CBSE Class 10 Maths

Important Questions and Answers

Chapter 15: Probability
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1 The probability of getting a bad egg in a lot of 400 eggs is 0.035. The number of bad eggs
in the lot is
(A)7
( B ) 14
( C ) 21
( D) 28
2 A letter of the English alphabet is chosen at random. The probability that the chosen
letter is a consonant is
(A) 21/26
(B) 5/ 26
(C) 2/ 25
(D) None of these
3 If P(E ) = 0.05 , then the probability of P ( not E) is
( A ) 0.85
( B ) 0.75
( C ) 0.25
( D ) 0.95
4 The probability that a non – leap year has 53 Sundays is
(A) 2/7
( B ) 5/7
( C ) 6/7
( D ) 1/7
5 In a single throw of a die , the probability of getting a multiple of 3 is
(A) 1/2
( B ) 1/3
( C ) 1/6
(D)⅔

OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS

1 A box contains cards numbered 6 to 50. A card is drawn at random from the box. Find the
probability that the card drawn has a number which is a perfect square.
ANS: 1/9
2 A card is drawn from a pack of 52 cards. Find the probability of getting a king of red colour.
ANS: 1/26
3 A die is thrown twice. Find the probability of getting a sum less than 8
ANS: 7/12
4 A card is drawn from a pack of 52 cards. Find the probability that the card drawn is not a face
card
ANS: 10/13
5 A number is selected from the first 50 natural numbers. What is the probability that it is a multiple
of 3 or 5?
ANS: 23/50
 SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (2 marks)
1 A letter is chosen at random from the letters of the word “ASSASSINATION”, then the probability
that the letter chosen is a vowel is in the form of 6/ (2x+1), if so find the value of x
ANS: 6
2 A coin & a die are tossed simultaneously. Find the probability that a tail & a prime number turns
up.
ANS: 1/4
3 A letter of the English alphabet is chosen at random. Determine the probability that the chosen
letter is a vowel.
ANS: 5/26
4 A box contains 20 cards numbered from 1 to 20 . A card drawn at random from the box. Find the
probability that the card drawn at random is divisible by 2 or 3.
ANS: 13/20
5 All cards of ace , jack and queen are removed from a deck of playing cards. One card is drawn
at random from the remaining cards. Find the probability that the card drawn is
(i) a face card
(ii) a black king
ANS: (i) 1/10
(ii) 1/20

SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (3 marks)

1 The probability of selecting a blue marble at random from a jar that contains only blue, black and
green marbles is 1/5. The probability of selecting a black marble at random from the same jar is
1/4. If the jar contains 11 green marbles, find the total number of marbles in the jar.
ANS: 20
2 A lot consists of 48 mobile phones of which 42 are good, 3 have only minor defects and 3 have
major defects. Varnika will buy a phone if it is good but the trader will only buy a mobile if it has no
major defect. One phone is selected at random from the lot. What is the probability that it is:
(i) acceptable to. Varnika?
(ii) acceptable to the trader?
ANS: (i) 7/8
(ii) 15/16
3 A bag contains 24 balls of which x are red, 2x are white and 3x are blue. A ball is
selected at random. What is the probability that
(i) it is red
(ii) it is blue
(iii) neither red nor blue
ANS: (i) 1/6
(ii) 1/2
(iii) 2/3
4 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.
ANS: 45
5 All the three face cards of spades are removed from a well- shuffled pack of 52 cards. A card is
drawn at random from the remaining pack. Find the probability of getting
(i) a black face cards
(ii) a queen
(iii) a black card
ANS: (i) 3/49
(ii) 3/49
(iii) 23/49

LONG ANSWER QUESTION (4 marks)

1 Cards marked with the number 2 to 101 are placed in a box and mixed thoroughly. One card is
drawn from the box. Find the probability that the number on the card is:
(i) An even number
(ii) A number less than 14
(iii) A number is perfect square
(iv) A prime number less than 20
ANS: (i)1/2
(ii) 3/25
(iii) 9/100
(iv) 2/25
2 Cards bearing numbers 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 (a) a prime number less than 15 (b) a number
divisible by 3 and 5
ANS: (a) 5/17
(b) 5/17
3 Three coins are tossed simultaneously. Find the probability of getting
(i) Exactly 2 heads (ii) at least 1 head (iii) at most 2 tails (iv) exactly 3 heads
ANS: (i)3/8
(ii) 7/8
(iii) 7/8
(iv) 1/8
4 All the black Ace 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
i) a Ace card ii) a red card iii) a black card iv) a Jack
ANS: (i) 1/25
(ii) 13/25
(iii) 12/25
(iv) 2/25
5 The Ace, number 10 and jack of clubs are removed from a deck of 52 playing cards and
remaining cards are shuffled. A card is drawn from the remaining cards. Find the probability of
getting a card of
(a) heart
(b) Ace
(c) clubs
(d) either 10 or jack
ANS: (a) 13/49
(b) 3/49
(c) 10/49
(d) 6/49
 CASE STUDY QUESTIONS
1 A game consists of tossing a one-rupee coin 3 times & noting its outcome each time.
I. Find the probability of getting no heads
II. Find the probability of getting one tail
ANS: (I) 1/8
(II) 3/8
2 Five cards – ten, jack, queen, king, and an ace of diamonds are shuffled face downwards. One
card is picked at random.
(i) What is the probability that the card is a queen?
(ii) If a king is drawn first and put aside, what is the probability that the second card
picked up is the (a) ace? (b) king?
ANS: (i) 3/47
(ii) (a) 3/46
(b) 3/46