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PROBABILITY MCQ-1
Class 10 - Mathematics

1. A letter is chosen at random from the word ASSASSINATION. The probability that it is a vowel is [1]

a) b)
6 7

13 13

c) d)
6 3

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2. A die has its six faces marked 1, 2, 2, 2, 5, 6. The probability of getting 2 is [1]

a) 1

2
b) 1

c) 1
d) 1

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4 3

3. Cards bearing numbers 2,3,4,..., 11 are kept in a bag. A card is drawn at random from the bag. The probability of [1]
getting a card with a prime number is

a) b)
1 3
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2 10

c) 5

9
d) 2

4. Two dice are thrown simultaneously. The probability that the sum of the numbers appearing on the dice is 1 is [1]
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a) 3 b) 0

c) 2 d) 1
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5. If P(E) = 0.05, what will be the probability of 'not E'? [1]

a) 0.55 b) 0.59

c) 0.95 d) 0.095
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6. Lali tosses two different coins simultaneously. The probability that she gets at most one head is: [1]

a) 1
b) 1
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c) d)
3 1

4 2

7. Cards bearing numbers 3 to 20 are placed in a bag and mixed thoroughly. A card is taken out of the bag at [1]
random. What is the probability that the number on the card taken out is an even number?

a) b)
1 9

2 17

c) 5

9
d) 7

18

8. Raju bought a fish from a shop for his aquarium. The shop keeper takes out one fish from a tank containing 15 [1]
male fish and 18 female fish. The probability that the fish taken out is a male fish is

a) 5

11
b) 6

11

c) 5

12
d) 7

11

9. A bag contains 50 balls of which 2x are red, 3x are white and 5x are blue. A ball is selected at random. The [1]

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a) 7

10
b) 2

c) 7

45
d) 3

10. Which of the the following can be the probability of an event? [1]

a) b) 1.004
18

23

c) – 0.04 d)
8

11. Ram and Shyam are friends. The probability that both will have the birthday on the same day is [1]

a) 2

365
b) 364

365

c) 1

365
d) 4

365

12. Two coins are tossed together. The probability of getting at least one tail is: [1]

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a) 1

4
b) 1

c) 1

2
d) 3

13. If a digit is chosen at random from the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9; then the probability that this digit is an odd [1]

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prime number is:

a) 2

3
b) 4

c) d)
5 1
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9 3

14. A box contains cards numbered 6 to 50. A card is drawn at random from the box. The probability that the drawn [1]
card has a number which is a perfect square is
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a) 1

9
b) 4

45

c) 2

15
d) 1

45
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15. Two dice are thrown simultaneously. The probability that the product of the numbers appearing on the dice is 7 [1]
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a) 7 b) 2
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c) 0 d) 1
16. The probability of getting a sum of 13 in a single throw of two dice is [1]
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a) 5

6
b) 1

c) 0 d) 1
17. There are 25 tickets numbered as 1, 2, 3, 4,..... 25 respectively. One ticket is drawn at random. What is the [1]
probability that the number on the ticket is a multiple of 3 or 5?

a) 2

5
b) 12

25

c) 11

25
d) 13

25

18. A card is drawn from a deck of 52 cards. The event E is that card is not an ace of hearts. The number of [1]
outcomes favourable to E is

a) 48 b) 51

c) 13 d) 4

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19. A die is thrown once. The probability of getting an even number is [1]

a) 1

3
b) 5

c) 1

6
d) 1

20. If the probability of an event is ‘p’, the probability of its complementary event will be [1]

a) p b) p – 1

c) 1 – p d) 1−
1

21. The probablity that a number selected at random from the numbers 1, 2, 3, ..., 15 is a multiple of 4, is [1]

a) 2

15
b) 1

c) 4

15
d) 1

15

22. Find the probability of getting 53 Fridays in a leap year. [1]

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a) b)
2 3

7 7

c) 5

7
d) 4

23. The probability that it will rain on a particular day is 0.76. The probability that it will not rain on that day is [1]

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a) 0.24 b) 0.76

c) 0 d) 1
24. A bag contains 100 cards numbered 1 to 100. A card is drawn at random from the bag. What is the probability [1]
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that the number on the card is a perfect cube?

a) 1

20
b) 1

25
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c) d)
7 3

100 50

25. A bag contains cards numbered from 1 to 25. A card is drawn at random from the bag. The probability that the [1]
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number on this card is divisible by both 2 and 3 is

a) 2

25
b) 1

c) 3

25
d) 4

25
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26. From a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards, one card is drawn at random. What is the probability of getting a queen? [1]

a) 5

39
b) 4

39
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c) 1

13
d) 1

26

27. There are 20 boys and 15 girls in a class. A student is chosen as leader at random. The probability that the leader [1]
is a boy is

a) 4

7
b) 15

c) 3

7
d) 20
28. A bag contains 5 pink, 8 blue and 7 yellow balls. One ball is drawn at random from the bag. What is the [1]
probability of getting neither a blue nor a pink ball?

a) 1

4
b) 2

c) d)
7 13

20 20

29. If two different dice are rolled together, the probability of getting an even number [1]

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 a) 1

2
b) 1

c) 1

36
d) 1

30. A die is thrown once. Find the probability of getting a number less than 7. [1]

a) 1

6
b) 0

c) d) 1
5

31. In a group of 20 people, 5 can't swim. If one person is selected at random, then the probability that he/she can [1]
swim, is

a) b) 1
3

c) 1

4
d) 1

32. A die is thrown once. The probability of getting a prime number is [1]

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a) 1

3
b) 1

c) 1

2
d) 2

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33. A school has five houses A, B, C, D and E. A class has 23 students, 4 from house A, 8 from house B, 5 from [1]
house C, 2 from house D and rest from house E. A single student is selected at random to be the class monitor.
The probability that the selected student is not from A, B and C is

a) 8

23 y b) 6

23
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c) d)
4 17

23 23

34. An event is unlikely to happen. Its probability is closest to [1]

a) 0.00001 b) 0.0001
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c) 0.1 d) 1
35. In a single throw of a pair of dice, the probability of getting the sum a perfect square is [1]
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a) 1

6
b) 2

c) 1

18
d) 7

36
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36. A bag contains 4 red and 6 black balls. A ball is taken out of the bag at random. What is the probability of [1]
getting a black ball?

a) b)
2 3
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5 5

c) 1

10
d) 4

37. From a well-shuffled deck of 52 playing cards, a card is drawn at random. What is the probability of getting a [1]
red queen?

a) b)
1 3

13 26

c) 1

2
d) 1

26

38. Two dice are rolled together. What is the probability of getting a sum greater than 10? [1]

a) b)
5 1

18 9

c) 1

6
d) 1

12

39. A bag contains 3 white, 4 red and 5 black balls. One ball is drawn at random. What is the probability that the [1]
ball drawn is neither black nor white?

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 a) 1

3
b) 1

c) 1

2
d) 4

40. A box contains 3 blue, 2 white and 4 red marbles. If a marble is drawn at random from the box, what is the [1]
probability that it will not be a white marble?

a) b)
1 7

3 9

c) 2

9
d) 4

41. In a family of two children, the probability of having at least one girl is: [1]

a) 1

2
b) 2

c) 3

4
d) 1

42. A month is selected at random in a year. The probability that it is March or October, is [1]

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a) b)
1 3

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6 4

c) 1

4
d) 1

12

43. The probability of guessing the correct answer to certain text questions is . If the probability of not guessing [1]
x

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the answer is , then the value of x is
5

a) 1 b) 0

c) 4 d) 4.5
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44. The probability of guessing the correct answer to a certain test question is x

6
. If the probability of not guessing [1]
the correct answer to this question is 2

3
, then the value of x is:

a) 6 b) 4
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c) 3 d) 2
45. Which of the following cannot be the probability of an event ? [1]
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a) 1

0.2
b) 2

c) d)
3 1.4

20 2
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46. A card is drawn at random from a well-shuffled deck of 52 playing cards. The probability of getting an ace of [1]
spade is:

a) 1
b) 3
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13 52

c) 1

52
d) 1

26

47. Which of the following numbers cannot be the probability of an event? [1]

a) 5% b) 0.5

c) d)
1 0.5

0.5 14

48. The probability of getting 2 heads, when two coins are tossed, is [1]

a) 1

4
b) 1

c) 1

2
d) 3

49. A card is drawn at random from a well-shuffled deck of 52 playing cards. The probability that it is a red king, is: [1]

a) 1

26
b) 2

13

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13
d) 1

52

50. A card is selected from a deck of 52 cards. The probability of its being a red face card is [1]

a) b)
3 1

13 2

c) d)
2 3

12 26

51. A bag contains three green, four blue and two orange marbles. If a marble is picked at random, then the [1]
probability that it is not an orange marble, is ________.

a) 1

3
b) 4

c) d)
7 1

9 4

52. One card is drawn at random from a well shuffled pack of 52 playing cards. The probability that the drawn card [1]
is a queen, is:

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a) 4

52
b) 2

13

c) 4

13
d) 1

26

53. If P (A) denotes the probability of an event A, then [1]

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a) 0 ≤ P(A) ≤ 1 b) -1 ≤ P(A) ≤ 1

c) P(A) < 0 d) P(A) > 1

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Which of the following cannot be the probability of an event [1]
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a) b) 0.3
7

c) 1

3
d) 33%
55. A letter is chosen at random from the letters of the word ASSOCIATION. Find the probability that the chosen [1]
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letter is a vowel.

a) 6
b) 7
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11 11

c) d)
5 3

11 11

56. A ticket is drawn from a bag containing 100 tickets numbered from 1 to 100. The probability of getting a ticket [1]
with a number divisible by 10 is
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a) b)
3 1

10 10

c) 4
d) 1
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10 5

57. If probability of winning a game is p, then probability of losing the game is: [1]

a) 1 - p b) p - 1

c) 1 + p d) -p
58. Which of the following can't be the probability of an event? [1]

a) 1

3
b) 5%

c) 17

16
d) 0.1
59. The probability of an impossible event is [1]

a) 1

2
b) not defined

c) 0 d) 1

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60. Harshit goes to school by a car driven by his driver or uses his bicycle. Probability that he will use the car is . [1]
3

What is the probability that he will use his bicycle for going to the school?

a) b)
6 4

7 7

c) d)
5 1

7 7

61. A die is thrown once. Find the probability of getting an even number: [1]

a) 1

2
b) 1

c) 2

3
d) 1

62. A bag contains 3 red balls, 5 white balls and 7 black balls. What is the probability that a ball drawn from the bag [1]
at random will be neither red nor black?

a) b)
1 8

3 15

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c) 7
d) 1

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15 5

63. If the probability of winning a game is 0.4 then the probability of losing it, is [1]

a) 0.7 b) 0.6

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c) 0.4 d) 0.96
64. A number is selected at random from 1 to 75. The probability that it is a perfect square is [1]

a) b)
10 8

75 75
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c) d)
6 4

75 75

65. Two dice are thrown simultaneously. The probability of getting a doublet is [1]
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a) 1

6
b) 1

c) 2

3
d) 1

4
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66. In a lottery, there are 6 prizes and 24 blanks. What is the probability of not getting a prize? [1]

a) b)
2 3

5 4

c) d)
3 4

5 5
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67. Two friends were born in the year 1996. The probability that they have the same birth date is [1]

a) 2

365
b) 1

365
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c) 1

366
d) 1

183

68. A game of chance consists of spinning an arrow which comes to rest pointing at one of the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, [1]
6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and these values are equally likely outcomes. The probability that it will point at a number greater
than 5 is

a) 1

2
b) 1

c) 1

5
d) 1

69. Two numbers 'a' and 'b' are selected successively without replacement in that order from the integers 1 to 10. The [1]
probability that is an integer, is
a

a) b)
17 8

45 45

c) 1

5
d) 17

90

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70. If an event cannot occur then its probability is [1]

a) b)
3 1

4 2

c) 0 d) 1
71. Someone is asked to take a number from 1 to 100. The probability that it is a prime is [1]

a) 1

40
b) 1

c) d)
1 6

4 25

72. Aarushi sold 100 lottery tickets in which 5 tickets carry prizes. If Priya purchased a ticket, what is the [1]
probability of Priya winning a prize?

a) b)
19 1

20 20

c) d)
17 1

20 25

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73. Three coins are tossed once. The probability of getting two heads and one tale is [1]

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a) b)
3 1

8 8

c) d)
5 1

8 4

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74. For an event E, if P(E) + P (E
¯ 2
) = q, then the value of q - 4 is:
[1]

a) 5 b) -3

c) 3 d) -5
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75. One ticket is drawn at random from a bag containing tickets numbered 1 to 40. The probability that the selected [1]
ticket has a number which is a multiple of 5 is
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a) 1

3
b) 1

c) d)
4 3

5 5
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