Samartha School

PROBABILITY
Class 10 - Mathematics
Time Allowed: 3 hours Maximum Marks: 75

1. From a well-shuffled deck of 52 playing cards, a card is drawn at random. What is the probability of getting a [1]
red queen?

a) b)
1 3

13 26

c) 1

2
d) 1

26

2. A bag contains 3 red, 5 black and 7 white balls. A ball is drawn from the bag at random. The probability that the [1]
ball drawn is not black, is:

a) 5

10
b) 2

c) d)
1 9

3 15

3. Two dice are rolled together. The probability that the sum of the numbers that appeared is 9, is: [1]

a) b)
5 1

9 9

c) 4

9
d) 2

4. One card is drawn at random from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. What is the probability of getting a Jack? [1]

a) b)
3 1

52 13

c) 1

52
d) 3

26

5. Two dice are thrown together. The probability of getting the same number on both dice is [1]

a) 1

6
b) 1

12

c) 1

3
d) 1

6. A girl calculates that the probability of her winning the first prize in a lottery is 0.08. If 6000 tickets are sold, [1]
how many tickets has she bought?

a) 240 b) 750

c) 480 d) 40
7. Two dice are thrown simultaneously. The probability of getting a doublet is [1]

a) 1

6
b) 1

c) 2

3
d) 1

8. The probablity that a number selected at random from the numbers 1, 2, 3, ..., 15 is a multiple of 4, is [1]

a) 2

15
b) 1

c) 4

15
d) 1

9. A box contains 90 discs, numbered from 1 to 90. If one disc is drawn at random from the box, the probability [1]
that it bears a prime number less than 23, is

a) 10

90
b) 7

90

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9 4

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10. An unbiased die is thrown once. The probability of getting an odd number is [1]

a) 1

3
b) 1

c) 2

5
d) 2

11. A card is drawn at random from a well-shuffled pack of 52 cards. The probability that the card drawn is not an [1]
ace is:

a) 4

13
b) 1

13

c) d)
12 9

13 13

12. In a family of 3 children, the probability of having at least one boy is [1]

a) b)
1 7

8 8

c) 3

4
d) 5

13. A bag contains cards numbered from 1 to 25. A card is drawn at random from the bag. The probability that the [1]
number on this card is divisible by both 2 and 3 is

a) 2

25
b) 1

c) 3

25
d) 4

25

14. The probability of an impossible event is [1]

a) 1

2
b) not defined

c) 0 d) 1
15. A box has cards numbered 14 to 99. Cards are mixed thoroughly and a card is drawn from the bag at random. [1]
Find the probability that the number on the card, drawn from the box is:
i. an odd number
ii. a perfect square number
iii. a number divisible by 7.
16. A die is thrown once. Find the probability of getting a number which [1]
i. is a prime number
ii. lies between 2 and 6.
17. One card is drawn from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. Find the probability of getting : [1]
1. a non-face card,
2. a black king
18. A pair of dice is thrown once. Find the probability of getting [1]
i. even number on each dice
ii. a total of 9.
19. A card is drawn at random from a well-shuffled deck of 52 playing cards. Find the probability that the card [1]
drawn is
i. a card of spades or an ace,
ii. a black king,
iii. neither a jack nor a king,
iv. either a king or a queen.

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20. A bag contains 15 balls, out of which some are white and the others are black. If the probability of drawing a [1]
black ball at random from the bag is 2

3
, then find how many white balls are there in the bag.
21. Two different dice are tossed together. Find the probability: [1]
i. of getting a doublet
ii. of getting a sum 10, of the numbers on the two dice.
22. A box contains 25 cards numbered from 1 to 25. A card is drawn at random from the bag. Find the probability [1]
that the number on the drawn card is
i. divisible by 2 or 3,
ii. a prime number
23. A bag contains some balls of which x are white, 2x are black and 3x are red. A ball is selected at random. What [1]
is the probability that it is
i. not red
ii. white?
24. A Box contains cards numbered 3,5,7,9,..,35,37. A card is drawn at random from the box. Find the probability [1]
that the number on the card is a prime number.
25. Tree Plantation Drive [1]
A Group Housing Society has 600 members, who have their houses on the campus and decided to hold a Tree
Plantation Drive on the occasion of New Year. Each household was given the choice of planting a sapling of its
choice. The number of different types of saplings planted was:
i. Neem - 125
ii. Peepal - 165
iii. Creepers - 50
iv. Fruit plants - 150
v. Flowering plants - 110
On the opening ceremony, one of the plants is selected randomly for a prize. After reading the above passage,
answer the following questions.
What is the probability that the selected plant is
i. A fruit plant or a flowering plant?
ii. Either a Neem plant or a Peepal plant?
26. A box contains cards numbered 2, 3, 4,... 16, 17, 18. A card is drawn at random from the box. Find the [1]
probability that the number on this card is
i. an odd number
ii. a prime number.
27. A game consists of tossing a coin 3 times and noting the outcome each time. If getting the same result in all the [1]
tosses is a success, find the probability of losing the game.
28. Five cards-ten, jack, queen, king, and an ace of diamonds are shuffled face downwards. One card is picked at [1]
random.
i. What is the probability that the card is a queen?
ii. If a king is drawn first and put aside, what is the probability that the second card picked up is the (i) ace? (ii)
king?
29. A card is drawn from a well-shuffled pack of 52 cards. Find the probability of getting [1]

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 i. a red face card
ii. a black king.
30. An integer is chosen at random between 1 and 100. Find the probability that it is: [1]
i. divisible by 8
ii. not divisible by 8
31. Two different dice are tossed together. Find the probability: [1]
i. that the number on each die is even.
ii. that the sum of numbers appearing on the two dice is 5.
32. Five Cards, ten, Jack, Queen, King and Ace of diamonds are well shuffled. One card is picked up from them. [1]
i. Find the probability that the drawn card is Queen,
ii. If Queen is put aside, then find the probability that the second card drawn is an ace.
33. From a group of 2 boys and 2 girls, two children are selected at random. List the possible outcomes. Find the [1]
probability that one boy and one girl is selected.
34. A die is thrown once. Find the probability of getting [1]
i. a composite number,
ii. a prime number.
35. A bag contains 5 red, 8 white, and 7 black balls. A ball is drawn at random from the bag. Find the probability [1]
that the drawn ball is
i. red or white
ii. not a white ball
36. What is the probability that a randomly taken leap year has 52 Sundays? [1]
37. Three different coins are tossed together. Find the probability of getting [1]
i. exactly two heads
ii. atleast two heads
iii. atleast two tails
38. Two different dice are thrown together. Find the probability that the numbers obtained [1]
i. have a sum less than 7
ii. have a product less than 16
iii. is a doublet of odd numbers.
39. Peter throws two different dice together and finds the product of the two numbers obtained. Rina throws a die [1]
and squares the number obtained. Who has the better chance to get the numbers 25?
40. Cards bearing numbers 1,3,5,...,35 are kept in a bag. A card is drawn at random from the bag. Find the [1]
probability of getting a card bearing
i. a prime number less than 15,
ii. a number divisible by 3 and 5.
41. Read the following passage and answer the questions given at the end: [1]
Diwali Fair
A game in a booth at a Diwali Fair involves using a spinner first. Then, if the spinner stops on an even number,
the player is allowed to pick a marble from a bag. The spinner and the marbles in the bag are represented in
Figure.

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 Prizes are given when a black marble is picked. Shweta plays the game once.

i. What is the probability that she will be allowed to pick a marble from the bag?
ii. Suppose she is allowed to pick a marble from the bag, what is the probability of getting a prize, when it is
given that the bag contains 20 marbles out of which 6 are black?
42. Three unbiased coins are tossed simultaneously. Find the probability of getting (i) exactly 2 heads, (ii) at least 2 [1]
heads, (iii) at most 2 heads.
43. Find the probability that a leap year selected at random will contain 53 Sundays. [1]
44. Cards marked with numbers 1,3,5,..., 101 are placed in a bag and mixed thoroughly. A card is drawn at random [1]
from the bag. Find the probability that the number on the drawn cards is
i. less than 19,
ii. a prime number less than 20.
45. Cards marked with numbers 5 to 50 are placed in a box and mixed thoroughly. A card is drawn from the box at [1]
random. Find the probability that the number on the taken out card is
i. a prime number less than 10
ii. a number which is a perfect square.
46. A square of side 5 cm is drawn in the interior of another square of side 10 cm and shaded as shown in the figure [1]
. A point is selected at random from the interior of square ABCD . What is the probability that the point will be
chosen from the shaded part ?

47. A piggy bank contains hundred 50 paise coins, fifty ₹1 coins, twenty ₹2 coins and ten ₹5 coins. If it is equally [1]
likely that one of the coins will fall out when the bank is turned upside down, find the probability that the coin
which fell
i. will be a 50 paise win
ii. will be of value more than ₹1
iii. will be of value less than ₹5
iv. will be a Rs.1 or ₹2 coin
48. A game of chance consists of spinning an arrow which is equally likely to come to rest pointing to one of the [1]
numbers 1,2,3,..., 12 as shown in the figure. What is the probability that it will point to

i. 6
ii. an even number?

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 iii. a prime number?
iv. a number which is a multiple of 5?
49. Peter throws two different dice together and finds the product of the two numbers obtained. Rina throws a die [1]
and squares the number obtained. Who has the better chance to get the number 25?
50. On the disc shown below, a player spins the arrow twice. The fraction is formed, where 'a' is the number of the [1]
sector where the arrow stops after the first spin and 'b' is the number of sector where the arrow stops after the
second spin. On every spin each of the numbered sector has an equal probability of being the sector on which the
arrow stops. What is the probability that the fraction is greater than 1?
a

51. The king, queen and jack of clubs are removed from a deck of 52 playing cards and the remaining cards are [1]
shuffled. A card is drawn from the remaining cards. Find the probability of getting a card of
i. heart
ii. queen
iii. clubs.
52. A box consists of 100 shirts of which 88 are good, 8 have minor defects and 4 have major defects. Ramesh, a [1]
shopkeeper will buy only those shirts which are good but 'Kewal' another shopkeeper will not buy shirts with
major defects. A shirt is taken out of the box at random. What is the probability that:
i. Ramesh will buy the selected shirt?
ii. 'Kewal' will buy the selected shirt?
53. A bag contains cards numbered 1 to 49. Find the probability that the number on the drawn card is : [1]
i. an odd number
ii. a multiple of 5
iii. Even prime
54. Two dice are thrown simultaneously. What is the probability that [1]
i. 5 will not come on either of them?
ii. 5 will come up on atleast one?
iii. 5 will come up on both dice?
55. A game consists of tossing a one-rupee coin three times and noting its outcome each time. Find the probability [1]
of getting :
i. three heads,
ii. at least two tails.
56. A bag contains cards from 1 to 49. A card is drawn from the bag at random, after mixing the cards thoroughly. [1]
Find the probability that the number on the drawn card is
i. an odd number
ii. a multiple of 5
iii. a perfect square
iv. an even prime number
57. Cards numbered 11 to 60 are kept in a box. If a card is drawn at random from the box, find the probability that [1]
the number on the drawn card is (i) an odd number, (ii) a perfect square number, (iii) divisible by 5, (iv) a prime
number less than 20.
58. 5 cards the ten, jack, queen, king and ace of diamonds are well shuffled with their faces downward. One card is [1]
then picked up at random.

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 a. What is the probability that the drawn card is the queen?
b. If the queen is drawn and put aside and a second card is drawn, find the probability that the second card is (i)
an ace, (ii) a queen.
59. A piggy bank contains hundred 50-p coins, fifty Rs.1 coins, twenty Rs.2 and ten Rs.5 coins. If it is equally likely [1]
that one of the coins will fall out when the bank is turned upside down, find the probability the coin falling out
will be (i) a 50-p coin, (ii) of value more than Rs.1, (iii) of value less than Rs.5 (iv) a Rs.1 or Rs. 2 coin.
60. One card is drawn from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. Find the probability of getting [1]
i. a king of red colour
ii. a face card
iii. a red face card
iv. the jack of hearts
v. a spade
vi. the queen of diamonds
61. Cards marked with numbers 3, 4, 5..........., 50 are placed in a bag and mixed thoroughly. One card is drawn at [1]
random from the bag. Find the probability that number on the card drawn is :
a. Divisible by 7.
b. A perfect square.
c. A multiple of 6.
62. A box contains cards bearing numbers from 6 to 70. If one card is drawn at random from the box, find the [1]
probability that it bears.
i. a one digit number.
ii. a number divisible by 5.
iii. an odd number less than 30.
iv. a composite number between 50 and 70
63. All the red face cards are removed from a pack of 52 playing cards. A card is drawn at random from the [1]
remaining cards, after reshuffling them. Find the probability that the drawn card is:
i. of red colour
ii. a queen
iii. an ace
iv. a face card.
64. One card is drawn from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. Find the probability of getting [1]
i. a king of red colour.
ii. the queen of diamonds.
iii. an ace.
65. Cards on which numbers 1,2, 3 ..... 100 are written (one number on one card and no number is repeated). Put in a [1]
bag and are mixed thoroughly. A card is drawn at random from the bag. Find the probability that card taken out
has
i. An even number
ii. A number which is a multiple of 13.
iii. A perfect square number
iv. A prime number less than 20

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66. A box contains 90 discs which are numbered 1 to 90. If one disc is drawn at random from the box, find the [1]
probability that it bears
i. a two digit number,
ii. number divisible by 5.
67. The king, queen and jack of clubs are removed from a deck of 52 cards. The remaining cards are mixed together [1]
and then a card is drawn at random from it. Find the probability of getting (i) a face card, (ii) a card of heart, (iii)
a card of clubs (iv) a queen of diamond.
68. A card is drawn at random from a well-shuffled deck of playing cards. Find the probability that the card drawn is [1]
:
i. a card of a spade or an ace.
ii. a black king.
iii. neither a jack nor a king.
iv. either a king or a queen
69. A number x is selected at random from the numbers 1,2,3 and 4. Another number y is selected at random from [1]
the numbers 1,4, 9 and 16. Find the probability that product of x and y is less than 16.
70. The houses in a row are numbered consecutively from 1 to 49. Show that there exists a value of X such that sum [1]
of numbers of houses proceeding the house numbered X is equal to sum of the numbers of houses following X.
71. A number x is selected at random from the numbers 1 ,2 ,3 and 4. Another number y is selected at random from [1]
the numbers 1, 4, 9 and 16. Find the probability that product of x and y is less than 16.
72. From a deck of 52 playing cards, Jacks and kings of red colour and Queen and Aces of black colour are [1]
removed. The remaining cards are mixed and a card is drown at random. Find the probability that the drawn card
is
i. A black Queen
ii. A card of red colour
iii. A Jack of black colour
iv. A face card
73. Two different dice are thrown together. Find the probability that the numbers obtained have [1]
i. even sum
ii. even product.
74. A bag contains 15 balls of which x are blue and the remaining are red. If the number of red balls are increased by [1]
5, the probability of drawing
the red balls doubles. Find :
i. P(red ball)
ii. P(blue ball)
iii. P(blue ball if of 5 extra red balls are actually added)
75. All the three face cards of spades are removed from a well-shuffled pack of 52 cards. A card is drawn at random [1]
from the remaining pack. Find the probability of getting
i. a black face card
ii. a queen
iii. a black card
iv. a spade

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