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A card is drawn at random from… (Class 10 Maths 2023, Q18)

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MathsCBSE Class 10 · Standard · Board exam 2023, set 30/4/1 · 1 mark · MCQ

CBSE Class 10 Mathematics Standard 2023: question 18

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2023, paper 30/4/1, section A, question 18, for 1 mark. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q18 · 1 mark · MCQProbability

A card is drawn at random from a well-shuffled pack of 52 cards. The probability that the card drawn is not an ace is:

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

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2023 board paper, set 30/4/1.

Hints

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Hint 1

How many aces are there in a pack of 52 cards?

Hint 2

Use , or count the non-ace cards directly.

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. A pack has 4 aces, so the number of cards that are not aces is .

  2. . So the answer is option (D).

    1 mark

Answer: , option (D)

Where the marks are

  • Chooses option (D) (1 mark)

Revise the chapter

  • Chapter: Probability (notes, formulas, where marks are lost and every past question)
Practise this chapterBoard-style questions from Probability, one at a time, marked against the answer key and marking points.Back to the full paper2023 board paper, set 30/4/1 (Standard): every question, by section.

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