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PROBABILTY
Class 10 - Mathematics
Time Allowed: 45 minutes Maximum Marks: 20

1. Assertion (A): Probability of getting a queen of red colour from a deck of 52 cards is 1

52
. [1]
Reason (R): Probability of not happening of an event = 1 – probability of happening.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

2. Assertion (A): A die is thrown. Let E be the event that number appears on the upper face is less than 1, then [1]
P(E) = 1

Reason (R): Probability of impossible event is 0.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

3. Assertion (A): in rolling a dice, the probability of getting the number 8 is zero. [1]
Reason (R): It is an impossible event.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

4. A game consists of tossing a one-rupee coin three times and noting its outcome each time. Find the probability [3]
of getting :
i. three heads,
ii. at least two tails.
5. 17 cards numbered 1, 2, 3, ..., 17 are put in a box and mixed thoroughly. One person draws a card from the box. [3]
Find the probability that the number on the card is
i. odd
ii. a prime
iii. divisible by 3
iv. divisible by 3 and 2 both
6. Two dice are thrown simultaneously. Find the probability of getting [3]
i. an even number as the sum.
ii. the sum as a prime number.
iii. a total of at least 10
iv. a doublet.

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7. The king, queen and jack of club are removed from a deck of 52 cards. Then the cards are well-shuffled. One [3]
card is drawn at random from the remaining cards. Find the probability of getting
i. a heart
ii. a king
iii. a club
iv. a '10 'of hearts.
8. Read the case study based questions carefully and answer any four out of the following: [5]
Mr Arora is a production manager in a factory that makes footballs. On one day, he noticed that at every 100
pieces produced in the factory, 15 are defective. If the total number of footballs produced in one day in the
factory is 22000, then answer the following questions.

i. A football is selected at random, then the probability of selecting a defective football is

a. 1

20

b. 1

10

c. 3

20

d. 1

ii. A football is selected at random, the probability of selecting a non-defective football is

a.
1

20

b.
13

20

c.
3

d. 17

20

iii. The total number of defective footballs produced in one day is

a. 4200
b. 3300
c. 9200
d. 11000
iv. The total number of non-defective footballs produced in one day is
a. 18700
b. 17800
c. 12800
d. 11000
v. If the probability of selecting a defective football is 8

25
, then the number of non-defective footballs produced
in one day, if everyday same number of footballs produced in the factory, is
a. 13640
b. 9200
c. 7040
d. 14960

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