EduSahara™ Worksheet
Name : Chapter Based Worksheet
Chapter : Probability
Grade : ICSE Grade X
License : Non Commercial Use
Question 1
1.
63 cards are numbered 1,2,3,....63 and put in a box and mixed thoroughly. A card is drawn at random. What is the probability that the number on the drawn card is less then 22?
  • (i)
    2

    3
  • (ii)
    1

    3
  • (iii)
    1

    2
  • (iv)
    0
Question 2
2.
Two unbiased coins are tossed simultaneously. Find the probability of getting at most one head.
  • (i)
    1

    4
  • (ii)
    3

    4
  • (iii)
    4

    5
  • (iv)
    1

    2
  • (v)
    1
Question 3
3.
Two unbiased dice are thrown simultaneously. Find the probability of getting a doublet.
  • (i)
    5

    6
  • (ii)
    2

    7
  • (iii)
    0
  • (iv)
    1

    6
  • (v)
    1

    3
Question 4
4.
Two unbiased coins are tossed simultaneously. Find the probability of getting no head.
  • (i)
    3

    4
  • (ii)
    0
  • (iii)
    1

    4
  • (iv)
    2

    5
  • (v)
    1

    2
Question 5
5.
Three unbiased coins are tossed simultaneously. Find the probability of getting at least two heads.
  • (i)
    5

    6
  • (ii)
    4

    5
  • (iii)
    3

    4
  • (iv)
    2

    3
  • (v)
    1

    2
Question 6
6.
A bag contains 44 blue marbles, 40 gray marbles, 20 black marbles and 52 red marbles. One marble is drawn at random from the bag. Find the probability that the marble drawn is neither blue nor red.
  • (i)
    6

    13
  • (ii)
    5

    13
  • (iii)
    3

    7
  • (iv)
    8

    13
  • (v)
    4

    13
Question 7
7.
    • The following table shows the blood-groups of 324 students of a class.
    • Blood group
      AB
      B
      A
      O
      Number of students
      54
      63
      90
      117
    • One student of the class is choosen at random. What is the probability that the choosen student has blood group 'O' ?
  • (i)
    13

    36
  • (ii)
    14

    37
  • (iii)
    1

    3
  • (iv)
    7

    18
  • (v)
    23

    36
Question 8
8.
A missing helicopter is reported to have crashed somewhere in the rectangular region shown in fig. What is the probability that it crashed inside the shaded region as shown in the figure?
  • (i)
    1

    8
  • (ii)
    7

    8
  • (iii)
    0
  • (iv)
    2

    9
  • (v)
    1

    4
Question 9
9.
An unbiased die is thrown once. Find the probability of getting a 6?
  • (i)
    5

    6
  • (ii)
    0
  • (iii)
    1

    3
  • (iv)
    1

    6
  • (v)
    2

    7
Question 10
10.
Two unbiased coins are tossed simultaneously. Find the probability of getting exactly one head.
  • (i)
    1

    2
  • (ii)
    5

    6
  • (iii)
    2

    3
  • (iv)
    3

    4
  • (v)
    4

    5
Question 11
11.
A bag contains 24 red marbles, 4 orange marbles, 12 yellow marbles and 8 blue marbles. One marble is drawn at random from the bag. Find the probability that the marble drawn is red.
  • (i)
    4

    5
  • (ii)
    2

    3
  • (iii)
    3

    4
  • (iv)
    1

    2
  • (v)
    5

    6
Question 12
12.
A coin is tossed 100 times and head appears 80 times. If the coin is tossed again, what is the probability of getting a tail?
  • (i)
    1

    3
  • (ii)
    2

    5
  • (iii)
    4

    5
  • (iv)
    1

    5
  • (v)
    0
Question 13
13.
One card is drawn at random from a well shuffled deck of 52 cards. What is the probability that the card drawn is a jack?
  • (i)
    1

    4
  • (ii)
    1

    13
  • (iii)
    3

    13
  • (iv)
    1

    26
  • (v)
    1

    52
Question 14
14.
    • The distances (in km) of engineers from their residence to their place of work were found as follows
      • 21
      • 15
      • 5
      • 14
      • 18
      • 21
      • 12
      • 11
      • 3
      • 25
      • 9
      • 5
      • 2
    • What is the empirical probability that an engineer lives less than 14 km from her place of work?
  • (i)
    8

    13
  • (ii)
    4

    7
  • (iii)
    6

    13
  • (iv)
    7

    13
Question 15
15.
Three unbiased coins are tossed simultaneously. Find the probability of getting no head.
  • (i)
    1

    4
  • (ii)
    1

    8
  • (iii)
    0
  • (iv)
    2

    9
  • (v)
    7

    8
Question 16
16.
64 cards are numbered 1,2,3,....64 and put in a box and mixed thoroughly. A card is drawn at random. What is the probability that the number on the drawn card is divisible by 5?
  • (i)
    13

    16
  • (ii)
    1

    4
  • (iii)
    3

    16
  • (iv)
    1

    8
  • (v)
    4

    17
Question 17
17.
A die is thrown 360 times. The number 3 appears on the upper face 62 times. Now the die is thrown at random. What is the probability of getting a 3 ?
  • (i)
    149

    180
  • (ii)
    1

    6
  • (iii)
    32

    181
  • (iv)
    8

    45
  • (v)
    31

    180
Question 18
18.
In a lottery, there are 13 prizes and 10 blanks. What is the probability of getting a prize?
  • (i)
    7

    12
  • (ii)
    10

    23
  • (iii)
    14

    23
  • (iv)
    12

    23
  • (v)
    13

    23
Question 19
19.
Suppose a die is thrown on a rectangular region as shown below. What is the probability that it will land inside the circle of diameter 16.00 cm?
  • (i)
    1409

    5481
  • (ii)
    4073

    5481
  • (iii)
    1409

    5482
  • (iv)
    1408

    5481
  • (v)
    67

    261
Question 20
20.
Two players Meena and Bharathi play a tennis match. It is known that the probability of Meena winning the match is 0.40. What is the probability of Bharathi winning the match?
  • (i)
    2

    3
  • (ii)
    3

    5
  • (iii)
    2

    5
  • (iv)
    4

    5
Question 21
21.
    • If P(E) =
    • 0.5
    • , find P(
    •  


      E
       
       
    • )
  • (i)
    7.5
  • (ii)
    8.5
  • (iii)
    1.5
  • (iv)
    0.5
  • (v)
    2.5
Question 22
22.
Two unbiased dice are thrown simultaneously. Find the probability of getting 2 as the sum of the two numbers on the dice.
  • (i)
    1

    18
  • (ii)
    1

    36
  • (iii)
    0
  • (iv)
    2

    37
  • (v)
    35

    36
Question 23
23.
A die is thrown twice. What is the probability that 4 will come up atleast once?
  • (i)
    12

    37
  • (ii)
    11

    36
  • (iii)
    25

    36
  • (iv)
    5

    18
  • (v)
    1

    3
Question 24
24.
A die is thrown twice. What is the probability that 2 will come atleast once?
  • (i)
    12

    37
  • (ii)
    5

    18
  • (iii)
    25

    36
  • (iv)
    11

    36
  • (v)
    1

    3
Question 25
25.
Geetika and Ravali are friends. What is the probability that both will have same birthdays? (ignoring a leap year).
  • (i)
    364

    365
  • (ii)
    0
  • (iii)
    2

    365
  • (iv)
    1

    183
  • (v)
    1

    365
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