CHAPTER-15

PROBABILITY
01 MARK TYPE QUESTIONS
Q. NO QUESTION MARK
1. 1
The probability of event equal to zero is called;

(a) Unsure event (b) Sure Event

(c) Impossible event (d) Independent event

2. 1
Two friends are playing a game.If two dice are thrown in the air by one of the friend, the
probability of getting sum as 3 will be

(a) 2/18 (b) 3/18 (c) 1/18 (d) 1/36

3. 1
A card is drawn from the set of 52 cards. Find the probability of getting a queen card.

(a) 1/26 (b) 1/13 (c) 4/53 (d) 4/13

4. 1
On a weekend Ritu was playing cards with her family. The deck has 52 cards. If her brother
drew one card.

Find the probability of getting a king of red colour.

 (a) 1/13 (b) 1/26 (c) 1/52 (d) ¼

5. 1
Rahul and Ravi planned to play Business (board game) in which they were supposed to use
two dice.

Ravi got the first chance to roll the dice. What is the probability that he got the sum of the
two numbers appearing on the top face of the dice is 8?

(a) 5/36 (b)1/18 (c)1/26 (d) 0

6. 1
Which of the following cannot be the probability of an event?

(a) 0.01 (b) 3% (c) 16/17 (d) 17/16

7. 1
Ishan is a wholesale dealer in eggs. He procures eggs directly from the

poultry farms and sells them to the nearby stores.

 The probability of getting a bad egg in a lot of 500 is 0.014. the number of bad eggs in the lot
is:

(a) 14 (b) 7 (c) 17 (d) 21

8. 1
If P(A) denotes the probability of an event A then:

(a) P(A) < 0 (b) P(A) > 0 (c) 0 < P(A) < 1 (d) -1 < P(A) < 0

9. 1
A die is thrown once. What is the probability of getting a number less than 3?

(a) 1/4 (b) 1/3 (c) 1/7 (d) 1/2

10. 1
A coin is tossed two times. Find the probability of getting at most one head.

(a) 1/4 (b) 1/2 (c) 3/4 (d) 4/3

11. If you flip a fair coin twice, what's the probability of getting heads both times? 1
a)1/4. b) 1/2. c) 3/4. d)1
12. Two dice are rolled. What's the probability that the sum of the numbers on the dice is 7? 1
a) 1/3. b) 2/3. c) 1/6. d)5/6
13. A bag contains 5 red balls and 3 blue balls. If you draw a ball, what's the probability of 1
getting a red ball?
a) 3/8. b) 5/8. c) 1. d)none of these
14. A spinner is divided into 4 equal sections, numbered 1 to 4. If the spinner is spun once, 1
what's the probability of getting an odd number?
a) 1 b) 1/4 c) 1/2 d)3/4
15. In a deck of cards, what's the probability of drawing a heart or a diamond? 1
a) 1/2 b) 1/13. c) 1/4 d)5/13
16. If you roll a six-sided die, what's the probability of rolling a number greater than 4? 1
a) 1/2. b) 1/3. c) 2/3 d)1
17. A jar contains 10 green marbles and 5 yellow marbles. If a marble is drawn at random, 1
what's the probability of getting a yellow marble?
a) 1/2. b) 1/3. c) 1/4 d)2/3
18. A bag contains 8 white balls and 4 black balls. What's the probability of drawing a black ball 1
without looking?
a) 1. b) 2/3. c) 1/3. d)5/6
19. A letter is chosen at random from the word "PROBABILITY". What's the probability that the 1
 letter chosen is a vowel?
a) 1/11 b) 2/11 c) 7/11 d)4/11
20. A spinner is divided into 8 sections, labeled A to H. If the spinner is spun once, what's the 1
probability of landing on a consonant?
a) 1/2. b) 1/4 c) 1/8. d)5/8 lo
21. Which of the following cannot be the probability of an event? 1
1 115
(a) (b) 0.1 (c) 3% (d)
3 31
22. The probability that a number selected at random from the numbers 1, 2, 3, ......, 1
15 is a multiple of 4 is
4 2 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
15 15 15 5

23. If the probability of an event is x, then the probability of its complementary 1

event will be
1
(a) x – 1 (b) x (c) 1 - x (d) 1 -
𝑥
24. The probability of getting a bad egg in a lot of 600 is 0.035. The number of bad 1
eggs in the lot is
(a) 7 (b) 14 (c) 21 (d) 28
25. Out of one-digit prime numbers, one number is selected at random. The 1
probability of selecting an even number is
1 1 3 2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 4 4 3
26. A single letter is selected at random from the word SQUARE. The probability 1
that the selected letter is a vowel is
2 1 3
(a) (b) (c) (d) 0
3 2 5
27. The probability that a two-digit number selected at random will be a multiple of 1
3 and not a multiple of 5 is
2 1 4 2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
15 15 15 45
28. If the probability of winning a game is 0.07, what is the probability of losing it? 1
(a) 0.7 (b) 0.03 (c) 0.93 (d) 0.28
29. A die is thrown once. Find the probability of getting a composite number. 1
1 1 4 2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
6 3 5 5
30. A pair of dice is thrown once. What is the probability of getting a doublet? 1
1 1 4 2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
6 36 15 15
31. When a single letter is selected from the word ‘PROBABILITY’ , the 1
probability of getting a vowel is
3 4 5 6
(a) (b) (c) (d)
11 11 11 11

32. If P( E ) denotes the probability of an event E , then 1

(a) P(E) <1 (b) P(E ) >1 (c) 0<P( E )<1 (d) 0≤P(E )≤1

33. If a number y is chosen at random from the numbers -2 , -1 , 0 , 1 , 2 , 1

then the probability that 𝑦 2 <2 is
 2 4 3 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
5 5 5 5

34. What is the probability that a non leap year has 53 Mondays? 1
2 1 7 7
(𝑎) (b) (c) (d)
7 7 52 53

35. A number is chosen at random from the first 300 three – digit natural numbers . 1
The probability that the selected number has zero at unit place is
1 1 1 1
(a) (b) (c ) (d )
15 25 10 20

36. A number is selected at random from the numbers 3,5,5,7,7,7,9,9,9,9 . What is 1

the probability that the selected number is their average?
2 3 7 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
10 10 10 10

37. The probability of getting a bad egg in a lot of 400 is 0.035 . 1

The number of bad eggs in the lot is

(a) 7 (b) 14 (c) 21 (d) 28

38. A box contains cards numbered 6 to 50 . A card is drawn at random from the 1
box . The probability the drawn card has a number which is a perfect square
number , is
1 2 4 5
(a) (b) (c) (d)
9 9 9 9

39. Two dice are thrown simultaneously . What is the probability of getting a 1
doublet ?
5 1 1 2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
36 9 6 9
40. A card is drawn from a well- shuffled deck of 52 cards . What is the probability 1
of getting a black king ?
1 1 2
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these
13 26 39

41. A ticket is drawn at random from a bag containing tickets numbered from 1 to 1
40. The probability that the selected ticket has a number which is a multiple of 5
is
a)3/5 b)1/5 c)1/3 d)4/5
42. If E1, E2 and E3 are three events related to a random experiment that cover whole 1
sample space and none of the two can occur at the same time, then P(E1)
+(E2)+(E3) is
a) 0 b) cannot be determined c) 1 d) 3
43. The letters of the word SOCIETY are placed at random in a row. The 1
probability of getting a vowel is
a)1/7 b) 2/7 c)3/7 d)4/7
44. Which of the following can be the probability of an event? 1
a) -0.35 b) 3/2 c) 3/5 d) 1.005
45. Pick correct option given below: 1
(a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are the true and Reason (R) is a correct
explanation of Assertion (A).
(b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are the true but Reason (R) is not a correct
explanation of Assertion (A).
(c) Assertion (A) is true and Reason (R) is false.
(d) Assertion (A) is false and Reason (R) is true.
Assertion: Probability of getting a prime number greater than 5 on a single
throw of die is 1/6.
Reason: Probability of sure event is always 1
46. Pick correct option given below: 1
(a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are the true and Reason (R) is a correct
explanation of Assertion (A).
(b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are the true but Reason (R) is not a correct
explanation of Assertion (A).
(c) Assertion (A) is true and Reason (R) is false.
(d) Assertion (A) is false and Reason (R) is true.
Assertion: Probability of drawing a face card is more than probability of
drawing a red card.
Reason: there are 52 cards of which 26 are red cards and 12 are face cards.
47. There are 10 balls in a bucket numbered as follows:1,1,2,3,4,4,4,5,6,and 6.A 1
single ball is picked randomly, then the probability of drawing a ball numbered
4 is :
a) 1/5 b)3/10 c)2/5 d) None of these
48. In a lottery there are 13 prizes and 117 blanks. The probability of not winning a 1
prize is
a)1/10 b)9/10 c)104/117 d) 17/117
49. A coin is tossed 3 times. The probability of getting not more than 2 heads is: 1
a) 1/8 b) 7/8 c) 1/16 d) 3/8
50. Two dice are thrown together. The probability of getting the difference of 1
numbers on their upper faces is equal to 3 is
a) 1/9 b) 2/9 c) 1/6 d) 1/12
51. A fair dice is rolled. Probability of getting a number more than 5 is 1
5 1 1
(b) (c) 0 (d)
6 3 6
52. Which of the following cannot be the probability of an event? 1
5 1
(a) (b) 4% (c) 0.3 (d)
4 6

53. A single letter is selected at random from the word “PROBABILITY”. Find the probability that 1
it is not a consonant.
 3 4 1
(a) (b) (c) 0 (d)
11 11 6
54. If a digit is chosen at random from the digit 1 to 9. Find the probability of getting an odd 1
composite number.
5 1 2
(a) (b) (c) 0 (d)
9 9 3
55. Two dice are tossed simultaneously. The probability that both show identical numbers is 1
5 1 1
(a) (b) (c) 0 (d)
6 3 6
56. The probability that two different friend have different birthdays (ignoring a leap year) is 1
364 1 1 3
(a) (b) (c) (d)
365 365 73 73
57. A game consists of tossing a one-rupee coin 3 times. Hanif wins if all the tosses give the 1
same result, and losses otherwise. The probability that Hanif will lose the game is
3 1 3 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
8 2 4 4
58. p 1
The probability of guessing the correct answer to certain question is .If the probability
4
3
of not guessing the correct answer to same question is ,the value of p is
4
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 1
59. Two dice, one blue and one gray, are thrown at the same time. Find the probability that the 1
sum of the two numbers appearing on the top of the die is 8.
8 5 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
36 36 36 9
60. Two dice are tossed simultaneously. The probability of getting a prime number on both dice 1
is
5 2 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
18 9 3 4
61. A letter is chosen at random from the word ‘ABHAYAAS ‘. Find the probability that the letter 1
chosen is: -

i) A vowel
A) 1/8 C) 1/2
B) 1/4 D) none

62. If the probability of an event is p, the probability of its complementary event will be 1
A) p – 1

B) p

C) 1 – p

D) 1 – 1/p
63. Riya and Kajal are friends. Probability that both will have the same birthday is on the 1
same day is:
A) 364/365 C) 1/365
B) 31/365 D) 1/133225

64. A number x is chosen at random from the numbers -2, -1, 0, 1, 2. Then the probability 1
that x2 < 2 is?
A) 1/5 C) 3/5
B) 2/5 D) 4/5

65. 1
A school has five houses A, B, C, D and E. A class has 23 students, 4 from house A, 8
from house B, 5 from house C, 2 from house D and rest from house E. A single
student is selected at random to be the class monitor. The probability that the
selected student is not from A, B and C is:

A) 4/23 C) 8/23
B) 6/23 D) 17/23

66. 1
The probability of a non-leap year selected at random contain 53 Tuesdays is:

A) 53/ 366 C) 2/7

B) 1/7 D) 53/365

67. 100 cards are numbered from 1 to 100. Find the probability of getting a prime number. 1
A) ¾ C) 1/4
B) 27/50 D) 29/100

68. A box of 600 bulbs contains 12 defective bulbs. One bulb is taken out at random from 1
this box. Then the probability that it is non-defective bulb is:
A) 143/150 C) 1/25
B) 147/150 D) 1/50

69. Assertion (A): If a box contains 5 White, 2 Red and 4 Black marbles. Than the 1
probability of not drawing a white marble from the box is 5/11.

Reason (R): P(Not E) = 1 – P(E), where E is an event.

A) Both A and R are True and R is the correct explanation of A.

B) Both A and R are True and R is not the correct explanation of A.

C) A is True, But R is False.

 D) R is True, But A is False.

70. Assertion (A): Card numbered as 1,2,3….15 are put in a box and mixed, one card is than 1
drawn at random. The probability of drawing an even number is 1/2.

Reason (R): For any event E, we have 0 ≤ P (E) ≤ 1.

A) Both A and R are True and R is the correct explanation of A.

B) Both A and R are True and R is not the correct explanation of A.

C) A is True, But R is False.

D) R is True, But A is False.

71. A box contains 20 cards numbered from 1 to 20. A card is drawn at random from the box.Find the 1
probability that the number on the drawn card is multiple of 2 or 3.
(a) 11/20 (b) 13/20 (c) 17/20 (d) 19/20

72. A bag contains 3 red balls, 2 black balls and 4 green balls.A ball is drawn at random.What is the 1
probability that the drawn ball is not red?
(a) 1/3 (b) 2/9 (c) 4/9 (d) 2/3
73. Find the probability that a number selected at random from numbers 3,4,5,...,25 is prime. 1

(a) 7/25 (b) 8/25 (c) 9/25 (d) 11/25

74. A box contains 3 red , 4 black and 7 green balls. A ball is drawn at random.Find the probability that 1
the drawn ball is yellow.

(a) 3/14 (b) 5/14 (c) 1/2 (d) None of these

75. A bag contains 1000 balls numbered 1 to 1000.A ball is drawn at random.What is the probability that 1
the ball drawn numbered either odd or even?

(a) 0 (b) 1/2 (c) 1 (d) None of these

76. A bag contains 5 red balls and 3 blue balls. If a ball is drawn at random from the bag, what is 1
the probability of getting a red ball?
a) 3/8
b) 8/3
c) 5/8
d) 8/5
77. 12 defective pens are accidentally mixed with 132 good ones. It is not possible to just look at 1
pen and tell whether or not it is defective. One pen is taken out at random from this lot.
Determine the probability that the pen taken out is good one.

a) 1/11
b) 11/12
c) 1/12
d) 12/11
78. Roshan observed the food a few puppies preferred to eat. The table given below shows the 1
number of puppies and their preferred food during day time.
 Food Number of puppies
Egg 10
Meat 20
Milk 7
Pet food 13
A puppy was chosen at random from the group that Ross observed.
What is the probability that the chosen puppy prefers to have pet food during the day?
a) 1/5
b) 2/5
c) 7/50
d) 13/50
79. A number is chosen at random from the numbers -5,-4,-3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3,4,5. Then the 1
probability that the square of this number is less than or equal to 1 is
a)2/11
b)6/11
c) 3/11
d)1/11
80. Probability that tomorrow will be holiday is 0.58. probability that tomorrow will not be a 1
holiday is
a)0.42
b) 0.58
c)1
d)1.58
81. Which of the following can not be the probability of an event? 1
a) 0.7
b) 0
c) 1.2
d) 18%
82. The probability of getting a rotten mango in a lot of 400 is 0.035. The number of rotten 1
mango in the lot is:
a)7
b)14
c)21
d)28
83. Gopi buys a fish from a shop for his aquarium. The shopkeeper takes out one fish at random 1
from a tank containing 5 male fish and 8 female fish . What is the probability that the fish
taken out is a male fish.

a) 5/13
b) 8/13
c) 3/13
d) 13/13
84. A school has five houses A,B,C,D and E. A class has 23 students, 4 from A house,8 from B 1
house, 5 from house C, 2 from house D and rest from house E. A single student is selected at
random to be the class monitor.
The probability that the student is not from A,B and C is
a)4/23
b) 6/23
 c)8/23
d)17/23
85. Two coins are tossed simultaneously. Find the probability of getting atleast one head 1
a)1/4
b)2/4
c)3/4
d) 0

ANSWERS:

Q. NO ANSWER MARKS
1. (c) 1
2. (c) 1
3. (b) 1
4. (b) 1
5. (a) 1
6. (d) 1
7. (b) 1
8. ( c) 1
9. (b) 1
Total number of outcomes = n(S) = 6
i.e. S = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}
n(E) = Number of outcomes favourable to the event E = 2
Since E = {1, 2}
Hence, the required probability = P(E) = n(E)/n(S)
= 2/6
= 1/3

10. ( c) 1
When two coins are tossed, the total no of outcomes = 22 = 4
i.e. (H, H) (H, T), (T, H), (T, T)
Possible outcomes = (H, T), (T, H), (H, H)
Number of possible outcomes = 3
Hence, the required probability = ¾

11. a) The probability of getting heads on a fair coin is 1/2. Since each coin flip is 1
independent, the probability of getting heads on both flips is (1/2) * (1/2) = 1/4.
12. c). The possible outcomes that result in a sum of 7 are (1, 6), (2, 5), (3, 4), (4, 3), (5, 2), 1
and (6, 1). There are 6 favorable outcomes out of a total of 36 possible outcomes, so
the probability is 6/36 = 1/6.
13. b) The bag contains a total of 5 + 3 = 8 balls. The probability of drawing a red ball is 1
5/8.
14. a) The spinner has 4 odd numbers out of a total of 4 possible outcomes. Therefore, 1
the probability of getting an odd number is 4/4 = 1.
15. a) There are 26 red cards in a deck of 52 cards (13 hearts + 13 diamonds). The 1
probability of drawing a heart or a diamond is 26/52 = 1/2.
16. b)The numbers greater than 4 on a six-sided die are 5 and 6. The probability of rolling 1
a number greater than 4 is 2/6 = 1/3.
17. b)The jar contains a total of 10 + 5 = 15 marbles. The probability of drawing a yellow 1
marble is 5/15 = 1/3.
18. c)The total number of balls is 8 + 4 = 12. The probability of drawing a black ball 1
without looking is 4/12 = 1/3.
19. d)The word "PROBABILITY" has 4 vowels (O, I, A, I). The probability of drawing a 1
vowel is 4/11.
20. d)There are 5 consonants (B, R, B, L, T) out of a total of 8 letters. The probability of 1
landing on a consonant is 5/8.
21. 115 1
(d)
31
22. 1 1
(d)
5
23. (c) 1 - x 1
24. (c) 21 1
25. 1 1
(b)
4
26. 1 1
(b)
2
27. 4 1
(c)
15
28. (c) 0.93 1
29. 1 1
(b)
3
30. 1 1
(a)
6
31. 4 1
(b)
11
32. (d) 0≤P(E )≤1 1
33. 3 1
(c)
5
34. 1 1
(b)
7
35. 1 1
(c )
10
36. 3 1
(b)
10
37. (b) 14 1
38. 1 1
(a)
9
39. 1 1
(c)
6
40. 1 1
(b)
26
41. 1/5 1
42. 1 1
43. 3/10 1
44. 3/5 1
45. d) 1
46. 26 1
d) Explanation: probability of drawing a red card is = ½
52
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probability of drawing a face card is = =3/13
52
47. 3/10 1
48. 9/10 1
49. 7/8 1
50. 1/6 1
51. d 1
52. a 1
53. b 1
54. b 1
55. d 1
56. a 1
57. c 1
58. d 1
59. b 1
60. d 1
61. C 1
62. C 1
63. C 1
64. C 1
65. B 1
66. B 1
67. C 1
68. B 1
69. D 1
70. D 1
71. (b) 13/20 1
72. (d) 2/3 1
73. (b) 8/25 1
74. (d) None of these 1
75. (c) 1 1
76. 5/8 1
77. 11/12 1
78. 13/50 1
79. 3/11 1
80. 0.42 1
81. 1.2 1
82. 14 1
83. 5/13 1
84. 6/23 1
85. 3/4 1