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Class : X Topic : Probability
Section-A (Conceptual Questions)
Mark the correct alternative in each of the following:
1. If a digit is chosen at random from the digits 1, 2, 3,4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, then the probability that it is odd, is
4 5 1 2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
9 9 9 3
2. In Q. No. 1, the probability that the digit is even, is
4 5 1 2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
9 9 9 3
3. In Q. No. 1, the probability that the digit is a multiple of 3 is
1 2 1 2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 3 9 9
4. If three coins are tossed simultaneously, then the probability of getting at least two heads, is
1 3 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
4 8 2 4
5. In a single throw of a die, the probability of getting a multiple of 3 is
1 1 1 2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 3 6 3

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6. The probability of guessing the correct answer to a certain test questions is . If the probability of not
12
2
guessing the correct answer to this question is , then x =
3
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 6
7. A bag contains three green marbles, four blue marbles, and two orange marbles. If a marble is picked at
random, then the probability that it is not an orange marble is
1 1 4 7
(a) (b) (c) (d)
4 3 9 9
8. A number is selected at random from the numbers 3, 5, 5, 7, 7, 7, 9, 9, 9, 9.
The probability that the selected number is their average is
1 3 7 9
(a) (b) (c) (d)
10 10 10 10
9. The probability of throwing a number greater than 2 with a fair dice is
3 2 2 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
5 5 3 3

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10. A card is accidently dropped from a pack of 52 playing cards. The probability that it is an ace is
1 1 1 12
(a) (b) (c) (d)
4 13 52 13
11. A number is selected from numbers 1 to 25. The probability that it is prime is
2 1 9 5
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 6 25 6
12. Which of the following cannot be the probability of an event?
2
(a) (b) –1.5 (c) 15% (d) 0,7
3
13. If P(E) = 0.05, then P(not E) =
(a) –0.05 (b) 0.5 (c) 0.9 (d) 0.95
14. Winch of the following cannot be the probability of occurrence of an event?
(a) 0.2 (b) 0.4 (c) 0.8 (d) 1.6
15. The probability of a certain event is
1
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) (d) no existent
2
16. The probability of an impossible event is
1
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) (d) non-existent
2
17. Aarushi sold 100 lottery tickets in which 5 tickets carry prizes. If Priya purchased a ticket, what is the
probability of Priya winning a prize?
19 1 1 17
(a) (b) (c) (d)
20 25 20 20
18. A number is selected from first 50 natural numbers. What is the probability that it is a multiple of 3 or 5?
13 21 12 23
(a) (b) (c) (d)
25 50 25 50
19. A month is selected at random in a year. The probability that it is March or October, is
1 1 3
(a) (b) (c) (d) none of these
12 6 4
20. From the letters of the word "MOBILE", a letter is selected. The probability that the letter is a vowel, is
1 3 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 7 6 2
21. A die is thrown once. The probability of getting a prime number is
2 1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 3 2 6

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22. The probability of getting an even number, when a die is thrown once is
1 1 1 5
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 3 6 6
23. A box contains 90 discs, numbered from 1 to 90. If one disc is drawn at random from the box, the
probability that it bears a prime number less than 23, is
7 10 4 9
(a) (b) (c) (d)
90 90 45 89
24. The probability that a number selected at random from the numbers 1, 2,3,—15 is a multiple of 4, is
4 2 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
15 15 5 3
25. Two different coins are tossed simultaneously of getting at least one head is
1 1 3 7
(a) (b) (c) (d)
4 8 4 8
26. If two different dice are rolled together, the probability of getting an even number on both dice, is
1 1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
36 2 6 4
27. A number is selected at random from the numbers 1 to 30. The probability that it is prime number is
2 1 1 11
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 6 3 30
28. A card is drawn at random from a pack of 52 cards. The probability that the drawn card is not an ace is
2 9 4 12
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 13 13 13
29. Two dice are thrown together. The probability of getting the same number on both dlce is
1 1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 3 6 12
30. In a family of 3 children, the probability of having at least one boy is
7 1 5 3
(a) (b) (c) (d)
8 8 8 4
31. A bag contain cards numbered from 1 to 25. A card is drawn at random from the bag. The probability that
the number on this card is divisible by both 2 and 3 is
1 3 4 2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
5 25 25 25
32. A number x is chosen at random from the numbers –3, –2, –1, 0, 1, 2, 3 the probability that |x| < 2 is
5 2 3 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
7 7 7 7

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33. If a number x is chosen from the numbers 1, 2, 3, and a number y is selected from the numbers 1, 4, 9.
Then, P{xy < 9)
7 5 2 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
9 9 3 9
34. The probability that a non-leap year has 53 Sundays, is
2 5 6 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
7 7 7 7
35. In a single throw of a pair of dice, the probability of getting the sum a perfect square is
1 7 1 2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
18 36 6 9
36. What is the probability that a non-leap year has 53 Sundays?
6 1 5
(a) (b) (c) (d) none of these
7 7 7
37. Two numbers '«' and 'b' are selected successively without replacement in that order from the integers 1 to
a
10. Tne probability that is an integer, is
b

17 1 17 8
(a) (b) (c) (d)
45 5 90 45
38. Two dice are rolled simultaneously. The probability that they show different faces is
2 1 1 5
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 6 3 6
39. What is the probability that a leap year has 53 Mondays?
2 4 5 6
(a) (b) (c) (d)
7 7 7 7
40. If a two digit number is chosen at random, then the probability that the number chosen is a multiple of 3,
is
3 29 1 7
(a) (b) (c) (d)
10 100 3 25
ASSERTION-REASON
Each of the following questions contains STATEMENT-1 (Assertion) and STATEMENT-2 (Reason) and
has following four choices (a), (b), (c) and (d), only one of which is the correct answer. Mark the correct
choice.
(a) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true; Statement-2 is a correct explanation for Statement-1.
(b) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true; Statement-2 is not a correct explanation for Statement-1.
(c) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is false.
(d) Statement-1 is false, Statement-2 is true.

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41. Statement-1 (Assertion): The probability that a leap year has 53 Sundays is .
7
1
Statement-2 (Reason): The probability that a non-leap year has 53 Sundays is
7
42. Statement-1 (Assertion): When a die is rolled, the probability of getting a number which is a multiple of
3 and 5 both is zero.
Statement-2 (Reason): The probability of an impossible event is zero.
1
43 Statement-1 (Assertion): A cubical die is rolled. The probability of getting a composite number 1 is .
3
2
Statement-2 (Reason): In a throw of a cubical die, the probability of getting a prime number is-.
3
44 Statement-1 (Assertion): A number is selected from the numbers 1, 2, 3,..., 10. The probability that it is
1
a root of the equation x 2 – 2x + 1 = 0 is .
5
Statement-2 (Reason): The equation x2 – 2x + 1 = 0 has two roots.
45 Statement-1 (Assertion): A four digit number is formed using the digits 1, 2, 5, 6 and 8 without repetition.
3
The probability that it is an even number is .
5
Statement-2 (Reason): The units digit of even number is also an even number.
46. Statement-1 (Assertion): Avni and Manvi were born in the year 2000. The probability that they have the
1
same birthday is -
366
Statement-2 (Reason): Leap year has 366 days.

CASE STUDY BASED QUESTIONS

Case Study-1
1. In a game ol chance consisting of spinning an arrow which comes to rest pointing at one of the numbers
1, 2, 3..... 20 (see Fig.) and these are equally likely outcomes. Three persons Aarushi, Avni and Mira
decide to play the game. Aarushi wins Rs. 5000 if the arrow points at an even number. Mira wins Rs. 8000
when arrow points at an odd number and Avni wins Rs. 12,000 when arrow points at a prime number.
Based on the above information answer the foliowing questions:

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(i) Total number of possible outcomes in the game is

(a) 10 (b) 20 (c) 30 (d) 40
(ii) What are the chances of Aarushi winning Rs. 5000?
(a) 50% (b) 60% (c) 40% (d) 25%
(iii) What are the chances of Mira winning Rs. 8000?
(a) 60% (b) 40% (c) 50% (d) 80%
(iv) What are the chances of Avni winning Rs. 12000?
(a) 50% (b) 60% (c) 80% (d) 40%
(v) What are the chances of Mira and Avni winning their prize money?
(a) 35% (b) 5% (c) 40% (d) 25%
(vi) What are the chances of Aarushi and Avni winning their prize money?
(aj 35% (b) 5% (c) 10% (d) 20%
(vii) Chances of all three winning their prizes are?
(a) 5% (b) 10% (c) 1% (d) 0%

Case Study-2
Mira has a circular cardboard with centre O. The cardboard has been divided into three regions labelled
X, Y and Z by diameter AH and radius OC as shown in the following figure. She places a fair spinner at
the centre O of the cardboard. If  BOC = 45°; answer each of the following questions:

(i) The probability that the spinner will land in the region X, is
1 1 1 3
(i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
4 2 8 8
(ii) The probability that the spinner will land in the region Y, is
1 1 1 3
(i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
4 2 8 8
(iii) The probability that the spinner will land in the region Z, is
1 1 1 3
(i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
4 2 8 8
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(iv) The probability that the spinner will land in the region X or Z, is
1 1 1 3
(i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
4 2 8 8
(v) The probability that the spinner will land in the region Y or Z, is
1 1 1 3
(i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
4 2 8 8

Case Study-3
Figure depicts an archery target marked with its five scoring areas from the centre outwards as Cold, Red,
Blue, Black and White. The diameter of the region representing Gold score is 20 cm and each of the other
bands is 10 cm wide. A bowman shoots an arrow.

(i) The probability that the arrow hits in Gold scoring area, is
1 3 1 7
(i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
25 25 5 25
(ii) The probability that it hits in Red scoring area, is
1 3 1 7
(i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
25 25 5 25
(iii) The probability that it hits in Blue scoring area, is
9 7 3 1
(i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
25 25 25 5
(iv) The probability that it hits in Black scoring area, is
9 3 7 1
(i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
25 25 25 25
(v) The probahiiity that it hits in white storing area, is
9 7 1 3
(i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
25 25 5 25

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Section-B (NCERT Questions Corner)

1. A bag contains a red ball, a blue ball and a yellow ball, all the balls being of the same size. Kritika takes
out a ball from the bag without looking into it. What is the probability that she takes out the
(i) Yellow ball (ii) Red ball (iii) Blue ball?
2. One card is drawn from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. Calculate the probability that the card will
(i) be an ace (ii) not be an ace
3. Two players, Sangeeta and Reshma, play a tennis match. It is known that the probability of Sangeeta's
winning the match is 0.62. What is the probability of Reshma's winning the match?
4. Savita and Hamida are friends. What is the probability that both will have
(i) different birthday (ii) the same birthday
5. There are 40 students in Class X of a school of which 25 are girls and 15 are boys. The class teacher has
to select one student as a class representative. She writes the name of each student on a separate card, the
cards being identical. The she put cards in a bag and mix them thoroughly. She then draws one card from
the bag. What is the probability that the name written on the card is the name of (i) a girl? (ii) a boy?
6. A box contains 3 blue, 2 white and 4 red marbles. If a marble is drawn from the box. What is the probability
that it will be
(i) White (ii) Blue (iii) Red?
7. Harpreet tosses two different coins simultaneously (say, one is of Rs. 1 and other of Rs. 2). What is the
probability that she gets at least one head?
8. In a musical chair game, the person playing the music has been advised to stop playing the music at any
time within 2 minutes after he starts playing. What is the probability that the music will stop within the
first half minute after starting?
9. A missing helicopter is reported to have crashed somewhere in the rectangular region shown in fig. What
is the probability that it crashed inside the lake shown in the figure?

10. A carton consists of 100 shirts of which 88 are good, 8 have minor defects and 4 have major defects.
Jimmy, a trader, will only accept the shirts which are good, but Sujata, another trader, will only reject the
shirts which have major defects. One shirt is drawn at random from the carton. What is the probability
that (i) It is acceptable to Jimmy?
(ii) It is acceptable to Sujata.
11. Two dice, one blue and one grey, are thrown at the same time. Write down all the possible outcomes.
What is the probability that sum of the two numbers appearing on the top of the dice is
(i) 8 (ii) 13 (iii) less than or equal to 12

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12. Complete the following statements:

(i) Probability of an event E + Probability of the event “not E” = ______.
(ii) The probability of an event that cannot happen is _____. Such an event is called _____.
(iii) The probability of an event that is certain to happen is _____. Such an event is called ______.
(iv) The sum of the probabilities of all the elementary events of an experiment is _____.
(v) The probability of an event is greater than or equal to _____ and less than or equal to ______.
13. Which of the following experiments have equally likely outcomes? Explain.
(i) A driver attempts to start a car. The car starts or does not start.
(ii) A player attempts to shoot a basketball. She/he shoots or misses the shot.
(iii) A trial is made to answer a true-false question. The answer is right or wrong.
(iv) A baby is born. It is a boy or a girl
14. Why is tossing a coin considered to be a fair way of deciding which team should get the ball at the
beginning of a football game?
15. Which of the following can’t be probability of an event?

2
(a) (b) –1.5 (c) 15% (d) 0.7
3

16. If P(E) = 0.05, what is the probability of “not E”?

17. A bag contains lemon flavoured candies only. Malini takes out one candy without looking into the bag.
What is the probability that she takes out
(i) an orange flavoured candy
(ii) a lemon flavoured candy
18. It is given that in a group of 3 students, the probability of 2 students not having the same birthday is 0.992.
What is the probability that the 2 students have the same birthday?
19. A bag contains 3 red balls and 5 black balls. A ball drawn at random from the bag. What is the probability
that the ball drawn is (i) red ? (ii) not red ?
20. A box contains 5 red marbles, 8 white marbles and 4 green marbles. One marble is taken out of the box at
random. What is the probability that the marble taken out will be (i) red ? (ii) white ? (iii) not green?
21. A piggy bank contains hundred 50p coins, fifty Rs. 1 coins, twenty Rs. 2 coins and ten Rs. 5 coins. If it is
equally likely that one of the coins will fall out when the bank is turned upside down, what is the probability
that the coin (i) will be a 50p coin ? (ii) will not be a c 5 coin?
22. Gopi buys a fish from a shop for his aquarium. The shopkeeper takes out one fish at random from a tank
containing 5 male fish and 8 female fish. What is the probability that the fish taken out is a male fish?

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23. A game of chance consists of spinning an arrow which comes to rest pointing at one of the numbers
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 (see Fig. 15.5), and these are equally likely outcomes. What is the probability that it will
point at
(i) 8? (ii) an odd number?
(iii) a number greater than 2? (iv) a number less than 9?

24. A die is thrown once. Find the probability of getting

(i) a prime number.
(ii) a number lying between 2 and 6
(iii) an odd number
25. One card is drawn from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. Find the probability of getting
(i) a king of red colour (ii) a face card
(iii) a red face card (iv) the jack of hearts
(v) a spade (vi) the queen of diamonds
26. Five cards: the ten, jack , queen , king and ace of diamonds are well shuffled with their faces downwards,
1 card is then picked up at random
(i) what is the probability that drawn card is a queen ?
(ii) If the queen is drawn and put aside and a second card is drawn. find the probability that the second
card is (a) an ace, (b) a queen ?
27. 12 defective pens are accidentally mixed with 132 good ones. It is not possible to just look at pen and tell
whether or not it is defective. One pen is taken out at random from this lot. Determine the probability that
the pen taken out is good one.
28. (i) A lot of 20 bulbs contain 4 defective ones. One bulb is drawn at random from the lot. What is the
probability that this bulb is defective?
(ii) Suppose the bulb selected in (i) is not defective and is not replaced back. Now one bulb is drawn at
random from the rest (leftover). What is the probability that this bulb is not defective?
29. A box contains 90 discs which are numbered from 1 to 90. If one disc is drawn at random from the box,
find the probability that it bears
(i) a two digit number
(ii) a perfect square number
(iii) a number divisible by 5.

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the probability that it is green is . Find the number of blue balls in the jar..
3
40. A bag contains 3 red balls, 5 white balls and 7 black balls. What is the probability that a ball drawn from
the bag at random will be neither red nor black [NCERT Examplar]
41. A school has five houses A, B, C, D and E. A class has 23 students, 4 from house A, 8 from house B, 5
from house C, 2 from house D and rest from house E. Now if a single student is selected at random to be
the class monitor, then find the probability that the selected student is not from A, B and C?
[NCERT Examplar]
42. Apporva throws two dice at once and computes the product of the numbers appearing on the dice. Pehu
throws one dice and square the number that appears on it. Who has the better chance of getting the
number 36? Why? [NCERT Examplar]
43. The king, queen and jack of clubs are removed from a pack of 52 cards. Now one card is randomly drawn
from the remaining cards. Determine the probability that the card is [NCERT Examplar]
(i) A Heart (ii) A King.
44. All the Jacks, Queens and Kings are removed from a deck of 52 playing cards. Also, let ac has value 1 just
like other cards. Now if a card is randomly taken out from remaining crds, then find the probability of
getting [NCERT Examplar]
(i) The value 7 (ii) The value greeter than 7 (iii) < 7that
45. An integer is choosen between 0 and 100°. What is the probability that it is [NCERT Examplar]
(i) divisible by 7 ? (ii) Not divisible by 7 ?
46. Cards with numbers 2 to 101 are placed in a box. A card is selected at random. Find the probability that
the card has [NCERT Examplar]
47. A letter of english alphabets is choosen at random. Determine that the letter is a constant.
[NCERT Examplar]
48. There are 1000 sealed envelopes in a box, 10 of them contain a cash prize of Rs 100 each, 100 of them
contain a cash prize of Rs 50 each and 200 of them contain a cash prize of Rs 10 each and rest do not
contain any cash prize. If they are well shuffled and one envelope is picked up out, what is the probability
that it contains no cash prize? [NCERT Examplar]
49. Box A contains 25 slips of which 19 are marked Rs 1 and other are marked Rs 5 each. Box B contains 50
slips of which 45 marked Rs 1 each and others are marked Rs 13 each. Slips of both boxes are poured into
a third box and reshuffled. A slip is drawn at random. What is the probability that it is marked other than
Rs 1? [NCERT Examplar]
50. A carton of 24 bulbs contains 6 defective bulbs. One bulb is drawn at random. What is the probability that
the bulb is not defective? If the bulb selected is defective and it is not replaced and a second bulb is
selected at random from the rest, what is the probability that the second bulb is defective?
[NCERT Examplar]
51. A child’s game has 8 triangles of which 3 are blue and rest are red and 10 squares of which 6 are blue and
rest are red. One piece is lost at random. Find the probability that it is a- [NCERT Examplar]
(i) Triangle
(ii) Square
(iii) Square of blue color
(iv) Triangle of red color

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52. In a game, the entree fee is Rs. 5. the game consist of tossing a coin 3 times. If one or two head show,
Sweta gets her entry fee back. If she throws 3 heads, she receives double the entry fees, otherwise she will
lose. For tossing a coin three times, find the probability that she [NCERT Examplar]
(i) loses the entry fee
(ii) gets double the entry fee.
(iii) just gets her entry fee.
53. A die has its six faces marked 0, 1, 1, 1, 6, 6. Two such dice are thrown together and total score is recorded
(i) How many different scores are possible
(ii) What is the probability of getting a total of 7. [NCERT Examplar]
54. A lot consists of 48 mobile phones of which 42 are good, 3 have only minor defects and 3 have major
defects. Varnika will buy a phone, if it is good but the trader will only buy a mobile, if it has no major
defect. One phone is selected at random from the lot. What is the probability that it is
(i) acceptable to Varnika? (ii) acceptable to trader? [NCERT Examplar]
55. A bag contains 24 balls of which x are red, 2x are white and 3x are blue. A ball is selcted at random. What
is the probability that it is [NCERT Examplar]
(i) not red? (ii) white
56. At a fate, cards bearing numbers 1 to 1000, one number on one card, one put in a box. Each player selects
one card at random and that card is not replaced. If the selected card has a perfect square greater than 500.
The player wins a prize. What is the probability that [NCERT Examplar]
(i) The first player wins the prize?
(ii) The second player wins a prize, if the first player has won?

Section-C (Exam Corner)

1. A number x is chosen at random from the numbers –3, –2, –1, 0, 1, 2, 3. The probability that x2 < 4 is?
[CBSE - 2020]
2. Find the probability that 5 sundays occur in the month of november of a randomly selected year?
[CBSE - 2020]
3. A game consist of tossing a coin 3 times and noting the outcomes each time. If getting the same result in
all the tosses is sucess, find the probability of losting the game? [CBSE - 2019]
4. A box contains cards, number 1 to 90 written on it. A card is drawn at random from the box. Find the
probability that the selected card bears a:
(i) Two digit number (ii) Perfect square [CBSE - 2017]
5. From all the two digit numbers a number is choosen at random. Find the probability tht the choosen
number is a multiple of 7? [CBSE - 2017]

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Answer Key
Section-A (Conceptual Questions)
MCQ
1. (b) 2. (a) 3. (a) 4. (c) 5. (b) 6. (c)

7. (d) 8. (b) 9. (c) 10. (b) 11. (c) 12. (b)

13. (d) 14. (d) 15. (b) 16. (a) 17. (c) 18. (d)

19. (b) 20. (d) 21. (c) 22. (a) 23. (c) 24. (c)

25. (c) 26. (d) 27. (c) 28. (d) 29. (c) 30. (a)

31. (c) 32. (c) 33. (b) 34. (d) 35. (b) 36. (b)

37. (c) 38. (d) 39. (a) 40. (c)

ASSERTION-REASON
41.(b) 42. (a) 43. (c) 44. (d) 45. (b)

CASE STUDY BASED QUESTIONS

Case Study-1
(i) (b) (ii) (a) (iii) (c) (iv) (a) (v) (a) (vi) b

(vii) d

Case Study-2
(i) (a) (ii) (b) (iii) (c) (iv) (b) (v) (c)

Case Study-3
(i) (a) (ii) (b) (iii) (d) (iv) (c) (v) (a)

Section-B (NCERT Questions Corner)

1 1 1 1 12 364 1 5 3
1. , , 2. , 3. 0.38 4. , 5. ,
3 3 3 13 13 365 365 8 8

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6. (i) (ii) (iii) 7. 8. 9.
9 3 9 4 4 27

5
10. 0.96 11. (i) (ii) 0 (iii) 1
36

12. (i) 1 (ii) 0, impossible event (iii) 1, sure event (iv) 1 (v) 0, 1

13. In case (i) and (ii) events can be favourable to particular event, so not equally likely, whereas (iii) and (iv)
events are equally likely

14. Because both the events “Head” or “tail” are equally likely to occur

15. (b) 16. 0.95 17. (i) 0 (ii) 1 18. 0.008

3 5 5 8 13
19. (i) (ii) 20. (i) (ii) (iii)
8 8 17 17 17

5 17 5
21. (i) (ii) 22.
18 18 13

1 1 3
23. (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) 1
8 2 4

1 1 1
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