SSC Board Practice

SSC Grade IX - Probability
Question 1
1.
One card is drawn at random from a well shuffled deck of 52 cards. What is the probability that the card drawn is a diamonds?
  • 1

    26
  • 1

    13
  • 1

    4
  • 1

    52
  • 3

    13
Question 2
2.
In a lottery, there are 17 prizes and 14 blanks. What is the probability of not getting a prize?
  • 15

    31
  • 17

    31
  • 14

    31
  • 13

    31
  • 15

    32
Question 3
3.
Two unbiased dice are thrown simultaneously. Find the probability of getting 6 as the sum of the two numbers on the dice.
  • 1

    6
  • 31

    36
  • 6

    37
  • 1

    9
  • 5

    36
Question 4
4.
Rita and Keerthi are friends. What is the probability that both will have different birthdays? (ignoring a leap year).
  • 1
  • 364

    365
  • 365

    366
  • 1

    365
  • 363

    365
Question 5
5.
Two unbiased dice are thrown simultaneously. Find the probability of getting at least 3 as the sum of the two numbers on the dice.
  • 35

    36
  • 1
  • 17

    18
  • 1

    36
  • 36

    37
Question 6
6.
Which of the following experiments have equally likely outcomes?
a)
A baby is born. It is a boy or girl
b)
A true/false question is attempted. The answer is either right or wrong
c)
A man starts his vehicle. It starts or it does not starts
d)
A ball is hit. It reaches the boundary or not
e)
A man throws a die. The number on the top is either 1 or not 1
  • {a,b}
  • {e,c,a}
  • {d,b,a}
  • {c,a}
  • {d,b}
Question 7
7.
When two coins are tossed simultaneously, how many elementary events are possible?
  • 4
  • 5
  • 7
  • 1
  • 3
Question 8
8.
Two unbiased coins are tossed simultaneously. Find the probability of getting at least two heads.
  • 3

    4
  • 0
  • 1

    2
  • 2

    5
  • 1

    4
Question 9
9.
One card is drawn at random from a well shuffled deck of 52 cards. What is the probability that the card drawn is '6' of black suit ?
  • 1

    26
  • 1

    4
  • 1

    13
  • 3

    13
  • 1

    52
Question 10
10.
A box contains 30 discs which are numbered from 1 to 30. If one disc is drawn at random from the box, find the probability that it bears a two-digit number.
  • 8

    11
  • 3

    10
  • 7

    10
  • 4

    5
  • 3

    5