136 Answers Mathematics - Class IX (Level-I & Level-II)

Chapter 15 : Probability

Level-I
SECTION-A

Very Short Answer Type Questions :

1. 0.16 2. 1, 0

3. 0.8, No 4. 0.6

7
5. 0.18 6.
13
7. 0.42 8. 0.55

Short Answer Type Questions :

1. P(2 heads) = 0.26, P(1 head) = 0.52, P(no head) = 0.22
2. (i) 0.7, (ii) 0.3, (iii) 1 3. (i) 0.7, (ii) 0.3
4. (i) 0.625, (ii) 0.375 5. (i) 0.07, (ii) 0.35, (iii) 0.18

7 9
6. (i) , (ii)
11 11

7. (i) 0.32, (ii) 0.77 (approx.) 8. (i) 0.05, (ii) 0.025, (iii) 0.15
9. (i) 0.317, (ii) 0.14, (iii) 0.859

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Long Answer Type Questions :

1. P(1) = 0.125, P(2) = 0.25, P(3) = 0.125, P(4) = 0.35, P(5) = 0.1, P(6) = 0.05
2. (A) (i) 0.28, (ii) 0.20, (iii) 0.78, (iv) 0, (v) 1
3. (i) 0.11, (ii) 0.445, (iii) 0.555, (iv) 0.395, (v) 0.75, (vi) 0.69

4. (i) 0.125, (ii) 0.05

SECTION-B
1. (3) 2. (4) 3. (1) 4. (1) 5. (3)

Level-II
SECTION-A

1 2 1 yx 3 7
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
4 3 7 y 7 12

SECTION-B
1. (2) 2. (1) 3. (4) 4. (4) 5. (1) 6. (2) 7. (3)
8. (3) 9. (1) 10. (2) 11. (3) 12. (1) 13. (2) 14. (2)
15. (1) 16. (3) 17. (4) 18. (2) 19. (1) 20. (1) 21. (1)
22. (3) 23. (2) 24. (3) 25. (4)

SECTION-C
1. (4) 2. (2) 3. (3) 4. (4) 5. (2)

SECTION-D
1. (3) 2. (4)

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Answers & Solutions

(Level-I)
SECTION-A : Very Short Answer Type Questions :
1. Total balls faced = 50

Total boundaries hit = 8

8
 P(hitting a boundary) = = 0.16
50
2. For a sure event, P(sure) = 1

For an impossible event, P(impossible) = 0

3. P(E) + P(not E) = 1

Given, P(E) = 0.2

 P(not E) = 1 – 0.2 = 0.8
No, probability of an event can never be greater than 1.

4. Total number of students = 50

Number of passing students = 30

30
 Required probability = = 0.6
50
5. Total number of trials = 100

Trials having no tail = 18

18
 P(no tail) = = 0.18
100
6. Total number of balls = 7 + 6 = 13

White balls = 7

7
 P(getting a white ball) =
13

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7. Total students = 150

Passed students = 87

Failed students = 150 – 87

= 63

63
 Required probability = = 0.42
150
8. Total number of persons = 200

Persons reading ‘Times of India’ = 110

110
 Required probability = = 0.55
200

Short Answer Type Questions :

1. Total number of trials = 50
Number of trials having outcome as 2 heads = 13
13
 P(2 heads) = = 0.26
50

26 13
P(1 head) = = = 0.52
50 25

11
P(no head) = = 0.22
50
Sum of probabilities = 0.26 + 0.52 + 0.22 = 1
2. Total number of trials = 400
Number of heads = 280
280
(i) P(H) = = 0.7
400
120
(ii) P(T) = = 0.3
400
(iii) P(H) + P(T) = 0.7 + 0.3 = 1
3. Total number of students = 50
Number of passing students = 35
Number of failing students = 15
35
(i) P(student passed) = = 0.7
50
15
(ii) P(student failed) = = 0.3
50
4. Total number of days = 200
(i) Number of days when forecast was correct = 125
125
P(forecast is correct) = = 0.625
200
(ii) P(forecast is wrong) = 1 – 0.625 = 0.375

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5. Total number of telephone numbers in the directory = 200

14
(i) P(6) = = 0.07
200
(ii) Numbers having unit digit less than 3 = 22 + 26 + 22

= 70

70
 Required probability = = 0.35
200
(iii) Numbers having unit digit more than 7 = 16 + 20 = 36

36
 Required probability = = 0.18
200
6. (i) Total number of bags = 11

Number of bags containing more than 5 kg of rice = 7

7
 Required probability =
11
(ii) Number of bags containing more than or equal to 5 kg of rice = 9

9
 Required probability =
11
7. Total number of students = 27 + 29 + 13 + 21

= 90

(i) Students going by bus = 29

29
 Required probability = = 0.32
90
(ii) Students not going by car = 27 + 29 + 13 = 69

69
 Required probability = ≈ 0.77 (approx.)
90
8. Total number of students = 6 + 8 + 4 + 10 + 6 + 2 + 2 + 12 + 6 + 8 + 8 + 8

= 80

Total number of students born in March = 4

Total number of students born in July = 2

Total number of students born in August = 12

4
 P(March) = = 0.05
80
2
P(July) = = 0.025
80
12
P(August) = = 0.15
80

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9. Total number of families = 475 + 814 + 211

= 1500

475
 P(2 girls) = = 0.317
1500
211
P(no girls) = = 0.14
1500
Families having atleast one girl = 475 + 814

= 1289

1289
 P(atleast one girl) = = 0.859
1500

Long Answer Type Questions :

1. Total number of trials = 80
Number of times 1 occur = 10
10
 P (1) = = 0.125
80
20
P(2) = = 0.25
80
10
P (3) = = 0.125
80
28
P (4)   0.35
80
8
P (5)   0.1
80
4
P (6)   0.05
80
 Sum of all probabilities = P(1) + P(2) + P(3) + P(4) + P(5) + P(6)
= 0.125 + 0.25 + 0.125 + 0.35 + 0.1 + 0.05
=1
 Sum of all probabilities is 1.
2. (A) Total number of trials = 100
28
(i) P(two heads and one tail in a toss) = = 0.28
100
20
(ii) P(three heads and no tail in a toss) = = 0.20
100
30 + 28 + 20 78
(iii) P(at least one head in a toss) = = = 0.78
100 100
0
(iv) Probability of getting 4 heads = = 0 (Since, it is an impossible event)
100
100
(v) Probability of getting not more than 3 heads = =1
100
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22
(B) P(zero head) = = 0.22
100
30
P(1 head) = = 0.30
100
28
P(2 heads) = = 0.28
100
20
P(3 heads) = = 0.20
100
 Sum of all possible outcomes = 0.22 + 0.30 + 0.28 + 0.20
=1
3. Total number of trials = 200
(i) Number of trials having outcome 6 = 22
22
 P(getting 6) = = 0.11
200
(ii) Number of trials having outcome as an even number = 38 + 29 + 22
= 89
89
 P(getting an even number) = = 0.445
200
(iii) Number of trials having outcome as an odd number = 40 + 43 + 28
= 111
111
 P(getting an odd number) = = 0.555
200
(iv) Number of the trials having outcome more than 3 = 29 + 28 + 22
= 79
79
 P(getting more than 3) = = 0.395
200
(v) Number of trials having outcome less than 5 = 40 + 38 + 43 + 29
= 150
150
 P(getting less than 5) = = 0.75
200
(vi) Number of trials having outcome more than 1 and less than 6 = 38 + 43 + 29 + 28
= 138
138
 P(getting more than 1 and less than 6) = = 0.69
200
4. Total number of persons = 1000
(i) Number of persons in the income slab 40,001-50,000 having more than 2 cars = 125
125
 Required probability = = 0.125
1000
(ii) Number of persons in the income slab 30,001-40,000 having 2 cars = 50
50
 Required probability = = 0.05
1000

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SECTION-B : Objective Type Questions :

1. Answer (3)
2. Answer (4)
3. Answer (1)
4. Answer (1)
5. Answer (3)

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Probability 15
CHAPTER

Answers & Solutions

(Level-II)
SECTION-A : Subjective Type Questions :
1. When two coins are tossed simultaneously, the possible outcomes are
HH, HT, TH, TT
1
P(no heads) =
4
2. Total number of outcomes = 6
Numbers less than 5 = 1, 2, 3, 4
4 2
Required probability = =
6 3

3. Total number of possible outcomes = 7

Number of favourable outcomes = 1

1
Probability of (Saturday) =
7
4. Total number of trials = y
Number of possible trials that an event m occurred = x

x
Probability of event m occurred =
y

x yx
Probability of event m not occurred = 1  
y y
5. Total number of possible outcomes = 7
Number of consonants(E) = 4

4
Probability of the letter that is consonants (P(E)) =
7

4 3
Probability of not a consonant = 1   .
7 7

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6. When a dice is rolled, then the possible outcomes are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.

The total number of possible outcomes = 6  6 = 36
Favourable outcomes are the outcomes having sums 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12
i.e., (1, 3), (3, 1), (2, 2), (1, 5), (5, 1), (3, 3), (4, 2), (2, 4), (2, 6), (6, 2), (3, 5), (5, 3), (4, 4), (3, 6), (6, 3),
(4, 5), (5, 4), (4, 6), (6, 4), (5, 5), (6, 6)
Number of favourable outcomes (E) = 21

21 7
P (E )  
36 12

SECTION-B : Objective Type Questions :

1. Answer (2)
2. Answer (1)
3. Answer (4)
4. Answer (4)
5. Answer (1)
6. Answer (2)
7. Answer (3)
There are 4 jacks in a pack of cards and there are 52 cards.

4 1
So, required probability = =
52 13
8. Answer (3)
9. Answer (1)
10. Answer (2)
11. Answer (3)
12. Answer (1)
Favourable outcomes are (4, 6), (6, 4) (5, 5)
 Number of favourable outcomes = 3

3 1
Required probability = =
36 12

13. Answer (2)

14. Answer (2)
15. Answer (1)
16. Answer (3)

6 3
=
20 10
17. Answer (4)

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18. Answer (2)
19. Answer (1)
20. Answer (1)
In a leap year, there are 366 days. 364 days make 52 weeks. We have to find that of the remaining 2
days can be
(i) Sunday, Monday
(ii) Monday, Tuesday
(iii) Tuesday, Wednesday
(iv) Wednesday, Thursday
(v) Thursday, Friday
(vi) Friday, Saturday
(vii) Saturday, Sunday
So, clearly there are total seven outcomes associated with this random experiment.
and number of favourable outcomes = 2 [Occurrence of Saturday out of 7]
2
 Probability that it is Saturday =
7
2
 Probability (53 Saturdays) =
7
21. Answer (1)
Favourable outcomes are (1, 2), (2, 1), (2, 3), (3, 2), (3, 4), (4, 3), (4, 5), (5, 4), (6, 5), (5, 6)
 Number of favourable outcomes = 10
10 5
 Required probability = =
36 18
22. Answer (3)
When three coins are tossed, simultaneously total number of outcomes = 8
Favourable outcome is (H, H, H) = 1

1
 P=
8

23. Answer (2)

Outcomes in which we get a number greater than 4 on second die is
Die 1 Die 2

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 5, 6

{1, 5}, {1, 6}, {2, 5}, {2, 6}, {3, 5}, {3, 6}, {4, 5}, {4, 6}, {5, 5}, {5, 6}, {6, 5}, {6, 6}
So, number of favourable outcomes = 12
and total number of outcomes = 36

12 1
So, required probability = =
36 3

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24. Answer (3)

There are 52 weeks and 2 days in a leap year. For a leap year to have exactly 52 Mondays, no day out
of the remaining 2 days should be Monday.

5
 Required probability =
7
25. Answer (4)

SECTION-C : Assertion & Reason Type Questions :

1. Answer (4)
2. Answer (2)
3. Answer (3)
4. Answer (4)
5. Answer (2)

SECTION-D : Match the Columns Type Questions :

1. Answer (3)
2. Answer (4)

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