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51.

Let A and B be two mutually exclusive events with

PA = 13 and PB = 14. What is the value of PA  B ?

  • 16

  • 14

  • 13

  • 512


52.

A committee of two persons is selected from two men and two women. The probability that the committee will have exactly one woman is :

  • 16

  • 23

  • 13

  • 12


53.

Let a die be loaded in such a way that even faces are twice likely to occur as the odd faces. What is the probability that a prime number will show up when the die is tossed ?

  • 13

  • 23

  • 49

  • 59


54.

Let the sample space consist of non-negative integers up to 50, X denote the numbers which are multiples of 3 and Y denote the odd numbers. Which of the following is/are correct ?

1. PX = 8252. PY = 12

Select the correct answer using the code given below :

  • 1 only

  • 2 only

  • Both 1 and 2

  • Neither 1 nor 2


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55.

For two events A and B, let PA) = 12, PA  B = 23

and PA  B = 16. What is PA  B = ?

  • 16

  • 14

  • 13

  • 12


56.

Let A and B be two events with P(A) = 13PB = 16 and PA  B = 112. What is PBA = ?

  • 15

  • 17

  • 18

  • 110


57.

In a binomial distribution, the mean is 23 and the variance is 59. What is the probability that X = 2 ?

  • 536

  • 2536

  • 25216

  • 2554


58.

The probability that a ship safely reaches a port is 13. The probability that out of 5 ships, at least 4 ships would arrive safely is

  • 1243

  • 10243

  • 11243

  • 13243


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59.

What is the probability that at least two persons out of a group of three persons were born in the same month (disregard year) ?

  • 33144

  • 1772

  • 1144

  • 29


60.

If PB = 34, PA  B  C = 13 and  PA  B  C = 13, then what is PB  C = ?

  • 112

  • 34

  • 115

  • 19


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