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Two dice are rolled… (Class 10 Maths SQP 2026-27, Q13)

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MathsCBSE Class 10 · Standard · Sample paper, session 2026-27 · 1 mark · MCQ

CBSE Class 10 Mathematics Standard sample paper 2026-27: question 13

From the official CBSE sample question paper for 2026-27, section A, question 13, for 1 mark. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q13 · 1 mark · MCQProbability

Two dice are rolled simultaneously. The probability of getting number less than 4 on each die is:

  1. (A)
  2. (B)
  3. (C)
  4. (D)

Source: official sample paper from cbseacademic.nic.in (PDF). See it in the full Sample paper 2026-27.

Hints

Open one hint at a time and try again before the next.

Hint 1

Which numbers on a die are less than 4?

Hint 2

Both dice must show such a number at the same time.

Step-by-step solution

Each step shows the marks it earns, as an examiner would award them. Checked by an independent re-solve from the question paper.

  1. Total outcomes . Each die must show 1, 2 or 3, giving favourable outcomes: (1,1), (1,2), (1,3), (2,1), (2,2), (2,3), (3,1), (3,2), (3,3).

  2. , which is option (A).

    1 mark

Answer: , option (A)

Where the marks are

  • Counts 9 favourable outcomes out of 36 and gets 1/4 (1 mark)

Revise the chapter

Practise this chapterBoard-style questions from Probability, one at a time, marked against the answer key and marking points.Back to the full paperSample paper 2026-27 (Standard): every question, by section.

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