Chapter-15 PROBABILITY
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1. Rahim and Karim are friends. What is the probability that both have their
birthdays on the same day in a non-leap year?
1 1 1 7
a) b) c) d)
365 7 53 365
2. Find the probability that an ordinary year has 53 Saturdays.
1 1 7 1
a) b) c) d)
365 53 53 7
3. Three Unbiased Coins are tossed simultaneously. Find the probability of
getting:
i) Exactly 2 heads ii) at least 1 head iii) all heads iv) at least 2 heads
v) not more than one head vi) no heads vii) one head viii) 3 heads
ix) at most 2 tails x) at most 3 heads
4. In a single throw of a pair of dice, what is the probability of getting :
a) An odd number on one dice and 6 on the other
b) A doublet
c) Prime number on each dice
d) A total of 9 or 11
e) sum as even number
5. A card is drawn from a well-shuffled pack of 52 cards. Find the probability
of getting:
a) a six of the heart e) neither a King nor a Queen
b) a non-Ace card f) either a King or a Queen
c) A jack of black suit g) A black face card
d) A nine of red suit h) A black number card
6. A bag contains 7 black, 5 red and 3 white balls. A ball is drawn from the bag
at random. Find the probability that the ball drawn is:
a) Red c) black or white d) not white e) not green
b) neither black nor white
7. Two candidates are to be selected from a group of 3 boys and 2 girls. Find
the probability that: i) one girl is selected ii) at least one girl is selected
8. A coin is tossed. If it results in a head, again a coin is tossed, otherwise a
dice is thrown. Find the probability of getting:
a) At least one head b) an even number c) a tail d) a tail and an odd no.
