Class 11 Maths Chapter 16 - Probability

1 4 cards are drawn from a well shuffled deck of 52 cards. What is the prob. Of
obtaining 3 diamonds and one spade.

2 Three coins are tossed once. Find the probability at most two heads.
Ans. S = {HHH, HHT, HTH, HTT, THH, THT, TTH, TTT}
E = {HHT, THH, HTH, HTT, THT, TTH, TTT}
P(E) = 7/8

3 In a single throw of two dice, find that prob. that neither a doublet nor a total of 10
will appear.
Ans.

4 In a town of 6000 people, 1200 are over 50 yr. old and 2000 are
females. It is known that 30% of the females are over 50 yr. What is
the prob. that a randomly chosen individual from the town is either
female of over 30 yr.
Ans. Let A1 be the event that the person is a female and A2 be the event
that the person is 50 yr. old.
5 One card is drawn from a well shuffled deck of 52 cards. If each
outcome is equally likely calculate the probability that the card will
be
(i) a diamond (ii) Not an ace (iii) A black card (iv) Not a diamond
Ans. (i) Required probability

6 Find the probability that in a random arrangement of the letters of

the word UNIVERSITY the two I’s come together.

7 A box contain 10 red marbles, 20 blue marbles and 30 green marbles. 5

marbles are drawn from the box. What is the probability that: (NCERT)

1. All marbles will be blue.

2. At least one marble will be green.
Solution:
In the box, there are 10 red, 20 blue and 30 green marbles.
 The No. of marbles = 10 + 20 + 30 = 60
1. Total ways of choosing 5 marbles out of 60 marbles,
n(S) = 60C5
Let E is the event of choosing blue marbles, then

8 4 cards are drawn from a well shuffled deck of 52 cards. What is the
probability of obtaining in card of 3 diamond and one spade?
Solution:
Let S is the sample space.
Total number of selecting 4 cards out of 52 cards, n(S) = 52C4
If E is the event obtaining card of 3 diamond and 2 spade, then