BISHOP SCOTT SENIOR SECONDARY GIRLS’ SCHOOL

GRADE- 10 / MATH ASSIGNMENT -1 / (2024-25)

CHAPTER 7 : PROBABILITY
NAME : ………………………………… Sec. : …………………….. Roll. No. : ………………………………………
Date of distribution : ………………………….. Date of submission : ………………………………….. ……
Q1. Cards each marked with one of the number 4,5,6,…….,20 are placed in a box and mixed
thoroughly . One card is drawn at random from the box . What is the probability of getting an
even number ?
Ans. …………………………………………………………………………………

Q2. One card is drawn from a well shuffled deck of 52 playing cards . What is the probability of
getting a non – face card ?
Ans. …………………………………………………………………………………

Q3. A bag contain 5 red , 8 green and 7 white balls . one ball is drawn at random from the bag.
What is the probability of getting a white ball or a green ball ?
Ans. …………………………………………………………………………………

Q4. A dice is thrown once. What is the probability of getting a prime number ?
Ans. …………………………………………………………………………………

Q5. A die is thrown once .What is the probability of getting an odd number ?
Ans. …………………………………………………………………………………

Q6. A die is thrown once ,what is the probability of getting an number lying between 2 and 6 ?
Ans. …………………………………………………………………………………

Q7. If 𝐸̅ denote the the complement or negation of an event E , what is the value of P(E) + P(𝐸̅ ) ?
Ans. …………………………………………………………………………………

Q8. One card is drawn at random from well shuffled deck of 52 cards . What is the probability of
getting an ace ?
Ans. …………………………………………………………………………………

Q9. Two coins are tossed simultaneously . What is the probability of getting at least one head ?
Ans. …………………………………………………………………………………

Q10. Tickets numbered 1 to 20 are mixed up and then a ticket is drawn at random . What is the
probability of getting one head ?
Ans. …………………………………………………………………………………

Q11. From a well shuffled pack of cards , a cards is drawn at random . Find the probability of getting
a black queen .
Ans. …………………………………………………………………………………

Q12. A die is thrown once . Find the probability of getting a number less than 3 .
Ans. …………………………………………………………………………………

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Q13. Two coins are tossed together simultaneously . Find the probability of getting exactly one
head .
Ans. …………………………………………………………………………………

Q14. A die is thrown once . What is the probability of getting a number greater than 4?
Ans. …………………………………………………………………………………

Q15. What is the probability that a number selected at random from the numbers 3,4,5,……,9 is a
multiple of 4 ?
ANS. …………………………………………………………………………………
Q16. A letter of English alphabet is chosen at random . Determine the probability that the chosen
letter is a consonant?
Ans. …………………………………………………………………………………

Q17. A bag contains 3 red and 5 black balls . A ball is drawn at random from the bag .What is the
probability that the ball is drawn is not red ?
Ans. …………………………………………………………………………………

Q18. A number is chosen at random from the numbers -3, -2, -1, 0 , 1 , 2 , 3. What will be the
probability that the square of this number is less than or equal to 1 ?
Ans. …………………………………………………………………………………

Q19. If the probability of winning a game is 0.07, what is the probability of losing it ?
Ans. …………………………………………………………………………………

Q20. If a number is chosen at random from the numbers −3, −2 − 1, 0, 1 ,2 , 3 . What is the
probability that x2< 4 ?
Ans. …………………………………………………………………………………

Q21. An experiment in which all outcomes are known in advance and the exact outcome is not known
in advance is called a ………………………………………………………………………………experiment.

Q22. Outcomes of a random experiment are called .………………………………………….……. events.

Q23. The set of all possible outcomes of a random experiment is called …………………………………….. .
Q24. Subsets of a sample space are called …………………………………………………………………………………
Q25. An event obtained by combining two or more elementary events is called a …………………….……
event.
Q26. The range of probability of any event of a random experiment is ……………….…………………………..

Q27. The probability of any event associated to a random experiment cannot exceed
……………………………………………….

Q28. If Ac or 𝐴̅ or 𝐴́ denote the complement of an event A , then P(Ac)

= ……………………………………………..

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Q29. If an event A cannot occur , then P ( A) = ……………………………………………………………..………….

Q30. The probability expressed as a percentage of a particular occurrence can never be less than
…………………and greater than ……………………………………..

Q31. Getting any one of the number from 1 to 6 on upper face of a die when thrown is called
…………………………………… events.

Q32. Probability of a sure event is……………………………………………………….………

Q33. Probability of an impossible event is ………………………………………….……..

Q34. The probability of an event (other than sure or impossible event ) lies between the
…………………………………………………………………….

Q35. Every elementary event associated to a random experiment is ……………………………..……….. .

probability.

Q36. Probability of an event A + Probability of an event ‘not A ‘ = ………………………………………….

Q37. Sum of the probability of each outcome in an experiment is ………………………………………………

Q38. An urn contain 9 red balls and x green balls . If the probability of picking a red ball is thrice that
of picking a green ball . then x = ………………………………………….

Q39. An urn contain 6 blue and x green balls . If the probability of drawing a green ball is double that
of drawing a blue ball , then x = ………………………………………….……

Q40. If one natural number is selected from the first 70 natural numbers, the probability that it is a
solution of inequation 3𝑥 – 2 > 𝑥 + 42, is …………………………

Q41 . Two dice are thrown together , the probability of getting a double is ……………………………..………

Q42. Three dice are thrown together , the probability of getting the same number on all the dice is
………………………………………….………………………………………….

Q43. A number is selected from the set { 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,}. The probability that it is a root of the
equation 𝑥 2 – 6𝑥 + 8 = 0 , is ………………………………………….

Q44. A girl calculates that the probability of her winning the first prize in a lottery is 0.08 . If 6000
tickets are sold , then the number of tickets she bought , is ………………………………………….
Q45. If the probability of getting a bad egg in a lot of 400 is 0.035 , then the number of bad eggs in
the lot is ………………………………………….………………………………………….

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