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A card is selected at random… (Class 10 Maths 2025, Q13)

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MathsCBSE Class 10 · Standard · Board exam 2025, set 30/1/1 · 1 mark · MCQ

CBSE Class 10 Mathematics Standard 2025: question 13

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2025, paper 30/1/1, section A, question 13, for 1 mark. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q13 · 1 mark · MCQProbability

A card is selected at random from a deck of 52 playing cards. The probability of it being a red face card is :

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

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2025 board paper, set 30/1/1.

Hints

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Hint 1

How many face cards does each suit have?

Hint 2

Only hearts and diamonds are red. Count the face cards in those two suits and divide by 52.

Step-by-step solution

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  1. Total number of outcomes = 52. Each suit has 3 face cards (J, Q, K), and there are 2 red suits (hearts and diamonds).

  2. Number of red face cards .

  3. , so the answer is option (D).

    1 mark

Answer: , option (D)

Where the marks are

  • Chooses option (D) (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 paper2025 board paper, set 30/1/1 (Standard): every question, by section.

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