CHAPTER-14

PROBABILITY

Section – A (Multiple choice questions)

Choose the most appropriate option
Q-1) Two dice are thrown together the probability of getting the difference of
numbers on their upper faces equal to three is
(a) 1/9 (b) 2/9 (c) 1/6 (d) 1/12

Q-2) A school has five houses A, B, C, D and E. A class has twenty three students,
four from house A, eight from house B, five from house C, two from house D and rest
from house E. A signal student is selected at random to be the class monitor. The
probability that the selected students is not from house A, B and C is
(a) 4/23 (b) 6/23 (C) 8/23 (d) 17/23

Q-3) Two dice are thrown simultaneously. The probability of getting a sum of nine is
(a) 1/10 (b) 1/12 (c) 1/9 (d) 4/9

Q-4) A card is drawn at random from a well shuffled deck of 52 playing cards. The
probability of getting a face card is
(a) 1/2 (b) 3/13 (c) 4/13 (d) 1/13

Q-5) A number is selected at random from the numbers 1 to 30. What is the
probability that the selected number is a prime number?

(A) (B) (C) (D)

Q-6) In a family of 3 children, the probability of having at least one boy is:

(A) (B) (C) (D)

Q-7)
What is the probability od getting a doublet in a single throw
of a pair of dice
A) 2/6. B) 3/6. C) 4/6. D) 1/6

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Q-8) Choose the correct answer from the given four options:
If the probability of an event is p, the probability of its complementary event will be:
(A) p - 1 (B) p (C) 1 - p (D) 1 − p1
Q-9) A ticket is drawn from a bag containing 100 tickets numbered from 1 to 100.
The probability of getting a ticket with a number divisible by 10 is:

(A) (B) (C) (D)

Q-10) A number is selected from first 50 natural numbers. What is the probability that
it is a multiple of 3 or 5?

(A) (B) (C) (D)

Q-11) The probability of getting 3 head or 3 tails in tossing a coin 3 times is:

(A) (B) (C) (D)

Q-12) The probability of selecting a queen of diamonds when a card is drawn

from well shuffled pack of 52 cards is:

(A) (B) (C) (D)

* A statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R).

Choose the correct option.

Q-13) Directions: In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed

by a statement of reason (R).Mark the correct choice as:
Assertion: The probability of winning a game is 0.4, then the probability of losing it,
is0.6.
Reason: P(E) + P(not E) = 1.
a. If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation
of Assertion.
b. If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is not the correct
explanation of Assertion.
c. If Assertion is true but Reason is false.
If Assertion is false but Reason is true.
Q-14) Directions: In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed
by a statement of reason (R).Mark the correct choice as:
Assertion: When two coins are tossed simultaneously then the probability of
getting no tail is

Reason: The probability of getting a head in one toss of a coin is

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 a. Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation
of Assertion.
b. Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is not the correct
explanation of Assertion.
c. Assertion is true but Reason is false.
d. Assertion is false but Reason is true.

Q-15) Directions: In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed

by a statement of reason (R).Mark the correct choice as:

Assertion: The probability of getting a prime number, When a die is thrown once is
Reason: Prime numbers on a die are 2, 3, 5.
a. If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation
of Assertion.
b. If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is not the correct
explanation of Assertion.
c. If Assertion is true but Reason is false.
d. If Assertion is false but Reason is true.

Section – B (Short Answer)

Q-16) A carton consists of 100 shirts of which 88 are good, 8 have minor
defects and 4 have major defects. Jimmy, a trader, will only accept the shirts
which are good, but Sujatha, another trader, will only reject the shirts which
have major defects. One shirt is drawn at random from the carton. What is the
probability that
i. it is acceptable to Jimmy? ii. it is acceptable to Sujatha?

Q-17) Harpreet tosses two different coins simultaneously (say, one is of ₹ 1 and
other of ₹ 2). What is the probability that he gets at least one head?

Q-18) In a musical chair game, the person playing the music has been advised to
stop playing the music at any time within 2 minutes after she starts playing. What is
the probability that the music will stop within the first half-minute after starting?

Q-19) Two dice, one blue and one grey are thrown at the same time. Write down all
the possible outcomes. What is the probability that the sum of the two numbers
appearing on the top of the dice is
i. 8

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iii. less than or equal to 12?
Q-20) A jar contains 24 marbles. Some are red and others are white. If a marble is
drawn from the jar, the probability that it is red is 2/3, then find the number of white
marbles in the jar.
Q-21) Five cards the two, jack, queen, king and ace of diamonds are well shuffled
with their faces downward. One card is then picked up and random.
a) What is the probability of card is the king
b) If the king is drawn and put a side, what is the probability that the second card
picked up is a face card
Q-22) At a fate, cards bearing numbers 1 to 1000, 1 number on one card, are put in
a box. Each players selects one card at random and that card is not replaced. If the
selected card has a perfect square greater than 500, the players win the price. What
is the probability that
(a) The first player wins the price
(b) The second player wins the price, if the first has won
Q-23) A bag contains 14 green cards and some blue cards. If the probability of
drawing a green card is double than that of a blue card. Determine the number of
blue cards in the bag.
Q-24) A box contains cards numbered 3,5,7,9,,,,,,,,,,35,37,39. A card is drawn at
random from the box, find the probability that the number on the drawn card is a
prime number.
Q-25) Two dice are numbered 1,2,3,4,5,6 and 1,1,2,2,3,3 respectively they are
thrown and the sum of numbers on then is noted. Then find the probability of getting
an even sum.

Section C (Case study based questions)

Q-26) Four friends are playing with cards. One of them hides all the 2's, S's and
Jacks from the deck of 52 cards and then shuffles the remaining cards. Now, he tells
to one of his friend to pick a card at random from the remaining cards.

On the basis of above information, answer the following questions.

i. What is the probability of getting '6 of spade'?

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 ii. What is the probability of getting a black diamond?
iii. What is the probability of getting a face card? Or

iv. What is the probability of getting a club?

Q-27) Two families- Gupta's and Singhal's are lived in a colony. Gupta family has two
children while Singhal family has 3 children.

On the basis of the above information, answer the following questions.

i. Find the probability that Mr Singhal has exactly 2 girls and
1 boy.
ii. What is the probability of Gupta having atleast 1 boy?

iii. What is the probability of Gupta having atleast 1 Girl?

Or

iv. What is the probability of Singhal having no boy?

Q- 28) Rahul goes to a fete in Mussoorie. There he saw a game having prizes - wall
clocks, power banks, puppets and water bottles. The game consists of a box having
cards inside it, bearing the numbers I to 200, one on each card. A person has to
select a card at random. Now, the winning of prizes has the following conditions:
Wall clock- If the number on the selected card is a perfect square.
Power bank - If the number on the selected card is multiple of 3.
Puppet - If the number on selected card is divisible by 10.
Water bottle - If the number on the selected card is a prime number
more than 100 but less than 150.
 Better luck next time - If the number on the selected card is a perfect cube

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 On the basis of above information, answer the following questions.
i. Find the probability of winning a puppet.
ii. What is the probability of winning a water bottle? iii.
What is the probability of winning a Power bank? Or

What is the probability of winning a wall clock?

SECTION D (HOTS)
Q-29 Find the probability of getting 53 Sundays in
b) A leap year. b) A non leap year
Q-30. From a well shuffled deck of cards king of spades, queen of hearts and jacks
of black suit are removed and from the remaining cards a card is drawn at random
find the probability that the card drawn is
a) King. b) face card. c) a card of spades. d) a
red card

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 ANSWER KEY

1. C.
2. B.
3. C.
4. C.
5. C.
6. A.
7. D.
8. C
9. D.
10. D.
11. B.
12. D.
13. A.
14. B.
15. D
16. 22/25. 24/25
17. ¾
18. ¼
19. 5/36 ,0,1.
20. 16.
21. 1/5. ,1/2.
22. 9/1000. ,8/999
23. 7.
24. 11/19.
25. ½
26. 1/40. , 0. ,1/5.
27. 3/8. ,3/4. ,3/4
29.1/7. ,2/7.
30. 3/48. ,1/6. ,1/4. ,25/48

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