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Neither red nor queen

= 52 – (26 + 2) = 52 – 28 = 24
P(E) = 24/52=6/13

B. There are 6 black face cards.


(2 red kings, 2 red queens and 2 jacks)
Total cards = 52

∴ Required Probability = 6/52=3/26

PRATICE SET (UNSOLVED)

MCQ

1 A bag contains three green marbles, four blue marbles and two orange marbles .If 1
a marble is picked at random , then the probability that it is not an orange marble
is

(a) 3/9 (b) 7/9 (c) 4/9 (d) none of these


2 A card is drawn from a deck of 52 cards . The event E is that card is not an ace of 1
hearts. The numbers of outcomes favourable to E is

(a)13 (b) 51 (c) 48 (d) none of these


3 A die is thrown once, the probability of getting an odd numbers less then 3 is 1

(a) 1/6 (b) 1/2 (c) 1/3 (d) none of these


4 The probability that a number selected at random from the numbers 1,2,3…..15 is 1
a multiple of 4 is

(b) 1/5 (b) 2/15 (c) 1/3 (d) none of these

The question consist of two statement – Assertion (A) and Reason. Answer the 1
5
question selecting the appropriate option given below:

(a)Both A and R are true is the correct exploration for A.

(b)Both A and R are true and R is not the correct exploration for A.

(c)A is true but R is false.


(d)A is false but R is true.

Assertion (A) : The probability of winning a game is 0.5 , then the

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probability or loosing it, is 0.5

Reason (R) : P(E) +P(not E) =1.

SEC-B

6 It is given that in a group of 5 students, the probability of 4 students not having the 2
same birthday is 0.892. What is the probability that the 2 students have the same
birthday?

7 100 tickets of a lottery were sold and there are 5 prizes on these tickets. If Saket 2
has purchased one lottery ticket, what is the probability of winning a prize?
8 Find the probability that a non-leap year selected at random will contain 53 2
Sundays.

SEC-C
9 One card is drawn from a well – shuffled deck of 52 cards. Find the probability of 3
getting:

i) A face card ii) A spade iii) the jack of diamonds


10 Cards numbered from 11-60 are kept in a box. If a card is drawn at random from 3
the box, find the probability that the number on the drawn card is:

i) A perfect square number ii) divisible by 5


11 A bag contains 10 red, 5 blue and 7 green balls. A ball is drawn at random. Find 3
the probability of this ball being not a blue ball.
(Ans: 17/22)

CASE BASED QUESTIONS

12 Rajdeep and Sumit planned to play board game in which they were supposed to
use two dice.
2

i)Rajdeep got first chance to roll the dice.What is the the probability that he got
1
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the sum of the two numbers appearing on the top face of the dice as 8 ?

OR

ii)Sumit got next chance. What is the probability that he got the sum of the
numbers appearing on the top of the dice as 13 ?

i) Rajdeep got next chance to roll the dice.What is the the probability that he
got the sum of the two numbers appearing on the top face of the dice
less than or equal to 12 ?

ii) Sumit got first chance to roll the dice.What is the the probability that he
got the sum of the two numbers appearing on the top face of the dice
as 7 ?

13. Ashmita is go to visit Rath mela . She want to play a game spinning an arrow which
comes to rest pointing at one of the numbers 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 .These are likely
outcomes. 2

i) What is the probability that it will point at 8?

OR

ii) What is the probability that it will point at odd number?

iii) What is the probability that it will point at a number greater than 2?

iv) What is the probability that it will point at a number less than 9?

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PRACTICE SET ANSWERS

1.Ans-(b) 7/9

2.Ans-(b) 51

3.Ans-(a) 1/6

4.Ans -(a) 1/5

5.ANS- (a) Both A and R are true is the correct exploration for A.

6.Ans: 0.108

7.Ans: 1/20

8.Ans:1/7

9.Ans: i)3/13 ii) ¼ iii) 1/52

10.Ans: i)2/25 ii) 1/5

11.Ans:17/22

CASE BASED

12 i) Ans:5/36ii) Ans:0/36=0iii) Ans:36/36=1iv) Ans:6/36=1/6

13.Ans: i)1/8ii)4/8=1/2iii)6/8=3/4iv)8/8=1

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