NDA 2017 Paper 2 | Probability Question 45 | Mathematics

Five sticks of length 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 feet are given. Three of these sticks are selected at random. What is the probability that the selected sticks can form a triangle?

0.5

0.4

0.3

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A committee of two persons is constituted from two men and two women. What is the probability that the committee will have only women?

$${1 \over 6}$$

$${1 \over 3}$$

$${1 \over 2}$$

$${2 \over 3}$$

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A question is given to three students A, B and C whose chances of solving it are $${1 \over 2}$$, $${1 \over 3}$$ and $${1 \over 4}$$ respectively. What is the probability that the question will be solved?

$${1 \over 24}$$

$${1 \over 4}$$

$${3 \over 4}$$

$${23 \over 24}$$

NDA 2017 Paper 1

MCQ (Single Correct Answer)

+2.5

-0.83

For two dependent events A and B, it is given that P(A) = 0.2 and P(B) = 0.5. If A $$ \subseteq $$ B, then the values of conditional probabilities P(A / B) and P(B / A) are respectively

$${2 \over 5}$$, $${3 \over 5}$$

$${2 \over 5}$$, 1

1, $${2 \over 5}$$

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