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Three numbers are chosen at random from numbers 1 to 20 . The probability that they are consecutive is

Two cards are drawn successively with replacement from fair playing 52 cards. let X denote number of kings obtained when two cards are drawn, then $\mathrm{E}\left(\mathrm{X}^2\right)=$

If $\mathrm{X} \sim \mathrm{B}(35, \mathrm{p})$ such that $7 \mathrm{P}(\mathrm{X}=0)=\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{X}=1)$ then the value of $\frac{\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{X}=15)}{\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{X}=20)}$ is equal to

A student studies for X number of hours during a randomly selected school day. The probability that X can take the values, has the following form, where k is some constant.

$$ \mathrm{P}(\mathrm{X}=x)= \begin{cases}0.2, & \text { if } x=0 \\ \mathrm{k} x, & \text { if } x=1 \text { or } 2 \\ \mathrm{k}(6-x), & \text { if } x=3 \text { or } 4 \\ 0, & \text { otherwise }\end{cases} $$

The probability that the student studies for at most two hours is

The probability that a non leap year selected at random will contain 52 Saturdays or 53 Sundays is

A fair $n$ faced die is rolled repeatedly until a number less than $n$ appears. If the mean of the number of tosses required is $\frac{n}{9}$, then $\mathrm{n}=($ where $\mathrm{n} \in \mathbb{N})$

A fair coin is tossed a fixed number of times. If the probability of getting 5 tails is same as the probability of getting 7 tails, then the probability of getting 3 tails is

The probability that a person is not a sportsperson is $\frac{1}{6}$. Then the probability that out of the 6 members of the family, 5 are sportspersons is

The cumulative distribution function of a discrete random variable X is

$$ \begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|} \hline \mathrm{X}=x & -4 & -2 & 0 & 2 & 4 & 6 & 8 & 10 \\ \hline \mathrm{~F}(\mathrm{X}=x) & 0.1 & 0.3 & 0.5 & 0.65 & 0.75 & 0.85 & 0.90 & 1 \\ \hline \end{array} $$

then $\frac{P(X \leqslant 0)}{P(X>0)}=$

The following is p.d.f. of continuous random variable X

$$ \mathrm{f}(x)= \begin{cases}\frac{x}{8} & , \text { if } 0 < x < 4 \\ 0 & , \text { otherwise }\end{cases} $$

Then $F(0.5), F(1.7)$ and $F(5)$ is respectively

A box contains 8 red and $x$ number of green balls. 3 balls are drawn at random, if the probability that 3 balls being red is $\frac{7}{15}$, then number of green balls is…

A doctor assumes that patient has one of three diseases $\mathrm{d} 1, \mathrm{~d} 2$ or d 3 . Before any test he assumes an equal probability for each disease. He carries out a test that will be positive with probability 0.7 if the patient has disease $\mathrm{d} 1,0.5$ if the patient has disease d 2 and 0.8 if the patient has disease d3. Given that the outcome of the test was positive then probability that patient has disease d2 is

The probability that a student is not a swimmer is $\frac{1}{5}$. The probability that out of 5 students selected at random 4 are swimmers is

A player tosses two coins. He wins ₹ 10 , if 2 heads appears, ₹ 5 , if one head appear and ₹ 2 if no head appears. Then variance of winning amount is

Consider the probability distribution

$$ \begin{array}{|l|l|l|l|l|l|} \hline \mathrm{X}=x & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 \\ \hline \mathrm{P}(\mathrm{X}=x) & \mathrm{K} & 2 \mathrm{~K} & \mathrm{~K}^2 & 2 \mathrm{~K} & 5 \mathrm{~K}^2 \\ \hline \end{array} $$

Then the value of $\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{X}>2)$ is

Let X denote the number of hours you study on a Sunday. It is known that

$$ \mathrm{P}(\mathrm{X}=x)=\left\{\begin{array}{cc} 0.1 & , \text { if } x=0 \\ \mathrm{k} x & , \text { if } x=1 \text { or } 2 \\ \mathrm{k}(5-x) & , \text { if } x=3 \text { or } 4 \\ 0 & , \text { otherwise } \end{array}\right. $$

where k is constant. Then the probability that you study at least two hours on a Sunday is

A pair of fair dice is thrown 4 times. If getting the same number on both dice is considered as a success, then the probability of two successes are

A family has 3 children. The probability that all the three children are girls, given that at least one of them is a girl is

If a random variable X has the following probability distribution of X

$$ \begin{array}{|l|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|} \hline \mathrm{X}=x & 0 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 & 7 \\ \hline \mathrm{P}(\mathrm{X}=x) & 0 & \mathrm{k} & 2 \mathrm{k} & 2 \mathrm{k} & 3 \mathrm{k} & \mathrm{k}^2 & 2 \mathrm{k}^2 & 7 \mathrm{k}^2+\mathrm{k} \\ \hline \end{array} $$

Then $P(x \geq 6)=$

If $X \sim B\left(6, \frac{1}{2}\right)$, then $P(|X-2| \leqslant 1)=$

A random variable X has following p.d.f. $\mathrm{f}(x)=\mathrm{kx}(1-x), 0 \leqslant x \leqslant 1 \quad$ and $\quad \mathrm{P}(x>\mathrm{a})=\frac{20}{27}$, then $\mathrm{a}=$

If A and B are independent events such that $\mathrm{P}\left(\mathrm{A} \cap \mathrm{B}^{\prime}\right)=\frac{3}{25}$ and $\mathrm{P}\left(\mathrm{A}^{\prime} \cap \mathrm{B}\right)=\frac{8}{25}$, then $P(A)=$

A fair coin is tossed 100 times. The chance of getting a head even number of times is

In a game a man wins $Rs \,\, 40$ if he gets 5 or 6 on a throw of a fair die and loses ₹ 20 for getting any other number on the die. If he decides to throw the die either till he gets a five or six or to a maximum of three throws, then his expected gain/loss (in rupees) is

Bag I contains 3 red and 2 green balls and Bag II contains 5 red and 3 green balls. A ball is drawn from one of the bag at random and it is found to be green. Then the probability that it is drawn from Bag I is

If a random variable $X$ has p.d.f. $f(x)=\left\{\begin{array}{ll}\frac{a x^2}{2}+b x & , \text { if } 1 \leqslant x \leqslant 3 \\ 0 & , \text { otherwise }\end{array}\right.$ and $f(2)=2$, then the values of $a$ and $b$ are, respectively

In a box containing 100 apples, 10 are defective. The probability that in a sample of 6 apples, 3 are defective is

Four defective oranges are accidentally mixed with sixteen good ones. Three oranges are drawn from the mixed lot. The probability distribution of defective oranges is

The probability that a certain kind of component will survive a given test is $\frac{2}{3}$. The probability that at most 2 components out of 4 tested, will survive is

A coin is tossed until one head appears or a tail appears 4 times in succession. The probability distribution of the number of tosses is

The p.d.f. of a continuous random variable X is $f(x)=\left\{\begin{array}{cl}\frac{x^2}{18} & , \text { if }-3 < x < 3 \\ 0 & \text { otherwise }\end{array}\right.$

Then $\mathrm{P}[|\mathrm{X}|<2]=$

In a single toss of a fair die, the odds against the event that number 4 or 5 turns up is

Numbers are selected at random, one at a time from the two-digit numbers $00,01,02,-------, 99$ with replacement. An event E occurs only if the product of the two digits of a selected number is 24. If four numbers are selected, then probability, that the event E occurs at least 3 times, is

A random variable, $X$ has p.m.f. $\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{X}=x)=\frac{{ }^4 \mathrm{C}_x}{2^4}, x=0,1,2,3,4$ and $\mu$ and $\sigma^2$ are mean and variance respectively of random variable X , then

$$ \text { The c.d.f. of a discrete random variable } \mathrm{X} \text { is } $$

$$ \begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|} \hline \mathrm{X} & -3 & -1 & 0 & 1 & 3 & 5 & 7 & 9 \\ \hline \mathrm{~F}(\mathrm{X}=x) & 0.1 & 0.3 & 0.5 & 0.65 & 0.75 & 0.85 & 0.90 & 1 \\ \hline \end{array} $$

Then $\frac{P[X=-3]}{P[X<0]}=$

If $\mathrm{A}, \mathrm{B}, \mathrm{C}$ are mutually exclusive and exhaustive events of a sample space $S$ such that $P(B)=\frac{3}{2} P(A)$ and $P(C)=\frac{1}{2} P(B)$, then $P(A)=$

If a random variable X follows the Binomial distribution $B(10, \quad p)$ such that $5 \mathrm{P}(\mathrm{X}=0)=\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{X}=1)$, then the value of $\frac{\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{X}=5)}{\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{X}=6)}$ is equal to

The following is the probability distribution of X

$$ \begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|c|} \hline \mathrm{X} & 0 & 1 & 2 & 3 \\ \hline \mathrm{P}(\mathrm{X}=x) & \frac{1+\mathrm{p}}{5} & \frac{2-2 \mathrm{p}}{5} & \frac{2-\mathrm{p}}{5} & \frac{2 \mathrm{p}}{5} \\ \hline \end{array} $$

$$ \text { For a minimum value of } p \text {, the value of } 5 E(X) \text { is } $$

A random variable X takes values $0,1,2,3$, ........ with probabilities. $\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{X}=x)=\mathrm{k}(x+1)\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^x, \mathrm{k}$ is a constant, then $P(X=1)=$

The probability that in a random arrangement of the letters of the word 'UNIVERSITY', the two 'I's do not come together is

Two numbers are selected at random, without replacement from the first 6 positive integers. Let $X$ denote the larger of the two numbers. Then $\mathrm{E}(\mathrm{X})=$

For $\mathrm{k}=1,2,3$ the box $\mathrm{B}_{\mathrm{k}}$ contains k red balls and $(k+1)$ white balls. Let $P\left(B_1\right)=\frac{1}{2}, P\left(B_2\right)=\frac{1}{3}$ and $\mathrm{P}\left(\mathrm{B}_3\right)=\frac{1}{6} . \mathrm{A}$ box is selected at random and a ball is drawn from it. If a red ball is drawn from it, then the probability that it comes from box $\mathrm{B}_2$ is

A random variable $X$ takes the values $0,1,2,3$, $\qquad$ with probability

$\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{X}=x)=\mathrm{k}(x+1)\left(\frac{1}{5}\right)^x$, where k is a constant.

Then $\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{X}=0)$ is

A fair coin is tossed 99 times. If X is the number of times head occur then $\mathrm{P}[\mathrm{X}=\mathrm{r}]$ is maximum when $\mathrm{r}=$

If X is a binomial variable with range $\{0,1,2,3,4\}$ and $\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{X}=3)=3 \mathrm{P}(\mathrm{X}=4)$ then the parameter ' $p$ ' of the binomial distribution is

Two cards are drawn simultaneously from a well shuffled pack of 52 cards. If X is the random variable of getting queens, then the value of $2 E(X)+3 E\left(X^2\right)$ for the number of queens is

A random variable $X$ has the following probability distribution

$$ \begin{array}{|l|c|c|c|c|c|} \hline \mathrm{X}: & 0 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 \\ \hline \mathrm{P}(\mathrm{X}): & \mathrm{k} & 2 \mathrm{k} & 4 \mathrm{k} & 2 \mathrm{k} & \mathrm{k} \\ \hline \end{array} $$

then the value of $\mathrm{P}(1 \leqslant \mathrm{X}<4 \mid \mathrm{X} \leqslant 2)=$

If two numbers $p$ and $q$ are chosen randomly from the set $\{1,2,3,4\}$, one by one, with replacement, then the probability of getting $\mathrm{p}^2 \geq 4 \mathrm{q}$ is

If $X \sim B(n, p)$ then $\frac{P(X=k)}{P(X=k-1)}=$

Let X be a discrete random variable. The probability distribution of X is given below

$$ \begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|} \hline \mathrm{X} & 30 & 10 & -10 \\ \hline \mathrm{P}(\mathrm{X}) & \frac{1}{5} & \mathrm{~A} & \mathrm{~B} \\ \hline \end{array} $$

and $\mathrm{E}(\mathrm{X})=4$, then the value of AB is equal to

In a game, 3 coins are tossed. A person is paid $Rs \, 150$ if he gets all heads or all tails and he is supposed to pay ₹50 if he gets one head or two heads. The amount he can expect to win / lose on an average per game in ₹ is

Let $A$ and $B$ are independent events with $\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{B})=\frac{2}{5}, \mathrm{P}(\mathrm{A} \cup \mathrm{B})=\frac{11}{20}$, then $\mathrm{P}\left(\mathrm{A}^{\prime} \mid \mathrm{B}\right)$ is root of the equation

The probability distribution of a discrete random variable X is

If $\mathrm{a}=\mathrm{P}(x<3)$ and $\mathrm{b}=\mathrm{P}(2 \leq \mathrm{X}<4)$, then

If a discrete random variable X is defined as follows

$\mathrm{P}[\mathrm{X}=x]=\left\{\begin{array}{cl}\frac{\mathrm{k}(x+1)}{5^x}, & \text { if } x=0,1,2 \ldots \ldots . \\ 0, & \text { otherwise }\end{array}\right.$

then $\mathrm{k}=$

Numbers are selected at random, one at a time from two digit numbers $10,11,12 \ldots ., 99$ with replacement. An event $E$ occurs if and only if the product of the two digits of a selected number is 18 . If four numbers are selected, then probability that the event E occurs at least 3 times is

Two friends A and B apply for a job in the same company. The probabilities of A getting selected is $\frac{2}{5}$ and that of B is $\frac{4}{7}$. Then the probability, that one of them is selected, is

If a random variable X has the following probability distribution values

Then $P(X \geq 6)$ has the value

A random variable X takes the values $0,1,2,3$ and its mean is 1.3 . If $\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{X}=3)=2 \mathrm{P}(\mathrm{X}=1)$ and $P(X=2)=0.3$, then $P(X=0)$ is

Three persons $\mathrm{P}, \mathrm{Q}$ and R independently try to hit a target. If the probabilities of their hitting the target are $\frac{3}{4}, \frac{1}{2}$ and $\frac{5}{8}$ respectively, then the probability that the target is hit by P or Q but not by $R$, is

A box contains 15 green and 10 yellow balls. If 10 balls are randomly drawn, one by one, with replacement, then the variance of the number of green balls drawn is

Suppose three coins are tossed simultaneously. If $X$ denotes the number of heads, then probability distribution of x is

Four fair dice are thrown independently 27 times. Then the expected number of times, at least two dice show up a three or a five is

If two fair dice are rolled, then the probability that the sum of the numbers on the upper faces is at least 9, is

For the probability distribution

The expected value of X is

A random variable X has the following probability distribution

Then $\mathrm{p}(x \geq 2)$ is equal to

The probability, that a year selected at random will have 53 Mondays, is

A multiple choice examination has 5 questions. Each question has three alternative answers of which exactly one is correct. The probability that a student will get 4 or more correct answers just by guessing is

A random variable $X$ has the following probability distribution

For the event $E=\{X$ is a prime number $\}$, $F=\{X<4\}$, then $P(E \cup F)$ is

Let $\mathrm{A}, \mathrm{B}$ and C be three events, which are pairwise independent and $\bar{E}$ denote the complement of an event E . If $\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{A} \cap \mathrm{B} \cap \mathrm{C})=0$ and $\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{C})>0$, then $\mathrm{P}((\overline{\mathrm{A}} \cap \overline{\mathrm{B}}) / C)$ is equal to

A random variable x takes the values $0,1,2$, $3, \ldots$ with probability $\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{X}=x)=\mathrm{k}(x+1)\left(\frac{1}{5}\right)^x$, where k is a constant, then $\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{X}=0)$ is

One hundred identical coins, each with probability p , of showing up heads are tossed once. If $0<\mathrm{p}<1$ and the probability of heads showing on 50 coins is equal to that of heads showing on 51 coins, then the value of $p$ is

The p.m.f. of a random variable X is given by

$$\begin{aligned} \mathrm{P}[\mathrm{X}=x] & =\frac{\binom{5}{x}}{2^5}, \text { if } x=0,1,2,3,4,5 \\ & =0, \text { otherwise } \end{aligned}$$

Then which of the following is not correct?

If three fair coins are tossed, then variance of number of heads obtained, is

If $A$ and $B$ are two independent events such that $\mathrm{P}\left(\mathrm{A}^{\prime}\right)=0.75, \mathrm{P}(\mathrm{A} \cup \mathrm{B})=0.65$ and $\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{B})=\mathrm{p}$, then value of $p$ is

The probability that a person who undergoes a bypass surgery will recover is 0.6 . the probability that of the six patients who undergo similar operations, half of them will recover is __________.

$A$ and $B$ are independent events with $P(A)=\frac{3}{10}$, $\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{B})=\frac{2}{5}$, then $\mathrm{P}\left(\mathrm{A}^{\prime} \cup \mathrm{B}\right)$ has the value

Minimum number of times a fair coin must be tossed, so that the probability of getting at least one head, is more than $99 \%$ is

A random variable X assumes values $1,2,3, \ldots \ldots ., \mathrm{n}$ with equal probabilities. If $\operatorname{var}(X): E(X)=4: 1$, then $n$ is equal to

In a game, 3 coins are tossed. A person is paid ₹ 100$, if he gets all heads or all tails; and he is supposed to pay ₹ 40 , if he gets one head or two heads. The amount he can expect to win/lose on an average per game in (₹) is

In a Binomial distribution consisting of 5 independent trials, probabilities of exactly 1 and 2 successes are 0.4096 and 0.2048 respectively, then the probability, of getting exactly 4 successes, is

A random variable X has the following probability distribution

For the events $\mathrm{E}=\{\mathrm{X}$ is prime number $\}$

$$\mathrm{F}=\{\mathrm{X}<4\}$$

Then $P(E \cup F)=$

There are three events $\mathrm{A}, \mathrm{B}, \mathrm{C}$, one of which must and only one can happen. The odds are 8:3 against $\mathrm{A}, 5: 2$ against B and the odds against C is $43: 17 \mathrm{k}$, then value of k is

Four persons can hit a target correctly with probabilities $\frac{1}{2}, \frac{1}{3}, \frac{1}{4}$ and $\frac{1}{5}$ respectively. If all hit at the target independently, then the probability that the target would be hit, is

If the mean and the variance of a Binomial variate X are 2 and 1 respectively, then the probability that X takes a value greater than one is equal to

A bag contains 4 red and 3 black balls. One ball is drawn and then replaced in the bag and the process is repeated. Let X denote the number of times black ball is drawn in 3 draws. Assuming that at each draw each ball is equally likely to be selected, then probability distribution of $X$ is given by

A service station manager sells gas at an average of ₹ 100 per hour on a rainy day, ₹ 150 per hour on a dubious day, ₹ 250 per hour on a fair day and ₹ $300$ on a clear sky. If weather bureau statistics show the probabilities of weather as follows, then his mathematical expectation is

An urn contains nine balls of which three are red, four are blue and two are green. Three balls are drawn at random without replacement from the urn. The probability, that the three balls have different colours, is

A random variable X takes values $-1,0,1,2$ with probabilities $\frac{1+3 \mathrm{p}}{4}, \frac{1-\mathrm{p}}{4}, \frac{1+2 \mathrm{p}}{4}, \frac{1-4 \mathrm{p}}{4}$ respectively, where p varies over $\mathbb{R}$. Then the minimum and maximum values of the mean of X are respectively.

If the mean and the variance of Binomial variate $X$ are 2 and 1 respectively, then the probability that X takes a value greater than or equal to one is

If $\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{X}=2)=0.3, \mathrm{P}(\mathrm{X}=3)=0.4, \mathrm{P}(\mathrm{X}=4)=0.3$, then the variance of random variable X is

A man and his wife appear for an interview for two posts. The probability of the husband's selection is $\frac{1}{7}$ and that of the wife's selection is $\frac{1}{5}$. If they appear for the interview independently, then the probability that only one of them is selected, is

The expected value of the sum of the two numbers obtained on the uppermost faces, when two fair dice are rolled, is

For an entry to a certain course, a candidate is given twenty problems to solve. If the probability that the candidate can solve any problem is $\frac{3}{7}$, then the probability that he is unable to solve at most two problem is

A random variable has the following probability distribution

Then the value of p is

Let A and B be two events such that the probability that exactly one of them occurs is $\frac{2}{5}$ and the probability that A or B occurs is $\frac{1}{2}$, then the probability of both of them occur together is

A random variable $X$ has the following probability distribution

Then $\mathrm{P(X > 2)}$ is equal to

A multiple choice examination has 5 questions. Each question has three alternative answers of which exactly one is correct. The probability, that a student will get 4 or more correct answers just by guessing, is

Let a random variable X have a Binomial distribution with mean 8 and variance 4 . If $\mathrm{P}(x \leqslant 2)=\frac{\mathrm{k}}{2^{16}}$, then k is equal to

For the probability distribution

Then the $\operatorname{Var}(\mathrm{X})$ is

(Given : $$\left.(0.25)^2=0.0625,(0.35)^2=0.1225,(0.45)^2=0.2025\right)$$

Two cards are drawn successively with replacement from a well- shuffled pack of 52 cards. Let X denote the random variable of number of kings obtained in the two drawn cards. Then $\mathrm{P}(x=1)+\mathrm{P}(x=2)$ equals

Two cards are drawn successively with replacement from a well shuffled pack of 52 cards. Then mean of number of kings is

A random variable x has the following probability distribution. Then value of $k$ is _________ and $\mathrm{P}(3< x \leq 6)$ has the value

Let $\mathrm{X} \sim \mathrm{B}\left(6, \frac{1}{2}\right)$, then $\mathrm{P}[|x-4| \leqslant 2]$ is

A person throws an unbiased die. If the number shown is even, he gains an amount equal to the number shown. If the number is odd, he loses an amount equal to the number shown. Then his expectation is ₹.

Two cards are drawn successively with replacement from a well shuffled pack of 52 cards. Let X denote the random variable of number of jacks obtained in the two drawn cards. Then $P(X=1)+P(X=2)$ equals

Let in a Binomial distribution, consisting of 5 independent trials, probabilities of exactly 1 and 2 successes be 0.4096 and 0.2048 respectively. Then the probability of getting exactly 3 successes is equal to

The probability distribution of a random variable X is given by

Then the variance of X is

Three houses are available in a locality. Three persons apply for the houses. Each applies for one house without consulting others. The probability that all the three persons apply for the same house is

A bag contains 4 Red and 6 Black balls. A ball is drawn at random from the bag, its colour is observed and this ball along with 3 additional balls of the same colour are returned to the bag. If now a ball is drawn at random from the bag, then the probability that this drawn ball is red is

If a discrete random variable X takes values $0,1,2,3, \ldots \ldots$. with probability $\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{X}=x)=\mathrm{k}(x+1) 5^{-x}$, where k is a constant, then $\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{X}=0)$ is

Ten bulbs are drawn successively, with replacement, from a lot containing $10 \%$ defective bulbs, then the probability that there is at least one defective bulb, is

A fair die with numbers 1 to 6 on their faces is thrown. Let $$\mathrm{X}$$ denote the number of factors of the number, on the uppermost face, then the probability distribution of $$\mathrm{X}$$ is

The p.m.f. of a random variable $$\mathrm{X}$$ is $$\mathrm{P}(x)=\left\{\begin{array}{cl}\frac{2 x}{\mathrm{n}(\mathrm{n}+1)}, & x=1,2,3, \ldots \mathrm{n} \\ 0, & \text { otherwise }\end{array}\right.$$, then $$\mathrm{E}(\mathrm{X})$$ is

There are 6 positive and 8 negative numbers. From these four numbers are chosen at random and multiplied. Then the probability, that the product is a negative number, is

A lot of 100 bulbs contains 10 defective bulbs. Five bulbs are selected at random from the lot and are sent to retail store. Then the probability that the store will receive at most one defective bulb is

Two cards are drawn successively with replacement from well shuffled pack of 52 cards, then the probability distribution of number of queens is

For an initial screening of an entrance exam, a candidate is given fifty problems to solve. If the probability that the candidate can solve any problem is $$\frac{4}{5}$$, then the probability, that he is unable to solve less than two problems, is

$$\text { If } f(x)= \begin{cases}3\left(1-2 x^2\right) & ; 0< x < 1 \\ 0 & ; \text { otherwise }\end{cases}$$ is a probability density function of $$\mathrm{X}$$, then $$\mathrm{P}\left(\frac{1}{4} < x < \frac{1}{3}\right)$$ is

Three critics review a book. For the three critics the odds in favour of the book are $$2: 5, 3: 4$$ and $$4: 3$$ respectively. The probability that the majority is in favour of the book, is given by

Two dice are rolled. If both dice have six faces numbered $$1,2,3,5,7,11$$, then the probability that the sum of the numbers on upper most face is prime, is

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

For the events $$E=\{X$$ is a prime number $$\}$$ and $$F=\{x<5\}, P(E U F)$$ is

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

then P(X < 2) is

Let $$\mathrm{X}$$ be random variable having Binomial distribution $$B(7, p)$$. If $$P[X=3]=5 P[X=4]$$, then variance of $$\mathrm{X}$$ is

If a continuous random variable $$\mathrm{X}$$ has probability density function $$\mathrm{f}(x)$$ given by

$$f(x)=\left\{\begin{array}{cl} a x & , \text { if } 0 \leq x<1 \\ a & , \text { if } 1 \leq x<2 \\ 3 a-a x & , \text { if } 2 \leq x \leq 3 \\ 0 & , \text { otherwise } \end{array}\right.$$,

then a has the value

A card is drawn at random from a well shuffled pack of 52 cards. The probability that it is black card or face card is

An irregular six faced die is thrown and the probability that, in 5 throws it will give 3 even numbers is twice the probability that it will give 2 even numbers. The number of times, in 6804 sets of 5 throws, you expect to give no even number is

A box contains 100 tickets numbered 1 to 100 . A ticket is drawn at random from the box. Then the probability, that number on the ticket is a perfect square, is

Three fair coins with faces numbered 1 and 0 are tossed simultaneously. Then variance (X) of the probability distribution of random variable $$\mathrm{X}$$, where $$\mathrm{X}$$ is the sum of numbers on the upper most faces, is

The p.m.f of random variate $$\mathrm{X}$$ is $$P(X)= \begin{cases}\frac{2 x}{\mathrm{n}(\mathrm{n}+1)}, & x=1,2,3, \ldots \ldots, \mathrm{n} \\ 0, & \text { otherwise }\end{cases}$$

Then $$\mathrm{E}(\mathrm{X})=$$

An experiment succeeds twice as often as it fails. Then the probability, that in the next 6 trials there will be atleast 4 successes, is

Two cards are drawn successively with replacement from a well shuffled pack of 52 cards. Then the probability distribution of number of jacks is

$$\mathrm{A}$$ and $$\mathrm{B}$$ are independent events with $$\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{A})=\frac{1}{4}$$ and $$\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{A} \cup \mathrm{B})=2 \mathrm{P}(\mathrm{B})-\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{A})$$, then $$\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{B})$$ is

Two cards are drawn successively with replacement from a well-shuffled pack of 52 cards. Then mean of number of tens is

A fair die is tossed twice in succession. If $$\mathrm{X}$$ denotes the number of fours in two tosses, then the probability distribution of $$\mathrm{X}$$ is given by

If $$\mathrm{A}$$ and $$\mathrm{B}$$ are two events such that $$\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{A})=\frac{1}{3}, \mathrm{P}(\mathrm{B})=\frac{1}{5}, \mathrm{P}(\mathrm{A} \cup \mathrm{B})=\frac{1}{3}$$, then the value of $$\mathrm{P}\left(\mathrm{A}^{\prime} / \mathrm{B}^{\prime}\right)+\mathrm{P}\left(\mathrm{B}^{\prime} / \mathrm{A}^{\prime}\right)$$ is

Let a random variable $$\mathrm{X}$$ have a Binomial distribution with mean 8 and variance 4. If $$\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{X} \leq 2)=\frac{\mathrm{K}}{2^{16}}$$, then $$\mathrm{K}$$ is

From a lot of 20 baskets, which includes 6 defective baskets, a sample of 2 baskets is drawn at random one by one without replacement. The expected value of number of defective basket is

Three of six vertices of a regular hexagon are chosen at random. The probability that the triangle with these three vertices is equilateral, equals ___________.

A binomial random variable $$\mathrm{X}$$ satisfies $$9. p(X=4)=p(X=2)$$ when $$n=6$$. Then $$p$$ is equal to

The three ships namely A, B and C sail from India to Africa. If the odds in favour of the ships reaching safely are $$2: 5,3: 7$$ and $$6: 11$$ respectively, then probability of all of them arriving safely is

If the sum of mean and variance of a Binomial Distribution is $$\frac{15}{2}$$ for 10 trials, then the variance is

In a game, 3 coins are tossed. A person is paid ₹ 7 /-, if he gets all heads or all tails; and he is supposed to pay ₹ 3 /-, if he gets one head or two heads. The amount he can expect to win on an average per game is ₹

A fair die is tossed twice in succession. If $$\mathrm{X}$$ denotes the number of sixes in two tosses, then the probability distribution of $$\mathrm{X}$$ is given by

For a binomial variate $$\mathrm{X}$$ with $$\mathrm{n}=6$$ if $$P(X=4)=\frac{135}{2^{12}}$$, then its variance is

The p.d.f. of a discrete random variable is defined as $$\mathrm{f}(x)=\left\{\begin{array}{l} \mathrm{k} x^2, 0 \leq x \leq 6 \\ 0, \text { otherwise } \end{array}\right.$$

Then the value of $$F(4)$$ (c.d.f) is

A player tosses 2 fair coins. He wins ₹5 if 2 heads appear, ₹ 2 if one head appears and ₹ 1 if no head appears. Then the variance of his winning amount in ₹ is :

Three critics review a book. For the three critics the odds in favor of the book are $$2: 5, 3: 4$$ and $$4: 3$$ respectively. The probability that the majority is in favor of the book, is given by

A man takes a step forward with probability 0.4 and backwards with probability 0.6 . The probability that at the end of eleven steps, he is one step away from the starting point is

A problem in statistics is given to three students A, B and C. Their probabilities of solving the problem are $$\frac{1}{2}, \frac{1}{3}$$ and $$\frac{1}{4}$$ respectively. If all of them try independently, then the probability, that problem is solved, is

Two cards are drawn successively with replacement from a well shuffled pack of 52 cards, then mean of number of queens is

In a Binomial distribution with $$\mathrm{n}=4$$, if $$2 \mathrm{P}(\mathrm{X}=3)=3 \mathrm{P}(\mathrm{X}=2)$$, then the variance is

$$\mathrm{A}, \mathrm{B}, \mathrm{C}$$ are three events, one of which must and only one can happen. The odds in favor of $$\mathrm{A}$$ are $$4: 6$$, the odds against $$B$$ are $$7: 3$$. Thus, odds against $$\mathrm{C}$$ are

The probability mass function of random variable X is given by

$$P[X=r]=\left\{\begin{array}{ll} \frac{{ }^n C_r}{32}, & n, r \in \mathbb{N} \\ 0, & \text { otherwise } \end{array} \text {, then } P[X \leq 2]=\right.$$

Three fair coins numbered 1 and 0 are tossed simultaneously. Then variance Var (X) of the probability distribution of random variable $$\mathrm{X}$$, where $$\mathrm{X}$$ is the sum of numbers on the uppermost faces, is

The incidence of occupational disease in an industry is such that the workmen have a $$10 \%$$ chance of suffering from it. The probability that out of 5 workmen, 3 or more will contract the disease is

If $$P(A \cup B)=0.7, P(A \cap B)=0.2$$, then $$P\left(A^{\prime}\right)+P\left(B^{\prime}\right)$$ is

Two cards are drawn successively with replacement from a well shuffled pack of 52 cards. Then mean of number of kings is

The probability that at least one of the events $$E_1$$ and $$E_2$$ occurs is 0.6. If the simultaneous occurrence of $$\mathrm{E}_1$$ and $$\mathrm{E}_2$$ is $$0.2, \mathrm{P}\left(\mathrm{E}_1^{\prime}\right)+\mathrm{P}\left(\mathrm{E}_2^{\prime}\right)=$$

Two dice are thrown simultaneously. If X denotes the number of sixes, then the expectation of X is

The probability distribution of a random variable X is

then Var(X) =

A fair coin is tossed for a fixed number of times. If probability of getting 7 heads is equal to probability of getting 9 heads, then probability of getting 2 heads is

If the probability distribution function of a random variable X is given as

Then F(0) is equal to

If $$\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{A})=\frac{3}{10}, \mathrm{P}(\mathrm{B})=\frac{2}{5}, \mathrm{P}(\mathrm{A} \cup \mathrm{B})=\frac{3}{5}$$, then $$\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{A} / \mathrm{B}) \times \mathrm{P}(\mathrm{B} / \mathrm{A})=$$

The probability distribution of a discrete random variable X is

Find the value of $$\mathrm{P}(2<\mathrm{X}<6)$$

A die is thrown four times. The probability of getting perfect square in at least one throw is

A man is known to speck truth 3 out of 4 times. He throws a die and reports that it is 6. Then the probability that it is actually 6 is

The mean of the numbers obtained on throwing a die having written 1 on three faces, 2 on two faces and 5 on one face is

Let two cards are drawn at random from a pack of 52 playing cards. Let X be the number of aces obtained. Then the value of E(X) is

A fair coin is tossed 100 times. The probability of getting a head for even number of times is

If the function defined by $$f(x)=K(x-x^2)$$ if $$0 < x < 1=0$$, otherwise is the p.d.f. of a r.v.X, then the value of $$P\left(X<\frac{1}{2}\right)$$ is

The probability distribution of the number of doublets in four throws of a pair of dice is given by

For the probability distribution given by following

Var(X) =

A random variable X has the following probability distribution

Then $$\mathrm{P}(3<\mathrm{x} \leq 6)=$$

Rooms in a hotel are numbered from 1 to 19. Rooms are allocated at random as guests arrive. The first guest to arrive is given a room which is a prime number. The probability that the second guest to arrive is given a room which is a prime number is

The distribution function $$F(X)$$ of discrete random variable $$X$$ is given by

Then $$\mathrm{P[X=4]+P[x=5]=}$$

First bag contains 3 red and 5 black balls and second bag contains 6 red and 4 black balls. A ball is drawn from each bag. The probability that one ball is red and the other is black, is

A fair coin is tossed 4 times. If $$X$$ is a random variable which indicates number of heads, then $$\mathrm{P}[\mathrm{X}<3]=$$

If the mean and variance of a binomial distribution are 4 and 2 respectively, then probability of getting 2 heads is

For two events $$\mathrm{A}$$ and $$\mathrm{B}, \mathrm{P}(\mathrm{A} \cup \mathrm{B})=\frac{5}{6}, \mathrm{P}(\mathrm{A})=\frac{1}{6}, \mathrm{P}(\mathrm{B})=\frac{2}{3}$$, then $$\mathrm{A}$$ and $$\mathrm{B}$$ are

A random variable X has following distribution

Then P (2 $$\le$$ x < 5) =

A coin is tossed three times. If X denotes the absolute difference between the number of heads and the number of tails, then P (X = 1) =

A random variable X $$\sim$$ B (n, p), if values of mean and variance of X are 18 and 12 respectively, then n =

an urn contains 9 balls of which 3 are red, 4 are blue and 2 are green. Three balls are drawn at random from the urn. The probability that the three balls have difference colours is

It is observed that $$25 \%$$ of the cases related to child labour reported to the police station are solved. If 6 new cases are reported, then the probability that at least 5 of them will be solved is

In a meeting $$60 \%$$ of the members favour and $$40 \%$$ oppose a certain proposal. A member is selected at random and we take $$\mathrm{X}=0$$ if he opposed and $$\mathrm{X}=1$$ if he is in favour, then $$\operatorname{Var} \mathrm{X}=$$

A lot of 100 bulbs contains 10 defective bulbs. Five bulbs selected at random from the lot and sent to retain store, then the probability that the store will receive at most one defective bulb is

A coin is tossed and a die is thrown. The probability that the outcome will be head or a number greater than 4 or both, is

If $$\mathrm{X}$$ is a random variable with p.m.f. as follows.

$$\begin{aligned} \mathrm{P}(\mathrm{X}=\mathrm{x}) & =\frac{5}{16}, \mathrm{x}=0,1 \\ & =\frac{\mathrm{kx}}{48}, \mathrm{x}=2, \quad \text { then } \mathrm{E}(\mathrm{x})= \\ & =\frac{1}{4}, \mathrm{x}=3 \end{aligned}$$

The p.m.f. of a random variable X is $$\mathrm{P(X = x) = {1 \over {{2^5}}}\left( {_x^5} \right),x = 0,1,2,3,4,5}=0$$ then

The variance of the following probability distribution is,

If the sum of mean and variance of a binomial distribution for 5 trials is 1.8, then probability of a success is

Two unbiased dice are thrown. Then the probability that neither a doublet nor a total of 10 will appear is

Two dice are rolled simultaneously. The probability that the sum of the two numbers on the dice is a prime number, is

A random variable X has the following probability distribution

then F(4) =

Rajesh has just bought a VCR from Maharashtra Electronics and the shop offers after sales service contract for Rs. 1000 for the next five years. Considering the experience of VCR users, the following distribution of maintenance expenses for the next five years is formed.

The expected value of maintenance cost is :

If $$X \sim B(4, p)$$ and $$P(X=0)=\frac{16}{81}$$, then $$P(X=4)=$$

The odds in favour of getting sum multiple of 3 , when pair of dice are thrown is

If $X$ is a.r.v. with c.d.f $F(x)$ and its probability distribution is given by

then, $F(1.5)-F(-0.5)=$

The odds in favour of drawing a king from a pack of 52 playing cards is

Out of 100 people selected at random, 10 have common cold. If five persons selected at random from the group, then the probability that at most one person will have common cold is

The pdf of a continuous r.v. $$X$$ is given by $$f(x)=\frac{x}{8}, 0 < x < 4=0$$, otherwise, then $$P(X \leq 2)$$ is

If a die is thrown at random, then the expectation of the number on it is

The probability that bomb will miss the target is 0.2. Then, the probability that out of 10 bombs dropped exactly 2 will hit the target is

The letters of the word 'LOGARITHM' are arranged at random. The probability that arrangement starts with vowel and end with consonant is

The p.d.f of c.r.v $$X$$ is given by $$f(x)=\frac{x+2}{18}$$, if $$-2

If the p.m.f of a. r.v. $$X$$ is given by

$$P(X=x)=\frac{{ }^5 C_x}{2^5}$$

if $$x=0,1,2, \ldots \ldots . .5=0$$,

0 , otherwise,

then which of the following is not true?

Let $X$ be the number of successes in ' $n$ ' independent Bernoulli trials with probability of success $p=\frac{3}{4}$. The least value of ' $n$ ' so that $P(X \geq 1) \geq 0.9375$ is ......

The probability that three cards drawn from a pack of 52 cards, all are red is

$$\begin{aligned} &\text { The pdf of a random variable } X \text { is }\\ &\begin{aligned} f(x) & =3\left(1-2 x^2\right), & & 0< x<1 \\ & =0 & & \text { otherwise } \end{aligned} \end{aligned}$$

The $P\left(\frac{1}{4}< x<\frac{1}{3}\right)=\ldots$

A player tosses 2 fair coins. He wins Rs. 5 if 2 heads appear, Rs. 2 If 1 head appear and Rs. 1 if no head appears, then variance of his winning amount is

In a bionomial distribution, mean is 18 and variance is 12 then $p=$ ...........

The p.d.f of a random variable $x$ is given by

$$\begin{aligned} & f(x)=\frac{1}{4 a}, \quad 00) \\ & =0 \text {, otherwise } \end{aligned}$$

and $P\left(x<\frac{3 a}{2}\right)=k P\left(x>\frac{5 a}{2}\right)$ then $k=$ ..............

If three dices are thrown then the probability that the sum of the numbers on their uppermost faces to be atleast 5 is

It is observed that $25 \%$ of the cases related to child labour reported to the police station are solved. If 6 new cases are reported, then the probability that atleast 5 of them will be solved is

A bag contains 6 white and 4 black balls. Two balls are drawn at random. The probability that they are of the same colour is ...........

A random variable X has following probability distribution

Then $P(2 \leq X<5)=\ldots \ldots$

If the c.d.f (cumulative distribution function) is given by $F(x)=\frac{x-25}{10}$, then $P(27 \leq x \leq 33)=\ldots \ldots$