Maths MCQ for Class 12 with Answers Chapter Probability-Part-1 has 25 Q.

Question 1.

The variance of random variable X i.e. σ2x or var (X) is equal to
(a) E(X2) + [E(X2)2]2
(b) E(X) – [E(X2)]
(c) E(X2) – [E(X)]2
(d) None of these
Answer:
(c) E(X2) – [E(X)]2

Question 2.
A coin is biased so that the head is 3 times likely to occur as a tail. If the coin is tossed twice, then find the probability distribution of the number of tails.

Answer:

Question 3.
A pair of the die is thrown 4 times. If getting a doubled is considered a success, then find the probability distribution of a number of successes.

Answer:

Question 4.
Find the probability of throwing atmost 2 sixes in 6 throws of a single die.
(a) 3518(56)3
(b) 3518(56)4
(c) 1829(23)4
(d) 1829(23)3
Answer:
(b) 3518(56)4

Question 5.
A die is thrown again and again until three sixes are obtained. Find the probability of obtaining third six in the sixth throw of the die.
(a) 62523329
(b) 62125329
(c) 62523328
(d) 62023328
Answer:
(c) 62523328

Question 6.
Ten eggs are drawn successively with replacement from a lot containing 10% defective eggs. Then, the probability that there is atleast one defective egg is
(a) 1−7101010
(b) 1+7101010
(c) 1+9101010
(d) 1−9101010
Answer:
(d) 1−9101010

Question 7.
The probability of a man hitting a target is 14. How many times must he fire so that the probability of his hitting the target at least once is greater than 23?
(a) 4
(b) 3
(c) 2
(d) 1
Answer:
(a) 4

Question 8.
Eight coins are thrown simultaneously. Find the probability of getting atleast 6 heads.
(a) 31128
(b) 37256
(c) 37128
(d) 31256
Answer:
(b) 37256

Question 9.
A bag contains 6 red, 4 blue and 2 yellow balls. Three balls are drawn one by one with replacement. Find the probability of getting exactly one red ball.
(a) 14
(b) 38
(c) 34
(d) 12
Answer:
(b) 38

Question 10.
Eight coins are thrown simultaneously. What is the probability of getting atleast 3 heads?
(a) 37246
(b) 21256
(c) 219256
(d) 19246
Answer:
(c) 219256

Question 11.
For the following probability distribution, the standard deviation of the random variable X is

(a) 0.5
(b) 0.6
(c) 0.61
(d) 0.7
Answer:
(d) 0.7

Question 12.
A bag contains 5 red and 3 blue balls. If 3 balls are drawn at random without replecement the probability of getting exactly one red ball is
(a) 45196
(b) 135392
(c) 1556
(d) 1529
Answer:
(c) 1556

Question 13.
A die is thrown and card is selected a random from a deck of 52 playing cards. The probability of gettingan even number on the die and a spade card is
(a) 12
(b) 14
(c) 18
(d) 34
Answer:
(c) 18

Question 14.
A box contains 3 orange balls, 3 green balls and 2 blue balls. Three balls are drawn at random from the box without replacement. The probability of drawing 2 green balls and one blue ball is
(a) 328
(b) 221
(c) 128
(d) 167168
Answer:
(a) 328

Question 15.
A flashlight has 8 batteries out of which 3 are dead. If two batteries are selected without replacement and tested, the probability that both are deal is
(a) 3356
(b) 964
(c) 114
(d) 328
Answer:
(d) 328

Question 16.
Two dice are thrown. If it is known that the sum of numbers on the dice was less than 6, the probability of getting a sum 3, is
(a) 118
(b) 518
(c) 15
(d) 25
Answer:
(c) 15

Question 17.
Two cards are drawn from a well shuffled deck of 52 playing cards with replacement. The probability, that both cards are queens, is
(a) 113×113
(b) 113+113
(c) 113×117
(d) 113×451
Answer:
(a) 113×113

Question 18.
The probability of guessing correctly at least 8 out of 10 answers on a true-false type examiniation is
(a) 764
(b) 7128
(c) 451024
(d) 741
Answer:
(b) 7128

Question 19.
The probability distribution of a discrete random variable X is given below:

The value of k is
(a) 8
(b) 16
(c) 32
(d) 48
Answer:
(c) 32

Question 20.
For the following probability distribution:

E(X) is equal to
(a) 0
(b) -1
(c) -2
(d) -1.8
Answer:
(d) -1.8

Question 21.
For the following probability distribution

E(X2) is equal to
(a) 3
(b) 5
(c) 7
(d) 10
Answer:
(d) 10

Question 22.
Suppose a random variable X follows the binomial distribution with parameters n and p, where 0 < p < 1. If p(x = r) / P(x = n – r) is dindependent of n and r, then p equals
(a) 12
(b) 13
(c) 15
(d) 17
Answer:
(a) 12

Question 23.
A box has 100 pens of which 10 are defective. What is the probability that out of a sample of 5 pens drawn one by one with replacement at most one is defective?
(a) (910)5
(b) 12(910)4
(c) 12(910)5
(d) (910)5+12(910)4
Answer:
(d) (910)5+12(910)4

Question 24.
P has 2 children. He has a son, Jatin. What is the probability that Jatin’s sibling is a brother?
(a) 13
(b) 14
(c) 23
(d) 12
Answer:
(a) 13

Question 25.
If A and B are 2 events such that P(A) > 0 and P (b) ≠ 1, then P(A¯/B¯)=
(a) 1 – P(A|B)
(b) 1−P(A/B¯)
(c) 1−P(A∪B)P(B)
(d) 1(A¯)P(B)
Answer:
(b) 1−P(A/B¯)

Question 26.
If two events A and B area such that P(A¯) =0.3, P(B) = 0.4 and P(B|A∪B¯)=
(a) 12
(b) 13
(c) 25
(d) 14
Answer:
(d) 14

Question 27.
If E and F are events such that 0 < P(F) < 1, then
(a) P(E|F)+P(E¯|F)=1
(b) P(E|F)+P(E|F¯)=1
(c) P(E¯|F)+P(E|F¯)=1
(d) P(E|F¯)+P(E¯|F¯)=0
Answer:
(a) P(E|F)+P(E¯|F)=1

Question 28.
P(E ∩ F) is equal to
(a) P(E) . P(F|E)
(b) P(F) . P(E|F)
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these
Answer:
(c) Both (a) and (b)

Question 29.
If three events of a sample space are E, F and G, then P(E ∩ F ∩ G) is equal to
(a) P(E) P(F|E) P(G|(E ∩ F))
(b) P(E) P(F|E) P(G|EF)
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these
Answer:
(c) Both (a) and (b)

Question 30.
Two cards are drawn at random one by one without replacement from a pack of 52 playing cards. Find the probability that both the cards are black.
(a) 21104
(b) 25102
(c) 23102
(d) 24104
Answer:
(b) 25102

Question 31.
A bag contains 20 tickets, numbered 1 to 20. A ticket is drawn and then another ticket is drawn without replacement. Find the probability that both tickets will show even numbers.
(a) 938
(b) 1635
(c) 738
(d) 1730
Answer:
(a) 938

Question 32.
Two balls are drawn one after another (without replacement) from a bag containing 2 white, 3 red and 5 blue balls. What is the probability that atleast one ball is red?
(a) 715
(b) 815
(c) 716
(d) 516
Answer:
(b) 815

Question 33.
Let A and B be independent events with P(A) = 1/4 and P(A ∪ B) = 2P(B) – P(A). Find P(B)
(a) 14
(b) 35
(c) 23
(d) 25
Answer:
(d) 25

Question 34.
Two events A and B will be independent, if
(a) A and B are mutually exclusive
(b) P(A’ ∩ B’) = [1 – P(A)] [1 – P(B)]
(c) P(A) = P(B)
(d) P(A) + P(B) = 1
Answer:
(c) P(A) = P(B)

Question 35.
If A and B are two independent events such that P(A¯∩B)=215 and P(A∩B¯)=16, then find P(A) and P (B) respectively.
(a) 54,45
(b) 15,17
(c) 16,17
(d) 17,17
Answer:
(a) 54,45

Question 36.
If A and B are two independent events, then the probability of occurrence of at least of A and B is given by
(a) 1 – P(A) P(b)
(b) 1 – P(A) P(B’)
(c) 1 – P(A’) P(B’)
(d) 1 – P(A’) P(b)
Answer:
(c) 1 – P(A’) P(B’)

Question 37.
If A and B are two indendent events such that P(A¯) = 0.75, P(A ∪ B) = 0.65 and P(b) = P, then find the value of P.
(a) 914
(b) 715
(c) 514
(d) 815
Answer:
(d) 815

Question 38.
If A and Bare events such that P(A) = 13, P(b) = 14 and P(A ∩ B) = 112, then find P(not A and not B).
(a) 14
(b) 12
(c) 23
(d) 13
Answer:
(b) 12

Question 39.
Two cards are drawn successively from a well shuffled pack of 52 cards. Find the probability that one is a red card the other is a queen.
(a) 1031326
(b) 1011326
(c) 1011426
(d) 1031426
Answer:
(b) 1011326

Question 40.
Given that, the events A and B are such that P(A) = 12, P(A ∪ B) = 35 and P(b) = P. Then probabilities of B if A and B are mutually exclusive and independent respetively are
(a) 12,13
(b) 15,13
(c) 23,13
(d) 110,15
Answer:
(d) 110,15

Question 41.
Two cards from an ordinary deck of 52 cards are missing. What is the probability that a random card drawn from this deck is a spade?
(a) 34
(b) 23
(c) 12
(d) 14
Answer:
(d) 14

Question 42.
A man is known to speak truth 3 out of 4 times. He throws a die and reports that it is a six. Find the probability that it is actually a six.
(a) 58
(b) 38
(c) 78
(d) 18
Answer:
(b) 38

Question 43.
A bag contains 4 balls. Two balls are drawn at random and are found to be white. What is the probability that all balls are white?
(a) 25
(b) 35
(c) 45
(d) 15
Answer:
(b) 35

Question 44.
A bag contains 3 green and 7 white balls. Two balls are drawn one by one at random without replacement. If the second ball drawn is green, what is the probability that the first ball was drawn in also green?
(a) 59
(b) 49
(c) 29
(d) 89
Answer:
(c) 29

Question 45.
A card from a pack of 52 cards is lost. From the remaining cards of the pack, two cards are drawn and are found to be both clubs. Find the probability of the lost card being a club.
(a) 1150
(b) 1750
(c) 1350
(d) 1950
Answer:
(a) 1150

Question 46.
A random variable X has the following distribution.

For the event E = {X is prime number} and F = {X < 4}, P(E ∪ F) =
(a) 0.87
(b) 0.77
(c) 0.35
(d) 0.50
Answer:
(b) 0.77

Question 47.
A random variable X has the following probability distribution:

Find P(X < 3), P(X ≥ 4), P(0 < X < 5) respectively.
(a) 16,1124,3348
(b) 16,3348,1124
(c) 14,1126,2144
(d) 1126,14,2144
Answer:
(b) 16,3348,1124

Question 48.
If the chance that a ship arrives safely at a port is 910; find the chance that out of 5 expected ships, atleast 4 will arrive safely at the port.
(a) 91854100000
(b) 32805100000
(c) 59049100000
(d) 26244100000
Answer:
(a) 91854100000

Question 49.
If the mean and the variance of a binomial distribution are 4 and, then find P(X ≥ 1).
(a) 720729
(b) 721729
(c) 728729
(d) 724729
Answer:
(c) 728729

Question 50.
A pair of dice is thrown 200 times. If getting a sum of 9 is considered a success, then find the mean and the variance respectively of the number of successes.
(a) 4009,160081
(b) 160081,4009
(c) 160081,2009
(d) 2009,160081
Answer:
(b) 160081,4009

Question 51.
In a binomial distribution, the sum of its mean and variance is 1.8. Find the probability of two successes, if the event was conducted times.
(a) 0.2623
(b) 0.2048
(c) 0.302
(d) 0.305
Answer:
(b) 0.2048

Question 52.
If the sum and the product of the mean and variance of a binomial distribution are 24 and 128 respectively, then find the distribution.
(a) (14+34)32
(b) (12+12)30
(c) (12+12)32
(d) (14+34)30
Answer:
(c) (12+12)32

Question 53.
If the sum of the mean and variance of a binomial distribution is 15 and the sum of their squares is 17, then find the distribution.
(a) (23+13)25
(b) (12+12)25
(c) (12+12)27
(d) (23+13)27
Answer:
(d) (23+13)27

Question 54.
The mean and the variance of a binomial distribution are 4 and 2 respectively. Find the probability of atleast 6 successes.
(a) 37256
(b) 32255
(c) 34259
(d) 31256
Answer:
(a) 37256

Question 55.
If P(A ∩ B) = 710 and P(b) = 1720, P(A|B) equals
(a) 1417
(b) 1720
(c) 78
(d) 18
Answer:
(a) 1417

Question 56.
If P(A) = 310, P(b) = 25 and P(A ∪ B) = 35, then P(B|A) + P(A|B) equals
(a) 14
(b) 13
(c) 512
(d) 712
Answer:
(d) 712

Question 57.
If P(A) = 25, P(B) = 310 and P(A ∩ B) = 15, then P(A’|B’) . (P(B’|A’) is equal to
(a) 56
(b) 57
(c) 2542
(d) 1
Answer:
(b) 57

Question 58.
If A and B are two events sue that P(A) = 12, P(b) = 13, P(A|B) = 14 then (A’ ∩ B’) equals
(a) 112
(b) 34
(c) 14
(d) 316
Answer:
(c) 14

Question 59.
If P(A) = 0.4, P(b) = 0.8 and P(B|A) = 0.6, then P(A ∪ B) equal to
(a) 0.24
(b) 0.3
(c) 0.48
(d) 0.96
Answer:
(c) 0.48

Question 60.
If A and B are two events and A ≠ Φ, B ≠ Φ, then
(a) P(A|B) = P(A) . P(b)
(b) P(A|B) = P(A∩B)P(B)
(c) P(A|B) . P(B|A) = 1
(d) P(A|B) = P(A)|P(b)
Answer:
(b) P(A|B) = P(A∩B)P(B)

Question 61.
A and B are events such that P(A) = 0.4, P(b) = 0.3 and P(A ∪ B) = 0.5. Then P(B’ ∩ A) equals
(a) 23
(b) 12
(c) 310
(d) 15
Answer:
(d) 15

Question 62.
You are given that A and B are two events such that P(b) = 35, P(A|B) = =45, then P(A) equals
(a) 310
(b) 15
(c) 12
(d) 35
Answer:
(c) 12

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