Probability

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Probability: Overview

This Topic covers sub-topics such as Probability of Independent Events, Probability with Venn diagrams, Probability in Card Games, Events in a Random Experiment, Empirical Probability of an Event and, Probabilities of Complementary Events

Important Questions on Probability

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From a well shuffled pack of 52 cards one card is drawn at random, The probability of getting a number card is

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Tickets numbered 1 to 20 are mixed up, and then a ticket is drawn at random. What is the probability that the ticket drawn is not a multiple of 3 and 5?

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Out of a school of 100 students, the number of students enrolled in PE and BE class is given below:

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What is the probability of picking a student who is in PE class?

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The sum of probability of an event E and Probability of the event not E' is always equal to

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Two dice are thrown at the same time. The probability that, the sum of two numbers appearing on the top of the dice is greater than 6 but less than 9 is 

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An octahedral die whose faces are numbered 1 through 8 (only one number on one face) is thrown three times. What is the probability that the product of the numbers obtained in first two throws is equal to the number obtained in the third throw?

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For any two events A and B:

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A rolling dice only has whole numbers as outcomes. The probability of getting an even number is 0.35. What is the probability of getting an odd number?

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Suku Singh and Manu Singh were playing cards. If Suku Singh take a card at random from a pack of playing cards, the probability of getting a queen is 113. What is the probability that Suku Singh do not get a queen?

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Sonia is good at quizzes. The probability that Sonia gets all her questions correct in his next quiz is 0.75. What is the probability that she does not get them all correct?

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New year comes in the winter season. The probability that it will snow on New year day is 18. What is the probability that it will not snow on New year day?

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Suku Singh and Manu Singh were playing cards. If Suku Singh take a card at random from a pack of playing cards, the probability of getting a queen is 113. What is the probability that Suku Singh do not get a queen?

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Sonia is good at quizzes. The probability that Sonia gets all her questions correct in his next quiz is 0.75. What is the probability that she does not get them all correct?

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Natasha lives in a village and works in a city nearby. The probability that Natasha is late for office is 0.1. What is the probability that she is not late?

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Malayalam is the mother tongue of Kerala. The probability that a foreign resident Kerala child speaks some Malayalam is 720. What is the probability that a child does not speak some Malayalam?

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New year comes in the winter season. The probability that it will snow on New year day is 18. What is the probability that it will not snow on New year day?

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Sachin is a good chess player. The probability that Sachin will win his next chess match is 35. What is the probability that he will not win?

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A rolling dice only has whole numbers as outcomes. The probability of getting an even number is 0.35. What is the probability of getting an odd number?

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Praveen plants some seeds on his terrace garden. The probability that a seed he planted will grow is 78. What is the probability that a seed he planted will not grow?

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The probability that Akhil receives a mail on a day chosen at random is 0.7. What is the probability that he does not receive mail?