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14.

One card is drawn at random from a pack of 52 cards. What is the probability that the card drawn is a face card (Jack, Queen and King only)?

[A].

[B].

[C].

[D].

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Clearly, there are 52 cards, out of which there are 12 face cards.

P (getting a face card) = 12 = 3 .

52 13

Rashmi said: (Wed, Aug 11, 2010 12:03:10 PM)

Isn't Ace also a face card? in that case it would be 16/52

Frank said: (Thu, Aug 12, 2010 06:21:34 AM)

There are only 3 face cards in one set and there are 4 different sets, face cards are cards on which pictures are printed like jack, king, queen.

Partha said: (Fri, Aug 20, 2010 11:05:54 AM)

Yes you are right because the term face card relates to the images of human faces that can be found on the Kings, Queens and Jacks in a regular deck of cards.

Srinivas said: (Tue, Nov 2, 2010 02:53:00 PM)

I think face card means which are don't have numbers.

Rohit said: (Thu, Nov 11, 2010 04:36:07 PM)

Ace also includes in face cards.

Sateesh said: (Thu, Dec 2, 2010 06:21:04 PM)

Ace doesn't comes under face card. King, queen and jack are called as face cards. There are 12 face cards.

Ramya said: (Tue, Dec 28, 2010 05:47:22 AM)

In R.S agarwal the ace is specified as face card. So totally we have 16 face cards.

Souvik said: (Wed, Mar 23, 2011 03:33:55 PM)

According to my opinion, ace is a face card, thus the ans is 16/52.

Rits said: (Wed, Mar 30, 2011 03:39:16 AM)

A deck of modern (Anglo-American) playing cards has the following face cards: * Jack * Queen * King by wikipedia

Rahul said: (Tue, May 31, 2011 05:01:24 PM)

Ok dudes either it is 16 or 12? Which one we shud follow. Every one are correct.

Sumit Chatterjee said: (Mon, Jun 13, 2011 09:52:54 AM)

Yes dude there are 3 face card in a set i.e king,queen,jack... So total face card is 12 , Hence 12/52=3/13..

Rani said: (Thu, Jul 28, 2011 02:18:42 PM)

In RS Agarwal it is given that there are 16 face cards. Jack Queen King Aces

Sachin said: (Thu, Aug 4, 2011 03:45:47 PM)

@Rani in Aces there is no face... like king, queen, joker so aces shouldn't count.

Swetha said: (Tue, Nov 8, 2011 03:54:23 PM)

But in this question they mentioned face cards in bracket na? so no confusion. Answer should be 3/13.

Mayuri said: (Sun, Feb 19, 2012 08:30:27 PM)

In the question the thing asked about is (jack,queen & king only) so 4*3=12 face card,they didn't ask about aces(total face card=16).