Probability - Problems

Q-1, You toss a coin AND roll a die. What is the probability of getting a tail and a 4 on the die? A. 1/2 B. 1/6 C. 1/8 D. 1/12 Q-2, What is the probability that a number selected from numbers 1,2,3,...,30, is prime number, when each of the given numbers is equally likely to be selected? A. 9/30 B. 8/30 C. 10/30 D. 11/30 Q-3, A bag contains 4 white, 5 red and 6 blue balls. Three balls are drawn at random from the bag. The probability that all of them are red, is: A. 1/22 B. 3/22 C. 2/91 D. 2/77 Q-4, A number X is chosen at random from the numbers -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3. What is the probability that |X|<2 A. 5/7 B. 3/7 C. 3/5 D. 1/3 Q-5, In a charity show tickets numbered consecutively from 101 through 350 are placed in a box. What is the probability that a ticket selected at random (blindly) will have a number with a hundredth digit of 2? A. 0.285 B. 0.40 C. 100/249 D. 99/250 Q-6, Tickets numbered 1 to 20 are mixed up and then a ticket is drawn at random. What is the probability that the ticket drawn has a number which is a multiple of 3 or 5? A. 1/2 B. 2/5 C. 8/15 D. 9/20 Q-7, What is the probability of getting a sum 9 from two throws of a dice? A. 1/6 B. 1/8 C. 1/9 D. 1/12

Q-8, From a pack of 52 cards, two cards are drawn together at random. What is the probability of both the cards being kings? A. 1/15 B. 25/57 C. 35/256 D. 1/221 Q-9, Two cards are drawn together from a pack of 52 cards. The probability that one is a spade and one is a heart, is: A. 3/20 B. 29/34 C. 47/100 D. 13/102

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