NIRMALA CONVENT SCHOOL, RAJKOT-2025-26

SUBJECT: MATH
Question no. 1 to 15 carryCH:7
1markProbability
each. (Basic) (1day)
Std: VIII DATE:
Multiple choice question questions

1. In a throw of a die, the probability getting a 5 is

(a) 1 1 2 5
3
6 3 6
(b) (c) (d)

2. If an event cannot occur, then its probability is

(b) 3 (c) 1
4
(a) 1
2
(d) 0

3. The sum of the probability of all the event of an experiment is

1
2
(a) 0 (b)
(c) 1 (d) 3
4. Which of the following cannot be the probability of an event

(a) 1
4 (c) - 1
2
(b) 0 (d) 0.8

5. The probability of getting a prime number in a single throw of a dice is

(b) 1
3 (c) 1 (d) 1
(a) 0
2 4

6. Total number of face card in a pack of playing card is .

7. The probability of an event lies between .

8. The probability of an event that cannot happen is such an event is

called .

9. In a single throw of a die the probability of getting a number 8 is .

10. Every elementary event associated with a random experiment has

Probability.
11. A die is thrown once. Find the probability of getting a number less then 5.

12. From a well shuffled pack of cards, a card is drawn at random. Find the
probability of getting a black queen.
5
11
13. If the probability of winning a game is
. What is the probability of losing it?
Two coins are tossed simultaneously. Find the probability of getting exactly one
head.

14. In a single throw of a pair of dice, what is the probability of getting the sum a
perfect square?

Question no. 16 to 20 carry 2marks each.

15. Two dice are thrown at the same time and the product of the numbers
appearing on them is noted. Find the probability that the product is a prime
number.
16. A bag contains lemon flavored candies only. Malini takes out one candy
without looking into the bag. Find the probability that she takes out

An orange flavored candy? (ii) a lemon flavored candy ?

17. Rahim tosses two different coins simultaneously. Find the probability of
getting at least one tail.

18. A card is drawn at random from a well shuffled pack of 52 cards. Find the
probability that the card drawn is neither a red card nor a queen.

19. A pair of dice is thrown once. Find the probability of getting the same
number on each dice.

Question no. 21 to 27 carry 3marks each.

20. Two coins are tossed together. Find the probability of :

(i) at least one tail (ii) exactly one tail

21. A die is thrown once. Find the probability of getting:

(i) A prime number (ii) a number lying between 2 and 6 (iii) an odd number

22. A bag contains 5 red,8 white and 7 black balls. A ball is drawn at random from
the bag. Find the probability that the drawn ball is:

(i)red or white (ii) not black (iii) neither white nor black
23. In a single throw of a pair of different dice, what is the probability of getting

(i) A prime number on each dice? (ii)a total of 9 or 11?

24. Three different coins are tossed together. Find the probability of getting
 (i) Exactly two heads (ii)at least two heads (iii)at least two tails.

25. From a pack of 52 playing cards, Jacks, Queens and Kings of red colour are
removed. From the remaining, a card is drawn at random. Find the probability
that drawn card is:

(i) a black king . (ii) a card of red colour. (iii) A card of black colour.

26. There are 100 cards in a bag on which numbers from 1 to 100 are written. A
card is taken out from the bag at random. Find the probability that the number
on the selected card: (i) is a perfect cube (ii) is divisible by 9 and is a perfect
square.(iii) is a prime number greater than 80.
Question no. 28 to 30 carry 4marks each.

27. Cards numbered from 11 to 60 are kept in a box. If a card is drawn at random
from the box, find the probability that the number on the drawn card is

(i) An odd number (ii) a perfect square number

(iii) divisible by 5 (iv) a prime number less than 20

28. A game of chance consists of spinning an arrow on a circular board, divided
into 8 equal parts, which comes to rest pointing at one of the numbers 1,2,3,…,
8 which are equally likely outcomes. What is the probability that the arrow will
point at

(i) an odd number (ii) a number greater than 3 (iii) a number less than 9.

29. A card is drawn at random from a well-shuffled deck of playing cards. Find the
probability that the card drawn is

(i) a card of spade or an ace (ii) a black king.

(iii) neither a jack nor a king (iv) either a king or a queen

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