If the events A and B are independent and if PA = 

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171.

A random variable X has the following probability distribution
X = x1 1 2 3 4
P(X = x1) 0.1 .02 0.3 0.4

The mean and the standard deviation are respectively

  • 3 and 2

  • 3 and 1

  • 3 and 3

  • 2 and 1


172.

The probability distribution of a random variable X is given as
x - 5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1 0 1 2 3 4 5
P(X = x) p 2p 3p 4p 5p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p 12p

Then, the value of p is

  • 172

  • 373

  • 572

  • 174


173.

If n(A) = 43, n(B) = 51 and n(A ∪ B) = 75, then n[(A - B) (B - A)] is equal to

  • 53

  • 45

  • 56

  • 66


174.

If five dices are tossed, then what is the probability that the five numbers shown will be different?

  • 554

  • 518

  • 527

  • 581


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175.

If the events A and B are independent and if PA = 23, PB = 27, then PA  B is equal to

  • 421

  • 321

  • 521

  • 221


C.

521

Given, PA = 23       PA = 1 - PA = 1 - 23and PB = 27  PB = 1 - PB = 1 - 27 = 57Given, A and B are independent events. PA  B = PA . PB                    = 13 . 57 = 521


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176.

Two fair dice are rolled. Then, the probability of getting a composite number as the sum of face values is equal to

  • 712

  • 512

  • 112

  • 34


177.

Let S be the set of all 2 x 2 symmetric matrices whose entries are either zero or one. A matrix X is chosen from S. The probability that the determinant of X is not zero is

  • 1/3

  • 1/2

  • 3/4

  • 1/4


178.

Two balls are selected from two black and two red balls. The probability that the two balls will have no black balls is

  • 1/7

  • 1/5

  • 1/4

  • 1/6


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179.

In a flight 50 people speak Hindi, 20 speak English and 10 speak both English and Hindi. The number of people who speak atleast one of the two languages is

  • 40

  • 50

  • 20

  • 60


180.

Two dice are thrown simultaneously. What is the probability of getting two numbers whose product is even?

  • 3/4

  • 1/4

  • 1/2

  • 2/3


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