Assignment

14. Probability
1. A card is drawn from a well-shuffled deck of 52 playing cards. The probability that the card will not
be an ace is [2011]...[1M]
(a) 1/13 (b) 1/4 (c) 12/13 (d) 3/4
2. Two dice are thrown together. The probability of getting the same number on both dice is
(a) 1/2 (b) 1/3 (c) 1/6 (d) 1/12 [2012] ...[1M]
3. The probability of getting an even number, when a die is thrown once, is
(a) 1/2 (b) 1/3 (c) 1/6 (d) 5/6 [2013] ...[1M]
4. A box contains 90 discs, numbered from 1 to 90. If one disc is drawn at random from the box, the
probability that it bears a prime-number less than 23, is [2013]..[1M]
(a) 7/90 (b) 10/90 (c) 4/45 (d) 9/89
5. 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) 1/4 [2014]...[1M]
6. A number is selected at random from the numbers 1 to 30. The probability that it is a prime number.
(a) 2/3 (b) 1/6 (c) 1/3 (d) 11/30 [2014]...[1M]
7. The probability that a number selected at random from the numbers 1, 2, 3,……..,15 is a multiple of
4 is [2020] ...[1M]
(a) 4/15 (b) 2/15 (c) 1/15 (d) 1/5
8. If a pair of dice is thrown once, then what is the probability of getting a sum of 8? [2020] ...[1M]
9. A letter of English alphabet is chosen at random. What is the probability that the chosen letter is a
consonant. [2020] ...[1M]
10. A die is thrown once. What is the probability of getting a number less than 3? [2020] ...[1M]
OR
If the probability of winning a game is 0.07, what is the probability of losing it? [2020] ...[1M]
11. Two coins are tossed together. The probability of getting exactly one head is [2021]...[1M]
(a) 1/4 (b) 1/2 (c) 3/4 (d) 1
12. If P(E)= 0.65, then the value of P(not E) is [2021]...[1M]
(a) 1.65 (b) 0.25 (c) 0.65 (d) 0.35
13. A bag contains 16 red balls 8 green balls and 6 blue balls. One ball is drawn at random. The
probability that it is blue is [2021]..[1M]
(a) 1/6 (b) 1/5 (c) 1/30 (d) 5/6
14. The probability of happening of an event is 0.02. The probability of not happening of the event is
(a) 0.02 (b) 0.80 (c) 0.98 (d) 49/100 [2021]...[1M]
15. For an event E, P(E)+P(not E)=x, then the value of x³-3 is [2021]...[1M]
(a) -2 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) -1
16. The probability that the drawn card from a pack of 52 cards is neither an ace nor a spade is
(a) 9/13 (b) 35/52 (c) 10/13 (d) 19/26 [2021]...[1M]
17. Which of the following cannot be the probability of an event? [2021] ...[1M]
(a) 0.01 (b) 3% (c) 16/17 (d) 17/16
18. A dice is rolled twice. The probability that 5 will not come up either time is [2021] ...[1M]
(a) 11/36 (b) 1/3 (c) 13/36 (d) 25/36
19. Let E be an event such that P(not E) = 1/5, then P(E) is equal to [2023]..[1M]
(a) 1/5 (b) 2/5 (c) 0 (d) 4/5
20. From a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards, a card is drawn at random. What is the probability of getting
king of hearts? [2023] ...[1M]
(a) 1/52 (b) 1/26 (c) 1/13 (d) 12/13
21. A card is drawn at random from a well-shuffled pack of 52 cards. The probability that the card
drawn is not an ace is [2023]…[1M]
(a) 1/13 (b) 9/13 (c) 4/13 (d) 12/13
22. A bag contains 5 red balls and n green balls. If the probability of drawing a green ball is three times
that of a red ball, then the value of n is [2023] ...[1M]
(a) 18 (b) 15 (c) 10 (d) 20
23. Assertion (A): The probability that a leap year has 53 Sundays is [2023] ...[1M]
Reason (R): The probability that a non-leap year has 53 Sundays is
(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 and 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
24. A die is thrown once. Find the probability of getting a number less than 3. [2008]..[1M]
25. Two coins are tossed simultaneously. Find the probability of getting exactly one head. [2009]..[1M]
26. A card is drawn at random from a well shuffled pack of 52 playing cards. Find the probability of
getting a red face card. [2010]..[1M]
27. Two different dice are tossed together. Find the probability that the product of the two numbers
on the top of the dice is 6. [2015]...[1M]
28. 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. [2016]...[1M]
29. 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? [2017]...[1M]
30. 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. [2011]...[2M]
31. A number is selected at random from first 50 natural numbers. Find the probability that it is a
multiple of 3 and 4. [2012] ...[2M]
32. 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. [2013]...[2M]
33. Rahim tosses two different coins simultaneously. Find the probability of getting at least one tail.
[2014] ...[2M]
34. Two different dice are tossed together. Find the probability. [2018] ...[2M]
(i) Of getting doublet
(ii) Of getting a sum 10, of the numbers on the two dice.
35. An integer is chosen at random between 1 and 100. Find the probability that it is [2018] ...[2M]
(i) Divisible by 8
(ii) Not divisible by 8
36. A game consists of tossing a coin 3 times and noting the outcome each time. If getting the same
result in all the tosses is a success, find the probability of losing the game. [2019]...[2M]
37. A die is thrown once. Find the probability of getting a number which (i) is a prime number (ii) lies
between 2 and 6. [2019]...[2M]
38. A bag contains 5 red balls and some blue balls. If the probability of drawing a blue ball at random
from the bag is three times that of a red ball, find the number of blue balls in the bag. [2020]..[2M]
39. Two different dice are thrown together, find the probability that the sum of the numbers appeared
is less than 5. [2020]...[2M]
OR
Find the probability that 5 Sundays occur in the month of November of a randomly selected year.
[2020] ...[2M]
40. If a number x is chosen at random from the numbers -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3. What is probability that
x²≤4? [2020]...[2M]
41. If a fair coin is tossed twice, find the probability of getting 'atmost one head'. [2023]...[2M]
42. Two dice are thrown simultaneously. What is the probability that [2009]..[3M]
(i) 5 will not come up on either of them?
(ii) 5 will come up on at least one?
(ii) 5 will come up at both dice?
43. Cards bearing numbers 1, 3, 5, ..., 35 are kept in a bag. A card is drawn at random from the bag.
Find the probability of getting a card bearing [2010]..[3M]
(i) A prime number less than 15
(ii) A number divisible by 3 and 5.
44. Two dice are rolled once. Find the probability of getting such numbers on the two dice, whose
product is 12. [2011]...[3M]
45. A box contains 80 discs which are numbered from 1 to 80. If one disc is drawn at random from the
box, find the probability that it bears a perfect square number. [2011]...[3M]
46. A card is drawn from a well shuffled deck of 52 cards. Find the probability of getting [2012]...[3M]
(i) a king of red colour (ii) a face card (iii) the queen of diamond.
47. The probability of selecting a red ball at random from a jar that contains only red, blue and orange
balls is The probability of selecting a blue ball at random from the same jar is 13. If the jar contains 10
orange balls, find the total number of balls in the jar. [2015]...[3M]
48. 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. [2017] ...[3M]
49. A die is rolled once. Find the probability of getting: [2023] ...[3M]
(i) An even prime number.
(ii) A number greater than 4.
(iii) An odd number.
50. 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 [2013]...[4M]
(i) Extremely patient
(ii) Extremely kind or honest. Which of the above values you prefer more?
51. A bag contains cards numbers 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 [2014]...[4M]
(i) An odd number
(ii) A multiple of 5
(iii) A perfect square
(iv) An even prime number
52. A card is drawn at random from a well-shuffled deck of playing cards. Find the probability that the
card drawn is [2015]...[4M]
(i) A card of spade or an ace.
(ii) A black king.
(ii) Neither a jack nor a king
(iv) Either a king or a queen.
53. A number x is selected at random from the 1, 2, 3 and 4. Another number y is selected at random
from the numbers 1, 4, 9 and 16. Find the probability the product of x and y is less than 16.
[2016]...[4M]
54. Two different dice are thrown together. Find the probability that the numbers obtained have
[2017] ...[4M]
(i) Even sum, and (ii) Even product
55. Two dice are rolled together. The probability of getting the sum of the two numbers to be more
than 10, is [2024]...[1M]
(A) 1/9 (B) 1/6 (C) 7/12 (D) 1/12
56. A box contains cards numbered 6 to 55; A card is drawn at random from the box. The probability
that the drawn card has a number which is a perfect square, is [2024]...[1M]
(A) 7/50 (B) 7/55 (C) 1/10 (D) 5/49
57. In a survey on holidays, 120 people were asked to state which type of transport they used on their
last holiday. The following pie chart shows the results of the survey. [2024]...[4M]

Observe the pie chart and answer the following questions:

(i) If one person is selected at random, find the probability that he/she travelled by bus or
ship.
(ii) Which is most favourite mode of transport and how many people used it?
(iii) (a) A person is selected at random. If the probability that he did not use train is
4 / 5, find the number of people who used train.
OR
(b) The probability that randomly selected person used aeroplane is 7/60. Find the revenue
collected by air company at the rate of ₹ 5,000 per person.
58. Two dice are thrown together. The probability that they show different numbers is : [2024]...[1M]
(A) 1 / 6 (B) 5 / 6 (C) 1 / 3 (D) 2 / 3
59. The probability of guessing the correct answer to a certain test question is x /6. If the probability of
not guessing the correct answer to this question is 2/3, then the value of x is : [2024]...[1M]
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 6
60. One card is drawn at random from a well shuffled deck of 52 cards. Find the probability that the
card drawn [2024]...[2M]
(i) is queen of hearts.
(ii) is not a jack.
61. Two dice are tossed simultaneously. The probability of getting odd numbers on both the dice is:
(A) 6/36 (B) 3/36 (C) 12/36 (D) 9/36 [2024]...[1M]
62. For an event E , if P (E)+ P (Ē)= q , then the value of q - 4 is:
2

(A) -3 (B) 3 (C) 5 (D) -5 [2024]...[1M]

63. Three coins are tossed simultaneously. What is the probability of getting [2024]...[3M]
(i) at least one head?
(ii) exactly two tails ?
(iii) at most one tail ?
64. A box contains 90 discs which are numbered 1 to 90 . If one disc is drawn at random from the box,
find the probability that it bears a : [2024]...[3M]
(i) 2-digit number less than 40.
(ii) number divisible by 5 and greater than 50.
(iii) a perfect square number.