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A card is drawn from a pack of 52 cards. The probability of getting a queen of club or a

king of heart is:

A) 2/13 B) 1/13
C) 1/26 D) 1/52

Answer:   C) 1/26



Explanation:

Here, n(S) = 52.

Let E = event of getting a queen of club or a king of heart.

Then, n(E) = 2.

P(E) =n(E)/n(S)=2/52=1/26.

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A bag contains 50 tickets numbered 1,2,3,4......50 of which five are drawn at random and arranged in ascending order of magnitude.Find the probability that third drawn ticket is equal to 30.

A) 551/15134 B) 1/2
C) 552/15379 D) 1/9
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 551/15134

Explanation:

Total number of elementary events = 50C5
Given,third ticket =30

 

 

 

=> first and second should come from tickets numbered 1 to 29 = 29C2 ways and remaining two in 20C2 ways.

 

 

 

Therfore,favourable number of events = 29C2*20C2

 

 

 

Hence,required probability = 29C2*20C2/50C5 =551 / 15134

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Find the probability of selecting 2 woman when four persons are choosen at random from a group of 3 men, 2 woman and 4 children.

A) 1/5 B) 1/7
C) 1/6 D) 1/9
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 1/6

Explanation:

Out of 9 persons,4 can be choosen in 9C4 ways =126.

 

Favourable events for given condition = 2C2*7C2= 21.

 

So,required probability = 21/126 =1/6.

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A word consists of 9 letters; 5 consonants and 4 vowels.Three letters are choosen at random. What is the probability that more than one vowel will be selected ?

A) 13/42 B) 17/42
C) 5/42 D) 3/14
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 17/42

Explanation:

3 letters can be choosen out of 9 letters in 9C3 ways.

 

More than one vowels ( 2 vowels + 1 consonant  or  3 vowels ) can be choosen in (4C2*5C1)+4C3 ways

 

Hence,required probability = 4C2*5C1+4C39C3 = 17/42

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Find the probability of selecting exactly 2 children when four persons are choosen at random from a group of 3 men, 2 woman and 4 children.

A) 9/29 B) 10/21
C) 12/21 D) 14/19
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 10/21

Explanation:

4 persons can be selected from 9 in 9C4 ways =126

 

Fvaourable events =4C2*5C2 =60

 

So,required probability = 60/126 = 10/21

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Four persons are to be choosen from a group of 3 men, 2 women and 4 children. Find the probability of selecting 1 man,1 woman and 2 children.

A) 2/7 B) 3/7
C) 4/7 D) 3/7
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 2/7

Explanation:

Total number of persons = 9

 

Out of 9 persons 4 persons can be selected in 9C4 ways =126

 

1 man,1 woman and 2 children can be selected in 3C1*2C1*4C1 ways =36

So,required probability = 36/126 =2/7

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One card is drawn from a pack of 52 cards,each of the 52 cards being equally likely to be drawn.Find the probability that the ball drawn is an ace :

A) 1/13 B) 1/12
C) 1/14 D) 1/15
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 1/13

Explanation:

Total number of events=52

Number of aces =4

So,required probability = 4/52 =1/13

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Three dice are thrown together.Find the probability of getting a total of atleast 6.

A) 103/216 B) 103/108
C) 103/36 D) 36/103
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 103/108

Explanation:

Total number of events=6 x 6 x 6=216
Let A be the event of getting a total of atleast 6 and B denoted event of getting a total of less than 6 i.e.,3,4,5.

So,B={(1,1,1),(1,1,2),(1,2,1),(2,1,1),(1,1,3),(1,3,1),(3,1,1),(1,2,2),(2,1,2),(2,2,1)}

Favourable number of cases=10

Therefore,P(B)=10/216

=> P(A) = 1 - P(B)

             = 1 - (10/216) = 103/108

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What is the probability that a leap year selected at random, will contain 53 sundays?

A) 1/7 B) 1/3
C) 2/7 D) 4/7
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 2/7

Explanation:

In a leap year,there are 366 days=52 weeks and 2 days

Remaining favourable 2 days can be sunday and monday or saturday and sunday

Exhaustive number of cases =7

Favourable number of cases =2

So,required probability=2/7

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