1. In a series of $$3$$ one-day cricket matches between teams $$A$$ and $$B$$ of a college, the probability of team $$A$$ winning or drawing are $$\frac{1}{3}$$ and $$\frac{1}{6}$$ respectively. If a win, loss or draw gives $$2,\,0$$  and $$1$$ point respectively, then what is the probability that team $$A$$ will score $$5$$ points in the series ?

A. $$\frac{{17}}{{18}}$$
B. $$\frac{{11}}{{12}}$$
C. $$\frac{1}{{12}}$$
D. $$\frac{1}{{18}}$$
Answer :   $$\frac{1}{{18}}$$
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2. A man and a woman appear in an interview for two vacancies in the same post. The probability of man's selection is $$\frac{1}{4}$$ and that of the woman's selection is $$\frac{1}{3}$$. Then the probability that none of them will be selected is :

A. $$\frac{1}{2}$$
B. $$\frac{3}{4}$$
C. $$\frac{2}{3}$$
D. $$\frac{2}{5}$$
Answer :   $$\frac{1}{2}$$
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3. Let $$X$$ be a set containing $$n$$ elements. If two subsets $$A$$ and $$B$$ of $$X$$ are picked at random, the probability that $$A$$ and $$B$$ have the same number of elements, is :

A. $$\frac{{{}^{2n}{C_n}}}{{{2^{2n}}}}$$
B. $$\frac{1}{{{}^{2n}{C_n}}}$$
C. $$\frac{{1 \cdot 3 \cdot 5.....\left( {2n + 1} \right)}}{{{2^n}n!}}$$
D. $$\frac{{{3^n}}}{{{4^n}}}$$
Answer :   $$\frac{{{}^{2n}{C_n}}}{{{2^{2n}}}}$$
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4. If $$A,\,B,\,C$$   are events such that $$P\left( A \right) = 0.3,\,P\left( B \right) = 0.4,\,P\left( C \right) = 0.8,\,P\left( {A \cap B} \right) = 0.08,\,P\left( {A \cap C} \right) = 0.28,\,P\left( {A \cap B \cap C} \right) = 0.09$$
If $$P\left( {A \cup B \cup C} \right) \geqslant 0.75,$$     then find the range of $$x = P\left( {B \cap C} \right)$$    lies in the interval :

A. $$0.23 \leqslant x \leqslant 0.48$$
B. $$0.23 \leqslant x \leqslant 0.47$$
C. $$0.22 \leqslant x \leqslant 0.48$$
D. none of these
Answer :   $$0.23 \leqslant x \leqslant 0.48$$
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5. Four persons can hit a target correctly with probabilities $$\frac{1}{2},\frac{1}{3},\frac{1}{4}\,{\text{and }}\frac{1}{8}$$   respectively. If all hit at the target independently, then the probability that the target would be hit, is:

A. $$\frac{{25}}{{192}}$$
B. $$\frac{{7}}{{32}}$$
C. $$\frac{{1}}{{192}}$$
D. $$\frac{{25}}{{32}}$$
Answer :   $$\frac{{25}}{{32}}$$
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6. Two fair dice are tossed. Let $$x$$ be the event that the first die shows an even number and $$y$$ be the event that the second die shows an odd number. The two events $$x$$ and $$y$$ are:

A. Mutually exclusive
B. Independent and mutually exclusive
C. Dependent
D. None of these
Answer :   None of these
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7. One Indian and four American men and their wives are to be seated randomly around a circular table. Then the conditional probability that the Indian man is seated adjacent to his wife given that each American man is seated adjacent to his wife is

A. $$\frac{1}{2}$$
B. $$\frac{1}{3}$$
C. $$\frac{2}{5}$$
D. $$\frac{1}{5}$$
Answer :   $$\frac{2}{5}$$
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8. $$A$$ and $$B$$ are events such that $$P\left( {A \cup B} \right) = \frac{3}{4},P\left( {A \cap B} \right) = \frac{1}{4},P\left( {\overline A } \right) = \frac{2}{3}$$         then $$P\left( {\overline A \cap B} \right)$$  is

A. $$\frac{5}{12}$$
B. $$\frac{3}{8}$$
C. $$\frac{5}{8}$$
D. $$\frac{1}{4}$$
Answer :   $$\frac{5}{12}$$
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9. The mode of the binomial distribution for which mean and standard deviation are $$10$$  and $$\sqrt 5 $$  respectively is :

A. $$7$$
B. $$8$$
C. $$9$$
D. $$10$$
Answer :   $$10$$
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10. If from each of the three boxes containing $$3$$ white and $$1$$ black, $$2$$ white and $$2$$ black, $$1$$ white and $$3$$ black balls, one ball is drawn at random, then the probability that $$2$$ white and $$1$$ black ball will be drawn is :

A. $$\frac{{13}}{{32}}$$
B. $$\frac{1}{4}$$
C. $$\frac{1}{{32}}$$
D. $$\frac{3}{{16}}$$
Answer :   $$\frac{{13}}{{32}}$$
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