Question

A card is drawn at random from a well shuffled pack of playing cards. The probability that the card drawn is a queen or a jack is equal to

• A.
  $\frac{1}{26}$
• B.
  $\frac{3}{52}$
• C.
  $\frac{2}{13}$
• D.
  
  $\frac{5}{52}$

Answer 1

The correct option is C

$\frac{2}{13}$
Total number of cards = 52
Total number of queen cards = 4
Total number of jack cards = 4
Number of cards which are queen or jack = 4 + 4 = 8
$\therefore \text{Required probability}=\frac{\text{Number of favourable outcomes}}{\text{Total number of outcomes}}=\frac{8}{52}=\frac{2}{13}$

Hence, the correct answer is option c.