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Probability MCQs |MCQ Questions for Class 10 Maths Chapter 15 with Answers:-
1. What is the name of the event for which the probability is zero?
(a) Impossible event
(b) Random event
(c) Exhaustive events
(d) Mutual events
Answer: (a) Impossible event
2. If P(E) = 0.07, then what is the probability of ‘not E’?
(a) 0.93
(b) 0.95
(c) 0.89
(d) 0.90
Answer: (a) 0.93
3. The total number of events of throwing 10 coins simultaneously is:
(a) 1024
(b) 512
(c) 100
(d) 10
Answer: (a) 1024
4. An event is very unlikely to happen. Its probability is closest to:
(a) 0.0001
(b) 0.001
(c) 0.01
(d) 0.1
Answer: (a) 0.0001
5. A jar contains 24 marbles. Some are red and others are white. If a marble is drawn at random from the jar, the probability that it is red is `\frac{2}{3}`, then the number of white marbles in the jar is:
(a) 10
(b) 6
(c) 8
(d) 7
Answer: (c) 8
6. If P(A) denotes the probability of an event A, then
(a) P(A) < 0
(b) P(A) > 1
(c) 0 ≤ P(A) ≤ 1
(d) –1 ≤ P(A) ≤ 1
Answer: (c) 0 ≤ P(A) ≤ 1
7. Which of the following can be the probability of an event?
(a) – 0.4
(b) 1.004
(c) `\(\frac{18}{23}\)`
(d) `\(\frac{10}{7}\)`
Answer: (c) `\(\frac{18}{23}\)`
8. A card is drawn from a deck of 52 cards. The event E is that card is not an ace of hearts. The number of outcomes favourable to E is:
(a) 4
(b) 13
(c) 48
(d) 51
Answer: (d) 51
9. Riya and Kajal are friends. Probability that both will have the same birthday isthe same birthday is:
(a) `\frac{364}{365}`
(b) `\frac{31}{365}`
(c) `\frac{1}{365}`
(d) `\frac{365}{364}`
Answer: (c) `\frac{1}{365}`
10. The probability of getting a bad egg in a lot of 400 is 0.035. The number of bad eggs in the lot is:
(a) 7
(b) 14
(c) 21
(d) 28
Answer: (b) 14
11. A girl calculates that the probability of her winning the first prize in a lottery is `\(\frac{8}{100}\)`. If 6,000 tickets are sold, how many tickets has she bought?
(a) 400
(b) 750
(c) 480
(d) 240
Answer: (c) 480
12. A lot consists of 144 ball pens of which 20 ae defective and the others are good. Tanu will buy a pen if it is good but will not buy if it is defective. The shopkeeper draws one pen at random and gives it to her. The probability that she will buy that pen is:
(a) `\frac{31}{36}\`
(b) `\frac{5}{36}\`
(c) `\frac{20}{36}\`
(d) `\frac{9}{36}\`
Answer: (a) `\frac{31}{36}\`
13. A girl calculate that the probability of her winning the first prize in a lottery is 0.08. If 6000 tickets are sold, how many tickets has she bought?
(a) 40
(b) 240
(c) 480
(d) 750
Answer: (c) 480
14. What is the probability of getting a black card from the deck of playing cards?
(a) `\frac {1}{2}`
(b) `\frac {5}{52}`
(c) `\frac {5}{26}`
(d) `\frac {1}{26}`
Answer: (a) `\frac {1}{2}`
15. A number x is chosen at random from the numbers -2, -1, 0 , 1, 2. Then the probability that x2 < 2 is?
(a) `\frac {1}{5}`
(b) `\frac {2}{5}`
(c) `\frac {3}{5}`
(d) `\frac {4}{5}`
Answer: (c) `\frac {3}{5}`
16. If the probability of an event is p, the probability of its complementary event will be
(a) p – 1
(b) p
(c) 1 – p
(d) 1 – 2p
Answer: (c) 1 – p
17. What are the total outcomes when we throw three coins?
(a) 4
(b) 5
(c) 8
(d) 9
Answer: (c) 8
18. Cards bearing numbers 3 to 20 are placed in a bag and mixed thoroughly. A card is taken out from the bag at random. The probability that the number on the card taken out is an even number, is:
(a) `\frac {1}{5}`
(b) `\frac {1}{2}`
(c) `\frac {5}{2}`
(d) `\frac {1}{17}`
Answer: (b) `\frac {1}{2}`
19. A number is selected at random from first 50 natural numbers. Then the probability that it is a multiple of 3 and 4 is:
(a) `\frac {7}{50}`
(b) `\frac {4}{25}`
(c) `\frac {1}{25}`
(d) `\frac {2}{25}`
Answer: (d) `\frac {2}{25}`
20. The probability of getting a bad egg in a lot of 400 is 0.035. The number of bad eggs in the lot is:
(a) 7
(b) 14
(c) 21
(d) 28
Answer: (b) 14
21. A bag has 5 white marbles, 8 red marbles and 4 purple marbles. If we take a marble randomly, then what is the probability of not getting purple marble?
(a) 0.5
(b) 0.66
(c) 0.08
(d) 0.77
Answer: (d) 0.77
22. Match the columns:
(a) (1) → (A), (2) → (B), (3) → (C)
(b) (1) → (B), (2) → (A), (3) → (C)
(c) (1) → (C), (2) → (B), (3) → (E)
(d) (1) → (C), (2) → (B), (3) → (D)
Answer: (d) (1) → (C), (2) → (B), (3) → (D)
23. The experiments which when repeated under identical conditions produce the same results or outcomes are known as:
(a) Random experiments
(b) Probabilistic experiment
(c) Elementary experiment
(d) Deterministic experiment
Answer: (d) Deterministic experiment
24. The probability of selecting a rotten apple randomly from a heap of 900 apples is 0.18. What is the number of rotten apples in the heap?
(a) 152
(b) 162
(c) 142
(d) 168
Answer: (b) 162
25. Two players, Sangeeta and Reshma, play a tennis match. It is known that the probability of Sangeeta winning the match is 0.62. The probability of Reshma winning the match is:
(a) 0.62
(b) 0.38
(c) 0.58
(d) 0.42
Answer: (b) 0.38
26. A school has five houses A, B, C, D and E. A class has 23 students, 4 from house A, 8 from house B, 5 from house C, 2 from house D and rest from house E. A single student is selected at random to be the class monitor. The probability that the selected student is not from A, B and C is:
(a) `\frac {5}{23}`
(b) `\frac {6}{23}`
(c) `\frac {4}{23}`
(d) `\frac {8}{23}`
Answer: (b) `\frac {6}{23}`
27. An urn contains lottery tickets numbered from 1 to 100. If a ticket is selected at random, then the probability that it is a perfect square is:
(a) 0.1
(b) 0.08
(c) 0.09
(d) 0.01
Answer: (a) 0.1
28. One ticket is selected at random from 100 tickets numbered 0.0, 01, 02, ……, 99. Suppose x is the sum of digits and y is the product of digits, then probability that x = 9 and y = 0 is:
(a) `\frac {1}{25}`
(b) `\frac {2}{25}`
(c) `\frac {3}{50}`
(d) `\frac {1}{50}`
Answer: (d) `\frac {1}{50}`
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