In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bold part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select ‘no improvement’.
I hope this letter finds you in good state and all were well at home.
When all is used as singular noun we use singular auxiliary verbs with them; eg. All is well here. But when we use all as a plural noun we use plural auxiliary verbs with them as the above sentence.
In a lottery there are 5 prizes and 50 blanks. A lottery is drawn at random. What is the probability of getting the prize?
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A coin is tossed 9 times. Find the probability of almost 2 tails.
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A bag contains 3 black and 9 white balls. One ball is drawn at random. What is the probability that the ball drawn is white?
...A bag contains black and white balls, such that the probability of picking a black ball is 4/7. If the probability of picking two black balls without re...
A bag contains 15 white and some black balls. If the probability of drawing a black ball from the bag is thrice that of drawing a white ball, fin...
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