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Q1:

2025: 30 May Shift 1

Probability

Medium

Core

A die is tossed once. If the random variable X is defined as X={1,if the die result in an odd number−1,if the die result in an even numberX = \begin{cases} 1, & \text{if the die result in an odd number} \\ -1, & \text{if the die result in an even number} \end{cases}, then the variance of X is

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Option 2
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Explanation for 2025: 30 May Shift 1 MAT question 1

Q2:

2025: 30 May Shift 1

Probability

Medium

Core

'A' speaks the truth in 80% of the cases while 'B' in 90% of the cases. The probability that they contradict each other in stating the same statement is

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Option 2
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Explanation for 2025: 30 May Shift 1 MAT question 2

Q3:

2025: 30 May Shift 1

Probability

Easy

Core

Match List-I with List-II

Let AA and BB be two events such that P(A)=0.2P(A) = 0.2, P(B)=0.4P(B) = 0.4, P(B∣A)=0.5P(B|A) = 0.5

List-IList-II
(A) P(A∩B)P(A \cap B)(I) 0.50.5
(B) P(A∣B)P(A\vert B)(II) 0.80.8
(C) P(A∪B)P(A \cup B)(III) 0.250.25
(D) P(A′)P(A')(IV) 0.10.1

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Explanation for 2025: 30 May Shift 1 MAT question 3

Q4:

2025: 30 May Shift 1

Probability

Medium

Applied

A random variable 'X' denotes the number of sixes obtained in three throws of a die. Then, the mean of the distribution is:-

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Option 2
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Explanation for 2025: 30 May Shift 1 MAT question 4

Q5:

2025: 30 May Shift 1

Probability

Medium

Applied

A fair coin is tossed 100 times. The probability of getting head an odd number of times is

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Option 1
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Explanation for 2025: 30 May Shift 1 MAT question 5

Q6:

2025: 30 May Shift 1

Probability

Medium

Applied

A bag contains 6 red balls, 4 green balls and 10 blue balls. Three balls are drawn with replacement. The probability of getting at least 1 green ball is:

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Option 2
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Explanation for 2025: 30 May Shift 1 MAT question 6

Q7:

2025: 30 May Shift 1

Probability

Medium

Applied

A random variable y has the following probability distribution

y12345
P(y)2k3kk4k5k

Match List-I with List-II

List-IList-II
(A) P(y>2)P(y > 2)(I) 2/52/5
(B) k(II) 2/32/3
(C) P(y≤3)P(y \leq 3)(III) 8/158/15
(D) P(2≤y≤4)P(2 \leq y \leq 4)(IV) 1/151/15

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Option 3
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Explanation for 2025: 30 May Shift 1 MAT question 7

Q8:

2025: 29 May Shift 2

Probability

Medium

Common

Let x denotes the number of heads in a simultaneous toss of three coins, then P(0<x≤3)P(0 < x \leq 3)

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Option 3
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Explanation for 2025: 29 May Shift 2 MAT question 8

Q9:

2025: 29 May Shift 2

Probability

Medium

Core

The probabilities of occurrance of two events A and B are 0.45 and 0.20 respectively. The probability of their simultaneous occurrence is 0.06. The probability that neither A nor B occurs is

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Option 3
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Explanation for 2025: 29 May Shift 2 MAT question 9

Q10:

2025: 29 May Shift 2

Probability

Medium

Core

Let A and B be two events. Then which of the following statements are TRUE?

(A) P(B∣A)=P(A∩B)P(A)P(B|A) = \frac{P(A \cap B)}{P(A)}, provided P(A)≠0P(A) \neq 0

(B) P(B′)=1+P(B)P(B') = 1 + P(B)

(C) P(A∪B)=P(A)+P(B)+P(A∩B)P(A \cup B) = P(A) + P(B) + P(A \cap B)

(D) P(A∩B)=P(A).P(B)P(A \cap B) = P(A).P(B) If A and B are independent events

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Q11:

2025: 29 May Shift 2

Probability

Medium

Core

Match List-I with List-II

If the random variable x has the following distribution:

x012otherwise
P(x)kk2k0
List-IList-II
(A) k(I) 34\frac{3}{4}
(B) P(x ≥ 2)(II) 14\frac{1}{4}
(C) P(x ≤ 2)(III) 12\frac{1}{2}
(D) P(0 < x ≤ 2)(IV) 1

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Q12:

2025: 29 May Shift 2

Probability

Medium

Core

A bag contain 8 blue and 12 green balls. Two balls are drawn in succession without replacement. The probability that first is blue and second is green is

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Q13:

2025: 29 May Shift 2

Probability

Medium

Applied

If the binomial distribution X∼B(n,p)X\sim B(n, p) of mean 3 and variance 32\frac{3}{2}, (p+q)=1(p + q) = 1, then which of the following is/are TRUE?

(A) q=12q = \frac{1}{2}, n=6n = 6

(B) P(X≤5)=6364P(X \leq 5) = \frac{63}{64}, p=12p = \frac{1}{2}

(C) q=13q = \frac{1}{3}, p=23p = \frac{2}{3}

(D) P(X=4)=1564P(X = 4) = \frac{15}{64}, n=6n = 6

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Q14:

2025: 29 May Shift 2

Probability

Medium

Applied

A random variable X follow Poisson distribution such that P(X=1) = 2P(X=2) , then P(X=0) is

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Q15:

2025: 29 May Shift 2

Probability

Medium

Applied

A dice is thrown twice, the probability of occurence of 5 at least once is

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Q16:

2025: 29 May Shift 2

Probability

Medium

Applied

Let X be random variable which assumes x1x_1, x2x_2, x3x_3, x4x_4 such that 2P(X=x1x_1)= 3P(X=x2x_2)=P(X=x3x_3)=5P(X=x4x_4) , then the probability distribution of X is

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Q17:

2025: 27 May Shift 1

Probability

Medium

Common

Two cards are drawn simultaneously at random from a well shuffled pack of 52 Cards. Let X be the random variable which denotes number of kings in the draw. Then the probability distribution of X is

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Q18:

2025: 27 May Shift 1

Probability

Easy

Core

A coin is tossed and a die is thrown. The probability that the outcome will be a tail on the coin or a number greater than 3 on the die is

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Q19:

2025: 27 May Shift 1

Probability

Medium

Core

If A and B are independent events, then which of the following is/are true?

(A) Aˉ\bar{A} and B are independent events

(B) P(A∩B)=0P(A \cap B) = 0

(C) Aˉ\bar{A} and Bˉ\bar{B} are independent events

(D) P(A∩B)=P(A)+P(B)P(A \cap B) = P(A) + P(B)

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Q20:

2025: 27 May Shift 1

Probability

Medium

Core

If P(A)=35P(A) = \frac{3}{5}, P(B)=12P(B) = \frac{1}{2} and P(A∩B)=14P(A \cap B) = \frac{1}{4}, then P(A‾∣B‾)P(\overline{A} | \overline{B}) is

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Q21:

2025: 27 May Shift 1

Probability

Medium

Core

Let box I contains 3 black and 4 white balls, box II contains 2 black and 2 white balls, box III contains 4 black and 3 white balls. A box is selected at random and then a ball is randomly drawn from the selected box. If the color of the ball is black then the probability that the ball is drawn from box III, is:

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Q22:

2025: 27 May Shift 1

Probability

Medium

Applied

Let X be a random variable. Let E (X) and Var (X) denote the mean and the variance of X respectively. Then match List-I with List-II

List-IList-II
(A) If Var (X) = aa, then Var (2X + 3) is(I) 11aa
(B) If E (X) = aa, then E (2X) is(II) 6aa
(C) If Var (X) = aa, then Var(3X - aa) + Var (2x+β\sqrt{2}x + \beta) is(III) 4aa
(D) If E (X) = 5a12\frac{5a}{12}, then E (12X + aa) is(IV) 2aa

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Q23:

2025: 27 May Shift 1

Probability

Medium

Applied

It is given that 3% of items manufactured by an industry are defective. The probability that a packet of 250 items contains one defective item is: [Given: e−7.5≈0.000553e^{-7.5} \approx 0.000553]

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Q24:

2025: 27 May Shift 1

Probability

Medium

Applied

For independent events A1,A2,A3,...,AnA_1, A_2, A_3, ..., A_n if P(Ai)=1i+1P(A_i) = \frac{1}{i+1}, i=1,2,3,...,ni = 1, 2, 3, ..., n, then the probability that none of the events occur is:

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Q25:

2025: 27 May Shift 1

Probability

Medium

Applied

A fair coin is tossed a fixed number of times. If the probability of getting 11 heads is equal to the probability of getting 13 heads, then the probability of getting 2 heads is:

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Q26:

2025: 26 May Shift 2

Probability

Medium

Common

If the random variable X has the following probability distribution:

X012otherwise
P(X)k3k5k0

Match List-I with List-II

List-IList-II
(A) k(I) 139\frac{13}{9}
(B) E (X)(II) 49\frac{4}{9}
(C) P (X ≤ 1)(III) 89\frac{8}{9}
(D) P (1 ≤ X ≤ 2)(IV) 19\frac{1}{9}

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

  1. (A) - (II), (B) - (I), (C) - (IV), (D) - (III)
  2. (A) - (IV), (B) - (I), (C) - (II), (D) - (III)
  3. (A) - (IV), (B) - (II), (C) - (I), (D) - (III)
  4. (A) - (III), (B) - (II), (C) - (I), (D) - (IV)
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Q27:

2025: 26 May Shift 2

Probability

Medium

Core

If the events A and B are independent, then which of the following statements are true?

(A) P(A'B) = [1-P(A)] P(B)

(B) A and B are mutually exclusive

(C) P(A) = P(B)

(D) P(A'B') = [1-P(A)] [1-P(B)]

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Q28:

2025: 26 May Shift 2

Probability

Medium

Core

If A and B are two distinct events such that P(A|B) = P(B|A), then which of the following is /are possible?

(A) A= B

(B) P (A) = P(B)

(C) A ⊂ B but A ≠ B

(D) A∩ B = ɸ

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Q29:

2025: 26 May Shift 2

Probability

Medium

Core

A and B throw a die alternatively till one of them gets 3 or 6 and wins the game. If B starts the game, then the probability of winning the game by A is

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Q30:

2025: 26 May Shift 2

Probability

Hard

Core

Let A, B, C be three events. If the probability of occurring exactly one out of A and B is 35\frac{3}{5}, exactly one of B and C is 15\frac{1}{5}, exactly one of C and A is 35\frac{3}{5} and that of occurring of three events is 425\frac{4}{25}, then the probability of occurring at least one of them is

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