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Class: XII Assignment-13(B) (Maths) Chapter: 13

1. 12 cards numbered 1 to 12 are placed in a box, mixed up thoroughly and then one card is drawn
randomly. If it is known that the number on the drawn card is more than 3, what is the
probability that it is an even number?
2. In a school there are 1000 students out of which 430 are girls. it is known that out of 430, 10% of
girls study in class XII. What is the probability that a student chosen randomly studies in class XII,
given that the chosen student is a girl?
3. A family has two children. Find the probability that both are boys, if it is known that
(a) at least one of children is a boy (b) the elder chid is a boy.
4. A die is thrown three times. Events A and B are defined as below : A : 5 on the first and 6 on the
second throw. B : 3 or 4 on the third throw. Find the probability of B, given that A has already
occurred.
5. 10% of the bulbs produced in a factory are of red colour and 2% are red and defective. If one bulb
is picked up at random, determine the probability of its being defective if it is red.
6. Consider the experiment of tossing a coin. If the coin shows tail, toss it again but if it shows head,
then throw a die. Find the conditional probability of the event that ‘the die shows a number
greater than 3’ given that ‘there is at least one head’.
7. If A and B are two independent events such that and then
find P(A) and P(B).
8. Probability of solving specific problem independently by A,B and C are , and respectively. If
they try to solve the problem independently, find the probability that: (a) the problem is solved
(b) exactly one of them solves the problem.
9. A problem in mathematics is given to 4 students A, B, C, D. Their chances of solving the problem,
respectively, are , , and . What is the probability that (a) at least one of them will solve the
problem? (b) at most one of them will solve the problem?
10. X is taking up subjects, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry in the examination. His probabilities
of getting grade A in these subjects are 0.2, 0.3 and 0.5 respectively. Find the probability that he
gets (a) Grade A in all subjects (b) Grade A in no subject (c) Grade A in two subjects.
11. A speaks truth in 75% of the cases, while B in 90% of the cases. In what percent of cases are they
likely to contradict each other in staring the same fact? Do you think that statement of B is true?
12. The probabilities of two students A and B coming to school in time are and respectively.
ssuming that event ‘ coming in time’ and ‘ coming in time’ are independent. Find the
probability of one of them coming to the school in time. Write at least one advantage of school in
time.
13. A and B are two candidates seeking admission in a college. The probability that A is selected is 0.7
and the probability that exactly one of them is selected is 0.6. Find the probability that B is selected.
14. The probability of simultaneous occurrence of at least one of two events A and B is . If the
probability that exactly one of A, B occurs is , then prove that .
15. Two dice are thrown together. Let A be the event ‘getting 6 on the first die’ and be the event
‘getting on the second die’. re the events and independent?
16. From a set of 100 cards numbered 1 to 100, one card is drawn at random. Find the probability
that the number on the card is divisible by 6 or 8, but not by 24.

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17. In a hockey match both teams A and B scored same number of goals up to the end of the game, so
to decide the winner, the referee asked both the captains to throw a die alternately and decided
that the team , whose captain gets a six first, will be declared the winner. if the captain of team A
was asked to start, find their respective probabilities of winning the match and state whether the
decision of the referee was fair or not.
18. A and B throw a die alternatively till one of them gets a number greater than four and wins the
game. If A starts the game, what is the probability of B winning ?
19. A and B throw a pair of die turn by turn. The first to throw sum 9 is awarded a prize. If A starts
the game, show that the probability of A getting the prize is .
20. A and B throw a pair of dice alternately, till one of them gets a total of 10 and wins the game. Find
their respective probabilities of winning, If A starts first.
21. A discrete random variable X has the following probability distribution:
X 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
P(X) C 2C 2C 3C
Find the value of C. Also find the mean of the distribution
22. A pair of dice is thrown 4 times. If getting a doublet is considered a success, find the probability
distribution of number of successes. Also find the mean of this distribution.
23. Three cards are drawn successively from a well shuffled pack of 52 cards. Find the probability
distribution of number of red cards. Hence, find the mean of the distribution.
24. From a lot of 10 bulbs, which includes 3 defective, a sample of 2 bulbs is drawn at random. Find
the probability distribution of the number of defective bulbs.
25. Two cards are drawn simultaneously (or successively without replacement) from a well shuffled
pack of 52 cards. Find the mean of the number of kings.
26. Two cards are drawn successively with replacement from a well shuffled pack of 52 cards. Find the
Find the probability distribution of number of aces and hence find the mean of the distribution.
27. Two cards are drawn simultaneously without replacement from a well shuffled pack of 52 cards.
Find the Find the mean of the number of red cards.
28. Three cards are drawn successively with replacement from a well shuffled pack of 52 cards. Find
the probability distribution of the number of spades. Hence find the mean of the distribution.
29. Find the probability distribution of number of doublets in three throws of a pair of dice and hence
find its Expected value.
30. Determine Mean of the number of heads in three tosses of a coin.
31. An unbiased coin is tossed 4 times. Find the mean of the number of heads obtained.
32. An urn contains 5 red and 2 black balls. Two balls are randomly drawn, without replacement. Let
X represent the number of black balls drawn. What are the possible values of X ? Is X a random
variable ? If yes, find the mean of X.
33. A urn contains 4 white and 6 red balls. Four balls are drawn at random without replacement
from urn. Find the probability distribution of number of white balls.
34. Out of a group of 30 honest, 20 always speak truth. Two persons are selected at random from the
group Find the probability distribution of the number of selected persons who speak the truth.
Also find the mean of the distribution. What value described in this question.
35. Two numbers are selected at random (without replacement) from the first six positive integers.
Let X denote the larger of the two numbers obtained. Find the expected value of X.
36. Two numbers are selected at random (without replacement) from positive integers 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
and 7. Let X denote the larger of the two numbers obtained. Find the mean of the probability
distribution of X.

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37. Three numbers are selected at random (without replacement) from the first six positive integers.
Let X denote the larger of the three numbers obtained. Find the probability distribution of X. Also,
find the mean of the distribution.
38. In a group of 50 scouts in a camp, 30 are well trained in first aid techniques while the remaining
are well trained in hospitality but not in first aid. Two scouts are selected at random from the
group. Find the probability distribution of the number of selected scouts who are well trained in
first aid. Find the mean of the distribution. Write one more value which is expected from a well
trained scout.
39. In a game, a man wins a rupee for a six and loses a rupee for any other number when a fair die is
thrown. The man decided to throw a die thrice but to quit as and when he gets a six. Find the
expected value of the amount he wins / loses.
40. If . , p, .6 and A and B are given to be independent events,
find the value of ‘p’.
41. A die, whose faces are marked 1, 2, 3 in red and 4, 5, 6 in green, is tossed. Let A be the event
‘‘number obtained is even’’ and be the event ‘‘number obtained is red’’. Find if A and B are
independent events.
42. The random variable X can take only the values 0, 1, 2, 3. Given that p and
3 such that ,find the value of p.
43. Prove that if E and F are independent events, then the events and F are also independent.
44. There are 4 cards numbered 1, 3, 5 and 7, one number on one card. Two cards are drawn at
random without replacement. Let X denote the sum of the numbers on the two drawn cards. Find
the mean of X.
45. Let X be a random variable which assumes values such that
3 . Find the distribution of X.
46. A coin is baised so that head is three times as likely to occur as tail. If the coin is tossed twice, find
the probability distribution of number of tails. Hence find the mean number of tails.
47. Three distinct numbers are chosen randomly from the first 50 natural numbers. Find the
probability that all the three numbers are divisible by 2 and 3.
48. Find , if , and
49. From the set 3 two numbers and are chosen at random. The probability
That is an integer is (A) (B) (C) (D)
50. A bag contains 3 white, 4 black and 2 Red balls. If 2 balls are drawn at random (without
replacement), then the probability that both the balls are white is
(A) (B) (C) (D)
51. Three dice are thrown simultaneously. The Probability of containing a total of score of 5 is
(A) (B) (C) (D)
52. If .3 and . , . and is equal to :
(A) .6 (B) .3 (C) . 6 (D) .
53. Ashima can hit a target 2 out of 3 times. She tried to hit the target twice. The probability that she
missed the target exactly once is
(A) (B) (C) (D)
54. The probability distribution of a random variable X is given below:
X 1 2 3
P(X)
3 6
(i) Find the value of (ii) Find P 3 (iii) Find E(X), the mean of X
55. A and B are independent Events such that and . Find P(A) and P(B)
56. The Venn diagram below represents the probabilities of three different types of yoga A,B and C
performed by the people of a society. Further, it is given that probability of a member performing
type C yoga is 0.44.

On the basis of the above information, answer the following Questions :

(i) Find the value of x. (ii) Find the value of y. (iii) (a) Find
(iii) (b) Find the probability that a randomly selected person of the society does Yoga of
type A or B but not C.
Answer Key
1. 2. 3. (a) (b) 4. 5. 6. 7. P(A) , P(B) ,

8. (a) (b) 9. (a) (b) 10. (a) 0.03 (b) 0.28 (c) 0.22 11. 30% , Yes

12. 13. 15. Yes 16. 17. P(A win) , P(B win) , No 18.

20. P(A win) , P(B win)

21. , 3.66 22. X 0 1 2 3 4 Mean

P(X) 6
6 6 6 6 6

23. X 0 1 2 3 Mean 24. X 0 1 2

P(X) 3 3 P(X) 6
3 3 3 3

25. X 0 1 2 26. Mean 27. 1

P(X)
6 6 6

28. X 0 1 2 3 Mean 29. X 0 1 2 3 Mean

P(X) P(X)
6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6

30. 31. 32. X 0 1 2 Mean

P(X)

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33. X 0 1 2 3 4 34. X 0 1 2 Mean
3 P(X) 3
P(X)
3

35. 36. 37. X 3 4 5 6 Mean

P(X) 6 36 6

38. X 0 1 2 Mean
P(X) 3

39. 40. 41. Not Independent 42. p

44. X 4 6 8 10 12 Mean 45. X

P(X) P(X) 3 6
6 6 6 6

46. X 0 1 2 Mean 47. 48.

P(X) 6
6 6 6
49. (B) 50. (C) 51. (C) 52. (A) 53. (C) 54. (i) (ii) (iii)

55. P(A) , P(B) OR P(A) , P(B)

56. (i) . 3 (ii) . (iii) (a) (iii) (b) .

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