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Statistics & Probability

PYQ booklet
By Gaurav Chaudhary
founder @ The taj Institute
Head Office: Mangarhi, Gonda – Aligarh Road UP
Branch office: NearBy Om Dairy, Jwala Ji Puram, Melrose Bypass, Aligarh UP
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STATISTICS

NCERT QUESTIONS

1. The following distribution shows the daily pocket allowance of children of a locality. The mean
pocket allowance is RS 18. Find the missing frequency f.
Daily pocket 11 - 13 13 - 15 15 - 17 17 - 19 19 - 21 21 - 23 23 - 25
allowance (in RS)
Number of 7 6 9 13 f 5 4
children
2. Observe the table given below and answer the following questions:
Marks

90 - 100
10 - 20

20 - 30

30 - 40

40 - 50

50 - 60

60 - 70

70 - 80

80 - 90
0 - 10

Number of 5 3 4 3 3 4 7 9 7 8
Students
i. How many students have scored marks less than 10?
ii. How many students have scored less than 20 marks?
iii. Change the table into less than type.
3. A survey regarding the heights (in cm) of 51 girls of class X of a school conducted and the
following data was obtained:
Height (in Less than Less than Less than Less than Less than Less than
cm) 140 145 150 155 160 165
Number of 4 11 29 40 46 51
girls
4. If the median of the distribution given below is 28.5, find the values of x and y.
Class 0 - 10 10 -20 20 - 30 30 - 40 40 - 50 50 - 60 Total
interval
Frequency 5 x 20 15 y 5 60

5. A life insurance agent found the following data for distribution of ages of 100 policyholders.
Calculate the median age, if policies are given only to persons having age 18years onwards but
less than 60 year.
Age (in Below Below Below Below Below Below Below Below Below
years) 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60
Number
of policy 2 6 24 45 78 89 92 98 100
holders

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6. The lengths of 40 leaves of a plant are measured correct to the nearest millimetre, and the data
obtained is represented in the following table:
Length (in mm) 118 - 126 127 - 135 136 - 144 145 - 153 154 - 162 163 - 171 172 - 180
Number of leaves 3 5 9 12 5 4 2
Find the median length of the leaves.

VERY SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS

7. Find the class marks of the classes 15 – 35 and 45 – 60. [CBSE 2020]
8. If the mean of first n natural numbers is 15, then Find n. [CBSE 2020]
9. Find mode, using an empirical relation, when it is given that mean and median are 10.5 and 9.6
respectively. [CBSE 2016]
10. In a frequency distribution, if a = assumed mean = 55, ∑ fi = 100, h = 10 and ∑ ƒiμi = -30, then
find the mean of the distribution. [CBSE 2016]
11. Given below is a cumulative frequency distribution of “less than type”.
Marks obtained Less than 20 Less than 30 Less than 40 Less than 50
Commulative 8 13 19 24
Frequency
Change the above data into a continuous grouped frequency distribution. [CBSE 2015]
12. Write the median class of the following distribution.
Classes Frequency
0 – 10 4
10 – 20 4
20 – 30 8
30 – 40 10
40 – 50 12
50 – 60 4
60 – 70 8

13. What is the lower limit of the modal class of the following distribution? [CBSE 2015]
Age (in years) No. of Patients
0 – 10 16
10 – 20 13
20 – 30 6
30 – 40 11
40 – 50 27
50 – 60 18

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SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS - I

14. Find the unknown values in the following table. [CBSE 2016]
Class Frequency Commulative Frequency
0 – 10 5 5
10 – 20 7 X1
20 – 30 X2 18
30 – 40 5 X3
40 – 50 X4 30

15. Compute the mode for the following frequency distribution : [CBSE 2020]
Size of items 0–4 4–8 8 – 12 12 – 16 16 – 20 20 – 24 24 – 28
(in cm)
Frequency 5 7 9 17 12 10 6

16. Find the mode of following data: [CBSE 2020]

Class 0 – 20 20 – 40 40 – 60 60 – 80 80 – 100 100 – 120 120 – 140
Frequency 6 8 10 12 6 5 3

17. Find the mean of the following distribution: [CBSE 2020]

Class 3–5 5–7 7–9 9 – 11 11 – 13
Frequency 5 10 10 7 8

18. Find the mode of the following distribution : [CBSE 2020]

Marks 0 – 10 10 – 20 20 – 30 30 – 40 40 – 50 50 – 60
No. of Students 4 6 7 12 5 6

19. Find the value of p, if the mean of the following distribution is 7.5. [CBSE 2020]
Classes 2–4 4–6 6–8 8 – 10 10 - 12 12 - 14
Frequency 6 8 15 P 8 4

20. Determine the missing frequency x, from the following data if mode is 67. [2016]
Class 40 – 50 50 – 60 60 – 70 70 – 80 80 – 90
Frequency 5 x 15 12 7

21. The following table shows the distribution of weights of 100 candidates appearing for a
competition. Determine the modal weight. [CBSE 2015]
Weight 50 – 55 55 – 60 60 – 65 65 – 70 70 – 75 75 -80
(in Kg)
No. of 13 18 45 16 6 2
Students

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22. Ramesh is a cricket player. He played 50 matches in a year. His data regarding runs scored is
given below. Calculate his average score. [CBSE 2014]
Score 0 – 20 20 – 40 40 – 60 60 – 80 80 – 100 100 – 120
(Runs)
No. of 5 11 13 7 8 6
Matches

23. The width of 50 leaves of a plant were measured in mm and their cumulative frequency
distribution is shown in the following table. Make frequency distribution table for this. [CBSE
2014]
Width (in mm) Commulative Frequency
More than or equal to 20 55
,, 30 44
,, 40 28
,, 50 20
,, 60 15
,, 70 7
,, 70 0

24. Find the mode of the following frequency distribution: [CBSE 2014]
Class 0–6 6 – 12 12 – 18 18 – 24 24 – 28
Frequency 7 5 10 12 6

25. The following distribution given below gives the daily income of 50 workers in a factory. [CBSE
2013]
Daily Wages 200 – 220 220 – 240 240 – 260 260 – 280 280 – 300
No. of Workers 14 12 8 6 10

26. Make a frequency distribution table for the given table: [CBSE 2013]
Marks Belo Below Below Below Below Belo Below Below Below Below
w 10 20 30 40 50 w 60 70 80 90 100
No. of 5 9 17 29 45 60 70 78 83 85
Students

27. Convert the following frequency distribution to a more than type cumulative frequency
distribution. [CBSE 2012]
Marks Obtained No. of Students
More than or equal to 0 40
,, 20 35
,, 40 26
,, 60 14
,, 80 6
,, 100 0

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28. Convert the following data to a less than type distribution. [CBSE 2011]
C.I. Frequency
50 – 55 2
55 – 60 8
60 – 65 12
65 – 70 24
70 – 75 38
75 – 80 16

29. Write the frequency distribution table for the following data: [CBSE 2011]
Marks No. of Students
Below 10 0
Below 20 15
Below 30 20
Below 40 30
Below 50 35
Below 60 40

30. Calculate mode of the following data. [CBSE 2011]

Marks obtained 0 – 20 20 – 40 40 – 60 60 – 80 80 – 100
No. of Students 8 10 12 6 3

31. Find the mean of the 32 numbers, such that if the mean of 10 of them is 15 and the mean of 20
of them is 11. The last two numbers are 10.
32. If the mean of 4 numbers, 2, 6, 7 and a is 15 and also the mean of other 5 numbers, 6, 18, 1, a, b
is 50. What is the value of b?
33. The following data gives the information on the observed lifetimes (in hours) of 225 electrical
components.
Lifetime (in hours) 0 – 20 20 – 40 40 – 60 60 – 80 80 – 100 100 – 120

Frequency 10 35 52 61 38 29
Determine the modal lifetimes of the components. [CBSE 2019; 2016]
34. While checking the value of 20 observations, it was noted that 125 was wrongly noted as 25
while calculating the mean and then the mean was 60. Find the correct mean.

SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS - II

35. Find the mode of the following frequency distribution. [CBSE 2019]
Class Frequency 0 - 10 10 - 20 20 - 30 30 - 40 40 - 50 50 - 60 8 10 10 16 12 6 7 60 – 70
Class 0 – 10 10 – 20 20 – 30 30 – 40 40 – 50 50 – 60 60 – 70
Frequency 8 10 10 16 12 6 7

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36. If the median of the following frequency distribution is 32.5. Find the values of f 1 and f2. [CBSE
2020]
Class 0 – 10 10 – 20 20 – 30 30 – 40 40 – 50 50 – 60 60 – 70 Total
Frequency F1 5 9 12 F2 3 2 40

37. The table below shows the salaries of 280 persons. Calculate the median salary of the data.
[CBSE 2018]
Salary (In
No. of Persons
thousand)

5 - 10 49

10 - 15 133

15 - 20 63

20 - 25 15

25 - 30 6

30 - 35 7

35 - 40 4

40 - 45 2

45 - 50 1
38. The average score of boys in the examination of a school is 71 and that of the the girls is 73. The
average score of the school in the examination is 71.8. Find the ratio of the number of boys to
the number of girls who appeared in the examination. [CBSE 2016]
39. Some students of class X donated for old age persons. Their contribution is shown in the
following frequency distribution:
Amount (in RS) 0 – 20 20 – 40 40 – 60 60 – 80 80 – 100
No. of Students 5 8 12 11 4
Find the median and mode for their contribution. [CBSE 2016]
40. If the mean of the following distribution is 54, find the missing frequency x: [CBSE 2015]
Class 0 – 20 20 – 40 40 – 60 60 – 80 80 - 100
Frequency 16 14 24 26 x
41. For helping poor girls of their class, students saved pocket money as shown in the following
table: [CBSE 2014]
Money Saved (in Rs) 5–7 7–9 9 – 11 11 – 13 13 – 15
No. Of Students 6 3 9 5 7
Find the mean and median of this data.

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42. The Median of the following distribution is 35. Find the value of x: [CBSE 2014]
Class Interval 0 – 10 10 – 20 20 – 30 30 – 40 40 – 50 50 – 60 60 – 70
Frequency 2 3 X 6 5 3 2

43. Find the median of the following data. [CBSE 2014]

Class Interval 5 – 15 15 – 25 25 – 35 35 – 45 45 – 55 55 – 65 65 – 75
Frequency 6 10 16 15 24 8 7

44. The mean of the following frequency distribution is 62.8. Find the missing frequency x. [CBSE
2013]
Class 0 – 20 20 – 40 40 – 60 60 – 80 80 – 100 100 – 120
Frequenc 5 8 X 12 7 8
y

45. The weights of tea in 70 packets are shown in the following table. [CBSE 2013]
Weight (in gm) 200 – 201 201 – 202 202 – 203 203 – 204 204 – 205 205 – 206
No. of Packets 13 27 18 10 1 1
Find the mean of the packets using assumed mean method.
46. Find the mode of the following data. [CBSE 2013]
Class Interval 5 – 15 15 – 25 25 – 35 35 – 45 45 – 55 55 – 65
Frequency 6 11 21 23 14 5

47. If the mode of the following distribution is 57.5, find the value of x. [CBSE 2013]
Class 30 – 40 40 – 50 50 – 60 60 – 70 70 – 80 80 – 90 90 – 100
Frequency 6 10 16 x 10 5 2

48. Weekly income of 600 families is given below. [CBSE 2012]

Income (in Rs) Frequency
0 – 1000 250
1000 – 2000 190
2000 – 3000 100
3000 – 4000 40
4000 – 5000 15
5000 – 6000 5

49. Find ‘p’ if the mean of the given data is 15.45. [CBSE 2011]
Class Frequency
0–6 6
6 – 12 8
12 – 18 P
18 – 24 9
24 – 30 7

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50. The median of the distribution given below is 14.4. Find the values of the x, and y. If the sum of
frequency is 20. [CBSE 2011]
Class Frequency
0–6 4
6 – 12 X
12 – 18 5
18 – 24 Y
24 – 30 1

LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS

51. The mean of the following frequency distribution is 18. The frequency f in the class interval 19 –
21 is missing. Determine f. [CBSE 2020]
Class Interval 11 – 13 13 – 15 15 – 17 17 – 19 19 – 21 21 – 23 23 – 25
Frequency 3 6 9 13 f 5 4

52. The median of the following data is 525. Find the values of x and y if total frequency is 100.
[CBSE 2020]

900 – 1000
100 – 200

200 – 300

300 – 400

400 – 500

500 – 600

600 – 700

700 – 800

800 – 900
0 – 100

Class

Frequency 2 5 x 12 17 20 y 9 7 4

53. The distribution given below shows the number of wickets taken by bowlers in one-day
cricket matches. Find the mean and the median of the number of wickets taken. [CBSE 2020]
No. of Wickets 20 – 60 60 – 100 100 – 140 140 – 180 180 – 220 220 – 260
No. Of Bowlers 7 5 16 12 2 3

54. If the median of the following frequency distribution is 32.5. Find the values of F 1 and F2. [Delhi
2019]
Classes Frequency
0 – 10 F1
10 – 20 5
20 – 30 9
30 – 40 12
40 – 50 F2
50 – 60 3
60 – 70 2
Total 40

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55. The following table gives the literacy rate (in percentage) of 35 cities. Find the mean literacy rate
[CBSE 2019]
Literacy Rate (in %) 45 – 55 55 – 65 65 – 75 75 – 85 85 – 95
No. of Cities 3 10 11 8 3

56. The following distribution shows the daily pocket allowance of children of a locality. The mean
pocket allowance is Rs 18. Find the missing frequency f. [CBSE 2019]
Pocket Allowance 11 – 13 13 – 15 15 – 17 17 – 19 19 – 21 21 – 23 23 – 25
(in Rs)
No. of Children 7 6 9 13 F 5 4

57. The mean of the following distribution is 18. Find the frequency f of the class 19 - 21. [CBSE
2018]
Class Frequency
11 – 13 3
13 – 15 6
15 – 17 9
17 – 19 13
19 – 21 f
21 – 23 5
23 – 25 4

58. The table below shows the daily expenditure on food of 25 household in a locality. Find the
mean daily expenditure on food.
Daily Expenditure 100 – 150 150 – 200 200 – 250 250 – 300 300 – 350
(in Rs)
Number of 4 5 12 2 2
Households

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PROBABILITY:

NCERT QUESTIONS

1. If P(E) = 0.05, What is the probability of ‘not E’?

2. Why is tossing a coin considered to be fair way of deciding which team should get the ball at the
beginning of football game?
3. 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
4. A box contains 5 red marbles, 8 white 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?
5. One card is drawn from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. Find the probability of getting
(i) A king of red color (ii) a face card (iii) a red face card
(iv) The jack of hearts (v) a spade (vi) the queen of diamonds
6. 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?
7. A child has a die whose six faces show the letters as given below: [CBSE 2020; 2012]

A B C D E A

The die is thrown once. What is the probability of getting (i) A (ii) D?
8. A bag contains 5 red balls and some blue balls. If the probability of drawing a blue ball is double
that of a red ball, determine the number of blue balls in the bag.
9. A jar contains 24 marbles, some are green and others are blue. If a marble is drawn at random
2
from the jar, the probability that it is green is . Find the number of blue balls in the jar.
3
10. A box contains 12 balls out of which x are black. If one ball is drawn at random from the box,
what is the probability that it will be a black ball?
If 6 more black balls are put in the box, the probability of drawing a black ball is now double of
what it was before. Find x.

VERY SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS:

11. If a number x is chosen at random from the numbers –3, –2, –1, 0, 1, 2, 3, then find the
probability of x2 < 4. [CBSE 2020]
12. For an event, P(E) + P(not E) = x, then find the value of x3 – 3. [CBSE 2022]

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13. What is the probability that a card drawn from a pack of 52 cards is neither an ace nor a spade?
[CBSE 2022]
14. What is the probability that a randomly taken leap year has 52 Sundays? [CBSE 2020]
15. A die is thrown once. What is the probability of getting a prime number? [CBSE 2020]
16. The probability that it will rain tomorrow is 0.85. What is the probability that it will not rain
tomorrow? [CBSE 2020]
17. A bag contains 3 red, 5 black and 7 white balls. A ball is drawn from the bag at random. What is
the probability that the ball drawn is not black?
18. Two dice are thrown simultaneously. What is the probability that the sum of the two numbers
appearing on the top is 13? [ CBSE 2020]
19. In a family of 3 children calculate the probability of having at least one boy. [CBSE 2014 OD]
20. A letter of English alphabet is chosen at random. Determine the probability that the chosen
letter is a consonant. [CBSE 2015 D]
21. A card is drawn at random from a well shuffled pack of 52 playing cards. Find the probability of
getting neither a red card nor a queen. [CBSE 2016 OD]
22. A box contains cards numbered 6 to 50. A card is drawn at random from the box. Calculate the
probability that the drawn card has a number which is a perfect square. [CBSE 2013 OD]
23. Cards marked with number 3, 4, 5... 50 are placed in a box and mixed thoroughly. A card is
drawn at random from the box. Find the probability that the selected card bears a perfect
square number. [CBSE 2016 D]
24. A number is chosen at random from the numbers -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3. What will be the
probability that square of this number is less than or equal to 1? [CBSE 2017 D]
25. If two different dice are rolled together, calculate the probability of getting an even number on
both dice. [CBSE 2014 D]
26. Two different dices are tossed together. Find the probability that the product of the two
numbers on the top of the dice is 6. [CBSE 2015 OD]
27. The probability of selecting a rotten apple randomly from a heap of 900 apples is 0.18. What is
the number of rotten apples in the heap? [CBSE 2017 OD]
28. The probability of an event that is sure to happen, is _________. [CBSE 2020]

SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS - I

29. A coin is tossed two times. Find the probability of getting both heads or both tails. [CBSE 2011 D]
30. In a simultaneous toss of two coins, find the probability of getting:
(i) Exactly one head,
(ii) At most one head. [CBSE 2012 D]
31. Two coins are tossed simultaneously. Find the probability of getting at least one head. [CBSE
2013 OD]

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32. Three coins are tossed simultaneously. Find the probability of getting exactly two heads. [CBSE
2013 OD]
33. A box contains 100 red cards, 200 yellow cards and 50 blue cards. If a card is drawn at random
from the box, then find the probability that it will be
i. a blue card
ii. not a yellow card
iii. neither yellow nor a blue car
34. Rahim tosses two different coins simultaneously. Find the probability of getting at least one tail.
[CBSE 2014 D]
35. A coin is tossed two times. Find the probability of getting at least one head. [CBSE 2011]
36. A card is drawn at random from a pack of 52 playing cards. Find the probability that the card
drawn is neither an ace nor a king. [CBSE 2011 OD]
37. A card is drawn at random from a well shuffled pack of 52 playing cards. Find the probability
that the drawn card is neither a king nor a queen. [CBSE 2013 D]
38. A card is drawn at random from a well shuffled pack of 52 playing cards. Find the probability
that the drawn card is neither a jack nor an ace. [CBSE 2013 D]
39. A card is drawn at random from a well-shuttled pack of 52 cards. Find the probability of getting:
(i) a red king
(ii) a queen or a jack [CBSE 2012]
40. Two dice are thrown simultaneously. Find the probability of getting a doublet. [CBSE 2013 OD]
41. A dice is tossed once. Find the probability of getting an even number or a multiple of 3. [CBSE
2013 D]
42. Two different dice are tossed together. Find the probability: [CBSE 2014 OD; 2015 D]
(i) that the number on each die is even.
(ii) that the sum of numbers appearing on the two dice is 5.
43. Find the probability that a leap year selected at random will contain 53 Sundays and 53
Mondays. [CBSE 2020]
44. Tree Plantation Drive
A Group Housing Society has 600 members, who have their houses in the campus and decided
to hold a Tree Plantation Drive on the occasion of New Year. Each house hold was given the
choice of planting a sampling of its choice. The number of different types of saplings planted
were:
(i) Neem –125
(ii) Peepal –165
(iii) Creepers –50
(iv) Fruit plants –150
(v) Flowering plants –110

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On the opening ceremony, one of the plants is selected randomly for a prize. After reading
the above passage, answer the following questions. What is the probability that the selected
plant is:
(i) A fruit plant or a flowering plant?
(ii) Either a Neem plant or a Peepal plant? [CBSE 2020]

SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS - II

45. Two coins are tossed simultaneously. What is the probability of getting
(i) At least one head?
(ii) At most one tail?
(iii) A head and a tail? [CBSE Sample Paper 2023]
46. A coin is tossed two times. Find the probability of getting at least one head. [CBSE 2011 D]
47. A coin is tossed two times. Find the probability of getting not more than one head. [CBSE2011 D]
48. Three distinct coins are tossed together. Find the probability of getting [CBSE 2015 D]
(i) at least 2 heads
(ii) at most 2 heads.
49. Three different coins are tossed together. Find the probability of getting
(i) exactly two heads
(ii) at least two heads
(iii) at least two tails. [CBSE 2016 OD]
50. A ticket is drawn at random from a bag containing tickets numbered from 1 to 40. Find the
probability that the selected ticket has a number which is a multiple of 5. [CBSE 2011 OD]
51. A number is selected at random from first 50 natural numbers. Find the probability that it is a
multiple of 3 and 4. [CBSE 2012 D]
52. The probability of selecting a red ball at random from a jar that contains only red, blue and
1 1
orange balls is . The probability of selecting a blue ball at random from the same jar is . If
4 3
the jar contains 10 orange balls, find the total number of balls in the jar. [CBSE 2015 OD]
53. A bag contains, white, black and red balls only. A ball is drawn at random from the bag. If the
3 2
probability of getting a white ball is and that of a black ball is , then find the probability of
10 5
getting a red ball. If the bag contains 20 black balls, then find the total number of balls in the
bag. [CBSE 2015 OD]
54. A bag contains 15 white and some black balls. If the probability of drawing a black ball from the
bag is thrice that of drawing a white ball, find the number of black balls in the bag. [CBSE 2017
OD]
55. In a single throw of a pair of different dice, what is the probability of getting
(i) a prime number on each dice?

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(ii) a total of 9 or 11? [CBSE 2016 D]
56. A box consists of 100 shirts of which 88 are good, 8 have minor defects and 4 have major
defects. Ramesh, a shopkeeper will buy only those shirts which are good but ‘Kewal another
shopkeeper will not buy shirts with major defects. A shirt is taken out of the box at random.
What is the probability that:
(i) Ramesh will buy the selected shirt?
(ii) ‘Kewal’ will buy the selected shirt? [CBSE 2016 D]
57. A card is drawn at random from a well shuffled pack of 52 cards. Find the probability of getting:
(i) a red king.
(ii) a queen or a jack [CBSE 2012 OD]
58. Two different dice are thrown together. Find the probability that the numbers obtained.
(i) have a sum less than 6
(ii) have a product less than 16
(iii) is a doublet of odd numbers. [CBSE 2017 D]
59. Two different dice are thrown together. Find the probability of:
(i) getting a number greater than 3 on each die
(ii) getting a total of 6 or 7 of the numbers on two dice [CBSE 2016 D]
60. Two different dice are rolled together. Find the probability of getting: [CBSE 2015 D]
(i) the sum of numbers on two dice to be 5
61. There are 100 cards in a bag on which numbers from 1 to 100 are written. A card is taken out
from the bag at random. Find the probability that the number on the selected card
(i) is divisible by 9 and is a perfect square
(ii) is a prime number greater than 80. [CBSE 2016 OD]
62. From a pack of 52 playing cards, Jacks, Queens and Kings of red colour are removed. From the
remaining, a card is drawn at random. Find the probability that drawn card is:
(i) a black King
(ii) a card of red colour
(iii) a card of black colour [CBSE 2016 OD]
63. All red face cards are removed from a pack of playing cards. The remaining cards were well
shuffled and then a card is drawn at random from them. Find the probability that the drawn
card is [CBSE 2015 D]
(i) a red card
(ii) a face card
(iii) a card of clubs

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64. A survey has been done on 100 people out of which 20 use bicycles, 50 use motorbikes and 30
use cars to travel from one place to another. Find the probability of persons who use bicycles,
motorbikes and cars respectively? [CBSE 2011 D]
65. A box contains 35 blue, 25 white and 40 red ‘marbles. If a marble is drawn at random from the
box, find the probability that the drawn marble is (i) white (ii) not blue (iii) neither white nor
blue. [CBSE 2012 D]
66. A box contains 70 cards numbered from 1 to 70. If one card is drawn at random from the box,
find the probability that it bears
(i) a perfect square number.
(ii) a number divisible by 2 and 3. [CBSE 2012 OD]
67. A group consists of 12 persons, of which 3 are extremely patient, other 6 are extremely honest
and rest are extremely kind. A person from the group is selected at random. Assuming that each
person is equally likely to be selected, find the probability of selecting a person who is [CBSE
2013 D]
68. (i) extremely patient
69. (ii) extremely kind or honest
70. A box contains cards numbered 3, 5, 7, 9, …, 35, 37. A card is drawn at random from the box.
Find the probability that the number on the drawn card is a prime number. [CBSE 2013 OD]
71. Find the probability that a leap year selected at random, will contain 53 Mondays. [CBSE 2013
OD]
72. A bag contains cards numbered from 1 to 49. A card is drawn from the bag at random, after
mixing the cards thoroughly. Find the probability that the number on the drawn card is:
(i) an odd number
(ii) a multiple of 5
(iii) a perfect square
(iv) an even prime number [CBSE 2014 D]
73. A box contains 20 cards numbered from 1 to 20. A card is drawn at random from the box. Find
the probability that the number on the drawn card is [CBSE 2015 D]
(i) divisible by 2 or 3,
(ii) a prime number
74. A bag contains 25 cards numbered from 1 to 25. A card is drawn at random from the bag. Find
the probability that the number on the drawn card is: [CBSE 2015 D]
(i) divisible by 3 or 5
(ii) a perfect square number.
75. A game of chance consists of spinning an arrow on a 3 circular board, divided into / 4 8 equal
parts, which comes to rest pointing at one of the numbers 1, 2, 3, …, 8 (Figure), which are
equally likely outcomes. What is the probability that the arrow will point at

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(i) an odd number

(ii) a number greater than 3
(iii) a number less than 9. [CBSE 2016 D]
76. A number x is selected at random from the numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4. Another number y is selected
at random from the numbers 1, 4, 9 and 16. Find the probability that product of x and y is less
than 16. [CBSE 2016 OD]
1
77. The probability of guessing the correct answer to a certain question is . If the probability of
2
3 2
guessing the wrong answer is , find x. If a student copies the answer, then its probability is
4 6
2y
. If he doesn’t copy the answer, then the probability is . Find the value of y. [CBSE 2011 OD]
3
78. A number x is selected at random from the numbers 1, 4, 9, 16 and another number y is selected
at random from the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4. Find the probability that the value of xy is more than 16.
[CBSE 2016 OD]
79. A game consists of tossing a coin 3 times and noting its outcome each time. Hanif wins if he gets
three heads or three tails, and loses otherwise. Calculate the probability that Hanif will lose the
game. [CBSE 2011 D]
80. Two dice are rolled once. Find the probability of getting such numbers on the two dice, whose
product is 12. [CBSE 2011 OD]
81. A box contains 100 red cards, 200 yellow cards and 50 blue cards. If a card is drawn at random
from the box, then find the probability that it will be
(i) a blue card
(ii) not a yellow card
(iii) neither yellow nor a blue card. [CBSE 2012 D]
82. Two different dice are thrown together. Find the probability that the numbers obtained have
[CBSE 2017 OD]
(i) even sum, and
(ii) even product
83. All kings, queens and aces are removed from a pack of 52 cards. The remaining cards are well
shuffled and then a card is drawn from it. Find the probability that the drawn card is
(i) a black face card.
(ii) a red card. [CBSE 2012 OD]

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84. A 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) the queen of diamonds. [CBSE 2012 D]
85. Red kings and black aces are removed from a pack of 52 cards. The remaining cards are well
shuffled and then a card is drawn from it. Find the probability that the drawn card is
(i) a black face card.
(ii) a red card. [CBSE 2012 OD]
86. All the black face cards are removed from a pack of 52 playing cards. The remaining cards are
well shuffled and then a card is drawn at random. Find the probability of getting a:
(i) face card
(ii) red card
(iii) black card
(iv) king [CBSE 2014 D]
87. Cards numbered from 11 to 60 are kept in a box. If a card is drawn at random from the box, find
the probability that the number on the drawn card is: [CBSE 2014 D]
(i) an odd number
(ii) a perfect square number
(iii) divisible by 5
(iv) a prime number less than 20
88. Red queens and black jacks are removed from a pack of 52 playing cards. A card is drawn at
random from the remaining cards, after reshuffling them. Find the probability that the drawn
card is [CBSE 2014 OD]
(i) a king
(ii) of red colour
(iii) a face card
(iv) a queen
89. All the red face cards are removed from a pack of 52 playing cards. A card is drawn at random
from the remaining cards, after reshuffling them. Find the probability that the drawn card is
[CBSE 2014 OD]
(i) of red colour
(ii) a queen
(iii) an ace
(iv) a face card
90. Five cards, the ten, jack, queen, king and ace of diamonds, are well shuffled with their faces
downwards. One card is then picked up at random. [CBSE 2014 OD]
(a) What is the probability that the drawn card is the queen?

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(b) If the queen is drawn and put aside, and a second card is drawn, find the probability that the
second card is (i) an ace (ii) a queen
91. A card is drawn at random from a well shuffled deck of playing cards. Find the probability that
the card drawn is [CBSE 2015 OD]
(i) a card of spade or an ace.
(ii) a black king.
(iii) neither a jack nor a king.
(iv) either a king or a queen

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