Probability added together on faces of two dice rolled at one time.

A) 5/6 B) 1/6 C) 13/36 D) 7/36

1. If P(E) = 0.09, then P (not E) in percentage is 23. A bag contains cards nuinbers from 11 to 30. A card is
………………… taken out the bag at random, the probability that the drawn
A) 9.1% B) 91% C) 0.91% D) 0.091% card is a multiple of 5 on it.
A) 1/5 B) 4/19 C) 3/20 D) 1/18
2. Let E and E¯¯¯¯ be the complementary events. If P(E¯¯¯¯)
= 0.65, then P(E) = ………………. 24. When three fair coins are tossed simultaneously, the
A) 0.40 B) 0.45 C) 0.35 D) 0.30 probability that at least one head appears is
A) 3/8 B) 1/2 C) 5/8 D) 7/8
3. Which of the following cannot be the probability of an
event ? 25.A bag contains 6 red, 3 black and 6 white balls. A ball is
A) 0.2 B) 2/5 C) 0.72 D) 1.3¯¯¯ selected at random from the bag, what is the probability that
4. Which of the following situations have equally likely events the selected ball is not red?
A) 3/5 B) 6/5 C) 2/15 D) 1/5
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1) Getting 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 when a dice is rolled. 26. Under the usual notation in probability, P(E) + P (E¯¯¯¯)
2) Winning or loosing a game. =
3) Head or Tail, when a coin is tossed. A) 0 B) 12 C) 1 D) None
A) 1 and 2 B) 2 and 3 C) 1 and 3 D) All 27. Two dice are thrown at the same time. What is the
5. The probability of picking a letter from the set of English probability that the sum of the two numbers appearing on
alphabets is 526 . That alphabet can be the top of the dice is 8 ?
A) consonant B) vowel C) any alphabet D) none A) 31/36 B) 5/36 C) 8/36 D) 1
6. Probability of getting 7, when a dice is rolled, is 28. A box contains 5 red marbles, 8 white marbles and 4
A) 1/6 B) 1/7 C) 6/7 D) 0 green marbles. One marble is taken out of the box at
7.If P(E) = 0.26, then P(E¯¯¯¯) = ……………….. random, the probability that the marble taken out will be
A) 0.74 B) 0 C) 0.26 D) 1 white is ………………..
A) 5/17 B) 8/17 C) 4/17 D) 6/9
8. If a die is rolled, then the probability of getting a prime
number is ………………….. 29. The probability of getting a head when a coin is tossed
A) 2/5 B) 1/3 C) 1/2 D) 1/6 once is
9. At what value of ‘x’, 5x may be possible probability of an A) 0 B) 1/2 C) 1/3 D) 1
event ? 30. Rahim takes out all the hearts from a deck of 52 cards.
A) 2 B) 1 C) 4 D) 6 The probability of picking a diamond is
A) 1/13 B) 1/39 C) 1/3 D) 1/52
10. On random selection, the probability of getting a
composite number among the numbers from 51 to 100. 31. The probability of an impossible event is
A) 4/5 B) 1/5 C) 3/5 D) 2/5 A) 0 B) 1/2 C) 1/3 D) 1
11. Probability of impossible event is ………………… 32. The probability of getting 53 Fridays in a Leap year
A) 0 B) 1 C) 1.0 (or) 0.5 D) 0.5 A) 1/7 B) 2/7 C) 3/7 D) 4/7
12. From the 50 cards numbered from 1 to 50, a card is 33. The set of all possible events is called
A) event B) impossible event C) sample space D) None
drawn at random, then the probability that the number on
the card is divisible by 8 is 34. From a deck of 52 cards, a card is drawn atrandom then
A) 1/10 B) 2/15 C) 1/20 D) 3/25 the probability of getting a red king is ………………..
13. If a dice is rolled, then the probability of getting an even A) 1/26 B) 2/13 C) 3/26 D) None
number is 35. If P (A) = 415 then P ( A¯¯¯¯ ) =
A) 1/6 B) 1/3 C) 1/2 D) 2/5 A) 19/15 B) 11/15 C) 13/15 D) None
14. Probability of sure event is ………………….. 36. Rama and Reshma are playing a chess game. If the
A) 0 B) -1 C) +1 D) ∞ probability of Rama winning is 0.52, then the probability of
15. Which one of the following cannot be the probability of winning chess game by Reshma is
A) 1.38 B) 0.62 C) 0.48 D) 1.62
an event?
A) 0.3 B) -1.5 C) 15% D) 0.7 37. A number x is chosen at random from the numbers -4, -3,
16. When two coins tossed simultaneously, the probability of -2, -1,0,1,2,3,4. The probability that x < 1 is
A) 1/9 B) 5/9 C) 4/9 D) 7/9
getting at least one head is……………………
A) 1 B) 1/2 C) 1/4 D) 3/4 38. From the letters of the word ‘MOTHER’, a letter is
17. The probability of any given day in the month of May not selected. The probability that the letter is a vowel is
being a Monday if the 1st day of May is a Monday is A) 1/3 B) 2/3 C) 3/6 D) 5/6
………………… 39.The probability of getting a total of 13 when two dice and
A) 1/2 B) 31/6 C) 26/31 D) 5/31 thrown at the same time is
A) 1/36 B) 0 C) 5/36 D) 5/6
18. Three unbiased coins are tosseed. The probability of
getting at most two heads is ……………… 40.Karishma and Reshma are playing Chess. The probability
A) 3/8 B) 1/2 C) 3/4 D) 7/8 of winning Karishma is 0.59. Then probability of Reshma
19. A box contains 12 balls out of which x are black. If 6 more winning the match is …………………..
black balls are put in the box, the probability of drawing a A) 1 B) 0.46 C) 0.5 D) 0.41
balck ball now is double of what it was before. The value of x 41. If a coin is tossed, then the probability that a head turns
is ………………… up is ……………………
A) 5 B) 4 C) 3 D) 2 A) 1/2 B) 1/4 C) 1/3 D) 1/6
20. If K1 ≤ P ≤ K2 where P is probability of any event of 42. If one side is chosen at random from the sides of a right
random experiment, then the possible maximum K2 + triangle, then the probability that it is hypotenuse is
possible least value of K1 is ……………….. ………………..
A) 1 B) 0 C) 2 D) cannot be determined A) 2 B) 3 C) 1/3 D) 1
21. The probability that year 2016 to have 53 Mondays 43. If P(E) = 0.82, then P(E¯¯¯¯) = ……………………
A) 1/7 B) 2/7 C) 5/7 D) 6/7 A) 0.18 B) 0.28 C) 0.38 D) P(E)=P( E¯¯¯¯)
22. The probability of getting score greater than 9 slove 44. When an unbiased die is rolled once, what is the
probability of getting a prime number out of all possible
outcomes ?
A) 1 B) 1/2 C) 1/3 D) 1/6
45. Probability of getting no head when 3 coins are tossed is
A) 3/23 B) 2/23 C) 1/32 D) 1/23
46. A sample space consists of 80 elementary events that are
equally likely. Probability of each of them is
A) 1/80 B) 80 C) 1 D) 0
47. If an individual is selected at random, probability that he
has a birthday in July in 2012 is
A) 30/365 B) 31/365 C) 30/366 D) 31/366
48. A bag contains 6 red marbles, 3 blue marbles and 7 green
marbles. If a marble is randomly selected from the bag,
probability that it is blue
A) 3/16 B) 13/16 C) 1/6 D) 1/3
49. On a multiple choice test each question has 4 possible
choices. If you make a random guess probability that you are
correct is
A) 1/4 B) 1 C) 0 D) 4
50. The probability of getting a perfect square number from
the numbers 1 to 10 is
A) 3/11 B) 2/5 C) 1/10 D) 3/10
51. From the month of August, a day is selected whose
firstday is Tuesday. Find the probability that the day selected
is not a Tuesday
A) ½ B) 31/6 C) 26/31 D) 15/6
52. Three coins are tossed simultaneously once, find the
probability of getting atleast one tail is
A) 7/8 B) 3/8 C) 1/8 D) 5/8
53. A box contains 90 discs numbered from 1 to 90. If one
disc is drawn at random from the box, the probability that it
bears a prime number less than 23 is
A) 4/17 B) 4/45 C) 4/19 D) 1/2
54. If a two digit number is choosen at random, what is the
probability that the number choosen is a multiple of 3?
A) 2/99 B) 1/3 C) 3/10 D) 1/25
55. A social studies text book contains 250 pages. A page is
selected at random. What is the probability that the number
on the page selected is a perfect square?
A) 6/53 B) 8/51 C) 3/50 D) 7/50
56. A Jar contains 3 mangoes and x guavas. Two fruits are
pulled from the jar without replacement. An expression that
represents the probability one fruit is mango and the next
fruit is guava is
A) (3x+3)(x−1x+2) B) (3x+3)(x−1x−2)
C) 3×2/(x+3)(x+2) D) (3x+3)(xx−2)
57. In a lucky dip of 30 tokens Ravi purchased two tokens.
Then the probability of getting the first prize is
A) 2/15 B) 3/30 C) 2/30 D) 1/30
58. In a simultaneous toss of two coins, the probability of
atleast one head is
A) ¼ B) ¾ C) 2/4 D) 1/3
59. When a dice is rolled the probability of getting a
composite number is
A) 1/3 B) ¼ C) ½ D) 1/6
60. The event of getting a number less than or equal to 6 is A)
base event B) element C) possible event D) sure event
61. Three different greeting cards and their corresponding
covers are randomly strewn about on a table. If Ravi puts the
greetingcardsintothecoversatrandom, the probability of
correctly matching of all greeting cards and covers is
A) 1/6 B) 2/3 C) 1/9 D) 5/6
62. In a box there are 28 marbles of which x are green and
the rest are white. If the probability of getting a green marble
is 2 then the number of white marbles is
A) 20 B) 16 C) 12 D) 8
63. If one side is chosen at random from the sides of a right
triangle, then the probability that it is hypotenuse is A) ½
B) 1/3 C) 2 D) 3
64. The probability of raining in a day is
A) ¼ B) −1/4 C) −1/2 D) 1/2
65. There are 50 cards numbered from 1 to 50. A card is
drawn at random. Then the probability that the number on
the card is divisible by 8 is
A) 4/19 B) 19/4 C) 3/25 D) 25/3
66. In a single throw of two dice the probability of getting
distinct numbers is
A) 4/36 B) 3/12 C) 5/6 D) 5/36
67. A box contains pencils and pens. The probability of
picking out a pen at random is 0.65. Then the probability of
not picking a pen is
A) 0.35 B) 0.45 C) 0.65 D) 0.55
68. Collection of outcomes of an experiment is
A) Event B) Trial C) Probability D) Random experiment
69. A month having 4 Sundays is …………………. event. A)
unlikely B) certain C) impossible D) most likely
70. Possible value for probability of an event is
A) 1.25 B) – 0.3 C) -0.99 D) 0.6
71. Drawing a red ball from 4 white balls is ……………..
event.
A) certain B) unlikely C) most likely D) impossible
72. When a card is picked up from a deck of cards, it should
be either a red or a black card because these events are A)
Equally likely B) Mutually exclusive
C) Complementary D) All of these
73. Getting a cold Wave in your village in December is
…event
A) unlikely B) certain C) most likely D) impossible
74. When a dice is thrown, the probability of getting neither a
prime nor composite number is
A) 0 B) 1/2 C) 1/6 D) 1/3
75. Two unbiased coins are tossed simultaneously.
Probability of getting at most two heads is
A)1/4 B) ½ C) ¾ D) 1
76. The probability of a sure event is
A) 0 B) 9 C) 2 D) 1
77. P(E¯¯¯¯) =
A) 1 – P(E) B) 1 + P(E) C) 1P(E) D) P(E) – 1
78. Buying a lottery ticket and win the Jackpot is
………………… event.
A) certain B) impossible C) unlikely D) most likely
79. When we roll a dice ‘3’ times, the number of possible
outcomes is
A) 36 B) 63 C) 18 D) 9
80. Probability of getting 2 or 3 when we throw a die is
A) 2/6 B) 3/6 C) 5/6 D) 1/6
81. Suppose there are “8” equally likely events then
probability of each event is
A) 0 B) 1/8 C) 2/8 D) 1
82. If I calculate the probability of an event as – 0.5 then
A) the probability of not happening is 0.5
B) the probability of happening is 0.5
C) the event is not going to happen
D) I made a mistake
83. From the letters of the word “MOBILE”, if a letter is
selected, what is the probability of getting the letter vowel
A) 1/7 B) 1/3 C) ½ D) 1/4
84. Gita said that the probability of impossible event is 1.
Pravallika said that probability of sure event is 0 and Atiya
said that the probability of any event lies between 0 arid 1. In
the above with whom you will agree ?
A) Gita B) Pravallika C) Atiya D) All the three
85. A baby is born the probability that it is a boy or girl is A)
1 B) 1/2 C) −1/2 D) 1/3
86. Probability of switching on a bulb in a dark room is 0.35
then the probability of not switching the bulb is
A) 6.5 B) 65.1 C) 0.65 D) 0.065