MCQs of Probability - Quantitative Aptitude

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A letter is randomly taken from English alphabets. What is the probability that the letter selected is not a vowel?
(a) 0.08
(b) 0.2
(c) 0.192307692
(d) 0.807692308
Answer:

Option (d)

2
One ball is picked up randomly from a bag containing 8 yellow, 7 blue and 6 black balls. What is the probability that it is neither yellow nor black?
(a) 0.5
(b) 0.25
(c) 0.333333333
(d) 0.75
Answer:

Option (c)

3
Tickets numbered 1 to 20 are mixed up and then a ticket is drawn at random. What is the probability that the ticket drawn has a number which is a multiple of 3 or 5?
(a) 0.2
(b) 0.05
(c) 0.25
(d) 0.45
Answer:

Option (d)

4
A bag contains 12 white and 18 black balls. Two balls are drawn in succession without replacement. What is the probability that first is white and second is black?
(a) 18/145
(b) 18/29
(c) 36/135
(d) 36/145
Answer:

Option (d)

5
A box has 6 black, 4 red, 2 white and 3 blue shirts. When 2 shirts are picked randomly, what is the probability that either both are white or both are blue?
(a) 4/105
(b) 0.028571429
(c) 1/105
(d) 0.066666667
Answer:

Option (a)

6
A magician holds one six-sided die in his left hand and two in his right. What is the probability the number on the dice in his left hand is greater than the sum of the dice in his right?
(a) 0.064814815
(b) 0.092592593
(c) 0.111111111
(d) 0.117647059
Answer:

Option (b)

7
If a dice is rolled 2 times, what is the probability of getting a pair of numbers with sum equal to 3 or 4?
(a) 0.138888889
(b) 0.194444444
(c) 0.111111111
(d) 0.166666667
Answer:

Option (a)

8
If two fair dice are thrown simultaneously, then what the probability that the sum of the numbers appearing on the top faces of the dice is less than 4?
(a) 0.083333333
(b) 0.111111111
(c) 0.6
(d) 0.25
Answer:

Option (a)

9
What is probability of drawing two clubs from a well shuffled pack of 52 cards?
(a) 13/51
(b) 0.058823529
(c) 0.038461538
(d) 13/17
Answer:

Option (b)

10
A box contains 21 balls numbered 1 to 21. A ball is drawn and then another ball is drawn without replacement. What is the probability that both balls are even numbered?
(a) 0.625
(b) 0.714285714
(c) 0.214285714
(d) 0.1875
Answer:

Option (c)

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