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PROBABILITY & STATISTICS (GSC-122) A

QUIZ # 1 Time : 25 minutes


Name :____________________________ Date :10-10-2017
Total marks : 25
Q # 1 : Tell true or false : [5]
(i) P(S') = 1
(ii) If A⊆B then P (A)≤P (B)
(iii) For a loaded coin : P({head}) = P({Tail})
(iv) Two disjoints events are mutually exclusive.
(v) Probability is used to decide car insurance premiums.
Q # 2 : An experiment consists of rolling a die until a 6 is obtained. [5]
Write the sample space of the experiment.
Q # 3 : Three friends and four other people are randomly seated in a row. What is the probability that the
three friends will not sit next to each other? [7]
Q # 4 : The probability that a visit to a particular car dealer results in neither buying a second-hand car nor a
Japanese car is 55%. Of those coming to the dealer, 25% buy a second-hand car and 30% buy a Japanese
car. What is the probability that a visit leads to buying a second-hand Japanese car? [8]

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