Paper Code: AIML 209 (Probability, Statistics and Linear Algebra)

Test Series-1 ( Baye’s Rule, Conditional Probability, Multinomial distribution)

Suppose 5 men out of 100 and 25 women out of 1000 are good orator. An orator is
chosen at random. Find the probability that a male person is selected. Assume that there
Q1.
are equal number of men and women.
Ans: 2/3
A card from a pack of 52 cards is lost. From the remaining cards of the pack, two cards are
Q2. drawn and are found to be hearts. Find the probability of the missing card to be a heart.
Ans: 11/50
An insurance company insured 2000 scooter drivers, 4000 car drivers and 6000 truck
drivers. The probability of an accident involving a scooter driver, car driver and truck
Q3.
driver is 0.01, 0.03 and 0.15 respectively. One of the insured person meets with an
accident. What is the probability that he is a truck driver.
Variate X has p.d.f 𝑓 𝑥 = 𝑒 −𝑥 , 𝑥 ≥ 0. Use Chebyshev’s inequality to show that
Q4.
𝑃 𝑥 − 1 > 2 < 0.25 and show that the actual probability is 𝑒 −3 .
A bag contains 5 red balls, 4 white balls and 3 blue balls. A ball is drawn random from the
box, its colour is noted, and then the ball is replaced. Find the probability that out of 6
Q5.
balls selected in this manner 3 are red, 2 are white and 1 is blue.
Ans: 625/5184
An urn contains 12 black, 9 red, 6 white and 3 blue balls. 10 balls are drawn at random:
i) Without replacement
ii) With replacement
Q6.
What is the probability that there are 2 black, 3 red, 5 white and no blue balls in each
case?
Ans: 0.001, 0.087