Does this probability paradox have a name?

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I stumbled over a probability paradox on the internet:

If you choose an answer to this question at random, what is the chance that you will be correct?

A) 25%

B) 50%

C) 60%

D) 25%

Given that "at random" means choosing each option with equal probability, each option had a chance of 25% to be correct. But since there are 2 options with 25% as the solution, we get 50% of being correct. In this case, B) would be correct. But then again, the probability of choosing B) at random would be 25%. And so on.

Does this paradox have a name? Is there something I can read on it?

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Actually the answer to your question is not contained in possible answers -$0\%$

If we change an answer C)60% to C)0%, then:

If the right answer is $k\%\not\in \{0\%,25\%,50\%\}$, then the right answer is 0%, then the right answer is 25%, then the right answer is 50%, then the right answer is 25%...

The phrase you are looking for is Antinomy.