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Question 63
Classify, the following events as certain to happen, impossible to happen, may or may not happen.
(a) Getting a number less than 1 on throwing a die.
(b) Getting head when a coin is tossed.
(c) A team winning the match.
(d) Christmas will be on 25 December.
(e) Today moon will not revolve around the earth.
(f) A ball thrown up in the air will fall down after some time.

Answer 1

(a) Getting a number less than 1 on throwing a die is impossible, as a die does not have a number less than 1 on it.
(b) Getting head, when a coin is tossed may or may not happen as a coin has head and tail on its two faces. So, we might get a head or a tail tossing it.
(c) A team may or may not win a match.
(d) Christmas is certain to happen on 25th December.
(e) It is impossible that moon will not revolve around the earth.
(f) It is certain to happen that a ball thrown up in the air will fall down after sometime due to gravity.