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Class 10 Maths Chapter 15 Probability MCQs For Practice

The document provides a 10 question multiple choice practice quiz on probability concepts. The questions cover topics like determining the probability of events from given scenarios, identifying possible probability values, and calculating the probability of outcomes when drawing from pools of objects. An answer key is provided at the end to check responses.

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Class 10 Maths Chapter 15 Probability MCQs For Practice

The document provides a 10 question multiple choice practice quiz on probability concepts. The questions cover topics like determining the probability of events from given scenarios, identifying possible probability values, and calculating the probability of outcomes when drawing from pools of objects. An answer key is provided at the end to check responses.

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Class 10 Maths Chapter 15 Probability MCQs For Practice

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


(a) –0.03
(b) 1.002
(c) 18/23
(d) 8/7

2. A bag contains 3 red balls, 5 white balls and 7 black balls. What is the probability that a ball drawn from
the bag at random will be neither red nor black?
(a) 1/5
(b) 1/3
(c) 7/15
(d) 8/15

3. Which of the following cannot be the probability of an event?


(a) 1/3
(b) 0.1
(c) 3%
(d) 17/16

4. The probability expressed as a percentage of a particular occurrence can never be


(a) less than 100
(b) less than 0
(c) greater than 1
(d) anything but a whole number

5. A card is selected from a deck of 52 cards. The probability of its being a red face card is
(a) 3/26
(b) 3/13
(c) 2/13
(d) 1/2

6. When a die is thrown, the probability of getting an odd number greater than 3 is
(a) 1/6
(b) 1/3
(c) 1/2
(d) 0

7. A girl calculates that the probability of her winning the first prize in a lottery is 0.08.
If 6000 tickets are sold, how many tickets has she bought?
(a) 40
(b) 240
(c) 480
(d) 750

8. 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 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) 4/23
(b) 8/23
(c) 6/23
(d) 17/23

9. Someone is asked to take a number from 1 to 50. The probability that it is a prime is
(a) 1/5
(b) 3/10
(c) 6/25
(d) 7/25

10. One ticket is drawn at random from a bag containing tickets numbered 1 to 50. The probability that the
selected ticket has a number which is a multiple of 6 is
(a) 1/5
(b) 9/50
(c) 4/15
(d) 4/25

* * * * * * * * * * ANSWER KEY * * * * * * * * * *

1 - (c) 2 – (b) 3 - (d) 4 - (b) 5 - (a)


6 - (a) 7 - (c) 8 - (c) 9 - (b) 10 - (d)

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