Very Short Answer Type Questions

Q. 1. A coin is tossed twice and number of heads is recorded. Find the sample
space for the experiment.
[DDE]
Sol. A Coin is tossed twice, so possible outcomes are H, HT, TH, TT.
∴ Sample space, S = {(H,H) (H,T) (T, H) (T, T)}
Q. 2. A card is drawn from a pack of playing cards and its colour is noted.
Describe the sample space.
[DDE]
Sol. Since a card is either red or black in colour. So, the sample space S = {Red,
Black}.
Q. 3. A coin is tossed repeated until a tail. Comes up.
[DDE]
Sol. Here the sample space is–
S = {T, HT, HHT, HHHT, HHHHT,….}
Q. 4. A coin is tossed. If it shows head, we draw a ball from a bag consisting of 2
red and 3 black balls. If it show tail, coin is tossed again.
[DDE]
Sol. Let, R1, R2 are the red balls and B1, B2, B3 are the black balls in the bag.
∴ The sample space associated with the experiment is
S = {HR1, HR2, HB1, HB2, HB3, TH, TT}
Q. 5. Coin is tossed n times. Find the number of elements in the sample space.
[DDE]
Sol. A coin has two sides, head (H) and tail (T). So, the number of elements in the
sample space is 2n.
Q. 6. A coin is tossed. If it shown head, we throw a die. If it shown a tail, we toss
another coin. Describe the sample space.
[Exemplar]
Sol. The sample space, S = {H1, H2, H3, H4, H5, H6, TH, TT}.
Q. 7. A die is thrown write on event ‘E’ of getting a number divisible by 6.
Sol. When a die is throw, the sample space,
S = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}
E = {1, 2, 3, 6}
Q. 8. When a coin is tossed write two events which are mutually exclusive and
exhaustive.
Sol. When we toss a coin, sample space, S = {H, T}
Let A = event of getting head = {H}
And B = event of getting tail = {T}
Then, A ∩ B and A ∪ B = S = 𝜙
∴ A, B are mutually exclusive and exhaustive.
Q. 9. Write the sample space when tow coin are thrown.
Sol. Sample space, S = {HH, HT, TH, TT}
Q. 10. A die is thrown and then a coin is tossed if an odd number comes up
describe the sample space.
Sol. Sample space, S = {IH, IT, 2, 3H, 3T, 4, 5H, 5T, 6}
Fill in the blanks (form Q. no. 11 to Q. no. 15)
Q. 11. The probability that the home team will win an upcoming football game is
0.77, the probability that it will tie the game is 0.08, and the probability that it will
loose the game is ___________.
Sol. 0.15
Q. 12. If e1, e2, e3, e4 are the four elementary outcomes in a sample space and
P(e1) = 0.1, P(e2) = 0.5, P(e3) = 0.1, then the probability of e4 is _____________.
Sol. 0.3

Q. 13. Let S = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6} and E = {1, 3, 5}, then 𝑬 is ____________.

Sol. {2, 4, 6, 5}
Q. 14. If A and B are two events associated with a random experiment such that
𝒑(A) = 0.3, 𝒑(B) = 0.2 and 𝒑(A ∩ B) = 0.1, then the value of 𝒑(A – B) is -
_____________.
Sol. 0.2
Q. 15. The probability of happening of an events A is 0.5 and that of B is 0.3. If A
and B are mutually exclusive events, then the probability of neither A nor B is
____________.
Sol. 0.2.
Q. 16. One number is chosen at random from the number 1 to 21. What is the
probability that it is prime. [DDE]
Sol. Sample space 𝑛(s) = 21
Prime numbers from 1 to 21 are 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19.
It ‘E’ be the event of getting a prime number, then 𝑛(E) = 8
𝑛(𝐹) 8
∴ 𝑝(𝐸) = =
𝑛(𝑆) 21
8
∴ The Probability that the number is prime = 21 . 1

Q. 17. What is the probability that a given two-digit number is divisible by 15?
[DDE]
Sol. No. of two digits number = 90
⇒ 𝑛(S) = 90.
Let ‘A’ be the event of getting a number divisible by 15.
⇒ A = {15, 30, 45, 60, 75, 90}
⇒ 𝑛(A) = 6
𝑛(𝐴) 6 1
∴ 𝑝(𝐴) = = =
𝑛(𝑆) 90 15

1
∴ The probability of getting a number divisible by 15 = .
15

Q. 18. If P(A ∪ B) = P(A) + P(B), then what can be said about the events A and B?
[DDE]
Sol. We know–
P(A ∪ B) = P(A) + P(B) – P(A ∩ B)
⇒ P(A ∩ B) = 0
[∵ P(A ∪ B) = P(A) + P(B)]
∴ P(A ∩ B) = 0
[∵ P(A ∪ B) = P(A) + P(B)]
∴ The events A and B are mutually exclusive.
Q. 19. If P(A ∪ B) = +(A ∩ B), then find the relation between P(A) and P(B).
Sol. P(A) = P(B).
Q.20. Is P(A ∩ B) = 0? If A and B are exhaustive events. [DDE]
Sol. No. If A and B are exhaustive events, then P(A ∩ B) may not be 0.