Correlation & regression

1. If increase in one variable x effect decrease in another variable y then correlation is

a) Positive
b) Negative
c) Linear
d) None of these
2. If increase in one variable x causes increase in another variable y then correlation is
a) Positive
b) Negative
c) Linear
d) None of these
3. The range of coefficients of correlation is
a) 0≤ 𝑟 ≤ 1
b) -1≤ 𝑟 ≤ 1
c) 0≤ 𝑟 ≤ ∞
d) −∞ ≤ 𝑟 ≤ ∞
4. If coefficient of correlation between two series x & y is equal to ±1 then relationship
between x & y is
a) Weak
b) Strong
c) Positive
d) None of these
5. The coefficient of correlation between two variables x & y is
( , )
a)
( , )
b) σ2y
( , )
c)
( , )
d)
6. If coefficient of correlation r=0 for given series x & y then
a) The relationship between x & y is very strong
b) The relationship between x & y is weak
c) The relationship between x & y is linear
d) None of these
7. The cov(x,y) for the variables x & y is given by
x y
a) ∑𝑥 𝑦 -

b) ∑𝑥 𝑦 - x y
 c) ∑ 𝑥 𝑦 - x y
x y
d) ∑ 𝑥 𝑦 -
8. If is constant then relationship between x & y is
a) Linear
b) non Linear
c) positive
d) negative
9. The line of regression y on x is given by
a) y- y = r (x- x )

b) x- x =r (y- y )

c) y- y = r (x- x )
d) None of these
10. The line of regression x on y is given by
a) X- x = r (y- y )

b) X- x = r (y- y )

c) y- y = r (x- x )
d) None of these
11. If byx and bxy are regression coefficient y & x respectively then coefficient of correlation
r(x,y) is
a)
b) bxy+ bxy
c) ± 𝑏 𝑏
d) None of these
12. The slope bxy on regression line x on y is
a) r

b) r

c) r
d) r
13. The slope byx on regression line y on x is
a) r
b) r
 c) r
d) None of these
14. If 𝜃 is acute angle between the regression line y on x & regression line x on y then 𝜃 is
a) (1 − 𝑟) σ2y

b) σ2y

c) (1 − 𝑟2) σ2y

d) None of these
15. The two lines of regression of the variables x & y are x=19.13-0.87y, y=11.64-0.50x then
mean x and y are

a) x =15.93, y =3.673

b) x =2.73, y =15.01

c) x =14.98, y =13.3
d) None of these
16. If cov(x,y)=14.35, 𝜎 =4.05, 𝜎 =4.2 then coefficient of correlation is
a) 0.73 b) 0.95 c) 0.62 d) 0.85

17. If the coefficient of correlation between x&y is 0.6, 𝜎 =2.9166=σ2y then cov(x,y) is
a) 0.8 b) 1.2 c) 1.75 d) 1.48
18. If the coefficient of correlation between x&y is 0.9941 and 𝜎 =9.883, 𝜎 =9.14 then
regression coefficient x and y is
a) 4.012 b) 1.074 c) 4.042 d) 4.34
19. For the series bxy=-1.3, byx=-0.65 and x =6, y =8 then regression line y on x is
a) Y=0.3x+8
b) Y=-0.2x+2.3
c) Y=-0.65x+11.9
d) Y=4.2x+12.8
20. If n=5, ∑ 𝑥 𝑦 =214, x =6, y =8 then covariance of x and y is
a) 3.4 b) -2.8 c) -3.4 d) -5.2
21. If x =32, y =38 and regression coefficient y and x is -0.664 then regression line y on x is
a) Y=-0.664x+59.24
b) Y=-0.23x+42.2
c) Y=0.23x+42.23
d) None of these
22. For the distribution in which 𝜎 =4 , 𝜎 =4 and regression coefficient y on x is 0.32 then
coefficient of correlation is
a) 0.6 b) 0.911 c) 0.711 d) 0.834
23. Given the information
x y
Arithmetic mean 8.2 12.4
S.D. 6.2 20
The coefficient of correlation between x&y is 0.9, then regression of coefficient of x on y is

a) bxy=0.490
b) bxy=0.340
c) bxy=0.279
d) bxy=0.321
24. Given
x y
Arithmetic mean 18 100
S.D. 14 20
The coefficient of correlation r=0.8, the line of regression of y on x is
a) Y= 1.413x+79.421
b) Y=2.130x+24.122
c) Y=2.23x+25.133
d) None of these
25. The regression of coefficient of x on y and y on x are b xy= ,byx= , then coefficient of
correlation ‘r’ is
a) 0.8 b)0.91 c)0.7 0.6
26. If the two lines of regression are 9x+y-𝜆=0 and 4x+y=𝜇 and x =2 , y =-3 then values of 𝜆
and 𝜇 are
a) 𝜆 = 4 ,𝜇=3
b) 𝜆 =-15, 𝜇=5
c) 𝜆 = 15 ,𝜇=5
d) 𝜆 = 5 ,𝜇=15
27. If bxy=0.11 and byx=-4 then coefficient of correlation is
a) 0.82 b) 0.912 c) 0.720 d) 0.663
28. The equations of lines of regression y on x is
( , )
a) (y- y )= (x- x )
( , )
b) (y- y )= (x- x )
 ( , )
c) (y- y )= (x- x )

d) None of these
29. The equations of lines of regression x on y is
( , )
a) (x- x )= (y- y )
( , )
b) (x- x )= (y- y )
( , )
c) (x- x )= (y- y )

d) None of these
30. The regression lines are 9x+y=15 and 4x+y=5 then coefficient of correlation r(x,y) is
a) 0.66 b) 0.76 c) 0.89 d) 0.43
31. Given bxy =0.84,byx=0.48 and 𝜎 =1.791 then value of r(x,y) and 𝜎 is
a) r=0.92, 𝜎 =-3.3
b) r=0.63, 𝜎 =2.366
c) r=0.502, 𝜎 =4.32
d) None of these
32. The line of regression y on x is 8x-10y+66=0 and x on y is 40x-18y-214=0 the value of
variance of x is 9 then 𝜎 is equal to
a) 3 b)5 c)8 d)4
33. Given the data x =24.571, y =24.857 and bxy =1.0749 then by using lines of regression x
on y the most probable value of x when y=29.5 is
a) 29.56 b) 15.5 c) 14.5 d) None of these

1. If x1,x2,…xn are n observations and f1,f2,…fn are their corresponding

frequencies, then arithmetic mean is given by
a) ∑ 𝑓 𝑥
∑
b)
∑
c) ∑

d) ∑ 𝑓 𝑥
2. The arithmetic mean of sum of first 100 natural nos. is
a) 50
b) 49.5
c) 51.5
d) 50.5
3. The middle most value of the data when arranged in ascending order of
magnitude is called
a) Mean
b) Median
c) Mode
d) Geometric mean
4. The frequency of the median class for the following distribution is
Marks Below Below Below Below Below Below Below Below
obtained 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80

No. of 249
15 35 60 84 94 127 198
students

a) 84 b)94 c)60 d)33

5. The median for the first 50 natural nos. is
a) 25 b) 26 c)25.5 d)26.5
6. The most repeated option is called as
a)mean b)mode c)median d)Harmonic mean

7. Which of the following measures of central tendancy is multivalued

function?
a) Mode
b) Median
c) Mean
d) Harmonic mean
8. The square of standard deviation is called
a) Variance
b) Kurtosis
c) Skewness
d) Correlation
9. The coefficient of variation is given by
a)
 b) 100
∑
c)
∑
d) 100
10.Moments about mean are known as
a) Central moments
b) Raw moments
c) Variance
d) None of these
11.Moments about any point of observations different from mean is known as
a) Central moments
b) Raw moments
c) Variance
d) None of these
12.The rth central moment for x1,x2,…xn is given by
∑( ̅)
a)
∑( ̅)
b)
∑ ∑( )
c) d)
13.The rth raw moment about A for x1,x2,…xn is given by
a) ∑(𝑥 – 𝐴)
∑( ̅)
b)
∑( )
c)
∑
d)
14.Which of the following moment is equal to variance?
a) 𝜇 b) 𝜇 c) 𝜇 d) 𝜇
15. Which of the following relation is correct?
a) 𝜇 =𝜇 -𝜇
b) 𝜇 =𝜇 +(𝜇 )2
c) 𝜇 =𝜇
d) 𝜇 =𝜇 -(𝜇 )2
16.By W.F.Sheppard, the corrected formula for 𝜇 is
a) 𝜇 = 𝜇 -
b) 𝜇 =𝜇
c) 𝜇 = 𝜇 +
d) None of these
17.By W.F.Sheppard, the corrected formula for 𝜇 is
a) 𝜇 =𝜇 -

b) 𝜇 =𝜇 - 𝜇

c) 𝜇 =𝜇 - 𝜇 +

d) 𝜇 =𝜇 + 𝜇
18.The formula for skewness is given by
( )
a) Skewness=
( )
b) Skewness=
( )
c) Skewness=
d) None of these
19.The value of coefficient of skewness (𝛽) is
a) b) c) d)
20.The coefficient of kurtosis 𝛽2 is given by
a) b) c) d)
21.The curve which is flatter than normal is called as
a) Platykurtic b) mesokurtic c)leptokurtic d) None of these
22.The curve which is more peaked than normal curve is called
a) Platykurtic b)mesokurtic c)leptokurtic d) None of these
23.For leptokurtic curve, 𝛽2 and 𝛾2 are
a) 𝛽2<3, 𝛾2<0
b) 𝛽2>3, 𝛾2<0
c) 𝛽2<3, 𝛾2>0
d) 𝛽2>3, 𝛾2<0
24.For the platykurtic curve the value of 𝛽2 is
a) 𝛽2=3 b) 𝛽2<3 c) 𝛽2>3 d) 𝛽2=0

25.If 𝜇 =-1.5 and 𝜇 =17, then the values of 𝜇 & 𝜇 respectively are
a) 0,1 b)14.75,0 c)0, 14.75 d)2, 14.75

26.If 𝜇 =0, 𝜇 =14.75 & 𝜇 =39.75 then the value of 𝛽1 is

a)4.926 b)0.567 c)0.4926 d)49.26

27. The first four moments of the distribution about origin are -1.5,17,-30 and

108 then the value of mean is

a) -1.5 b)17 c)-30 d) None of these
27.Consider the following distribution
𝑥 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5

𝑓 4 36 60 90 70 40 10

The value of 𝜇 is
a) 0 b)1 c)0.166 d)5
28.For distribution in above example(Q.27) if ∑ 𝑓 𝑢 =204 then the value of 𝜇
is
a) 658 b)0. 658 c) 6.58 d)123
29.If the first four moments of the distribution about the value 5 are 2,20,40
and 50 then the standard deviation is
a) 5 b)2 c)16 d) 4
30.If the standard deviation=4, 𝜇 =-64 ,then the coefficient of skewness is
a) 1 b)2 c)0.5 d)4
31.For variables x and y if =constant then the correlation is known as
a) Positive b)negative c)linear d) constant
32.Which of the following relation is correct?
a) r=bxy.byx b) r2=bxy.byx c) √𝑟=bxy.byx d)
33.The mean values of x and y if lines of regression are 8x-10y+66=0,
40x -18y-214=0 are
 a) 𝑥̅ =13,𝑦=17
b) 𝑥̅ =17,𝑦=13
c) 𝑥̅ =10,𝑦=5
d) 𝑥̅ =-13,𝑦=17
34.If the equation of regression line is 8x-10y+66=0, then the value of byx is
a) b) c) d)
35.If 𝑥̅ =18,𝑦=100, 𝜎x=14, 𝜎y=20 and r=0.8 the equation of regression line y on x
is
a) Y=1.413x
b) Y=1.413x+5
c) Y=1.413x+79.421
d) Y=79.421x+1.413

PROBABILITY
1. If three coins are tossed simultaneously then probability of getting at least two heads is
a)
b)
c)
d)
2. From a well shuffled 52 cards, two cards are drawn at random, the probability of getting
both heart is
a)
b)
c)
d)
3. The probabilities of a problem being solved by three students are , and then the
probability that problem being solved is
a)
b)
c)
d)
4. If the events A and B such that P( A )=0.3,P( B )=0.4 and P( A  B )=0.5 then value of
(
P B A  B ) is
a)
b)
c)
d)
5. A random variable is said to be continuous random variable if
a) It can take any value in a given interval
b) It can take only integer values
c) It can take only odd positive integer values
d) None of these.

6. The randon variable x has the following probability distribution

x -2 -1 0 1 2
P(x) k 0.3 2k 0.2 0.2

Then value of k is
a) 1
b) 0.1
c) 0.2
d) 0.3
7. Four coins are tossed simultaneously then expectations to get number of heads is
a) 2
b) 4
c) 3
d) 0
8. The probability that a missile will strike the target is . If six missiles are fired then
probability that exactly two will strike the target is
a) 0.324
b) 0.246
c) 2.4
d) 0.316
9. If the random variable x follows Poisson’s distribution such that P(x=1)= P(x=2) then
value of 𝜆 in is
!
a) 4
b) 3
c) 2
d) 1
10. If x is a Poisson’s variate such that P(x=0)=0.2,then value of varience is
a) log5
b) log3
c) log0.2
d) log2
11. The dice are trown simultaneously then probability of getting a source of at least 10
points is
a)
b)
c)
d)
12. A probability of three students whose chance of solving a problem is given as , ,
respectively then probability that the problem is solved is
a)
b)
c)
d)
13. An unbaised coin is trown 10 times then probability of getting exactly six heads is
10
a) c6 ( )6 ( )6
10
b) c6 ( )6 ( )4
10
c) c4 ( )6 ( )4
10
d) c4 ( )4 ( )6
14. The mean of the binomial distribution with n trials and p is the probability of the success
is
a)
b)
c) np
 d) npq
15. The standard deviation 𝜎 for binomial distribution is
a) npq
b) 𝑛𝑝
c) 𝑛𝑝𝑞
d) np
16. The mean and varience of the binomial distribution is 6 and 2 respectively then the
value of n is
a)
b)
c) 6
d) 9
17. In binomial distribution probability of ‘r’ success in ‘n’ trials is
a) ncr qr pr-n
b) ncr pr qr-n
c) ncr pn-r qn
d) None of these
18. If the probability of success is very small number of trials are very large then we
normally use
a) Normal distribution
b) Binomial distribution
c) Poisson’s distribution
d) None of these
19. The probability of ‘r’ success at each trial is given by the formula(z=np)
a)
!

b)
!

c)
!
d) None of these
20. If x is a normal variate with mean 𝜇 and standard deviation 𝜎 then the probability
density function of a normal variate is
( )
a) P(x)= 𝑒
√
( )
b) P(x)= 𝑒
√
( )
c) P(x)= 𝑒
d) None of these
 ( )
21. For the normal distribution ,f(x)= 𝑒 the value of integral ∫ 𝑓(𝑥)𝑑𝑥 is
√
a) 0.5
b)
c) 1
d) 0
22. If x is normal with mean 50 and variance 100 then P(30<x<40) is
a) 0.1349
b) 0.1539
c) 0.231
d) 0.2731
23. If x is normally distributed .The mean of x is 15 and standard deviation is 3.Given
z=1,A=0.3413, then P(x≥18) is
a) 0.62
b) 0.15
c) 0.76
d) 0.25
24. If x is normal variable with mean 𝜇 and standard deviation 𝜎 then random variable z is
a) x-𝜇
b)
c)
d) None of these
25. For a normal distribution with mean x =1, standard deviation 𝜎 is 3 then probability of
the interval(-3.43<x<6.19) is
a) 0.16
b) 0.24
c) 0.74
d) 0.32
26. The average test marks in a particular class is 59 with S.D. is 9. If the marks are normally
distributed, the number of students in a class of 70 received marks below 50 are
a) 15
b) 20
c) 21
d) 24
 Answers:

1-b 2-a 3-b 4-b 5-a 6-b 7-b 8-a 9-c 10-b
11-c 12-d 13-a 14-b 15-a 16-d 17-c 18-b 19-c 20-d
21-a 22-c 23- 24-a 25-d 26-c 27-d 28- 29-a 30-a
31-b 32-d 33-a 34-b 35-c

Answers: Probability:

1-c 2-c 3-d 4- 5-a 6-b 7-a 8-b 9-c 10-a

11-a 12-c 13-b 14-c 15-c 16-d 17-b 18-c 19-a 20-b
21-c 22-a 23-b 24-c 25-a 26-d