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Q1:

2026: 21 May Shift 2

Probability

Medium

Core

A company has two plants P1P_1 and P2P_2 which produces 60% and 40% of pens respectively. At plant P1P_1 80% of pens are rated of grade A and at plant P2P_2 90% of pens are rated of grade A. A pen is picked up at random and is found to be of grade A. The probability that it has manufactured from plant P1P_1 is:

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Option 1
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Explanation for 2026: 21 May Shift 2 MAT question 1

Q2:

2026: 21 May Shift 2

Probability

Medium

Core

Bag I contains 4 red and 3 black balls and bag II contains 6 red and 5 black balls. One ball is drawn at random from one of the bags, the probability that it is a red ball, is

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Option 1
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2026: 21 May Shift 2 MAT question 2

Q3:

2026: 21 May Shift 2

Probability

Medium

Core

Two cards are drawn simultaneously from a well shuffled pack of 52 cards. If X denotes the number of Spades in two draws, then

Match the LIST-I with LIST-II

LIST-ILIST-II
A. P(X=0)P(X=0)I. 1
B. P(X=1)P(X=1)II. 1934\dfrac{19}{34}
C. P(X=2)P(X=2)III. 1334\dfrac{13}{34}
D. P(X<3)P(X<3)IV. 117\dfrac{1}{17}

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Option 2
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Explanation for 2026: 21 May Shift 2 MAT question 3

Q4:

2026: 21 May Shift 1

Probability

Easy

Common

If P(A∩B)=12P(A \cap B) = \frac{1}{2}, P(A′∩B′)=13P(A' \cap B') = \frac{1}{3}, P(A)=pP(A) = p and P(B)=2pP(B) = 2p, then value of pp is

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Option 4
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Explanation for 2026: 21 May Shift 1 MAT question 4

Q5:

2026: 21 May Shift 1

Probability

Medium

Core

A man is known to speak the truth 3 out of 4 times. He throw a die and reports that it is five then the probability that it is actually five is

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Option 2
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2026: 21 May Shift 1 MAT question 5

Q6:

2026: 21 May Shift 1

Probability

Easy

Core

Let A and B be independent events such that P(A)=37P(A) = \frac{3}{7} and P(B)=17P(B) = \frac{1}{7}, Then

Match List-I with List-II

List-IList-II
(A) P(A and B)(I) 2449\frac{24}{49}
(B) P(A or B)(II) 1849\frac{18}{49}
(C) P(A and not B)(III) 2549\frac{25}{49}
(D) P(neither A nor B)(IV) 349\frac{3}{49}

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Option 1
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Explanation for 2026: 21 May Shift 1 MAT question 6

Q7:

2026: 21 May Shift 1

Probability

Medium

Core

A problem is given to 3 students A,B and C, whose probabilities of solving are 12,13\frac{1}{2}, \frac{1}{3} and 14\frac{1}{4} respectively, then

(A). P(Problem solved) = 34\frac{3}{4}

(B). P(Problem not solved) = 14\frac{1}{4}

(C). P(Problem solved by exactly one student) = 724\frac{7}{24}

(D). P(Problem solved by at least 2 students) = 1724\frac{17}{24}

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Option 3
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Explanation for 2026: 21 May Shift 1 MAT question 7

Q8:

2026: 21 May Shift 1

Probability

Medium

Core

A pair of dice is thrown. If the two numbers appearing on them are different then the probability that the sum of the number is 6, is.

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Option 4
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2026: 21 May Shift 1 MAT question 8

Q9:

2026: 21 May Shift 1

Probability

Medium

Applied

A fair coin is tossed until a head or five tails occur. The probability distribution of the number of tosses is,

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Option 1
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2026: 21 May Shift 1 MAT question 9

Q10:

2026: 21 May Shift 1

Probability

Easy

Applied

Two dice are thrown then the probability of the sum of numbers appearing to be prime is :

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Q11:

2026: 21 May Shift 1

Probability

Easy

Applied

A random variable X has the following probability distribution:

X0123456
P(X)K3K7K5K4KK2K

The value of K is

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Q12:

2026: 21 May Shift 1

Probability

Easy

Applied

During a season change, a pathologist observed that out of 10,000 people tested for viral fever, 1000 people were tested positive. Then the standard deviation for the distribution of positive reports is_______

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Q13:

2026: 19 May Shift 2

Probability

Medium

Common

A die is thrown thrice. If the first throw is a four, then the chance of getting 11 as total sum, is

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Q14:

2026: 19 May Shift 2

Probability

Medium

Core

A coin is tossed thrice, and events E and F are defined as:

E : "The first throw results in a head"

F : "The last throw results in tail"

Then, which of the following statements is true for events E and F?

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Q15:

2026: 19 May Shift 2

Probability

Medium

Core

A coin is tossed four times. The probability of getting atleast 1 head before getting the first tail is

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Q16:

2026: 19 May Shift 2

Probability

Medium

Core

A beg contains 4 white and 6 red balls. Four balls are drawn at random, then match the probability of the numbers of white balls drawn. Where P(E) denotes the probability of an event E.

Then Match List-I with List-II

LIST-ILIST-II
A.P (no white ball)I.821\frac{8}{21}
B.P (all white balls)II.114\frac{1}{14}
C.P (one white ball)III.614\frac{6}{14}
D.P (two white balls)IV.1210\frac{1}{210}

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Q17:

2026: 19 May Shift 2

Probability

Medium

Core

4 cards are drawn from a standard deck of 52 cards. The probability of drawing exactly 2 cards of the same suit is:

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Q18:

2026: 19 May Shift 2

Probability

Easy

Applied

A coin is tossed 5 times, the probability of getting at least 3 heads is:

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Q19:

2026: 19 May Shift 1

Probability

Easy

Common

A die is thrown twice and the sum of the numbers appearing is observed to be 6. Then the probability that the number 4 has appeared at least once, is

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Q20:

2026: 19 May Shift 1

Probability

Medium

Core

A man is known to speak truth 8 out of 11 times. He takes out two balls from a bag containing 3 white, 2 black and 5 red balls. What is the probability that he reports both the balls to be white?

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Q21:

2026: 19 May Shift 1

Probability

Easy

Core

Match List-I with List-II

List-IList-II
(A) P(A∩B)=P(A).P(B)P(A \cap B) = P(A).P(B)(I) P(B∩A)P(A),P(A)≠0\frac{P(B \cap A)}{P(A)}, P(A) \ne 0
(B) P(S∩B)P(B)\frac{P(S \cap B)}{P(B)}, S = Sample space(II) A, B are independent events
(C) P(B/A)=P(B/A) =(III) P(Aˉ∩Bˉ)P(\bar{A} \cap \bar{B})
(D) P(A∪B‾)P(\overline{A \cup B})(IV) 1

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Q22:

2026: 19 May Shift 1

Probability

Medium

Core

A man speaks the truth 8 out of 10 times. A die is tossed. He reports that it was 5. What is the probability that it was actually 5?

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Q23:

2026: 19 May Shift 1

Probability

Easy

Core

Two thirds of the students in a class are boys and the rest are girls. It is known that the probability of a girl getting a first class is 0.25 and that of a boy getting a first class is 0.28, then the probability that a student chosen at random will get first class marks in the subject is

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Q24:

2026: 19 May Shift 1

Probability

Easy

Applied

The random variable X has the following probability distribution:

X12345
P(X)110\frac{1}{10}110\frac{1}{10}13\frac{1}{3}k13\frac{1}{3}

The correct value of k is:

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Q25:

2026: 19 May Shift 1

Probability

Easy

Applied

The monthly expectation of a two-wheeler accident at a particular railway crossing is 0.02. What is the probability that in a specific month, no accident occurred? (given e−0.02=0.9802e^{-0.02} = 0.9802)

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Q26:

2026: 19 May Shift 1

Probability

Easy

Applied

Two cards are drawn successively with replacement from a well shuffled pack of 52 playing cards. Which of the following is correct probability distribution of number of Queens(X) as (XP(X))\binom{X}{P(X)}?

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Q27:

2026: 18 May Shift 2

Probability

Easy

Common

If P(A)=0.4P(A) = 0.4, P(B)=XP(B) = X and P(Aˉ∩Bˉ)=0.4P(\bar{A} \cap \bar{B}) = 0.4, where A and B are independent event, then the value of X is:

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Q28:

2026: 18 May Shift 2

Probability

Easy

Core

If A and B are independent events such that P(A)=12P(A)=\dfrac{1}{2}, P(A∪B)=35P(A\cup B)=\dfrac{3}{5} and P(B)=pP(B)=p, then value of p is:

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Q29:

2026: 18 May Shift 2

Probability

Hard

Core

One ticket is drawn from a purse containing four tickets with numbers 223, 133, 212, 322. Let AiA_i be the event that ith^{th} digit of the number on drawn ticket is 2. Then which of the following events are independent ?

A. A1A_1 and A2A_2

B. A2A_2 and A3A_3

C. A1A_1 and A3A_3

D. A1A_1, A2A_2 and A3A_3

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Q30:

2026: 18 May Shift 2

Probability

Medium

Core

A farmer has a tubewell which works by connecting two switches S1S_1 and S2S_2. The probability that S1S_1 works is 9/10 and the probability that S2S_2 works is 8/10. The farmer connects them in series in 30% cases and in parallel in 70% cases. If it is known that the tubewell was working, what is the probability that it was a series connection.

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