CBSE - Probability

1 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

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 

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 

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 

Out of a day’s production, which is 1000 machine  parts, 100 we re  found to be  sub-standard. The  probability that a part se le cte d at random be ing up to the  standard is
 
1) 1 / 10
2) 9 / 10
3) 2 / 10
4) 5 / 10

6 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 

7 Probability 

In a single throw of three dice, the probability of getting a total of 17 or 18 is 
 
1) 53/54
2) 51/54
3) 1/54 
4) 0 

8 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 

9 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

10 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