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MATHEMATICS GRADE : X ACADEMIC YEAR 2023-24

Chapter: Probability

Instructions: Q1 to Q10 are Multiple Choice Questions

Q11 to Q15 are Subjective based Questions.
Q16 Case Study Question

Q.1) If the probability of an event is P, the probability of its complementary event will be:
1
(1) P – 1 (2) P (3) 1 – P (4) 1 − 𝑃

Q.2) If six coins are tossed together , then find the probability of getting at least one tail
71 63 11 59
(1) 72 (2) 64 (3) 12 (4) 64

Q.3) The probability that a number selected at random from the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, …, 15 is a
multiple of 4 is
4 2 1 1
(1) 15 (2) 15 (3) 5 (4) 3

Q.4) When two dice are thrown simultaneously, what is the probability that there is exactly one 5?
1 5 6 7
(1) 9 (2) 18 (3) 23 (4) 24

Q.5) A card is drawn from a deck of 52 cards. The event E is that card is not an ace of hearts.
The number of outcomes favourable to E is:
(1) 4 (2) 13 (3) 48 (4) 51

Q.6) A girl calculate that the probability of her winning the first prize in a lottery is 0.08. If 6000
tickets are sold, how many tickets has she bought?
(1) 40 (2) 240 (3) 480 (4) 750

Q.7) Someone is asked to take a number from 1 to 100. The probability that it is a prime is:
1 6 1 13
(1) 5 (2) 25 (3) 4 (4) 50

Q.8) The probability than a non-leap year selected at random will contain 53 Sundays is:
1 2 3 5
(1) 7 (2) 7 (3) 7 (4) 7

Q.9) Which of the following can be the probability of an event?

18 10
(1) – 0.4 (2) 1.004 (3) 23 (4) 7

Q.10) Direction: In the following questions, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a

statement of Reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:
(a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of
Assertion (A).
(b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true but Reason (R) is not the correct explanation
of Assertion (A).
(c) Assertion (A) is true but Reason (R) is false.

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(d) Assertion (A) is false but Reason (R) is true.
Assertion: The probability of an event that cannot happen or which is impossible, is equal to
zero.
Reason: The probability lies from 0 to 1. Hence, it cannot be negative

Q.11) A bag contains 8 red, 9 black, 3 yellow and 5 green balls, A ball is drawn at random from
the bag. Find the probability that the drawn ball is
a) yellow or green b) red and green

Q.12) An integer is chosen between 0 and 100. What is the probability that it is divisible by 7?

Q.13) 12 defective pens are accidentally mixed with 132 good ones. It is not possible to just look
at a pen and tell whether or not it is defective. One pen is taken out at random from this lot.
Determine the probability that the pen is taken out is a good one.

Q.14) A bag contains 20 balls out of which x are black. If 10 more black balls are put in the box,
the probability of drawing black ball is double of what it was before. The value of x is

Q.15) All the red face cards are removed from a well shuffled pack of 52 cards. A card is then
drawn at random from the remaining pack. Find the probability of getting
(i) queen of black suit (ii) a heart
(iii) a jack of red suit (iv) number 7 of black suit
Q.16) Aditya went to shop to purchase a child's game along with his friend. He selected one child's
game which has 8 triangles of which 3 are blue and rest are red, and 10 squares of which 6
are blue and rest are red. While checking the game, one piece is lost at random

(i) Find the probability that the lost piece is square ?

(ii) Find the probability that the lost piece is triangle of red colour ?

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(iii) Find the probability that the lost piece is triangle ?
Or
Find the probability that the lost piece is square of blue color?

ANSWER KEY
Q1. Q2. Q3. Q4. Q5. Q6. Q7. Q8. Q9. Q10.
3 2 3 2 4 3 3 1 3 B

8 14 11
Q.11 a) 25 , b) 0 Q.12 99 Q.13 12
1 5 1 5 5 4 1
Q.14 5 Q.15 (i) 23 (ii) 23 (iii) 0 (iv) 23 Q.16 (i) 9 (ii) 18 (iii) 9 𝑜𝑟 3

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