1
GATE CSE 2005
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+2
-0.6
Box P has 2 red balls and 3 blue balls and box Q has 3 red balls and 1 blue ball. A ball is selected as follows: (i) select a box (ii) choose a ball from the selected box such that each ball in the box is equally likely to be chosen. The probabilities of selecting boxes P and Q are 1/3 and 2/3, respectively. Given that a ball selected in the above process is a red ball, the probability that it came from the box P is:
A
4/19
B
5/19
C
2/9
D
19/30
2
GATE CSE 2005
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+1
-0.3
A bag contains 10 blue marbles, 20 green marbles and 30 red marbles. A marble is drawn from the bag, its colour recorded and it is put back in the bag. This process is repeated 3 times. The probability that no two of the marbles drawn have the same colour is
A
1/36
B
1/6
C
1/4
D
1/3
3
GATE CSE 2005
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+1
-0.3
Let $$f(x)$$ be the continuous probability density function of a random variable X. The probability that $$a\, < \,X\, \le \,b$$, is:
A
$$f\,(b - a)$$
B
$$f(b)\, - \,f(a)$$
C
$$\int\limits_a^b f (x)\,dx$$
D
$$\int\limits_a^b {xf} (x)\,dx$$
4
GATE CSE 2005
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+1
-0.3
The following is the Hasse diagram of the poset $$\left[ {\left\{ {a,b,c,d,e} \right\}, \prec } \right]$$

The poset is:

GATE CSE 2005 Discrete Mathematics - Set Theory & Algebra Question 43 English
A
not a lattice
B
a lattice but not a distributive lattice
C
a distributive lattice but not a Boolean algebra
D
a Boolean algebra