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2. A bag contains 5 red and 4 black balls. A ball is drawn at random from the bag. [1]
What is the probability of getting a black ball?
1 2 4
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these
3 9 9
3. A dice is thrown once, what is the probability of getting a prime number? [1]
1 3
(a) 1 (b) (c) (d) 0
2 2
4. What is the probability that a number selected from the numbers 1, 2, 3,… 15 is a [1]
multiple of 4?
1 1 2
(a) (b) (c) (d) 1
5 2 3
5. Why is tossing a coin considered is the way of deciding which team should get the [2]
ball at the beginning of a football match?
6. An unbiased die is thrown, what is the probability of getting an even number? [2]
7. Two unbiased coins are tossed simultaneously, find the probability of getting two [2]
heads.
8. One card is drawn from a well shuffled deck of 52 cards. Find the probability of [2]
getting a jack of hearts.
9. 18 cards numbered 1, 2, 3, … 18 are put in a box and mixed thoroughly. A card is [3]
drawn at random from the box. Find the probabilities that the card bears
(i) an even number
(ii) a number divisible by 2 or 3
10. A bag contains 5 red balls, 4 green balls and 7 white balls. A ball is drawn at [3]
random from the box. Find the probability that the ball drown is
(a) white
(b) neither red nor white
11. A box contains 20 balls bearing numbers 1, 2, 3, 4,… 20. A ball is drawn at random [3]
from the box, what is the probability that the number on the ball is
(i) an odd number
(ii) divisible by 2 or 3
(iii) prime number
13. A card is drawn at random from a well shuffled deck of playing cards. Find the [5]
probability that the card drawn is
(i) a card of spades of an ace
(ii) a red king
(iii) neither a king nor a queen
(iv) either a king or a queen
(v) a face card
(vi) cards which is neither king nor a red card.