1. Teena is practising for an upcoming Rifle Shooting tournament.

The probability of her shooting the target in

the 1st , 2nd , 3rd and 4th shots are 0.4,0.3,0.2 and 0.1 respectively. Find the probability of at least one shot of
Teena hitting the target. [1]
5 𝟐
2. Evaluate: 𝑃(𝐴 ∪ 𝐵) if 2𝑃(𝐴) = 𝑃(𝐵) = 13 and 𝑃(𝐴 ∣ 𝐵) = 𝟓 [2]
3. A jewellery seller has precious gems in white and red colour which he has put in three boxes. The
distribution of these gems is shown in the table given below:

Number of Gems
Box
White Red

I 1 2

II 2 3

III 3 1

He wants to gift two gems to his mother. So, he asks her to select one box at random and pick out any
two gems one after the other without replacement from the selected box. The mother selects one white
and one red gem. Calculate the probability that the gems drawn are from Box II. [4]
4. A bag contains 19 tickets, numbered from 1 to 19 . Two tickets are drawn randomly in succession with
replacement. Find the probability that both the tickets drawn are even numbers. [4]
5. In a company, 𝟏𝟓% of the employees aregraduates and 85% of the employees are non-graduates. As per the
annual report of the company, 80% of the graduate employees and 10% of the non-graduate employees are
in the Administrative position. Find the probability that an employee selected at random from those working
in administrative position will be a graduate. [4]
1 1
6. A problem in Mathematics is given to three students A, B and C. Their chances of solving the problem are ,
2 3
1
and 4
respectively. Find the probability that (a) exactly two students will solve the problem.
(b) at least two of them will solve the problem.
7. A bag contains 9 red, 7 white and 4 black balls. If two balls are drawn at random without replacement, the
11 18 18 18
probability that both balls are red will be: (a) 95
(b) 95
(c) 85
(d) 23
[1]
1 2
8. Two horses are considered for race. The probability of selection of first horse is 5
and that of second is 3.
Find the probability that: (i) both will be selected. (ii) only one of them will be selected.
(iii) none of them will be selected (iv) at least one of them will be selected.
9. An insurance company insured 1000 scooter divers, 2000 car drivers and 4000 truck drivers. The probability of
accidents by scooter, car and truck drivers are 0.02,0.05 and 0.03 respectively. If one of the insured persons
meets with an accident, find the probability that he is a truck driver. [6]
1 3
10. Let 𝐴 and 𝐵 be two events such that𝑃(𝐴) = 2
, 𝑃(𝐵) = 𝑝 and 𝑃(𝐴 ∪ 𝐵) = 5 find ' 𝑝′ if 𝐴 and 𝐵 are
independent events [2]
5 4 3
11. Three persons 𝐴, 𝐵 and 𝐶 shoot to hit a target. Their probabilities of hitting the target are 6 , 5 and 4
respectively. Find the probability that: Exactly two persons hit the target. At least one person hits the target.
12. Two balls are drawn from an urn containing 3 white, 5 red and 2 black balls, one by one without
replacement. What is the probability that at least one ball is red? [4]
13. Bag 𝐴 contains 4 white balls and 3 black-balls, while Bag 𝐵 contains 3 white balls and 5 black balls. Two balls
are drawn from Bag 𝐴 and placed in Bag 𝐵. Then, what is the probability of drawing a white ball from Bag 𝐵
14. Given three identical Boxes 𝐴, 𝐵 and 𝐶, Box 𝐴 contains 2 gold and 1 silver coin, Box 𝐵 contains 1 gold and 2
silver coins and Box 𝐶 contains 3 silver coins. A person chooses a Box at random and takes out a coin. If the
 coin drawn is of silver, find the probability that it has been drawn from the Box which has the remaining two
coins also of silver. [4]
3
15. Determine the binomial distribution where mean is 9 and standard deviation is 2. Also, find the probability of
obtaining at most one success. [6]
1 1
16. In a race, the probabilities of 𝐴 and 𝐵 winning the race are 3
and 6, respectively. Find the probability of
neither of them winning the race.
17. 𝐴 speaks truth in 60% of the cases, while 𝐵 in 40% of the cases. In what percent of cases are they likely to
contradict each other in stating the same fact? [4]
18. From a lot of 6 items containing 2 defective items, a sample of 4 items are drawn at random. Let the random
variable 𝑋 denote the number of defective items in the sample. If the sample is drawn without replacement,
find (a)The probability distribution of 𝑋 (b) Mean of 𝑋 (c) Variance of 𝑋 [6]
1 1 1
19. A problem is given to three students whose chances of solving it are 4 , 5 and 3
respectively.
Find the probability that the problem is solved. [4]
20. Bag A contains 1 white, 2 blue and 3 red balls. Bag 𝐵 contains 3 white, 3 blue and 2 red balls. Bag 𝐶 contains
2 white, 3 blue and 4 red balls. One bag is selected at random and then two balls are drawn from the selected
bag. Find the probability that the balls drawn are white and red [6]
21. A committee of 4 persons has to be chosen from 8 boys and 6 girls, consisting of at least one girl. Find the
probability that the committee consists of more girls than boys. [4]
22. An urn contains 10 white and 3 black balls while another urn contains 3 white and 5 black balls. Two balls
are drawn from the first urn and put into the second urn and then a ball is drawn from the second urn. Find
the probability that the ball drawn from the second urn is a white ball. [4]
23. In a company, 15% of the employees aregraduates and 85% of the employees are non-graduates. As per the
annual report of the company, 80% of the graduate employees and 10% of the non-graduate employees are
in the Administrative position. Find the probability that an employee selected at random from those working
in administrative position will be a graduate. [6]
1 1
24. A problem in Mathematics is given to three students A, B and C. Their chances of solving the problem are ,
2 3
1
and 4
respectively. Find the probability that
(a) exactly two students will solve the problem. (b) at least two of them will solve the problem. [6]
25. An urn contains 2 white and 2 black balls. A ball is drawn at random. If it is white, it is not replaced into the
urn. Otherwise, it is replaced with another ball of the same colour. The process is repeated. Find the
probability that the third ball drawn is black. [6]
26. Three persons A, B and C shoot to hit a target. If A hits the target four times in five trials, 𝐵 hits it three
times in four trials and C hits it two times in three trials, find the probability that:
(i) Exactly two persons hit the target. (ii) At least two persons hit the target. (iii) None hit the target.
27. Box I contains two white and three black balls. Box II contains four white and one black ball and box III
contains three white and four black balls. A dice having three red, two yellow and one green face, is thrown
to select the box. If red face turns up, we pick up the box I, if a yellow face turns up we pick up box II,
otherwise, we pick up box III. Then we draw a ball from the selected box. If the ball drawn is white, what is
the probability that the dice had turned up with a red face? [6]
28. Five dice are thrown simultaneously. If the occurrence of an odd number in a single dice is considered a
success, find the probability of maximum three successes
29. A bag contains 20 balls numbered from 1 to 20 . One ball is drawn at random from the bag. What is the
probability that the ball drawn is marked with a number which is multiple of 3 or 4?