Weekly Exam 3: Probability and Statistics/ Trigonometry Time Limit: 1 hr 30 mins

Direction: Solve the following questions and shade the letter which corresponds to the best answer for each item. Note that
caret ^ means exponentiation.

1. In a group of students, 100 students know Hindi, 50 know English and 25 know both. Each of the students knows either Hindi or
English. How many students are there in the group?
A. 100 B. 115 C. 110 D. 125*

2. If X and Y are two sets such that n(X) = 17, n(Y) = 23 and n(X∪Y) = 38, then n(X∩Y)
A. 1 B. 2* C. 3 D. 4

3. Which one of the following is a null set?

A. {0} B. {{{ }}} C. {{ }} D. {x|x2 + 1 = 0, x є R}*

4. If the set A has p elements and B has q elements, then the number of elements in A x B is
A. p + q + 1 B. pq* C. p2 D. p + q

5. Let S = {0, 1, 5, 4, 7}. Then the total number of subsets of S is

A. 64 B. 32* C. 40 D. 20

6. In an examination out of 100 students, 75 passed in English, 60 passed in Mathematics and 45 passed in both English and
Mathematics. What is the number of students who passed in exactly one of the two subjects?
A. 45* B. 60 C. 75 D. 90

7. Find the term free of x in the expansion of (x2 – x -1)9 .

A. 64 B. 84* C. 96 D. 48

8. Find the 5th term of (x2 – 3y)5 without expanding.

A. 403x2 y4 B. 402x2 y4 C. 404x2 y4 D. 405x2 y4*

9. What is the sum of the coefficients in the expansion of (2x - y)5?

A. 243 B. 32 C. 1* D. 0

10. What is the coefficient of the term containing x2y3z in the expansion of (2x + y – z)6?
A. 240 B. -240* C. 420 D. -420

11. Two dice are thrown simultaneously. The probability of obtaining a total score of seven is
A. 1/6* B. 1/3 C. 2/7 D. 5/6

12. The probability that a man can hit a target is 3/4. He tries 5 times. The probability that he will hit the target at least three times
is
A. 291/364 B. 371/461 C. 471/502 D. 459/512*

13. If the probability of A to fail in an examination is 0.2 and that for B is 0.3, then the probability that either A or B will fail is
A. 0.5 B. 0.44* C. 0.8 D. 0.25

14. The probability that the two digit number formed by digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 is divisible by 4 is
A. 1/30 B. 1/20 C. 1/5* D. none of these

15. From a pack of 52 cards, two cards are drawn, the first being replaced before the second is drawn. What is the probability that
the first is a diamond and the second is a king?
A. 1/4 B. 4/13 C. 1/52* D. 4/14

16. A bag contains 5 red and 4 green balls. Four balls are drawn at random. Find the probability that two balls are red and two balls
are green.
A. 8/21 B. 10/21* C. 13/21 D. 17/21

17. There are three candidates A, B and C for mayor in a town. If the odds that candidate A will win are 7:5 that of B are 1:3, what is
the probability that candidate C will win?
 Weekly Exam 3: Probability and Statistics/ Trigonometry Time Limit: 1 hr 30 mins

A. 0.25 B. 0.13 C. 0.17* D. 0.21

18. Most graduate schools of business require applicants for admission to take the Graduate Management Admission Council’s
GMAT examination. Scores on the GMAT are roughly normally distributed with a mean of 527 and a standard deviation of 112.
What is the probability of an individual scoring above 500 on the GMAT?
A. 0.9458 B. 0.4589 C. 0.5948* D. 0.8594

19. The measure of the angles of a triangle are 2:7:11. The measures of the angles are
A. 16○, 56○, 88○ B. 16○, 63○, 99○* C. 20○, 70○, 90○ D. 25○, 175○, 105○

20. The length of human pregnancies from conception to birth approximates a normal distribution with a mean of 266 days and a
standard deviation of 16 days. What proportion of all pregnancies will last between 240 and 270 days (roughly between 8 and 9
months)?
A. 0.5471* B. 0.8264 C. 0.2642 D. 0.4017

21. Among 15 players, 8 are batsmen and 7 are bowlers. Find the probability that a team is chosen of 6 batsmen and 5 bowlers.
A. 28/65* B. 28/15 C. 15/28 D. none of these

8sin   5cos 
22. If tan   1 , then the value of sin 3
  2cos 3   7 cos is
A. 2* B. 5/2 C. 3 D. 4/5

tan  cot 

23. 1  cot  1  tan  is equal to
A. 1  tan   cot  B. 1  tan   cot  C. 1  tan   cot  D. 1  tan   cot  *

8
cot  
24. A kite is flying at a height of 75 m from the ground. The string makes an angle  (where 15 ) with the level ground.
Assuming that there is no slack on the string, the length of the string is equal to
A. 75 m B. 65 m C. 40 m D. 85 m*

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25. The sum of two angles of a triangle is 135 and their difference is 12 . Find the greater angle.
2 3 5 
A. 3 B. 5 C. 12 * D. 5

26. Find the height of a tree if the angle of elevation of its top changes from 20° to 40° as the observer advances 23m toward its
base.
A. 138.5 m B. 148.5 m C. 158.5 m* D. 159.5 m

27. The two banks of a canal are straight and parallel. A, B, C are three persons of whom A stands on one bank and B and C on the
opposite bank. B finds the ABC is 30○, while C finds the ACB is 60○. If B and C are 100 meters apart, the width of the canal
is
20 25 25
A. 3 meters B. 3 meters* C. 20 3 meters D. 2 3 meters

28. Relative to a right triangle ABC where C = 90 degrees, which of the following is not true ?
A. sin A = cos B B. cos A = sec B* C. tan A = cot B D. csc A = sec B

29. If the value of sin A is a negative fraction, then angle A terminates in

A. quadrants II and III B. quadrants III and IV* C. quadrants I and III D. quadrants II and IV

30. If sin A = -7/25 where 180° < A < 270°, find tan(A/2).
A. -1/5 B. -5 C. -1/7 D. -7*