Rajkiya Engineering College Kannauj, India

B. Tech. [SEM IV]

OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTION BANK-IV
(Session: 2020-21)

KAS-402: MATHEMATICS-IV

Unit: IV Unit Name: STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES-II

Course Outcome:CO4 Name of Faculty: Dr. Shimpi Singh Jadon &

Dr. Anurag Shukla

TOPIC-WISE OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS

Topic Set-1:Probability , Conditional Probability& Bay’s Source Lecture(s):U4_L1 to U4_L3 Ref.:T1, T2, R1&
Theorem R2

In the below mentioned questions: the statements have

[A] G S
only one correct option:

A dice is thrown. Find the probability of getting an even number.

(a) 2/3

(b) 1
Q1) M (d)
(c) 5/6

(d) 1/2

Two coins are thrown at the same time. Find the probability of
getting both heads.

(A) 3/4

Q2) (B) 1/4 H (b)

(C) 1/2

(D) 0

Two dice are thrown simultaneously. The probability of getting a sum

Q3) of 9 is: M (c)

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 (A) 1/10

(B) 3/10

(C) 1/9

(D) 4/9

100 cards are numbered from 1 to 100. Find the probability of

getting a prime number.

(A) 3/4

Q4) (B) 27/50 M (c)

(C) 1/4

(D) 29/100

A bag contains 5 red balls and some blue balls. If the probability of
drawing a blue ball is double that of a red ball, then the number of
blue balls in a bag is:

(A) 5

Q5) (B) 10 H (b)

(C) 15

(D) 20

A box of 600 bulbs contains 12 defective bulbs. One bulb is taken out
at random from this box. Then the probability that it is non-defective
bulb is:

(A) 143/150

Q6) (B) 147/150 H (b)

(C) 1/25

(D) 1/50

Cards marked with numbers 2 to 101 are placed in a box and mixed
thoroughly. One card is drawn from this box randomly, then the M
Q7) (b)
probability that the number on card is a perfect square.

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 (A) 9/100

(B) 1/10

(C) 3/10

(D) 19/100

What is the probability of getting 53 Mondays in a leap year?

(A) 1/7

(B) 53/366
Q8) H (c)
(C) 2/7

(D) 7/366

A card is drawn from a well shuffled deck of 52 cards. Find the

probability of getting a king of red suit.

(A) 1/26

Q9) (B) 3/26 M (a)

(C) 7/52

(D) 1/13

A game of chance consists of spinning an arrow which is equally

likely to come to rest pointing to one of the number 1,2,3……12 ,then
the probability that it will point to an odd number is:

(A) 1/6

Q10) (B) 1/12 H (a)

(C) 7/12

(D) 5/12

A game consists of tossing a one rupee coin 3 times and noting its
outcome each time. Aryan wins if all the tosses give the same result
Q11) i.e. three heads or three tails and loses otherwise. Then the H (a)
probability that Aryan will lose the game.

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 (A) 3/4

(B) 1/2

(C) 1

(D) 1/4

Riya and Kajal are friends. Probability that both will have the same
birthday is:

(A) 364/365

Q12) (B) 31/365 H (c)

(C) 1/365

(D) 1/133225

A number x is chosen at random from the numbers -2, -1, 0 , 1, 2.

Then the probability that x2 < 2 is?

(A) 1/5

Q13)
(B) 2/5 H (c)
(C) 3/5

(D) 4/5

A jar contains 24 marbles. Some are red and others are white. If a
marble is drawn at random from the jar, the probability that it is red
is 2/3, then the number of white marbles in the jar is:

(A) 10

Q14) (B) 6 H (c)

(C) 8

(D) 7

A number is selected at random from first 50 natural numbers. Then

the probability that it is a multiple of 3 and 4 is:
Q15) M (d)
(A) 7/50

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 (B) 4/25

(C) 1/25

(D) 2/25

A box contains 2 washers, 3 nuts and 4 bolts. Items are drawn from the box at
random one at a time without replacement. The probability of drawing 2 washers
first followed by 3 nuts and subsequently the 4 bolts is:

(a) 2/315
Q16 H (c)
(b) 1/630

(c) 1/1260

(d) 1/2520

Alice has 2 kids and one of them is a girl. What is the probability that the
other child is also a girl? You can assume that there are an equal number of
males and females in the world.

Q17 A) 0.5 M (c)

B) 0.25
C) 0.333
D) 0.75

A fair six-sided die is rolled twice. What is the probability of getting 2 on the
first roll and not getting 4 on the second roll?

A) 1/36
Q18 B) 1/18 H (c)
C) 5/36
D) 1/6

Anita randomly picks 4 cards from a deck of 52-cards and places them back
into the deck (Any set of 4 cards is equally likely). Then, Babita randomly
chooses 8 cards out of the same deck (Any set of 8 cards is equally likely).
Assume that the choice of 4 cards by Anita and the choice of 8 cards by
Babita are independent. What is the probability that all 4 cards chosen by
Q19 Anita are in the set of 8 cards chosen by Babita? H (a)

A)48C4 x 52C4

B)48C4 x 52C8

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 C)48C8 x 52C8

D) None of the above

A group of 60 students is randomly split into 3 classes of equal size. All

partitions are equally likely. Jack and Jill are two students belonging to that
group. What is the probability that Jack and Jill will end up in the same
class?

Q20 A) 1/3 H (b)

B) 19/59
C) 18/58
D) 1/2

In the below mentioned questions: the statements may have more

[B] G S
than one correct option(s):

Which of the following options cannot be the probability of any event?

A) -0.00001

B) 0.5
Q1) L (a),(c)
C) 1.001

D) 0.25

The probability based on the concept of relative frequencies are called:

(a) Empirical probability
Q2) (b) Statistical probability L (a),(b)
(c) Neither (a) nor (b)
(d) Either (a) or (b)
Which are the laws of probability:
(a) Addition law
Q3) (b) Subtraction law M (a), (c)
(c) Multiplication law
(d) Division law
Which statements are true about die:
(a) It is a small cube (a),(c),
Q4) (b) It has two faces L
(d)
(c) Plural of die is dice
(d) Dots are marked on its faces
In random experiments, Which statements are true: (a),(b),
Q5) (a) Results may be altogether different H
(c)
(b) They are performed under identical condition

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 (c) Tossing of coin is random experiment.
(d) (b) and (c) are not true

[C] Analytical and Numerical Problems: Fill in the blanks “….....” G S

so that the following statements are complete and correct.
To calculate probability, you will need to divide the (a)
number of ______(a)______, tototal number of possible Success
______(b)_____. or
Q1) (a) M Events
(b) (b)
Cases or
outcomes
The First Law of Probability states that the results of one
chance event have no ______(a)_______ on the results of
subsequent chance events. Thus, the ________(b)________of
obtaining heads the second time you flip it remains at ½. (a)
effect
Q2) (a) H (b)
probabil
(b)
ity

Conditional ______(a)______ is the probability of one

event occurring with some relationship to one or more
other _______(b)______. For example: Event A is that it (a)
is raining outside, and it has a 0.3 (30%) chance of probabil
Q3) raining today. Event B is that you will need to go M ity
outside, and that has a probability of 0.5 (b)
(a) events
(b)
Bayes theorem is a formula that describes how to update
the _______(a)________ of hypotheses when given evidence. It (a)
follows simply from the axioms of ______(b)_____ probability, probabil
but can be used to powerfully reason about a wide range of ities
Q4) H
problems involving belief updates. P ( H ∣ E ) = P ( E ∣ H ) P ( E )/ P ( H ) (b)
(a) conditio
(b) nal

There are experiments, in which results may be altogether

different, even though they are performed under (a)
______(a)______conditions. They are known as random identica
Q5) experiments. Tossing a coin and throwing a die are H l
______(b)______experiments. (b)
(a) random
(b)

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Topic Set-2:Random Variable, Probability Source Lecture(s):U4_L4 to U4_L6 Ref.: T1, T2,
mass & density function Expectation, R1& R2
variance

In the below mentioned questions: the statements have G S

[A]
only one correct option:

Consider a dice with the property that that probability of a face with n dots showing
up is proportional to n. The probability of face showing 4 dots is?

(a) 1/7
Q1) (b) 5/42 H (d)

(c) 1/21

(d) 4/21

Let X be a random variable with probability distribution function

f (x)=0.2 for |x|<1
= 0.1 for 1 < |x| < 4
= 0 otherwise
Q2) The probability P (0.5 < x < 5) is: M (a)
(a) 0.3
(b) 0.5
(c) 0.4
(d) 08
Runs scored by batsman in 5 one day matches are 50, 70, 82, 93, and 20.
The standard deviation is:
(a) 25.79
Q3) M (a)
(b) 25,49
(c) 25.29
(d) 25.69
If E denotes the expectation of the variance of a random variable X is
denoted as?
Q4) a) (E(X))2 M (b)
b) E(X2)-(E(X))2
c) E(X2)
d) 2E(X)
X is a variate between 0 and 3. The value of E(X2) is ______
a) 8
Q5) b) 7 H (d)
c) 27
d) 9
The random variables X and Y have variances 0.2 and 0.5 respectively. Let
Z= 5X-2Y. The variance of Z is?
Q6) a) 3 H (d)
b) 4
c) 5
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 d) 7
Two t-shirts are drawn at random in succession without replacement from a
drawer containing 5 red T-shirts and 8 white T-shirts. Find the probabilities
of all the possible outcomes.
Q7) a) 1 H (a)
b) 13
c) 40
d) 346
A probability density function f(x) for the continuous random variable X is
denoted as:
a) ∫ f(x)dx = ∞, -1≤x≤1 M
Q8) (b)
b) ∫ f(x)dx = 1, -∞≤x≤∞
c) ∫ f(x)dx = 0, -∞≤x≤∞
d) ∫ f(x+2)dx = .5, -∞≤x≤∞
Let X is denoted as the number of heads in three tosses of a coin.
Determine the mean and variance for the random variable X.
a) 4.8
b) 6
Q9) H (d)
c) 3.2
d) 1.5

A football player makes 75% of his 5-point shots and 25% his 7-point shots.
Determine the expected value for a 7-point shot of the player.
a) 4.59 M
Q10) (c)
b) 12.35
c) 5.25
d) 42.8
In a card game Reena wins 3 Rs. if she draws a king or a spade and 7 Rs.
if a heart or a queen from an pack of 52 playing cards. If she pays a certain
amount of money each time she will lose the game. What will be the
amount so that the game will come out a fair game? H
Q11) (d)
a) 15
b) 6
c) 23
d) 2
A Random Variable X can take only two values, 4 and 5 such that P(4) =
0.32 and P(5) = 0.47. Determine the Variance of X.
a) 8.21 H
Q12) (c)
b) 12
c) 3.7
d) 4.8
What is the area under a conditional Cumulative density function?
a) 0
b) Infinity
Q13) c) 1 L (c)
d) Changes with CDF

When do the conditional density functions get converted into the marginally M
Q14) (b)
density functions?
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 a) Only if random variables exhibit statistical dependency
b) Only if random variables exhibit statistical independency
c) Only if random variables exhibit deviation from its mean value
d) If random variables do not exhibit deviation from its mean value
The expected value of a discrete random variable ‘x’ is given by
___________
a) P(x)
Q15) b) ∑ P(x) L (c)
c) ∑ x P(x)
d) 1

If E(x) = 2 and E(z) = 4, then E(z – x) =?

a) 2
b) 6
Q16) c) 0 L (a)
d) Insufficient data

In the below mentioned questions: the statements may have more

[B] G S
than one correct option(s):

The random variable is/are of the following type:

(a) Discrete variate
Q1) (b) Continuous variate H (a),(b)
(c) Normal variate
(d) variate
Stochastic variable are known as:
(a) variate
Q2) (b) random variate M (a),(b)
(c) bi-variate
(d) none
Discrete random variable are:
(a) countable
Q3) (b) finite H (a),(b)
(c) infinite
(d) uncountable
The examples of continuous variables are:
(a) temperature (a),(b),
Q4) (b) heights M
(c)
(c) weights
(d) tossing of coin

Continuous variables are:

(a) uncountable
Q5) (b) finite (b),(c)
(c) infinite
(d) none

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 [C] Analytical and Numerical Problems: Fill in the blanks “….....” G S
so that the following statements are complete and correct.
A random variable is a variable whose possible values are (a)
______(a)______ outcomes of a random phenomenon. Therefore a Numerica
random variable can be defined as a real number X, which is l
Q1) associated with the outcomes of a random ______(b)_______ M
(b)
(a)
experime
(b) nts
Random variable assumes values till the _____(a)____has not
occurred but once the event occurs, it no longer remains random (a)
______(b)______ but it assumes actual values.
Event
Q2) H
(b)
(a)
variable
(b)
Continuous random ________(a)______defines a set which consists (a)
of infinite and ______(b)______uncountable set of values. The Variable
random variable represent counted data while continuous random
(b)
variables represents _____(c)_______measured data.
Q3) (a) M Uncounta
ble
(b)
(c)
(c) measured
PMF differs from PDF in that the latter is associated with
continuous rather than ______(a)______discrete random
variables. The values of the PDF are not probabilities as such (a)
a PDF must be integrated over an _____(b)______ to a Discrete
Q4) H
probability. (b)
(a) interval
(b)
Discrete random variable simply defines a set consisting of
_____(a)_____or countable set of values. Discrete random (a)
variable may take only a countable number of _____(b)_____ Finite
Q5) values such as 0,1,2,3,4,… H
(b)
(a) distinct
(b)

Topic Set-3:Probability distribution: Source Lecture(s): U4_L7 to Ref.: T1, T2,

Binomial, Poisson, Normal distribution U4_L8 R1& R2

[A] In the below mentioned questions: the statements have only one G S
correct option:

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 A coin is tossed up 4 times. The probability that tails turn up in 3 cases is:
(a) 1/2
(b) 1/3
Q1) L (c)
(c) 1/4
(d) 1/6

In a Binomial Distribution, if ‘n’ is the number of trials and ‘p’ is the

probability of success, then the mean value is given by ___________
a) np
Q2)
b) n L (a)
c) p
d) np(1-p)

In a Binomial Distribution, if p, q and n are probability of success, failure

and number of trials respectively then variance is given by ___________
Q3) a) np L (b)
b) npq
c) np2q
d) npq2
If ‘X’ is a random variable, taking values ‘x’, probability of success and
failure being ‘p’ and ‘q’ respectively and ‘n’ trials being conducted, then
what is the probability that ‘X’ takes values ‘x’? Use Binomial Distribution
Q4) a) P(X = x) = nCx px qx L (b)
b) P(X = x) = nCx px q(n-x)
c) P(X = x) = xCn qx p(n-x)
d) P(x = x) = xCn pn qx
If ‘p’, ‘q’ and ‘n’ are probability pf success, failure and number of trials
respectively in a Binomial Distribution, what is its Standard Deviation?
a) √np
Q5) M (d)
b) √pq
c) (np)2
d) √npq
In a Binomial Distribution, if p = q, then P(X = x) is given by?
a) nCx (0.5)n
Q6) b) nCn (0.5)n M (a)
c) nCx p(n-x)
d) nCn p(n-x)
In a Poisson Distribution, if ‘n’ is the number of trials and ‘p’ is the
probability of success, then the mean value is given by?
a) m = np
Q7) L (a)
b) m = (np)2
c) m = np(1-p)
d) m = p
The p.d.f of Poisson Distribution is given by ___________
−m x
Q8) a) e m /x! M (a)
−m x
b) e x!/m
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 c) x!mxe−m
d) emmxx!
If ‘m’ is the mean of Poisson Distribution, the P(0) is given by ___________
a) e-m
Q9) b) em M (a)
c) e
d) m-e
For a Poisson Distribution, if mean(m) = 1, then P(1) is?
a) 1/e
b) e
Q10) M (a)
c) e/2
d) Indeterminate

Normal Distribution is applied for ___________

a) Continuous Random Distribution
b) Discrete Random Variable
Q11) L (a)
c) Irregular Random Variable
d) Uncertain Random Variable

Normal Distribution is symmetric about:

a) Variance
Q12) b) Mean M (b)
c) Standard deviation
d) Covariance
For a standard normal variate, the value of mean is?
a) ∞
b) 1
Q13) M (c)
c) 0
d) not defined

The area under a standard normal curve is?

a) 0
Q14) b) 1 M (b)
c) ∞
d) not defined

Normal Distribution is also known as:

a) Cauchy’s Distribution
Q15) M (c)
b) Laplacian Distribution
c) Gaussian Distribution
d) Lagrangian Distribution
The shape of the normal curve depends on its ___________
a) Mean deviation
Q16 b) Standard deviation H (b)
c) Quartile deviation
d) Correlation
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 In the below mentioned questions: the statements may have more
[B] than one correct option(s): G S

In Binomial distribution:
(a) Number of trials is finite
(b) All the trials are dependent (a),(c),
Q1) H
(c) P and q are constant (d)
(d) Each trials have only two outcomes

Standard deviation and variance of Poisson distribution are:

(a) npq
Q2) (b) np H (b),(c)
(c) np
(d) npr&ncr
Mean of poisson distribution can be calculated by:
(a) np
Q3) (b)  M (a), (b)
(c) Β
(d) µ
In Poisson distribution:
(a) n is very small
Q4) (b) p and q are constant H (c),(d)
(c) n is very large
(d) =np
In normal distribution:
(a) Neither p nor q is very small
Q5) (b) n is very large (a), (b)
(c) µ is large enough
(d) none

[C] Analytical and Numerical Problems: Fill in the blanks “….....”

G S
so that the following statements are complete and correct.

Normal distribution is a ______(a)______ distribution. It is

derived as the _____(b)_____case of the Binomial distribution (a)
for large value of n where p and q is very small. Continuou
Q1) H s
(a) (b)
(b) limiting

The total area under Normal distribution curve is

_____(a)_____. The area under the curve is divided into two (a)
equal parts by z=0.Left hand side area and right hand side area One
Q2) to z=0 is _____(b)_____. H
(b)
(a)
0.5
(b)

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 In Binomial distribution there are n ______(a)______ trials in
an experiment. While a random variable X denote the number of (a)
_______(b)_______ in these n trials. Let p be the probability
independe
of a successes and q that of a failure in a single trial so
Q3) that P+q=1. H nt
(b)
(a)
successes
(b)
A probability distribution is a function that describes the
likelihood of obtaining the possible values that a random
______(a)______can assume. In other words, the values of the
variable vary based on the underlying _____(b)_______ (a)
distribution. variable
Q4) M (b)
(a)
probabili
(b) ty

The normal distribution is the most important

probability _____(a)______ in statistics because it fits many
natural phenomena. For example, heights, blood pressure, (a)
measurement error, and IQ scores follow the _____(b)_____ distribut
Q5) distribution. It is also known as the Gaussian distribution and M ion
the bell curve. (b)
(a) normal

(b)

REFERENCES:

TEXT BOOKS:
Ref. [ID] Authors Book Title Publisher/Press Year of Publication
Peter V.O. Neil and S. K. A Textbook of Engineering Cengage Learning India
[T1] 2009
Sengar Mathematics Pvt. Ltd
[T2] E. Kreysig's Advanced Engineering Mathematics Wiley India Pvt. Ltd 2014
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Ref. [ID] Authors Book Title Publisher/Press Year of Publication
[R1] B. S. Grewal Higher Engineering Mathematics Khanna Publishers 2015
Ordinary and Partial Differential S. Chand & Company
[R2] M. D. Raisinghania 2011
Equations Ltd

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