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1

A person draws out two balls successively from a bag containing 6 red and 4 white balls. The probability that at least one of them will be red is

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2

A and B are two independent events such that P(A $$\cup$$ B') = 0.8 and P(A) = 0.3. Then P(B) is

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3

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

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4

Two dice are tossed once. The probability of getting an even number at the first die or a a total of 8 is

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5

The probability that at least one of A and B occurs is 0.6. If A and B occur simultaneously with probability 0.3, then P(A') + P(B') is

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6

4 boys and 2 girls occupy seats in a row at random. Then the probability that the two girls occupy seats side by side is

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7

A coin is tossed again and again. If tail appears on first three tosses, then the chance that head appears on fourth toss is

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8
Two decks of playing cards are well shuffled and 26 cards are randomly distributed to a player. Then, the probability that the player gets all distinct cards is
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9

Two smallest squares are chosen one by one on a chess board. The probability that they have a side in common is

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10

Two integers $$\mathrm{r}$$ and $$\mathrm{s}$$ are drawn one at a time without replacement from the set $$\{1,2, \ldots, \mathrm{n}\}$$. Then $$\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{r} \leq \mathrm{k} / \mathrm{s} \leq \mathrm{k})=$$

(k is an integer < n)

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11

A biased coin with probability $$\mathrm{p}(0<\mathrm{p}<1)$$ of getting head is tossed until a head appears for the first time. If the probability that the number of tosses required is even is $$\frac{2}{5}$$, then $$\mathrm{p}=$$

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12

Let A and B are two independent events. The probability that both A and B happen is $${1 \over {12}}$$ and probability that neither A and B happen is $${1 \over 2}$$. Then

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13

Let S be the sample space of the random experiment of throwing simultaneously two unbiased dice and $$\mathrm{E_k=\{(a,b)\in S:ab=k\}}$$. If $$\mathrm{p_k=P(E_k)}$$, then the correct among the following is :

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14

A, B, C are mutually exclusive events such that $$P(A) = {{3x + 1} \over 3}$$, $$P(B) = {{1 - x} \over 4}$$ and $$P(C) = {{1 - 2x} \over 2}$$. Then the set of possible values of x are in

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15

A determinant is chosen at random from the set of all determinants of order 2 with elements 0 or 1 only. The probability that the determinant chosen is non-zero is

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16
Four persons A, B, C and D throw and unbiased die, turn by turn, in succession till one gets an even number and win the game. What is the probability that A wins the game if A begins?
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17
Four persons A, B, C and D throw an unbiased die, turn by turn, in succession till one gets an even number and win the game. What is the probability that A wins if A begins?
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18
A rifleman is firing at a distant target and has only 10% chance of hitting it. The least number of rounds he must fire to have more than 50% chance of hitting it at least once, is
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19
A problem in mathematics is given to 4 students whose chances of solving individually are $${{1 \over 2}}$$, $${{1 \over 3}}$$, $${{1 \over 4}}$$ and $${{1 \over 5}}$$. The probability that the problem will be solved at least by one student is
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20
If X is a random variable such that $$\sigma$$(X) = 2.6, then $$\sigma$$(1 $$-$$ 4X) is equal to
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21
In order to get a head at least once with probability $$ \ge $$ 0.9, the minimum number of times a unbiased coin needs to be tossed is
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22
A student appears for tests I, II and III. The student is successful if he passes in tests I, II or I, III. The probabilities of the student passing in tests I, II and III are respectively p, q and 1/2. If the probability of the student to be successful is 1/2. Then
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23
The probability that a non-leap year selected at random will have 53 Sunday is
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24
Let A and B be two events such that P(A $$ \cap $$ B) = $${1 \over 6}$$, P(A $$\cup$$ B) = $${31 \over 45}$$ and P($$\overline B $$) = $${7 \over 10}$$, then
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In a group of 14 males and 6 females. 8 and 3 of the males and females, respectively are aged above 40 yr. The probability that a person selected at random from the group is aged above 40 yr given that the selected person is a female, is
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