Medium MCQ +4 / -1 PYQ · JEE Mains 2025

A box contains 10 pens of which 3 are defective. A sample of 2 pens is drawn at random and let $X$ denote the number of defective pens. Then the variance of $X$ is

  1. A $\frac{11}{15}$
  2. B $\frac{2}{15}$
  3. C $\frac{3}{5}$
  4. D $\frac{28}{75}$ Correct answer

Solution

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Subject: Mathematics · Chapter: Probability · Topic: Classical and Axiomatic Probability

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