ASSIGNMENT FOR CLASS 10 PROBABILITY
Class 10th
Q1) One card is drawn from the deck of 52 playing cards. Find the probability of getting
A ) A face card [3/13] b) A red face card [3/26]
C ) A spade card [1/4] d) A king of red color [1/26]
E ) A jack of heart [1/52] f) An ace card [1/13]
g) A card of spade or ace [4/13] h) Either king or queen [2/13]
i) Neither king nor queen [11/13] j) neither red nor queen [6/13]
k) 10 of black suit [1/26]
Q 2) A bag contains 3 white, 4 red, and 7 black balls. Find the probability of getting
a) a black ball [1/2] b) A red or a black ball [11/14]
c) A red white or black ball [1] d) not a red ball [5/7]
e) neither white nor black ball [2/7] f) Not a white ball [11/14]
Q 3) Two dice are thrown , what is the probability of getting
a) Difference of the numbers on the two dice is 2 [2/9]
b) sum of numbers on the two dice is 10 [1/12]
c) Sum of numbers on two dice is more than 9 [1/6]
d) A total of 9 or 11 [1/6] e) Both are odd number [1/4]
f) Six as a product [1/9] g) A doublet [1/6]
h) Getting same number [1/6] i) Getting different number [5/6]
j) Six will come up at least once [11/36]
Q 4) Using the digits 2, 4, 6 all possible two digit numbers are formed. Each digit being used only
once. Find the probability of the number so formed is greater than 46 [1/3]
Q 5) What is the probability of getting 53 Friday in
a)A Leap Year [2/7] b) In a non leap year [1/7]
Q 6) Cards marked with number 6, 7, 8, ……………15 are placed in a box. Find the probability of
getting a number less than 10.
Q 7) A bag contains 24 balls of which x are red, 2x are white and 3x are blue. A ball is selected at
random. Find the probability that it is
a ) Not red [5/6] b) A white ball [1/3]
Q 8) When 3 coins are tossed find the probability of getting
A ) Two tails [3/8] b) At least two tails [1/2]
C ) At most two tails [7/8] d) At most 3 heads [1]
e) At least 3 heads [1/8] f) Exactly two heads [3/8]
Q 9) When two unbiased coins are tossed . Then find the probability of getting
A ) Exactly one head [1/4] b ) Exactly one tail [2/4]
C ) At least two tails [1/4] d ) A most two tails [3/4]
E ) Not less than one head [3/4] f) No tail [1/4]
Q 10) The King , Queen , and Jack of club are removed from a deck of 52 playing cards. One card
is selected from the remaining cards. Find the probability of getting
A ) A heart [13/49] b) A king [3/49] c) A club [10/49] d) A 10 of heard [1/49]
Q 11) Find the probability that a number selected from 1,2,3,4……….,35
a ) A prime number [11/35] b) A multiple of 7 [1/7] c ) Multiple of 3 or 5 [16/35]
Q 12) A letter of English alphabet is chosen at random. Find the probability that the letter is
A ) A consonant [21/26] b ) A vowel [5/26]
Q 13) In a word “MATHEMATICS” what is the probability of getting
a ) Letter M or A b) Letter T c) Letter E
Q 14) In a word PERMUTATION what is the probability of getting
A ) A vowel b) A consonant
By shikha kaushal
