12 SETS

14 Chapter 01
Matrices

PROBABILITY
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Previous Year Questions

1. Probability of happening of an event is denoted by p and 6. If three coins are tossed simultaneously, what is the
probability of non-happening of the event is denoted by probability of getting at most one tail?
q. Relation between p and q is 3 4
(a) (b)
(a) p + q = 1 (b) p = 1, q = 1 8 8

(c) p = q − 1 (d) p + q + 1 = 0 5 7
(c) (d)
8 8
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2. A girl calculates that the probability of her winning the
7. Computer-based learning (CBL) refers to any teaching
first prize in a lottery is 0.08. If 6000 tickets are sold,
methodology that makes use of computers for
how many tickets has she bought?
information transmission. At an elementary school
(a) 40 (b) 240
level, computer applications can be used to display
(c) 480 (d) 750 multimedia lesson plans. A survey was done on 1000
[CBSE -30-1-1(2023)] elementary and secondary schools of Assam can they

3. In a group of 20 people, 5 can’t swim. If one person is were classified by the number of computers they had.

selected at random, then the probability that he/she can

swim, is
Number of 1- 11- 21- 51 - 101
3 1 Computers 10 20 50 100 and
(a) (b)
4 3 more
1
(c) 1 (d) Number of 250 200 290 180 80
4
Schools
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One school is chosen at random. The:
4. A bag contains 4 red, 3 blue and 2 yellow balls. One ball
(i) Find the probability that the school chosen at random
is drawn at random from the big. Find the probability
has more than 100 computers.
that drawn ball is (i) red (ii) yellow.
(ii) (a) Find the probability that the school chose at
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random has 50 or fewer computers.
5. If bag contains 100 cards numbered 1 to 100. A card is
OR
drawn at random from the bag. What is the probability
that the number on the card is a perfect cube ? (ii) (b) find the probability that the school chosen at
random has no more than 20 computers
1 3
(a) (b)
20 50 (iii) Find the probability that the school chosen at
random has 10 or less than 10 computers.
1 7
(c) (d)
25 100 [CBSE -30-2-1(2023)]

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8. Two dice are thrown together. The probability of getting 1 1

(a) (b)
the difference of numbers on their upper faces equal to 4 2
3 is: 3
(c) (d) 1
1 2 4
(a) (b)
9 9 [CBSE -30-5-1(2023)]

1 1 13. Which of the following numbers cannot be the

(c) (d)
6 12 probability of happening of an event ?
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(a) 0 (b)
9. A card is drawn at random from a well-shuffled pack of 0.01

52 cards. The probability that the card drawn is not an 0.07

(c) 0.07 (d)
ace is: 3

1 9 [CBSE -30-5-1(2023)]
(a) (b)
13 13 14. A middle school decided to run the following spinner
4 12 game as a fund-raiser on Christmas Carnival.
(c) (d)
13 13

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10. Assertion (A): The probability that a leap year has 53

2
Sundays is
7

Reason (R): The probability that a non-leap year has 53 Making purple: Spin each spinner once. Blue and red
5 make purple. So, if one spinner shows Red(R) and
Sundays is
7 another Blue (B), then you ‘win’. One such outcomes is
(a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and written as ‘RB’
Reason (R) is the correct explanation of Assertion (A). Based on the above, answer the following questions:
(b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and (i) List all possible outcomes of the game.
Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of Assertion (ii) Find the probability of ‘Making Purple’
(A).
(iii) (a) for each win, a participant gets Rs 10, but if
(c) Assertion (A) is true but Reason (R) is false. he/she loses, he/she has to pay Rs 5 to the school.
(d) Assertion (A) is false but Reason (R) is true. If 99 participants played, calculate how much fund the
[CBSE -30-4-1(2023)] school have collected.
11. If a fair coin is tossed twice, find the probability of OR
getting ‘atmost one head’ (iii) (b) If the same amount of Rs. 5 has been decided
[CBSE -30-4-1(2023)] for winning or losing the game, then how much fund had
12. Two coins are tossed together. The probability of been collected by school? (Number of participants =99)
getting at least one tail is: [CBSE -30-5-1(2023)]
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15. A bag contains 5 pink, 8 blue and 7 yellow balls, One

ball is drawn at random from the bag. What is the
probability of getting neither a blue nor a pink ball?

1 2
(a) (b)
4 5
The 15 numbered pool balls (no cue ball) are placed in
7 13
(c) (d) a large bowl and mixed, then one ball is drawn out at
20 20
random.
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Based on the above information, answer the following
16. A card is drawn at random from a well shuffled deck of
questions:
52 playing cards. The probability of getting a face card
(i) What is the probability that the drawn ball bears
is
number 8?
1 3
(a) (b) (ii) What is the probability that the drawn ball bears an
2 13
even number?
4 1
(c) (d) OR
13 13

[CBSE -30-5-1(2023)] What is the probability that the drawn ball bears
number, which is a multiple of 3?
17. “Eight Ball” is a game played on a pool table with 15
balls numbered 1 to 15 and a “cue ball” that is solid and (iii) What is the probability that the drawn ball is a solid

white. Of the 15 numbered bulls eight are solid coloured and bears an even number?

(non0white) coloured and numbered 1 to 8 and seven [CBSE -30-5-1(2023)]

are striped balls numbered 9 to 15.
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Solutions
3
12. (c)
4
1. (a) p + q = 1
7
2. (c) 480 13. (b)
0.01
3 14. (i) All possible outcomes: RR, RG, RB, GR, GB, GG,
3. (a)
4
YR, YB, YG
4. Total no. of Balls = 9
(ii) Number of favourable outcome (RB) = 1
4
(i) P (drawn ball is red) = 1
9 P (Making purple) =
9
2
(iii) P (drawn ball is yellow) = 1
9 (iii) (a) As P(winning) =
9
1
5. (c) 1
25 Therefore, number of people must win =  99 = 11
9
4
6. (b)  Game lost by 88 persons.
8
Funds collected = 5  88  11
80
7. (i) P (more than 100 computers) = or 0.08 = ₹ 330
1000
OR
(ii) (a) 50 or fewer computers = 250 + 200 + 290 = 740
(iii)(b) Number of participants = 99
740
Required probability = or 0.74
1000 1
P(winning the game) =
9
OR
Number of persons won = 11
(ii) (b) No more than 20 computers = 250 + 200 = 450
Number of persons lost = 88
450
Required probability = or 0.45
1000 Funds collected = 88  5 − 11 5

250 = ₹ 385
(iii) P (10 or less 10 computer) = or 0.25
1000 7
15. (c)
20
1
8. (c)
6 3
16. (b)
13
12
9. (d)
13 1
17. (i)P (drawing ball bearing number 8) =
10. (c) Assertion (A) is true but Reason (R) is false. 15

11. Total outcomes are HH, HT, TH, TT (ii)Even numbers = 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14

Favourable outcomes are HT, TH, TT No. of favourable outcomes = 7

3 7
P (at most one head) = P (even number ball) =
4 15
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OR 4
P(solid colour and bear an even no.) =
(ii)Multiples of 3 are 3, 6, 9, 12, 15 15

No. of favourable outcomes = 5

5 1
 P(multiple of 3) = =
15 3

(iii) Solid colour and even number 2, 4, 6, 8