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Most Important Probability Questions
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CLASS
-‐
X
PROBABILITY
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Important
Questions
:
1. A
letter
of
English
alphabet
is
chosen
at
random.
What
is
the
probability
that
the
chosen
letter
is
a
(a)
vowel
(b)
consonant
?
2. A
die
is
thrown
once.
What
is
the
probability
of
getting
a
number
(a)
less
than
3
(b)
a
prime
number
(c)
an
even
number
(d)
a
multiple
of
5
3. If
the
probability
of
winning
a
game
is
0.07,
what
is
the
probability
of
losing
it?
4. If
a
number
x
is
chosen
at
random
from
the
numbers
−3, −2, −1, 0, 1, 2 & 3.
What
is
the
probability
that
𝑥 ! ≤ 4 ?
5. What
is
the
probability
that
a
randomly
taken
leap
year
has
(a)
53
Sundays
(b)
52
Sundays
(c)
53
Sundays
&
Mondays
?
6. The
probability
that
it
will
rain
tomorrow
is
0.85.
What
is
the
probability
that
it
will
not
rain
tomorrow
?
7. A
bag
contains
3
red,
5
black
and
7
white
balls.
A
ball
is
drawn
from
the
bag
at
random.
Find
the
probability
that
the
chosen
ball
is
(a)
white
(b)
red
(c)
black
(d)
not
black
(e)
not
white
(f)
red
or
white
8. Two
dice
are
thrown
simultaneously.
Find
the
probability
of
of
getting
(a)
a
double
let
(b)
sum
of
the
two
numbers
appearing
on
top
is
10
(c)
sum
of
the
two
numbers
appearing
on
the
top
is
greater
than
10
(d)
6
will
come
up
at
least
once
?
9. Two
coins
are
tossed
simultaneously.
What
is
the
probability
of
getting
(a)
at
least
one
head
?
(b)
at
most
one
tail
?
(c)
a
head
and
a
tail
10. Three
coins
are
tossed
simultaneously.
What
is
the
probability
of
getting
(a)
at
least
one
head
?
(b)
at
most
one
head
?
(c)
exactly
two
heads
?
(d)
no
heads
(e)
at
most
2
tails
(f)
two
heads
&
one
tail
(g)
No
tails
11. A
card
is
selected
at
random
from
a
pack
of
52
cards.
Find
the
probability
of
getting
the
chosen
card
is
a
(a)
red
card
(b)
an
ace
card
(c)
a
heart
(d)
a
face
card
(e)
a
red
king
card
(f)
non
ace
card
(g)
a
red
face
card
(h)
jack
of
red
(i)
king
of
spade
(j)
not
a
king
and
a
queen
(k)
neither
a
king
nor
a
queen
(l)
a
card
of
spade
or
an
ace
(m)
non
-‐face
card
of
red
colour
12. The
probability
of
selecting
a
red
ball
at
random
from
a
jar
that
contains
only
red,
blue
and
orange
balls
is
¼
.
The
probability
of
selecting
a
blue
ball
at
random
from
the
same
jar
is
1/3
.
If
the
jar
contains
10
orange
balls,
find
the
total
number
of
balls
in
the
jar.
13. A
girl
calculates
that
the
probability
of
her
winning
the
first
prize
in
a
lottery
is
0.08.
If
6000
tickets
are
sold,
how
many
tickets
she
has
bought
?
14. Three
digit
numbers
are
made
using
the
digits
4,
5,
9
(
without
repetition).
If
a
number
among
them
is
selected
at
random,
what
is
the
probability
that
the
number
will
(a)
be
a
multiple
of
5
?
(b)
be
a
multiple
of
9
?
(c)
end
with
9
?
15. One
ticket
is
chosen
at
random
from
a
bag
containing
tickets
numbered
1
to
40.
Find
the
probability
that
the
selected
ticket
has
a
number
which
is
(a)
multiple
of
5
?
(b)
multiple
of
10
?
(c)
a
prime
number
?
(d)
divisible
by
4
or
6
?
(e)
divisible
by
both
2
&
3
?
16. A
bag
contains
15
balls
of
which
x
are
blue
and
the
remaining
are
red.
If
the
number
of
red
balls
are
increased
by
5,
the
probability
of
drawing
the
red
ball
doubles.
Find
the
probability
of
getting
a
(a)
red
ball
(b)
blue
ball
(c)
blue
ball
if
5
red
balls
are
actually
added.
17. A
bag
contains
18
balls
out
of
which
x
balls
are
white.
(i)
If
one
ball
is
drawn
at
random
from
the
bag,
what
is
the
probability
that
it
is
a
white
ball
?
(ii)
If
2
more
white
balls
are
put
in
the
bag,
the
probability
of
drawing
a
white
ball
will
be
9/8
times
that
of
probability
of
white
ball
coming
in
part
(i).
Find
the
value
of
x.
18. All
face
cards
of
spades
are
removed
from
a
pack
of
52
playing
cards
and
the
pack
is
shuffled
well.
A
card
is
drawn
from
the
remaining
pack.
Find
the
probability
of
getting
(a)
a
face
card
(b)
an
ace
or
a
jack
(c)
neither
an
ace
nor
a
black
queen
19. Two
cards
of
hearts
and
4
cards
of
spades
are
missing
from
a
pack
of
52
cards.
A
card
is
drawn
at
random
from
the
remaining
pack.
What
is
the
probability
of
getting
(a)
black
card
?
(b)a
red
card?
20. The
king
,
queen
and
jack
of
clubs
are
removed
from
a
deck
of
52
playing
cards
and
the
remaining
cards
are
shuffled.
A
card
is
drawn
from
the
remaining
cards.
Find
the
probability
of
getting
a
card
of
(a)
heart
(b)
queen
(c)
club.
21. All
the
jacks,
queens
and
kings
are
removed
from
a
pack
of
52
playing
cards.
The
remaining
cards
are
well
shuffled
and
a
card
is
drawn.
Find
the
probability
of
getting
a
card
of
(i)
heart
(ii)
queen
(iii)
club
22. Cards
marked
with
numbers
3,
4,
5
....50
are
placed
in
a
bag
and
mixed
thoroughly.
One
card
is
drawn
at
random
from
the
bag.
Find
the
probability
that
the
number
on
the
card
drawn
is
(a)
divisibly
by
7
(b)
a
perfect
square
(c)
a
multiple
of
6.
23. Ravi
plays
a
game
in
which
he
has
to
draw
one
ball
from
a
box
containing
4
red,
3
white
and
3
green
balls.
On
drawing
a
white
ball
Ravi
is
rewarded
with
Rs
10.
On
drawing
a
red
ball
Ravi
is
to
pay
a
penalty
of
Rs
5
and
in
other
cases
there
is
neither
any
reward
nor
penalty.
Find
(a)
P(
Ravi
is
rewarded
Rs
10
)
(b)
P(
Ravi
does
not
lose)
(c)
P(Ravi
pays
a
penalty
of
Rs
5)
24. In
a
game
,
the
entry
fees
is
Rs
50.
The
game
consists
of
a
tossing
a
coin
three
times.
If
one
or
two
heads
show
,
Sweta
gets
her
entry
fee
back.
If
she
throws
3
heads,
she
receives
double
the
entry
fees.
Otherwise
she
will
loose.
For
tossing
a
coin
three
times,
find
the
probability
that
she
(a)
loses
the
entry
fees
(b)
gets
double
entry
fee
(c)
just
gets
her
entry
fee.
25. A
box
contains
90
discs
which
are
numbered
from
1
to
90.
If
one
disc
is
drawn
at
random
from
the
box,
find
the
probability
that
it
bears
(a)
a
two
digit
number
(b)
a
perfect
square
number
(c)
a
number
divisible
by
5.
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