Swami Vivekananda University

Telinipara, Barasat - Barrackpore Rd, Bara Kanthalia, West Bengal – 700121

Midterm Examination
Paper Name: Mathematics III
Paper Code: BEEC305
Stream: B. Tech in EE
Semester: III

[The figure in the margin indicates full marks. Candidates must answer in their own words as far
as practicable.]
Total time: 70 Minutes Full Marks: 40

Section –A
(Multiple choice type question – 1 mark each)
Answer any Five (5) out of Seven (7) 1× 5 = 5

1. The probability of an impossible event is

(a) 0 (b) 0.25

(c) 0.5 (d) None of these

2. Rahul rolls a dice, what is the probability of getting 5 or 6?

(a) 1 (b) 1
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(c) 2 (d) None of these
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3. Two dice are rolled simultaneously. What will be the number of events in the sample
space?

(a) 6 (b) 36
(c) 18 (d) None of these

4. If A and B are two independent events, then which one is true

(a) 𝑃(𝐴 ∩ 𝐵) = 0 (b) P(A ∩ B) = P(A)P(B)

(c) P(A ∩ B) = ϕ (d) None of these
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 5. If A and B are independent events, then 𝑃(𝐴|𝐵) is

(a) 𝑃(𝐴) (b) 𝑃(𝐵)

(c) 𝑃(𝐴𝐵) (d) None of these

6. A coin is tossed, and a dice is rolled simultaneously. What will be the number of events
in the sample space?

(a) 2 (b) 6
(c) 12 (d) None of these

7. If 𝑃(𝐴) = 0.8 and 𝑃(𝐴𝐵) = 0.4, then 𝑃(𝐵|𝐴) is

(a) 0.4 (b) 0.2

(c) 0.5 (d) None of these

Section –B
(Short answer type question – 5 marks each)
Answer any Four (4) out of Six (6) 5 ×4 =20

8. Write down the statement of Bayes’ theorem.

9. Write down sample space if a coin is tossed and a dice is rolled simultaneously.
10. A bag contains 5 black and 3 white balls. Two balls are drawn at random, then find the
probability of getting (a) 2 black balls (b) 1 black and 1 white ball.
11. Suppose that A and B are two events, then answer the following:
i. If P(A) = 0.4, P(B) = 0.3 and P(AB) = 0.2, then evaluate P(A ∪ B)
ii. If A and B are independent and P(A) = 0.3, P(B) = 0.4, then evaluate P(A ∪ B)
iii. If A and B are mutually exhaustive, then evaluate P(A ∪ B)
iv. If A and B are mutually exclusive, evaluate P(A ∩ B)
v. If A and B are complementary events and P(A) = 0.1, then find P(B).
12. There are three urns each of which contains red and white balls as follows Urn I: 6 red
and 4 white balls, Urn II: 2 red and 6 white balls, Urn III: 1 red and 8 white balls. An urn
is arbitrary chosen and a ball drawn from there. The ball is red. Find the probability that
the chosen urn is either urn II or urn III.
13. A random variable 𝑋 has following probability distribution:

X 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
P(X) 0 k 2k 2k 3k k2 2k2 7k2+k

i. Find k.
ii. Evaluate 𝑃(𝑋 < 3), 𝑃(𝑋 = 6), 𝑃(0 < 𝑋 < 3).

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 Section –C
(Long answer type question – 15 marks each)

Answer any One (1) out of Two (2) (1 x 15= 15)

18. Answer the following questions: [5+10]

i. Approximate the area under the curve 𝑦 = 𝑓(𝑥) between 𝑥 = 0 and 𝑥 = 4

using Trapezoidal rule with 𝑛 = 4 subintervals. A function 𝑓(𝑥) is given in the
table of values.
x 0 1 2 3 4
f(x) 1 0.5 2 3 2
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ii. Evaluate ∫0 𝑒 𝑥 𝑑𝑥 , by Simpson’s 1/3 rule, with h=1/6.

19. Answer the following question: [10+5]

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i. Approximate ∫0 𝑥𝑒 −0.5 𝑑𝑥 using the Trapezoidal rule with 3 strips, to 3 decimal
places.
ii. Approximate the area under the curve 𝑦 = 𝑓(𝑥) between 𝑥 = 0 and 𝑥 = 4
using Simpson’s 1/3 rule with 𝑛 = 4 subintervals. The function 𝑓(𝑥) is given in
the table of values.

x 0 0.5 1.5 2 2.5

y 1 0.5 2 3 2