Question

Ram and Ramesh appeared in an interview for two vacancies in the same department. The probability of Ram's selection is 1/6 and that of Ramesh is 1/8. What is the probability that only one of them will be selected?

• A.
  47/48
• B.
  1/4
• C.
  13/48
• D.
  35/48

Answer 1

The correct option is B

1/4
(b)
Required probability

$=\frac{1}{6}\times \left(\frac{7}{8}\right)+\frac{1}{8}\times \left(\frac{5}{6}\right)=\frac{12}{48}=\frac{1}{4}$