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A die is thrown 10 times. The probability that an odd number will come up at least once is

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2

A random variable $X$ has the following probability distribution:

$X$ 0 1 2
$P(X)$ 25/36 $k$ 1/36

If the mean of the random variable $X$ is $1 / 3$, then the variance is

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3

If a random variable $X$ follows the binomial distribution with parameters $n=5, p$ and $P(X=2)=9 P(X=3)$, then $p$ is equal to

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4

A bag contains $$2 n+1$$ coins. It is known that $$n$$ of these coins have head on both sides whereas, the other $$n+1$$ coins are fair. One coin is selected at random and tossed. If the probability that toss results in heads is $$\frac{31}{42}$$, then the value of $$n$$ is

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5

Let $$A=\{x, y, z, u\}$$ and $$B=\{a, b\}$$. A function $$f: A \rightarrow B$$ is selected randomly. The probability that the function is an onto function is

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6

If $$A$$ and $$B$$ are events, such that $$P(A)=\frac{1}{4}, P(A / B)=\frac{1}{2}$$ and $$P(B / A)=\frac{2}{3}$$, then $$P(B)$$ is

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7

Find the mean number of heads in three tosses of a fair coin.

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8

If $$A$$ and $$B$$ are two events such that $$P(A)=\frac{1}{2}, P(B)=\frac{1}{2}$$ and $$P(A \mid B)=\frac{1}{4}$$, then $$P\left(A^{\prime} \cap B^{\prime}\right)$$ is

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9

A pandemic has been spreading all over the world. The probabilities are 0.7 that there will be a lockdown, 0.8 that the pandemic is controlled in one month if there is a lockdown and 0.3 that it is controlled in one month if there is no lockdown. The probability that the pandemic will be controlled in one month is

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10

If $$A$$ and $$B$$ are two independent events such that $$P(\bar{A})=0.75, P(A \cup B)=0.65$$ and $$P(B)=x$$, then find the value of $$x$$.

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11

Given that, $$A$$ and $$B$$ are two events such that $$P(B)=\frac{3}{5}, P\left(\frac{A}{B}\right)=\frac{1}{2}$$ and $$P(A \cup B)=\frac{4}{5}$$, then $$P(A)$$ is equal to

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12

If $$A, B$$ and $$C$$ are three independent events such that $$P(A)=P(B)=P(C)=P$$, then $$P$$ (at least two of $$A, B$$ and $$C$$ occur) is equal to

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13

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 as 3 is

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14

A car manufacturing factory has two plants $$X$$ and $$Y$$. Plant $$X$$ manufactures $$70 \%$$ of cars and plant $$Y$$ manufactures $$30 \%$$ of cars. $$80 \%$$ of cars at plant $$X$$ and $$90 %$$ of cars at plant $$Y$$ are rated as standard quality. A car is chosen at random and is found to be standard quality. The probability that it has come from plant $$X$$ is :

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If $$P(A)=0.59, P(B)=0.30$$ and $$P(A \cap B)=0.21$$ then $$P\left(A^{\prime} \cap B^{\prime}\right)$$ is equal to

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16

A die is thrown 10 times, the probability that an odd number will come up at least one time is

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17

If $$A$$ and $$B$$ are two events such that $$P(A)=\frac{1}{3}, P(B)=\frac{1}{2}$$ and $$P(A \cap B)=\frac{1}{6}$$, then $$P\left(A^{\prime} / B\right)$$ is

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18

Events $$E_1$$ and $$E_2$$ from a partition of the sample space $$S$$. $$A$$ is any event such that $$P\left(E_1\right)=P\left(\dot{E}_2\right)=\frac{1}{2}, P\left(E_2 / A\right)=\frac{1}{2}$$ and $$P\left(A / E_2\right)=\frac{2}{3}$$, then $$P\left(E_1 / A\right)$$ is

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19

The probability of solving a problem by three persons $$A, B$$ and $$C$$ independently is $$\frac{1}{2}, \frac{1}{4}$$ and $$\frac{1}{3}$$ respectively. Then the probability of the problem is solved by any two of them is

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20

If $$A, B, C$$ are three mutually exclusive and exhaustive events of an experiment such that $$P(A)=2 P(B)=3 P(C)$$, then $$P(B)$$ is equal to

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21

Two letters are chosen from the letters of the word 'EQUATIONS'. The probability that one is vowel and the other is consonant is

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22

A random variable '$$X$$' has the following probability distribution

$$x$$ $$1$$ $$2$$ $$3$$ $$4$$ $$5$$ $$6$$ $$7$$
$$P(x)$$ $$k-1$$ $$3k$$ $$k$$ $$3k$$ $$3k^2$$ $$k^2$$ $$k^2+k$$

Then the value of $$k$$ is

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If $$A$$ and $$B$$ are two events of a sample space $$S$$ such that $$P(A)=0.2, P(B)=0.6$$ and $$P(A \mid B)=0.5$$ then $$P\left(A^{\prime} \mid B\right)=$$

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24

If '$$X$$' has a binomial distribution with parameters $$n=6, p$$ and $$P(X=2)=12$$, $$P(X=3)=5$$ then $$P=$$

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25

A man speaks truth 2 out of 3 times. He picks one of the natural numbers in the set $$S=\{1,2,3,4,5,6,7\}$$ and reports that it is even. The probability that is actually even is

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