Probability

Exercises

Question Bank

Abhishek Jain

1. From a pack of 52 cards, two cards are drawn at random.
What is the probability that either both are red or both are
queens is
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2. A box contains 20 balls bearing numbers 1, 2, 3 .. 20. A
ball is drawn at random from the box. What is the
probability that the number on the ball is divisible by 2 or 3?
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3. A bag contains 2 red, 5 blue and 7 green balls. A ball is
drawn at random. What is the probability that it is either a
blue or a green ball?
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4. From a pack of cards two cards are drawn at random.
What is the probability that either both are kings or both are
queens?
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5. There are 8 blue and 4 white balls in a bag. A ball is drawn
at random. Without replacing it another ball is drawn. Find
the probability that both the balls drawn are blue
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6. There are 5 green and 6 black balls in a bag. A ball is

drawn at random with replacement. Find the probability
that both the balls drawn are black
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7. A speaks truth in 60% of the cases and B in 80% if the
cases. In what percentage of cases are they likely to
contradict each other, narrating the same incident?
Ans: 44%

8. A lot of 12 bulbs contains 4 defective bulbs. Three bulbs
are drawn at random from the lot, one after the other. The
probability that all three are non-defective is
Ans: 14/55

9. 100 students appeared for two examinations, 60 passed
the first, 50 passed the second and 30 passed both. The
probability that a student selected at random has failed in
both examinations is
Ans: 0.2

10. A and B stand in a ring with 11 other persons. If the
arrangement of the 13 persons is at random, then the
probability that there are exactly 3 persons between A and B
is
Ans: 1/6

11. A candidate is selected for interview for three posts. For
the first post there are 5 candidates for the second there are

8 and for the third there are 7. What are the chance for his
setting at least one post?
Ans: 2/5

12. In a 6 faced die with numbers 1 to 6 inscribed. Find the
probability of getting a 2 digit number which is prime on
adding 2 successive throws of the die
Ans: 1/3

13. Out of 20 consecutive positive integers, two are chosen
at random. The probability that their sum is odd is
Ans: 10/19

14. When two dice are rolled, what is the probability that the
sum of the numbers appeared on them is 11?
Ans: 1/18

15. The probability of drawing a red card from a deck of
playing cards, is
Ans: 1/2

16. Five coins are tossed at a time. Then the probability of
obtaining at least one tail is
Ans: 31/32

17. If a 4 digit number is formed at random using the digits
1, 3, 5, 7, 9 without repetition, then the probability that it is

divisible by 5 is
Ans: 1/5

18. The probability of getting a composite number when a
six-faced unbiased die is tossed, is
Ans: 1/3

19. Two unbiased dice are thrown simultaneously. The
probability of getting the sum divisible by 3 is
Ans: 12/26

20. A number is selected at random from the set {1, 2, 3 ..
50}. The probability that n is a prime is
Ans: 0.3

21. If three unbiased coins are tossed simultaneously, then
the probability of exactly two heads is
Ans: 3/8

22. Let E be the set of all integers with 1 in their unit place.
The probability that a number chosen {2, 3, 4 . 50} is an
element of E is
Ans: 4/49

23. A number x is chosen at random from {1, 2, . 10}.The
probability that x satisfies the equation (x-3) (x-6) (x-10)=0
is
Ans: 3/10


24. A person gets as many rupees as the number he gets
when an unbiased six-faced die is thrown. If two such dice
are thrown the probability of getting Rs. 10 is
Ans: 1/12

25. A bag contains 3 red balls, 4 white balls and 7 black balls.
The probability of drawing a red or a black ball is
Ans: 5/7

26. If a die is thrown, then the probability of getting an even
number or a number greater than 3, is
Ans: 2/3

27. If two dice are thrown simultaneously, then the
probability of having 6 on first die and any number other
than 6 on other die is
Ans: 5/36

28. In a single throw of two dice, find the probability of
getting a total of 3 or 5
Ans: 1/6

29. A box contains 36 tickets numbered 1 to 36, one ticket
drawn at random. Find the probability that the number on
the ticket is either divisible by 3 or is a perfect square
Ans: 4/9

30. The letters B, G, I, N, R are rearranged to form the word

BRING. Find its probability
Ans: 1/120

31. A box of electronic diode contains 120 standard and 80
sub-standard ones. Two diodes are taken at random. What is
the probability that one is standard and the other is sub-
standard?
Ans: 96/199

32. A box contains 20 white, 30 black, 40 blue and 30 red
balls. Compute the probability that one of the balls extracted
at random from the box turns out to be white, black or red
Ans: 2/3

33. If one rolls a fair-sided die twice, what is the probability
that the die will land on the same number on both the
occasions?
Ans: 1/6

34. If seven coins are tossed, what is the probability of
obtaining at least 2 heads?
Ans: 15/16

35. A bag contains 4 red, 5 blue and 6 black balls. If one ball
is drawn at random, find the probability that it is not a black
ball
Ans: 3/5

36. A coin is tossed twice. Find the probability of getting no

head
Ans: 1/4

37. Three unbiased coins are tossed. Find the probability of
getting at least two heads
Ans: 1/2

38. If two dice are thrown together, what is the probability
of the sum being less than 6, on the side facing up?
Ans: 5/8

39. From a pack of 52 cards, what is the probability of
picking a spade card if only one card is drawn?
Ans: 0.25

40. If a bag contains 5 yellow and 6 red balls and 2 balls are
drawn out together, what are the odds against all balls being
red?
Ans: 8/11

41. What is the probability that a randomly chosen 2 digit
number is divisible by 5?
Ans: 1/5

42. There are 16 candidates for three openings in a
company. If five of them are women, what is the probability

that exactly one woman would be chosen for the job?

Ans: 55/224

43. A school has 4 labs and 10 classrooms. If a student can go
to any of these rooms, what is the probability that the
students entered a particular room?
Ans: 1/14

44. If the letters of the word English are rearranged, what is
the probability that a word will start with a vowel?
Ans: 2/7

45. Reshma decided to get married and wanted to inform 3
out of her 5 friends first, before conveying to everyone else.
If Sushma is one among her 5 friends, what is the probability
that Sushma will be among the first 3 to hear about
Reshmas wedding?
Ans: 3/5

46. When four coins are tossed simultaneously, what is the
probability of getting exactly two heads?
Ans: 3/8

47. From a pack of cards, if 4 random cards are drawn, what
is the probability that each card is from a different suit?
Ans: 134/52C4

48. Find the probability of getting a number less than five

when a die is rolled?
Ans: 2/3

49. Two dice are thrown, find the probability of getting an
even total on them
Ans: 1/2

50. Three dice are thrown, find the probability of getting a
sum greater than 17 on their faces
Ans: 1/216

51. If three coins are tossed, find the probability of the event
showing exactly one Tail on them
Ans: 3/8

52. Two coins are tossed. Find the probability that two tails
result, given that there is atleast one tail
Ans: 1/3

53. Two men A and B run a race. If the probability of As
wins is twice that of B. Find the probability of Bs win
Ans: 1/3

54. Find the probability that vowel selected at random from
an English book is a 0
Ans: 1/5


55. In a single throw with two dice, find the probability of
throwing a 10
Ans: 1/12

56. When three coins are tossed simultaneously find the
probability of getting one tail
Ans: 3/8

57. Two dice are thrown simultaneously. Find the
probability that the sum of the numbers is at most 4
Ans: 1/6

58. Find the probability that a non-leap year should have 52
Tuesdays
Ans: 6/7

59. A single letter is selected at random from the word
CONICS. Find the probability that it is a vowel
Ans: 1/3

60. If 3 dice are rolled, find the total number of exhaustive
out comes
Ans: 63

61. If four students are chosen at random, find the
probability that no two of them were born on the same day

of the week
Ans: 120/343

62. An integer is chosen from 3 to 17 what is the probability
that it is prime?
Ans: 2/5

63. Two dice are thrown together. Find the probability that
we get a total of 10
Ans: 1/12

64. Find the probability of getting an odd number in throw
of an unbiased die?
Ans: 1/2

65. Three coins are tossed. Find the probability of getting
atleast two tail
Ans: 1/2

66. Find the probability of getting a king or a Queen in a
single draw from a well shuffled pack of playing cards
Ans: 2/13

Directions (67 - 69): One card is drawn from a pack of 52
cards, each card being equally likely to be drawn

67. Find the probability that the card drawn is red

Ans: 1/2

68. Find the probability that the card drawn is a king
Ans: 1/13

69. Find the probability that the card drawn is red and a king
Ans: 1/26

70. One card is drawn at random from a pack of cards. Find
the probability that the card drawn is either a king or a
queen?
Ans: 2/13