1.
Question
The probability that it will rain tomorrow is 0.85. What is the probability that it will not rain
tomorrow?
2. Question
A die thrown. Find the probability of getting:
(i) a prime number
(ii) 2 or 4
(iii) a multiple of 2 or 3
3. Question
In a simultaneous throw of a pair of dice, find the probability of getting:
(i) 8 as the sum
(ii) a doublet
(iii) a doublet of prime numbers
(iv) a doublet of odd numbers
(v) a sum greater than 9
(vi) An even number on first
(vii) an even number on one and a multiple of 3 on the other
(viii) neither 9 nor 11 as the sum of the numbers on the faces
(ix) a sum less than 6
(x) a sum less than 7
(xi) a sum more than 7
(xii) at least once
(xiii) a number other than 5 on any dice.
4. Question
Three coins are tossed together. Find the probability of getting:
(i) exactly two heads
(ii) at least two heads
(iii) at least one head and one tail
(iv) no tails
5. Question
A card is drawn at random from a pack of 52 cards. Find the probability that the card drawn is:
(i) a black king
(ii) either a black card or a king
(iii) black and a king
(iv) a jack, queen or a king
(v) neither a heart nor a king
(vi) spade or an ace
(vii) neither an ace nor a king
(viii) neither a red card nor a queen
(ix) other than an ace
(x) a ten
(xi) a spade
(xii) a black card
(xiii) the seven of clubs
(xiv) jack
(xv) the ace of spades
(xvi) a queen
(xvii) a heart
(xviii) a red card
6. Question An urn contains 10 red and 8 white balls. One ball is drawn at random. Find
the probability that the ball drawn is white.
7. Question A bag contains 3 red balls, 5 black balls and 4 white balls. A ball is drawn at
random from the bag. What is the probability that the ball drawn is :
8. Question
What is the probability that a number selected from the numbers 1, 2, 3, …., 15 is a
multiple of 4?
9. Question
A bag contains 6 red, 8 black and 4 white balls. A ball is drawn at random. What is the
probability that ball
drawn is not black?
10. Question
A bag contains 5 white and 7 red balls. One ball is drawn at random. What is the
probability that ball drawn
is white?
11. Question
A bag contains 4 red, 5 black and 6 white balls. One ball is drawn from the bag at random.
Find the
probability that the ball drawn is:
(i) white
(ii) red
(iii) not black
(iv) red or white
12. Question
A bag contains 3 red balls and 5 black balls. A ball is drawn at random from the bag. What
is the probability
that the ball drawn is :
(i) red
(ii) black
13. Question
A bag contains 5 red marbles, 8 white marbles, 4 green marbles. What is the probability
that if one marble is
taken out of the bag at random, it will be
(i) red
(ii) white
(iii) not green
14. Question
If you put 21 consonants and 5 vowels in a bag. What would carry greater probability?
Getting a consonant
or a vowel? Find each probability?
15. Question
If we have 15 boys and 5 girls in a class which carries a higher probability? Getting a copy
belonging to a boy
or a girl. Can you give it a value?
16. Question
It you have a collection of 6 pairs of white socks and 3 pairs of black socks. What is the
probability that a pair
you pick without looking is (i) white? (ii) black?
17. Question
If you have a spinning wheel with 3-green sectors, 1-blue sector and 1-red sector. What is
the probability of
getting a green sector? Is it the maximum?
18. Question
When two dice are rolled:
(i) List the outcomes for the event that the total is odd.
(ii) Find probability of getting an odd total.
(iii) List the outcomes for the event that total is less than 5.
Question (iv) Find the probability of getting a total less than 5?
