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If the random variable takes the values with probability then the value of is equal to
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Correct option: C
Option C (1/55) is correct. The value of k is found by using the fact that the sum of probabilities for all possible values of a random variable must equal 1.
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The probability that a leap year will have 53 Fridays or 53 Saturdays, is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it calculates the probability of a leap year having 53 Fridays or 53 Saturdays by considering the possible combinations of the extra two days.
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For a party 8 guests are invited by a husband and his wife. They sit for a dinner around a round table. The probability that the husband and his wife sit together, is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it calculates the probability of the husband and wife sitting together around a round table.
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If are probability of two mutually exclusive events, then set of all values of is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it satisfies the conditions for probabilities of mutually exclusive events, ensuring each probability is between 0 and 1, and their sum is also between 0 and 1.
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A bag contains 3 same balls and 3 different balls of three different colours. Two balls are drawn randomly with replacement. The probability they have same colour is . Again four balls are drawn one by one with replacement, then probability of getting three same balls is . The value of . is
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Correct option: D
Option D (8/81) is correct because it is the product of the probabilities m and n, calculated based on the given conditions of drawing balls with replacement.
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There is a five-volume dictionary among 50 books arranged on a shelf in a random order. If the volumes are not necessarily kept side-by side, the probability that they occur in increasing order from left to right is
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Correct option: D
none of these
Option D (none of these) is correct because the probability of the dictionary volumes being in increasing order is , which is not among the given options.
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The chances of defective screws in three boxes A, B, C are respectively. A box is selected at random and a screw drawn from it at random is found to be defective. Then the probability that it came from box is
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Correct option: D
Option D () is correct because it uses Bayes' theorem to find the probability that the defective screw came from box A.
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A fair coin is tossed a fixed number of times. If the probability of getting 7 heads is equal to the probability of getting 9 heads, then the probability of getting 2 heads is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it's the probability of getting 2 heads after determining the number of tosses based on the given probabilities of 7 and 9 heads.
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If the independent events and are such that and , then which of the following alternatives is not correct?
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Correct option: A
and are mutually exclusive
Option A ( and are mutually exclusive) is not correct because if and are independent events with and , then , which means they cannot be mutually exclusive.
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In a class passed their Physics examination and passed in Mathematics. Atleast what percentage of students passed both their Physics and Mathematics examination?
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it represents the minimum percentage of students who passed both exams, calculated using set theory principles.
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In a binomial distribution, mean is 3 and standard deviation is , then the probability distribution is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because the binomial distribution is determined by finding n and p from the given mean and standard deviation.
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If ten objects are distributed at random among ten persons, the probability that at least one of them will not get any thing is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it calculates the probability that at least one person doesn't receive an object when distributing ten objects among ten persons.
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box contains 1 white ball, 3 red balls and 2 black balls. Another box contains 2 white balls, 3 red balls and 4 black balls. A third box contains 3 white balls, 4 red balls and 5 black balls. If 2 balls are drawn (without replacement) from a randomly selected box and one of the balls is white and the other ball is red, the probability that these 2 balls are drawn from box is
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Correct option: D
Option C () is incorrect because the correct calculation yields .
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A number is chosen at random from {1, 2, 3, 4, ……….,1000}. The probability that is a number that leaves remainder 1 when divided by 7, is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it calculates the probability of n leaving a remainder of 1 when divided by 7 by finding the number of favorable outcomes and dividing by the total number of outcomes.
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In a market research project, opted for 'Nirma' detergent whereas opted for 'Surf blue' detergent. The remaining individuals were not certain. If the difference between those who opted for 'Surf blue' and those who were uncertain was 720 , how many respondents were covered in the survey
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Correct option: C
1800
Option C (1800) is correct because it is the total number of respondents calculated based on the given percentages and the difference between 'Surf blue' and 'uncertain' preferences.
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A natural number is selected from 1 to 1000 at random, then the probability that a particular non-zero digit appears at most once, is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it calculates the probability by subtracting the probability of numbers with a digit appearing more than once from 1.
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Four fair dice are thrown simultaneously. If the probability that the highest number obtained is 4 is then ' ' is equal to
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Correct option: A
7
The correct answer is A (7) because the probability that the highest number obtained is 4 is calculated by considering all outcomes where the numbers are less than or equal to 4, and subtracting the outcomes where the numbers are less than or equal to 3.
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A fair coin is tossed repeatedly. The probability of getting a result in fifth toss different from those obtained in the first four tosses is
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Correct option: D
Option A () is correct because the probability of the fifth toss being different from the first four is the sum of the probabilities of getting four heads followed by a tail and four tails followed by a head.
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Box contains 2 black and 3 red balls. While box contains 3 black and 4 red balls. Out of these two boxes one is selected at random; and the probability of choosing box is double that of box . If a red ball is drawn from the selected box, then the probability that it has come from box . is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it's the conditional probability calculated using Bayes' theorem, considering the probabilities of selecting each box and drawing a red ball.
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One ticket is selected at random from 100 tickets numbered .
Suppose, and are the sum and product of the digit found on the ticket is given by
Suppose, and are the sum and product of the digit found on the ticket is given by
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Correct option: B
Option B is correct because the conditional probability P(X=7 / Y=0) is calculated by finding the intersection of the two events and dividing by the probability of the condition Y=0.
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Two unbiased dice are thrown simultaneously. The probability to get a sum more than 8 is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it calculates the probability of getting a sum more than 8 by counting favorable outcomes and dividing by the total possible outcomes.
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Let the sum of two positive integers be 24. If the probability, that their product is not less than times their greatest positive product, is , where , then equals:
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Correct option: D
10
Option D (10) is correct because by finding the pairs of numbers that satisfy the given condition and calculating the probability, we can determine that n-m = 10.
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Two dice are thrown simultaneously. The probability of getting the sum 2 or 8 or 12 is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct. The possible combinations that sum to 2, 8, or 12 are (1,1), (2,6), (3,5), (4,4), (5,3), (6,2), and (6,6), giving a probability of 7/36.
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Numbers 1,2,3,..., 100 are written down on each of the cards A, B and C. One number is selected at random from each of the cards. The probability that the numbers so selected can be the measures (in cm) of three sides of a right-angled triangle is
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Correct option: D
None of these
Option D (None of these) is correct because the calculated probability considering Pythagorean triplets within the range 1-100 does not match any of the given options.
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A pair of fair dice is thrown independently 4 times. The probability of getting a sum of exactly 7 twice is
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Correct option: C
Option A () is correct because it calculates the probability of selecting three consecutive numbers by dividing the number of favorable outcomes (18) by the total number of possible outcomes (1140).
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If the events and are independent, then is equal to
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because for independent events, the probability of their intersection is the product of their individual probabilities.
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Let and be two events such that and ,
then equals
then equals
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because it represents the ratio of conditional probabilities, calculated using the given probabilities and the formula for conditional probability.
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If and then is equal to
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it is calculated using the formula for the probability of the union of two events and the given conditional probability.
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A sum of money is rounded off to the nearest rupee. The probability that round off error is at least ten paise is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it represents the probability that the round off error is at least ten paise when a sum of money is rounded off to the nearest rupee.
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The probability that A speaks truth is , while this probability for is . The probability that they contradict each other when asked to speak on a fact is
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because it calculates the probability that A and B contradict each other by considering the cases where A speaks the truth and B lies, and vice versa.
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