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PROBABILITY THEORY

1) When a coin is tossed, what is the probability of getting head?

2) A coin is tossed once, find the probability of getting a:


a) tail
b) head or tail.

3) When two different coins are tossed, find the probability of getting:
a) 2 heads
b) 1 head.

4) A die is thrown once, what is the probability of getting:


a) An odd number
b) An even number
c) A multiple of 3.

5) A die is thrown once, what is the probability of getting:


a) 2 or 5
b) Odd or multiple of 3.

6) A card is drawn from a pack of 52 playing cards. What is the probability that
it is a:
a) Club
b) King?

7) A card is drawn from a well shuffled deck of 52 playing cards. Calculate the
probability that the card will be:
a) An ace
b) Not an ace.

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8) The chance of player A winning a match is 5. Find the chance that he does
not win.
9) In a lot of 20 bulbs, 4 are defective. One bulb is selected at random from
this lot. What is the probability that selected bulb is non-defective?

10) A die is thrown once, what is the probability of getting a:


a) Multiple of 4
b) Non multiple of 4.

11) A card is drawn randomly from a pack of 52 playing cards. Find the
probability that it is:
a) A king
b) Not a king
c) A spade
d) A red
e) A king or a spade
f) A spade or a red.

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12) If P(A) = 4, then find P(AI).

13) If P(A)=0.6, then find P(AI).

14) A box contains cards numbered from 1 to 20. A card is drawn randomly
from it. Find the probability of getting a card with:
a) An odd number
b) A multiple of 4
c) A perfect square.

15) When three coins are tossed at a time, find the probability of getting:
a) Only heads
b) At least two heads.

16) A bag contains 3 red and 2 white balls. A ball is drawn from this bag,
what is the probability that it is:
a) Red
b) White?
17) A bag contains 6 black and 4 white balls. Two balls are drawn from this
bag, what is the probability that they are:
a) Black
b) White
c) One black and one white?

18) Two cards are drawn from a pack of 52 playing cards. What is the
probability that they are:
a) Kings
b) Hearts?

19) From a group of 6 boys and 4 girls, two are selected at random. Find the
probability that:
a) Both are boys
b) Both are girls
c) One is boy and other is a girl.

20) A box contains 5 red and 4 green balls. Two balls are drawn at random
from this box. Find the probability that they are:
a) Red
b) Green
c) Of different colours
d) Of the same colour.

21) Two cards are drawn successively from a pack of 52 playing cards. What
is the probability that drawn cards are:
a) Kings
b) Spades
c) Reds
d) Spades or reds.

22) A box contains 5 red, 4 green and 3 blue marbles. Three marbles are
drawn at random from this box. Find the probability that they are of:
a) Different colours
b) Same colour.
23) For a university cricket team, 2 players are to be selected from a certain
college among 5 batsmen, 3 bowlers and 2 wicket-keepers. Find the
probability of selecting:
a) A batsman and a wicket keeper
b) Bowlers only.

24) A firm wants to select three clerks among 3 graduates, 5 undergraduates


and 8 matriculates. What is the probability of selecting:
a) One graduate and two matriculates
b) Two graduates and one matriculate?

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