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481
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Let a random variable X have a binomial distribution with mean 8 and variance 4.
If then is equal to
If then is equal to
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Correct option: D
137
Option D (137) is correct because, with n=16 and p=1/2, the probability P(X <= 2) is calculated using the binomial distribution formula and simplifies to 137/216.
482
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The numbers , are arranged in a random order. The probability that the digits appears as neighbours in that order is
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Correct option: D
none of these
Option D (none of these) is correct because the probability that there are 4 persons between A and B is 1/7, which is not among the given options.
483
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There are 100 students in a collage class of which 36 are boys studying statistics and 13 girls not studying statistics. If there are 55 girls in all, the Probability that a boy picked up at random is not studying, is
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because it represents the probability that a randomly picked boy is not studying statistics, based on the given information.
484
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Difference between mean and variance of a binomial variate is '1' and difference between their square is '11'. Then probability of getting exactly three success is:
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because solving the equations for mean and variance gives n=36 and p=1/6, which are then used in the binomial probability formula.
485
Easy
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If and are two events, then (neither nor ) equals
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Correct option: A
Option A, , is correct because the probability of neither A nor B occurring is the complement of the probability of A or B occurring.
486
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If and then is equal to
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Correct option: C
Option C (5/12) is correct because it correctly uses the formula for the probability of the union of events to find the desired probability.
487
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If out of tickets, numbered as distinct are chosen at randomly, and probability that they are in A.P. is , then ' ' is
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Correct option: A
8
Option A (8) is correct because the probability of selecting three numbers in A.P. from 2n tickets is given as 1/10, which leads to n=8.
488
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A biased coin with probability , of heads is tossed until a head appears for the first time. If the probability that the number of tosses required is even is , then is equal to
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because it solves the infinite geometric series representing the probability of the first head appearing on an even toss and equates it to 2/5.
489
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If and are two events than the value of the determinant choosen at random from all the determinants of order 2 with entries 0 or 1 only is positive or negative respectively. Then,
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Correct option: D
Option D () is correct because the number of positive and negative determinants that can be formed with entries 0 or 1 are equal.
490
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Six boys and six girls sit in a row randomly. The probability that boys and girls sit alternatively is
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because it represents the probability of boys and girls sitting alternatively, calculated by dividing the number of favorable arrangements by the total number of arrangements.
491
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Let be a set of all 4-digit natural numbers whose exactly one digit is 7. Then, the probability that a randomly chosen element of leaves remainder 2 when divided by 5 is
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Correct option: C
Option D () is correct because it is the probability calculated by dividing the number of favorable cases (numbers with remainder 2 when divided by 5) by the total number of 4-digit numbers with exactly one digit as 7.
492
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A carton contains 20 bulbs, 5 of which are defective. The probability that, if a sample of 3 bulbs is chosen at random from the carton, 2 will be defective, is
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Correct option: C
Sep-64
Option C (Sep-64) is correct because the probability of selecting 2 defective bulbs out of 3 is calculated using combinations and basic probability principles.
493
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A six faced die is biased such that (a prime number) (a composite number)
Let be a random variable that counts the number of times one gets a perfect square on some throws of this die. If the die is thrown twice, then the mean of is :
Let be a random variable that counts the number of times one gets a perfect square on some throws of this die. If the die is thrown twice, then the mean of is :
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Correct option: D
Option D () is correct because the mean is calculated as np, where n is the number of throws and p is the probability of getting a perfect square.
494
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Five persons entered the lift cabin on the ground floor of an 8-floor house. Suppose that each of them independently and with equal probability can leave the cabin at any floor beginning with the first. The probability of all five persons leaving at different floors, is
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because it represents the probability of all five persons leaving at different floors in an 8-floor house, starting from the first floor.
495
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An experiment yields 3 mutually exclusive and exhaustive events If then is equal to
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Correct option: D
Option D () is correct because it satisfies the given conditions for mutually exclusive and exhaustive events A, B, and C.
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496
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Analyzing
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Let and be three events such that , . If , then show that satisfies
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because it represents the range of possible values for the probability of the intersection of events B and C, derived from the given probabilities and the properties of probability.
497
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There are urns each containing balls such that the urn contains ' ' white balls and red balls. Let be the event of selecting and denotes the event of getting a white ball. If , where , then is equal to
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Correct option: B
Option B (2/3) is correct because it is the limit of the probability of drawing a white ball as n approaches infinity, calculated using the total probability theorem.
498
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Application
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A biased die is tossed and the respective probabilities for various faces to turn up are
If an even face has turned up, then the probability that it is face 2 or face 4, is
If an even face has turned up, then the probability that it is face 2 or face 4, is
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Correct option: C
0.75
Option C (0.75) is correct because it correctly calculates the conditional probability of an even face being 2 or 4.
499
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Two numbers are selected randomly from the set } without replacement one by one. The probability that minimum of the two number is less than 4, is
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Correct option: D
Option D () is correct because it calculates the probability that the minimum of two randomly selected numbers from the set is less than 4.
500
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If the probability of to fail in an examination is 0.2 and that for is 0.3, then probability that either or is fail, is
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Correct option: B
0.44
Option B (0.44) is correct because it calculates the probability of either A or B failing by using the formula P(A or B) = P(A) + P(B) - P(A and B), considering A and B are independent events.
501
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If two numbers and are choosen randomly from the set with replacement, then the probability that is equal to
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Correct option: D
Option D () is correct because by listing all possible outcomes and counting the favorable ones, the probability is found to be 7/16.
502
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If three letters can be posted to any one of the 5 different addresses, then the probability that the three letters are posted to exactly two addresses is:
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it represents the probability calculated by dividing the number of favorable outcomes (letters posted to exactly two addresses) by the total possible outcomes.
503
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A student appeared in an examination consisting of 8 true-false type questions. The student guesses the answers with equal probability. The smallest value of , so that the probability of guessing at least correct answer is less than , is
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Correct option: A
5
Option 5 is the smallest value of n such that the probability of guessing at least n correct answers is less than 1/2.
504
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There are letters and addressed envelopes, the probability that all the letters are not kept in the right envelope, is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because the probability that all letters are in the correct envelope is , so the probability that they are NOT all in the correct envelope is .
505
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If and are two events such that and , then which of the following is correct:
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because if A is a subset of B, then the probability of A given B is P(A)/P(B), and since P(B) <= 1, P(A|B) >= P(A).
506
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If two events and such that and , then is
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Correct option: A
0.6
Option A (0.6) is correct because it represents the conditional probability of B given , calculated using the formula for conditional probability and the given probabilities.
507
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A student appears for tests I, II and III. The student is successful if he passes either in tests I and II or tests I and IV. The probabilities of the student passing in tests I, II, III are and respectively. The probability that the student is successful is then the relation between and is given by
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it represents the probability of the student being successful, which is given as .
508
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Five coins whose faces are marked 2, 3 are tossed. The chance of obtaining a total of 12 is
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Correct option: D
May-16
The correct answer is May-16, which represents 5/16. This is calculated using binomial probability, considering the probability of getting a 2 or 3 on each coin toss.
509
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A box contains 100 tickets numbered 1, 2, …, 100. Two tickets are choosen at random. It is given that the maximum number on the two chosen tickets is not more than 10. The probability that the minimum number is 5 is
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Correct option: D
01-Sep
The correct answer is 1/9. The probability is calculated using conditional probability, considering the event that the maximum number is not more than 10.
510
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A bag contains 5 brown and 4 white socks. A man pulls out two socks. The probability that these are of the same colour, is
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Correct option: D
48/108
Option D (48/108) is correct because it calculates the probability of drawing two socks of the same color by considering both brown and white socks.
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