First Term Examination-2080

Level: BCA Second Year/ Third Semester

Sub: Probability and Statistics, CAST-202

Name:……………………………….. Roll No.:……

Section A
Attempt ALL the questions. (1x10=10)
Circle (O) the correct answer among the given options.

1. In which measure all the observations are taken into consideration?

a. Mean c. Mode
b. Median d. Partition values

2. What is the value of algebraic sum of deviation of a given set of observations from their
AM.?
a. 0 c. n
b. 1 d. n(m+1)

3. In which one is the relative measure of dispersion?

a. MD c. SD
b. QD d. CV

4. What type of correlation exists between income and expenditure?

a. Negative c. Positive
b. No d. None of these

5. When correlation coefficient between two variables is 0 then what will be two variables?
a. Dependent c. Increasing
b. Independent d. Decreasing

6. What is the probability that a leap year selected at random contains 53 Monday?
a. 1/7 c. 1
b. 2/7 d. 0
7. In binomial distribution n=10 and p=1/5 then what will be Mean and Variance?
a. 2&8/5 c. 2&1/5
b. 10&1/5 d. 10&8/5

8. First quartile of 2,5,7,1,9,6 is:

a. 1.5
b. 1.25
c. 2.5
d. 2.25

9. Mean of poisson distribution is:

a. 2λ c. λ
b. np d. npq

10. How do you obtain degree of freedom in one-way ANOVA?

a. (k, n-1) c. (k-1, n-1)
b. (k, n-k) d. (k-1, n-k)
 First Term Examination-2080
Time: 3 Hrs
Level: BCA Second Year/ Third Semester F.M:60
Sub: Probability and Statistics, CAST-202 P.M:24
Candidates are required to give their answers in their own words as for as practicable. The figures in the
margin indicate full marks.
Section B
SHORT QUESTIONS:
Attempt any SIX questions. (6x5=30)
1. Describe scope and limitation of Statistics.
2. Determine D7 and P20 from following data:
Marks 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70

No of students 11 17 22 15 8 3

3. Calculate Karl Pearson’s correlation coefficient from the following data:

Sales 43 41 36 34 50
Expenses 10 22 13 19 17

4. Estimate the marks in statistics when the marks in mathematics is 70 by using following
data:
statistics 30 35 41 49 58
mathematics 60 66 73 80 92

5. Fit Poission Distribution from the following data.

No of heads 0 1 2 3 4
Frequency 28 62 46 20 4

6. Find coefficient of skewness from the following data.

X 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

f 2 7 9 13 8 4 2 1
 7. Find mean ,median and Mode from the following data.

Class interval 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60

frequency 2 12 20 8

Section C
LONG QUESTIONS:
Attempt any TWO questions. (2x10=20)

8. Student’s age of BCA program and the B.scCSIT program of a campus are described by
two samples. If the homogeneity in age of the class is positive factor in learning make
suggestion, with reason, which of two groups will be easier to teach?.
BCA B.scCSIT
Age No.of Students Age No.of Students
23 9 27 10
29 2 31 8
28 5 30 5
22 10 29 4
30 1 28 6
21 4 33 5
25 11 34 5
26 6 35 11
27 3 36 2
Total 51 Total 58

9. The mean yield for one-acre plot of 662 kilos with st.dev. 32 kilos assuming normal
distribution. How many one acer plots in a batch of 1000 plots would you expect to have
yield?
I. over 700 kilos
II. Below 650 kilos
 III. What is the lowest yield of the best 100 plots?

10. The labor productivity indexes of Nepal are recorded as below:

Date of Planting

oct nov feb Mar

Method
s of I 17 14 15 12

Planting II 10 15 12 13
Does the method of planting affect mean
III 18 14 16 11
yield and date of planting mean yield?
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