Shiwani thought of a two-digit number and divided the number by the sum of the digits of the number. He found that the remainder is 3. Devesh also thought of a two-digit number and divided the number by the sum of the digits of the number. He also found that the remainder is 3. Find the probability that the two digit number thought by Shiwani and Devesh is TRUE?
1/15
1/14
1/13
1/12
In how many ways is it possible to choose a white square and a black square on a chess board so that the squares must not lie in the same row or column?
56
896
60
768
There are three cities A, B and C. Each of these cities is connected with the other two cities by at least one direct road. If a traveller wants to go from on city (origin) to another city (destination), she can do so either by traversing a road connecting the two cities directly, or by traversing two roads, the first connecting the origin to the third city and the second connecting the third city to the destination. In all there are 33 routes from A to B (including those via C). Similarly, there are 23 routes from B to C (including those via A). How many roads are there from A to C directly?
6
3
5
10
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?
1/2
2/5
8/15
9/20
Four unit squares are chosen at random on a chessboard. What is the probability that three of them are of one colour and fourth is of opposite colour?
80/427
160/427
320/1281
640/1281
In how many distinguishably different ways can a cube be painted using at most two colours - White and Black - such that each face is coloured with exactly one of the two given colours?
24
16
12
14
Organising a party requires a lot of effort. In a buffet salad party, the host had 4 differentvegetables for salads. How many different salads can a guest make from the four vegetables -lettuce, cucumber, carrot, and mushrooms, if even a single vegetable is a salad ?
15
none of these
A card is drawn from a pack of 52 cards .The probability of getting a queen of club or king of heart is
2/13
1/26
1/52
Two urns contain 5 white and 7 black balls and 3 white and 9 black balls respectively. One ball is transferred to the second urn and then one ball is drawn from the second urn. Find the probability that the first ball transferred is black, given that the ball drawn is black?
13/23
11/23
14/23
7/23
Two different teams with four students each were training for an international math contest. The students were given an assessment exam and their scores were ranked. What is the probability that the four best scores come from only one of the teams assuming that no two students got the same score?
1/16
1/35
1/288
1/576
An urn contains 6red, 5 blue and 2 green marbles. If three marbles are picked at random, what is the probability that at least one is blue?
28/143
115/197
28/197
115/143
Two cards are drawn together from a pack of 52 cards .The probability that one is a spade and one is a heart ,is
3/20
29/34
47/100
13/102
In a game there are 70 people in which 40 are boys and 30 are girls, out of which 10 people are selected at random. One from the total group, thus selected is selected as a leader at random. What is the probability that the person, chosen as the leader is a boy?
4/7
4/9
5/7
2/7
The probability that a card drawn from a pack of 52 cards will be a diamond or a king is:
4/13
How many four-letter computer passwords can be formed using only the symmetric letters (no repetition allowed)?
7920
330
14640
419430
Which letter is such that the difference of its integer-code with the integer-code of T is the same as that between the integer-codes of N and S?
N
O
P
Q
What is the probability that a non-leap year has 53 Fridays?
1/53
53/365
1/7
7/365
In a lottery there are 10 prizes and 25 blanks. A lottery is drawn at random. What is the probability of getting a prize?
1/10
A set of cards bearing the number 200-299 is used in a game. if card is drawn at random, what is the probability that it is divisible by:
0.66
0.33
0.44
0.55
A bag contains 21 toys numbered 1 to 21. A toy is drawn and then another toy is drawn without replacement. Find the probability that both toys will show even numbers.
5/21
9/42
11/42
4/21
From 7 men and 5 ladies a committee of 4 is to be formed. If Mrs. X is not willing to join the committee in which Mr.Y is a member whereas Mr. Y is willing to join the committee only if Mrs. Z is included, how many such committees in all are possible?
366
375
450
495
A and B play a game where each is asked to select a number from 1 to 5. If the two numbers match, both of them win a prize. The probability that they will not win a prize in a single trial is:
1/25
24/25
2/25
23/25
N persons stand on the circumference of a circle at distinct points. Each possible pair of persons, not standing next to each other, sings a two-minute song one pair after the other. If the total time taken for singing is 28 minutes, what is N?
7
9
None of these
Four cards are drawn at random from a pack of 52 plating cards. Find the probability of getting all the four cards of the same suit
13/270725
91/190
178/20825
198/20825
The weights in kilograms of 10 students are 52, 45, 31, 35, 40, 55, 60, 38, 44, 36. If 44 is replaced by 46 and 40 is replaced by 35 then new median will be
42
40.5
40
41.5
A man has nine friends, four boys and five girls. In how many ways can he invite them, if there have to be exactly three girls in the invitees?
320
160
80
200
A box contains 9 red toys, 7 green toys and 9 blue toys. Each ball is of a different size. The probability that the red ball being selected is the smallest red toy, is:
1/9
2/21
6/25
A number is selected at random from first thirty natural numbers. What is the chance that it is a multiple of either 3 or 13?
17/30
11/30
4/15
Three unbiased coins are tossed. What is the probability of getting at most two heads?
3/4
1/4
3/8
7/8