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Q1:

2026: 29 May Shift 1

Probability

Medium

Core

If E and F are two events such that P(E∪F)=P(E)P(E \cup F)=P(E), then

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Option 3
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2026: 29 May Shift 1 MAT question 1

Q2:

2026: 29 May Shift 1

Probability

Hard

Core

A letter is known to have come either from LONDON or CLIFTON. On the envelope, just two consecutive letters 'ON' are visible then the probability that the letter has come from CLIFTON is:

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Option 1
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2026: 29 May Shift 1 MAT question 2

Q3:

2026: 26 May Shift 2

Probability

Easy

Common

A green and a yellow dice are rolled in order, then the probability that a sum greater than 9 is

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Option 2
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2026: 26 May Shift 2 MAT question 3

Q4:

2026: 26 May Shift 2

Probability

Medium

Core

Given that the two numbers appearing on throwing 2 dice are different, the probability of the event " sum of number on the dice is 4 " is

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Option 2
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2026: 26 May Shift 2 MAT question 4

Q5:

2026: 26 May Shift 2

Probability

Medium

Core

Bag I contains 3 red and 4 black balls while Bag II contains 5 red and 6 black balls. One ball is drawn at random from one of the bags and it is found to be red. then the probability that it was drawn from Bag I is

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Option 3
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2026: 26 May Shift 2 MAT question 5

Q6:

2026: 26 May Shift 2

Probability

Medium

Core

A committee of 4 students is selected at random from a group consisting of 8 girls and 4 boys. Given that there is at least one boy in the committee, the probability that there are exactly 2 boys in the committee is

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Option 2
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2026: 26 May Shift 2 MAT question 6

Q7:

2026: 26 May Shift 2

Probability

Hard

Core

For a biased die, the probabilities of outcomes are given as under.

P(1)=P(2)=210,P(3)=P(5)=P(6)=110,P(4)=310P(1)=P(2)=\dfrac{2}{10}, P(3)=P(5)=P(6)=\dfrac{1}{10}, P(4)=\dfrac{3}{10}.

The die is thrown two times. Let A and B be events defined as

A is getting same number each time and

B is getting a total of 10 or more on die ,

then which one of the following is TRUE?

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Option 3
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2026: 26 May Shift 2 MAT question 7

Q8:

2026: 26 May Shift 2

Probability

Medium

Applied

A random variable XX has the following probability distribution:

X01234
P(X)0k2\dfrac{k}{2}3k2\dfrac{3k}{2}k3\dfrac{k}{3}2k2k

Match the LIST-I with LIST-II

LIST-ILIST-II
A.Value of kkI.713\dfrac{7}{13}
B.Value of P(X≤3)P(X \leq 3)II.326\dfrac{3}{26}
C.Value of P(X>1)P(X > 1)III.2326\dfrac{23}{26}
D.Value of P(X<2)P(X < 2)IV.313\dfrac{3}{13}

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Option 3
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2026: 26 May Shift 2 MAT question 8

Q9:

2026: 25 May Shift 1

Probability

Easy

Common

Let P(A)=0.4P(A) = 0.4, P(B)=kP(B) = k, P(A∪B)=0.6P(A\cup B) = 0.6. If A and B are independent events, then the value of 'k' is:

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Option 2
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2026: 25 May Shift 1 MAT question 9

Q10:

2026: 25 May Shift 1

Probability

Medium

Core

For two events A and B, if P(A)=0.6P(A) = 0.6, P(B)=0.5P(B) = 0.5 and P(A∪B)=0.8P(A\cup B) = 0.8. Then which of the following statements are TRUE ?

A. P(A∩B)=0.3P(A\cap B) = 0.3.

B. A and B are independent events.

C. P(A′∩B′)=0.2P(A'\cap B') = 0.2.

D. A and B are mutually exclusive events.

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Q11:

2026: 25 May Shift 1

Probability

Easy

Core

A four digit number is formed by using the digits 1, 2, 4 and 5 with no repetition. The probability that the number is divisible by 5, is

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Q12:

2026: 25 May Shift 1

Probability

Hard

Core

Bag A contains 3 red and 4 black balls, and Bag B contains 5 red and 'n' black balls. One ball is drawn at random from one of the bags and it is found to be red. If the probability that it was from bag B is 35/68, then the value of 'n' is:

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Q13:

2026: 25 May Shift 1

Probability

Easy

Core

If P(A)=310,P(B)=34P(A) = \dfrac{3}{10}, P(B) = \dfrac{3}{4} and P(A∩B)=15P(A\cap B) = \dfrac{1}{5}, then P(B∣A)P(B\mid A) is equal to:

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Q14:

2026: 22 May Shift 2

Probability

Easy

Common

A bag contains 8 red and 7 black balls. Two balls are drawn at random. The probability that both the balls are of the same colour is:

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Q15:

2026: 22 May Shift 2

Probability

Medium

Core

Two numbers are selected at random from the integers 1 through 19. If the sum is even, then the probability that both are odd numbers is:

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Q16:

2026: 22 May Shift 2

Probability

Hard

Core

Urn A contains 1 white, 2 black and 3 red balls, Urn B contains 2 white, 1 black and 1 red ball and Urn C contains 4 white, 5 black and 3 red balls. One Urn is chosen at random and two balls are drawn. If it is found that there is one white and one red, Then the probability that they come from A is:

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Q17:

2026: 22 May Shift 2

Probability

Easy

Core

If A and B are two independent events such that P(A)=47P(A) = \frac{4}{7} and P(B)=27P(B) = \frac{2}{7} then P(A‾∩B‾)P(\overline{A} \cap \overline{B}) equals

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Q18:

2026: 22 May Shift 2

Probability

Medium

Core

Two dice are thrown simultaneously. If X denotes the number of sixes appearing on two dice, then which of the following are correct?

(A) P(X=0)=136P(X=0)=\frac{1}{36}

(B) P(X=1)=1036P(X=1)=\frac{10}{36}

(C) P(X=1)+P(X=0)=3536P(X=1)+P(X=0)=\frac{35}{36}

(D) P(X=1)+P(X=2)=1136P(X=1)+P(X=2)=\frac{11}{36}

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Q19:

2026: 22 May Shift 2

Probability

Medium

Applied

Five bad apples are mixed with 15 good apples accidently. Let the random variable X be the number of bad apples in a draw of two apples, then mean of X is

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Q20:

2026: 22 May Shift 2

Probability

Easy

Applied

A random variable X has the following probability distribution:

X=xiX=x_i1234
P(X=xi)P(X=x_i)k2k3k4k

The value of P(X≥3)P(X\ge 3) is

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Q21:

2026: 22 May Shift 1

Probability

Easy

Common

A pair of dice is thrown then probability of getting sum of numbers on dice is '8', is:

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Q22:

2026: 22 May Shift 1

Probability

Medium

Core

Let E and F are two independent events such that P(E)=0.35P(E)=0.35 and P(E∪F)=0.60P(E\cup F)=0.60 then which of following statements are TRUE?

(A) P(F)=513P(F)=\frac{5}{13}

(B) P(E∣F‾)=0.35P(E|\overline{F})=0.35

(C) P(E∣F‾)=0.65P(E|\overline{F})=0.65

(D) P(E‾∣F‾)=0.65P(\overline{E}|\overline{F})=0.65

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Q23:

2026: 22 May Shift 1

Probability

Medium

Core

A school has to send the report cards of 3 students, but the cleark has not paid attention to match the address on the envelope with the student report card is: The probability that exactly one of the students received his or her own report card is:

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Q24:

2026: 22 May Shift 1

Probability

Medium

Core

Three bags contain a number of red and white balls as follows:

Bag I: 3 red balls

Bag II: 2 red balls and 1 white ball

Bag III: 3 white balls

The probability that bag ii will be chosen, and a ball is selected from it is i6,i=1,2,3\frac{i}{6}, i=1,2,3. The probability that a red ball is selected is equal to:

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Q25:

2026: 22 May Shift 1

Probability

Medium

Core

Bag I contains 2 red and 3 blue balls and bag II contains α\alpha red and 5 blue balls. One ball is drawn at random from one of the bags and is found to be blue. If the probability that it was drawn from bag II is 2552\frac{25}{52}, then α\alpha is equal to:

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Q26:

2026: 22 May Shift 1

Probability

Easy

Applied

Two dice are thrown simultaneously. If X denotes the number of sixes, then the mean of X is :

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Q27:

2026: 22 May Shift 1

Probability

Medium

Applied

Match List-I with List-II

List-IList-II
(A) For a random variable X, E(X)=3E(X)=3 and E(X2)=11E(X^2)=11, then Var(X)Var(X) is(I) 25
(B) For a random variable X, E(X)=3E(X)=3 and E(X2)=13E(X^2)=13, then Var(X2)Var\left(\frac{X}{2}\right) is(II) 2
(C) In a binomial distribution, if n=20,q=0.75n=20, q=0.75, then its mean is(III) 1
(D) If in a binomial distribution, mean is 5 and variance is 4, then the number of trials is(IV) 5

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Q28:

2026: 22 May Shift 1

Probability

Hard

Applied

The sum and the product of the mean and variance of binomial distribution are 1.8 and 0.8 respectively. The probability of atleast one success is:

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Q29:

2026: 21 May Shift 2

Probability

Easy

Common

If A and B are two events such that P(A)=310,P(B)=25P(A) = \dfrac{3}{10}, P(B) = \dfrac{2}{5} and P(A∪B)=35P(A \cup B) = \dfrac{3}{5}, then P(B∣A)+P(A∣B)P(B|A) + P(A|B) is:

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Q30:

2026: 21 May Shift 2

Probability

Medium

Core

Let A and B be two events such that P(A∩B)=0P(A \cap B) = 0 then P(A∣(A∪B))P(A|(A \cup B)) is equal to:

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