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PROBABILITY 5M AND 2M
Class 10 - Mathematics

Section A
1. A box contains 12 balls out of which x are black. If one ball is drawn at random from the box, what is the [2]
probability that it will be a black ball? If 6 more black balls are put in the box, the probability of drawing a black

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ball is now double of what it was before. Find x.

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2. There are 35 students in a class of whom 20 are boys and 15 are girls. From these students one is chosen at [2]
random. What is the probability that the chosen student is a (i) boy, (ii) girl?
3. The probability of selecting a blue marble at random from a jar that contains only blue, black and green marbles [2]

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is 1

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marbles, find the total number of marbles in the jar.
4. From a well-shuffled deck of 52 playing cards, all black queens and red kings are removed. One card is selected [2]
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at random from the remaining cards. Find the probability that the selected card is:
i. an ace.
ii. a jack of red colour.
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iii. a king of spade.

5. A die has six faces marked 0, 1, 1, 1, 6, 6. Two such dice are thrown together and total scores are recorded. [2]
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i. How many different scores are possible?

ii. What is the probability of getting a total of 7?
6. The points A, B, C and D are the centres of four circumcircles each having a radius of length one unit. If a point [2]
is selected at random from the interior of square ABCD. What is the probability that the point will be chosen
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from the shaded region

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7. Three unbiased coins are tossed simultaneously. Find the probability of getting: [2]
i. at least one head.
ii. exactly one tail.
iii. two heads and one tail.
8. A game of chance consists of spinning an arrow on a circular board is divided into 8 equal parts, which comes to [2]
rest pointing at one of the numbers 1, 2, 3, ... 8 as shown in the figure, which are equally likely outcomes. What

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i. an odd number
ii. a number greater than 3
iii. a number less than 9
9. A missing helicopter is reported to have somewhere in a rectangular park having area of 700 sq km. What is the [2]
probability that it has crashed inside a circular lake of radius 10 km inside the park?
10. A die is thrown once. Find the probability of getting [2]

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i. a prime number;

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ii. an odd number.
11. One card is drawn at random from a well shuffled deck of 52 cards. What is the probability of getting an ace? [2]
12. An integer is chosen at random between 1 and 100. Find the probability that it is: [2]

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i. divisible by 8
ii. not divisible by 8
13. Find the probability that a leap year should have exactly 52 tuesday. [2]
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14. A box contains 20 cards numbered from 1 to 20. A card is drawn at random from the box. Find the probability [2]
that the number on the drawn card is
i. divisible by 2 or 3
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ii. a prime number

15. One card is drawn at random from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. Find the probability that the card drawn is [2]
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i. a red card
ii. the six of the clubs,
iii. a face card
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16. Savita and Hamida are friends. What is the probability that both will have [2]
i. different birthdays?
ii. the same birthday? (ignoring a leap year)
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17. A lot consists of 48 mobile phones of which 42 are good, only 3 have minor defects and 3 have major defects. [2]
Varnika will buy a phone, if it is good, but the trader will only buy a mobile, if it has no major defect. One phone
is selected at random from the lot. probability that it is
i. Acceptable to Varnika?
ii. Acceptable to trader?
18. A box contains 3 blue, 2 white, and 4 red marbles. If a marble is drawn at random from the box, what is the [2]
probability that it will be
i. white?
ii. blue?
iii. red?
19. Is the given statement correct or not correct? [2]

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 If two coins are tossed simultaneously there are three possible outcomes- two heads, two tails or one of each.
Therefore, for each of these outcomes, the probability is 1

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20. A die is thrown. Find the probability of getting 2 or 4? [2]
21. Cards numbered 7 to 40 were put in a box. Poonam selects a card at random. What is the probability that [2]
Poonam selects a card which is a multiple of 7?
22. In a class of 40 students, there are 13 students who have 100% attendance, 15 students who do social work, 5 [2]
students participate in Adult Education and the remaining students participate in an educational cultural
program. One student is selected from the class. What is the probability that he participates in a cultural
program?
23. A bag contains white, black and red balls only. A ball is drawn at random from the bag. If the probability of [2]
getting a white ball is 3/10 and that of a black ball is 2/5 ,then find the probability of getting a red ball. If the
bag contains 20 black balls then find the total number of balls in the bag.

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24. One card is drawn from a well-shuffled deck of 52 playing cards. Find the probability of getting the following: [2]

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i. a spade
ii. the queen of diamonds
25. Three coins are tossed simultaneously. What is the probability of getting [2]

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i. at least one head?
ii. exactly two tails?
iii. at most one tail?
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26. Suppose you drop a die at random on the rectangular region shown in Figure. What is the probability that it will [2]
land inside the circle with diameter 1m?
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27. A bag contains tickets numbered 11,12,13,..., 30. A ticket is taken out from the bag at random. Find the [2]
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probability that the number on the drawn ticket

i. is a multiple of 7
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ii. is greater than 15 and a multiple of 5.

28. A group consists of 12 persons, out of which 3 are extremely patient, other 6 are extremely honest and rest are [2]
extremely kind. A person from the group is selected at random. Assuming that each person is equally likely to be
selected, find the probability of selecting a person who is
i. extremely patient
ii. extremely kind or honest.
Which of the above you prefer more?
29. Cards each marked with one of the numbers 4, 5, 6, ...., 20 are placed in a box and mixed thoroughly. One card is [2]
drawn at random from the box. What is the probability of getting an even number?
30. A bag contains 5 black, 7 red and 3 white balls. A ball is drawn from the bag at random. Find the probability that [2]
the ball drawn is:
i. red

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iii. not black
31. A bag contains lemon flavoured candies only. Malini takes out one candy without looking into the bag. What is [2]
the probability that she takes out
i. an orange flavoured candy?
ii. a lemon flavoured candy?
32. Five cards-ten, jack, queen, king, and an ace of diamonds are shuffled face downwards. One card is picked at [2]
random.
i. What is the probability that the card is a queen?
ii. If a king is drawn first and put aside, what is the probability that the second card picked up is the (i) ace? (ii)
king?
33. A card is drawn from a well-shuffled deck of playing cards. Find the probability of drawing [2]

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i. a face card
ii. a red face card.

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34. All kings, queens, and aces are removed from a pack of 52 cards. The remaining cards are well-shuffled and then [2]
a card is drawn from it. Find the probability that the drawn card is
i. a black face card,
ii. a red face card. y
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35. A game consists of tossing a coin 3 times and noting the outcome each time. If getting the same result in all the [2]
tosses is a success, find the probability of losing the game.
36. A piggy bank contains hundred 50 paisa coins, fifty ₹1 coins, twenty ₹2 coins, and ten ₹5 coins. If it is equally [2]
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likely that one of the coins will fall out when the bank is turned upside down, what is the probability that the
coin will not be a ₹5 coins?
37. Rahim tosses two different coins simultaneously. Find the probability of getting aleast one tail. [2]
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38. A bag contains 5 red balls and some blue balls. If the probability of drawing a blue ball is double that of a red [2]
ball, determine the number of blue balls in the bag.
39. A number x is chosen from the numbers - 4 - 3, - 2, - 1, 0,1, 2, 3, 4. Find the probability that |x| <3. [2]
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40. Three coins are tossed together. Find the probability of getting at most two heads. [2]
41. Tree Plantation Drive [2]
A Group Housing Society has 600 members, who have their houses on the campus and decided to hold a Tree
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Plantation Drive on the occasion of New Year. Each household was given the choice of planting a sapling of its
choice. The number of different types of saplings planted was:
i. Neem - 125
ii. Peepal - 165
iii. Creepers - 50
iv. Fruit plants - 150
v. Flowering plants - 110
On the opening ceremony, one of the plants is selected randomly for a prize. After reading the above passage,
answer the following questions.
What is the probability that the selected plant is
i. A fruit plant or a flowering plant?

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 ii. Either a Neem plant or a Peepal plant?
42. The king, queen, and jack of diamond are removed from a pack of 52 cards and then the pack is well-shuffled. A [2]
card is drawn from the remaining cards. Find the probability of getting a card of
i. a diamond
ii. a jack
43. In a lottery of 50 tickets numbered 1 to 50, one ticket is drawn. Find the probability that the drawn ticket bears a [2]
prime number.
44. A die is thrown once. Find the probability of getting [2]
i. a composite number,
ii. a prime number.
45. A bag contains 5 red balls and some blue balls. If the probability of drawing a blue ball from the bag is thrice [2]
that of the red ball, find the number of blue balls in the bag.

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46. There are 40 students in a class of whom 25 are girls and 15 are boys. The class teacher has to select one student [2]
as a class representative. He writes the name of each student on a separate card, the cards being identical. Then
she puts cards in a bag and stirs them thoroughly. She then draws one card from the bag. What is the probability

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that the name written on the card is the name of
i. a girl?
ii. a boy?
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47. A card is drawn at random from a pack of 52 cards. Find the probability that the card drawn is spade or an ace. [2]
48. Find the probability that a number selected at random from the numbers 3, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6, 7 will be their [2]
mean.
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49. Two different dice are thrown together. Find the probability that the sum of the numbers appeared is less than 7. [2]
50. A number x is selected from the numbers 1, 2, 3 and then a second number y is randomly selected from the [2]
numbers 1, 4, 9. What is the probability that the product xy of the two numbers will be less than 9?
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51. All kings and queens are removed from a pack of 52 cards. The remaining cards are well-shuffled and then a [2]
card is randomly drawn from it. Find the probability that this card is
i. a red face card
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ii. a black card.

52. There are 30 cards of the same size in a bag in which the numbers 1 to 30 are written. One card is taken out from [2]
the bag at random. Find the probability that the number on the selected card is not divisible by 3.
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53. A lot consists of 144 ballpoint pens of which 20 are defective and others good. Tanvy will buy a pen if it is good, [2]
but will not buy it if it is defective. The shopkeeper draws one pen at random and gives it to her. What is the
probability that
i. she will buy it,
ii. she will not buy it?
54. A die is rolled once. Find the probability of getting: [2]
i. an even prime number
ii. a number greater than 4
iii. an odd number
55. In a musical chair game, the person playing the music has been advised to stop playing the music at any time [2]
within 2 minutes after she starts playing. What is the probability that the music will stop within the first half-

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Section B
56. Two customers Shyam and Ekta are visiting a particular shop in the same week (Tuesday to Saturday). Each is [5]
equally likely to visit the shop on any day as on another day. What is the probability that both will visit the shop
on (i) the same day? (ii) consecutive days? (iii) different days?
57. A bag contains 4 white balls, 6 red balls, 7 black balls and 3 blue balls. One ball is drawn at random from the [5]
bag. Find the probability that the ball drawn is
i. white
ii. not black
iii. neither white nor black
iv. red or white.
58. A number x is selected at random from the numbers 1,2,3 and 4. Another number y is selected at random from [5]

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the numbers 1,4, 9 and 16. Find the probability that product of x and y is less than 16.
59. A number x is selected at random from the numbers 1 ,2 ,3 and 4. Another number y is selected at random from [5]
the numbers 1, 4, 9 and 16. Find the probability that product of x and y is less than 16.

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60. A card is drawn at random from a well-shuffled deck of playing cards. Find the probability that the card drawn is [5]
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i. a card of a spade or an ace.
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iii. neither a jack nor a king.
iv. either a king or a queen
61. A bag contains 15 balls of which x are blue and the remaining are red. If the number of red balls are increased by [5]
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5, the probability of drawing

the red balls doubles. Find :
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i. P(red ball)
ii. P(blue ball)
iii. P(blue ball if of 5 extra red balls are actually added)
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62. A card is drawn at random from a well-shuffled deck of playing cards. Find the probability that the card drawn is [5]
(i) a king or jack (ii) a non-ace (iii)a red card (iv) neither a king nor a queen.
63. The king, queen and jack of clubs are removed from a deck of 52 cards. The remaining cards are mixed together [5]
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and then a card is drawn at random from it. Find the probability of getting (i) a face card, (ii) a card of heart, (iii)
a card of clubs (iv) a queen of diamond.
64. A circular target of radius 11 cm consists of an inner circle of radius 5 cm and 3 concentric circles of radii 7 cm, [5]
9 cm and 10 cm dividing the target into 4 regions. If a shot hits the target, find the probabilities of hitting each
region. If you shoot the target 121 times, what is your expectation? How will you improve your performance?
65. All the three face cards of spades are removed from a well-shuffled pack of 52 cards. A card is drawn at random [5]
from the remaining pack. Find the probability of getting
i. a black face card
ii. a queen
iii. a black card
iv. a spade
66. From a deck of 52 playing cards, Jacks and kings of red colour and Queen and Aces of black colour are [5]

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 removed. The remaining cards are mixed and a card is drown at random. Find the probability that the drawn card
is
i. A black Queen
ii. A card of red colour
iii. A Jack of black colour
iv. A face card
67. Two different dice are thrown together. Find the probability that the numbers obtained have [5]
i. even sum
ii. even product.
68. A box contains 90 discs which are numbered 1 to 90. If one disc is drawn at random from the box, find the [5]
probability that it bears
i. a two digit number,

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ii. number divisible by 5.
69. One card is drawn from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. Find the probability of getting [5]
i. a king of red suit

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ii. a face card
iii. a red face card
iv. a queen of black suit
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v. a jack of hearts
vi. a spade.
70. All the red face cards are removed from a pack of 52 playing cards. A card is drawn at random from the [5]
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remaining cards, after reshuffling them. Find the probability that the drawn card is:
i. of red colour
ii. a queen
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iii. an ace
iv. a face card.
71. A bag contains 5 white balls, 7 red balls, 4 black balls and 2 blue balls. One ball is drawn at random from the [5]
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bag. What is the probability that the ball drawn is

i. white or blue
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ii. red or black

iii. not white
iv. neither white nor black.
72. Cards marked with numbers 3, 4, 5..........., 50 are placed in a bag and mixed thoroughly. One card is drawn at [5]
random from the bag. Find the probability that number on the card drawn is :
a. Divisible by 7.
b. A perfect square.
c. A multiple of 6.
73. A box contains cards bearing numbers from 6 to 70. If one card is drawn at random from the box, find the [5]
probability that it bears.
i. a one digit number.
ii. a number divisible by 5.

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 iii. an odd number less than 30.
iv. a composite number between 50 and 70
74. The houses in a row are numbered consecutively from 1 to 49. Show that there exists a value of X such that sum [5]
of numbers of houses proceeding the house numbered X is equal to sum of the numbers of houses following X.
75. Cards on which numbers 1,2, 3 ..... 100 are written (one number on one card and no number is repeated). Put in a [5]
bag and are mixed thoroughly. A card is drawn at random from the bag. Find the probability that card taken out
has
i. An even number
ii. A number which is a multiple of 13.
iii. A perfect square number
iv. A prime number less than 20

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