Chapter 15 Probability Test 05
Chapter 15 Probability Test 05
Chapter 15 Probability
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1. A girl has a cube one letter written on each face, as shown below: M, N, P, M, N, M
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The cube is thrown once. The probability of getting M is (1)
a.
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b.
c.
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d.
2. If P(E) = 0.05, what will be the probability of 'not E'? (1)
a. 0.55
b. 0.59
c. 0.95
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d. 0.095
3. A bag contains 50 balls of which 2x are red, 3x are white and 5x are blue. A ball is
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a.
b.
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c.
d.
4. From a well-shuffled pack of 52 cards, one card is drawn at random. The probability
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a.
b.
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c.
d.
5. A card is drawn from a pack of 52 cards at random. The probability of getting either
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a.
b.
c.
d.
6. If the probability of winning a game is 0.7, what is the probability of losing it? (1)
7. A bag contains lemon flavoured candies only. Shalini takes out one candy without
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looking into the bag. What is the probability that she takes out an orange flavoured
candy? (1)
8. Red queens and black jacks are removed from a pack of 52 playing cards. A card is
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drawn at random from the remaining cards, after reshuffling them. Find the
probability that the drawn card is (1)
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i. a king,
ii. of red colour,
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iii. a face card,
iv. a queen.
9. Cards marked with number 3, 4, 5, ........, 50 are placed in a box and mixed thoroughly.
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A card is drawn at random from the box. Find the probability that the selected card
bears a perfect square number. (1)
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10. A black die and a white die are thrown at the same time. Write all the possible
outcomes. What is the probability that the numbers obtained have a product less than
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16? (1)
11. A box contains 5 red marbles, 8 white marbles and 4 green marbles. One marble is
taken out of the box at random. What is the probability that the marble taken out will
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One card is drawn from this box. Find the probability that the number on the card is:
(3)
i. an even number
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i. is divisible by 9 and is a perfect square.
ii. is a prime number greater than 80.
16. Peter throws two different dice together and finds the product of the two numbers
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obtained. Rina throws a die and squares the number obtained. Who has the better
chance to get the numbers 25? (3)
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17. The king, queen and jack of club are removed from a deck of 52 cards. Then the cards
are well-shuffled. One card is drawn at random from the remaining cards. Find the
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probability of getting (3)
i. a heart
ii. a king
iii. a club
iv. a '10 'of hearts.
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18. A card is drawn at random from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. Find the probability
of getting (4)
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i. a queen
ii. a diamond
iii. a king or an ace
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day. What is the probability that both will visit the shop on (i) the same day? (ii)
consecutive days? (iii) different days? (4)
20. A dice is thrown twice. Find the probability that
i. 5 may not come either time.
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ii. same number may not come on the dice thrown two times. (4)
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