Chapter-wise Previous Years' Questions (Class-10) Mathematics 59

23. Two dice are rolled once. Find the probability of (i) Extremely patient
getting such numbers on the two dice, whose
(ii) Extremely kind or honest. Which of the
product is 12. [2011] ...[3M]
above values you prefer more? [2013]...[4M]
24. A box contains 80 discs which are numbered
30. A bag contains cards numbers from 1 to 49.
from 1 to 80. If one disc is drawn at random
A card is drawn from the bag at random, after
from the box, find the probability that it bears a
mixing the cards thoroughly. Find the probability
perfect square number. [2011] ...[3M]
that the number on the drawn card is
25. A card is drawn from a well shuffled deck of 52
cards. Find the probability of getting (i) a king of [2014] ...[4M]
red colour (ii) a face card (iii) the queen of (A) An odd number
diamond. [2012] ...[3M]
(B) A multiple of 5
26. The probability of selecting a red ball at random
from a jar that contains only red, blue and (C) A perfect square
! (D) An even prime number
orange balls is " The probability of selecting
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a blue ball at random from the same jar is " deck of playing cards. Find the probability that
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If the jar contains 10 orange balls, find the total the card drawn is [2015] ...[4M]
number of balls in the jar. [2015] ...[3M] (i) A card of spade or an ace.
27. Three different coins are tossed together. Find (ii) A black king.
the probability of getting [2016] ...[3M]
(iii) Neither a jack nor a king
(i) Exactly two heads
(ii) At least two heads (iv) Either a king or a queen.

(iii) At least two tails. 32. A number x is selected at random from the 1, 2,
3 and 4. Another number y is selected at
28. A bag contains 15 white and some black balls.
random from the numbers 1, 4, 9 and 16. Find
If the probability of drawing a black ball from the
the probability the product of x and y is less than
bag is thrice that of drawing a white ball, find the
16. [2016] ...[4M]
number of black balls in the bag. [2017] ...[3M]
33. Two different dice are thrown together. Find the
29. A group consists of 12 persons, of which 3 are
probability that the numbers obtained have
extremely patient, other 6 are extremely honest
and rest are extremely kind. A person from the [2017] ...[4M]
group is selected at random. Assuming that
(i) Even sum, and
each person is equally likely to be selected, find
the probability of selecting a person who is (ii) Even product

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