Probability (Class 12) · Question 19

A candidate has to go to the examination centre to appear in an examination. The candidate uses only one means of transportation for the entire distance out of bus, scooter and car. The probabilities of the candidate going by bus, scooter and car, respectively, are 25, 15 and 25. The probabilities that the candidate reaches late at the examination centre are 15, 13 and 14 if the candidate uses bus, scooter and car, respectively. Given that the candidate reached late at the examination centre, the probability that the candidate travelled by bus is :

1. 1137
2. 1237
3. 1337
4. 1437

A bag contains (N+1) coins - N fair coins, and one coin with 'Head' on both sides. A coin is selected at random and tossed. If the probability of getting 'Head' is 916, then N is equal to :

1. 5
2. 7
3. 8
4. 9

A letter is known to have arrived by post either from KANPUR or from ANANTPUR. On the envelope just two consecutive letters AN are visible. The probability, that the letter came from ANANTPUR, is:

1. 710
2. 1017
3. 1219
4. 719

The probabilities that players A and B of a team are selected for the captaincy for a tournament are 0.6 and 0.4, respectively. If A is selected the captain, the probability that the team wins the tournament is 0.8 and if B is selected the captain, the probability that the team wins the tournament is 0.7. Then the probability, that the team wins the tournament, is :

1. 0.74
2. 0.76
3. 0.72
4. 0.78

A bag contains 10 balls out of which k are red and (10 − k) are black, where 0 k 10. If three balls are drawn at random without replacement and all of them are found to be black, then the probability that the bag contains 1 red and 9 black balls is:

1. 7110
2. 711
3. 755
4. 1455

The probability distribution of a random variable X is given below : array|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c| X & 4k & 307k & 327k & 347k & 367k & 387k & 407k & 6k \ P(X) & 215 & 115 & 215 & 15 & 115 & 215 & 15 & 115 \ array If E(X) = 26315, then P(X < 20) is equal to :

1. 35
2. 1415
3. 815
4. 1115

From a lot containing 10 defective and 90 non-defective bulbs, 8 bulbs are selected one by one with replacement. Then the probability of getting at least 7 defective bulbs is

1. 73108
2. 67108
3. 7107
4. 81108

Bag A contains 9 white and 8 black balls, while bag B contains 6 white and 4 black balls. One ball is randomly picked up from the bag B and mixed up with the balls in the bag A. Then a ball is randomly drawn from the bag A. If the probability, that the ball drawn is white, is pq, (p, q) = 1, then p + q is equal to

1. 24
2. 22
3. 23
4. 21

If a random variable x has the probability distribution arrayccccccccc x & 0 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 & 7 \ P(x) & 0 & 2k & k & 3k & 2k2 & 2k & k2 + k & 7k2 array then P(3 < x 6) is equal to

1. 0.34
2. 0.64
3. 0.22
4. 0.33

A random variable X takes values 0, 1, 2, 3 with probabilities 2a+130, 8a-130, 4a+130, b respectively, where a, b R. Let and respectively be the mean and standard deviation of X such that 2 + 2 = 2. Then ab is equal to:

1. 12
2. 60
3. 30
4. 3