Probability Aptitude MCQ Questions PDF

1. Two dice are thrown simultaneously. What is the probability of getting two numbers
whose product is even?

A. 1/2

B. 3/8

C. 3/4

D. 5/16

Answer: 3/4

2. In a lottery, there are 10 prizes and 25 blanks. A lottery is drawn at random. What is
the probability of getting a prize?

A. 2/7

B. 2/5

C. 5/7

D. 1/10

Answer: 2/7

3. Three unbiased coins are tossed. What is the probability of getting at most two
heads?

A. 1/4

B. 3/4

C. 3/8

D. 7/8

Answer: 7/8

4. From a pack of 52 cards, two cards are drawn together at random. What is the
probability of both the cards being kings?

A. 35/256

B. 25/57

C. 1/15
D. 1/221

Answer: 1/221

5. A bag contains 4 white, 5 red and 6 blue balls. Three balls are drawn at random from
the bag. The probability that all of them are red, is______

A. 3/22

B. 1/22

C. 2/77

D. 2/91

Answer: 2/91

6. Two dice are tossed. The probability that the total score is a prime number
is__________

A. 5/12

B. 1/2

C. 1/6

D. 7/9

Answer: 5/12

7. Tickets numbered 1 to 20 are mixed up and then a ticket is drawn at random. What is
the probability that the ticket drawn has a number which is a multiple of 3 or 5?

A. 1/2

B.8/15

C. 2/5

D. 9/20

Answer: 9/20

8. A card is drawn from a pack of 52 cards. The probability of getting a queen of club or
a king of heart is_______

A. 2/13

B. 1/26
C. 1/13

D. 1/52

Answer: 1/26

9. Two cards are drawn together from a pack of 52 cards. The probability that one is a
spade and one is a heart, is________

A. 29/34

B. 3/20

C. 13/102

D. 47/100

Answer: 13/102

10. One card is drawn from a pack of 52 cards. What is the probability that the card
drawn is either a red card or a king ?

A. 6/13

B.1/2

C. 7/13

D. 27/52

Answer: 7/13

11. What is the probability of getting a sum 9 from two throws of a dice?

A. 1/8

B. 1/6

C. 1/12

D. 1/9

Answer: 1/9

12. Tickets numbered 1 to 20 are mixed up and then a ticket is drawn at random. What
is the probability that the ticket drawn bears a number which is a multiple of 3 ?

A. 3/10

B. 3/20
C. 2/5

D. 1/2

Answer: 3/10

13. One card is drawn at random from a pack of 52 cards. What is the probability that
the card drawn is a face card (Jack, Queen and King only)?

A. 3/13

B. 1/13

C. 9/52

D. 1/4

Answer: 3/13

14. A bag contains 6 black and 8 white balls. One ball is drawn at random. What is the
probability that the ball drawn is white?

A. 3/7

B. 4/7

C. 3/4

D. 1/8

Answer: 4/7

15. In a class, there are 15 boys and 10 girls. Three students are selected at random. The
probability that 1 girl and 2 boys are selected, is______________

A. 25/115

B. 21/46

C. 3/25

D. 1/50

Answer: 21/46

16. From a pack of 52 cards, two cards are drawn together at random. What is the
probability of both the cards being kings?

A. 25/57
B. 1/15

C. 35/256

D. 1/221

Answer: 1/221

17. An urn contains 6 red, 4 blue, 2 green and 3 yellow marbles. If 4 marbles are picked
up at random, what is the probability that at least one of them is blue?

A. 69/91

B. 22/91

C. 4/15

D. 11/15

Answer: 69/91

18. A bag contains 2 red, 3 green and 2 blue balls. Two balls are drawn at random.
What is the probability that none of the balls drawn is blue?

A. 2/7

B. 10/21

C. 5/7

D. 11/21

Answer: 10/21

19. In a simultaneous throw of two coins, the probability of getting at least one head
is__________

A. 3/4

B. 2/3

C. 1/3

D. 1/2

Answer: 3/4

20. A card is drawn from a pack of 52 cards. The probability of getting a queen of club
or a king of heart is_____________
A. 2/13

B. 1/13

C. 1/52

D. 1/26

Answer: 1/26

21. From a pack of 52 cards, one card is drawn at random. What is the probability that
the card drawn is a ten or a spade?

A. 1/4

B. 4/13

C. 1/13

D. 1/26

Answer: 4/13

22. In a box, there are 8 red, 7 blue and 6 green balls. One ball is picked up randomly.
What is the probability that it is neither red nor green?

A. 7/9

B. 3/4

C. 1/3

D. 8/21

Answer: 1/3

23. A bag contains 6 red balls 11 yellow balls and 5 pink balls. If two balls are drawn at
random from the bag. One after another what is the probability that the first ball is red
and second ball is yellow?

A. 5/7

B. 2/7

C. 1/14

D. 3/14

Answer: 2/7
24. In a simultaneous throw of two dice, what is the probability of getting a total of 7?

A. 1/4

B. 1/6

C. 2/3

D. 3/4

Answer: 1/6

25. Three unbiased coins are tossed. What is the probability of getting at most two
heads?

A. 3/8

B. 1/4

C. 7/8

D. 3/4

Answer: 7/8

26. A box contains 4 red, 5 green and 6 white balls. A ball is drawn at random from the
box. What is the probability that the ball drawn is either red or green ?

A. 3/5

B. 2/5

C. 7/15

D. 1/5

Answer: 3/5

27. A basket contains 6 blue, 2 red, 4 green and 3 yellow balls. If 5 balls are picked up at
random, what is the probability that at least one is blue?

A. 18/455

B. 2/5

C. 137/143

D. 9/91

Answer: 137/143
28. Three unbiased coins are tossed. What is the probability of getting at least 2 heads?

A. 1/2

B.1/4

C. 1/8

D. 1/3

Answer: 1/2

29. In a simultaneous throw of two dice, what is the probability of getting a total of 10
or 11?

A. 1/6

B. 1/4

C. 5/36

D. 7/12

Answer: 5/36

30. A bag contains 3 blue, 2 green and 5 red balls. If four balls are picked at random,
what is the probability that two are green and two are blue?

A. 3/5

B. 1/18

C. 1/70

D. 1/2

Answer: 1/70