| 1. | Two unbiased dice are thrown simultaneously. Find the probabilty of getting a multiple of 3 as the sum. |
| a. | | 1/2 |
| b. | | 1/3 |
| c. | | 1/4 |
| d. | | 1/5
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| 2. | One card is drawn from a pack of 52 cards, each of the 52 cards being equally likely to be drawn. Find the probability that the card drawn is an Ace. |
| a. | | 4/13 |
| b. | | 1/13 |
| c. | | 1/52 |
| d. | | 5/52
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| 3. | One card is drawn from a pack of 52 cards, each of the 52 cards being equally likely to be drawn. Find the probability that the card drawn is of red color. |
| a. | | 2/3 |
| b. | | 1/3 |
| c. | | 1/2 |
| d. | | 1/4
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| 4. | One card is drawn from a pack of 52 cards, each of the 52 cards being equally likely to be drawn. Find the probability that the card drawn is red and a king. |
| a. | | 1/26 |
| b. | | 5/26 |
| c. | | 7/26 |
| d. | | 3/26
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| 5. | Three unbiased coins are tossed together. Find the probability of getting all heads. |
| a. | | 1/4 |
| b. | | 2/3 |
| c. | | 1/3 |
| d. | | 1/8
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| 6. | An urn contains 10 red and 8 white balls. One ball is drawn at random. Find the probability that the ball drawn is white. |
| a. | | 1/10 |
| b. | | 1/18 |
| c. | | 4/9 |
| d. | | 1/8
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| 7. | A bag contains 9 red, 7 white and 4 black balls. One ball is drawn at random. Find the probability that the ball drawn is white or black. |
| a. | | 11/20 |
| b. | | 7/100 |
| c. | | 7/50 |
| d. | | 11/50
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| 8. | Two dice are thrown. Getting two numbers whose sum is divisible by 5 or 6 is considered a success. Find the probability of success. |
| a. | | 11/36 |
| b. | | 7/36 |
| c. | | 13/36 |
| d. | | 1/18
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| 9. | A bag contains 20 tickets, marked 1 to 20. A ticket is drawn and replaced. Then another ticket is drawn. What is the probability that the first number is even and the second is odd? |
| a. | | 1/2 |
| b. | | 1/4 |
| c. | | 2/3 |
| d. | | 2/5
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| 10. | If all the alphabets from the word 'Bilston' are placed at random in a row. What are the chances that the vowels come together? |
| a. | | 2/7 |
| b. | | 1/7 |
| c. | | 4/7 |
| d. | | 3/7
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| 11. | A GRE's quant question is given to 3 students who have 1/3, 1/4 and 1/2 chances of solving it. What are the chances that the problem will be solved? |
| a. | | 1/4 |
| b. | | 3/4 |
| c. | | 2/3 |
| d. | | None of the above
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| 12. | What is the probability of getting 1, 3, 5, and 6 respectively from 4 dice, thrown simultaneously. |
| a. | | 1/1296 |
| b. | | 5/1296 |
| c. | | 1/4 |
| d. | | 3/4
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| 13. | Find the probability of getting a sum of 17 or 18, in a single throw of three dice? |
| a. | | 1/216 |
| b. | | 1/3 |
| c. | | 1/103 |
| d. | | 1/54
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| 14. | What is the probability of a natural number being divisible by 5 or 9? |
| a. | | 11/45 |
| b. | | 12/45 |
| c. | | 13/45 |
| d. | | 14/45
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| 15. | What is the probability of getting 53 sundays in a leap year? |
| a. | | 1/53 |
| b. | | 1/7 |
| c. | | 7/53 |
| d. | | 2/7
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