1.Algebra Booster

8.14 Algebra Booster
28. A fair coin is tossed repeatedly. If tail appears on first
four tosses, the probability of head appearing on fifth
toss is
(a) 1/2 (b) 1/32 (c) 31/32 (d) 1/5
29. If from each of the three boxes containing 3 white and
1 black, 2 white and 2 black, 1 white and 3 black balls,
one ball is drawn at random, the probability that 2
white and 1 black balls will be drawn is
(a) 13/32 (b) 1/4 (c) 1/32 (d) 3/16.
30. Three dice are thrown together. The probability of getting
the same digit on each of them will be
(a) 1/6 (b) 1/36 (c) 1/18 (d) 3/28
31. Three dice are rolled. The probability of getting different
faces is
(a) 1/3 (b) 1/4 (c) 5/9 (d) 4/9
32. Three distinct natural numbers are chosen at random
from first 100 natural numbers. The probability that all
the three numbers are divisible by 2 and 3 is
(a) 4/25 (b) 4/35 (c) 4/55 (d) 4/1155
33. A six-faced fair dice is thrown until 1 comes, the probability
that 1 comes in even number of trials is
(a) 5/11 (b) 5/6 (c) 6/11 (d) 1/6
34. If x is a positive integer, the probability that 3 x has 3 at
unit place is
(a) 1/4 (b) 1/5 (c) 3/10 (d) 1/8
35. A natural number x is chosen at random from first 30
natural numbers. The probability of x 2 – 10x + 12 < 0 is
(a) 1/6 (b) 1/10 (c) 1/12 (d) 1/15
36. A matrix of order 2 is formed from the set of {–1, 1}.
The probability that the matrix is singular is
(a) 1/2 (b) 1/3 (c) 1/4 (d) 1/5
37. A determinant of order 2 is formed from the set of
{0, 1}. The probability that the value of the determinant
is non-negative is
(a) 13/16 (b) 3/8 (c) 1/16 (d) 5/16
38. In a class, there are 5 boys and 4 girls seated in a row.
The probability that they seat in alternate is
(5)! ¥ (4)!
(6)! ¥ (4)!
(a)
(b)
(9)!
(9)!
(3)! ¥ (4)!
2 ¥ (5)! ¥ (4)!
(c)
(d)
(9)!
(9)!
39. In a class, there are 6 boys and 6 girls seated in a row.
The probability that they seat in alternate is
(a)
2 ¥ (6)! ¥ (5)!
(12)!
(b)
2 ¥ (6)! ¥ (6)!
(12)!
(6)! ¥ (6)!
(5)! ¥ (6)!
(c)
(d)
(12)!
(12)!
40. Two events A and B have probabilities 0.25 and 0.50
respectively. The probability that both A and B occur
simultaneously is 0.14, the probability that neither A
nor B occurs is
(a) 0.39 (b) 0.25 (c) 0.11 (d) None
41. The probability that an event A happens in one trial of
an experiment is 0.4. Three independent trials of these
experiments are performed. The probability that the
event A happens at least once is
(a) 0.936 (b) 0.784 (c) 0.904 (d) None
42. If A and B be two independent events such that P(A)>0
Ê Aˆ
and P(B) π 1, then PÁ
˜ is equal to
Ë B ¯
(a) 1 – P(A/B) (b) 1 - PPB ( / )
1 - PA ( » B)
PA ( )
(c)
(d)
PB ( )
PB ( )
43. The probability that at least one of the events A and
B occurs is 0.6. If A and B occur simultaneously with
probability 0.2, then PA ( ) + PB ( ) is
(a) 0.4 (b) 0.8 (c) 1.2 (d) 1.4
44. India plays two matches each with West Indies and
Australia. In any match, the probabilities of India getting
points 0, 1 and 2 are 0.45, 0.05 and 0.50, respectively.
Assuming that the outcomes are independent,
the probability of india getting at least 7 points is
(a) 0.8750 (b) 0.0875 (c) 0.0625 (d) 0.0250
45. An unbiased die with faces marked 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 is
rolled four times. Out of four face values obtained, the
probability that the minimum face value is not less than
2 and the maximum face value is not greater than 5 is
(a) 16/81 (b) 1/81 (c) 80/81 (d) 65/81
46. The probability of India winning a test match against
West Indies is ½. Assuming independence from match
to match, the probability that in a 5 match series India’s
second win occurs at third test is
(a) 1/8 (b) 1/4 (c) 1/2 (d) 2/3
47. Let 0 < P(A) < 1, 0 < P(B) < 1 and
P(A » B) = P(A) + P(B) – P(A)P(B), then
(a) P(B/A) = P(B) – P(A)
(b) P(A¢ – B¢) = P(A¢) – P(B¢)
(c) P(A » B)¢ = P(A¢)P(B¢)
(d) P(A/B) = P(A)
48. Three of the six vertices of a regular hexagon are chosen
at random. The probability that the triangle with
three vertices is equilateral, equals
(a) 1/2 (b) 1/5 (c) 1/10 (d) 1/20
49. For the three events A, B, C,
P (Exactly one of A or B occurs) = P (Exactly one of
B or C occurs) = P (Exactly one of C or A occurs) = p
and P (all the three events occurs simultaneously) = p 2 ,
where 0 < p < 1/2,
the probability that at least one of A, B, C occurring is
2
2
3p
+ 2p
p + 3p
(a)
(b)
2
4
2
2
p + 3p
3p
+ 3p
(c)
(d)
2
4
50. Three numbers are chosen at random without replacement
from {1, 2, …, 10}. The probability that the minimum
of the chosen numbers is 3, or their maximum is
7, is …
(a) 13/60. (b) 17/60 (c) 19/60 (d) 23/60