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Probability
1
In throwing a dice , what is the probability of getting
the number ‘3’ ?
(a) 1/3 (b) 1/6

(c) 1/9 (d) 1/12
2
What is the chance of throwing a number greater
than 4 with an ordinary dice whose face are
numbered from 1 to 6?
(a) 1/3
(b) 1/6
(c) 1/9
(d) 1/8
3
Find the chances of throwing At least one ace in
a simple throw with two dice
a) 1/12
b) 1/3
c) 1/4
d)11/36
4
If a card is picked up at random from a pack of 52 cards. Find the
probability that it is
(I) a spade
(a) 1/9 (b) 1/6
(c) 1/4 (d) 1/14
(ii) a king or queen

(a) 3/13. (b) 2/13
(c) 7/52. (d) 1/169
(iii) ‘a spade’ Or ‘a king’ or ‘a queen’

(a)21/52 (b) 5/13
(c) 19/52. (d) 15/52
5
Three coins are tossed. What is the probability of
getting
(I) 2 Tails and 1 head
(a) 1/4 (b) 3/8
(c) 2/3. (d) 1/8
(ii) 1 Tail and 2 heads

(a) 3/8. (b) 1
(c) 2/3. (d) 3/4
6
getting
(I) neither 3 heads nor 3 Tails (ii) Three heads

(a) 1/2 (a) 1/8
(b) 1/3 (b) 1/4
(c) 2/3 (c) 1/2
(d) 3/4 (d) 2/3
7
getting at least one tail is
A) 2/3
B) 7/8
C) 3/8
D) 1/2
8
Two fair dice are thrown. Find the probability of getting
(I) a number divisible by 2 or 4
(a) 1/2 (B) 3/4
(c) 1/3. (d) 2/3
(II) a number divisible by 2 and 4
(a) 1/3 (B) 1/4
(c) 3/4. (D) 5/7
(III) A prime number less than 8.
(a) 11/13 (B) 1/13
(c) 1/4. (D)13/36
9
What Is the probability of throwing a number greater
than 2 with a fair dice ?
(A) 2/3
(b) 2/5
(c) 1
(d) 3/5
10
Three cards numbered 2,4 and 8 are put into a box. If a card is
drawn at random. What is the probability that the card drawn
is
(I) a prime number? (ii) an even number ?
(a) 1 (b) 1/3 (a) 1. (B)2/3
(c) 4/5. (D) 5/7 (c) 1/2. (D) 3/5
(iii) an odd number

(a) 1. (B) 0
(c) 1/3. (D) 2/3
11
Two fair coins are tossed. Find the probability of obtaining
(I) Two heads
(a) 1. (B) 2/3
(c) 1/2. (D) 1/4
(II) 1 head and 1 Tail
(a) 1/2. (B) 1
(c) 1/3. (D) 2/3
(III). 2 Tails
(a) 1. (B) 1/4
(c) 2/3. (D) 1/2
12
In a rolling two dices, find the possibility that
(I) There is atleast one ‘6’ (ii) that sum is 5

(a) 11/36 (a) 1/4
(b)22/36 (b) 1/9
(c) 15/36 (c) 1/2
(d) 29/36 (d) 1/6
13
Two fair dice are thrown . What is the probability of
(I) Throwing a double (II) the sum is greater than 10

(a) 1/6 (a) 2/3
(b) 1 (b) 2/5
(c) 2/3 (c) 1/6
(d) 1/2 (d)1/12
(III) the sum is less than 10?

(a) 5/6
(b) 2/5
(c) 3/5
(d)2/3
14
find the chance of drawing 2 blue balls in succession from
a bag containing 5 Red and 7 blue balls , if the balls are
not being replaced
(A) 3/13
(b) 21/64
(c) 7/22
(d) 21/61
15
From a pack of 52 cards, two are drawn at random.
Find the chance that one is a knave and the other a
queen
(A) 8/663
(b) 1/16
(c) 1/9
(d) 1/12
16
A bag contains 3 Green and 7 white balls. Two balls are
drawn from the bag in succession without replacement .
What is the probability that
(I) Both are white (II) They are of different colours?

(a) 1/7 (a) 7/15
(b) 5/11 (b) 7/9
(c) 7/11 (c) 5/11
(d) 7/15 (d) 7/11
17
From a bag containing 4 white and 5 black balls, a
man draws 3 at random . What are the odds against
these all being black ?
(A) 5/37
(b) 37/5
(c) 11/13
(d) 13/37
18
Two balls are to be drawn from a bag containing 8 grey
and 3 blue balls. Find the chance that they will both be
blue .
(A) 1/5
(b) 3/55
(c) 11/15
(d) 14/45
19
A bag contains four black and five red balls. If three balls
from the bag are choosen at random, what is the chance
that they all are black .
(A)1/21
(b)1/20
(c)2/23
(d)1/9
20
A bag contains 3 red, 6 white and 7 black balls. Two balls
are drawn at random . What is the probability that both
are black?
(A) 1/8
(b) 7/40
(c) 12/40
(d) 13/40
21
A bag contains 6 red, 4 White and 8 blue balls. If three balls
are drawn at random. Find the probability that
(I) all the three balls are of same (II) all the three balls are blue
colour (a) 8/51
(a) 17/240 (b) 50/51
(b) 5/51 (c) 7/102
(c) 31/204 (d) 13/51
(d) none of these
ANSWERS
Probability 2
1
Probability of getting three tails in three random tosses
of a balanced coin is .
(a) 1/8
(b) 1/3
(c) 1/6
(d) 3
2
Probability of an odd number appearing in a single
toss of a fair dice is
(a) 1/3
(b) 1/2
(c) 1/6
(d) 2
3
Probability of getting sum 7 in a single toss of a pair of
fair dice is
(a) 1/7
(b) 1/2
(c) 1/3
(d) 1/6
4
Two friends , A and B are playing a game . A throws 2
dices first and gets 9 . Probability that B gets a higher
score is
(a) 1/2
(b) 1/4
(c) 1/6
(d) 1/8
5
Four dice are thrown together. The probability of
getting a sum less than 8 is
(a) 13/1296
(b) 13/216
(c) 8/216
(d)8/435
6
For two vacancies for the same post, a husband and a wife
appear in an interview. If probability of husband's
selection is 4/5 and wife's selection is 2/5 then the
probability that both are selected is
(a) 8/25
(b) 7/12
(c) 6/5
(d) 10/6
7
A bag contains 9 white and 3 black balls. Another bag
contains 6 white and 10 black balls. If a ball is transferred
from the first bag to the second bag and a ball is drawn
from the second, find the probability that the ball drawn
is white.
(a) 19/25
(b) 41/60
(c) 3/28
(d) 27/68
8
A card is taken out of a pack of 52 cards numbered
2 to 53. The probability that the number on the
card is a prime number less than 20 is
(a) 2/13
(b) 2/15
(c) 3/13
(d) 4/15
9
There are 9 oranges and 12 guavas in a box. If the two
fruits are chosen at random, the probability that one is
an orange and other is a guava is
A) 0. 62
B) 0.91
C) 0.37
D) 0.51
10
A man has two purses. One purse contains 5 copper coins and 3
silver coins whereas the second purse contains 8 copper coins
and 10 silver coins. The probability of taking out a copper coin
from any of the purses is
A) 73/65
B) 77/144
C) 10/51
D)18/93
11
A non-leap year is selected randomly . Probability
that the year has 53 sundays
A) 1/2
B) 1/5
C) 1/4
D) 1/7
12
Suppose six coins are flipped. Then the probability
of getting at least one tail is
A) 71/72
B) 53/54
C) 63/64
D) 1/12
13
A bag, A contains 3 white balls and 2 black balls. Another
bag, B contains 2 white balls and 4 black balls. A bag and
a ball are picked at random. The probability that the ball
will be white is
A) 7/11
B) 7/30
C)5/17
D) 7/15
14
Hema throws 2 dices simultaneously. Find the probability
that sum of the dots on the upper side will be 9
A) 1/9
B) 1/8
C) 1/7
D) 1/6
15
Find the probability of drawing out a king or a
diamond card, in a single trail, from a pack of well
shuffled cards.
A) 1/13
B)2/13
C)3/13
D)4/13
16
A dice is thrown twice. The probability that at least one of
the two throws comes up with the number 3 is
A) 5/12
B) 11/36
C) 1/12
D) 7/24
ANSWERS
1. A 5. A 9. D 13. D
2. B 6. A 10. B 14. A
3. D 7. D 11. D 15. D
4. C 8. A 12. C 16. B

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(a) 1/3 (b) 1/6

(ii) a king or queen

(iii) ‘a spade’ Or ‘a king’ or ‘a queen’

(ii) 1 Tail and 2 heads

(I) neither 3 heads nor 3 Tails (ii) Three heads

(iii) an odd number

(I) There is atleast one ‘6’ (ii) that sum is 5

(I) Throwing a double (II) the sum is greater than 10

(III) the sum is less than 10?

(I) Both are white (II) They are of different colours?

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