CBSE - Probability

1 Probability 

Tickets numbered 1 to 20 are mixed up and then a ticket is drawn at random. What is the probability that the ticket drawn has a number which is a multiple of 3 or 5? 
1)  1 / 2
2)  2 / 5
3)  8/ 15
4) 9 / 20
 

2 Probability 

 A bag contains 10 red balls and some white balls. If the probability of drawing a white ball is double that of a red ball, then number of white balls in the bag will be 
 
1) 10
2) 15
3) 20 
4) 25 

3 Probability 

If all the face cards are removed from a pack of 52 cards and then a card is randomly drawn then the probability of getting a ‘10 of heart’ will be  
 
1) 1 / 40
2) 2 / 49
3) 3 / 40 
4) 3 / 17 

4 Probability 

A die is thrown twice. The probability that 5 will not come up either of the time is :

(1) 35/36  
(2) 25/36 
(3) 1 / 36 
(4) 11/36

5 Probability 

A die is thrown twice. The probability of the sum being odd, is
 
1) 1 / 2
2) 1 / 3
3) 1 / 4
4) 1 / 6 

6 Probability 

A die is thrown twice. Then the probability that 5 will come up at least once is  
 
1) 11/ 36
2) 7 / 36
3) 5 / 36 
4) 0 

7 Probability 

The probability of guessing the correct answer to a certain question is p/12. If the probability of not guessing the correct answer to the same question is 3/4, the value of p is  
 
1) 3
2) 4
3) 2
4) 1

8 Probability 

Two dice are tossed. The  probability that the  total sum is a prime number is:  
 
1) 1 / 6
2) 5 / 12
3) 1 / 2
4) 7 / 9 

9 Probability 

A bag contains 2 red, 3 green and 2 blue  balls. Two balls are drawn at random. What is the probability that none  of the balls drawn is blue? 
 
1)  10 / 21
2)  11 / 21
3)  2 / 7
4) 5 / 7 

10 Probability 

 Three unbiased coins are tossed together. Then the probability of getting at least one head and one tail is   
 
1) 1 / 4
2) 1
3) 3 / 4 
4) 0