Probability of at least or at most r successes in n binomial trials
This type of question, asked 14 times: May 2022 S1, 3 May 2023 S1, 4 May 2023 S2, 16 May 2023 S2, 12 May 2024 S1, 14 May 2024 S1, 14 May 2024 S2, 21 Apr 2025 S2, 22 Apr 2025 S1, 13 Apr 2026 S1, 16 Apr 2026 S2, 17 Apr 2026 S2, 15 May 2026 S1, 19 May 2026 S2. All 14 questions below, oldest first.
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Question 1
May 2022 S1
117The incidence of occupational disease in an industry is such that the workmen have a 10% chance of suffering from it. The probability that out of 5 workmen, 3 or more will contract the disease isTap an option to check your answer.
Question 2
3 May 2023 S1
124Let , then isTap an option to check your answer.
Question 3
4 May 2023 S2
149For an entry to a certain course, a candidate is given twenty problems to solve. If the probability that the candidate can solve any problem is , then the probability that he is unable to solve at most two problems isTap an option to check your answer.
Question 4
16 May 2023 S2
123Numbers are selected at random, one at a time from two-digit numbers 10, 11, 12, \ldots, 99 with replacement. An event E occurs if and only if the product of the two digits of a selected number is 18. If four numbers are selected, then probability that the event E occurs at least 3 times isTap an option to check your answer.
Question 5
12 May 2024 S1
113An experiment succeeds twice as often as it fails. Then the probability, that in the next 6 trials there will be at least 4 successes, isTap an option to check your answer.
Question 6
14 May 2024 S1
138For an initial screening of an entrance exam, a candidate is given fifty problems to solve. If the probability that the candidate can solve any problem is , then the probability that he is unable to solve less than two problems, isTap an option to check your answer.
Question 7
14 May 2024 S2
131A lot of 100 bulbs contains 10 defective bulbs. Five bulbs are selected at random and sent to retail store. Then the probability that the store will receive at most one defective bulb isTap an option to check your answer.
Question 8
21 Apr 2025 S2
101Numbers are selected at random, one at a time from the two-digit numbers , 99 with replacement. An event occurs only if the product of the two digits of a selected number is 24. If four numbers are selected, then probability, that the event E occurs at least 3 times, isTap an option to check your answer.
Question 9
22 Apr 2025 S1
104The probability that a certain kind of component will survive a given test is . The probability that at most 2 components out of 4 tested, will survive isTap an option to check your answer.
Question 10
13 Apr 2026 S1
97The odds in favour of A winning a game of table tennis against B are 1:2. If 3 games are to be played, then the probability of A winning at least two games out of the three is.....Tap an option to check your answer.
Question 11
16 Apr 2026 S2
98If a fair coin is tossed 8 times, then the probability of getting at most 2 heads is...Tap an option to check your answer.
Question 12
17 Apr 2026 S2
98On average, one out of 10 persons is busy. If six persons are selected at random, then the probability that at least 5 of them will be busy is...Tap an option to check your answer.
Question 13
15 May 2026 S1
98If , then the probability that takes a value at least 2 is:Tap an option to check your answer.
Question 14
19 May 2026 S2
98If follows a Binomial distribution with parameters and thenTap an option to check your answer.