KRISTU JAYANTI COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS),

BENGALURU
21BCA2T333: PROBABILITY & STATISTICS
Question Bank

UNIT I
1. Define Statistics
2. Write the advantages and disadvantages of statistics
3. Explain the scope of statistics
4. Discuss about primary data and secondary data
5. Define classification of data. Explain different types of classification of data
6. Tabulation of data and its necessary parts
7. Explain frequency distribution and its types
8.
9.
10. Define Quantitative and Qualitative data
11. Define frequency distribution
12. Explain different types of frequency distribution with an example
13. List of measures of central tendency
14. List of measures of dispersion
15. Define mean, median and mode
16. Define range, quartile deviation, and standard deviation
17. Write the formula of the following
(i) Mean (ii) Median (iii) Median (iv) Range (v) Quartile deviation (vi) Standard
deviation
18. Write the formula of coefficient of variation?
19. Define skewness and kurtosis
20. Write the formula of bowley’s coefficient of skewness
21. Define correlation and its range
22. Explain different types of correlation with diagram
23. Discuss about regression analysis and its advantages and disadvantages
24. Distinguish between correlation and regression analysis
25. Find range and its coefficients 2, 6, 17, 5, 8, 21, 9, 58, 38, 85
26. Find QD and its coefficients 2, 6, 17, 5, 8, 21, 9, 58, 38, 85
27. Find SD and its coefficients 2, 6, 17, 5, 8, 21, 9, 58, 38, 85
28. Find mean, median and mode 2, 6, 17, 5, 8, 21, 9, 58, 38, 85
29. Find mean, median, mode, Range, QD, SD for the following data, and also find
skewness
 Marks 5 10 15 20 25 30
Frequency 8 10 20 28 12 7
30. Find Mean, median, mode, Range, QD, SD and its coefficients for the following
data, and also find skewness
Marks 0 – 20 20 – 40 40 – 60 60 – 80 80 - 100
Students 8 10 19 14 9
31. Define correlation and its types
32. Write the sample space of tossing a fair coin thrice?
33. State multiplication theorem
34. Find the probability of drawing one white marble from a bag containing 5 white and 3
red marbles
35. Find median and mode for the following data
Marks 5 10 15 20 25 30
Frequency 8 10 20 28 12 7
36. Find mean and standard deviation for the following data
Marks 0 – 20 20 – 40 40 – 60 60 – 80 80 - 100
Students 8 10 19 14 9
37. Calculate coefficient of correlation between the following marks (out of 10) in
computer science and Statistics of 5 students
Computer Science 4 7 8 3 4
Statistics 5 8 6 3 5
38. Find the correlation and regression lines for the following data
X 5 2 1 3 4
Y 7 5 2 3 8
39. Find rank correlation between the following data

X 10 20 30 40 50
Y 12 15 16 18 20
 UNIT II
1. Define probability
2. What is meat by sample space
3. Define trial and event
4. Write the formula of addition and multiplication of probability
5. Define conditional probability
6. State Bayes theorem
7. Define random variable
8. Mention types of random variable
9. Define variance
10. State mathematical expectation
11. Write the expectations formula of mean and variance
12. Write the formula of conditional probability
13. Problem based on (2 mark, 5 mark and 10 mark refer problems page)
(i) Probability,
(ii) Addition probability
(iii) Multiplication probability
(iv) Conditional probability
(v) Bayes theorem
(vi) Mean and variance of mathematical expectation

UNIT III
1. Define continuous probability distribution
2. Define discrete probability distribution
3. List out continuous probability distribution
4. List out discrete probability distribution
5. Define Binomial distribution, formula and its properties
6. Define Poisson distribution, formula and its properties
7. Define Normal distribution, formula and its properties
8. Problem based on (2 mark, 5 mark and 10 mark refer problems page)
(i) Binomial distribution
(ii) Poisson distribution
(iii) Normal distribution

UNIT IV
1. Define the following
(i) Population with example
(ii) Sample with example
(iii) Sampling with example
 (iv) List out the procedure of testing of hypothesis
(v) Null and Alternative hypothesis with example
(vi) Level of significance with example
(vii) Degrees of freedom with example
(viii) Define p value
(ix) one tailed test with diagram (Left and Right)
(x) Two tailed test with diagram
(xi) Type I error
(xii) Type II error
(xiii) Define large sample test
(xiv) Conditions of large sample test
(xv) Write the formula of testing of hypothesis for single mean
(xvi) Write the formula of testing of hypothesis for difference between mean
(xvii) Write the formula of testing of hypothesis for single proportions
(xviii) Write the formula of testing of hypothesis for difference between
proportions
(xix) Define chi square test
(xx) Write the formula of chi square test
2. Discuss about the procedure of testing of hypothesis for single mean
3. Discuss about the procedure of hypothesis for difference between mean
4. Explain the procedure of testing of hypothesis for single proportions
5. Explain the procedure of testing of hypothesis for difference between proportions
6. Discuss about the procedure of chi square test (or) independence of attributes
7. Problem based on (5 mark and 10 mark refer problems page)
(i) Single mean
(ii) Difference between two means
(iii) Single proportions
(iv) Difference between two proportions

PROBLEMS
SECTION ‘A’

A001. A phychologiest estimates the I.Q. of 60 children. The values are as follows :

103, 98, 87, 85, 67, 96, 115, 109, 127, 103, 95, 123, 94, 88, 102, 76, 73, 80, 84, 102, 115, 93,
76, 81, 132, 90, 119, 84, 97, 120, 114, 101, 153, 98, 99, 105, 110, 107, 110, 128, 89,
112, 118, 101, 122, 146, 96, 109, 72, 97, 94, 94, 79, 79, 100, 54, 102, 89, 43, 111.

Form a frequency distribution having class intervals with width 15. Hence locate this mode
graphically.
(5)
A002. The following data regarding weight of new born babies is obtained from the office records of a
hospital.

1. Prepare frequency distribution, with class intervals.

2. 0-2, 2.5-3.0, 3.0-3.3, 3.3-3.5, 3.5-3.8, 3.8-4.0. 4.0-4.5 and 4.5-5. kgs. Draw a gives and hence
locate median.

Weight (kgs.) 3.7, 3.4, 4.1, 4.0, 3.7, 4.7, 3.3, 2.4, 3.1, 4.2, 3.8, 3.6, 4.2, 4.3, 2.9, 3.6, 3.3, 4.8,
4.0, 3.9, 3.5, 3.5, 3.8, 3.8, 4.2, 3.9, 4.9, 3.2, 4.0, 3.8, 3.2, 2.7, 3.4., 3.3, 3.0, 3.1, 3.5, 3.7, 3.9,
4.3, 3.8, 3.7, 3.0, 4.4, 4.1, 3.6, 3.7, 3.4, 3.7, 3.3, 3.5, 3.7, 3.0, 2.9, 3.1, 3.3, 4.2.
(5)

A003. In a survey of 35 families as in a village, the no. of children per family was recorded and the
following data was obtained:

0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 2, 3, 4, 0, 2, 5, 8, 4, 5, 12, 6, 3, 2, 7, 6, 5, 3, 8, 7, 8, 9, 7, 9, 4, 5, 3, 4.

Represent the data in the form of discrete frequency distribution. Hence calculate mean and
variance.
(5)

A004. Prepare frequency distribution for the No. of letters word in the paragraph given below and
obtain M.D. about median. ‘‘Today to a very striking degree, our culture has become a statistical
culture. Even a person who may never have had of an index number is attached in an intimate
fashion by the gyrations of those index numbers which describe the cost of living.’’
(5)

A005. Draw a Histogram for the following data hence locate make graphically and verify it using the
formula mode. (5)
Profit (1000 Rs.) 0-15 15-30 30-45 95-60 60-75 75-90 90-105 120-135
105-105 135-150
No. of companies 3 7 18 25 20 12 6 5 2 1

A006. Draw a fequency curves and frequency polygon for the following data. Also locate median
graphically.

Height 0-7 7-14 14-21 21-28 20-35 35-42 42-49 49-50

No. of people 26 31 35 42 82 71 54 19

(5)
A007. Following figures show length of life of 3,700 molar buses which were operated until scraped by
a large transport company construct a frequency curve and frequency polygon & locate
91 & 93 graphically.

Life in years 0-1 1-2 2-3 3-4 4-5 5-6 6-7 7-8 8-9

No. of buses 21 270 640 920 814 520 456 31 26

(5)

A008. Construct histogram frequency polygon & frequency curve for the following data and locate
median and mode graphically

size =0-1 1-2 2-3 3-4 4-5 5-6 6-7 7-8 8-9 9-10 10-11

frequency 3 7 9 15 25 20 14 12 8 6 2

(5)

A009. The following data relates to the distribution of weight of children.

Weight of Children 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50

No. of Children 4 12 13 16 18 19 95 97

1. Find No. of children with weight below 32 lbs.

2. Find hight & weight graphically

(5)

A010. The following are the No.of children per family

0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6, 5, 4, 4, 5, 5, 4, 4, 3, 3,

3, 3, 2, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0,

1, 0, 1
Construct frequency distribution. Hence determine Q1. Q3 and 68
(5)

A011. Calculate A.M., G.M. and H.M. using the following data and verify that
AM > GM > H.M. and (G.M.)2 = (AM) (HM)

8, 19, 25, 28, 30, 15 5, 6, 22

A012. Calculate A.M., G.M. and H.M. for the following data

No. of people
in a party 1 2 3 4 5 6
 No. of Parties 4 20 18 12 4 5
(5)

A013. Calculate the mean wage of workers & G.M & H.M in a factory and wage limits covering central
50% wage distribution

Wages (in Rs) 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80

No. of workers 5 15 20 10 5

(5)

A014 For the following frequency distribution the A.M, is 11. Find the missing fraquency and hence
find model value.

C.I. 0-4 4-8 8-12 12-16 16-2 20-24

Frequency 3 10 ? 44 7 1

(5)

A015. Calculate median and mode for the following data

14, 16, 17, 19, 18, 15, 13, 12, 16, 16, 15, 14, 14, 18,
(2)

A016. The following data relate to sizes of shoes sold at a she during a given week. Find the median
size and modal size.

size of the shoes 4.5, 5.0, 5.5, 6.0, 6.5, 7.0, 7.5, 8.0, 8.5, 9.0, 9.5, 10, 10.5, 11.0

No. of pairs 1 2 4 5 15 30 60 95 82 75 44 25 15
4

A017. Calculate the value of the median and mode from the following data.

Monthly Rent (in Rs.) No. of families paying the rent

20-40 6

40-60 9

60-80 11

80-100 14

100-120 20

120-140 15
 140-160 10

160-180 8

180-200 7

Verify the values by graphical method.

A018. Following is the distribution of marks obtained by 50 students in mercantile Law:

Marks More than 0 10 20 30 40 50

No. of students 50 46 40 20 10 3

Calculate median and mode

(5)

A019. Out of 80 students who took an examination, 30 passed in the second class (50 to 60%) and 20
passed in the Ist class. (60% and above). Find the median of the marks.
(3)

A020. For the following frequency distribution the median is 17.6. Find the missing frequency find
Modal value

Class 10-12 12-14 14-16 16-18 18-20 20-22 22-24

Freq. 2 9 ? 25 29 11 5

(5)

A021. A train runs 25 miles at a spend of 30 m. p.h. another 50 miles at a speed of 40m.p.h. then due
to repairs of the track, travels for 6 minutes at a speed of 10 mph and finally covers the
remaining distance of 24 miles at a speed of 24mph.

What is the average speed in mph? Also verify your answer with actual formula for speed.
(5)

A022. Mean weight of 10 apples is 133. gms. When two apples are added, the mean becomes 137
gms. Find the mean weight of the two added apples.
(3)

A023. The mean height of 25 male workers in a factory is 168cms and the mean height of 35 females
workers in the same factory is 154 cms. Find the average of all 60 workers.
(2)

A024. i) The G.M. of a set of 10 observations is 12.7 and the G.M of another set of 20 observations is
13.7. Find the G.M. of the combined set.
(3)
A024. ii) Find the average rate of increase in population on which the first decade has increased by
20% in the next by 80% and in the third by 10% of distribution.

(3)

A025. i) A distribution consists of 3 components with frequencies 300, 200 and 600 having their means
16, 8, and 4 respectively. Find the mean of the combined distribution
(3)

ii) An assessee depreciated the machinery of his factory by 10% each in the first 2 years and by
40% in the third year. Find the average depreciation.
(5)

A026. Calculate weighted A.M. & G.M. for the following data and compare in each case.

(5)

Name of Exam College A College B Weight

M.A. 30 38 3

M.com 50 52 3

M.Sc. 60 81 3

B.A. 70 50 2

B.com. 60 60 2

B.Sc. 71 80 1

A027. Six types of workers are employed in each of a workshops but at different rates of wages as
follows. Compare the average wage rate.
(5)

Type of Workshop ‘A’ No.of workshop ‘B’ No. of

workers rate of wage workers rate of wage workers

Mechanic 2.50 2 3.00 16

Fitter 3.50 14 3.00 50

Electrician 4.00 20 4.25 8

Carpenter 3.00 7 3.50 12

Smith 3.00 6 3.50 10

Clerk 2.00 1 5.00 2

A028. For a certain frequency table which is part by reproduce here the mean was found to be 1.46
 No. of accidents No.of days

0 4.0
1 ?
2 ?
3 2.5
4 10
5 5
200

Calculate the missing frequencies and hence find mode.

(5)

A029. The numbers 3.2, 5.8, 7.9, and 9.5 has frequencies x, x +2, x-3 and x + 6 respectively. If the
A.M. is 4.876 find the value of x and hence find G.M. & H.M.

(5)

A030. From the following data of weights of people, calculate A.M. G.M. & H.M. and compare them.
(5)

Weight (in kgs.) No. of people

50 2

52 2

54 3

55 2

56 1

A031. Calculate the geometric and harmonic mean for the following date.

Class No. of items

greater than 20 45

greater than 30 42

greater than 40 35

greater than 50 24

greater than 60 10

greater than 70 4

A032. Calculate the missing frequency for the given data. Given median = 28
 (5)

Expenditure No. of families

0-10 14

10-20 25

20-30 27

30-40 ?

40-50 15

A033. 3 tests are conducted in an academic year. 50% of the first test marks, 60% of the second test
marks and 70% of the third test marks are taken. The marks of 2 students are given below.
Which student has performed better?
(5)
Student 1 45 63 80

Student 2 85 70 30

A034. A cyclist pedals from his house to his college at the speed of 10mph and back hone at the
speed of 15 mph. Find the average speed.
(2)

A035. You take a trip which entails 900 miles by train at an average speed of 60 mpn. You travel 300
miles by boat at an average speed of 25 mph 400 miles by plane at 350mpn. and finally 15
miles by taxi at 25 mph. What is your speed for your total distance.
(3)

A036. A train runs 25 miles at 30 mph. Another 50 miles at 40 mph. Due to repair of tracks it travels 6
minutes at a speed of 10 mph and finally covers remaining distance of 24 miles at a speed of
24mph. What is the speed in mph?
(3)

A037. The production manager of Hinton press is determining the average time needed to photograph.
On printing plate. Using a stop watch and observing the plate maker he collects the following
times (in seconds)

20.4, 20.0, 22.2, 23.8, 21.3, 25.1, 21.2, 22.9, 28.2, 24.3, 22.0, 24.7, 24.9, 22.7, 24.4, 24.3, 23.6,
23.2, 21.0

An average timer per plate of less than 23 seconds indicates satisfactory productivity.

Should the production maner be concerned? Also comment on the variability. (5)
A037. a) The number of telephone calls received in 245 successive one minute intervals at an
exchange are shown in the following frequency distribution, calculate mean deviation about
mean and median and compare.
(5)

No. of calls 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Frequency 14 21 25 43 51 40 39 12

A038. The following table shows the distribution of the maximum loads in kilo newtons supported by
certain cables produced by a company. Determine the mean maximum loading using.

i. Direct method, ii. Shortcut method.

(5)

Max. Load (kn) No. of Cables

093 - 097 02

098 - 102 05

103 - 107 12

108 - 112 17

113 - 117 14

118 - 122 06

123 - 127 03

128 - 132 01

A039. The following are the marks of students obtained in a test, find out the mean, median and also
locate the model value graphically.
(5)

Marks Students

< 10 04

< 20 16

< 30 40

< 40 76

< 50 96

< 60 112

< 70 120
 < 80 125

A040. From the following data find the missing frequency when the mean is 15.38 and compute the
coefficient of variation.
(5)

Xi 10 12 14 16 18 20

Fr 03 07 ?? 20 08 05

A041. 50 items sold in department A of the corner store had a mean price of 30 cents. 75 items sold in
department H had a mean price of 20 cents. Find the mean price of commodities sold in
department A & H
(3)

A042. The mean wage of 100 labourers working in a factory running two shifts of 70 & 30 workers
respectively is R84. The mean wage of 70 labourers working in the morning is R 90. Find the
mean wage of 30 workers in the evening shift.

(3)

A043. The main age of a combined group of men and women is 30 years. If the mean age of group of
men is 32, and that of the group of women is 25, find out the percentage of men and women in
the group.

A044. A student’s marks in the laboratory, lecture and recitation parts of a physics course were 71, 78
& 89 respectively.

a) If the weights accorded to these marks are 2, 4, 5 respectively, what is an appropriate

average mark?

b) What is the average mark if equal weights are used?

(3)

A045. An examination was held to decide the award of a scholarship, the weights given to various
subjects were different. Only three applicants for the scholarship obtained over 50% marks in
each subject. The marks were as follows.
(4)

SUBJECT WEIGHT MARKS OF A MARKS OF B MARKS OF C

Statistics 4 63 60 65
 Accountancy 3 65 64 70

Economics 2 58 56 63

Mercentile Law 1 70 80 52

Who gets the scholarship?

A046. The mean salary paid to 1000 employees of a factory was found to be 180.4, later on it was
discovered that the wages of two employees was wrongly taken as 297 & 165 instead of 197
and 185, find the correct mean.
(3)

A047. The man of 100 observations is found to be 40. If at the time of computation two items are
wrongly taken as 30 & 27 instead of 3 & 72, find the correct mean.
(3)

A048. The following are the monthly incomes of 12 families of a village. Calculate the median income.

587, 693, 595, 780, 760, 840, 805, 907, 763, 865, 768, 894
(3)

A049. The following data are the marks obtained by 11 students in an examination. Find the median
marks & Q1

22, 26, 14, 30, 18, 11, 35, 41, 12, 32, 16
(3)

A050. Find Mode from the following data and obtain the meandeviaation from mean.

Size of Shoe 4.0 4.5 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0

Frequency 10 18 22 25 40 15 10 08 07

(4)
A051. Locate Median and Mode graphically and verify them algebraically.

MARKS NO. OF STUDENTS

< 10 015
< 20 035
< 30 060
< 40 084
< 50 096
< 60 127
 < 70 198
< 80 250
(5)

A052. From the following data find the missing frequency if median is 26 and compute mean-deviation
about median

MARKS SCORED NO. OF STUDENTS

00 - 10 94
10 - 20 07
20 - 30 15
30 - 40 ??
40 - 50 06
(5)

A053. An incomplete distribution is given below.

MARKS SCORED NO. OF STUDENTS

00 - 10 10

10 - 20 20

20 - 30 ??

30 - 40 40

40 - 50 ??

50 - 60 25

60 - 15 15

Given median is 35 & N = 170. Find out the missing frequencies and compute Mode using
empirical formula.
(5)

A054. The following data table shows the distribution of 103 families according to their expenditure per
week. The Median and the Mode are given to be 25 & 24. Calculate the 2 missing frequencies
in the distribution and the Arithmetric Mean.

Expenditure No. of families

0 - 10 14
10 - 20 ?
20 - 30 27
 30 - 40 ?
40 - 50 15

A055. Find the median, first Quartile and 6th decile, 35th Percentile for the following data on number of
vehicles parked at the stand.

No.of Vehicles No.of days

10 - 19 5
20 - 29 9
30 - 39 14
40 - 49 20
50 - 59 25
60 - 69 15
70 - 79 8
80 - 89 4
(6)

A056. Find the mean Median and Mode for the following 2 series

38, 34, 39, 35, 32, 31, 37, 30, 41

(3)

A057. Calculate the mode for the following data a using the empirical relation between mean, median
& mode.
(5)

CI. 130-134 135-139 140-144 145-149 150-154 155-159 160-164

f. 5 15 28 24 17 10 1

A058. The monthly profit of 100 shops are as follows.

Profit per shop No. of shops

0 - 100 12

100 - 200 18

200 - 300 27

300 - 400 20

400 - 500 17

500 - 600 6

Calculate Median and Mode

 (5)

A059. Calculate the average daily wage for the workers of two factories A, B and both A & B together.

Factory ‘A’ Factory ‘B’

No. of wage causes 350 300

Average daily wage (Rs.) 2 250

(4)

A060. Following are the daily pocket expenses of 10 students. Find the lower and upper quartiles, D 4,
D9

X(Rs.) 10 5 15 10 25 12 10 30 15 20
(5)
A061. Using the following distribution, Find Q1, Q2, D2, P10 & P75

No.of goals scored

in a match : 2 5 8 10 12 15
No. of Matches
placed 2 17 48 19 9 1

A062. Calculate quartiles, seventh deciles, sixtieth percentile from the following data:
(8)
Monthly rent (Rs.) 100-150 150-200 200-250
250-300 300-350 350-400

No.of families
paying the rent 6 9 11
20 15 5

A063. For the following data of the weekly wage in a certain commercial organisation. Find the Q 1, Q3,
D6 & P23

Weekly Wage No. of employees

30 - 32 3

32 - 34 8

34 - 36 29

36 - 38 31

38 - 40 50

40 - 42 61
 42 - 44 38

44 - 46 21

46 - 48 12

48 - 50 2
(6)

A064. From the income of 10 families, given below. Calculate the range and its coefficient.

Family 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Income 145, 367, 268, 73, 185, 619, 280, 115, 870, 315

(3)

A065. The age distribution of 200 employee of a firm given. Calculate the semi-inter quartile range of
the following.

Age less
than 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55

No. of
employee 10, 25, 75, 130, 170, 189, 200

(4)

A066. Calculate the coefficient of mean deviation from the median

Wts. in lbs No.of children

20 - 25 6

25 - 30 12

30 - 40 17

40 - 45 30

45 - 50 10

50 - 55 10

55 - 60 8

60 - 70 5

70 - 80 2
(5)
A067. With the median as the base calculate the mean deviation and compare the variability of series
A&B.

Series A : 3484, 4572, 4124, 3682, 5624, 4388, 3680, 4308

Series B : 487, 508, 620, 382, 408, 266, 186, 218

(5)

A068. Find Q.D. and its ralative measure for the following data

15, 18, 20, 12, 26, 37, 22, 35, 30, 35, 15, 18, 19, 25, 21

A069. Find out the value of M.D. from ...Median and the coefficients dispersian from the following data.

Mid Point 10 20 30 40 50 60

Frequency 4 7 15 8 7 2
(5)

A070. Find the semi-inter-quartile Range for the following data. Also determine coefficient of Q.D.
(5)

Monthly 0-75 75-100 100-150 150-200 200-250 250-350 350-550 550-800

Income

No. of
families 14 52 200 239 334 443 218 225

A071. Calculate coefficient of Range and coefficient of Q.D. from the following data
(5)

Marks 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60

No.of
Student 8 10 12 8 4

A072. Evaluate an appropriate measures of disperson for the following data.

(4)

Income
in Rs. 50 50-70 70-90 99-110 110-130 130-150

Number of
Persons 54 100 140 300 230 125
A073. Given below is the frequency distribution of marks obtained by 90 students. Compute the AM &
the S D using short cut method.
(5)

Marks No. of students

20 - 29 5

30 - 39 12

40 - 49 15

50 - 59 20

60 - 69 18

70 - 79 10

80 - 89 6

90 - 99 4

A074. The mean and S.D. of a sample of 100 obs. were calculated Rs.40 & 5.1 respectively by a
student who took by mistake 50 instead of 40 for one obs. Calculate the correct mean and S.D.
(3)

A075. An analysis of monthly wages of the workers of two organisation. C & D gave the following
results.
(5)
C D

No. of worker 50 60

Av. monthly wage 60 48

Variance 100 144

i) Which organisation pays better wage?

ii) Which organisation has more homogeneity in wages?

A076. The two batsman runs in two innings is given below. Find who is the better run scores and who
is more consistent.
(6)

Player A : 10, 115, 5, 73, 7, 120, 36, 84, 29,

19

Player B : 45, 12, 76, 42, 4, 50, 37, 48, 13,

0
A077. Find the S.D. & C.V. of the following figures giving the marks of 10 students in a class test.
(4)

Marks 13, 7, 16, 14, 15, 9, 19, 10, 5,

2

A078. Find the S.D. & C.V. for the following data

Size 6 8 10 12 14 16 18

Fraquency 1 4 8 5 14 6 2
(5)

A079. Find the coefficients dispersion based on S.D. from the following, in

Wages
in Rs. 70-80 80-90 90-100 100-110 110-120 120-130

No. of
Persons 12 18 35 42 50 45

(6)

A080. The means of two samples of sizes 50 and 100 respectively are 54.1 and 50.3 and the S.D’s 8
and 7 obtain the mean and S.D. of the sample of size 150 obtained by combining the two
samples.
(4)

A081. The first of the samples has 200 items with mean 15 and S.D.3. If the whole group has 250
items with mean 15.6 and S.D. 13.44 find the S.D. of the second group.
(3)

A082. Using the price of shares X and Y given below. State which is more consistent

(7)

X: 55 54 52 53 56 58 52 50 51 49

Y: 108 107 105 105 106 107 104 103 104 101

A083. From the monthly income of 10 families, given

1450, 3670, 2680, 1730, 1850, 6190, 280, 105, 810, 315

Calculate the Range & the coefficient of range

(2)
A084. Index number of prices of cotton and coal shares in 1992 are as:
 Months Cotton Coal

January 188 131

February 178 130

March 173 130

April 164 120

May 172 129

June 183 120

July 184 127

August 185 127

September 211 130

October 211 137

November 232 140

December 240 142

Check wheather the cotton price is more consistent than coal price.

A085. Calculate the semi-inter quartile range of marks of 39 student in statistics from the below given
data and find its relative measure.
(4)
Marks No.of students

00-05 04

05-10 08

10-15 06

15-20 12

20-25 07

25-30 02

A086. Calculate the coefficient of quartile deviation

Size : 04-08 08-12 12-16 16-20 20-24 24-28 28-32 32-36 36-40

Frequency 06 10 18 30 15 125 10 106 02

(3)

A087. Calculate the mean deviation from mean and median for the following series of weekly wages. In
Rupees of workers

21, 23, 25, 28, 30, 32, 38, 39, 46, 48

 (4)

A088. Calculate the mean deviation from mean and median for the following data and compare

Income/week (Rs.) 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70

No. of families 120 210 150 075 025

(4)

A089. Find the coefficient of variation for the data given below.

scores 140-150 150-160 160-170 170-180 180-190 190-200

Frequency 04 06 10 10 09 03
(5)
A090. Evaluate the range and coefficient of range for the given data:

75, 84, 78, 80, 72, 88, 77, 71, 71, 73, 79, 86, 82

Also evaluate the mean deviation from mean and from median
(6)

A091. Calculate (i) mean deviation from the median

 (ii) standard deviation from the following data.

Age (years) No. of people

17-19.5 9
20-25.5 16
26-35.5 22
30-40.5 26
41-50.5 14
51-55.5 12
56-60.5 6
61-70.5 5

(7)

A092. Lives of 2 models of refrigerators were studied in a survey. Based on the data given below.
Which model has a longer live and which has more uniformity.

Life (No. of Years) No. of Refrigerators

A B
 0-2 5 2

2-4 16 7

4-6 13 12

6-8 7 19

2 - 10 5 9

10 - 12 4 1
(7)

A093. Scores of 2 golfers for 24 rounds were as follows:

GOLFER A : 74, 75, 78, 7, 72, 77, 79, 78, 81, 76, 72, 72, 77, 74, 70, 78, 79, 80, 81, 74, 80, 75,
71, 73

GOLFER B : 86, 84, 80, 88, 89, 85, 86, 82, 82, 79, 86, 80, 82, 76, 86, 89, 87, 83, 80, 88, 86, 81,
84, 87

Find out which golfer scores more and who may be considered to be a more consistent player

A095. Goals scored by 2 teams A & B in a football season were as follows:

No.of goals No. of matches

scored A B

0 27 17

1 9 9

2 8 6

3 5 5

4 4 3

Find out (i) which teams is better in scoring goals

(ii) which team is more consistent.
(7)

A096. An analysis of monthly wages paid to workers in s firms A and B belonging to the same industry
give the following results:

Description A B

No. of wage earners 586 648

Average monthly wages 52.5 47.5

 S.D. of distribution of wages 10 11

i) which firm pays out the larger amount of monthly wages?

ii) In which firm is there a greater variability in individual wages?

iii) what are the measures of (a) average monthly wages (b) the variability in individuals of all
the workers in the 2 firms A and B taken together?
(5)

A097. The daily temperature recorded in a city in a year is given below.

(5)

Temperature (O.C) No.of days

- 40 - 30 10

- 30 - 20 28

- 20 - 10 30

- 10 - 0 42

0 - 10 65

10 - 20 180

20 - 30 10

N= 365

Calculat range S.D. & coefficient of variation

A098. Particulars regarding income of 2 families given below.

Village

A B

No. of people 600 500

Average Income 175 186

Variance of Income 100 81

i) In which village is the variation in income greater.

ii) what is the total income of both the village put together?

iii) what is the average income of the people if both put together?

iv) what is the ... combined S.D.?

 (5)

A099. In 2 factories A and B the average weekly wages and the S.D, are as follows:

Factory Average S.D. No.of. workers

A 34.5 5 476

B 28.5 4.5 524

Comment on the average wage currently and ....................

A100. The following table gives the Marks obtained by 65 students in statistics in a certain
examination, calculate the Median and P24, D3 and locate them graphically.

Marks more than 100 No.of students

’’ 10% 65

’’ 20% 63

’’ 30% 45

’’ 40% 40

’’ 50% 18

’’ 60% 7
(7)

A101. Calculate moment co-efficient of skewness and kurtosis for the data given below:

4, 2, 8, 7, 10, 5, 3, 2, 1, 4, 3, 9, 4, 3, 4, 4
(6)

A102. Calculate (i) Karl person’s co-efficient of skewness ii) Bowleys coefficient of skewness for the
following data.
(6)

Size 0 1 2 3 4 5

Frequency: 6 14 18 29 10 2

A103. Calculate the first four moments about mean from the following data (with and without
sheppard’s correction) and hence find the coeffecient of skewness and Kurtosis.
 Calss 55 65 75 85 95 105 115 125 135

65 75 85 95 105 115 115 135 145

Frequency 3 21 78 182 305 289 81 21 5

Give your comments on the skewness and kurtosis of the data given a above.

(10)

A104. In a fraquency distribution the sum of the lower and upper quartiles is 120 and their difference is
24. If median is 63, then find coefficient of skewness.
(2)

A105. The first 3 moments of a distribution about the value 2 of the variable are 1, 16, 40. Show that
the mean is 3, variance is 15, M3 = -86.

Also show that the first 3 moments about x = 0 are 3, 24 and -76
(5)

A106. For a frequency distribution the mean and mode are 70 and 67 respectively. If the S.D. is 4,
then find the coefficient of skewness.
(2)

A107. Find the Bowley’s coefficient of skewness for the data

Class 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-40 50-59 60-69 70-79 80-89 90-99

Frequency 3 7 20 30 15 10 7 5 3
(5)

A108. Particulars relating to 2 manufacturing firms are given. Calculate Kaul Pearson’s coefficient of
skewness and also Bowley’s coefficient of skewness.

A B

Mean 175 180

Median 172 170

Mode 167 162

Quartiles 162 165

............. 178 185

S.D. 13 19
(4)
A109. Obtain Karl Pearson’s measure of skewness for the following data.
(5)

C.I. 5-10 10-15 15-20 20-25 25-30 30-35 35-40

Frequency 6 8 17 21 15 11 2

A110. Evaluate the moments and the coefficient of skewness and kurtosis basad on moments

Wages in Rupees Number of labourers

Greater than 0 545

” 10 500

” 20 423

” 30 389

” 40 209

” 50 73

” 60 50

” 70 0

Find the actual frequency.

A111. Find the measure of skewness and Kurtosis based on moments

C.I. Frequency

110-115 5

115-120 15

120-125 20

125-130 35

130-135 10

135-140 10

140-145 5
(8)

A112. Calculate the first four moments of the following distribution about the mean and hence find 1 &
2

x: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
f: 1, 6, 13, 25, 30, 22, 22, 5, 2, 2
 (6)

A113. The first 4 moments of the distribution about value 5 are 2, 20, 40 & 50. Obtain mean, central
moments, 1 & 2

(5)

A114. Calculate the first 4 moments and hence obtaine to 1 & 2

No. of working hours No.of Industries

30 - 33 2

33 - 36 4

36 - 39 26

39 - 42 47

42 - 45 15

45 - 48 6

SECTION-B

B00l. Fit a straight line of best fit to the following data:

X 10 15 20 25 30 35 40

Y 11 13 16 20 27 30 41

Estimate Y when X = 45 and X = 32 algebrically and graphically.

(5)

B002. Fit a least square parabola to the following data:

X: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6

Y: 2.4 2.9 3.2 5.6 9.3 14.6 21.9

Estimate the Y values. Also estimate the value of Y when X = 2.4 algebrically and graphically
and verify this value.
(7)

B003. Fit a curve Y = aebx to the following data:

X: 0 2 4

Y: 5.012 10 31.62

estimate Y when X = 5 from the fitted equation and also graphically.

(5)
B004. Fit a curve Y = aebx to the following data:

X: 1 2 3 4 5 6

Y: 1.6 4.5 13.8 40.2 125.3 300

Estimate Y when X = 8
(5)

B005. Fit a curve of the type Y = abx to the following data.

X: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Y: 1.0 1.2 1.8 2.5 3.6 4.7 6.6 9.1

Estimate Y when X = 10
(6)

B006. Fit a curve of the type Y = axb to the following data:

X: 1 2 3 4 5 6

Y: 1200 900 600 200 110 50

(6)

B007. Fit a curve of the type Y = axb to the following data:

X: 1 2 3 4 5 6

Y: 2.98 4.26 5.21 6.1 6.8 7.5

(6)

B008. Fit .. an equation of first degree curve to the following data and estimate Y when X = 3 and X =
5

X: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4

Y: 1, 1.8 1.3 2.5 6.3

(5)

B009. Obtain a second degree curve for the following data:

X: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Y: 2.3 5.2 9.7 16.5 29.5 35.5 54.4

(5)

B010. Fit an equation of the form Y = abx using the following distribution.

X: 2 3 4 5 6
 Y: 144 172.8 207.4 248.8 298.5
(5)

B011. Fit a curve of the type Y = abx. Estimate Y when X = 4.5

X: 2 3 4 5 6

Y: 8.3 15.4 33.1 65.2 127.8

(6)

B012. Fit a straight line to the following data

X: 1 2 3 4 6 8

Y: 2.4 3 3.6 4 5 6
(5)

B013. The observ-ed values of the function are respectively 168, 120, 72 & 73 at the four positions
3,7,9 & 10 of the independent variable. What is the least square estimate you can give to the
value of the function on the position 6 of the independent variable.
(5)

B014. Estimate the parameters of the equation Y = a + bx using the following data.

X: 0 5 10 15 20 25

Y: 12 15 17 22 24 30
(5)

B015. Fit a parabolic curve of y x using the following data.

X: 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0

Y: 1.1 1.3 1.6 2.0 2.7 3.4 4.1

(7)

B016. Fit a ... second degree parabola to the following data:

X: 1 2 3 4 5

Y: 1090 1220 1390 1625 1915

(6)

B017. Fit a second degree parabola to the following data:

X: 0 1 2 3 4

Y: 1 5 10 22 38
(7)
B018. Fit a curve of the type xy = ax + b to the following data:

X: 1 2 3 4

Y: 3 2.5 2 1.5
(5)

B019. Fit a curve of the form y = a/x + bx to the following data:

X: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Y: 5.43 6.28 8.23 10.32 15.63 14.86 17.27 19.61

(6)

B020. Fit a curve y = ax+bx2 to the following data and estimate y for x = 2

X: 1 2 3 4 5

Y: 1.8 5.1 8.9 14.1 19.8

(6)

B021. Calculate person’s coefficient of correlation for the following data taking 65 & 70 as the
assumed averages of the variables x & y respectively.

X: 45 55 56 58 60 65 68 70 75 80 85
Y: 56 50 48 60 62 64 65 70 74 82 90
Estimate y when x = 78
(6)

B022. Calculate the coefficient of correlation by Karl Person’s method from the following data relating
to overhead expenses and cost or production

overhead
expense
(1000 Rs.) 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160

Cost in
(Rs. 1000) 15 15 16 19 17 18 16 18 19

Find the lines of regression and estimate X when Y = 22 (6)

B023. Computer while calculating the correlation co-efficient (r) between the variable X & Y obtain the
following results.

N = 30, X = 120, X2 = 600 Y = 90, Y2 = 250,

XY = 356. It was however later observed at the time of checking that it had copied down to
pairs of observation as
 X Y While the correct values wereX Y

8 10 8 12

12 8 10 8
obtain the corrected value of r
(4)

B024. If r = 0.6 for a pair of 64 observation. Find the probable error of ‘r’ and determine the limits for
the measure for the correlation coefficient.
(3)

B025. From the following data of age of husband and wife form 2 regression lines and calculate
husband’s age when wife’s age is 16years.

Husband’s
age 36 23 27 28 28 29 30 31 33 35
wife’s age 29 18 20 22 27 21 29 27 29 28
(4)

B026. The following are marks in Statistics (X) and Mathematics (Y) of ten students

X: 56 55 58 58 57 56 60 54 59 57

Y: 68 67 67 70 65 68 70 60 68 66

Calculate the co-efficient correlation and estimate the marks in mathematies of students who
secures 62 marks in statistics.
(6)

B027. Calculate correlation and regression co-efficient from the following table showing age of cars of
a certain make and annual maintenance costs.

Age of Cars 2 4 6 7 8 10 12

Annual
Maintenance
Cost. Rs. 1600 1500 1800 1900 1700 2100 2000

Obtain the regression equation for costs on age. Estimate the cost of mainte-nance for a 3 year
old car of the same make.
(5)

B028. For a group of children, mean age is 10 years with S.D. 2.5 years. The average height of the
group is 12.5 cms. with S.D. of 13 cms. The coafficient of correlation between age and height is
0.6. Write the equation of two regression lines.
 (2)

B029. If two regression co-efficients are 0.9 and 0.5 find out the value of the coefficient of correlation.
(1)

B030. If two reg-ression coefficients are 0.7 and 0.6. Find out the value of the coefficient of correlation
and comment .
(1)

B031. If two regression coefficients are -0.4 and -0.5 find the correlation coefficient and comment.
(1)

B032. Calculate the correlation coefficient from the following data:

N = 100 X = 12500, Y = 8000

x2 = 1585000, y2 = 648100 XY = 1007425
Also (i) obtain the regression equation of Y on X

(ii) obtain the acute angle between two regression lines algebralically.
(6)

B033. Obtain the two regression lines for the following data.

X 06 02 10 04 08

Y 09 11 05 08 07
(6)

B034. The below data gives the experience of a machine operator & the performance rating as given
by the number of good parts, turned out per 100 pieces. Calculate the regression line of
performance rating on the experiment & estimate the performance rating if the operator has 7
years of experience. Also compute the acute angle between two regression lines.

Operator Experience (X) Performance (Y)

1 16 87
2 12 88
3 18 89
4 04 68
5 03 78
6 10 80
7 05 75
 8 12 85
(7)

B035. Obtain the regression line from the following tables. Estimate the Blood pressure when the age
is 45 years & estimate the age when the Blood pressure is 100.

Age (x) 56 42 72 36 63 47 55 49 38 42 68 60

Blood Pressure
(y) 148 125 160 118 149 128 150 145 115 140 152 155

(6)

B036. Calculate the coefficient of rank correlation using the data given below.

Father’s Height
in
inches 65 63 67 64 68 62 70 66 68 67 69
71
Son’s Height
in inches 68 66 68 65 69 66 68 65 71 67 68 70

(5)

B037. Twelve students in a class were awarded grades in studies and sports as shown below.
Grades
(studies) : B A+ B– D A A– C A D A B–
B
Grades
(sports) : B– C A– A+ C+ C- B B+ A– B D C

Compute spearman’s rank correlation coefficient with correction for ties.

(5)

B038. A beauty contest is judged by 2 judges. The participants are ranked by them are as follows.

Discuss whether the judges have common taste of beauty.

Competators 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Judge (A) 6 5 3 10 2 4 9 7 8 1

Judge (B) 5 8 4 7 10 2 1 6 9 3

(3)
B039. The ranks of some 16 students in mathematics and physics are as follows. Two numbers within
brackets denote the ranks of the students in Maths and Physics

(1,1), (2,10), (3,3), (4,4), (5,5), (6,7), (7,2), (8,6), (9,8), (10,11), (11,15), (12,9), (13,14),
(14,12), (15,16), (16.13)

Calculate the rank correlation coefficient for proficience of this group in Maths and Physics.
(4)

B040. Quotations of Index numbers of security prices of a certain joint stock company and of prices of

preference shares given below.

Year 1989 90 91 92 93 94 95

Debentures 97.8 99.2 98.8 98.3 98.4 96.7 97.1

Share price 73.2 70.8 78.9 75.8 77.2 81.2 83.8

Use the method of rank correlation to determine the relationship between debenture and share

price.
(4)

B041. Ten ladies in beauty contest are remarked by 3 judges in the following order.

Judge A 1 6 5 10 3 2 4 9 7 8

Judge B 3 5 8 4 7 10 2 1 6 9

Judge C 6 4 9 8 1 2 3 10 5 7

Use the rank correlation coefficient to discuss which pair of judges has the nearest approach to
common tastes in beauty.
(6)

B042. The following table shows the marks of 12 students in Mathematics and Geography.

Marks in Mathematics : 65, 40, 35, 75, 65, 80, 35, 20, 85, 65, 55, 33,
Marks in Geography: 30, 55, 68, 28, 76, 25, 80, 85, 20, 35, 45, 65
From the above data determine the correlation between marks in Mathematics and Geography
by the method of ranks
(5)

B043. In a correlation analysis on the ages of wives and husbands, the following data were obtained

Age of Wife (Y)  15-25 25-35 35-45 45-55 55-65

 Age of Husband (X)

15-30 30 6 3 – –

30-45 18 32 15 12 8

45-60 2 28 40 16 9

60-75 – 4 9 10 8

obtain (i) the value of the correlation coefficient. (ii) Regression equations of X and Y and Y on
X. Also Estimate the age of Husband whose wife’s age is 31 years. Estimate the age of wife
whose husband age is 40 years old.
(10)

B044. For the following bi variate frequency distribution. Find

a) r (x, y)

b) regression equation Estimate Y for X = 45

Y
X 18 19 20 21

10-20 4 2 2 -

20-30 5 4 6 4

30-40 6 8 10 11

40-50 4 4 6 8

50-60 - 2 4 4

60-70 - 2 3 2
(10)

B045. Calculate the coefficient of correlation between the ages of husbands and wives from the
following table, also obtain the line of regression of Y on X. Estimate the age of husband whose
wife’s age is 38 years.

X/Y Age of Husbands

Age of Wives 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70

15-25 05 09 03 00 00
25-35 00 10 25 02 00
35-45 00 01 12 02 00
56-55 00 00 04 16 05
 55-65 00 00 00 04 02
(8)

B046. Calculate the product moment correlation coefficient for the following data, also obtain the
regression lines.

X
Y 05 10 1 20

11 02 04 05 04
12 05 03 06 02
13 03 01 02 03
(5)

B047. Calculate the product x moment coefficient of correlation for the following bivariate distribution

Y/X 5 10 15 20


11 2 4 5 4
17 5 3 6 2
23 3 1 2 3
(5)

B048. Following is the distribution of students according to their height and weight

Y X
ht. in wt. in 90-100 100-110 110-120 120-130
inch Pounds
50-55 4 7 5 2
55-60 6 10 7 4
60-65 6 12 10 7
65-70 3 8 6 3

i) obtain correlation coefficient.

ii) obtain the two regression equations

iii) Estimate the weight of student whose height is 58 inches and height of student whose
weight is 115 pounds.
(8)

B049. Calculate the multiple correlation coefficient of x1 on x2 and x3 from the following data:

x1 : 5 3 2 4 3 1 8
 x2 : 2 4 2 2 3 2 4

x3 : 21 21 15 17 20 23 32
(8)

Find also the regression equation of x3 and x1 and x2

B050. Calculate R1 (23), r12.3, r31.2 for the following tri variate distribution. Also find the regression of x 2 on
x1 and x3

x1 : 10 51 30 42 25 18 44 56 38 32 25

10
x2 : 8 15 11 21 7 5 10 13 12 13 5

6
x3 : 4 5 3 3 2 1 4 5 3 4 2

(10)

B051. In a study of the factors which influence “academic success” may be obtained the following
results (among other) based on the records of 450 students at certain University.

x1 = honors points, x2 = general intelligence,

x3 = hours of study

– – –
x 1
= 18.5 x 2
= 100.6 x 3= 24

1 = 11.2 2 = 15.8 3 = 6

r12= 0.60 r13 = 0.32 r23 = -0.35

obtain the regression plane of x1 on x2 and x3. Estimate x1 for x2 = 95.3 and
x3 = 27.2

Find to what extant honour points were related to general intelligence, when hours of study (per
week) are held constant.
(6)

B052. Suppose a computer has found, for a given set of values of x 1, x2 and x3

r12= 0.91, r13 = 0.33 and r23 = 0.81

Examine whether his computations may be said to be free from error.

(5)
B053. Three variables have in pairs simple correlation coefficients given by

r12= 0.8, r13 = -0.7, r23 = -0.9

Find the multiple correlation coefficient R1(23) and the value of r12.3
(4)

B054. In a tri variate distribution, we have

1..= 2, 2 = 3, 3 = 3, r12 = 0.7, r23 = 0.5 = r31

Find a) b12.3 , b13.2 and b21.3

b) 1.23 3.12
(5)

B055. Given the data : r12 = 0.80, r23 = -0.40, r13 = -0.56

x1 x2 x3

Mean : 4.91 59.4 28.2

S.D. : 1.10 85 4.42

Compute the regression plane of x3 on x1 and x2

Calculate R3 (21) and r31.2

(6)

B056. From the heights x1, weights x2 and ages x3 of a group of students, the following standard

deviation and correlation coefficients were obtained.

1 = 2.8 inches r12 = 0.75

2 = 12 pound r23 = 0.54

3 = 1.5 yearsr13 = 0.43

Calculate the r12.3, R2.13 and the plane of regression of x2 on x1 and x3

(6)

B057. For a trivariate data :

–
x 1
= 40 1 = 3 r12 = 0.4
–
x 2
= 70 2 = 6 r23 = 0.5

x3 = 90 3 = 7 r13 = 0.6

Find R1.23 b) r23.1

 c) The value of x3 when x1 = 30 and x2 = 45
(7)

B058. In a study of a random sample of 120 students, the following results are obtained.

–
x 1
= 68 122 = 1000 r12 = 0.6
–
x 2
= 70 22 = 25 r23 = 0.65
–
x 3
= 74 3 = 81 r13 = 0.7

x1, x2 and x3 denote percentage of marks obtained by a student in the first test, second test and

final exam.

a) obtain the least square regression equation of x3 on x1 and x2

b) Compute R3.12 and r12.3

c) Estimate the percentage of a student in the final examination if he gets 60% and 67% in the
first and second tests respectively.
(8)

B059. x1 is the consuption of milk per head

x2 is the mean price of milk

x3 is per capita income

The standard deviations and correlation coefficients are given below.

1 = 7.22 r12 = -0.83

2 = 5 .47 r13 = 0.92

3 = 6.87 r23 = -0.61

Calculate the regression of x1 and x2 and x3. Also find out the percentage of variation in x 1 as

explained by the above regression equation.

(5)

B060. The following zero order correlation coefficient are given (simple correlation coefficient are
given)

r12 = 0.98, r13 = 0.44 r23 = 0.54. Calculate the partial correlation coefficient between

the Ist and 3rd variable keeping the effect of 2nd variable constraction.

(5)
B061. From the following data calculate, i) r12.3 and r31.2 and ii) R1.23

x1 4 0 2 1 1 3 4 1

x2 2 0 2 4 2 3 3 0

x3 1 4 2 2 3 0 4 0

(7)

B062. Find r12.3 R1.23 and 1.23 to the following data:

x1 4 6 7 9 13 15

x2 15 12 8 6 4 3

x3 30 24 20 14 10 4

(8)

B063. The following contants are obtained from measuremant of length in mm (x 1), vol. in c.c. (x 2) and
weight in gms. (x3) of 300 eggs.

–
x 1
= 55.95 s1 = 2.26 r12 = 0.578

–
x 2
= 51.48 s2 = 4.39 r13 = 0.581

–
x 3
= 56.03 s3 = 4.41 r23 = 0.974

obtain the linear regression equation of egg. Weight on egg length and egg volume. Hence
estimate the weight of egg whose length is 58mm volume is
555 CC.

B64. The table shows the corresponding values of 3 variables x 1 x2 and x3. Find the least square
regression equation of x1 on x2 and x3.

Estimate x1 when x2 = 6 and x3 = 40

x1 x2 x3

3 16 90

5 10 72

6 7 54

8 4 42
 12 3 30

14 2 12
(7)

B65. The data with regard to the output of gram and the cost of seed and labour person contract ten
fermers fields are given below.

Cost of
Produc (Y)
Rs./had 927 840 745 570 462 614 916 460 940
965

Cost of send
(X1) Rs/had 235 236 238 241 238 233 235 190 235 243

Labour cost
(X2) (Rs./ha) 128 82 205 71 110 130 200 170 180 165

i) Fit the regrassion equation y and x1 and x2

ii) Estimate the cost of product per hectars given that x 1 = 220 and x2 = 125

(10)

SECTION-C

C01. Suppose 2 coins are tossed, what is the probability of getting

i) 2 heads ii) atleast 1 head

iii) exactly one head iv) noo head

(4)

C02. Suppose 2 diees are tossed.

The event A is defined as the sum of outcomes even, event B the sum of outcomes  9, event C
sum of outcomes  7. Write down the sample space, and the events favouring.

–
i) AB ii) ABC iii) ABC iv) A BC v) BC
– – –
vi) AB C vii) ABC viii) A ix) AC x) A - B

Also evaluate 1) p (sum < 7) 2) p (sum > 7) 3) p (sum = 7)

C03. A bag containing 3 red 6 white, and 7 blue balls. What is the probability that 2 balls drawn are
 i) White and blue iv) atleast one is red

ii) both are same colour v) one of them is white

iii) different colour vi) not white

(3)

C04. 4 cards are drawn from a pack of cards. Find the probability.

i) all are diamonds

ii) one card of each suit

iii) there are 2 spades and 2 hearts

(2)

C05 What is the chance that a leap year selected will contain 53 Sundays?
(2)

C06. A problem in statistics is given to 3 students A, B and C whose chance of solving it are 1/2, 3/4,
1/4 respectively. What is the probability that the problem will be solved.
(3)

C07. A and B play 12 games of chess of which 6 are won by a are won by B, the remaining and in a
tie. They agree to play tournament of 3 games. Find the probability the

i) A win all the .... 3 games

ii) 2 games end in a tie

iii) A and B win alternately

iv) B wins atleast one game.

C08 A consignment of 15 record players contain 4 defectives The record players are selected at
random, one by one and examined. The examined ones are not put back. What is the
probability that the ninth one examined is last defective?
(4)

C09 A, B and C are independent witnesses of an event which is known to have occured. A speaks
the truth 3 times out of 4, B 4 times out of 5, C 5 times out of 6.

What is the probability that the occurence will be reported truthfully by majority of 3 witnesses.
(6)

C10. A, B and C take one shot at a target, the probabilities of their hitting the target is given by 3/10,
1/4, 1/10 respectively of 1 bule it is found in the target. Find the probaility that it came from A’s
gun.
 (3)

C11. Two fair dice are rolled once. Find the probability that the sum of the numbers obtained is

a) 7 or 10, b) Less than 11 c) Divisible by 4

(4)

C12. A bag contains 3 green & 4 red marbles. Two marbles are drawn at random. Find the probability
that the drawn marbles are :

a) Both red b) Both of the same colour

c) Both are of different colours

(5)

C13. 3 unbiased coins are tossed once. Find the probability of getting.

a) At least two heads b) Exactly two heads

c) Atmost two heads

(5)

C14. 3 cards are drawn at random from a pack of 52 playing cards. Find the probability that the
drawn cards.

a) Belong to the same suit

b) Are one queen, one king, one card numbered 10

c) Are of same colour

d) Belong to different suit

(5)

C15. A bag contains 9 tickets marked with numbers 1, 2, 3.... 9 Two tickets are drawn at random from
the bag. Find the probability that both the numbers drawn are

a) Even b) odd
(3)

C16. There are 20 bays and 40 girls in a class. 50% of the boys and 50% of the girls have brown
eyes. Find the probability that a student chosen at random is a boy or a student with brown
eyes.

(3)

C17. Four cards are drawn randomly from a pack of playing cards. Find the probability that the
selection has atleast one ace.
(3)
C18. A can solve 80% of the problems given in a text book. B (2) can solve 70% of the
problems of the text book. If a problem is given to both and they try to solve it separately, find
the probability that the

a) Problem is solved b) Problem is not solved

(4)

C19. Four persons A, B, C, D are able to hit a target 8, 4, 7, 5 times respectively with 10 shots each.
If each of them fires at the target once. What is the probability that the target is hit.
(3)

C20. The odds favouring the survival of a man aged 60 for 20 more years are 2 to 6, and that of a
women aged 50 for 20 more years are 2 to 5. what is the probability that

a) A man aged 60 & his wife aged 50 survive for 20 more years

b) Atleast one of them will survive

(4)

C21. The odds against a person hitting a target are 2 to 7. If he fires twice at the target what is the
probabil-ity that the target is hit.
(3)

C22. A machine has three parts A, B, C, If the probability of the failure of these parts are 0.02, 0.04,
0.01 respectively, and if the maching fails when any of these parts fail, what is the probability
that the machine fails.
(3)

C23. An Urn contains 4 tickets numbered {1, 2, 3, 4} and another Urn contains 6 tickets numbered
{2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9}. If one of the two Urn’s is chossen at randoms and a ticket is drawn from the
chollsen Urn, find the probability that the ticket drawn bears the number

i) 2 or 4 ii) 3 iii) 1 or 9 (5)

C24. A coin is tossed three times. What is the probability of getting

(i) head in all the tosses?

(ii) atleast one head. (3)

C25. Two coins are tossed once. Find the probability of getting i) exactly one head, ii) atleast one
head, iii) No head
(3)

C26. A fair die is thrown twice. What is the probability of occurance of following events?
 a) The sun of the numbers exceeds to 4

b) Sum is divisible by 3

c) Sum is equal to 10

d) both the numbers are even (4)

C27. Two cards are randomly drawn from a pack of playing cards. Find the probability that they are i)
spades, ii) Kings iii) King and a queen, iv) Red coloured
(4)

C28. What is the probability that 3 cards selected from the deck of playing cards.

i) belong to same suit ii) belong to different suits (2)

C29. A problem in mathematics is given to 3 students whose probability of solving is are 1/3, 1/2,1/4
respectively. If all of them independently try, what is the probability that the i) the problem is
solved ii) problems is not solved.
(3)

C30. The contents of 2 Urns are as follows:

Urn I : 4 Red & 6 green balls

Urn II : 2 Red & 8 green balls

One of the Urn is randomly selected and from it a ball is randomly chosen. What is the
probability that it is Red?
(4)

C31. A box contains 20 tickets numbered 0, 1, 2, 3....19. Two tickets are randomly drawn. What is the
chance that the product of numbered drawn is zero?
(2)

C32. What is the chance that a non leap year selected at random contains 53 Sundays?
(2)

C33. If P(AB) = 1/2 and P(B) = 2/3 find P (A/B) (2)

C34. If P(A) = 1/2 P(B) = 1/3 and P(AB) = 1/4. Find P(B/A) and P(AB) (3)

C35. A bag contains 4 white and 3 black and 5 red balls. What is the probability of getting a white or
red ball at random in a single draw?
(3)
C36. Two students X and Y work independently on a problem. The probability that X solve it is 3/4
and the probability that Y will solve it is 2/3. What is the probability that the problem will be
solved?
(3)

C37. Probability of X hitting a target is 1/4. The probability of Y hitting is 1/5. If both fire once. What is
the probability that the target is hit?
(3)

C38. The probability that X and Y will be alive ten more years is 0.5 and 0.8 respectively. What is the
probbility that both of these will be alive ten more years?

(3)

C39. A bag contains 6 white and 9 red balls. Draws of balls each are made from the bag. Find the
probability that the first draw gives 4 white balls and the second draw gives 4 white balls and the
second draw gives 4 red balls in each of the following cases.

i) The balls drawn first are replaced before the second draw is made.

ii) The balls draw first are not replaced before the second draw is made.
(4)

C40. In a city 20% people read the News paper X and 50% people read the newspaper Y and 10%
people read both these news papers. Find the probability that a randomly selected person read
atleast one of these news papers.
(3)

C41. A bag contained 3 white and 6 black balls. Another bag contains 2 white 4 black balls. One of
the bag is randomly selected and from the selected bag a ball is drawn at random. What is the
probability that it is white?
(3)

C42. A husband and wife appeared in an interview for two vac-ancies in the same post. The chance
of husband’s selection is 1/4 and that of wife’s is 1/2 What is the probability that

1) both of them will be selected

2) only one of them will be selected

3) None of them will be selected

4) atleast one of them will be selected. (4)

C43. A box has 20 red and 10 white marbles, another box has 15 red & 15 white marbles. If a marble
is selected at random from one of the boxes. What is the probability that it is a red marble.
(3)

C44. At an electronic plant it is known from past experience that the probability is 0.84 that a new
worker who has attended the company’s training program will meet the production quota and
that the corresponding probability is 0.49 for a new worker who has not attended that training
program. If 70% of all the new workers attend the training program. What is the Probability that
a new worker will meat the production quota.
(3)

C45. A purse contains 10 one Rupee coins & 10 Ten paise coins. another purse contains 5 one
Rupee coins, 10 Ten paise coins & 10 Five paise coins. One of the purse is randomly selected
and from it a coin is randomly selected, what is the probability that it is a a) One rupee coin
b) Five paise coin
(3)

C46. A bag has 5 Red & 7 Blue balls. Another bag has 3 Red & 7 blue balls. A ball is drawn from the
first bag and is placed in the second bag. Then a ball is drawn from the second bag. What is the
probability that it is a Red ball.
(4)

C47. There are 7 Red brewick trylarks on a dealer’s lot. The lot contains 60 cars. Let A be a red car
and B be a brewick trylark. Given that there are 40 Red cars on the lot Find the probability that
the car is a brewick trylark, given the fact that it is a Red car.
(4)

C48. A bag has 8 white, 3 Red, 2 blue balls. One by one balls are drawn from the bag. If the first two
draws result in white balls, find the probability that the Third ball drawn would be white when the
balls are drawn a) Without replacement
b) With replacement.
(5)

C49. A bag contains 6 white & 9 black balls, draws of 4 are made from the bag. Find the Probability
that the first draw gives 4 white balls & the second draw gives 4 black balls in each of the
following cases.

a) The balls drawn first are replaced before the second draw is made

b) The balls drawn first are not replaced before the second draw is made.
(5)
C50. Suppose A & B are events of the same sample space S. Suppose also that probability of (A B)
= 1/4, P (A) = 1/3 and P (B) = 3/4

a) Are events A & B independent events?

b) What is P (B/A)?

c) Are A & B Mutually exclusive events? (3)

C51. Suppose A & B are events of the sample space S. Suppose also that probability of (A/B) = 1/3,
P (A) = 1/3 and P (B) = 1/2

a) Are events A & B independent events?

b) What is P (AB)?

c) Are A & B mutually exclusive events? (3)

C52. A box contains 10 floppy disks, 3 of which are defective 3 disks are drawn at random from this
box without replacement. Events A & B are defined as follows.

A : Atleast 2 of the floppy disks that are drawn are defective.

B : Atleast 1 of the floppy disk is defective

a) What is P (A)? b) What is P (B)?

c) What is P (AB)?

d) Are events A & B.. independent? (4)

C53. A bag contains 7 white, 5 black and 4 red balls. If 2 balls are drawn at random find the
probability that i) both balls are white. ii) one is black and the other red.
(4)

C54. A number is chosen at random from each of the 2 sets. First set has the nos. {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,
8, 9} and the other set has {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9} If p 1 denotes the probability that the sum of
the 2 Nos. be 10 and p2 denote the probability that their sum is 8 find (p 1 + p2).
(4)

C55. Two dies are thrown once. Find the probability that the sum of the numbers on the 2 dies in (i) 8
(ii) atleast 9 iii) atmost-4, iv) between 3 and 6 (inclusive of 3 and 6.
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C56. A denotes a heart card, ‘B’ a face card, A , B their compliments. If a card is drawn at random
from a full deck. Find the probability that (i) either A or B occurs, ii) neither A nor B occurs, iii)
Exactly one of them occurs.
(3)
C57. The face cards are removed from a full deck. Out of the 40 remaining cards 4 are drewn at
random (a) What is the probability that they belong to different suits. b) What is the
probability that they belong to different suits and different denominations?
(4)

C58. The odds against a certain event are 5 to 2 and the adds in favour of another event independent
of the former are 6 to 5. Find the chance that atleast one of the events happens.
(3)

C59. The odds that a book will be favourably reviewed by 3 independent critics are 5 to 2, 4 to 3 and
3 to 4 respectively. What is the probability that of the 3 reviews a majority will be favourable.
(3)

C60. A survey of customers in an auto repair shop showed that 20% were not satisfied with the
service they received. Half the complains dealt with mechanic A. If mechanic A performs 40% of
the jobs in that repair shop, find the probability that a customer will obtain unsatisfactory service,
given that the mechanic was A.
(5)

C61. A company has two machines to produce a particular product. Machine A produces 45% of the
products and machine B produces 55%. The defective rate for machine A is 8% and is 10% for
machine B. If a defective item is observed what is the probability that it was from machine A.
(5)

C62. A police radar gun is 98% accurate, that is it indicates that a car is speeding when the car is
actually is with probability 0.98 and indicates that car is not speeding when it is not with
probability 0.98. Your teenager speeds 75% of the times. If she comes home and tells you that
she got the ticket what is the probability that she was speeding.
(5)

C63. A doctor is to visit a patient and form past experience it is known that the probability that he will
come by Train, Bus or scoter are respectively 3/10, 1/5 & 1/10, the probability that he will come
by some other means of transport being therefore 2/5. If he comes by a train, the probability that
he will be late is 1/4, if by bus is 1/3 & if by scooter is 1/12. If he uses some other means of
transport it can be assumed that he will not be late.

a) What is the chance that he will be late

b) When it is known that he arrived late, what is the probability that he comes by train?
(5)

C64. Three machines X, Y, Z of equal capacities B are producing Bullets. The probability that
machines produce defective Bullets are 0.1 02 & 0.1 respectively, a Bullet is taken at random
 from the days production and is found to be defective. What is the probability that it comes from
machine Y?
(5)

C65. Three urns are given each containing Red and White chips ase indicated

Urn I : 6 Red & 4 white

Urn II : 2 Red & 6 white

Urn III : 1 Red & 8 white

An Urn is chosen at random and a chip us drawn from the Urn. It is found to be Red. Find the
probability that the Urn chosen was

i) Urn 1 ii) Urn II (5)

C66. In factory machine A produces 40% of the output and machine B produces 60%. On an average
9 items in 1000 produced by A are defective and one item in 250 produced by B is defective. An
item drawn at random from a days output is defective, what is the probability that it was
produced by machine A of B?
(7)

C67. In a Bolt factory machines A. B & C manufacture respectively 25%, 35% and 40% of the total.
Of their output 5%, 4% and 2% are defective. A bolt is drawn at random from the product and is
found to be defective. What are the probabilities that it was manufactured by machines B or C.
(7)

C68. There are three boxes A, B,C containing screws, some of which are defective. The proportion of
defective screws in the 3 boxes are 1/4, 1/5 and 1/3. A box is selected at random and a screw is
drawn from it and it was found to be defective. What is the probability that Box A is selected.
(5)

C69. In a bolt factory machines A, B, C manufacture 25%, 35% and 40% of the total, of this output 5,
4, 2 percents are defective bolts. A bolt is drawn at random and found to be defective. What is
the probability that it was manufactured by the machine C?
(5)

C70. A company has 2 plants to manufacture cars plant - 1 manufactures 80% of total cars and plant
2, 20%. At plant-1 85 out of 100 cars are rated as std. quality. At plant-2, 65 out of 100 are rated
as std. quality. What is the probability that a car selected at random came from plant-1?
(5)
C71. There are 3 companies H1, H2, and H3, has six directors each as given below.

H1 : 1 Finance Directors; 2 Ex cutive Director; 3 Directors

H2 : 2 -do- 2 -do- 1 -do-

H3 : 3 -do- 1 -do- 2 -do-

A company is choosend at random and from it two directors are drawn. They are Finance &
executive directors. What is the probability that they came from H 2 or H3

(7)

C72. The chances of X,Y and z becoming principal of a college are 4, 2 and 3. The probability that
malpractices will be allowed by them are 0.3, 0.5 and 0.8. If the malpractice is allowed what is
the probability that the principal appointed is (a) X, (b) Y, (C) Z.
(7)

C73. A box contains 6 red, 4 white & 5 black balls. A person draws 4 balls from the box at random.
Find the Probability that among the balls drawn there is atleast one ball of each colour.
(3)

C74. 3 Groups of children contain respectively 3 girls and 1 boy; 2 girls and 2 boys, 1 girl and 3 boys.
One child is selected at random from each group. Show that the chance that the 3 selected
consist of 1 girl and 2 boys is 13/32
(4)

C75. In a bolt factory machines 1,2 &3 manufacture respectively 25%, 35% and 40% of the total of
their output 15%, 14% and 12% are defective bolt. A bolt is drawn at random from the product is
found to be defective what are probability that it was manufactured by machine 2
(5)

C76. 4 cards are drawn at random from a pack of 52 cards find the probability that

i) they are a king, queen, jack and ace

ii) 2 are king and 2 are ace

iii) All are diamonds

iv) 2 are red and 2 are black

v) there is one card of each suit

vi) 2 cards of clubs and 2 cards of diamonds (6)

C77. The contents of urn’s I, II and III are follows.

 I. 1W, 2B, 3R balls

II. 2W, 1B, 1R balls

III. 4W, 5B, 3R balls

One urn is chosen at random and 2 balls are drawn they happen to be white and red, what is
the probability that they came from urn II.
(5)

C78. A and B are 2 weak students of statistics and their chances of solving a problem correctly are
1/8 and 1/12, If the probability of their making a common mistake is 1/1001 and they obtain the
same answer find the chances that the answer is correct.
(3)

C79. The chances of X, Y, Z becoming managers of a certain company are 4:2:3. The probabilities
that bonus scheme will be introduced if X, Y, Z become managers are 0.3, 0.5 and 0.8
respectively. If the bonus scheme is introduced.

What is the probability that X is appointed as a manager?

(5)

C80. Three boxes B1, B2, B3 contain electric bulbs of which same are defective, the proportion of

defectives are 1/2, 1/8 and 3/4 respectively. A box is relected at random and a bulb is drawn
from it. It is found to be defective. What is the probability that it is defective and is drawn from
B1?
(5)

C81. Find the expectation of number of heads obtained in a toss of 3 coins (3)

C82. Two unbiased dice are thrown once. Find the expected value of sum of the numbers of points
on them.
(3)

C83. Let X be a.r.v. with the following probability distribution.:

X: -3 6 9

p(x) 1/6 1/2 1/3

Find (i) E (x) ii) E (x2) iii) E (2x+1)2 iv) v (4x) (5)

C84. Given the follow data :

X: -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
 p(x): 0.05 0.10 0.30 0.0 0.30 0.15 0.10

compute (i) E(x) ii) E (2x2+3) iii) E (4x-5)2 (5)

C85. A and B enters into a game of throwing a die once. If odd number occurs A wins Rs. 25/- Rs.
25/-, otherwise A losses Rs. 20/-. Find the expectation of A

(2)

C86. If E (x2) = 25 and V (x) = 16, Find E (3x - 2)2 (2)

C87. Find the missing probability in the following distribution and then find the mean and variance:

x 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

p(x) 0.05 0.1 0.2 0.07 0.3 ? 0.15 0.02 (4)

C88. An urn contains 4 white and 2 red marbles. Two marbles are drawn at random from the urn.
Find the expectation of number of red marbles drawn.
(4)

C89. X is a.r.v. with probability distribution:

x: 0 1 2 3

p(x) : 1/3 1/2 1/24 1/8

Find the expected value of Y=(x-1)2. Also find 1 & 2 and comment. (7)

C90. The following is the probability distribution of r.v.x

x: -1 0 1 2 3 4

p(x) : 0.1 0.1 - 0.2 0.1 0.1

Find

a) P(1)

b) Draw probability histogram to the above data

c) Find the distribution function and sketch it

d) Find Mean, variance, moment coefficient of skewness and kurtosis and comment on the
distribution.
(10)

C91. A random variable ‘X’ has the following probability function.

X: -2 -1 0 1 2 3
 P(x-x) 0.1 K 0.2 2K 0.3 K

Find the value of K, evaluate the cumulative distribution function, and find the measures of
skeweness and Kurtosis based on moments.
(7)

C92. The length of time in minutes that a certain lady speaks on the telephone is found to be a
random phenomenon with a probability function as given below.

f(x) = 1/5 e-x/5 x > 0

= 0 otherwise (6)

i) What is the probability that the number of minutes she takes over the phone,

a) more than 10 minutes, b) Less than 5 minutes

c) between 5 and 10 minutes.

ii) Find out the obelage, the lady speaks over the phone & Evaluate E (3x + 4) V (2x).

C93. Compute E(x), E(Y), V(x), V(y), E(xy) and correlation coefficient from the following bivariate
table.

Y
X 10 20

1 0.2 0.1

2 0.3 0.2

3 0.1 0.1
(10)

C94. Compute correlation co-efficient between X &Y from the following table

X 0 10 20

1 0 0.1 0.1

2 0.1 0.2 0.1

3 0.2 0.1 0.1

(10)

C95. Let X & Y be 2 random variable taking 3 values (-1,0,1) and having the joint distribution.
 X -1 1 1
Y1 -1 0 1

-1 0 0.1 0.1

0 0.2 0.2 0.7

1 0 0.1 0.1

i) show that X & Y have different expectation

ii) Find V(X) and V(Y)

iii) Find V (Y/X = 1)

iv) Check whether X & Y are independent

v) Given that Y = o what is the conditional distribution of X

(10)

C96. The jdf of X & Y is given below

 x/y 1 3 9


2 1/8 1/24 1/12

4 1/4 1/4 0

6 1/8 1/24 1/12

i) Find the marginal distributions

ii) Find conditional distribution of Y given X = 2

iii) Find r (x, y)

iv) Are X & Y independent (10)

C97. Examine whether X and Y are independent & Find r (X, Y)

Y/X 2 4


1 0.1 0.15

3 0.2 0.3

5 0.1 0.15
(5)

C98. X &Y are two r v s having the joint pmf roof given by
 p (x,y) = x + 2y ; x = 0,1,2
27 y = 0, 1,2

i) Prepare a bivariate probability distribution table

ii) Find the conditional expectation of Y given X = 2

(5)

C99. The monthly demand for transistors is known to have the following probability distribution

Demand (x) 1 2 3 4 5 6
Probability
P(x) 0.01 0.15 0.20 0.25 0.18 0.12 (5)

Detemine the expected demand for transistors. Also obtain the variance. Suppose that the (c)
cost of producing (x) transistors is given by the rule. C = 10,000 + 500 X. Determine the
expected cost.
(5)

C100. Let (x, y) be a pair of discrete random variable each taking three values, 1,2 and 3 with the
following joint distribution:

Y/X 1 2 3

1 5/27 4/27 2/27

2 1/27 3/27 3/27

3 3/27 4/27 2/27

obtain the marginal probability distributions of X &Y and hence, Find E (X), E (Y) and E (3X -
2X). Also find V (2X - 5)
(5)

C101. (X,Y) has the following distribution

X
Y 0 1 2 3

0 0.05 0.08 0.20 0.10

1 0.10 0.15 0.10 0.05

2 0.02 0.05 0.05 0.05

(5)

Determine E(Y/X = 2) V (Y /X = 2)
C102. Computer 1 and 2 for the following probability distribution and comment on skewness and

Kurtosis of the distribution.

X: -2 -1 -0 1 2 3

P (X) : 0.1 0.10 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1

(10)

C103. Given the following distribution obtain (1) Marginal distribution, 2) Conditional distribution of X
given Y = 2 3) V (X/Y = 2)

Y
X 0 1 2

-1 1/15 3/15 2/15

0 2/15 2/15 1/15

1 1/15 1/15 2/15

(5)

C104. X and Y are jointly distributed random variables with joint pmf P(x, y) = 1/4 at (-3, -5), (-1,-1)
(1,1) (3, 5) Find V (X), V (Y) COV (X, Y), E(X/Y). Are X & Y independent
(8)

C105. The joint pdf of (X Y) is given in the following data

X 1 2 3 4 5
Y

1 1/12 1/24 - 1/24 1/30

2 1/24 1/24 1/24 1/24 1/30

3 1/12 1/24 1/24 - 1/30

4 1/12 - 1/24 1/24 1/30

5 1/24 1/24 1/24 1/24 1/30

Find m’10, m..01, m..20 m..02 m..11 m..20 m02 and r(X,Y)

ii) Are X & Y independent

iii) Find E (X/Y = 1) & E(Y/X = 2) (10)

C106. Evaluate marginal probabilities using the following joint p.d

f(x,y) = 1/4 ; x = 1, y=0

 = 1/4 ; x=2 y=3

= 1/2 ; x=3 y=5

= 0 ; elsewhere (10)

Also compute (i) conditional expectation of X given

1) Y = 3 (2) V(Y/X = 2)

3) r (x,y) (4) Are X & Y independent?

C107. The following is the joint distribution of X & Y

f (0, 1) = 1/27, f (0, 2) = 5/27, f (0, 3) = 6/27

f (1, 1) = 2/27, f (1, 2) = 4/27, f (1, 3) = 4/27

f (2, 1) = 1/27, f (2, 2) = 2/27, f (2, 3) = 2/27

i) Find the marginal distribution

ii) Find E(X/Y = 2) and V(X/Y = 2)

iii) Are X & Y independent

iv) Examine the correlation between X & Y

(10)

SECTION-D

D01. In 8 throws of a die 5 or 6 is considered a success. Find the mean and variance of the number
of success and compute p(x...3)
(3)

D02. During war 3 ships out of 100 were sunk. If 10 ships are out what is the probability that (1)
exactly 3 will arrive safely. (ii) atleast 6 will arrive safely.
(4)

D03. The incident of occupational disease is such that the workers have 20% chance of catching it,
what is the probability that out of 6 workers chosen (i) 4 or more are disease. (ii) atmost 2
catches the disease
(4)

D04. The probability that a patient recovers from a sax blood disease 0.21. If 15 people are known to
have contracted this disease what is the probability that:

a) Atleast 10 survive? b) From 3 to 8 survive? (5)

D05. Find the probability of getting five heads in 12 flips of a balanced coin (3)
D06. Find the probability that seven of ten persons will recover from a tropical disease, given that the
probability is 0.8, that any one of these will recover from the disease.
(3)

D07. A basket ball player hits on seventy-five percent of his shots from the free throw line. What is th
probability that he makes exactly two of his next four free shots?

(3)

D08. If 40% of the rice used in an experiment will become very aggressive within one monute after
having been administered an experimental drug. Find the probability that exactly six of fifteen
rice which have been administered, the drug will become very aggressive in age minute.
(3)

D09. In a certain city, incompatibility is given as the legal reason in 70% of all divorce cases. Find the
probability that 5 of the next 6 divorce cases. ....... in this city will blame incompatible.
(3)

D10. An electrical device consists of five separate units connected in such a manner that it will work
only if all five parts operate successfully. If the probability of successful operation for each part
is 0.9. What is the probability that the device will work? will this probability become if the device
will work provided only four of the five parts operates successfully.
(5)

D11. A automobile safety engineer claims that one in ten automobile accidents is due to driver
fatigue. What is the probability that at least three of five automobile accidents are due to driver
fatigue.
(3)

D12. For a Binomial distribution mean = 12 variance = 10 find the paremeters of the distribution also
find the probability that the variate takes non zero value
(4)

D13. If X is the No. of people who favour a certain proportion in a sample of 20 voters drawn from a
city where 50% of the vote’s X favours a proposition find the mean and variance of the
distribution.
(3)

D14. If X follows a binomial distribution, with parameters 10 and 0.6 find

1) E (x-6) 2) E (X - 6) 3) E (X - 6)2 4) 1 5) 2

10
(5)
D15. The probability that a patient recovers from a heart operation is 0.9 what is the probability that
exactly 5 of next 7 patients survice, after the operation.
(3)

D16. A Urn contains 8 red and 2 black balls. Two balls are drawn at random with replacement. Let X
denote the No.of red balls occured. Find expectation of X, variance of X
(5)

D17. A random committed of 3 is selected from four doctors and two nurses. Find the probability
distribution of the random variable X, representing the No.of doctors on the committe e. Also
find P (2  X  3)
(4)

D18. Six dice are tossed and consider the occurrence of 5 or 6 ...a success. Find the probability of
getting i) three success, ii) atmost three success
(4)

D19. Five coins are tossed 3200 times. Find the probability distribution of the random variable X
denoting the No. of heads. Also obtain the expected frequency distribution.
(5)

D20. Seven unbiassed and coins are tossed and No.of heads are noted. The experiment is repeated
128 times and the following results are obtained. Fit a binomial distribution and obtain the
expected frequencies.

No.of
Heads (x) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Frequency 7 6 17 35 30 23 7 3 (5)

D21. A set of six similar coins are tossed 640 times and the following results are obtained

No. of
Head(X) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6

Frequency 7 64 140 210 130 75 12

Fit a binomial distribution assuming that the nature of the coin is unknown

(7)
D22. It is known that the probability of an item produced by a certain machine will be defective is
0.01. Calculate the probability that a random sample of 100 items will contain no more than 1
defective
(3)

D23. A hospital switch board receives an average of 4 emergency calls in a 10 minutes interval.

a) What is the probability that there are at the most 2 emergency calls in 10 minutes interval

b) There are exactly 3 emergency calls in 10 minutes

c) Atleast 4 calls in 10 minutes interval. (6)

D24. Assuming that the chance of a traffic accident in a City of Delhi is 0.001 on how many days out
of 1000 days can we expect no accidents and more than 3 accidents.
(3)

D25. Fit a Poisson distributon to following data w.r.t. No.of. R.B.C.s per cell

No. of
R.B.C.0 1 2 3 4

No.of
cells 142 156 69 27 5

(5)

D26. If the number of mistakes made by a typist follows a Poisson distribution with mean 3, what is
the chance that he/she

i) makes 2 mistakes, ii) makes atleast 2 mistakes

(4)

D27. The number of accidents occurring in a factory in a year is a Poission variate with mean 5. Find
the probability that.

i) more than 2 accidents take place

ii) more than 4 accidents occur in 1 year

(4)

D28. A receptionist at an office receives on an average 3 telephone calls between 10 a.m. and 10.05
a.m. Find the probability that on a particular day

i) she does not receive any call

ii) she receives atleast 2 calls

(4)
D29. At 10.00 a.m. there is a city bus service. The number of passengers getting in at the 1st stop is
a Poisson variate with parameter 6. What is the probability that on a particular day none of them
gets in at the bus in the stop. On how many days of an year would you expect this to happen.
(4)

D30. On an average 3 street lights of a municipality fails every day. Find the standard deviation of
number of failure per day and probability that atleast one light fails per day.
(4)

D31. On an average 1% of the pins are defective. If the box contains 300 pins, find the probability
that the box has

i) atleast 1 defective pin

ii) more than 3 defective pins (4)

D32. On an average 1 in every 50 valves manufactured by a firm is substandard. If the valves are
supplied in packers of 20 each

i) Find the probability that the packets will contain atleast 1 substandard valve

ii) In how many of a lot of 1000 packets would you expect substandard valves.

(4)

D33. Using the following data fit a Poisson distribution and find the expected frequencies

No.of Printing
Mistakes 0 1 2 3 4 5
No.of days 42 33 14 6 4 1 (5)

D34. The following is the distribution of daily sales of television sets in a shop, Fit a
poissondistribution and hence find the theoretical frequency.

No. of sets
sold 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
No. of days 18 43 45 28 12 5 0 (5)

D35. For a Possion distribution P (3) = P (4) find the mean and standard deviation and compute p(x 
3)
(4)

D36. In a Poisson distribution P (2) = 4 P (3), find P (4), P (X...3) and moment coefficient of skewness
and kurtosis.
(4)
D37. It is known that five percent of the books, bound at a certain bind-ery, have defective bindings.
Find the probability that two of hundred books bound by this binding will have defective bindings
using.

a) The formula for binomial distribution.

b) The Poisson approximation to the binomial distribution (5)

D38. A five Insurance Company has 3840 policy holders. If the probability it is (1/1200) that any one
of the policy holders will file atleast one claim in any given year. Find the probabilities that 0, 1,
2, 3, of the policy holders will file atleast one claim in a given years. Also draw probability
histogram of the above Poisson distribution.
(7)

D39. The probability that a person who takes a certain drug would have an uncomfortable reaction is
(0.002). Let X be the No.of persons who suffer such reactions in any sample of 1000 persons
who have taken the drug. Find (i) P (X = 1) ii) P (X > 0) iii) P (X  3) iv) P (3 < X  5)
(5)

D40. The average of customers who appear at a window of a certain bank per minute during working
hours is 1. Find the probability that during a given minute.

1. E.No customer appears

2. Three or more customers appear (4)

D41. Customers arrive at a departmental of store at the rate of five per hour for male customers and
10 per hr. for female customers. If arrival in each case following a Poisson process. Calculate
the probability that.

i) atmost four male customer, and

ii) Almost 4 female customers will arrive in 30 mt. period (5)

D42. If the probability is 0.005 that any one person attending a parade on a very hot day, will suffer
from heat exhaustion, what is the probability that 3 of the 3000 persons attending the parade will
suffer from heat exhaustion?
(4)

D43. If a Bank receives on the average 6 bad cheques per day. What are the probabilities that it will
receive

i) four bad cheques on any given day

ii) 10 bad cheques on any two consecutive day. (4)

D44. In the inspection of ten plates by a contains electrodytic process, 0.2 imperfcation is spotted on
an average per minute. Find the probabilities of spolting (1) One imperfection in 3 mts. ii) Atleast
two imperfection in 5 mts.
(4)

D45. Fit a Poisson distribution to the given data and also calculate the expected f requencies.

No. of
deaths (X) 0 1 2 3 4

Frequency 122 60 1 2 1 (5)

D46. Fit a poission distribution with suitably estimated parameters for the following data representing
the No.of mis prints per page on the final proof of a certain text.

No.of
misprints 0 1 2 3 4

No.of pages 32 45 15 7 1 (5)

D47. If a boy is throwing stones at a target, what is the probability that his 10th throw is his 5th hit, if
the probability of hitting the target at any trial is o.5
(3)

D48. A scientist needs 3 diseased rabbits for an experiment, he inoculates them one at a time with a
serum, quitting if and when he gets 3 positive reactions. If probability of 0.25 that the rabbit can
contract the disease from the serum. What is the probability that the scientist is able to get the
3rd diseased rabbit from the 20.
(3)

D49. A student has taken a five answer multiple choice examination orally. He continues to answer
questions until he 5 correct answers. What is the probability that he gets them on the 25th
question, if he guesses at each answer.
(3)

D50. A basket has 12 mangoes out of which 7 are ripe, 3 mangoes are randomly picked for eating.
Find the expected number of ripe mangoes among the picked ones if they are selected without
replacement, also find the probability that all the picked mangoes are ripe.
(4)

D51. A pond has 123 fishes out of which 14 are marked ones (i.e. under scientific observation). If 4
fishes are caught, find probability distribution of X, where X is the number of marked ones, also
find the mean and variance.
 (5)

D52. A taxi cab company has 12 ambassadors and 8 fiats. If 5 of these taxies are in the shop for
repairs and the ambassador is likely to be repaired as a fiat, what is the probability that

i) 3 are ambassadors and 2 are fiats

ii) atleast 3 of them are ambassadors

iii) all 5 are of the same make (5)

D53. If the probability of a target being destroyed in any one shot is 0.5. what is the probability that it
will be destroyed at the 6th attempt. (3)

D54. A couple decide to have children until they have a male child, what is the probability distribution
of the number of children they would have if the probability of male child is 1/3

i) what is the probability that the 6th child is a male child.

ii) how many children are they expected to have before the 1st male child is born.
(5)

D55. Given the hypothetical distribution fit a negative binomial distribution & obtain the expected
frequencies.

X 0 1 2 3 4 5

Frequency 213 128 037 018 003 001 (6)

D56. The number of accidents (K) among 414 machine operations (f) was investigated for three
successive months. The following table gives the distribution of the operators which happened
to the same operator. Fit the distribution of the type

v
P(x = k) = (-1)k (- ) (p)v (q)k, k = 0, 12 v > o, q = 1-p o < p < 1
k

K 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
observed
frequency 296 74 26 8 4 4 1 0 1

D57. The following distribution relates to the number of accidents to 650 women working on highly
explosive sheels during 5 weeks period, obtain the expected frequencies by fitting a N. B.O. to
the following data.

No.of
ac-cidents : 0 1 2 3 4 5
 Frequency 450 132 41 22 3 2 (6)

D58. Fit a negative - Binomial distribution & compute expected frequencies for the data given below.

X : 0 1 2 3 4 5

£ : 213 128 37 18 3 1 (6)

D59. Find the probability that a person tossing coins will get either heads or all tails for the second
time on the fifth toss.
(3)

D60. The probability that a person living in a certain city owns a dog is estimated to be 0.3 Find the
probability that the tenth person randomly interviewed in this city is the 5th one to own a dog
(3)

D61. If a nunter is shooting at a target, what is the probability that 5th five is the 2nd hit, given the
probability of hitting the target at any trial is 0.20?
(3)

D62. Suppose the probability is 0.8 that any given person will believe a tale about file after death.
What is the probability

a) The sixth person to hear this tale is the fourth one to believe it? (4)

D63. Find the probability that a person flipping a coin gets

a) the third head on the seventh flip

b) the first head on the fourth flip (4)

D64. A hunter is shooting at a target and the probability of hitting the target at any trial is 0.40. what is
the probability that 5th fire is the 2nd hit. (3)

D65. If a boy is throwing stones at a target. What is the probability that his 10th throw is his 4th hit if
the probability of hitting the target in any trial is 0.6
(3)

D66. A scientist needs four diseased rabbits for an experiment. He has 30 rabbits available and
inculates them one at a time with serum quitting if and when gets 4 positive reactions. If the
probability is 0.35 that a rabbit can contact the disease from the serum, what is the probability
that the scientist is able to get 4 diseased rabbits from 30?
(4)
D67. Find the probability that a person flipping a balanced coin requires 4 tosses to get a head
(3)

D68. In a family, the probability of birth of a male child a 3/5 what is the probability that a family has 3
female children before they get a first male child.
(3)

D69. If the probability that a target in any one shot is 0.6. What is the probability that it will be
destroyed at 5th attempt.
(3)

D70. An interview was conducted to recruit many workers for a new factory. Suppose the chance of
selection for each candidate is 0.4. Let the R.V. ‘X’ denotes the number of candidates
interviewed before the first offer is made. Obtain the p.m.f. of X and name the distribution. Also
determine.

a) the probability that the first offer will be made to the fifth candidate.

b) The probability that the third offer will be made to tenth candidate.
(6)

D71. Given a normal distribution with mean = 50 and standard deviation = 8. Find the probability that
X assumes a value between 34 and 62.
(2)

D72. For a normal distribution with mean = 200 and S.D. = 25, find the probability that X assumes a
value between 200 and 260. Find the probability that X is greater than 240.
(4)

D73. Given a Normal distribution with mean = 50 and S.D. = 13 Find the value of X that has - (a)
13% of the area to its left : b) 14% of the area to its right.
(4)

D74. The accounts of a certain departmental store has an average balance of Rs. 120/- and S.D. =
Rs. 40/-. Assuming that the account balances are normally distributed. a) what proportion of
accounts is over Rs. 150/- d) what proportion is between 100 and 150; (c) between 60 and 90.
(6)

D75. The distribution of monthly income of 3000 workers of a factory follows normal law with mean =
900 and S.D. = 100. Find

a) percentage of workers with income greater than Rs. 800

 b) percentage of workers having on income less than Rs. 600. (4)

D76. 1200 students took an exam. The mean marks is 53% and S.D. = 15%. Assume normal
distribution of marks.

a) if 50% marks are required for passing, find how many students are expected to score
greater than 50%

b) if only 40% of students are required to be promoted what are the marks for promotion.
(5)

D77. A die is tossed 120 times. Find the probability that the face of 4 will turn up. a) 18 times or less
b) 14 times or less; assuming that the die is a fair one
(4)

D78. A machine produce bolts which are 10% defective. Find the probability that in a sample of 400
bolts produced a) utmost 30 b) between 30 & 50: c) between 35 & 45; d) 55 or more of the bolts
are defective.
(6)

D79. The local authorities in a certain city installed 10,000 lamps in the streets. If these lamps have
and average life of 1000 hours with S.D. = 200 hours, assuming normality find the number of
lamps that might be expected to fall. a) in the first 800 hours. b) between 800 & 1200 hours
(4)

D80. A coin is tossed 400 times. Use the normal curve to find the probability of getting

a) between 185 and 200 heads

b) Exactly 205 heads (5)

D81. In a normal distribution 7% of the items are below 35 and 87% of the items are below 63. Find
mean and varience of the distribution.
(5)

D82. Given a normal distribution with mean 50 and standard deviation 10. Find P (45 < X < 62)
(2)

D83. If a set of observations are normally distributed what percentage of these differ from the mean
by

a) more than 1.3 b) less than 0.52 (4)

D84. The average daily sale of 500 branch offices was Rs. 1,50,000 and standard deviation of Rs.
15,000. Assuming distribution to be normal. How many branches have sales between a) Rs.
1,20,000 and Rs. 1,45,000 b) Rs. 1,40,000 and Rs. 1,65,000
(4)

D85. X is a normal variate with mean 2 and standard deviation 3. Describe the distribution of y = ½ x-
1 and find P (Y)
(4)

D86. The log10 x is normally distributed with mean 4 and variances 4, Find the probability of 202 < x <

83180000
(3)

D87. Log10 x follows normal with mean 7 and variance 5 and log 10 y follows normal with mean 3 and

variance 1. If x & y are independently distributed. Find

p [1202 < x/y < 83180000] (4)

D88. Find a normal distribution in which N 1000 and mean = 40, S.D. = 8. Find 1st quartile, 2nd
quartile, semi-inter quartile range and mean deviation
(4)

D89. The local authority of a certain city initiated 2000 electric lamps in a street of a city. If the lamps
have an average life o 1000 burning hrs. With a standard deviation of 200 hrs. (a) What No.of
lamps may be expected to fail in the 1st 700 hrs. b) (i) After what period of burning has 10% of
the lamps failed. (ii) 10% of the lamps would be still burning Assume that the life of the lamps
are normally distribution
(6)

D90. Obtain the equation of normal curve that may fitted to the following data. Also obtain the
expected normal frequency.

C.I 60.65 65-70 75-80 80-85 85-90 90-95 95-100

f.r. 3 21 150 335 326 135 26 4

D91. Fit a normal distribution to the following data and obtain expected frequencies. Draw observed
frequencies and expected frequencies on the same graph.

C.I 0-9 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70-79 80-89

fr 01 05 22 25 37 24 30 08 05
D92. Fit a normal distribution for the following data of heights in cms. of 200 Indian Adult males and
obtain theoritical frequencies.

C.I. f

144 - 150 01

150 - 156 12

156 - 162 23

162 - 168 52

168 - 174 61

174 - 180 39

180 - 186 10

D93. The distribution of height of 85 students of a class is given by the following frequency table.
(6)

Height
(in cms) 140-144 145-149 150-154 155-159 160-164 165-169 170-174
No. of
students 3 10 22 23 17 8 2

Fit a normal distribution and draw frequency curves of the observed frequencies as well as
expected frequencies on the same graph.

D94. The following table gives base ball throws for a distance by 303 first year high school girls.
(6)

Distance in feet No. of girls Distance in feet No.of girls

15 and under 25 1 75 and under 85 64

25 and under 35 2 85 and under 95 44

35 and under 45 7 95 and under 105 31

45 and under 55 25 105 and under 115 27

55 and under 65 35 125 and under 125 4

65 and under 75 53 135 and under 145 1

Fit a normal distribution and draw frequency curves of the observed frequency exies and expected
frequencies on the same graph.