Probability questions
Probability questions
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9. There are 4 cotton kurties, 3 woolen kurties
1. There are 15 boys and 10 girls in a class. If and 5 nylon kurties. If 3 kurties are selected at
three students are selected at random, what random, what is the probability that none of
is the probability that 1 girl and 2 boys are them are nylon kurties?
selected? A. 9/32 B. 11/40
A. 1/40 B. 1/2 C. 7/44 D. 12/47
C. 21/46 D. 7/41 10. A box contains 21 balls numbered 1 to 21.
2. Three dice are thrown together. Find the A ball is drawn and then another ball is drawn
probability of getting a total of at least 6? without replacement. What is the probability
A. 103/216 B. 103/208 that both balls are even numbered?
C. 103/108 D. 36/103 A. 2/7 B. 8/21
3. A bag contains 6 pink and 5 yellow balls. C. 3/14 D. 5/21
One ball is drawn randomly. What is the 11. A committee of 3 members is to be made
probability that the ball drawn is Pink? out of 6 men and 5 women. What is the
A. 5/11 B. 1/2 probability that the committee has at least
C. 3/11 D. 6/11 two women?
4. In a box there are 10 apples and 2/5th of A. 10/33 B. 14/33
the apples are rotten. If three apples are C. 14/15 D. 13/25
taken out from the box, what will be the 12. A box contains 5 pink, 3 green and 2
probability that at least one apple is rotten. yellow balls. Three balls are picked up
A. 3/4 B. 4/6 randomly. What is the probability that none
C. 9/10 D. 8/13 of the ball drawn is green?
5. A bag contains 5 yellow and 2 green and 3 A. 3/16 B. 7/24
red colour dice. If one dice from the bag are C. 5/13 D. 4/23
chosen at random, what is the probability that 13. A bag contains 8 white balls, 13 black balls
dice is either yellow or red colour? and 5 green balls. If two balls are drawn at
A. 3/4 B. 4/5 random from the bag on after another, what
C. 3/10 D. 7/10 is the probability that the first ball is white
6. A box contains 2 pink pens, 3 violet pens and the second ball is black?
and 4 green pens. Find the probability of A. 3/26 B. 4/25
selecting 3 pens from the box such that at C. 6/25 D. 9/25
least 1 pen is green? 14. A card is drawn from a pack of 52 cards.
A. 12/40 B. 29/31 The probability of getting a queen of club or a
C. 23/28 D. 37/42 king of heart is:
7. There are 6 Green, 5 Red and 3 white balls A. 1/13 B. 2/13
in a bag. If 3 balls are drawn randomly what is C. 1/26 D. 1/52
the probability that no ball is Red? 15. Two cards are drawn together from a pack
A. 6/13 B. 9/17 of 52 cards. The probability that one is a
C. 3/13 D. 5/14 spade and one is a heart, is:
8. Probability of grasshopper eating grass =1/5 A. 3/20 B. 29/34
Probability of frog eating grasshopper =1/6 C. 47/100 D. 13/102
Probability of snake eating frog =1/7 16. One card is drawn at random from a pack
Probability of hawk eating snake =1/8 of 52 cards. What is the probability that the
Probability of man eating hawk =1/9 card drawn is a face card (Jack, Queen and
What is the probability of a man eating a King only)?
hawk who has eaten a snake which had A. 3/13 B. 1/13
consumed a frog who ate a grasshopper C. 1/4 D. 9/54
which didn’t eat grass?
A. 1/756 B. 1/3780
17. From a pack of 52 cards, two cards are
drawn together at random. What is the
probability of both the cards being kings?
A. 1/15 B. 25/27
C. 35/256 D. 1/221
18. If two dice are thrown simultaneously,
then find the probability that the sum of
numbers appeared on the dice is 6 or 7?
A.11/36 B. 7/36
C. 5/36 D. 5/6
19. Out of 17 applicants, there are 8 boys and
9 girls. Two persons are to be selected for the
job. Find the probability that at least one of
the selected persons will be a girl.
A. 25/34 B. 19/34
C. 21/34 D. 27/34
20. The probability that Alex will solve a
problem is 1/5. What is the probability that he
solves at least one problem out of 4
problems?
A. 64/125 B.256/625
C. 64/625 D. 369/625