INDIAN SCHOOL AL WADI AL KABIR

Department: Mathematics
Class X Worksheet – Probability
22-11-2023
Questions of 1 mark each

A girl calculates that the probability of her winning the first prize in a lottery is 0.08. If 6000 tickets are
Q.1.
sold, then the number of tickets she bought is
A 480 B 450 C 400 D 600

Q.2. A letter of English alphabets is chosen at random. What is the probability that it is a letter of the word
‘MATHEMATICS’?

5 9 4
A B C D 11
13 26 13
26

Q.3. One card is drawn from a well shuffled deck of 52 cards. The probability that it is black queen is

A 1 B 1 C 1 D 2
26 13 52 13

Q.4. A number is selected at random from first 50 natural numbers. The probability that it is multiple of 3
and 4 both is

A 7 B 4 C 1 D 2
50 25 25 25

Q.5. A jar contains 24 marbles-some are green and others are blue. If a marble is drawn at random from the
2
jar, the probability that it is green is 3. Then the number of blue marbles in the jar is

A 12 B 8 C 10 D 16

Q.6. Probability of happening of an event is denoted by p and probability of non-happening of the event is
denoted by q. Relation between p and q is

A p+q=1 B p = 1, q = 1 C p=q-1 D p+q+1=0

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 Q.7. The probability of a non-leap year having 53 Mondays is

A 6 B 1 C 7 D 1
7 53 53 7

Q.8. Two different dice are thrown together. The probability that the number obtained is a doublet of odd
numbers is

A 13 B 1 C 4 D 1
18 12 9 4

Q.9. A badminton club has 40 members, 12 from group X, 15 from group Y, 8 from group Z and 5 from
group W. A single member is selected at random to be the president. The probability that the member
is from X or Z is (CFQ)

A 1 B 3 C 1 D 2
5 10 2 5

Q.10. DIRECTION:
In the given question, a Statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a Statement of Reason (R).
Choose the correct option.
Assertion: The probability of getting at least one head when flipping two fair coins
3
is 10 .

Reason: When flipping two fair coins, there are four equally likely outcomes: HH, HT, TH, and TT.
Out of these four outcomes, two of them have at least one head (HH, HT). Therefore, the
1
probability of getting at least one head is 2 out of 4, which simplifies to 2.

(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 but 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.

Questions of 2 marks each

Q.11. 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.

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 Q.12. On a particular day, Vidhi and Unnati couldn’t decide on who would get to drive the car. They had one
coin each and flipped their coins exactly three times. The following was agreed upon:

➢ If Vidhi gets two heads in a row, she would drive the car.

➢ If Unnati gets a head immediately followed by a tail, she would drive the car.

Who has more probability to drive the car that day? List all outcome and show steps. (CFQ)

Q.13. Jenin has four 50- rupee notes, seven 100-rupee notes and two 2000-rupee notes in her purse. She
doesn’t have any other denomination of currency with her. She goes for shopping and buys a dress
for 799. She takes out a note from her purse at random.
(i) Find the probability that the note will be sufficient to pay for the dress.
(ii) Find the probability that she will be able to give exactly 799 to the shopkeeper. (CFQ)

Q.14. Peter throws two different dice together and finds the product of the two numbers obtained. Rina
throws a die and squares the number obtained. Who has the better chance to get the numbers 25?

Questions of 3 marks each

Q.15.
Two coins are tossed simultaneously. What is the probability of getting
(i) at least one head (ii) at most one tail (iii) a head and a tail?

Q.16. A box contains cards on which the numbers from 2 to 101 are marked. A card is drawn from the bag
at random, find the probability that number on the card drawn is:
(i)a multiple of 7 (ii)a perfect square number (iii)a two digit number

Q.17.
Three - digit numbers are made using the digits 4, 5, 9 (without repetition). If a number among them is
selected at random, what is the probability that the number will be
(i) a multiple of 5 (ii) a multiple of 9 (iii) will end with 9

Q.18. The probability of selecting a blue marble at random from a jar that contains only blue, black and
1 1
green marbles is . The probability of selecting a black marble at random from the same jar is .
5 4
If the jar contains 11 green marbles, find the total number of marbles in the jar.

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 Case study-based (4 marks)
Q.19. A survey was taken at a high school, and the results were put in a circle graph. The students were asked
to list their favourite colours. The measurement of each central angle is shown. If a person is chosen at
random from the school, find the probability of each response.

(i) What is the probability of favourite colour being red?

(ii) What is the probability of favourite colour being blue or green?
(iii) What is the probability of favourite colour not being red or blue?
(iv) What is the probability of favourite colour not being orange or green?
(v) What is the probability of favourite colour being red or blue?
Q.20.
Rahul and Ravi planned to play Business (board game) in which they were supposed to use two dice

(i) Ravi got first chance to roll the dice. What is the probability that the sum of the two
numbers appearing on the top face of the dice is 8?
(ii) Rahul got next chance. What is the probability that he got the sum of the two numbers
appearing on the top face of the dice is13?
(iii) Now it was Ravi’s turn. He rolled the dice. What is the probability that he got the sum of the
two numbers appearing on the top face of the dice is less than or equal to 12?
(iv) Rahul got next chance. What is the probability that he got the sum of the two numbers
appearing on the top face of the dice is equal to 7?
(v) Now it was Ravi’s turn. He rolled the dice. What is the probability that he got the sum of the
two numbers appearing on the top face of the dice is greater than 8?

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 ANSWERS
Q.1 A Q.2 C Q.3 A Q.4 D
Q.5 B Q.6 A Q.7 D Q.8 B
Q.9 C Q.10 c Q.11 45 Q.12 3 4
, , Unnati
8 8
Q.13 2
,0 Q.14 1 1
, , Rina Q.15 3 3 1
, , Q.16 7 9
, ,
9
13 36 6 4 4 2 50 100 10
Q.17 1
, 1,
1 Q.18 20 Q.19 (i) 0.1 (ii) 0.3 Q.20 (i)
5
(ii) 0 (iii) 1
3 3 (iii) 0.7 (iv) 0.5 36
1 5
(v) 0.6 (iv) (v)
6 18

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 INDIAN SCHOOL AL WADI AL KABIR
Class X, Mathematics
Worksheet- Probability
04 - 11 - 2024

Q. Questions of 1 Mark each. (MCQ’s)

No
1. In a throw of a pair of dice, the probability of getting a doublet is:

1 1 5 2
A B C D
3 6 12 3

2. 𝑝
The probability of guessing the correct answer to a certain question is 12. If the probability of not
3
guessing the correct answer to the same question is , the value of p is:
4

A 3 B 4 C 2 D 1

3. The probability of getting a number between 1 and 100 which is divisible by 7 is:

11 1 7 13
A 100
B C D
7 50 100
4.
The probability that a non-leap year selected at random will have 53 Tuesdays is:

1 2 3 4
A B C D
7 7 7 7

5. Which one of the following can be the probability of an event?

13
A 1.1 B -0.1 C D 5%
7

6. From the data 1, 4, 7, 9, 16, 21, 25, if all the even numbers are removed, then the probability of getting at
random a prime number from the remaining is:

2 1 1 2
A B C D
5 5 7 7

7. Two dice are rolled together. The probability of getting sum of numbers on the two dice as 2, 3 or 5 is:

7 11 5 4
A B C D
36 36 36 9

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8. 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:

7 7 1 5
A B C D
50 55 10 49
9. 2 cards of hearts and 4 cards of spades are missing from a pack of 52 cards. What is the probability of getting a
black card from the remaining pack.

22 22 24 24
A B C D
52 46 52 46
10.
Two dice are rolled simultaneously. What is the probability that 6 will come up at least once?

1 7 11 13
A B C D
6 36 36 36
11. 𝑥
The probability of guessing the correct answer to a certain test question is . If the probability of not
6
2
guessing the correct answer to this question is , then the value of x is:
3

A 2 B 3 C 4 D 6

12. Two dice are thrown together. The probability that they show different numbers is:
1 5 1 2
A B C D
6 6 3 3
13. In a survey, it is found that every fifth person has a vehicle. The probability of a person not having a
vehicle is:
1 4
A B 5% C 95% D
5 5
14. A box contains cards numbered 6 to 55. The probability that a card drawn at random is a perfect
square is:
7 7 1 5
A B C D
50 55 10 49
15.
In a lottery, there are 5 prizes and 20 blanks. The probability of getting a prize is:

1 1 1
A B C D 1
4 20 5

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 DIRECTION: In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by statement of Reason (R).
Choose the correct option

(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.

16. Assertion: The probability of getting number 8 on rolling a die is one.

Reason: The probability of an impossible event is zero(0).

17. 1
Assertion: In a simultaneous throw of a pair of dice, the probability of getting a doublet is .
6

Reason: Probability of an event may be negative.

18. Assertion: The probability of winning a game is 0.6, then the probability of losing it is 0.4.
Reason: P(E) + P(not E) = 1

19. 1
Assertion: If a fair die is thrown once, the probability of getting an even number is 2.

Reason: A natural number is a prime number if only it has 2 factors.

20. Assertion: Two players, Sania and Ashnam play a tennis match. The probability of Sania winning the match is
0.79 ad that of Ashnam winning the match is 0.21.
Reason: The sum of the probabilities of 2 complementary events is 1.

Answers

1 B 2 A 3 C 4 A

5 D 6 B 7 A 8 C
Answers

9 B 10 C 11 A 12 B

13 D 14 C 15 C 16 d

17 c 18 a 19 a 20 a

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 INDIAN SCHOOL AL WADI AL KABIR
Class X, Mathematics
Worksheet- Probability(DTQ and Case Study)
04-11 - 2024
1. 15 defective pens are accidentally mixed with 145 good ones. One pen is taken out at random from this lot.
Determine the probability that the pen taken out is a good one.

2. Two dice are tossed simultaneously. Find the probability of getting

(a) An even number on both the dice

(b) The sum of two numbers more than 9.
3. There are 80 cards numbered from 1 to 80. One card is drawn at random from them. Find the probability that
the number on the selected card is not divisible by 8.

4. Two dice are thrown at the same time and the product of the numbers appearing on them is noted. Find the
probability that the product is a prime number.
5. A bag contains 4 red, 5 white and some yellow balls. If probability of drawing a red ball at random is
1
, then find the probability of drawing a yellow ball at random.
5

6. The king, queen and ace of clubs and diamonds are removed from a deck of 52 playing cards and the
remaining cards are shuffled. A card is randomly drawn from the remaining cards. Find the probability of
getting

(a) A card of clubs. (b) a red coloured card

7. Three unbiased coins are tossed simultaneously. Find the probability of getting:

(i) At least one head (ii) exactly one tail (iii) two heads and one tail
8. A jar contains 54 marbles, each of which is blue, green or white. The probability of selecting a blue marble
1 4
from the jar is , and the probability of selecting a green marble at random is . How many white marbles does
3 9

this jar contain?

9. A box contains 90 discs which are numbered 1 to 90. If one disc is drawn at random from a box, find the
probability that it bears a:

(i)2 digit number less than 40 (ii) number divisible by 5 and greater than 50 (iii) a perfect square number
10. A number x is selected at random from the numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4. Another number y is selected at random
from the numbers 1, 4, 9 and 16. Find the probability that the product of x and y is less than 16.

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11. In a game, the entry fee is ₹5. The game consists of tossing a coin 3 times. If 1 or 2 heads show, Sweta gets her
entry fee back. If she throws 3 heads, she receives double the entry fees. Otherwise, she will loose. For tossing
a coin 3 times find the probability that she:

(i) Loses the entry fee (ii) gets double entry fee (iii) just gets her entry fee
12. Case Study Based: 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.

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 the air company at the rate of ₹ 5000 per person.
Answers

29 1 1 7 1
1 2 ,
4 6
3 4
32 8 6

11 5 1 7 3 3
5 6 , 7 , , 8 12
Answers

20 23 2 8 8 8

1 4 1 1 1 1 3
9 , , 10 11 , ,
3 45 10 2 8 8 4
23
12 , 59, 24 OR ₹ 70 000
120

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