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Probability: Advanced JEE Main PYQs, 2020 to 2025

Probability: Advanced has 76 questions in JEE Main papers from 2020 to 2025, about 13 per year across all shifts. The most asked topic is Random Variables and Distributions (23 questions), followed by Binomial Distribution (22) and Bayes' Theorem (17).

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76Total PYQs
6Years covered
5Topics
2025 Apr S2Latest paper

Probability: Advanced questions per year

YearQuestions
202513
202411
202311
202216
202116
20209

Topic-wise weightage

TopicQuestionsShare of chapterLast asked
Random Variables and Distributions2330%2025
Binomial Distribution2229%2024
Bayes' Theorem1723%2025
Conditional Probability1013%2025
Independent Events45%2021

Sample questions from recent papers

JEE Main 2025 · 8 Apr · Shift 2 · Conditional Probability

If A and B are two events such that P(A)=0.7P(A) = 0.7, P(B)=0.4P(B) = 0.4 and P(A∩B‾)=0.5P(A \cap \overline{B}) = 0.5, where B‾\overline{B} denotes the complement of B, then P(B∣(A∪B‾))P\left(B \mid (A \cup \overline{B})\right) is equal to

  1. (A)

    13\frac{1}{3}

  2. (B)

    12\frac{1}{2}

  3. (C)

    14\frac{1}{4}

  4. (D)

    16\frac{1}{6}

Answer: (C)

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JEE Main 2025 · 7 Apr · Shift 2 · Random Variables and Distributions

Let a random variable X take values 0, 1, 2, 3 with P(X=0)=P(X=1)=p, P(X=2)=P(X=3) and E(X2)=2E(X). Then the value of 8p−1 is :

  1. (A)

    2

  2. (B)

    0

  3. (C)

    3

  4. (D)

    1

Answer: (A)

Step-by-step solution

JEE Main 2025 · 7 Apr · Shift 2 · Bayes' Theorem

A bag contains 19 unbiased coins and one coin with head on both sides. One coin drawn at random is tossed and head turns up. If the probability that the drawn coin was unbiased, is mn\frac{m}{n}, gcd⁡(m,n)=1\gcd(m, n) = 1, then n2−m2n^2 - m^2 is equal to :

  1. (A)

    64

  2. (B)

    80

  3. (C)

    60

  4. (D)

    72

Answer: (B)

Step-by-step solution

JEE Main 2024 · 4 Apr · Shift 2 · Binomial Distribution

In a tournament, a team plays 10 matches with probabilities of winning and losing each match as 13\frac{1}{3} and 23\frac{2}{3} respectively. Let xx be the number of matches that the team wins, and yy be the number of matches that team loses. If the probability P(∣x−y∣≤2)\mathrm{P}(|x-y| \leq 2) is pp, then 39p3^9 p equals _________.

Answer: 8288

Step-by-step solution

JEE Main 2021 · 26 Aug · Shift 1 · Independent Events

Let A and B be independent events such that P(A) = p, P(B) = 2p. The largest value of p, for which P (exactly one of A, B occurs) = 59{5 \over 9}, is :
  1. (A)13{1 \over 3}
  2. (B)29{2 \over 9}
  3. (C)49{4 \over 9}
  4. (D)512{5 \over 12}

Answer: (D)

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How many questions come from Probability: Advanced in JEE Main?

76 questions from 2020 to 2025, about 13 per year. In 2025 it had 13.

Which Probability: Advanced topics are most important for JEE Main?

By past papers: Random Variables and Distributions (30%), Binomial Distribution (29%) and Bayes' Theorem (23%) of all Probability: Advanced questions.

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