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Four fair dice and each having six faces numbered and 6 are rolled simultaneously. The probability that shows a number appearing on one of and , is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it sums the probabilities of the different cases where D4 shows a number appearing on one of D1, D2, and D3.
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An urn contains 4 white and 3 red balls. There balls are drawn with replacement from this urn. Then, the standard deviation of the number of red balls drawn is
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Correct option: A
Option A is correct because the standard deviation is calculated using the binomial distribution with replacement.
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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: C
Option C () is correct because it calculates the probability of picking both apples or both oranges from two baskets.
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Let be a complex cube root of unity with . A fair die is thrown three times. If and are the numbers obtained on the die, then the probability that is
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because it calculates the probability of the sum of the cube roots of unity being zero by considering the possible combinations of dice rolls.
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A pack of plying cards was found to contain only 51 cards. If the first 13 cards which are examined are all red, then the probability that the missing cards is black, is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it is calculated using conditional probability and Bayes' theorem, considering the prior probabilities of losing a black or red card.
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The probability of selecting integers such that for all is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it represents the probability of 'a' lying within the interval (-16, 3) given the constraint a ∈ [-5, 30].
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A coin is tossed 3 times by 2 persons. The probability that both get equal number of heads, is
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Correct option: C
The correct answer is because it represents the probability that both persons get an equal number of heads when tossing a coin 3 times each.
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A die thrown two times and the sum of the scores appearing on the die is observed to be a multiple of 4. Then the conditional probability that the score 4 has appeared at least once is
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Correct option: D
Option D () is correct because it is the conditional probability calculated based on the given events.
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If and are two events, such that , then is equal to
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Correct option: A
Option C () is correct because it uses the binomial probability formula to calculate the probability of getting a sum of 7 exactly twice in 4 independent trials.
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Three identical dice are thrown together. The probability that distinct numbers appear on them, is
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Correct option: B
Option A () is correct because it calculates the probability that the sum of the numbers appearing on four dice is 13.
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In eight throws of a die 1 or 3 is considered a success. Then, the standard deviation of success, is
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because it is the standard deviation calculated using the formula with the given parameters.
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Two numbers are selected randomly from the set without replacement one by one. The probability that the minimum of the two numbers is less than 4 is
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Correct option: D
Option D () is correct because it calculates the probability that at least one of the two selected numbers is less than 4.
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An unbiased coin is tossed eight times. The probability of obtaining at least one head and at least one tail is :
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Correct option: B
Option B (127/128) is correct because it calculates the probability of not getting all heads or all tails in eight coin tosses.
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Three groups are contesting for position on the Board of Directors of a company. The probabilities of their winning are respectively. If the group A wins, the probability of introducing a new product is 0.7 and the corresponding probabilities for group and are 0.6 and 0.5 respectively. The probability that the new product will be introduced, is
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Correct option: B
0.63
Option B (0.63) is correct because it calculates the overall probability of introducing a new product by considering the probabilities of each group winning and the conditional probabilities of introducing the product given each group wins.
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Two cards are drawn successively with replacement from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. Let denote the random variable of numbers of aces obtained in the two drawn cards. Then equals
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it calculates the sum of probabilities P(X=1) and P(X=2) using binomial distribution.
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It is given the events and are such that and . Then, is
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because it is calculated using the conditional probability formula and the given probabilities.
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Two dice are tossed 6 times. Then the probability that 7 will show an exactly four of the tosses is
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because it is the probability calculated using the binomial probability formula for exactly four successes out of six trials.
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A pair of a dice thrown, if 5. appears on at least one of the dice, then the probability that the sum is 10 or greater, is
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Correct option: D
Option D () is correct because it is calculated by dividing the number of favorable outcomes (sum is 10 or greater with at least one 5) by the total number of outcomes in the sample space (36).
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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.
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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).
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 .
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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.
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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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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 .
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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.
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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.
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