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  1.  A complete cycle of a traffic light takes 60 s. During each cycle the light is green for 25 s, yellow for 5 s and red for 30 s. At a randomly chosen time, the probability that the light will not be gr

  2. A.

    1/3

    B.

    1/4

    C.

    5/12

    D.

    7/12


  3.  The probability that a man will live 10 more year is 1/4 and the probability that his wife will live 10 more year is 1/3. Then, the probability that none of them will be alive after 10 yr, is ?

  4. A.

    5/12

    B.

    1/2

    C.

    7/12

    D.

    11/12


  5.  The letters B, G, I, N, R are rearranged to form the word 'BRING'. Find its probability ?

  6. A.

    1/120

    B.

    1/54

    C.

    1/24

    D.

     5/5 x 42


  7.  If one rolls a fair sides die twice, what is the probability that the die will land on the same number on both the occasions ?

  8. A.

    1/12

    B.

    1/6

    C.

    1/24

    D.

    1/8


  9.  One hundred identical coins each with probability p of showing up head are tossed. If 0 < p < 1 and the probability of heads showing on 50 coins is equals to that of heads on 51 coins. Then the value

  10. A.

    1/2

    B.

    49/101

    C.

    50/101

    D.

    51/101


  11.  Four whole number taken at random are multiplied together. The chance that the last digit in the product is 1, 3, 7, or 9 is ?

  12. A.

    16/625

    B.

    1/210

    C.

    8/125

    D.

    4/25


  13.  What is the probability that a card drawn at random from a pack of 52 cards is either a king or a spade?

  14. A.

    17/52

    B.

    4/13

    C.

    3/13

    D.

    13/52


  15.  A card is drawn from a well-shuffled pack of cards. The probability of getting a queen of club or a king of heart is ?

  16. A.

    1/52

    B.

    1/26

    C.

    1/13

    D.

    1/39


  17.  If three unbiased coins are tossed simultaneously, then the probability of exactly two heads, is

  18. A.

    1/8

    B.

    1/8

    C.

    3/8

    D.

    4/8


  19.  Let E be the set of all integers with 1 at their unit places. The probability that a number chosen from {2, 3, 4, ............, 50} is an element of E, is ?

  20. A.

    5/49

    B.

    4/49

    C.

    3/49

    D.

    2/49