Chapter : 7

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PROBABILITY

A card is drawn from a full well shuffled pack of cards. Find the probability that the card drawn

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is a king.
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If three cards are drawn at random from a pack of 52 cards, what is the probability that all the

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three will be kings?

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Find the probability that at least one head appears in two tosses of a coin.
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Find the probability that the number 3 or 4 turn up in a single toss of a die.

A box contains 8 red and 3 white balls. If 3 balls are drawn at random, find the probability that
(i) all the three are red; (ii) all the three are white; (iii) 2 are red and 1 is white.
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A box contains 3 white balls, 4 black balls and 5 red balls. If 3 balls are drawn at random find
the probability that (i) all 3 are red; (ii) all 3 are black; (iii) 2 are red and 1 is black; (iv) 1 of
each colour. i )

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If four coins are tossed, find the probability of the occurrence of 2 heads and 2 tails.

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Two dice are cast simultaneously. Find the probability that i) sum of the numbers on the
uppermost faces is 7 ii) the sum is less than or equal to 5 iii) the sum is 7 or 11.
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Five cards are drawn from a pack of 52 well shuffled cards. Find the probability that (i) 4 are
aces; (ii) 4 are aces and 1 is a king; (iii) 3 are tens and 2 are jacks; (iv) at least one face card is
obtained. i.

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A committee of 4 boys and 3 girls is to be formed by lots from 8 boys and 5 girls. One of the boys
is a brother of one of the girls. Find the probability that both are included in the committee.

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A card is drawn at random from a full pack of cards. Find the probability that the card is not a
face card (i.e., a king, queen or jack)

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Three groups of children contain (i) 3 girls and 1 boy (ii) 3 girls and 3 boys (iii) 2 boys and 1
girl. One child is selected at random from each group. Find the probability that the three
selected children comprise of 1 girl and 2 boys.

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Five coins are tossed simultaneously. Find the probability that at least one of them gives a head.
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A room has three sockets for bulbs. From a collection of 10 light bulbs of which 6 are defective,
a person selects 3 at random and puts them in the sockets. What is the probability that at least
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one bulb gives light?

thrown.
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Find the probability of getting the sum 7 or 10 on the uppermost faces when a pair of dice is
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Two dice are thrown. Find the probability that the sum of the numbers on the uppermost faces is
either even or a perfect square.

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A bag contains 6 red, 15 blue, 3 white and 4 black balls. A ball is drawn at random. Find the
probability that the ball drawn is red, blue or black.

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A card is taken from a pack of 52 well shuffled cards. What is the probability that the card drawn
is a spade or a face card?

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One ticket is drawn at random from a lot of 20 tickets numbered from 1 to 20. What is the
probability that the number on the ticket drawn is divisible by (i) 2 or 3 (ii) 3 or 7? i.

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Two cards are drawn from a full pack, the first card being returned to the pack before the second
is taken. What is the probability that both the extracted cards are aces?

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A die is thrown twice. Find the probability that the score in the first throw is 6 and the score in
the second throw is 5 or 6.

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Out of 80 students in a class, 30 passed in Mathematics, 20 passed in Statistics and 10 passed in

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A marble is drawn at random from a box containing 10 red, 30 white, 20 blue and 15 orange
marbles. Find the probability that it is (i) red or orange, (ii) neither red nor blue (iii) not blue,
(iv) white, (v) red, white or blue. i.

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In a class of 100 students, 60 drink tea, 50 drink coffee and 30 drink both tea and coffee. A
student from this class is selected at random. What is the probability that the selected student
takes (i) at least one of the two drinks, (ii) only one of the drinks? i.

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ii.

A card is drawn from an ordinary deck of 52 well shuffled cards. Find the probability that it is (i)
neither red nor an ace; (ii) neither the ten of clubs nor an ace. i.

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Suppose two dice are cast. Find the probability that the number on the uppermost face of the first
die is even and that of the second is odd.

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Two cards are drawn from a well shuffled deck of 52 cards. Find the probability that they are
both aces if the first card is (i) replaced, (ii) not replaced. i.

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A box contains 8 tickets bearing numbers 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10. One ticket is drawn at random
and kept aside, and then the second ticket is drawn. Find the probability that both the tickets
show odd numbers.

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ii.

One bag contains 4 white and 2 black balls; another contains 3 white and 5 black balls. If one
ball is drawn from each bag, find the probabilities that (i) both are white, (ii) both are black.
i.

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P can hit a target 4 times in 5 shots, Q, 3 times in 4 shots and R, twice in 3 shots. They fire
simultaneously. What is the probability that at least 2 shots hit the target?

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The probability that A can solve a problem is

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A purse contains 2 silver coins and 4 copper coins and another contains 4 silver and 3 copper
coins. If a coin is selected at random from any one of the two purses what is the probability that
it is a silver coin?

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that B can solve it is

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and that C can solve it

. If all of them try independently, find the probability that the problem will be solved?

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The probability that a 50-year old man will be alive at 60 is 0.83 and the probability that a 45year old woman will be alive at 55 is 0.87. What is the probability that a man who is 50 and wife
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There are 50 tickets in a lottery in which there is a first and a second prize. What is the
probability that a man possessing 5 tickets wins a prize?

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A and B play games of chess. A wins 6 times, B wins 4 times and 2 games are drawn. They, then
agree to play 3 more games. Find the probability that (i) A wins all the three games (ii) 2 of the
games end in a draw. i.

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The odds against A solving a problem are 8 to 6 and odds in favour of B solving the same
problem are 14 to 16. If both of them try the problem, what is the probability that (i) the problem
will be solved, (ii) both A and B will solve the problem? i.

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The odds that a book will be favourably reviewed by three independent critics are 3 to 2, 4 to 3
and 2 to 3. What is the probability that of the three reviews a majority will be favourable?

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An urn contains four white and five black balls; a second urn contains five white and four black
balls. One ball is transferred from the first to the second urn, and then a ball is drawn from the
second urn. What is the probability that it is white in colour?

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