Probability Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)
1-What is the probability that a leap year selected at random will contain 53 Sundays?
(A) 2/7
(B) 3/7
(C) 4/7
(D) 5/7
2-A fair die is rolled. Find the probability of getting a prime factor of 6.
(A) 1/3
(B) 1/2
(C) 2/3
(D) 5/6
3-Find the probability of throwing a sum 9 with two dice
(A) 1/9
(B) 1/13
(C) 1/12
(D) 1/36
4-What is the probability of getting more than 3 when a dice is thrown?
(A) 1/3
(B) 1/6
(C) 1/2
(D) 2/3
5- Two dice are thrown simultaneously then number of chances of getting sum 8 is
(A) 3
(B) 4
(C) 5
(D) 6
6- In a simultaneous throw of two dice, what is the probability of getting a total of 7?
(A) 1/6
(B) 1/3
(C) 2/3
(D) 3/4
7- In a single throw of a die, the probability of getting a multiple of 3 is
(A) 1/2
(B) 1/3
(C) 1/4
(D) 1/5
8- In a well shuffled pack of 52 cards, a card is drawn at random, find the probability of diamond or kind card
(A) 4/13
(B) 5/13
(C) 6/13
(D) 7/13
9-In a simultaneous throw of two dice, what is the probability of getting a total of 10 or 11?
(A) 1/3
(B) 1/7
(C) 5/12
(D) 5/36
10- What is probability of getting more than 5 when a dice is thrown?
(A) 1/3
(B) 1/4
(C) 1/5
(D) 1/6
11- A box contains 10 cards numbered from 1 to 10. One card is drawn from the box. Find the probability that the number on the chosen card is a multiple of 2.
(A) 2/3
(B) 1/3
(C) 1/6
(D) 1/2
12-A dice is thrown once. Find the probability of getting an even number.
(A) 3/2
(B) 1/6
(C) 1
(D) 1/2
13-Find the probability of getting a number less than 5 in a single throw of dice.
(A) 1/5
(B) 5/6
(C) 2/3
(D) 6/5
14-A die is rolled. Find the probability of getting an odd number.
(A) 1/6
(B) 1/3
(C) 1/2
(D) 1/4
15-In a bag, there are 8 red balls, 7 blue balls, and 6 green balls. One ball is picked up randomly. What is the probability that it is neither red nor green?
(A) 3/7
(B) 2/7
(C) 2/3
(D) 1/3
16-A single die is rolled. Find the probability that the number obtained is greater than 2.
(A) 2/3
(B) 1/3
(C) 1/6
(D) 1/2
17-The probability that there will be a storm tomorrow is 0.45. What is the probability that there will not be a storm tomorrow?
(A) 1/0.45
(B) 1/0.55
(C) 0.55
(D) 1
18-Cards marked with the numbers 2 to 101 are placed in a box and mixed thoroughly. One card is drawn from the box. Find the probability of a number that is a perfect cube.
(A) 3/99
(B) 3/101
(C) 3/100
(D) 1/100
19-The probability that there will be a test at school tomorrow is 0.85. What is the probability that there will NOT be a test tomorrow?
(A) 1/0.85
(B) 1/0.15
(C) 0.15
(D) 0.85
ANSWERS:
1-(A), 2-(A), 3-(A), 4-(C), 5-(C), 6-(A), 7-(B), 8-(A), 9-(D), 10-(D), 11-(D), 12-(D), 13-(C), 14-(C), 15-(D), 16-(A), 17-(C), 18-(C), 19-(C)