Class 11-Probability-WS
Class 11-Probability-WS
PROBABILITY WORKSHEET
1. A card is drawn from a well shuffled pack of cards. The probability of getting
a queen of club or king of heart is
1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these
52 26 18
2. The probability that a number selected at random from the numbers 1, 2, 3,
…99, 100 is a prime is
(a) 0.4 (b) 0.25 (c) 0.45 (d) 0.43
3. A box contains 6 nails and 10 nuts. Half of the nails and half of the nuts are
rusted. If one o them is chosen at random, then the probability that it is
rusted or is a nail is
3 5 11 14
(a) (b) (c) (d)
16 16 16 16
4. The probability of a sure event is
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) ½
5. Three identical dice are rolled the probability that same number will appear
on each of them will be
1 1 1 3
(a) (b) (c) (d)
6 36 18 28
11. Suppose two dice are rolled. Find the probability of getting a sum of 10 or
more.
12. In a lottery there are 10 prizes and 90 blanks. If a person holds one ticket,
find the probability of not getting a prize.
13. Find the probability of throwing 16 in one throw with three dice.
14. In a toss of two dice, find the probability of obtaining the sum 0f 7 or 11.
15. Two dice are thrown together. What is the probability that the sum of the
numbers on the two faces is divisible by 3 or 4?
16. What is the probability of drawing a court card (king , queen and knave)
from a deck of 52 playing cards?
17. A, B, C are three mutually exclusive and exhaustive events associated with
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random experiment. Find P(A), if P(B)= P(A) and P(C) = ½ P(B).
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18. If E and F are two events associated with a random experiment such that
P(F) = 0.35, P(E or F) = 0.85 and P(E and F) = 0.15, find P(E).
19. A card is drawn at random from a pack of cards. Find the probability that it
is either a club or an ace of diamond.
20. A bag contains 5 red, 6 white and 7 black balls. Two balls are drawn at
random. What is the probability that both balls are red or both are black?
21. A card is drawn at random from standard pack of cards. What is the
probability that (i) it is either a king or queen (ii) it is either a king or a
black card?
22. Two dice are tossed once. Find the probability of getting an even number on
the first die or a total of 8.
23. From a well shuffled pack of 52 cards, a card is drawn at random. Find the
probability that either it is an ace of red colour or a card of black colour.
24. If A and B are mutually exclusive events with P(A) = ½ P(B) and 𝐴 ∪ 𝐵 = 𝑆,
The sample space, find P(A).