practice questions for grade X

Date : 19-09-2023 STD 10 Maths

Total Marks : 180

Section A

* Choose the right answer from the given options. [1 Marks Each] [60]
1. Cards marked with numbers 1, 2, 3, ..., 25 are placed in a box and mixed thoroughly and
one card is drawn at random from the box. The probability that the number on the card
is a multiple of 3 and 5 is:
4 12 8 1
(A) 25
(B) 25
(C) 5
(D) 25

2. Two coins are tossed together. The probability of getting at most one head is:
(A) 1 (B) 1
(C) 3
(D) 2

4 4 4

3. A card is drawn at random from a pack of 52 cards. The probability that the drawn card
is not an ace is:
1 9 4 12
(A) 13
(B) 13
(C) 13
(D) 13

4. An unbiased die is thrown once. The probability of getting an odd number is:
2 1 1 2
(A) 5
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 3

5. An unbiased die is thrown once. The probability of getting a composite number is:
(A) 2

3
(B) 2

5
(C) 1

2
(D) 1

6. One card is drawn at random from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. What is the
probability of getting a 6?
(A)
3
(B)
1
(C)
1
(D)
26 52 13
None of these

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

2
(B) 2

5
(C) (D) 5

10 9

8. A bag contains 8 red, 2 black and 5 white balls. One ball is drawn at random. What is the
probability that the ball drawn is not black?
(A) 8
(B) 2

15
(C) 13
(D) 1

3
15 15

9. One number is chosen randomly from the integers 1 to 50. The probability that it is
divisible by 4 or 6 is:
(A)
6
(B) 2

25
(C)
8
(D) 4

25
25 25

10. If three coins are tossed simultaneously, then the probability of getting at least two
heads, is:
(A) 1

4
(B)
3
(C) 1

2
(D) 1

4
8

11. A bag contains 5 black balls, 4 white balls and 3 red balls. If a ball is selected at random,
the probability that it is not red is:

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 (A) 1

2
(B)
5
(C)
3
(D)
3

12 12 4

12. Raju bought a fish from a shop for his aquarium. The shop keeper takes out one fish
from a tank containing 15 male fish and 18 female fish. The probability that the fish
taken out is a male fish is:
7 6 5 5
(A) 11
(B) 11
(C) 11
(D) 12

13. A number is selected at random from the nubers 1 to 30. What is the probability that the
selected number is a prime number?
2 1 1 11
(A) 3
(B) 6
(C) 3
(D) 30

14. Choose the correct answer from the given four options:
A card is selected from a deck of 52 cards. The probability of its being a red face card is
3 3 2 1
(A) 26
(B) 13
(C) 13
(D) 2

15. From a well shuffled pack of 52 cards, one card is drawn at random. The probability of
getting a jack of hearts is:
1 4 6 2
(A) 52
(B) 52
(C) 52
(D) 52

16. A number is selected at random from the numbers 1 to 30. The probability that it is a
prime number is:
2 1 1 11
(A) 3
(B) 6
(C) 3
(D) 30

17. In a family of 3 children, the probability of having at least one boy is:
7 1 5 3
(A) 8
(B) 8
(C) 8
(D) 4

18. The probability of getting an even, number, when a die is thrown once is:
1 1 1 5
(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 6
(D) 6

19. A box contains 90 discs, numbered from 1 to 90. If one disc is drawn at random from the
bex, the probability that it bears prime number less than 23 is:
7 1 4 8
(A) 90
(B) 9
(C) 45
(D) 89

20. What is the probability that a non-leap year has 53 Sundays?

(A)
6
(B)
1
(C)
5
(D) None of
7 7 7
these.
21. Choose the correct answer from the given four options:
If an event cannot occur, then its probability is:
(A) 1 (B)
3
(C)
1
(D) 0
4 2

22. Choose the correct answer from the given four options:
If the probability of an event is p, the probability of its complementary event will be:
(A) p - 1 (B) p (C) 1 - p (D) 1 −
1

23. A ticket is drawn from a bag containing 100 tickets numbered from 1 to 100. The
probability of getting a ticket with a number divisible by 10 is:
(A) 1

5
(B) 4

10
(C) 3
(D) 1

10
10

24. A number is selected from first 50 natural numbers. What is the probability that it is a
multiple of 3 or 5?

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 (A)
13
(B) 21

50
(C) 12

25
(D)
23

25 50

25. If P(E) denotes the probability of an E then:

(A) P(E) < 0 (B) P(E) < 1 (C) (D)
0 ≤ P(E) ≤ 1 −1 ≤ P(E)

≤ 1

26. The probability of getting 3 head or 3 tails in tossing a coin 3 times is:
1 1 1 3
(A) 2
(B) 4
(C) 8
(D) 8

27. Two dice are thrown together. The probability of getting a doulet is:
1 1 1 2
(A) 3
(B) 6
(C) 4
(D) 3

28. The probability that a number selected at random from the numbers 1, 2, 3, ....., 15 is a
multiple of 4, is:
4 2 1 1
(A) 15
(B) 15
(C) 5
(D) 3

29. The probability of getting an even number, when a die is thrown once, is:
1 1 1 5
(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 6
(D) 6

30. Choose the correct answer from the given four options:
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 outcomes favourable to E is:
(A) 4 (B) 13 (C) 48 (D) 51
31. The probability that a number selected at random from the numbers 1, 2, 3, ..., 15 is a
multiple of 4, is
4 2 1 1
(A) 15
(B) 15
(C) 5
(D) 3

32. What is the probability of an impossible event?

(A) 1
(B) 0 (C) 1 (D) More than 1
2

33. A month is selected at random in a year. The probability that it is March or October, is:
(A)
1
(B)
1
(C)
3
(D) None of
12 6 4
these.
34. A die is thrown once. The probability of getting an even number is:
1 1 1 5
(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 6
(D) 6

35. If two different dice are rolled together, the probability of getting an even number on
both dice, is:
1 1 1 1
(A) 36
(B) 2
(C) 6
(D) 4

36. The probability of selecting a queen of diamonds when a card is drawn from well
shuffled pack of 52 cards is:
1 16 1 1
(A) 13
(B) 52
(C) 26
(D) 52

37. Choose the correct answer from the given four options:
One ticket is drawn at random from a bag containing tickets numbered 1 to 40. The
probability that the selected ticket has a number which is a multiple of 5 is:
1 3 4 1
(A) 5
(B) 5
(C) 5
(D) 3

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38. Choose the correct answer from the given four options:
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:
4 6 8 17
(A) 23
(B) 23
(C) 23
(D) 23

39. A box contains 10 white, 6 red, and 10 black balls. A ball is drawn at random. The
probability that the ball drawn is white or red is:
6 10 8 4
(A) 13
(B) 13
(C) 13
(D) 13

40. In a lottery, there are 6 prizes and 24 blanks. What is the probability of not getting a
prize?

(A)
3
(B)
3
(C)
4
(D)
4 5 5
None of these

41. A bag contains 6 red, 8 white, 4 green and 7 black balls. One ball is drawn at random.
The probability that the ball is drawn is neither green nor white is:
13 13 13 13
(A) 25
(B) 25
(C) 25
(D) 25

42. If a digit is chosen at randon from the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, then the probability
that the digit is a multiple of 3 is:
1 2 1 2
(A) 3
(B) 3
(C) 9
(D) 9

43. One ticket is drawn at random from a bag containing tickets numbered 1 to 40. The
probability that the selected ticket has a number, which is a multiple of 7, is:
(A) 1
(B) 1
(C) 1
(D)
7

7 8 5 40

44. A die is thrown once. The probability of getting a prime number is:
2 1 1 1
(A) 3
(B) 3
(C) 2
(D) 6

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

(A) 2
(B) −1.5 (C) 15% (D) 0.7
3

46. If an event cannot occur then its probability is:

(A) 1 (B) 1
(C) 3
(D) 0
2 4

47. If a number x is chosen from the numbers 1, 2, 3, and a number y is selected from the
numbers 1, 4, 9. Then, P(xy < 9)
5 2 1
(A)
7
(B) 9
(C) 3
(D) 9
9

48. One card is drawn from a well shuffled pack of 52 cards. The probability of getting an
ace is:
(A) 2

13
(B) 4

13
(C) 1

52
(D) 1

13

49. An unbiased die is thrown once. The probability of getting a prime number is:
1
(A) 4
(B) 1

2
(C) 1

3
(D) 1

50. The probability that a leap year selected at random will have 53 Fridays is:
2 6 4 1
(A) 7
(B) 7
(C) 7
(D) 7

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51. An unbiased die is thrown once. The probability of getting a prime or composite number
is:
(A) 1
(B)
5
(C) 1
(D) 1
2 6 6

52. A card is accidently dropped from a pack of 52 playing cards. The probability that it is
an ace is:
(A) 1
(B) 1
(C) 1
(D) 12

4 13 52 13

53. If two different dice are rolled together, the probability of getting an even number on
both dice, is:
(A) 1

36
(B) 1

2
(C) 1

6
(D) 1

54. A card is drawn at random from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. What is the probability
of getting a black king?
(A)
1
(B)
1
(C)
2
(D)
13 26 39
None of these

55. Choose the correct answer from the given four options in the following questions:
2
The zeroes of the quadratic polynomial x + kx + k, k ≠ 0, :

(A) Cannot both (B) Cannot both (C) Are always (D) Are always
be positive. be negative unequal. equal.
56. Cards marked with numbers 2 to 101 are placed in a box and mixed thoroughly. One
card is drawn from the box. The probability that the number on the card is a prime
number less than 20 is:
(A) (B) (C) (D)
12 2 8 4

25 25 25 25

57. Two dice are rolled simultaneously. The probability that they show different faces is:
(A) 2

3
(B) 1

6
(C) 1

3
(D)
5

58. The probability of an impossible event is:

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 1
(D) Non-
2
existent.
59. Which of the following can not be the probability an event?
(A) 1.5 (B)
3
(C) 25% (D) 0.3
5

60. Two coins are tossed simultaneously. What is the probability of getting at most one
head?
(A) 1

4
(B) 1

2
(C) 2

3
(D)
3

* A statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). [15]

Choose the correct option.
61. Directions: In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a
statement of reason (R).Mark the correct choice as:
Assertion: If a box contains 5 white, 2 red and 4 black marbles, then the probability of
5
not drawing a white marble from the box is
11

¯
¯¯¯
Reason: P(E) = 1 − P(E), where E is any event.

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 a. If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of
Assertion.
b. If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is not the correct explanation
of Assertion.
c. If Assertion is true but Reason is false.
d. If Assertion is false but Reason is true.

62. Directions: In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a

statement of reason (R).Mark the correct choice as:
Assertion: The probability of winning a game is 0.4, then the probability of losing it, is
0.6.
Reason: P(E) + P(not E) = 1.
a. If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of
Assertion.
b. If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is not the correct explanation
of Assertion.
c. If Assertion is true but Reason is false.
d. If Assertion is false but Reason is true.

63. Directions: In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a

statement of reason (R).Mark the correct choice as:
Assertion: If a box contains 5 white, 2 red and 4 black marbles, then the probability of
5
not drawing a white marble from the box is a
11

Reason: P(E) = 1 − P(E), where E is any evnet.

a. Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of
Assertion.
b. Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is not the correct explanation
of Assertion.
c. Assertion is true but Reason is false.
d. Assertion is false but Reason is true.
64. Directions: In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a
statement of reason (R).Mark the correct choice as:
Assertion: If the probability of an event is P, then probability of its complementary
event will be 1 - P.
¯
¯¯¯ ¯
¯¯¯
Reason: When E and E are complementary events, then P(E) + P E = 1

d. If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of
Assertion.
e. If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is not the correct explanation
of Assertion.
f. If Assertion is true but Reason is false.
g. If Assertion is false but Reason is true.

65. Directions: In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a

statement of reason (R).Mark the correct choice as:
Assertion: If a die is thrown, the probability of getting a number less than 3 and
greater than 2 is zero.
Reason: Probability of an impossible event is zero.
a. If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of
Assertion.

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 b. If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is not the correct explanation
of Assertion.
c. If Assertion is true but Reason is false.
d. If Assertion is false but Reason is true.
66. Directions: In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a
statement of reason (R).Mark the correct choice as:
Assertion: An event is very unlikely to happen.Its probability is 0.0001
Reason: If P(A) denote the probability of an event A, then 0 ≤ P(A) ≤ 1.

a. Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true and reason (R) is the correct
explanation of assertion (A).
b. Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true but reason (R) is not the correct
explanation of assertion (A).
c. Assertion (A) is true but reason (R) is false.
d. Assertion (A) is false but reason (R) is true.
67. Directions: In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a
statement of reason (R).Mark the correct choice as:
Let A and B be two independent events.
¯
¯¯¯ 2
Assertion: If P(A) = 0.3 and P(A ∪ B) = 0.8, then P(B) is
7

¯
¯¯¯
Reason: P E = 1 − P(E), where F is any event.
a. Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of
Assertion.
b. Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is not the correct explanation
of Assertion.
c. Assertion is true but Reason is false.
d. Assertion is false but Reason is true.
68. Directions: In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a
statement of reason (R).Mark the correct choice as:
Assertion: Card numbered as 1, 2, 3 bevees 15 are put in a box and mixed throughly,
one card is then drawn at random.The probability of drawing an even number is a
Reason: For any event E, we have O ≤ P(E) ≤ 1.

a. If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of
Assertion.
b. If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is not the correct explanation
of Assertion.
c. If Assertion is true but Reason is false.
d. If Assertion is false but Reason is true.
69. Directions: In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a
statement of reason (R).Mark the correct choice as:
Assertion: In a simultaneously throw a pair of dice.The probability of getting a double
1
is
6

Reason: Probability of an event may be negative.

a. If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of
Assertion.
b. If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is not the correct explanation
of Assertion.
c. If Assertion is true but Reason is false.
d. If Assertion is false but Reason is true.

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70. Directions: In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a
statement of reason (R).Mark the correct choice as:
Assertion: If P(A) = 0.25, P(B) = 0.50 and P(A ∩ B) = 0.14, then the probability
that neither A or B occurs is 0.39.
¯
¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ ¯
¯¯¯ ¯
¯¯¯
Reason: A ∪B = A ∪ B

a. Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of
Assertion.
b. Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is not the correct explanation
of Assertion.
c. Assertion is true but Reason is false.
d. Assertion is false but Reason is true.

71. Directions: In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a

statement of reason (R).Mark the correct choice as:
Assertion: When two coins are tossed simultaneously then the probability of getting no
1
tail is
4

1
Reason: The probability of getting a head (ie., no +7) tail) in one toss of a coin is
2

a. Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of
Assertion.
b. Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is not the correct explanation
of Assertion.
c. Assertion is true but Reason is false.
d. Assertion is false but Reason is true.
72. Directions: In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a
statement of reason (R).Mark the correct choice as:
Assertion: An event is very unlikely to happen.Its probability is 0.0001.
Reason: If P(A) denote the probability of an event A, then 0 ≤ P(A) ≤ 1

a. If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of
Assertion.
b. If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is not the correct explanation
of Assertion.
c. If Assertion is true but Reason is false.
d. If Assertion is false but Reason is true.
73. Directions: In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a
statement of reason (R).Mark the correct choice as:
2
Assertion: The probability of getting a prime number, When a die is throw n once is
3

Reason: Prime numbers on a die are 2, 3, 5.

a. If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of
Assertion.
b. If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is not the correct explanation
of Assertion.
c. If Assertion is true but Reason is false.
d. If Assertion is false but Reason is true.
74. Directions: In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a
statement of reason (R).Mark the correct choice as:
Assertion: When two coins are tossed simultaneously then the probability of getting no
1
tail is 4

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 1
Reason: The probability of getting a head (i.e., no tail) in one toss of a coin is
2

a. If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of
Assertion.
b. If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is not the correct explanation
of Assertion.
c. If Assertion is true but Reason is false.
d. If Assertion is false but Reason is true.
75. Directions: In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a
statement of reason (R).Mark the correct choice as:
Assertion: If a die is thrown, the probability of getting a number less than 3 and
greater than 2 is zero.
Reason: Probability of an impossible event is zero.
a. Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true and reason (R) is the correct
explanation of assertion (A).
b. Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true but reason (R) is not the correct
explanation of assertion (A).
c. Assertion (A) is true but reason (R) is false.
d. Assertion (A) is false but reason (R) is true.

Section B

* Given section consists of questions of 2 marks each. [44]

1. Suppose we throw a die once.
a. What is the probability of getting a number greater than 4?
b. What is the probability of getting a number less than or equal to 4?
2. One card is drawn from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. Calculate the probability that the
card will
i. be an ace,
ii. not be an ace.
3. Two players, Sangeeta and Reshma, play a tennis match. It is known that the probability
of Sangeeta winning the match is 0.62. What is the probability of Reshma winning the
match?
4. Savita and Hamida are friends. What is the probability that both will have
i. different birthdays?
ii. the same birthday? (ignoring a leap year)
5. There are 40 students in class X of a school of whom 25 are girls and 15 are boys. The class
teacher has to select one student as a class representative. He writes the name of each
student on a separate card, the cards being identical. Then she puts cards in a bag and
stirs them thoroughly. She then draws one card from the bag. What is the probability that
the name written on the card is the name of
i. a girl?
ii. a boy?
6.

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 A missing helicopter is reported to have crashed somewhere in the rectangular region in
Fig. What is the probability that it is crashed inside the lake shown in the figure?

7. A carton consists of 100 shirts of which 88 are good, 8 have minor defects and 4 have
major defects. Jimmy, a trader, will only accept the shirts which are good, but Sujatha,
another trader, will only reject the shirts which have major defects. One shirt is drawn at
random from the carton. What is the probability that
i. it is acceptable to Jimmy?
ii. it is acceptable to Sujatha?
8. A driver attempts to start a car. The car starts or does not start, is this experiment has an
equally likely outcome? Explain.
9. A bag contains lemon flavoured candies only. Malini takes out one candy without looking
into the bag. What is the probability that she takes out
i. an orange flavoured candy?
ii. a lemon flavoured candy?
10. A game of chance consists of spinning an arrow which comes to rest pointing at one of
the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 (see figure) and these are equally likely outcomes. What is
the probability that it will point at:

i. 8?
ii. an odd number?
iii. a number greater than 2?
iv. a number less than 9?
11. Gopi buys a fish from a shop for his aquarium. The shopkeeper takes out one fish at
random from a tank containing 5 male fish and 8 female fish. What is the probability
that the fish taken out is a male fish?

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12. Five cards—the ten, jack, queen, king and ace of diamonds, are well-shuffled with their
face downwards. One card is then picked up at random.
i. What is the probability that the card is the queen?
ii. If the queen is drawn and put aside, what is the probability that the second card
picked up is
a. an ace?
b. a queen?
13. 12 defective pens are accidentally mixed with 132 good ones. It is not possible to just look
at a pen and tell whether or not it is defective. One pen is taken out at random from this
lot. Determine the probability that the pen taken out is a good one.
14. i. A lot of 20 bulbs contain 4 defective ones. One bulb is drawn at random from the
lot. What is the probability that this bulb is defective?
ii. Suppose the bulb drawn in (i) is not defective and is not replaced. Now one bulb
is drawn at random from the rest. What is the probability that this bulb is not
defective?
15. A child has a die whose 6 faces show the letters given below:

The die is thrown once. What is the probability of getting (i) A, (ii) D?
16. Suppose you drop a die at random on the rectangular region shown in Figure. What is the
probability that it will land inside the circle with diameter 1m?

17. A lot consists of 144 ball pens of which 20 are defective and the others are good. Nuri will
buy a pen if it is good, but will not buy if it is defective. The shopkeeper draws one pen at
random and gives it to her. What is the probability that
i. she will buy it?
ii. she will not buy it?
18. i. Two dice, one blue and one grey, are thrown at the same time. Complete the
following table:
Event: Sum on 2 dice 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Probability
1 5 1

36 36 36

ii. A student argues that there are 11 possible outcomes 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

and 12. Therefore, each of them has a probability 1
. Do you agree with this
11

argument? Justify your answer.

19.

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 A game consists of tossing a one-rupee coin 3 times and noting its outcome each time.
Hanif wins if all the tosses give the same result i.e., three heads or three tails and loses
otherwise. Calculate the probability that Hanif will lose the game.
20. A die is thrown twice. What is the probability that:
i. 5 will not come up either time?
ii. 5 will come up at least once?
[Hint: Throwing a die twice and throwing two dice simultaneously are treated as the same
experiment]
21. Is the given statement correct or not correct?
If two coins are tossed simultaneously there are three possible outcomes- two heads, two
tails or one of each. Therefore, for each of these outcomes, the probability is 1
.
3

22. Is the given statement correct or not correct?

If a die is thrown, there are two possible outcomes- an odd number or an even number.
Therefore, the probability of getting an odd number is 1

2
.

Section C

* Given section consists of questions of 3 marks each. [36]

1. A bag contains a red ball, a blue ball and a yellow ball, all the balls being of the same size.
Kritika takes out a ball from the bag without looking into it. What is the probability that
she takes out the
i. yellow ball?
ii. red ball?
iii. blue ball?
2. A box contains 3 blue, 2 white, and 4 red marbles. If a marble is drawn at random from
the box, what is the probability that it will be
i. white?
ii. blue?
iii. red?
3. Harpreet tosses two different coins simultaneously (say, one is of ₹ 1 and other of ₹ 2).
What is the probability that he gets at least one head?
4. In a musical chair game, the person playing the music has been advised to stop playing
the music at any time within 2 minutes after she starts playing. What is the probability that
the music will stop within the first half-minute after starting?
5. Two dice, one blue and one grey are thrown at the same time. Write down all the possible
outcomes. What is the probability that the sum of the two numbers appearing on the top
of the dice is
i. 8?
ii. 13?
iii. less than or equal to 12?
6.

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 Why is tossing a coin considered to be a fair way of deciding which team should get the
ball at the beginning of a football game?
7. It is given that in a group of 3 students, the probability of 2 students not having the same
birthday is 0.992. What is the probability that the 2 students have the same birthday?
8. A box contains 5 red marbles, 8 white marbles and 4 green marbles. One marble is taken
out of the box at random. What is the probability that the marble taken out will be
i. red ?
ii. white ?
iii. not green ?
9. A piggy bank contains hundred 50 p coins, fifty ₹ 1 coins, twenty ₹ 2 coins and ten ₹ 5
coins. If it is equally likely that one of the coins will fall out when the bank is turned upside
down, what is the probability that the coin
i. will be a 50 p coin?
ii. will not be a ₹ 5 coin?
10. A game of chance consists of spinning an arrow which comes to rest pointing at one of
the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 (see figure) and these are equally likely outcomes. What is
the probability that it will point at:

i. 8?
ii. an odd number?
iii. a number greater than 2?
iv. a number less than 9?
11. A die is thrown once. Find the probability of getting
i. a prime number;
ii. a number lying between 2 and 6
iii. an odd number.
12. A box contains 90 discs which are numbered from 1 to 90. If one disc is drawn at random
from the box, find the probability that it bears
i. a two-digit number
ii. a perfect square number
iii. a number divisible by 5.

Section D

* Given section consists of questions of 5 marks each. [5]

1. One card is drawn from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. Find the probability of getting
i. a king of red colour
ii. a face card
iii. a red face card

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v. a spade
vi. the queen of diamonds

Section E

* Case study based questions [20]

1. Rohit wants to distribute chocolates in his class on his birthday. 'The chocolates are of
three types: Milk chocolate, White chocolate and Dark chocolate. If the total number of
students in the class is 54 and everyone gets a chocolate, then answer the following
questions.

i. If the probability of distributing milk chocolates is

1

3
then the number of milk
chocolates Rohit has ?
ii. If the probability of distributing dark chocolates is
4

9
If the probability of
distributing dark chocolates is.
iii. If the probability of distributing dark chocolates is.
Or
The probability of distributing both milk and white chocolates is.

2. Four friends are playing with cards. One of them hides all the 2's, S's and Jacks from the
deck of 52 cards and then shuffles the remaining cards. Now, he tells to one of his friend
to pick a card at random from the remaining cards.

On the basis of above information, answer the following questions.

i. What is the probability of getting '6 of spade'?
ii. What is the probability of getting a black diamond?
iii. What is the probability of getting a face card?
Or
What is the probability of getting a club?

3. ln the month of May, the weather forecast department gives the prediction of weather
for the month of June. The given table shows the probabilities of forecast of different
days:

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 Days Days Cloudy Partially cloudy Rainy
Probability 1 x 1 y
2 5

lf the forecast is 100% correct for June, then answer the following questions.
i. The number of sunny days in June, is?
ii. If the number of cloudy days in June is 5, then x = ?
iii. The probability that the day is not rainy will be ?
Or
3
If the sum of x and y is , then the number of rainy days in June will be ?
10

4. Two families- Gupta's and Singhal's are lived in a colony. Gupta family has two children
while Singhal family has 3 children.

On the basis of the above information, answer the following questions.

i. Find the probability that Mr Singhal has exactly 2 girls and 1 boy.
ii. What is the probability of Gupta having atleast 1 boy?
iii. What is the probability of Gupta having atleast 1 Girl?
Or
What is the probability of Singhal having no boy?

5. Rahul goes to a fete in Mussoorie. There he saw a game having prizes - wall clocks,
power banks, puppets and water bottles. The game consists of a box having cards inside
it, bearing the numbers I to 200, one on each card. A person has to select a card at
random. Now, the winning of prizes has the following conditions:
Wall clock- If the number on the selected card is a perfect square.

Power bank - If the number on the selected card is multiple of 3.

Puppet - If the number on selected card is divisible by 10.

Water bottle - If the number on the selected card is a prime number more than
100 but less than 150.
Better luck next time - If the number on the selected card is a perfect cube.
On the basis of above information, answer the following questions.
i. Find the probability of winning a puppet.
ii. What is the probability of winning a water bottle?
iii. What is the probability of winning a Power bank?
Or
What is the probability of winning a wall clock?

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