Quantitative Aptitude

Probability

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Probability Questions

Multiple choice

The number of ways in which $5$ balls can be selected from a bag containing $5$ identical and $5$ different balls is
  1. $24$
  2. $30$
  3. $32$
  4. $36$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

We need to select 5 balls from 5 identical and 5 different balls. Let i be the number of identical balls chosen (0 to 5) and d be the number of different balls chosen (5-i). The number of ways is the sum of combinations of 5 different balls taken (5-i) at a time: 5C0 + 5C1 + 5C2 + 5C3 + 5C4 + 5C5 = 2^5 = 32.

Multiple choice

In a box, there are $10$ balls, $4$ are red, $3$ black, $2$ white and $1$ yellow. In how many ways can a child select $4$ balls out of these $10$ balls? (Assume that the balls of the same colour are identical).
  1. $10$
  2. $15$
  3. $20$
  4. $25$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

We need to select 4 balls from 4 red, 3 black, 2 white, 1 yellow. This is a partition problem. The combinations are: (4,0,0,0) -> 1 way; (3,1,0,0) -> 3 ways (R,B,W); (2,2,0,0) -> 3 ways (RB, RW, BW); (2,1,1,0) -> 3 ways (R,B,W); (1,1,1,1) -> 1 way. Summing these is complex; however, using generating functions or manual counting, the total ways to select 4 balls is 20.

Multiple choice

Three integers are chosen at random from the set of first $20$ natural numbers. The chance that their product is a multiple of $3$ is
  1. $194/285$
  2. $1/57$
  3. $13/19$
  4. $3/4$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The total number of ways to choose 3 integers from 20 is C(20, 3) = 1140. The product is NOT a multiple of 3 if all three chosen numbers are not multiples of 3. There are 6 multiples of 3 (3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18) and 14 non-multiples. The number of ways to pick 3 from the 14 non-multiples is C(14, 3) = 364. The probability of the product NOT being a multiple of 3 is 364/1140 = 91/285. The probability of it being a multiple is 1 - 91/285 = 194/285.

Multiple choice

An urn contains $3$ white and $4$ black balls. Three balls are drawn from the urn. The probability distribution function of the number of white ball is x $0$ $1$ $2$ $3$ p(x) $\dfrac{a}{35}$ $\dfrac{b}{35}$ $\dfrac{c}{35}$ $\dfrac{d}{35}$ then values of a.,b,c,d are
  1. $a=1,b=3,c=4,d=5$
  2. $a=4,b=18,c=12,d=1$
  3. $a=4,b=12,c=18,d=2$
  4. $a=2,b=12,c=18,d=2$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The number of white balls follows a hypergeometric distribution. The total ways to choose 3 balls from 7 is 7C3 = 35. Calculating probabilities for 0, 1, 2, and 3 white balls gives 4/35, 18/35, 12/35, and 1/35 respectively.