Two fair dice are tossed. Let $A$ be the event that the first die shows an even number and $B$ be the event that the second die shows an odd number. The two event $A$ and $B$ are

  • [IIT 1979]
  • A

    Mutually exclusive

  • B

    Independent and mutually exclusive

  • C

    Dependent

  • D

    None of these

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