Mathematics
Probability Distributions
488 Questions
Probability distributions describe the likelihood of different outcomes in a statistical experiment. Key topics include calculating confidence intervals, understanding Type II errors, and working with the standard normal distribution. These concepts are frequently tested in mathematics and statistics sections of various competitive exams.
Standard normal distributionType II error probabilityConfidence interval interpretationPoisson distributionProbability density function
Probability Distributions Questions
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sequentially
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randomly
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both (1) and (2)
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none of these
A
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Explanation
Frames are transmitted sequentially over the physical medium to ensure they can be reassembled and processed in the correct order by the receiver.
D
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Explanation
A husband and wife have normal vision but father of both of them were colourblind. Probability of their first daughter to be colour blind is 0. Colour blindness is a sex linked recessively inherited disorder. Normal man has normal x and y chromosomes. Carrier female have one normal x and one abnormal x chromosome.The probability of their son to get colour blindness is 50%.
C
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52 weeks are there Remaining two days can be as follows SM MT TW With Theft Tisa Says out of SM and Says are favorable outcomes Probability will be 2/7
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none of these
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2/365
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1/365
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364/365
C
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Explanation
Favorable Outcomes 365 (Any day can be chosen) Total Possibilities 365*365 (As for both of them will have 365 choices) Probability =1/365
C
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Total possibilities are 6 Only one way to put cards right. Probability is 1/6
A
Correct answer
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The word “MUMBAI” has six letters. Therefore, total ways of arrangements = 6!/2 =360. Number of words where two M’s do not come together is
= Total words – Number of words where they come together
= 360 – 5! = 240
Hence, the required probability is = 240/360 = 2/3.
B
Correct answer
Explanation
Number of ways in which six letters can be arranged is 6!/2 = 720/2 = 360 ways. If N always comes next to A, they both can be treated as a single letter. In that case, the total arrangements will be, 5!. Therefore, the required probability is 5! / 360 = 1/3.
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4/5
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9/980
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13/35
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22/35
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61/77
A
Correct answer
Explanation
Let, A = probability of first event taking place, P(A) = 3/(7 + 3) = 3/10. B = probability of second event taking place, P(B) = 5/(5 + 2) = 5/7. The event will occur if either only A takes place and B does not take place or B takes place and A does not take place, or both the events take place. Therefore, the required probability will be = [P(A) x {1 - P(B)}] + [P(B) x {1 - P(A)}] + [P(A) x P(B)] = [3/10 x (1 - 5/7)] + [5/7 x (1 - 3/10)] + [3/10 x 5/7] = 4/5.
B
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Explanation
Probability that John can solve the problem is 1/3. Probability that John cannot solve the problem is (1 - 1/3) = 2/3. Probability that Johny can solve the problem is 1/5. Probability that Johny cannot solve the problem is (1-1/5) = 4/5. Probability that Janet can solve the problem is 1/6. Probability that Janet cannot solve the problem is (1 - 1/6) = 5/6. The probability that they together cannot solve the problem is = 2/3 × 4/5 × 5/6 = 4/9. Therefore, the required probability that the problem will be solved is = (1 - 4/9) = 5/9.
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24/1225
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2/7
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346/1225
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2/35
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8/35
B
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Explanation
Let, P(R) = Probability of John’s selection = 1/5. So, the probability that John is not selected is P(R ̅) = 1 - 1/5 = 4/5. Similarly, P(A) = Probability of Janet’s selection = 1/7. So, P(A ̅) = 1 - 1/7 = 6/7. Hence, the probability that only one of them will be selected is = P(R) × P(A ̅) + P(A) × P(R ̅) = 2/7.
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7/250
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37/100
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27/125
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3/10
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19/50
E
Correct answer
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Let R: John speaks the truth; and A: Janet speaks the truth. Hence, P(R) = 70/100 and P (R ̅) = 1 - 70/100 = 30/100. Again, P (A) = 80 /100 and P (A ̅) = 1 - 80/100 = 20/100. Therefore, required probability,P(R) × P (A ̅) + P (A) × P (R ̅) = 70/100 x 20/100 + 80/100 x 30/100 = 19/ 50
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1/40
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1/30
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1/120
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1/24
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119/120
C
Correct answer
Explanation
There are 5 letters. The probability, that the letter I gets the first position is 1/5. The probability that M is in the second position is 1/4. Similarly, the probability for A, G and E are 1/3 , 1/2, 1/1, respectively. Hence, the required probability is = (1/5 × 1/4 × 1/3 × 1/2 × 1/1 ) = 1/120.
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0.5
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0.25
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0.375
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0.0625
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None of these
D
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Explanation
The probability that the system will not fail for 4 days is 0.0625.
A
Correct answer
Explanation
Chances that exactly 2 of them will be children = Favourable outcomes/Total outcomes = 10/21. Option 1 is correct.