No. 2021/X/Ch.

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MCQ–Probability
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1. If 𝑃(𝐸) denotes the probability of an event 𝐸 then
(a) 𝑃 (𝐸 ) < 0 (b) 𝑃(𝐸 ) > 1 (c) 0 ≤ 𝑃 (𝐸 ) ≤ 1 (d) −1 ≤ 𝑃 (𝐸 ) ≤ 1.
2. A die is thrown once. The probability of getting a number which is not a factor of 36 is
1 2 1
(a) 6 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 0.
𝐴
3. Two unbiased coins are tossed simultaneously then the probability of getting no head is 𝐵 , then

(𝐴 + 𝐵)2 is equal to
(a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 25.
4. A coin and a die is tossed simultaneously. The probability of the event that ‘tail’ and a prime number
turns up is
1 1 1 2
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 3.

5. If the probability of occurrence of an event is p then the probability of non-happening of this event is
1
(a) 𝑝 − 1 (b) 1 − 𝑝 (c) 𝑝 (d) 1 − 𝑝 .

6. What is the probability of an impossible event?

1
(a) 2 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) −1.

7. Two dice are thrown together. The probability that sum of the two numbers will be a multiple of 4, is
1 1 1 1
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 8 (d) 4.

8. Find the probability that in the leap year there will be 53 Tuesdays
2 1 7 7
(a) 7 (b) 7 (c) 53 (d) 52.

9. The probability that an ordinary year contains 53 Sundays is

2 1 7 7
(a) 7 (b) 7 (c) 53 (d) 52.

10. A letter is chosen at random from the letters of the word ‘ASSASSINATION’, then the probability that
6
the letter chosen is a vowel and is in the form of 2𝑥+1
, then 𝑥 is equal to

(a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 7 (d) 8.

11. Which of the following cannot be the probability of an event?
3
(a) 1.5 (b) 5 (c) 25% (d) 0.3.

12. A number is selected at random from the numbers 1 to 30. What is the probability that the selected
number is a prime number?
2 1 1 11
(a) 3 (b) 6 (c) 3 (d) 30..

13. A box contains cards numbered 6 to 50. A card is drawn at random from the box. The probability that
the drawn card has a number which is a perfect square is
1 2 4 1
(a) 45 (b) 15 (c) 45 (d) 9.

14. There are 25 tickets numbered as 1, 2, 3, 4, ..., 25 respectively. One ticket is drawn at random. What is
the probability that the number on the ticket is a multiple of 3 or 5?
2 11 12 13
(a) 5 (b) 25 (c) 25 (d) 25.

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15. A bag contains 5 red balls and some blue balls. If the probability of drawing a blue ball is double that of
a red ball, then the number of blue balls in the bag is
(a) 5 (b) 10 (c) 15 (d) None of these..
16. A die is thrown once. The probability of getting an odd number greater than 3 is
1 1 1
(a) 3 (b) 6 (c) 2 (d) 0.

17. Two dice are thrown together. The probability of getting the same number on both dice is
1 1 1 1
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 6 (d) 12

18. A number 𝑥 is chosen random from the numbers−4, −3, −2, −1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4. What is the probability that
|𝑥| < 1?
2 1
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 9 (d) 9.

19. If a number 𝑥 is chosen at random from the numbers −2, −1, 0, 1, 2. Then, the probability that 𝑥 2 < 2 is
2 4 1 3
(a) 5 (b) 5 (c) 5 (d) 5.

20. A number 𝑥 is selected from the numbers 1,2, 3 and then a second number 𝑦 is randomly selected from
the number 1, 4, 9, then the probability that the product 𝑥𝑦 of the two numbers will be less than 9 is
3 4 5 7
(a) (b) (c) (d) .
7 9 9 9

21. A letter is chosen at random from the word ‘MATHEMATICS’. What is the probability that it will be a
vowel?
1 3 3 4
(a) 2 (b) 8 (c) 11 (d) 11.

22. The probability of getting 2 heads, when two coins are tossed, is
3 1 1
(a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 4.

23. Two coins are tossed simultaneously. What is the probability of getting at most one head?
1 1 2 3
(a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4.

24. Three coins are tossed simultaneously. What is the probability of getting exactly two heads?
1 1 3 3
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 4.

25. In a lottery, there are 6 prizes and 24 blanks. What is the probability of not getting a prize?
3 3 4
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c)5 (d) None of these

26. A box contains 3 blue, 2 white and 4 red marbles. If a marble is drawn at random from the box, what is
the probability that it will not be a white marble?
1 4 7 2
(a) 3 (b) 9 (c) 9 (d) 9.

27. A bag contains 3 white, 4 red and 5 black balls. One ball is drawn at random. What is the probability
that the ball drawn is neither black nor white?
1 1 1 3
(a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4.

28. A card is drawn at random from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. What is the probability of getting a
black king?
1 1 2
(a) 13 (b) 26 (c) 39 (d) None of these.

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29. One card is drawn at random from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. What is the probability of getting a
face card?
1 3 3 4
(a) 26 (b) 26 (c) 13 (d) 13.

30. One card is drawn at random from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. What is the probability of getting a 6?
3 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these.
26 52 13

31. Two fair coins are tossed. What is the probability of getting at the most one head?
3 1 1 3
(a) 4 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 8.

32. A letter of English alphabets is chosen at random. What is the probability that it is a letter of the word
‘MATHEMATICS’?
4 9 5 11
(a) (b) (c) (d) .
13 26 13 26

33. A card is drawn from a well shuffled deck of cards. What is the probability that the card drawn is neither
a king nor a queen?

11 12 11 11
(a) 13 (b) 13 (c) 26 (d) 52.

34. Two fair dice are rolled simultaneously. The probability that 5 will come up at least once is

5 11 12 23
(a) (b) (c) (d) .
36 36 36 36

35. A box contains cards numbered 6 to 50. A card is drawn at random from the box. The probability that
the drawn card has a number which is a perfect square like 4,9….is

1 2 4 1
(a) 45 (b)15 (c) 45 (d) 9.

36. A fair die is thrown once. The probability of even composite number is

1 3
(a) 0 (b) (c) (d)1.
3 4

37. In a throw of a pair of dice, the probability of the same number on each die is
1 1 1 5
(a) (b) (c) (d) .
6 3 2 6

38. If the letters of the word RAMANUJAN are put in a box and one letter is drawn at random. The
probability that the letter is A is

3 1 3 1
(a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 7 (d) 3 .

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Prepared By : Abdurahiman K
Faculty Of mathematics

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