1) The probability that a leap year selected at random will contain 53 Wednesdays is
(A) (B) (C) (D) None
2) Let X and Y be two random variables such that Y = a + b X where a and b are constants.
Then, Var(Y) is
(A) b2 Var(X) (B) b Var(X) (C) a2 Var(X) (D) None
3) The mean of a Poisson variate is
(A) Greater than its variance (B) Less than its variance (C) Equal to its variance (D) None
4) The mean of the Binomial distribution B ( ) is
(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) None
5) 1st central moment is always
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 0.5 (D) None
6) For two random variables X and Y, E(XY) = E(X) E(Y) hold if X and Y are
(A) Independent (B) Uncorrelated (C) Continuous Variate (D) None
7) A continuous random variable has exponential distribution with parameter 5. Then its mean
and variance respectively are
(a) (b) (c) (d) none
8) If X is normally distributed with mean 3 and variance 16 then the standard normal variate
is
(A) (B) (C) (D) none
9) Normal curve of a variate represents
(A) Distribution function (B) Skewness (C) Probability density function (D) None
10) If and are independent, then
(A) (B) (C) (D) none
11) If X has variance 9 and Y has variance 5 and if X,Y are independent then Var (2X + Y - 5)
is
(A) 30 (B) 14 (C) 41 (D) None
12) When two variables x , y are uncorrelated, then the correlation coefficient between them is
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) -1 (D) None
13) If two variables x and y are perfectly positively correlated then in the scatter diagram every
point (x,y) lies on
(A) A straight line whose gradient is positive (B) ) A straight line whose gradient is negative
(C) a parabola (D) None
14) The general equation of an exponential curve is
(A) y = a bx (B) y = axb (C) y = x (D) None
15) An alternative hypothesis is
(A) same as the null hypothesis (B) different from the null hypothesis (C) may or may not
be same as the null hypothesis (D) none
16) The t – distribution is useful for
(A) large sample test (B) both large and small sample test (C) small sample test (D) none
17) The character of statistical information which cannot be expressed in quantity but can be
expressed in quality is called
(A) Contribute (B) Attribute (C) Variance (D) None
18) Which one of the following is incorrect
(A) standard deviation of a sample is a parameter (B) standard deviation of population is a
parameter (C) mean of a sample is a statistic (D) mean of a population is a parameter
19) Which of the following is type I error
(A) The error of accepting H0 when H0 is true (B) The error of rejecting H0 when H0 is false
(C) The error of accepting H0 when H0 is false (D) The error of rejecting H0 when H0 is true
20) The relations between mean, median and mode is
(A) Mode = 3 Median – 2 Mean (B) Mode = 3 Median + 2 Mean
(C) Mode = 2 Median – 3 Mean (D) None
21) If then
(a) (b) (c) (d) none of these.
22) Skewness of the exponential distribution is
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) none of these.
23) For a continuous random variable X , P(a X b)
(A) F (b) F (a) (B) F (a) F (b) (C) F (a) F (b) (D) F (a).F (b)
24) The two regression lines become identical if the correlation coefficient is
(A) (B) 0 (C) 2 (D) none
25) If variance of a random variable is, then is
(A) 2 (B) 8 (C) 6 (D) 11
26) If A and B are mutually exclusive, then
(A) (B)
(C) (D) None of these
27) Skewness is positive when
(A) mean < mode (B) mean = mode (C) mean > mode (D) none of these
28) If kurtosis has a value less than 3 the distribution is called
(A) leptokurtic (B) platykurtic (C) mesokurtic (D) none of these
29) If X and Y are independent Gamma variates with parameters (mx , 1) and (my , 1)respectively
then X + Y is a Gamma variate with parameters.
(A) (mx + my, 2) (mx + my, 0) (mx + my, 1)
(B) (C) (D) none
30) Standard error of a statistic depends on
(A) population size (B) Sample size (C) population mean (D) none of these
31) The power of a test in case of testing of hypothesis is
(A) 1 – P(Type I error) (B) 1 – P(Type II error) (C) 1 – P(Type I error) P(Type II error)
(D) none of these
32) In testing ‘ Goodness of Fit’ which of the following is used as test statistic
(A) normal variate (B) chi square variate
(C) t – variate (D) none of these
33) Which of the following is type II error
(A) The error of accepting H0 when H0 is true (B) The error of rejecting H0 when H0 is false
(C) The error of accepting H0 when H0 is false (D) The error of rejecting H0 when H0 is true
34) In testing of hypothesis corresponding to a particular level of significance among all critical
regions, ‘best critical region’ has
(A) least type I error (B) greatest type I error (C) least type II error (D) greatest type II error
1 1 1
(35) If A and B be events with P( A) , P ( B ) and P( A B) , then P( B A)
3 4 2
3 4 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) None.
4 3 4
(36) A die is rolled. The probability of getting an odd point or six is
3 2 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
4 3 4 3
1 1 1
(37) Given P( A) , P( B) P( AB ) , the value of is
2 3 4
5 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) None.
12 12 4
(38) Probability of an event
(A) can be any number (B) lies between 0 and 1 (C) can be negative (D) None.
(39) The probability that a number selected at random from the set of number 1,2,3,…..100 is a
cube is
(A) (B) (C) (D) None.
(40) A coin is tossed. Events {H} and {T} are
(A) mutually exclusive (B) independent (C) dependent (D) none
(41) If A and B are independent events then
(A) Ac and Bc are also independent (B) Ac and Bc are not independent (C) Ac and Bc
may or may not be independent (D) None
42) The 2nd central moment is
(A) Expectation (B) Variance (C) Standard deviation (D) none of these
43) The Cumulative distribution function F(x) is a
(A) Monotonic increasing function (B) Monotonic decreasing function (C) Monotonic non-
decreasing function (D) none of these
44) A die is tossed twice. The probability of having a number greater than 4 on each toss is
(a) (b) (c) (d) none of these.
45) If the random variable X assumes the values 0 and 1 only and is such that P(X = 0) = 3P(X
= 1), then the value of E(X) is
(a) (b) (c) (d) none of these.
46) A random variable X has Poisson distribution such that P(X = 1) = P(X = 2). Then the
standard deviation of X is
(A) 0 (B) 2 (C) √ (D) none
47) In a non-leap year the probability of getting 53 Sundays or 53 Tuesdays or 53 Fridays is
(A) (B) (C) (D) none C1
48) A random variable X has the following p.d.f:
Then the value of the constant k is
(A) (B) (C) (D) None
49) A random variable X has the following probability distribution:
X -2 -1 0 1 2 3
fi 0.1 k 0.2 2k 0.3 3k
Then the value of k is
(A) (B) (C) (D) none
50) If X is normally distributed with zero mean and unit variance, then the expectation of X2
is
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) None
51) A person draws out two balls successively from a bag containing 6 red and 4 white balls. The
probability that at least one of them will be red is
(A) (B) (C) (D) None
52) There are 80% chance that a problem will b solved by a statistics student and 60% chance
that the same problem will be solved by a mathematics student . The probability that at least the
problem will be solved is
(A) 0.48 (B) 0.92 (C) 0.10 (D) None Marks(1) (B) C1
Moderate
53) According to Tchebycheff’s inequality for a random variable with mean 1 and s.d. 0.03,
| |
(A) 0.225 (B) 0.0225 (C) 0.002 (D) None
54) If x + 5u = 2, 2y + v = 7 and the correlation coefficient of x, y is 0.25 then the correlation
coefficient of u and v is
(A) 0.25 (B) 0.50 (c) 0.75 (D) none of these
55) Var (X - Y) =
(A) Var(X) + Var (Y) + 2 Cov (X,Y) (B) Var (X) + Var (Y) - 2 Cov (X,Y) (C) Var(X) + Var (Y)
(D) none
56) The scores of nine students are respectively 9, 8, 4, 6, 7, 4, 11, 13,10. The median of the
scores is
(A) 9 (B) 8 (C) 10 (D) none
57) If a null hypothesis is accepted at 5% significance level, then this decision is
(A) 0.05% correct (B) 5% correct (C) 95% correct (D) None
58) The distribution of a variable x has coefficient of variation =5, variance=4 and measure of
Skewness= 0.5; then the mean of the distribution is
(A) 30 (B) 40 (C) 50 (D) None
59) Two coins are tossed, the probability of getting at least one head is
(A) (B) (C) (D) None
60) If x = 4y + 5 and y = kx + 4 be two regression equations of ‘x on y’ and of ‘y on x’
respectively then the interval in which k lies is
(A) (B) (C) (D) none of these
61) The distribution of a variable x has coefficient of variation =5, variance=4 and measure of
skewness = 0.5; then the mean of the distribution is
(A) 30 (B) 40 (C) 50 (D) None
62) A random variable X has the following p.d.f:
Then the value of E(X) is
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) none
63) A random variable X has the following pdf:
f(x) = k(x-1)(2-x) for 1 x 2 ; then the value of k is
(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) none
64) A unit free quantity among these is
(A) Standard Deviation (B) Coefficient of Variation (C) Arithmetic Mean (D) none
65) The value of Standard deviation changes by a change of
(A) Scale (B) Origin (C) Algebraic signs (D) none
66) The variance is zero if allobsevations are
(A) Different (B) Square root (C) Same (D) none
67) If Var(X) = 25, then S.D.( ) is equal to
(A) 5 (B) 10 (C) 15 (D) none
68) To compare the variation of two or more than two series, we use
(A) Combined Standard Deviation (B) Coefficient of Variation (C) Coefficient of Skewness (D)
none
69) The moments about mean are called
(A) Raw moments (B) Central moments (C) Moments about origin (D) none
70) Departure from symmetry is called
(A) Variation (B) Kurtosis (C) Skewness (D) none
71) . In the least square method the equation used to find the value of unknowns are known as
(A) Regression equations (B) Normal equations (C) General equations (D) none
72) The curve y=ax2+bx converted to linear form is
(a) Y=ax+b , where Y=x/y
(b) Y=aX+b , where Y=logy, X=logx
(c) Y=ax+b , where, Y=y/x
(d) None
73) The method which is the most appropriate method to fit a unique curve from a given data is
(a) Squares of square
(b) Sum of square
(c) Least square
(d) None of these
74) The normal equation for fitting of a parabola y=a+bx+cx2 is
(a) a∑xi+b∑xi2+a∑xi3
(b) a∑xi+b∑xi2+c∑xi3
(c) a∑xi+b∑xi3+c∑xi4
(d) a∑xi+b∑xi3+c∑xi2
75) The observation which occurs most frequently in a sample is the
(A) median
(B) mean deviation
(C) standard deviation
(D) mode
76) Null and alternative hypotheses are statements about:
A. population parameters.
B. sample parameters.
C. sample statistics.
D. None
77) Which of the following is NOT true about the standard error of a statistic
A. The standard error measures, roughly, the average difference between the
statistic and thepopulation parameter.
B. The standard error is the estimated standard deviation of the sampling distribution for
the statistic.
C. The standard error can never be a negative number.
D. The standard error increases as the sample size(s) increases.
78) A randomly selected sample of 1,000 college students was asked whether they had ever
used sanitizer. Sixteen percent (16% or 0.16) of the 1,000 students surveyed said they had;
then which statement about the number 0.16 is correct
A. It is a sample proportion.
B. It is a population proportion.
C. It is a margin of error.
D. It is a randomly chosen number.
79) For testing a hypothesis, ‘critical region’ and ‘acceptance region’ are mutually disjoint; this
statement is
(A) True (B) False (C) May or may not be true (D) none
80) The Arithmetic mean of the first n natural numbers is
(A) n(n+1)/2 (B) (n+1)/2 (C) n/2 (D) none
81) Which of the following can be taken as probability distribution of a discrete random variable
for the range 1,2,3,4
(A) p(x) = x/15 (B) p(x) = (x + 2)/2 (C) p(x) = (x +2)/18 (D) none
82) The mean of two samples of size 50 and 100 respectively are 54.1 and 50.3 and the S.Ds are
8 and 7. Then the mean of the sample of size 150 obtained by combining the two samples is
(A) 51.57 (B) 60.97 (C) 30.71 (D) none
83) In testing of hypothesis, ‘best critical region maximizes the power of the test’ ; this statement
is
(A) True (B) False (C) May or may not be true (D) none
84) The one parameter Exponential distribution can be obtained from the Gamma distribution
(with the usual parameters by putting
(A) (B) (C) (D) none
85) The maximum and minimum values for correlation coefficient are
(A) 1,0 (B) 2,1 (C) 1, -1 (D) none
86) If X has an Exponential distribution with parameter 2,then its pdf is given by
(A) 2e-2x , x > 0 (B) ) e-2x , x>0 (C) ) 2e-2x , x < 0 (D) none
87) Product of two regression coefficients must be positive
(A) True (B) False (C) May or may not be true (D) none
88) If two variables are independent then they are uncorrelated
(A) True (B) False (C) May or may not be true (D) none
89) If two variables are uncorrelated then they are independent
(A) True (B) False (C) May or may not be true (D) none
90) Magnitude of correlation coefficient does not depend on change of scale and origin
(A) True (B) False (C) May or may not be true (D) none
91) The regression coefficient of is defined as
(A) (B) (C) (D) none
92) If is a parameter and is a null hypothesis, then the both sided alternative
hypothesis is
(A) (B) (C) (D) none
93) In a test of hypothesis the critical region corresponding to a particular level of significance is
unique
(A) True (B) False (C) May or may not be true (D) none
94) As the probability of Type II error decreases the goodness of the test
(A) Decreases (B) Increases (C) Does not change (D) none
95) The standard deviation of the following observation 5,7,1,2,6,3 is
(A) 4.66 (B) 2.16 (C) 9.35 (D) none
96) Kurtosis reveals the shape of the distribution at the top
(A) True (B) False (C) May or may not be true (D) none
97) The two halves of an asymmetrical distribution are mirror images of each other
(A) True (B) False (C) May or may not be true (D) none
98) Two distributions with same mean, s.d and skewness must have same peakedness
(A) True (B) False (C) May or may not be true (D) none
99) Skewness cannot exceed
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) none
100) If a random variable follows a one parameter Exponential distribution with parameter 3,
then the mean and variance of the distribution is
(A) 1/3 , 1/9 (B) 2/3, 4/9 (C) 3,9 (D) none
101) The mean of a normal distribution is 50 and 5% of the values are greater than 60. It is also
given that area under the standard normal curve between z = 0 and z = 1.64 is 0.45.Then the
standard deviation of the distribution is
(A) 3.528 (B) 6.097 (C) 3.071 (D) none
102) The jointly-distributed continuous random variables X and Y are said to be independent if
their joint pdf is
(A) f(x , y) = fX(x) fY(y) (B) f(x , y) = fX(x) + fY(y) (A) f(x , y) = fX(x) - fY(y) (D) none of these
103) In order to test whether a coin is perfect, the coin is tossed 5 times. The null hypothesis of
perfectness is rejected if more than 4 heads are obtained. The probability of type I error is
(A) (B) (C) (D) none of these
104) For a random variable with standard deviation and mean m, | |
(A) (B) (C) (D) none of these
105) Samples of weights of 200 students each are drawn from a normal population of the weights
of students with standard deviation 10 pound. Then the mean of the sampling distribution of the
sample variance is
(A) (B) (C) (D) none
106) The mean, median, mode of the data 0, 5, -1, 5, 2, 3, -1, 4, 3, 0, 0, 3, 3 are
(A) 2, 3, 3 (B) 2, 2, 3 (c) 3, 3, 3 (D) none
107) The mean of a set of 20 measurements was calculated to be 50 cm. But later it was found
that a mistake had been made in one of the measurements which was recorded as 64 cm but
should have been 61 cm. the correct mean is P( X m 2 )
(A) 50.15 (B) 49.85 (c) 49.9 (D) none
108) One ticket is selected at random from 100 tickets numbered 00, 01, 02,…, 99. If X and Y
denote the sum and product of the digits on the tickets respectively, then P(X = 9 | Y =0) is
(A) (B) (C) (D) none
109) The manufacturing process of an article consists of two parts x and y. The probabilities of
defect in x and y parts are 10% and 15% respectively; then the probability that the assembled
part will not have any defect is
(A) 0.265 (B) 0.565 (C) 0.765 (D) none of these
110) Two urns contain respectively 5 white, 7 black balls, and 4 white and 2 black balls. One
of the urns is selected by the toss of a fair coin and then 2 balls are selected without replacement
from the selected urn. If both balls drawn are white, then the probability that the first urn is
selected is
(A) (B) (C) ) (D) none
111) When X and Y are jointly-distributed with joint density function f ( x, y ) with range
a, b c, d , then the marginal pdf of X is given by:
(A) ∫ (B) ∫ (C) ∫
(D) none
112) The probability that a doctor diagnoses a patient correctly is 60%. The probability that a
patient dies after correct diagnosis is 40% and the probability that he dies after wrong
diagnosis is 70%. The patient died; then the probability that he was diagnosed correctly is
(A) (B) (C) ) (D) none
113) Given three identical boxes I, II and III each containing two coins. In box I, both coins are
gold coins, in box II, both are silver coins and in box III, there is one gold coin and one silver
coin .A person chooses a box at random and takes out a coin. If the coin is gold, then what is the
probability that the other coin in the box is also of gold?
(A) (B) (C) ) (D) none
114) In a Normal distribution, 84% of the items are under 65.2 and 68% of the items are in
between 62.8 and 65.2; Given that P (- 0.9< Z < 0.9) = 0.68, the values of mean and standard
deviations are respectively
(A) 64, 1.33 (B) 92, 1. 76 (C) 10, 1.67 (D) None
115) It is known that the population of a certain city is 45% female and 55% male. Suppose that
70% of the males and 15% of the females smoke. Then the probability that a smoker is female is
(A) (B) (C) (D) None
116) If two random variables X and Y are independent, then they are
(A) uncorrelated (B) correlated (C) may or may not be correlated (D) none
117) In a contest, two judges J1 and J2 ranked seven candidates in order of their preferences as
in the following table:
candidates A B C D E F G
Ranks by J1 2 1 4 5 3 7 6
Ranks by J2 3 4 2 5 1 6 7
Then the rank correlation coefficient is
(A) 0.46 (B) 0.64 (C) 0. 25 (D) None
118) The joint pdf of (x,y) is
Then the value of the constant k is
(A) (B) (C) (D) None
119) A random variable follows binomial distribution with mean 4 and standard deviation √ .
Then the probability of assuming non zero value of the variable is
(A) (B) (C) (D) None
120) The mean of a set of 20 measurements was calculated to be 50 cm. But later it was found
that a mistake had been made in one of the measurements which was recorded as 64 cm but
should have been 61 cm. the correct mean is
(A) 50.15 (B) 49.85 (c) 49.9 (D) none
121) A box contains 5 defective and 10 non-defective lamps. Eight lamps are drawn at random in
succession without replacement. Then the probability that the 8th lamp is the 5th defective is
(A) (B) (C) (D) None
122) In a random sample of size 400 there are 80 defective items. Then at 5% level the
proportion of defective items in the population. [Given that area under the standard normal curve
between z = 0 and z = 1.96 is 0.475].
(A) may be regarded as 1/6 (B) may not be regarded as 1/6 (c) may or may not be regarded as
1/6 (D) none
123) If the chance of being killed by flood during a year is 1/3000, then using Poisson
distribution the probability that out of 3000 people living in a village, at least one will die in
flood in a year is
(A) 1 - e-2 (B) 1 – e-1 (c) 1 - e (D) none
124) If the weekly wages of 10,000 workers in a factory follows normal distribution with mean
and standard deviation Rs. 70 and Rs. 5 respectively then the expected number of workers
whose weekly wages are between Rs. 66 and Rs. 72 are
(Given that the area under the standard normal curve between z = 0 and z = 0.4 is 0.1554 and z =
0 and z = 0.8 is 0.2881. )
(A) 5015 (B) 4435 (c) 4990 (D) none
125) The following table gives the number of aircraft accidents that occurred during various days
of the week; then
Day Sun Mon Tue Wed Thurs Fri Sat
No. of 13 14 19 12 11 15 14
accidents
Given
(A) the accidents are uniformly distributed over the week. (B) the accidents are not uniformly
distributed over the week. (c) the accidents may or may not be uniformly distributed over the
week. (D) none
126) A test to screen for a serious but curable disease is similar to hypothesis testing, with a
null hypothesisof no disease, and an alternative hypothesis of disease. If the null hypothesis is
rejected treatment will be given. Otherwise, it will not. Assuming the treatment does not have
serious side effects, in this scenario it is better to increase the probability of:
A. making a Type 1 error, providing treatment when it is not needed.
B. making a Type 1 error, not providing treatment when it is needed.
C. making a Type 2 error, providing treatment when it is not needed.
D. making a Type 2 error, not providing treatment when it is needed.
127) One problem with hypothesis testing is that a real effect may not be detected. This
problem is most likely to occur when
A. the effect is small and the sample size is small.
B. the effect is large and the sample size is small.
C. the effect is small and the sample size is large.
D. the effect is large and the sample size is large.
128) The length of bolts produced by a machine is normally distributed with mean 4 and s.d. 0.5.
A bolt is defective if its length does not lie in the interval (3.8,4.3); then the percentage of
defective bolts produced by the machine is approximately
(Given ∫ ∫ )
(A) 50 (B) 62 (c) 90 (D) none
129) By Tchebycheff’s Inequality for n 36 the probability that in n throws of a fair die, the
n n
number of sixes lies between n and n is at least
6 6
31 30 23
(A) (B) (C) (D) none of these
36 87 53
1
130) If a random variable has gamma distribution with parameters l 2 and , then the mean
3
and standard deviation of this variable are
(A) 6 , √ (B) 9 , √ (C) 5 , √ (D) none of these.
131) A and B throw alternatively a pair of dice. A wins if he throws 8 before B throws 5, and B
wins if he throws 5 before A throws 8; then the probability that A wins if he starts the game is
(A) (B) (C) (D) none of these
132) A can hit a target 4 times out of 5, B can hit 3 times out of 4 times and C can hit 2 times
out of 3. Each is allowed to hit once; then the probability that the target is hit is
(A) (B) (C) (D) none of these
33) Suppose that in answering a question in a multiple choice test, an examinee knows the
answer with probability p and he guesses with probability (1 - p). Assuming that the
probability of answering a question correctly is unity for an examinee who knows the answer
and for the examinee who guesses, where m is the number of multiple choice alternatives,
the probability that an examinee knows the answer to a question, given that he has correctly
answered it is
(A) (B) (C) (D) none of these
134) In a bolt factory, machines A, B and C manufacture respectively 25%, 35% and 40% of the
total output. 5%, 4% and 2% are defective bolts. A bolt is drawn at random from the product and
found to be defective; then the probabilities that it was manufactured by machine A is
(A) (B) (C) (D) none of these
135) There are 3 candidates A , B and C for the position of a manager whose chances of getting
the appointment are in the proportion 4:2:3 respectively. The probability that A , if selected,
would launch a new product in the market is 0.3, and that of B and C are 0.5 and 0.8 respectively.
What is the probability that the new product is launched by C ?
(A) (B) (C) (D) none of these
136) It is seen that a cricket player becomes out within 10 runs in 3 out of 10 innings. If he plays
4 innings, then the probability that he becomes out twice is
(A) 0.2646 (B) 0.8595 (c) 0.9876 (D) none
137) Six fair coins are tossed 6400 times. Using Poisson distribution , the approximate
probability of getting six heads m times is
(A) (B) (c) (D) none
138) A car hire firm has two cars which it hires out day by day. The number of demands for a car
on each day is distributed as a Poisson distribution with average number of demands per day as
1.5. Then the proportion of days on which neither car is used is (given that )
(A) 0.2543 (B) 0.8595 (c) 0.2231 (D) none
140) Let the length of a phone call (in minutes) be exponentially distributed with mean 10. If A
arrives immediately ahead of B at a telephone booth, then the probability that B will have to
wait for more than 10 minutes is
(A) 0.368 (B) 0.859 (c) 0.223 (D) none
141) If P denotes the probability of getting a head when a given coin is tossed once; Supposethat
the hypothesis H0 : P = 0.5 is rejected in favour of H1 : P = 0.6; If 10 trials result in 7 or more
heads then the probability of type I error is
(A) (B) (C) (D) none of these
142) In a batch of 15 students, 5 students failed in a test. The marks of 10 students who passed
were: 90, 60, 70, 80, 80, 90, 60, 50, 40, 70.The median of the marks of all 15 students is
(A) 25 (B) 85 (c) 60 (D) none
143) If the standard deviation of first n positive integers is 2, then the value of n is
(A) 3 (B) 5 (c) 7 (D) none
144) If the probability of success is 1/100, then the number of trials necessary in order that
probability of getting at least one success is greater than half is
(A) 39 (B) 45 (c) 69 (D) none
145) If two random variables X1 and X2 follow Poisson distribution with parameters m1 and m2
respectively such that P(X1 = 2) = P(X1 = 3) and P(X2 = 2) = P(X2 = 3), then the variance of the
variate (2X1 – 3X2) is
(A) 46 (B) 47 (C) 48 (D) none
146) If the random variable X is normally distributed with mean 6 and s.d 4, then the mean of X2
is
(A) 40 (B) 50 (C) 60 (D) none
147) The first absolute moment of any random variable about its mean
(A) cannot exceed its Standard deviation (B) exceeds its Standard deviation (C) is equal to its
Standard deviation (D) none
148) A coin is tossed repeatedly until a head is obtained . If the tosses are independent and
probability of a head in a single toss is p, then the expected number of tosses to obtain first head
is
(A) 1/p (B) 1/p2 (C) p (D) none
149) In a Binomial distribution , the sum of its mean and variance is 1.8; then the probability of
two successes if the event was conducted 5 times is
(A) 0.2048 (B) 0.5048 (C) 0.6048 (D) none
150) The mean of the numbers obtained on throwing a die having written 1 on three faces, 2 on
two faces and 5 on one face is
(A) 8 (B) 4 (C) 2 (D) none
