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The document presents a series of probability problems designed for Class XI ISC Mathematics, covering various scenarios such as coin selection, employee representation, and geometric probability. Each question is followed by its corresponding answer, providing insights into concepts like sample space, event probabilities, and combinatorial outcomes. The problems range from basic probability calculations to more complex scenarios involving random selections and geometric figures.

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The document presents a series of probability problems designed for Class XI ISC Mathematics, covering various scenarios such as coin selection, employee representation, and geometric probability. Each question is followed by its corresponding answer, providing insights into concepts like sample space, event probabilities, and combinatorial outcomes. The problems range from basic probability calculations to more complex scenarios involving random selections and geometric figures.

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Probability Problems for Class XI ISC

Probability Problems
Class XI ISC Mathematics
January 10, 2026

Question 1:
Kavya has a 1 coin, a 2 coin and a 5 coin in his pocket. He takes out two coins out of
his pocket, one after the other. In the following experiment specify appropriate sample
space.

Question 2:
From the employees of a company, 5 persons are elected to represent them in the managing
committee of the company. Particulars of five persons are as follows:

[Link]. Name Sex Age (in years)


1 Pulkit M 16
2 Tom M 41
3 Alis F 28
4 Sheetal F 46
5 Harish M 30
A person is selected at random from this group to act as a spokesperson. What is the
probability that the spokesperson will be either male or over 35 years?

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Question 3:
A coin is tossed n times. The number of all possible events is?

Question 4:
In a large metropolitan area, the probabilities are 0.87, 0.36, 0.3 that a family (randomly
chosen for a sample survey) owns a colour TV, a black and white TV or both kinds of
TV. The probability that a family owns either any one or both kinds of TV sets is?

Question 5:
Two digits are selected from the digits 1 to 9 such that their sum is even. Find the
probability of the event ’both the selected digits are even’ ?

Question 6:
An illiterate peon is asked to put n letters in n addressed envelopes. What are chances
that all letters are put in right envelopes?

Question 7:
Three of six vertices of a regular hexagon are chosen at random. The probability that
the triangle formed by these vertices is an equilateral triangle is?

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2 1

3 0

4 5

Vertices are labeled 0 to 5. Two equilateral triangles are shown in dashed lines.

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Answers

1. Sample space:
S = {c1 c2 , c1 c5 , c2 c1 , c2 c5 , c5 c1 , c5 c2 }
where c1 , c2 and c5 denote coins of 1, 2 and 5 respectively.

2. Probability:
4
5

3. Number of possible events:


2n

4. Probability:
0.93

5. Probability:
3
8

6. Probability:
1
n!

7. Probability:
1
10

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