DPP-1

Probability

1. Which of the following cannot be the probability of an event?

1 3 7
(a) 0.3 (b) (c) (d)
3 5 6
2. A die is rolled once. The probability of getting a number greater than
2 is
1 2 2 5
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 3 5 6
 3. A die is thrown once. What is the probability that the number will be a
factor of 36?
1 2 1 5
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 3 6 6
4. In a simultaneous throw of two dice, the probability of getting a
doublet is
1 2 1 5
(a) (b) (c) (d)
4 3 6 6
5. In a simultaneous throw of two dice, the probability of getting a total of
7 is
1 2 1 3
(a) (b) (c) (d)
6 3 4 4
6. In a simultaneous throw of two dice, the probability of getting a total of
10 or 11 is
1 1 7 5
(a) (b) (c) (d)
4 6 12 36
7. In a simultaneous throw of two dice, the probability of getting a total
which is a prime number is
1 1 7 5
(a) (b) (c) (d)
6 2 9 12
8. Two dice are thrown simultaneously. Then, the probability of getting a
multiple of 3 as the sum is
1 1 1 5
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 3 4 6
9. Two dice are thrown simultaneously. What is the probability of getting
two numbers whose product is even?
1 3 3 5
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 4 8 16
10. Two coins are tossed simultaneously. What is the probability of getting
at most one head?
1 2 1 3
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 3 4 4
11. The probability of getting exactly 2 heads when three coins are tossed is
1 1 3 3
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 4 4 8
12. Three unbiased coins are tossed. What is the probability of getting at
least two tails?
1 1 3 7
(a) (b) (c) (d)
4 2 8 8
13. Three unbiased coins are tossed. What is the probability of getting at
most two heads?
1 3 3 7
(a) (b) (c) (d)
4 4 8 8
14. A spinner is marked with numbers from 1 to 6.
If a boy spins it once, what is the probability that
the arrow will stop on a number less than or equal
to 2?
1 1
(a) (b)
2 3
1 2
(c) (d)
6 3
15. A spinner is marked with numbers from 1 to 10
as shown. Then, the probability of getting a
composite number in one spin is
1 3
(a) (b)
2 5
7
(c) (d) none of these
10
16. The probability of getting an even number on
1
spinning the wheel is and that of a prime
2
2
number is ⋅
3
What could be the missing number on the wheel?
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 9
17. A box contains 4 red, 5 green and 6 white balls. A ball is drawn at
random from the box. What is the probability that the ball drawn is
either red or green?
1 2 3 7
(a) (b) (c) (d)
5 5 5 15
18. A bag contains 3 white, 4 red and 5 black balls. One ball is drawn at
random. What is the probability that the ball drawn is neither black
nor white?
1 1 1 3
(a) (b) (c) (d)
4 3 2 4
19. A bag contains 4 green, 3 blue and 8 black balls. One ball is drawn at
random. The probability that the ball drawn is not green is
1 3 8 11
(a) (b) (c) (d)
5 11 11 15
20. A lot contains 20 bulbs out of which 4 are broken, 2 have no filament
and 3 are not glowing. If a bulb is taken out randomly, the probability
of getting a good bulb is
3 6 11 9
(a) (b) (c) (d)
20 20 20 20
21. A bag contains a number of marbles of which 80 are green, 24 are black
and the rest are red. If the probability of randomly selecting a red marble
1
from this bag is , how many red marbles are there in the bag?
5
(a) 25 (b) 26 (c) 27 (d) 28
22. If a letter is chosen from the letters of the word COSMOPOLITAN, what
is the probability of getting a vowel?
1 1 3 5
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 3 10 12
23. Out of 35 students participating in a competition, 10 are boys. The
probability that the winner is a girl is
2 2 3 5
(a) (b) (c) (d)
5 7 7 7
24. If a letter is chosen from the letters of the English alphabet, what is the
probability of getting a letter of the word GARDEN?
1 2 3 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
6 13 13 26
25. Numbers from 1 to 10 are each written on 10 separate slips, one number
on each slip, kept in a box and mixed well. One slip is then randomly
picked from the box.
Which of the following events does not have an even chance of occurring?
(a) Getting a number less than 6
(b) Getting an odd number
(c) Getting a prime number
(d) Getting a composite number
26. A card is drawn from a packet of 100 cards numbered 1 to 100. The
probability of drawing a square number is
1 9 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
10 100 100 50
27. A number is selected at random from the numbers 1 to 30. What is the
probability that the selected number is a prime number?
1 1 2 11
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 6 3 30
 28. There are 25 tickets numbered as 1, 2, 3, 4, …, 25 respectively. One
ticket is drawn at random. What is the probability that the number on the
ticket is a multiple of 5?
1 1 2 3
(a) (b) (c) (d)
4 5 5 10
29. a multiple of 3 or 5?
2 11 12 13
(a) (b) (c) (d)
5 25 25 25
30. a multiple of both 3 and 5?
1 8 1 2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
5 25 25 25
These questions are based on the information given below.
Look at the calendar for the month of January
shown herewith. If a date is chosen at random on
JANUARY
or before 26th January for an event then
S M T W T F S
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30 31
31. the probability of choosing a Saturday is
2 4 3 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
13 31 26 26
32. the probability of choosing a Sunday is
2 4 3 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
13 31 26 26
33. the probability of choosing a Saturday or a Sunday is
5 7 5 7
(a) (b) (c) (d)
26 26 31 31
34. One card is drawn from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. The probability
that the number on the card drawn is a multiple of 5, is
4 4 7 2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
52 13 52 13
35. A card is drawn at random from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. What
is the probability of getting a 6?
1 3 1
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these
52 26 13
36. A card is drawn at random from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. What
is the probability of getting a black king?
1 1 2
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these
13 26 39
37. One card is drawn at random from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards.
What is the probability of getting a face card?
1 3 3 4
(a) (b) (c) (d)
26 26 13 13
38. One card is drawn at random from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards.
What is the probability of getting a black face card?
1 3 3 3
(a) (b) (c) (d)
26 26 13 14
 ANSWERS (DPP-1)

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11. (d) 12. (b) 13. (d) 14. (b) 15. (a) 16. (b) 17. (c) 18. (b) 19. (d) 20. (c)
21. (b) 22. (d) 23. (d) 24. (c) 25. (c) 26. (a) 27. (a) 28. (b) 29. (c) 30. (c)
31. (a) 32. (c) 33. (b) 34. (d) 35. (c) 36. (b) 37. (c) 38. (b)