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BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION
Classical Thinking
1. If there are n independent trials, p and q are
the probability of success and failure
respectively, then probability of exactly r
success
A. n r
Cn + r p q
n−r
B. n
Cn p
r−1
q
r+1
C. n r
Cr p q
n−r
D. n
Cr p
r+1
q
r−1
Answer: C
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2. Let X ~ B (10, 0.2) then p (x=1) is
A. 0.2684
B. 0.3684
C. 0.4684
D. 0.5684
Answer: A
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3. In a simultaneous toss of four coins, the
probability of getting exactly three heads is
1
A.
2
1
B.
3
1
C.
4
1
D.
5
Answer: C
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4. In tossing 10 coins, the probability of
getting exactly 5 heads is
9
A.
128
63
B.
256
1
C.
2
193
D.
256
Answer: B
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5. If a die is thrown 7 times, then the
probability of obtaining 5 exactly 4 times is
4 3
1 5
A. 7
C4 ( ) ( )
6 6
3 4
1 5
B. 7
C4 ( ) ( )
6 6
4 3
1 5
C. ( ) ( )
6 6
3 4
1 5
D. ( ) ( )
6 6
Answer: A
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6. A die is thrown 5 times, then the probability
that an even number will come up exactly 3
times is
5
A.
16
1
B.
2
3
C.
16
3
D.
2
Answer: A
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7. A die is thrown 2 times. If getting an odd
number is considered as a success, then the
probability of 2 successes is
1
A.
2
3
B.
4
2
C.
3
1
D.
4
Answer: D
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8. A coin is tossed 3 times. The probability of
obtaining at least 2 heads is
1
A.
8
3
B.
8
1
C.
2
2
D.
3
Answer: C
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9. A die is tossed 5 times. Getting and odd
number is cosidered a success. Then, the
variance of distribution of success, is
8
A.
3
3
B.
8
4
C.
5
5
D.
4
Answer: D
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Critical Thinking
1. The probability that a student is not a
1
swimmer is . Then the probability that out
5
of five students, four are swimmers is (A)
41 41
4 4
( ) ( ) 4
1 4
(B) (C)
5 5
^ 5C4 ^ 5C1 ( )
5 5 5 5
(D) None of these
4
4 1
A. 5
C1 ( ) ( )
5 5
4
4 1
B. 5
C1 ( )( )
5 5
4
4 1
C. ( )
5 5
5
4 1
D. 5( ) ( )
5 5
Answer: B
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2. A man makes attempts to hit the target. The
3
probabilty of hitting the target is . Then the
5
probability that a man hits the target exactly 2
times in 5 attempts, is
144
A.
625
72
B.
3125
216
C.
625
32
D.
3125
Answer: B
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3. The probability that a bulb produced by a
factory will fuse after 150 days if used is 0.50.
what is the probability that our of 5 such
bulbs none will fuse after 150 days of use?
1 − (19 / 20)
5
b. (19 / 20)
5
c. (3 / 4)
5
d.
5
90(1 / 4)
5
19
A. 1 − ( )
20
5
19
B. ( )
20
5
3
C. ( )
4
5
1
D. 90( )
4
Answer: A
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4. A contest consist of predicting the result
win, draw or defeat of 7 football matches. A
sent his entry predicting at random. The
probability that his entry will contain exactly 4
correct predictions is
8
A. 7
3
16
B.
7
3
280
C. 7
3
560
D. 7
3
Answer: B
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5. A coin is tossed successively three times.
The probability of getting exactly one heads or
2 heads is
1
A.
4
1
B.
2
3
C.
4
3
D.
2
Answer: D
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6. A die is thrown 10 times. If getting an even
number is considered as a success, then the
probability of four successes is
4
1
A. 10
C4 ( )
2
6
1
B. 10
C4 ( )
2
8
1
C. 10
C4 ( )
2
10
1
D. 10
C6 ( )
2
Answer: D
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7. If X follows the binomial distribution with
parameters n=6 and p and 9p(X=4)=P(X=2),
then p is
1
A.
3
1
B.
2
1
C.
4
D. 1
Answer: C
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8. A die is thrown 3 times. Getting a 3 or 6 on
the top face is considered success. Then the
probability of at least 2 successes is
2
A.
9
7
B.
27
1
C.
27
5
D.
27
Answer: B
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9. The probability that a man can hit a target
is 3 / 4. He tries 5 times. The probability that he
will hit the target at least three times is
291
A.
364
371
B.
464
471
C.
502
459
D.
512
Answer: D
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10. If three dice are thrown together, then the
probability of getting 5 on at least one of
them is
125
A.
216
215
B.
216
1
C.
216
91
D.
216
Answer: D
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11. 8 coins are tossed simultaneously. The
probability of getting at least 6 heads is
57
A.
64
229
B.
256
7
C.
64
37
D.
256
Answer: D
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12. A fair coin is tossed a fixed number of
times. If the probability of getting seven heads
is equal to that of getting nine heads, the
probability of getting two heads, is
35
A. 12
2
35
B. 14
2
7
C. 12
2
7
D. 14
2
Answer: A
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13. For a binomial distribution,
A. Mean < variance
B. Mean = variance
C. Mean > variance
D. Mean = 1 − variance
Answer: C
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14. A die is thrown thrice. If getting a four is
considered a success, then the mean and
variance of the distribution of the number of
successes are
1 1
A. ,
2 12
1 5
B. ,
6 12
5 1
C. ,
6 2
1 5
D. ,
2 12
Answer: D
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15. A die is tossed twice. 'Getting a number
greater than 4' is considered a success. Find
the probability distribution of number of
successes. Also, find the mean and variance of
the number of successes.
2
A.
9
4
B.
9
1
C.
3
8
D.
9
Answer: B
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16. If the mean and the variance of a binomial
variable X are 2 and 1 respectively, then the
probability that X takes a value greater than
one is equal to:
2
A.
3
4
B.
5
7
C.
8
15
D.
16
Answer: D
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17. The mean and variance of a binomial
distribution are 4 and 3 respectively. Then the
probability of getting exacatly six successes in
this distribution, is
10 6
1 3
A. 16
C6 ( ) ( )
4 4
6 10
1 3
B. 16
C6 ( ) ( )
4 4
10 6
1 3
C. 12
C6 ( ) ( )
4 4
6 6
1 3
D. 12
C6 ( ) ( )
4 4
Answer: B
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18. A card is drawn at random 4 times, with
replacement, from a pack of 52 playing cards. If
getting a red card is considered as success,
then the mean and variance of the
distribution are respectively
A. 1,2
B. 2,1
3
C. 1,
4
3
D. , 1
4
Answer: B
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19. If X be binomial distribution with mean np
P (x = k)
and variance npq, then find the
P (x = k − 1)
n − k p
A. ⋅
k − 1 q
n − k + 1 p
B. ⋅
k q
n + 1 q
C. ⋅
k p
n − 1 q
D. ⋅
k + 1 p
Answer: B
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20. Two cards are drawn successively with
replacement from a well shuffled deck of 52
cards, then the meanof the number of aces is
1
A.
13
3
B.
13
2
C.
13
4
D.
13
Answer: C
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Competitive Thinking
1
1. If r. vX~B(n = 5, P = ) then
3
P (2 > X > 4) =
80
A.
243
40
B.
243
40
C.
343
80
D.
343
Answer: B
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2. A coin is tossed 10 times. The probability of
getting exactly six heads is
512
A.
513
105
B.
512
100
C.
153
D. 10
C6
Answer: B
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3. If a die is thrown twice, then find the
probability of occurrence of 4 at least once.
11
A.
36
7
B.
12
35
C.
36
D. None of these
Answer: A
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4. Probability that a person will devlop
immunity after vaccination is 0.8 If 8 8 people
are given the vaccine then probability that all
develop immunity is
A. (0.2) 8
B. (0.8)
8
C. 1
D. 8 6 2
C6 (0.2) (0.8)
Answer: B
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5. In a box containing 100 eggs 10 eggs are
roten the probability that out of a sample of 5
eggs, none is rotten (if the sampling is with
replacement)
5
1
A. ( )
10
5
1
B. ( )
5
5
9
C. ( )
5
5
9
D. ( )
10
Answer: D
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6. The records of a hospital show that 10 % of
the cases of a certain disease are fatal. If 6
patients are suffering from the disease, then
the probability that only three will die is
A. 1458 × 10 −5
B. 1458 × 10 −6
C. 14 × 10 −6
D. 8748 × 10 −5
Answer: A
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7. If x denotes the number of sixes in four
consecutive throws of a dice, then P(x=4) is
1
A.
1296
4
B.
6
C. 1
1295
D.
1296
Answer: A
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8. In a box of 10 electric bulbs, two are
defective. Two bulbs are selected at random
one after the other from the box. The first
bulb after selection being put back in the box
before making the second selection. The
probability that both the bulbs are without
defect is
9
A.
25
16
B.
25
4
C.
5
8
D.
25
Answer: B
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9. The probability function of a binomial
distribution is
6
x 6−x
P (x) = ( )p q , x = 0, 1, 2.......... , 6.
x
If 2P(2)=3P(3), then p=
1
A.
3
1
B.
4
1
C.
2
1
D.
5
Answer: A
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10. If X follows a binomial distribution with
parameters n = 6 and p. If
4(P (X = 4)) = P (X = 2) , then P =
1
A.
2
1
B.
4
1
C.
6
1
D.
3
Answer: D
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11. A fair coin is tossed n times. if the
probability that head occurs 6 times is equal
to the probability that head occurs 8 times,
then find the value of n
.
A. 15
B. 14
C. 12
D. 7
Answer: B
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12. One hundred identical coins, each with
probability p, of showing up heads are tossed
once. If `0
1
A.
2
49
B.
101
50
C.
101
51
D.
101
Answer: D
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13. A coin is tossed 2n times. The change that
the number of times one gets head is not
equal to the number of times one gets tail is
2n
(2n !) 1
A. 2
( )
2
(n !)
(2n !)
B. 1 − 2
(n !)
(2n !) 1
C. 1 − ⋅
n
2
(n !) 4
D. None of these
Answer: C
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14. An experiment succeeds twice as often as it
fails. The probability that in 4 trials there will
be at least three successes is
4
A.
27
8
B.
27
16
C.
27
24
D.
27
Answer: C
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15. A bag contains 2 white &4 black balls. A ball
is drawn 5 times, each being replaced before
another is drawn. The probability that atleast
4 of the balls drawn are white is:
8
A.
141
10
B.
243
11
C.
243
8
D.
41
Answer: C
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16. The items produced by a firm are supposed
to contain 5% defective items. The probability
that a smaple of 8 items will contain will less
than 2 defective items, is
7
27 19
A. ( )
20 20
6
533 19
B. ( )
400 20
7
153 1
C. ( )
20 20
6
35 1
D. ( )
16 20
Answer: A
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17. An unbiased die with faced marked 1, 2, 3, 4,
5, and 6 is rolled four times. Out of four face
value obtained, the probability that the
minimum face value is not less than 2 and the
maximum face value is not greater than five is
then 16 / 81 b. 1 / 81 c. 80 / 81 d. 65 / 81
16
A.
81
1
B.
81
80
C.
81
65
D.
81
Answer: A
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18. A die is thrown four times. The probality of
getting perfect square in at least one throw is
16
A.
81
65
B.
81
23
C.
81
58
D.
81
Answer: B
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19. Probability of guessing correctly atleast 7
out of 10 answers in a 'True' or 'False' test is
equal to
11
A.
64
11
B.
32
11
C.
16
27
D.
32
Answer: A
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20. A box contains 15 green and 10 yellow
balls. If 10 balls are randomly drawn, one-by-
one, with replacement, then the variance of
12
the number of green balls drawn is : (a)
5
6
(b) 6 (c) 4 (d)
25
6
A.
25
12
B.
5
C. 6
D. 4
Answer: B
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21. The probability that an event A happens in
one trial of an experiment, is 0.4 There
independent trials of the experiments are
performed. The probability that the event A
happens atleast once, is
A. 1.8
B. 0.18
C. 12.6
D. 1.26
Answer: D
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22. If X~B(n, p) with , then
n = 10, p = 0.4
2
E(X ) =
A. 4
B. 2.4
C. 3.6
D. 18.4
Answer: D
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23. The mean and variance of a binomial
distribution are 6 and 4 respectively, then n is
A. 18
B. 12
C. 10
D. 9
Answer: A
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24. A r.v. X~B (n, p). If values of mean and
variance of X are 18 and 12 respectively, then
total number of possible values of X are
A. 54
B. 55
C. 12
D. 18
Answer: B
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25. The mean and variance of a random
variable X having a binomial distribution are
4 and 2 respectively. The P (X = 1) is
1
A.
32
1
B.
16
1
C.
8
1
D.
4
Answer: A
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26. The mean and variance of a binomial
distribution are 8 and 4 respectively. What is
P(X = 1) equal to ?
1
A.
8
2
1
B.
12
2
1
C.
6
2
1
D.
4
2
Answer: B
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27. The mean and the variance of a binomial
distribution are 4 and 2 respectively. Then, the
probability of 2 successes is
28
A.
256
219
B.
256
128
C.
256
37
D.
256
Answer: A
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28. Let X~B(n, p), if
E(X) = 5, Var(X) = 2.5 then p(X < 1) =
11
1
A. ( )
2
10
1
B. ( )
2
6
1
C. ( )
2
9
1
D. ( )
2
Answer: B
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29. If X is a binomial variate with mean 6 and
variance 2, then the value of P (5 ≤ X ≤ 7) is
4762
A.
6561
4672
B.
6561
5264
C.
6561
5462
D.
6651
Answer: B
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30. In a binomial distribution the probability
1
of getting a success is and standard
4
deviation is 3, then its mean is
A. 6
B. 8
C. 12
D. 10
Answer: C
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Evalution Test
1. A rifleman is firing at a distance target and
hence has only 10% chance of hitting it. Find
the number of rounds; he must fire in order to
have more than 50% chance of hitting it at
least once.
A. 5
B. 7
C. 9
D. 11
Answer: B
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2. For a binomial variable X if n=5 and
P(X=1)=8P(X=3), then p=
4
A.
5
1
B.
5
1
C.
3
2
D.
3
Answer: B
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3. If in a binomial distribution
16
n = 4, P (X = 0) = , then P (X = 4)
81
1 1 1 1
equals b. c. d.
16 81 27 8
1
A.
16
1
B.
81
1
C.
27
1
D.
8
Answer: B
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4. A die is thrown 100 times. If getting an even
numebr is considered a success, the variance
of the number of successes, is
A. 50
B. 25
C. 10
D. 100
Answer: B
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5. In eight thows of a die 1 or 3 is considered
a success. Then, the standard deviation of
success, is
16
A.
9
8
B.
3
4
C.
3
2
D.
3
Answer: C
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6. Consider 5 independent Bernoulli.s trials
each with probability of success p. If the
probability of at least one failure is greater
31
than or equal to , then p lies in the
32
1 3 3 11 1
interval : (1) ( , ] (2) ( , ] (3) [0, ]
2 4 4 12 2
11
(4) ( , 1]
12
1 3
A. ( , ]
2 4
3 11
B. ( , ]
4 12
1
C. [0, ]
2
11
D. ( , 1]
12
Answer: C
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7. A coin is tossed 3 times by 2 persons. The
prbability that both get equal number of
heads, is
3
A.
8
1
B.
9
5
C.
16
3
D.
16
Answer: C
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1
8. In a binomial distribution B(n, p = ) , if
4
the probability of at least one success is
9
greater than or equal to , then n is greater
10
1
than (1) (2)
4 3
(log) − (log)
10 10
1 9
(3) (4)
4 3 4 3
(log) + (log) (log) − (log)
10 10 10 10
4 3
(log) − (log)
10 10
1
A.
log10 4 − log10 3
1
B.
log10 4 + log10 3
9
C.
log19 4 − log10 3
4
D.
log19 4 − log10 3
Answer: A
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9. The sum of of the mean and variance of a
binomial distribution is 15 and the sum of
their squares is 117. the mean of the
distribution is
A. 6
B. 9
C. 3
D. 12
Answer: B
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10. Let X denote the number of times heads
occur in n tosses of a fair coin. If
P (X = 4), P (X = 5) and P (X = 6) are in
AP; the value of n is 7, 14 b. 10, 14 c. 12, 7 d.
14, 12
A. 7,14
B. 10,14
C. 12,7
D. 14,12
Answer: A
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11. If in a trial the probability of success is
twice the probability of failure. In six trials the
probability of at least four successes is
400
A.
729
496
B.
729
500
C.
729
600
D.
729
Answer: B
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12. The mean and variance of a binomial
distribution are 20 and 16
n
(p + q)
respectively. Then, the pair (n,p) is
1
A. (50, )
5
2
B. (50, )
5
1
C. (100, )
5
2
D. (100, )
5
Answer: C
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