MCQs Questions for Class 12 Maths Chapter 13 Probability
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MCQs Questions for Class 12 Maths Chapter 13 Probability
1. If the probability of
an event is 3/7, then odd
against the event is
(a) 7 : 3
(b) 4 : 3
(c) 3 : 7
(d) 3 : 4
Answer: b
2. Given that the
probability of a man hitting a target is 1/4. How many times must he fire so that the
probability of his hitting the target at least once is greater than 2/3?
(a) 4
(b) 3
(c) 2
(d) 1
Answer: a
3. Given that E and F be
the events of a sample space S of an experiment. If P(S|F) = P(F|F), then the
value of P(S|F) is
(a) 0
(b) -1
(c) 2
(d) 1
Answer: d
4. If A and B are two events such that P(A) ≠ 0 and P(B/A) = 1, then
(a) B ⊂ A
(b) B = φ
(c) A ⊂ B
(d) A ∩ B =
φ
Answer: c
5. A bag has 6 red, 4 blue and 2 yellow balls. If three balls
are drawn one by one with replacement, then the probability of getting exactly
one red ball is
(a) 1/4
(b) 3/8
(c) 3/4
(d) 1/2
Answer: b
6. Given that E and F are
events such that P(E) = 0.6, P(F) = 0.3 and P(E∩F) = 0.2, then P(E|F) is equal to
(a) 2/3
(b) 1/3
(c) 3/4
(d) ¼
Answer: a
7. If one card is drawn out of 52 playing cards, the probability
that it is an Ace is
(a) 1/26
(b) 1/13
(c) 1/52
(d) ¼
Answer: b
8. A die is thrown and a card is chosen at random from a deck of
52 playing cards simultaneously. The probability of getting an odd number on
the die and a diamond card is
(a) 1/2
(b) 1/4
(c) 1/8
(d) 3/4
Answer: c
9. If E and F are the events such that P(E) = 0.5, P(F) = 0.4
and P(E∩F) = 0.3, then the value of P(F|E) is
(a) 2/5
(b) 3/5
(c) 3/4
(d) 2/4
Answer: b
10. Five horses are in a race. John selects two of the horses at
random and the best on them. The probability that John selects the winning
horse is
(a) 4/5
(b) 3/5
(c) 1/5
(d) 2/5
Answer: d
11. Suppose a random
variable X follows the binomial distribution with parameters n and p, where 0
< p < 1. If p(x = r) / P(x = n – r) is independent of n and r, then p
equals
(a) 1/2
(b) 1/3
(c) 1/5
(d) 1/7
Answer: a
12. If P(A) = 7/11, P(B) =
6/11 and P(A∪B) = 8/11, then P(A|B) = ________
(a) 3/5
(b) 2/3
(c) 1/2
(d) 1
Answer: d
13. If A and B are two events associated with the same random
experiment such that P(A) = 0.4, P(B) = 0.8 and P(B/A) = 0.6, then P(A/B) is
(a) 0.3
(b) 0.4
(c) 0.5
(d) 0.6
Answer: a
14. If three events of a sample space are E, F and G, then the
value of P(E ∩ F ∩ G) is
(a) P(E)
P(F|E) P(G|(E ∩ F))
(b) P(E)
P(F|E) P(G|EF)
(c) Both
(a) and (b)
(d) None of
these
Answer: c
15. Which of the following
represents the multiplication theorem of probability?
(a) P(A∩B)
= P(B) P(B/A)
(b) P(A∩B)
= P(A) P(B/B)
(c) P(A∩B)
= P(A) P(A/A)
(d) P(A∩B)
= P(B) P(A/B)
Answer: d
16. A man is known to speak truth 3 out of 4 times. He throws a
die and reports that it is a six. Find the probability that it is actually a
six.
(a) 1/8
(b) 5/8
(c) 2/7
(d) 3/8
Answer: d
17. An experiment has 10 equally likely outcomes. Let A and B be
two non-empty events of the experiment. A consists of 4 outcomes, the number of
outcomes that B must have so that A and B are independent is
(a) 2, 4 or
8
(b) 36 or 9
(c) 4 or 8
(d) 5 or 10
Answer: d
18. Find the value of P(X = 3) if X is the discrete random
variable taking values x1, x2, x3 where P(X =
0) = 0, P(X = 1) = 1/4 and P(X = 2) = ¼.
(a) 1
(b) 1/2
(c) 1/4
(d) 1/3
Answer: b
19. Two events A and B will be independent, if
(a) A and B
are mutually exclusive
(b) P(A’ ∩
B’) = [1 – P(A)] [1 – P(B)]
(c) P(A) =
P(B)
(d) P(A) +
P(B) = 1
Answer: c
20. What is the formula for
binomial distribution?
(a) P [X =
x] = nCn px qn-x
(b) P [X =
x] = xCx px qn-x
(c) P [X =
x] = nCx px qn-x
(d) P [X =
x] = nCx pn qn-x
Answer: c