23 PROBABILITY
Q1. Find the probability of the following events, if three coins are tossed
together:
a. Getting exactly two tails : _____
b. Getting all heads or all tails : _____
c. Getting no tails : _____
Q2. If a die is rolled, find the probability of:
a. Getting an odd number which is a factor of 4 : _____
b. Getting a number less than 5 : _____
c. Getting a multiple of 3 : _____
Q3. If two dice are rolled together, fill in the blanks with the correct
probability of the following events:
a. Sum of two numbers is less than 3 : ______
b. Sum of two numbers is 11 : ______
c. Both numbers are even : ______
Q4. A box has red, blue, green and yellow balls of same size in equal
number. If a ball is taken out from the box at random, find whether the
following statements are True or False:
a. The probability of taking out an orange ball is zero. _______
b. The probability of taking out a blue ball is twice the
probability of taking out a red ball. _______
c. The probability of taking out a white ball is 1. _______
d. The probability of taking out a ball of any colour but
not yellow is 3. _______
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Q5. In a box, there are cards marked with first 10 multiples of 5. A card
is selected at random from the box. Fill in the blanks with the correct
probability:
a. The probability of getting a multiple of 10 is ______.
b. The probability of getting an even number is ______ .
c. The probability of getting a number more than 10 is _____ .
d. The probability of getting a number less than 5 is _____ .
Q6. A bag contains 12 grey marbles, 10 pink marbles and 8 green marbles
of same size. A marble is taken out of the bag at random. Find the
probability that the marble taken out is of:
a. red colour : _____
b. grey or pink colour : _____
c. any colour but not green or pink : _____
Q7. Paper chits bearing names of the following 10 cities are put in a box.
The names of the cities are as follows:
Delhi, Cherrapunji, Bhopal, Darjeeling, Kanpur, Bengaluru, Chennai,
Jodhpur, Jaipur, Cochin
If a chit is taken out at random, find the probability of getting a chit
bearing a city name:
a. starting with the letter ‘A’, ‘B’ or ‘C’ : ______
b. containing not more than two vowels : ______
c. ending with the letter ‘R’ : ______
Q8. Two coins are tossed simultaneously 200 times. The distribution of
various outcomes is listed below:
One Tail Two Tail
60 80
Find the probability of each of the following events and verify that the sum
of the probabilities is 1.
a. Probability of getting one head : _______
b. Probability of getting two heads : _______
c. Probability of getting No head : _______
Sum of the probabilities = _____ + _____ + _____ = ______
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Q9. A spinner wheel of fortune is divided into four equal parts having
colours red, blue, green and yellow. When the wheel is rotated, the
pointer moves and stops at some coloured area. Find the probability that
the pointer stops at:
a. not a yellow coloured sector : ______
b. a blue or green coloured sector : ______
c. any sector but not green or white sector : ______
Q10. Find the probability of the following events:
a. Sun setting in the West : ______
b. Getting a number more than 6 when a die is rolled : ______
c. Getting a red or black coloured card from a deck of
playing cards : ______
d. A year having 30 days in January : ______
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Answers
1. a. 3; b. 1; c. 1
8 4 8
2. a. 1; b. 2; c. 1
6 3 3
3. a. 1 ; b. 1 ; c. 1
36 18 4
4. a. True; b. False; c. False; d. True
5. a. 1; b. 1; c. 4; d. 0
2 2 5
6. a. 0; b. 11; c. 2
15 5
7. a. 1; b. 1; c. 2
2 2 5
8. a. 3 ; b. 3 ; c. 2
10 10 5
Sum of the probabilities = 3 + 3 + 2 = 1
10 10 5
9. a. 3; b. 1; c. 3
4 2 4
10. a. 1; b. 0; c. 1; d. 0
