PROBABILITY

Class – X ( CBSE )

A) Answer the following Questions :

1) In a throw of a die, the probability getting a 5 is ______ .
2) If an event cannot occur, then its probability is ________ .
3) The sum of the probability of all the event of an experiment is _______ .
4) Total number of face card in a pack of playing card is ___________.
5) The probability of an event lies between _____________ .
6) The probability of an event that cannot happen is ________ such an
event is called ____________.
7) Two dice are thrown simultaneously. The probability of getting a sum
of 9 is _________ .
8) 100 cards are numbered from 1 to 100. Find the probability of getting
a prime number is _______ .
9) What is the probability of getting 53 Mondays in a leap year ?
10) A number is selected at random from first 50 natural numbers. Then
the probability that it is a multiple of 3 and 4 is ________ .
11) When the sum of probability of two events is 1, the events are called
_________ .
12) Probability of an event E + probability of the event “ not E “ =
____________.
13) Total number of face card in a pack of playing card is ___________.
14) A number is chosen at random from the numbers 3, 2 , 1 ,0
,1,2,3.What will be the probability that square of this number is less
then or equal to 1 ?
15) One card is drawn at random from a pack of 52 cards .Find the
probability that the card drawn is an ace or black .
16) Find the probability of getting a` six` at the throw of an unbiased die .
17) Two different dice are tossed together. Find the probability : i) that
the number on each die is even , ii) that the sum of numbers
appearing on the two dice is 5 .
18) Two different dice are rolled simultaneously. Find the probability that
the sum of numbers appearing on the two dice is 10.
19) A die is tossed once. Find the probability of getting an even number or
a multiple of 3 .
20) A card is drawn at random from a well shuffled pack of 52 playing
cards. Find the probability that the drawn card is neither a king nor a
queen .
21) In a single throw of a die the probability of getting a number 8 is
___________ .
22) Every elementary event associated with a random experiment has
__________ Probability .
23) A die is thrown once. Find the probability of getting a number less
than 5 .
24) From a well shuffled pack of cards, a card is drawn at random. Find
the probability of getting a black queen .
25) If the probability of winning a game is . What is the probability of
losing it ?
26) Two coins are tossed simultaneously. Find the probability of getting
exactly one head .
27) In a single throw of a pair of dice, what is the probability of getting the
sum a perfect square ?
28) Two dice are thrown at the same time and the product of the numbers
appearing on them is noted. Find the probability that the product is a
prime number .
29) A bag contains lemon flavoured candies only. Malini takes out one
candy without looking into the bag. Find the probability that she takes
out : i) An orange flavoured candy ? ii) a lemon flavoured candy ?
30) Rahim tosses two different coins simultaneously. Find the probability
of getting at least one tail .
31) A card is drawn at random from a well shuffled pack of 52 cards. Find
the probability that the card drawn is neither a red card nor a queen .
32) A pair of dice is thrown once. Find the probability of getting the same
number on each dice .
33) A die is thrown once. Find the probability of getting : i) A prime
number , ii) a number lying between 2 and 6 , iii) an odd number .
34) A bag contains 5 red ,8 white and 7 black balls. A ball is drawn at
random from the bag. Find the probability that the drawn ball is: i)
red or white , ii) not black , iii) neither white nor black .
35) In a single throw of a pair of different dice, what is the probability of
getting : i) A prime number on each dice ? ii) a total of 9 or 11 ?
36) Three different coins are tossed together. Find the probability of
getting : i) Exactly two heads , ii) at least two heads , iii)at least two
tails .
37) From a pack of 52 playing cards, Jacks, Queens and Kings of red
colour are removed. From the remaining, a card is drawn at random.
Find the probability that drawn card is : i) a black king , ii) a card of
red colour , iii) A card of black colour .
38) There are 100 cards in a bag on which numbers from 1 to 100 are
written. A card is taken out from the bag at random. Find the
probability that the number on the selected card : i) is divisible by 9
and is a perfect square, ii) is a prime number greater than 80 .
39) A bag contains 25 cards numbered from 1 to 25. A card is drawn at
random from the bag. Find the probability that the number on the
drawn card is : i) divisible by 3 or 5 , ii) A perfect square number .
40) Cards numbered from 11 to 60 are kept in a box. If a card is drawn at
random from the box, find the probability that the number on the
drawn card is : i) An odd number , ii) a perfect square number , iii)
divisible by 5 , iv) a prime number less than 20 .
41) A game of chance consists of spinning an arrow on a circular board,
divided into 8 equal parts , which comes to rest pointing at one of the
numbers 1,2,3,…, 8 which are equally likely outcomes . What is the
probability that the arrow will point at : i) an odd number , ii) a
number greater than 3 , iii) a number less than 9 .
42) A card is drawn at random from a well-shuffled deck of playing cards.
Find the probability that the card drawn is : i) a card of spade or an
ace , ii) a black king , iii) neither a jack nor a king , iv) either a king or
a queen .
B) Answer the following Questions :
1) A card is drawn from a well shuffled deck of 52 cards. Find the
probability of getting : i) a king of red colour , ii) a face card , iii) the
queen of diamonds .
2) A box contains 35 blue, 25 white and 40 red marbles. If a marble is
drawn at random from the box, find the probability that the drawn
marble is : i) white , ii) no blue , iii) neither white nor blue .
3) A box contains 70 cards numbered from 1 to 70. If one card is drawn
at random from the box, find the probability that it bears : i) a perfect
square number , ii) a number divisible by 2 and 3 .
4) Out of cards numbered from 1 to 20, which are mixed thoroughly, a
card is drawn at random. Find the probability that the drawn card
bears a number which is a multiple of 3 or 7 .
5) A group consists of 12 persons, of which 3 are extremely patient, other
6 are extremely honest and rest are extremely kind. A person from the
group is selected at random. Assuming that each person is equally
likely to be selected, find the probability of selecting a person who is :
i) extremely patient , ii) extremely kind or honest .
6) A piggy bank contains hundred 50 p coins, fifty 1 coins, twenty 2 coins
and ten 5 coins. If it is equally likely that one of the coins will fall out
when the bank is turned upside down, find the probability that the
coin which fell will be : i) a 50 p coin , ii) will be of value more than 1
, iii) will be of value less than 5 , iv) will be a 1 or 2 coin .
7) A bag contains 12 balls, out of which are white . i) If one ball is
drawn at random, find the probability that it is a white ball. ii) If 6
more white balls are put in the bag, the probability of drawing a white
ball is double than that in , Find .
8) A box contains cards bearing numbers from 6 to 70. If one card is
drawn at random from the box, find the probability that it bears : i) a
one digit number , ii) a number divisible by 5 , iii) an odd number
less than 30 , iv) a composite number between 50 and 70 .
9) The probability of selecting a red ball at random from a jar that
contains only red, blue and orange balls is . The probability of
 selecting a blue ball at random from the same jar is . If the jar

contains 10 orange balls, find the total number of balls in the jar .
10) A group consists of 12 persons, of which 3 are extremely patient, other
6 are extremely honest and rest are extremely kind. A person from the
group is selected at random. Assuming that each person is equally
likely to be selected, find the probability of selecting a person who is :
i) extremely patient , ii) extremely kind or honest , iii) Which of the
above values you prefer more ?
11) A bag contains cards numbered from 1 to 49 . A and C is drawn from
the beg at random, after mixing the cards thoroughly . Find the
probability that the number on the drawn card is : i) an odd number ,
ii) a multiple of 5 , iii) a perfect square , iv) an even prime number .
12) Red queens and blackjacks are removed from a pack of 52 playing
cards. A card is drawn at random from the remaining cards, after
reshuffling them. Find the probability that the drawn card is : i) a king
, ii) of red colour , iii) a face card , iv) a queen .
13) Five cards – the ten, jack, queen, king and ace of diamonds, are well
shuffled with their faces downwards. One card is then picked up at
random. a) What is the probability that the drawn card is the queen ?
b) If the queen is drawn and put aside, and a second card is drawn,
find the probability that the second card is : i) an ace , ii) a queen .
14) 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 die : i) 8 ? ii) 13 ? iii)
Less than or equal to 12 ?
15) Samita throws two dice once and computes the product of the
number appearing on the dice . Peehu throws one dice and squares
the number that appears on it. Who has the better chance of getting
the number 36 ? Why ?