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Probability
- Advanced 2018MathematicsSingle correct
The probability that, on the examination day, the student gets the previously allotted seat , and NONE of the remaining students gets the seat previously allotted to him/her is
- Advanced 2018MathematicsSingle correct
For , let denote the event that the students and do NOT sit adjacent to each other on the day of the examination. Then, the probability of the event is
- Advanced 2017MathematicsMultiple correct
Let and be two events such that , and . Then
- Advanced 2017MathematicsSingle correct
Three randomly chosen nonnegative integers , and are found to satisfy the equation . Then the probability that is even, is
- Main 2017MathematicsSingle correct
For three events A, B and C,
P(Exactly one of A or B occurs) = P(Exactly one of B or C occurs) = P(Exactly one of C or A occurs) = and P(All the three events occur simultaneously) = .
Then the probability that at least one of the events occurs, is :
- Main 2017MathematicsSingle correct
If two different numbers are taken from the set {0, 1, 2, 3, ......, 10}; then the probability that their sum as well as absolute difference are both multiple of 4, is :
- Main 2017MathematicsSingle correct
Three persons P, Q and R independently try to hit a target. If the probabilities of their hitting the target are , and respectively, then the probability that the target is hit by P or Q but not by R is :
- Main 2017MathematicsSingle correct
An unbiased coin is tossed eight times. The probability of obtaining at least one head and at least one tail is :
- Main 2017MathematicsSingle correct
From a group of 10 men and 5 women, four member committees are to be formed each of which must contain at least one woman. Then the probability for these committees to have more women than men, is :
- Main 2017MathematicsSingle correct
Let E and F be two independent events. The probability that both E and F happen is and the probability that neither E nor F happens is , then a value of is :
- Advanced 2016MathematicsSingle correct
A computer producing factory has only two plants and . Plant produces 20% and plant produces 80% of the total computers produced. 7% of computers produced in the factory turn out to be defective. It is known that
(computer turns out to be defective given that it is produced in plant ) (computer turns out to be defective given that it is produced in plant ),
where denotes the probability of an event . A computer produced in the factory is randomly selected and it does not turn out to be defective. Then the probability that it is produced in plant is
- Advanced 2016MathematicsSingle correct
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- Advanced 2016MathematicsSingle correct
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- Main 2016MathematicsSingle correct
Let two fair six-faced dice A and B be thrown simultaneously. If is the event that die A shows up four, is the event that die B shows up two and is the event that the sum of numbers on both dice is odd, then which of the following statements is NOT true ?
- Main 2016MathematicsSingle correct
If A and B are any two events such that and , then the conditional probability, , where A′ denotes the complement of A, is equal to :
- Advanced 2015MathematicsInteger
The minimum number of times a fair coin needs to be tossed, so that the probability of getting at least two heads is at least 0.96, is
- Advanced 2015MathematicsMultiple correct
One of the two boxes, box I and box II, was selected at random and a ball was drawn randomly out of this box. The ball was found to be red. If the probability that this red ball was drawn from box II is , then the correct option(s) with the possible values of , , and is(are)
- Advanced 2015MathematicsMultiple correct
A ball is drawn at random from box I and transferred to box II. If the probability of drawing a red ball from box I, after this transfer, is , then the correct option(s) with the possible values of and is(are)
- Main 2015MathematicsSingle correct
If 12 identical balls are to be placed in 3 identical boxes, then the probability that one of the boxes contains exactly 3 balls is :
- Main 2015MathematicsSingle correct
Let X be a set containing 10 elements and P(X) be its power set. If A and B are picked up at random from P(X), with replacement, then the probability that A and B have equal number of elements, is :