (3) is correct because it calculates the probability of drawing a white ball and then finds the absolute difference between the numerator and denominator of the simplified probability.
366
Easy
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Application
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A person draws out two balls successively from a bag containing 6 red and 4 white balls. The probability that at least one of them will be red, is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it calculates the probability of at least one red ball being drawn by considering all possible favorable outcomes (WR, RW, RR).
367
Medium
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Application
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The number of times a die must be tossed to obtain a 6 at least once with probability exceeding 0.9 is at least
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Correct option: A
13
Option A (13) is correct because it is the smallest integer value of n for which the probability of obtaining a 6 at least once exceeds 0.9.
368
Easy
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Understanding
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Let and be two non-null events such that . Then, which of the following statements is always correct.
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because since A is a subset of B, P(A/B) = P(A)/P(B), and since P(B) is less than or equal to 1, P(A/B) is greater than or equal to P(A).
369
Easy
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Application
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Let be a binomially distributed random variable with mean 4 and variance . Then, is equal to
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Correct option: B
Option B is correct because we can find n and p from the mean and variance, then calculate P(X <= 2) and multiply by 54.
370
Easy
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Understanding
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Which of the following is true?
I. If the empty set and the sample space describe events, then is an impossible event.
II. In the above statement, the whole sample space is called the sure event.
I. If the empty set and the sample space describe events, then is an impossible event.
II. In the above statement, the whole sample space is called the sure event.
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Correct option: C
Both I and II are true
Option C (Both I and II are true) is correct because the empty set is indeed an impossible event, and the entire sample space is a sure event.
371
Easy
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Application
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An integer is chosen at random from first two hundred numbers. Then, the probability that the integer chosen is divisible by 6 or 8 is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because the probability of choosing a number divisible by 6 or 8 is calculated using the principle of inclusion-exclusion.
372
Easy
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Application
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From a pack of 52 cards, two cards are drawn one by one without replacement. The probability that first drawn card is a king and second is a queen, is
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because the probability of drawing a king first and then a queen without replacement is calculated as .
373
Easy
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Analyzing
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The probabilities of three events A, B and C are given by P(A) = 0.6, P(B) = 0.4 and P(C) = 0.5. If and where then lies in the interval
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Correct option: B
[0.25, 0.35]
Option B ([0.25, 0.35]) is the correct interval for because it satisfies the probability constraints given the range of and the inclusion-exclusion principle.
374
Medium
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Analyzing
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Let denote the complement of an event . Let , be pairwise independent events such that and . Then equals
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Correct option: C
The correct answer is C () because it correctly applies the properties of pairwise independent events and conditional probability to simplify the expression.
375
Easy
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Understanding
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The probability that a number selected at random from the set of numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, …, 100 is a cube, is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because there are 4 perfect cubes (1, 8, 27, 64) between 1 and 100, so the probability is 4/100 = 1/25.
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Easy
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Analyzing
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If and are two events such that and the conditional probability (where denotes the compliment of the event ) is equal to , then the value of is equal to
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Correct option: A
25
The correct answer is 25 because the conditional probability can be simplified using De Morgan's law and the given probabilities to find , then calculate .
377
Medium
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Application
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A bag contains 5 white, 6 green, 7 blue, 8 red and 9 black balls. If 3 balls are drawn one by one with replacement after each drawing, then the probability that ball drawn is green is, if it is known that second ball is green:
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Correct option: C
Option C (6/35) is correct because the probability of drawing a green ball on the third draw is independent of the second draw due to replacement, and the total number of green balls is 6 out of 35 total balls.
378
Easy
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Application
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Bag A contains 3 white, 7 red balls and Bag B contains 3 white, 2 red balls. One bag is selected at random and a ball is drawn from it. The probability of drawing the ball from the bag A, if the ball drawn is white, is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it is calculated using Bayes' theorem to find the probability of selecting bag A given that a white ball was drawn.
379
Easy
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Application
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A basket contains 5 apples and 7 oranges and another basket contains 4 apples and 8 oranges. One fruit is picked out from each basket. The probability that the fruits are both apples or both oranges, is
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Correct option: D
76/144
Option D (76/144) is correct because it calculates the probability of both fruits being apples OR both fruits being oranges, summing the individual probabilities.
380
Hard
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Application
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Let be a set containing elements. A subset of the set is chosen at random. The set is reconstructed by replacing the elements of , and another subset of is chosen at random. The probability that contains exactly elements, is
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because it calculates the probability of P and Q having exactly m elements in common by considering the combinations and dividing by the total possible outcomes.
381
Easy
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Application
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If a bag contains 50 tickets, numbered of which five are drawn at random and arranged in ascending order of magnitude . The probability that , is
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Correct option: A
Option A is correct because the probability is calculated by choosing two numbers less than 30 and two numbers greater than 30, then dividing by the total number of ways to choose five numbers.
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Medium
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Application
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A letter is known to have come from either TATANAGAR or CALCUTTA. On the envelope, just two consecutive letters, TA, are visible. The probability that the letter has come from CALCUTTA is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it is calculated using Bayes' theorem, considering the probabilities of the letter coming from each city given the observed letters.
383
Easy
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Application
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The probability that a leap year selected at random will contain either 53 Thursdays or 53 Fridays, is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because the probability is calculated by considering the possible pairs of days in a leap year and finding the probability of having either 53 Thursdays or 53 Fridays.
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Medium
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Application
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A box contains 15 transistors, 5 of which are defective. An inspector takes out one transistor at random, examines it for defects and replaces it. After it has replaced another inspector does the same thing and then so does a third inspector. The probability that atleast one of the inspectors finds a defective transistor, is equal to
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Correct option: C
19/27
Option C (19/27) is correct because it represents the probability of at least one defective transistor being found, calculated as 1 minus the probability of all transistors being non-defective.
385
Easy
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Understanding
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If and are two events, the probability that exactly one of them occurs is not given by
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Correct option: D
Option D is correct because represents the probability of exactly one of the complements occurring, not exactly one of the original events.
386
Hard
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Application
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Three dice are thrown. The probability of getting a sum which is a perfect square, is
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Correct option: D
None of these
Option D (None of these) is correct because the calculated probability of getting a sum that is a perfect square is , which is not among the given options.
387
Easy
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Application
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A police-man fires six bullets on a dacoit. The Probability that the dacoit will be killed by one bullet is 0.6 . The Probability that dacoit is still alive is
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Correct option: B
0.004096
Option B (0.004096) is correct because it represents the probability that the dacoit survives all six shots, calculated as (1 - probability of being killed by one bullet) raised to the power of 6.
388
Easy
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Application
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Four fair dice atd , each having six faces numbered 1,2,3,4,5 and 6 are rolled simultaneously. The probability that shows a number on one of and is
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Correct option: A
Option A (91/216) is correct because it calculates the probability that D4 shows a number that is present on at least one of the other three dice.
389
Easy
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Analyzing
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The probability that the 13th day of a randomly chosen month is a Friday, is
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because it represents the probability of a randomly chosen month having its 13th day as a Friday, considering the probability of selecting a month and the conditional probability of the 13th being a Friday.
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Easy
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Analyzing
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Let and be two events such that and , Consider . Then
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Correct option: A
Both and are true
Option A (Both (S1) and (S2) are true) is correct because both statements are verified to be true based on the given probabilities and conditional probabilities.
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