KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN AHMEDABAD REGION
MATHS CONTENT
CLASS: XI
CHAPTER : PROBABILITY
MCQ
Q1
If1+4𝑃 , 1−𝑃 and 1−2𝑃are the probabilities of threemutually exclusive events,
4 2 2
then value of p is
(a) 1 (b) 1 (c)1 (d) 2
2 3 4 3
Q2 Which of the following cannot be the probability of an event?
(a) 2/3 (b) – 1/5 (c) 15% (d) 0.7
Q3 Probability of an event can be
(a) – 0.7 (b) 11 (c) 1.001 (d) 0.6
9
Q4 In an experiment, the sum of probabilities of different events is
(a) 1 (b) 0.5 (c) – 2 (d) 0
Q5 In rolling a dice, the probability of getting number 8 is
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) –1 (d) 1
2
Q6 In a simultaneous throw of 2 coins, the probability of having
2 heads is:
(a) 1 (b) 1 (c) 1 (d) 1
4 2 8 6
Q7 The probability of getting sum more than 7 when a pair of
dice are thrown is:
(a) 7 (b) 5 (c) 7 (d) None of these
36 12 12
Q8 The probability of raining on day 1 is 0.2 and on day 2 is 0.3. The
probability of raining on both the days is
(a) 0.2 (b) 0.1 (c) 0.06 (d) 0.25
Q9 If A and B are two events, such that P(A𝖴 B) =3 , P(A ∩B) =1 ,P(A‘ ) = 2
where A‘ stands for the complementary event of A, then P(B) is given by:
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 2
9 3 9 9
Q10 In the following Venn diagram circles A and B
represent twoevents:
The probability of the union of shaded region will be
(a) P(A) + P(B) – 2P(A ∩B)
(b) P(A) + P(B) – P(A ∩B)
(c) P(A) + P(B)
(d) 2P(A) +2 P(B) – P(A ∩B)
Q11 A single letter is selected at random from the word ―PROBABILITY‖. The
probability that the selected letter is a vowel is
(a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 0
11 11 11
Q 12 A bag contains 10 balls, out of which 4 balls are whiteand the others are
non-white. The probability of getting anon-white ball is
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 2
5 5 2 3
Q13 The dice are thrown together. The probability of getting thesum of digits as
a multiple of 4 is:
(a) 1 (b) 1 (c) 1 (d) 5
9 3 4 9
Q14 If the probabilities for A to fail in an examination is 0.2 andthat for B is 0.3,
then the probability that either A or B failsas
(a) > 0. 5 (b) 0.5 (c) ≤ 0.5 (d) 0
Q15 If 2 is the probability of an event, then the probability of the event 'not A',
11
is
(a) 9 (b) 11 (c) 11 (d) 2
11 2 9 11
Q16 An experiment is called random experiment, if it
(a) has more than one possible outcome
(b) is not possible to predict the outcome in advance
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of the above
Q 17 An event can be classified into various types on the basis of the
(a) experiment (b) sample space
(c) elements (d) None of the above
Q 18 An event which has only ....... sample point of a sample space, is called
simple event.
(a) two (b) three (c) one (d) zero
Q 19 If an event has more than one sample point, then it is called a/an
(a) simple event (b) elementary event
(c) compound event (d) None of these
Q20 A die is rolled. Let E be the event ―die shows 4‖ and F be the event ―die
shows even number‖, Then, E and F are
(a) mutually exclusive (b) exhaustive
(c) mutually exclusive and exhaustive (d) None of the above
CASE BASED/SOURCE BASED / PASSAGE BASED
Q 21 If three coins are tossed, all possible outcomes are
{HHH, HHT, HTH, THH, TTH, HTT, THT, TTT},
if E1 , E2 , ..., En are n events of a sample space S and if E1 UE2 UE3….. U
En = S, then E1 , E2 , .... , En are called exhaustive events. Further, if Ei∩Ej
= φ for i ≠j i.e. events Ei and Ej are pairwise disjoint and UEi=S , then
events E1 , E2 , ... , Enare called mutually exclusive and exhaustive events,
now answers the following
(i) Two events which are mutually exclusive.
(ii) Three events which are mutually exclusive and exhaustive.
(iii) Two events, which are not mutually exclusive.
(iv) Two events which are mutually exclusive but not exhaustive.
(v) Three events which are mutually exclusive but not exhaustive.
Q 22 Grandmother of Reena, Simi and Aryan has a bag, which contain 9 discs of
different beautiful colors, of which 4 are red, 3 are blue and 2 are yellow.
The discs are similar in shape and size. Children asked grandmother to give
them discs and grandmother draws a disc at random from the bag.
Calculate the probability that it will be (i) red, (ii) yellow, (iii) blue, (iv) not
blue, (v) either red or yellow.
Q 23 An urn contain twenty white slips of paper numbered from 1 through 20,
ten red slips of paper numbered from 1 through 10, forty yellow slips of
paper numbered from 1 through 40 and ten blue slips of paper numbered
from 1 through 10. These 80 slips of paper are thoroughly shuffled so that
each slip has the equal chance of begin drawn. A slip is drawn random from
the urn.
Based on the above information , answer the following questions:
(i) What is the probability that slip drawn is blue or white?
(ii) What is the probability that slip drawn is numbered 1,2,3,4 or 5?
(iii)What is the probability that slip drawn is red or yellow and numbered
1,2,3 or 4?
(iv) What is the probability that slip drawn is numbered 5,15,25 or 35?
(v) What is the probability that slip drawn is white and number higher
than 12 or yellow and numbered higher than 26?