Mathematics

DPP
NTSE

TOPIC – PROBABILITY

1. What is the probability of having 53 Thursday in ordinary year (except leap year)?
2 3 1 4
(a) 7 (b) 7 (c) 7 (d) 7

2. ‘B’ speaks truth in 75% cases and ‘A’ speaks truth in 80% cases. Find the probability that they contradicts
each other in statement.
13 3 2 7
(a) 20 (b) 5 (c) 5 (d) 20

3. A fair die is thrown once. The probability of getting neither a prime nor a coposite number is
5 1
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 6 (d) 6

4. A bag contains 15 balls of which x are black and remaining are red. If the number of red balls are increased
by 5, the probability of drawing the red balls doubles, then probability of drawing red ball is ……..
1 4 3 2
(a) 5 (b) 5 (c) 5 (d) 5

5. The probability of getting at least one head in tossing two coins is

1 1 3
(a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) None of these

6. Two cards are drawn one by one without replacement from a well shuffled pack of 52 cards. The probability
that both being aces is
2 2 1 1
(a) 3 (b) 43 (c) 51 (d) 221

7. Two dice are thrown together. The probability of getting the same number on both dice will be :
1 1 1 1
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 6 (d) 12

8. A bag contains two coins. One of them is a regular coin whereas the other has tails on both side. From the
bag, a coin is picked at random and tossed. Then, the probability of getting a head is
1 1 3
(a) 0 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 4

9. What is the probability of getting a total of at least 9 in a single throw of two dice?
5 7 11 13
(a) 18 (b) 18 (c) 18 (d) 18

10. A box contains some black balls and 30 white balls. If the probability of drawing a black ball is two fifth of
a white ball, then the number of black balls in the box is
(a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 18 (d) 30
11. Two coins are tossed simultaneously, then the probability of getting head on one coin and tail on another
coin is
(a) 2 (b) 1/2 (c) 4 (d) 1/4

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12. Sita and Geeta are friends, what is the probability that both will have different birthdays (ignoring a leap
year) ?
1 1 364
(a) 365 (b) 364 (c) 365 (d) None of these

13. There are 50 cards marked with the numbers 1 to 50. One card is drawn at random. What is the probability
that number on the card is a prime number?
3 1 1 2
(a) 10 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 15

14. Two dice are thrown. Find the probability that sum of numbers of both up sides dice is a perfect square.
1 7 5
(a) 6 (b) 36 (c) 36 (d) 0

15. In a box containing 100 bulbs, 10 are defective. What is te probability that out of a sample of 5 bulbs none is
defective?
−5 1 5 9 −5
(a) 10 (b) (c) (d) None of these
2 10

16. If a leap year is selected randomly, then what is the probability of having 53 Mondays in this year?
1 2 53 52
(a) (b) (c) (d)
7 7 366 365

17. Two dice are thrown simultaneously. Find the probability of getting the sum, a prime number.
(a) 12/5 (b) 12/15 (c) 5/12 (d) 1
18. The probability of getting both heads, when two balanced coins are tossed once is
1 1 1 1
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5

19. The faces of a dice are marked with numbers 1, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and that of another dice with 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6.
Both dice are thrown together once. What is the probability that the sum of numbers on their tops is even?
1 1 2 1
(a) 6 (b) 3 (c) 9 (d) 2

20. The probability that it will rain today is 0.84. what is the probability that it will not rain today ?
(a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 0.16 (d) 0.61
21. Out of 30 consecutive positive numbers 2 are choose at random. The probability that their sum is odd is
10 14 15 16
(a) 29 (b) 29 (c) 29 (d) 29

22. What is the probability that a leap year has 53 Sundays?

7 7 1 2
(a) 53 (b) 52 (c) 7 (d) 7

23. One card is drawn at random from a deck of 52 cards. The probability of getting a face card is
3 1 3 4
(a) 13 (b) 26 (c) 26 (d) 13

24. From a pack of 52 playing cards, face club cards are removed. The remaining cards are well shuffled and a
card is drawn at random. Find the probability that the card drawn is a heart card.
1 13 3 49
(a) 4 (b) 49 (c) 52 (d) 52

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25. A letter is chosen at random from the word MATHEMATICS. What is the probability that it will be a vowel
?
1 3 3 4
(a) 2 (b) 8 (c) 11 (d) 11

26. Two dice are thrown at the same times and product of numbers appearing on them is noted. Probability that
the product is less than 9 will be
1 4 17 2
(a) 36 (b) 9 (c) 36 (d) 9

27. There are 6 defective items in a sample of 20 items. One item is drawn at random. The probability that it is a
non-defective item is
7 3 2
(a) 10 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) 3

28. The probability of composite numbers that comes from first five natural numbers is
1 4 1
(a) 4 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 5

29. Tickets numbered 1 to 20 are mixed up and then a ticket is drawn at random. The probability that the ticket
drawn has a number which is multiple of 3 and 5 is
(a) 1/20 (b) 2/5 (c) 8/15 (d) 9/20
30. The probability of guessing the correct answer to a certain test question is x/12. If the probability of not
guessing the correct answer is 2/3, then x is equal to
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 6
31. The probability to select a prime number from the numbers 3, 4, 5, 6, … 25 will be
7 8 9 10
(a) 23 (b) 23 (c) 23 (d) 23

32. A point is selected at random from the interior of a circle. The probability that the selected point is closer to
the centre then the boundary of the circle is
1 1 1 1
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5

33. There are 5 red, 2 yellow and 7 white roses in a flower vase. If a rose is selected randomly. The probability
of the selection of white rose is
5 1 1
(a) 14 (b) 7 (c) 2 (d) 1

34. I play a game in which two dice are thrown together. I win if the product of the two numbers appearing on
their tops is odd or a multiple of 5. The probability of my winning is
1 5 7 1
(a) 3 (b) 12 (c) 18 (d) 4

35. A coin and a die is tossed simultaneously. Find the probability of the event that ‘tail’ and a prime number
turns up.
1 1 1 2
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 3

36. Three dice are thrown once. Write the probability that all the dice show different faces.
5 2 8 5
(a) 18 (b) 9 (c) 15 (d) 9

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37. A card is drawn from a well shuffled pack of 52 cards. The probability that card is a red ace is
1 1 3 1
(a) 13 (b) 26 (c) 52 (d) 2

38. The probability that a leap year will have 53 Fridays or 53 Saturdays is
2 1 4 3
(a) 7 (b) 7 (c) 7 (d) 7

Answer Key
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c d d a c d c b a b
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b c a b d b c c d c
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c d a b d b a d a c
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b c c b b d b d

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