• P of NOT [a] = 1 – P of [a]

UNION is OR; INTERSECTION is AND

• P[a and b] = P[a] + P[b] - P [a or b]
• P[a or b] = P[a] + P[b] - P [a and b]
1 .Based on Coins
Probability
1.A coin is tossed twice, then find the probability that a head is obtained at least
once.
a) 3/4 (b) 4/3 (c) 1/2 (d) 2/3 (e)none
2 .If three unbiased coins are tossed simultaneously, then the
probability of exactly two heads, is
a) 1/8 (b) 2/8 (c) 3/8 (d) 4/8 (e)none
2. Based on Dice
3 .A single 6-sided die is rolled. What is the probability of getting a 2 or a 5?
a) 1/3 (b) 2/5 (c) 5/6 (d) 5/8
(e)none
4 .When two dice are rolled, what is the probability that the sum of the
numbers appeared on them is 11?
a) 1/6 (b) 1/18 (c) 1/9 (d) 1 (e)none
5 . A fair six-sided die is rolled. What is the probability of rolling an even number?
(a) 1/6 (b) 1/3 (c) 1/2 (d) 2/3
6 . If two dice are thrown simultaneously, what is the probability of getting a sum of 7?
(a) 1/6 (b) 1/9 (c) 5/36 (d) 7/36
7. What is the probability of rolling a prime number on a standard six-sided die?
(a) 1/6 (b) 1/3 (c) 1/2 (d) 2/3
8. If a die is rolled twice, what is the probability of getting a 6 on the first roll and an odd
number on the second roll?
(a) 1/12 (b) 1/6 (c) 1/3 (d) 1/4
9. When two dice are thrown, what is the probability of getting a sum of 13?
(a) 0 (b) 1/36 (c) 1/12 (d) 1/6
3. Based on Playing Cards
6 . A total of five cards are chosen at random from a standard deck of 52 playing cards. What is the probability
of choosing 5 aces
a) 5/52 (b) 4/52 (c) 1/13 (d) 1/6 (e)none
7. A single card is chosen at random from a standard deck of 52 playing cards.
What is the probability of choosing a king or a club?
a) 4/13 (b) 1/26 (c) 2/13 (d) 13/52 (e)none
8. A card is drawn from a well-shuffled pack of cards. The probability of getting a queen of
club or a king of heart is
(a) 4/13 (b) 1/26 (c) 2/13 (d) 13/52 (e)none
9. One card is drawn at random from a well-shuffled pack of 52 cards. What is the probability
that the card is either a red card or a king?
a) 1/2 (b) 1/26 (c) 7/13 (d) 1/4 (e)none
4. Based on Marbles or Balls
10. A glass jar contains 1 red, 3 green, 2 blue and 4 yellow marbles. If a single marble is chosen at random
from the jar, what is the probability that it is yellow or green?
a) 7/10 (b) 2/5 (c) 17/30 (d) 1/4 (e)none
11. A person has 2 bags. He has 3 black and 4 white balls in one bag and 4 black
and 3 white balls in another bag. Find the probability of getting a black ball.
a) 1/2 (b) 1/26 (c) 7/13 (d) 1/4 (e)none
5. Miscellaneous
12. In a Mathematics class of 30 students, 17 are boys and 13 are girls. On a unit test, 4 boys and 5 girls made an
A grade. If a student is chosen at random from the class, what is the probability of choosing a girl or an A grade
student?
a) 1/2 (b) 1/26 (c) 17/30 (d) 1/4 (e)none
13 .The probability that it is Friday and a student is absent, is 0.03. Since, there are 5 school days in a week, the
probability that it is Friday is 0.2. What is the probability that a student is absent, given that today is Friday?
a) 0.15 (b) 0.25 (c) 0.35 (d) 0.12 (e)none
14 .The probability that a leap year selected at random contains 53 Sundays, is
a) 5/366 (b) 1/365 (c) 1/7 (d) 2/7 (e)none
15 .A committee of 3 members is to be selected out of 3 men and 2 women. What is the
probability that the committee has at least one woman?
(a) 1/5 (b) 3/5 (c) 9/10 (d) 3/10 (e)none
16 .A basket contains three blue and four red balls. If three balls are drawn at random from
the basket, what is the probability that all the three balls are either blue or red?
a) 1/7 (b) 3/7 (c) 7/10 (d) 3/10 (e)none
17 .In a lottery 10000 tickets are sold and 10 prizes are awarded.what is the probability of not
winning prize,if you buy one ticket.
(a)999/1000 (b) 1/1000 (c) 1/10000 (d) 3/10 (e)none
19.An urn contains 6 red, 4 blue, 2 green and 3 yellow marbles. If two marbles are picked at
random, what is the probability that both marbles are red?
a)2/7 (b) 1/7 (c) 1/2 (d) 6/13 (e)none
20.Murari has 9 pairs of dark blue socks and 9 pairs of black socks. He keeps them all in the
same bag. If he picks out three socks at random, what is the probability that he will get a
matching pair?
(a) 1/9 (b) 2/9 (c) 1 (d) 2/3 (e)none
21.An anti-aircraft gun can take a maximum of four shots at an enemy plane moving away from
it. The probability of hitting the plane at the first, second, third and fourth shots are 0.4, 0.3,
0.2 and 0.1, respectively. What is the probability that the plane is hit when all the four shots are
fired?
(a)0.1 (b) 0.7 (c) 0.6976 (d) 0.7969 (e)none