KCET SERIES Mathematics
Probability
32 previous year questions.
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2015 Chapter Questions 32 MCQs
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PYQ 2015
medium
mathematics ID: kcet-201
A box contains red marbles numbers from through and white marbles through . Find the probability that a marble drawn 'at random' is white and odd numbered.
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02
PYQ 2015
easy
mathematics ID: kcet-201
A bag contains coins. It is known that of these coins have a head on both sides, whereas the remaining coins are fair. coin is picked up at random from the bag and tossed. If the probability that the toss results in a head is , then is equal to
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10
2
11
3
12
4
13
03
PYQ 2015
medium
mathematics ID: kcet-201
A man takes a step forward with probability and one step backward with probability , then the probability that at the end of eleven steps he is one step away from the starting point is
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4
04
PYQ 2015
medium
mathematics ID: kcet-201
If two dice are thrown simultaneously, then the probability that the sum of the numbers which come up on the dice to be more than is
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2
3
4
05
PYQ 2016
medium
mathematics ID: kcet-201
Two dice are thrown simultaneously, the probability of obtaining a total score of is
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2
3
4
06
PYQ 2016
medium
mathematics ID: kcet-201
Two cards are drawn at random from a pack of cards. The probability of these two being "Aces" is
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2
3
4
07
PYQ 2018
medium
mathematics ID: kcet-201
A flashlight has 10 batteries out of which 4 are dead. If 3 batteries are selected without replacement and tested, then the probability that all 3 are dead is
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2
3
4
08
PYQ 2018
medium
mathematics ID: kcet-201
A bag contains 17 tickets numbered from 1 to 17. A ticket is draw at random, then another ticket is drawn at random, then another ticket is drawn without replacing the first one . The probability that both the tickets may show even numbers is
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4
09
PYQ 2018
medium
mathematics ID: kcet-201
The probability of happening of an event A is 0.5 and the of B is 0.3 .If A and B are mutually exclusive events, then the probability of neither A nor B is
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0.4
2
0.5
3
0.2
4
0.9
10
PYQ 2018
medium
mathematics ID: kcet-201
For the probability distribution given by 0
1
2 the standard deviation is
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2
3
4
None of the above
11
PYQ 2019
medium
mathematics ID: kcet-201
A man speaks truth 2 out of 3 times. He picks one of the natural numbers in the set S = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7} and reports that it is even. The probability that it is actually even is
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2
3
4
12
PYQ 2019
medium
mathematics ID: kcet-201
If A and B are two events of a sample space S such that P(A) = 0.2, P(B) = 0.6 and P(A | B) = 0.5 then P(A?| B)=
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2
3
4
13
PYQ 2019
medium
mathematics ID: kcet-201
If ?X? has a binomial distribution with parameters n = 6, p and P(X = 2) = 12, P(X = 3) = 5 then P =
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2
3
4
14
PYQ 2019
easy
mathematics ID: kcet-201
A random variable ?X? has the following probability distribution: x 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 P(x) k-1 3k k 3k Then the value of k is
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2
3
4
-2
15
PYQ 2020
medium
mathematics ID: kcet-202
The probability of solving a problem by three persons A, B and C independently is , and respectively. Then the probability of the problem is solved by any two of them is
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2
3
4
16
PYQ 2020
medium
mathematics ID: kcet-202
A die is thrown 10 times, the probability that an odd number will come up atleast one time is
1
2
3
4
17
PYQ 2020
medium
mathematics ID: kcet-202
If A, B, C are three mutually exclusive and exhaustive events of an experiment such that P(A) = 2P(B) = 3P(C),then P(B) is equal to
1
2
3
4
18
PYQ 2021
easy
mathematics ID: kcet-202
If A,B and C are three independent events such that P(A) = P(B) = P(C) = P then P(at least two of A, B, C occur) =
1
P3 - 3P
2
3P - 2P2
3
3P2 - 2P3
4
3P2
19
PYQ 2021
medium
mathematics ID: kcet-202
If P(A) = 0.59, P(B) = 0.30 and P(A ∩ B) = 0.21 then P( A' ∩ B') =
1
0.11
2
0.38
3
0.32
4
0.35
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PYQ 2022
easy
mathematics ID: kcet-202
If A is a skew symmetric matrx, then is
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Row Matrix
2
Symmetric Matrix
3
Column Matrix
4
Skew Symmetric Matrix
21
PYQ 2022
medium
mathematics ID: kcet-202
If A= ,then the inverse of the matrix A3 is
1
A
2
1
3
-1
4
-A
22
PYQ 2022
medium
mathematics ID: kcet-202
Suppose that the number of elements in set A is p, the number of elements in set B is q and the number of elements in is 7 then
1
50
2
42
3
51
4
49
23
PYQ 2022
medium
mathematics ID: kcet-202
If A and B are two independent events such that , and , then find the value of x:
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2
3
4
24
PYQ 2022
medium
mathematics ID: kcet-202
A pandemic has been spreading all over the world. The probabilities are 0.7 that there will be a lockdown , 0.8 that the pandemic is controlled in one month if there is a lockdown and 0.3 that it is controlled in one month if there is no lockdown. the probability that the pandemic will be controlled in one month is
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0.65
2
1.46
3
1.65
4
0.46
25
PYQ 2023
hard
mathematics ID: kcet-202
Let A = {x, y, z, u} and B = {a, b}. A function f : A → B is selected randomly. The probability that the function is an onto function is
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2
3
4
26
PYQ 2024
medium
mathematics ID: kcet-202
A die is thrown 10 times. The probability that an odd number will come up at least once is:
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2
3
4
27
PYQ 2025
medium
mathematics ID: kcet-202
A die has two faces each with number '1', three faces each with number '2' and one face with number '3'. If the die is rolled once, then is:
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2
3
4
28
PYQ 2026
medium
mathematics ID: kcet-202
Probability of occurrence of an event A is 1/2 and that of B is 3/10. If A and B are mutually exclusive, then the probability of occurrence of neither A nor B is
1
2
3
4
29
PYQ 2026
medium
mathematics ID: kcet-202
Probability of at least one of the events A and B occur is 0.6. If A and B occur simultaneously with probability 0.2, then is
1
1
2
0.8
3
0.6
4
1.2
30
PYQ 2026
medium
mathematics ID: kcet-202
Probability of obtaining an even prime number on each die when a pair of dice is rolled is
1
0
2
3
4
31
PYQ 2026
medium
mathematics ID: kcet-202
The probability that a man and his wife live after 20 years are and respectively. The probability that neither the man nor his wife live after 20 years is
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2
3
4
32
PYQ 2026
medium
mathematics ID: kcet-202
If and are two events such that , and then is:
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