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1EasyMCQ

What is the probability of throwing a number greater than 2 with a fair dice?

  1. A

    23\frac{2}{3}

  2. B

    25\frac{2}{5}

  3. C

    1

  4. D

    35\frac{3}{5}

2EasyMCQ

If among the executives who have subscribed to the Time magazine, an executive is picked at random, what is the probability that he has also subscribed to the Economist?

  1. A

    38\frac{3}{8}

  2. B

    58\frac{5}{8}

  3. C

    23\frac{2}{3}

  4. D

    18\frac{1}{8}

3EasyMCQ

100 students appeared for two examinations. 60 passed the first, 50 passed the second and 30 passed both. Find the probability that a student selected at random has failed in both the examinations?

  1. A

    15\frac{1}{5}

  2. B

    17\frac{1}{7}

  3. C

    57\frac{5}{7}

  4. D

    56\frac{5}{6}

4EasyMCQ

The probability that two friends A and B have their birthdays on two consecutive days of the week is:

  1. A

    67\tfrac{6}{7}

  2. B

    17\tfrac{1}{7}

  3. C

    27\tfrac{2}{7}

  4. D

    47\tfrac{4}{7}

5EasyMCQ

Three coins are tossed. What is the probability of getting three heads?

  1. A

    18\frac{1}{8}

  2. B

    14\frac{1}{4}

  3. C

    12\frac{1}{2}

  4. D

    23\frac{2}{3}

6EasyMCQ

Three coins are tossed in the air. What are the chances that at least two coins land with tails facing upwards?

  1. A

    50%

  2. B

    25%

  3. C

    75%

  4. D

    100%

7MediumMCQ

Two students X and Y are best friends. They sit randomly in a row of 9 seats with 7 other friends. What is the probability that X and Y sit together?

  1. A

    4/9

  2. B

    2/7

  3. C

    2/9

  4. D

    1/9

8MediumTITA

What is the maximum possible sum of the number of Mondays and Thursdays in two consecutive years?

9MediumMCQ

In the above question, what is the probability that at least one of them happens?

  1. A

    P+P+PPP + P' + PP'

  2. B

    P+PPPP + P' - PP'

  3. C

    2PPPP2PP' - P' - P

  4. D

    P+P2PPP + P' - 2PP'

10MediumMCQ

A bag contains 88 red and 66 blue balls. If 55 balls are drawn at random, what is the probability that 33 of them are red and 22 are blue?

  1. A

    80143\frac{80}{143}

  2. B

    50143\frac{50}{143}

  3. C

    75143\frac{75}{143}

  4. D

    None of the above

11MediumMCQ

Ajay and Vijay have lunch at the same place for twenty minutes each between 1 pm and 2 pm every day. What is the probability that they meet on a normal day?

  1. A

    2/3

  2. B

    8/9

  3. C

    4/9

  4. D

    1/2

12MediumMCQ

A bag contains 8 white and 4 red balls. Five balls are drawn at random. What is the probability that two of them are red and 3 are white?

  1. A

    1244\frac{12}{44}

  2. B

    1433\frac{14}{33}

  3. C

    1434\frac{14}{34}

  4. D

    1534\frac{15}{34}

13MediumMCQ

X is the probability of having 53 Sundays in a non-leap year and Y is the probability of having 5 Sundays in February in a leap year.

  1. A

    X < Y

  2. B

    X > Y

  3. C

    X = Y

  4. D

    Can't be determined

14MediumMCQ

Two balls are drawn from an urn one after another without replacement. If the urn contains 7 red and 8 blue balls, then find the probability of drawing blue as the second ball.

  1. A

    4/7

  2. B

    8/15

  3. C

    7/15

  4. D

    5/9

15HardMCQ

Dheeraj picks a random page number (three-digit) from a dictionary. If the sum of the first two digits equals the last digit minus 3 and also equals ⌊(last digit)/2⌋ + 1, what is the probability that the middle digit is 0?

  1. A

    1/8

  2. B

    3/11

  3. C

    2/9

  4. D

    1/4

16HardMCQ

If P(A)=37, P(B)=12P(A) = \frac{3}{7},\ P(B) = \frac{1}{2} and P(AB)=114P(A' \cap B') = \frac{1}{14}, then are A and B mutually exclusive?

  1. A

    No

  2. B

    Yes

  3. C

    Either yes or no

  4. D

    Cannot be determined

17HardMCQ

Set A consists of 15 odd and 15 even natural numbers, with no two sums being equal. Set B contains the sums of all pairs from Set A. If a number is randomly selected from Set B, and the probability that the number is odd is expressed as a/b (in simplest form), what is the value of a+b?

  1. A

    28

  2. B

    30

  3. C

    44

  4. D

    58

18HardMCQ

Rajesh passes in Math, Physics and Chemistry with probabilities mm, pp and cc. It is given that: - P(at least one subject) = 0.75 - P(at least two subjects) = 0.5 - P(exactly two subjects) = 0.4 Find the value of p+m+cp + m + c.

  1. A

    1920\frac{19}{20}

  2. B

    2720\frac{27}{20}

  3. C

    pmc=120pmc = \frac{1}{20}

  4. D

    pmc=18pmc = \frac{1}{8}

19HardMCQ

Rajat and Piyush were playing Scrabbles. Piyush made the word 'BUMFUZZLED'. Rajat took 5 letters from this at random and arranged them randomly. What is the probability that he made the word 'FUMED'?

  1. A

    1/126

  2. B

    1/3024

  3. C

    5/9072

  4. D

    None of these

20HardMCQ

A locker at the RBI building can be opened by dialling a fixed three-digit code (between 000 and 999). Chhota Chetan, a terrorist, only knows that the number is a three-digit number and has exactly one digit '6'. Using this information, he tries to open the locker by dialling three digits at random. What is the probability that he succeeds?

  1. A

    1/243

  2. B

    1/900

  3. C

    1/1000

  4. D

    1/216

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