Worksheet – 14
Class – X (Mathematics)
Chapter – 14 (Probability)
1. Two friends were born in the year 2000. The probability that they have the same birthday is
1 364 1 365
(a) 365 (b) 365 (c) 366 (d) 366
2. Two dice are rolled together. The probability of getting sum of numbers on the two dice is 2,3
or 5 is
7 11 5 4
(a) 36 (b) 36 (c) 36 (d) 9
3. A box contains cards numbered 6 to 55. A card is drawn at random from the box. The
probability that the drawn card has a number which is a perfect square is
7 7 1 5
(a) 50 (b) 55 (c) 10 (d) 49
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4. The probability of guessing the correct answer to a certain question in a test is . If the
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probability of not guessing the correct answer is 3, then the value of 𝑥 is
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 6
5. For the following question, two statements are given – one labelled Assertion(A) and the
other labelled Reason (R). Select the correct answer to these questions from the codes (i),
(ii), (iii) and (iv) as given below:
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of the assertion.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of the assertion.
(c) A is true, but R is false.
(d) A is false, but R is true.
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Assertion (A): The probability that a leap year has 53 Sundays is 7
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Reason (R): The probability that a non-leap year has 53 Sundays is 7
6. A game consists of tossing a one-rupee coin 3 times and noting its outcome each time. Hanif
wins if all the tosses give the same result i.e., three heads or three tails, and loses otherwise.
Calculate the probability that Hanif will lose the game.
7. A bag contains 5 red balls and some blue balls. If the probability of drawing a blue ball at
random from the bag is three times that of a red ball, find the number of blue balls in the bag.
8. If a number 𝑥 is chosen at random from the numbers −3, −2, −1, 0, 1,2,3. What is the probability that
𝑥 2 ≤ 4?
9. A card is drawn at random from a well shuffled deck of 52 playing cards. Find the
probability of getting neither a red card nor a queen.
10. Two dice are thrown at the same time and the product of numbers appearing on them is
noted. Find the probability that the product is a prime number.
Case-Based Questions:
11. In a survey on holidays, 120 people were asked to state which type of transport they used
on their last holiday. The following pie chart shows the results of the survey.
Observe the pie chart and answer the following questions:
(i) In one person is selected at random, find the probability that he/she travelled by bus
or ship.
(ii) Which is the most favourite mode of transport and how many people used it?
(iii) A person is selected at random. If the probability that he did not use train is 4/5, find
the number of people who used train.
(iv) The probability that randomly selected person used aeroplane is 7/60. Find the
revenue collected by air company at the rate of ₹ 5000 per person.
12. Blood group describes the type of blood a person has. It is a classification of blood based on
the presence or absence of inherited antigenic substances on the surface of red blood cells.
Blood types predict whether a serious reaction will occur in a blood transfusion.
In a sample of 50 people, 21 had type O blood, 22 had type A, 5 had type B and rest had
type AB blood group.
Based on the given situation, answer the following questions:
(i) What is the probability that a person chosen at random had type O blood?
(ii) What is the probability that a person chosen at random had type AB blood group?
(iii) What is the probability that a person chosen at random had neither type A nor type B
blood group?
(iv) What is the probability that person chosen at random had either type A or type B or
type O blood group?
ANSWERS
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1. (b) 366
7
2. (b) 36
1
3. (a) 10
4. (a) 2
5. (c) A is true, but R is false.
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6. 4
7. 15
5
8. 7
6
9. 13
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10. 6
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11. (i) 120 (ii) Car, 59 (iii) 24 (iv) ₹ 70,000
21 1 23 24
12. (i) 50 (ii) 25 (iii) 50 (iv) 25