CBSE - Probability

1 Probability 

The king, queen and jack of hearts are removed from a deck of 52 playing cards and then wellshuffled. One card is selected from the remaining cards. Then the probability of getting a king is  
 
1)  1 / 49
2)  2 / 49
3)  3 / 49 
4) 1 

2 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 

3 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 

4 Probability 

A letter is chosen at random from the word “probability”. The probability that it is a vowel is  
 
1) 1 / 11
2) 2 / 11
3) 3 / 11
4) 4 / 11

5 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 

6 Probability 

In a class, there are 15 boys and 10 girls. Three students are selected at random. The probability that 1 girl and 2 boys are selected, is: 
 
1) 21 / 46
2) 25 / 117
3) 1 / 50
4) 3 / 25 

7 Probability 

 Probability that a non leap year should have 53 Mondays, will be  
 
1) 2 / 7
2) 3 / 7
3) 1 / 7
4) 5 / 7

8 Probability 

Box A contains 30% first grade articles. Box B contains 40% first grade articles. One article is draw from each box. Then the probability that both articles drawn are first grade is   
 
1) 1 / 25
2) 3 / 25
3) 7 / 25 
4) 9 / 25 

9 Probability 

Mallica and Deepica are friends. Then the probability that both have same birthday is (ignoring aleap year)  
 
1) 364 / 365
2) 1 / 365
3) 363 / 365 
4) 2 / 365 

10 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