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2023 CBSE QUESTIONS

Q1. (a) The probability distribution of a random variable X is given below:
X 1 2 3
P(X) k k k
2 3 6
(i) Find the value of k.
(ii) Find P(1  X  3).
(iii) Find E(X), then mean of X .

Q2. Two fair dice are thrown simultaneously. If X denotes the number of sixes, find the mean of X.

Q3 Two balls are drawn at random one by one with replacement from an urn containing equal number of red balls
and green balls. Find the probability distribution of number of red balls. Also, find the mean of the random
variable.

Q4. Two numbers are selected from first six even natural numbers at random without replacement. If X denotes
the greater of two numbers selected, find the probability distribution of X.

Q5 A pair of dice is thrown simultaneously. If X denotes the absolute difference of numbers obtained on the
pair of dice, then find the probability distribution of X .

Q6 An octagonal prism is a three-dimensional polyhedron bounded by two octagonal bases and eight
rectangular side faces. It has 24 edges and 16 vertices.

The prism is rolled along the rectangular faces and number on the bottom face (touching the ground) is
noted. Let X denote the number obtained on the bottom face and the following table give the probability
distribution of X.
X: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
P(X) : p 2p 2p p 2p p2 2p 2 7p 2 + p
Based on the above information, answer the following questions.
(i) Find the value of p.
(ii) Find P(X  6).
(iii) Find P(X = 3m), where m is a natural number.
OR
(iii) Find the mean E(X).
Problems From Additional and SQP
Q7

Exemplar
Q8. Suppose 10,000 tickets are sold in a lottery each for Re.1. First prize is of Rs.3000 and the second prize is of
Rs.2000. There are three third prizes of Rs.500 each. If you buy one ticket, what is your expectation?

Q9. The random variable X can take only the values 0, 1, 2. Given that P(X = 0) = P (X = 1) = p and that E(X2) =
E(X), find the value of p.

ANSWERS-------------------------

Q1. (a) (i) k=1 (ii)5/6 (iii)5/3 Q2. 1/3

Q3. Table for probability distribution is given below.

X 0 1 2
P(X) 1 2 1
4 4 4
Mean =1

Q4.
X 4 6 8 10 12
P(X) 1
C1 1 2
C1 2 3
C1 3 4
C1 4 5
C1 5
= = = = =
15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15

Q5 X 0 1 2 3 4 5
P(X) 6 10 8 6 4 2
36 36 36 36 36 36

Q6 (i)1/10 (ii)0.19 (iii)0.21 or 4.06

7)
Q8. ` 0.65 .

1
Q9. p =
2