Bayes' Theorem

Author:G Tewani
JEE Main/Advance
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Important Questions on Bayes' Theorem

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All the jacks, queens, kings and aces of a regular 52 cards deck are taken out. The 16 cards are thoroughly shuffled and my opponent, a person who always tells the truth, simultaneously draws two cards at random and says, 'I hold at least one ace'. The probability that he holds two aces is

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Let A and B are events of an experiment and PA=14, PAB=12, then value of PBAC is

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If odds against solving a question by three students are 2:1, 5:2 and 5:3, respectively, then probability that the question is solved only by one student is

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A bag contains n white and n black balls. Pairs of balls are drawn without replacement until the bag is empty. The probability that each pair consists of one white and one black ball, is

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A hat contains a number of cards with 30% white on both sides, 50% black on one side and white on the other side, 20% black on both sides. The cards are mixed up and a single card is drawn at random and placed on the table. Its upper side shows up black. The probability that its other side is also black is
 

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Let A and B be two events such that PAB=16, PAB=14, and PA=14, where A¯ stands for complement of event A. Then events A and B are

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Two dice are rolled one after the other. The probability that the number on the first is smaller than the number on the second, is

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If A and B are two independent events such that PA=12, PB=15, then

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An artillery target may be either at point I with probability 89 or at point II with probability 19. We have 55 shells, each of which can be fired either at point I or II. Each shell may hit the target, independent of the other shells, with probability 12. Maximum number of shells must be fired at point I to have maximum probability is,

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If A and B are two events such that PA=0.6 and PB=0.8, if the greatest value that PAB can have is p, then the value of 8p is,

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Thirty-two players ranked 1 to 32 are playing in a knockout tournament. Assume that in every match between any two players, the better ranked player wins. The probability that ranked 1 and ranked 2 players are winner and runner up respectively is p, then the value of 2p is, where . represents the greatest integer function,

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Suppose A and B are two events with PA=0.5 and PA  B=0.8. Let PB=p if A and B are mutually exclusive and PB=q if A and B are independent events, then the value of qp is,

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An urn contains three red balls and n white balls. Mr. A draws two balls together from the urn. The probability that they have the same colour is 12.Mr. B draws one balls from the urn, notes its colour and replaces it. He then draws a second ball from the urn and finds that both balls have the same colour is 58. The possible value of n is______________.

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An unbiased coin is tossed 6 times. The probability that third head appears on the sixth trial is

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If A and B are two independent events such that PA=12, PB=15, then

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If two loaded dice each have the property that 2 or 4 is three times as likely to appear as 1, 3, 5, or 6 on each roll. When two such dice are rolled, the probability of obtaining a total of 7 is p, then the value of 1p is, where x represents the greatest integer less than or equal to x.

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If any four numbers are selected and they are multiplied, then the probability that the last digit will be 1, 3, 5 or 7 is

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A box contains 2 black, 4 white, and 3 red balls. One ball is drawn at random from the box and kept aside. From the remaining balls in the box, another ball is drawn at random and kept aside the first. This process is repeated till all the balls are drawn from the box. The probability that the balls drawn are in the sequence of 2 black, 4 white, and 3 red is

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Let A and B two events. Suppose PA=0.4, PB= p, and PAB=0.7. The value of p for which A and B are independent is

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Events A and C are independent. If the probabilities relating A, B and C are PA=15, PB=16; PAC=120; PBC=38. Then,