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From a pack of 52 cards, 1 card is drawn at random. Find the probability of a face card drawn.

3/13
1/52
1/4
None of above

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Total number of cases = 52

Total face cards = 12 [favourable cases]

So probability = 12 /52 = 3/13

1. Two unbiased coins are tossed. What is probability of getting at most one tail ?

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\begin{aligned} \frac{3}{2} \end{aligned}
\begin{aligned} \frac{3}{4} \end{aligned}

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Total 4 cases = [HH, TT, TH, HT]
Favourable cases = [HH, TH, HT]
Please note we need atmost one tail, not atleast one tail.

So probability = 3/4

2. In a box, there are 8 red, 7 blue and 6 green balls. One ball is picked up randomly. What is the probability that it is neither blue nor green?

2/3
8/21
3/7
9/22

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Total number of balls = (8 + 7 + 6) = 21
Let E = event that the ball drawn is neither blue nor green =e vent that the ball drawn is red.
Therefore, n(E) = 8.
P(E) = 8/21.

3. In a throw of dice what is the probability of getting number greater than 5

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Number greater than 5 is 6, so only 1 number
Total cases of dice = [1,2,3,4,5,6]

So probability = 1/6

4. A card is drawn from a pack of 52 cards. The probability of getting a queen of club or a king of heart is

1/13
2/13
1/26
1/52

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Total number of cases = 52
Favourable cases = 2

Probability = 2/56 = 1/26

5. What is the probability of getting a sum 9 from two throws of dice.

1/3
1/9
1/12
2/9

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Total number of cases = 6*6 = 36

Favoured cases = [(3,6), (4,5), (6,3), (5,4)] = 4

So probability = 4/36 = 1/9