CBSE - Probability

1 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 

2 Probability 

There are 50 cards maked with the numbers 1 to 50. One card is drawn at random. What is the probability that number on the card is a prime number ?

1) 3 /10
2) 1 / 5
3) 1 / 4
4) 2 /15

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 

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 

5 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 

6 Probability 

 A game consists of tossing a one rupee coin 3 times and noting its outcome each time. Hanif wins if all the tosses give the same result i.e., three heads or three tails, and loses otherwise. Calculate the probability that Hanif will lose the game.  
 
1) 1 / 4
2) 1
3) 3 / 4 
4) 0 

7 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

8 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

9 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 

10 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