DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
24MAT701 – PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS – DECEMBER 2025
Academic Year: 2025-2026 – ODD SEMESTER
IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
UNIT – I PROBABILITY AND RANDOM VARIABLES
PART – A (2 MARKS)
1. Define Sample space.
2. Define Random variable and give an example.
3. What are the Axioms of Probability?
4. Define Probability Mass Function.
5. Define Cumulative Distribution Function.
6. Write the formula for Conditional Probability.
7. A continuous r.v. X has p.d.f. f ( x) = Ax ; 0 x 2 . Find A.
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8. State Baye’s Theorem.
9. Find E (2 x + 3) and Var (2 x + 3) if X is a R.V. with E ( x) = 2 and V ( x) = 4 .
10. A continuous r.v. X has p.d.f. given by f ( x) = 3x ; 0 x 1 find k , such that P( X k ) = 0.05 .
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11. A continuous r.v. X has that can assume any values between x = 2 & x = 5 has a density function given by
f ( x) = k (1 + x) . Find k .
12. When X be a random variable of E ( x) = 10 & Var ( x) = 25 . Find the positive values of ‘ a ’ and ‘ b ’ such
that y = ax − b , has the expectation 0 and Variance 1.
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13. Find the M.G.F. of r moment about Origin.
PART – B (8 MARKS)
14. A random variable X has the following probability function
X 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
2
P( X ) 0 k 2k 2k 3k K 2k 7k2+k
2
(i) Find k (ii) Evaluate P( X 6), P( X 6) (iii) Distribution function of X
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(iv) If P( X ) find the minimum value of (v) Evaluate P(1.5 X 4.5 / X 2) .
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15. A discrete r.v. X has the following probability distribution
X 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
P( X = x) a 3a 5a 7a 9a 11a 13a 15a 17a
(i) Find a (ii) Find P( X 3), P( x 3), P(0 x 3) (iii) Determine the Distribution function of X .
16. A random variable X has the following probability distribution
X –2 –1 0 1 2 3
P( X = x) 0.1 k 0.2 2 k 0.3 3 k
(i) Find the value of k (ii) Evaluate P( X 2) and P(−2 X 2) (iii) Find the Cumulative distribution of X .
(iv) Evaluate the mean of X .
17. If the random variable X takes the values 1, 2, 3 & 4 such that 2P( X = 1) = 3P( X = 2) = P( X = 3) = 5P( X = 4) .
Find the probability distribution and c.d.f. of X .
18. A random variable X , P( X = r ) = k r 3 , r = 1, 2,3, 4 . Find (i) k (ii) P [ 12 x 5
2 x 1] .
0, x 1
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19. A continuous r.v., X has the distribution function F ( x) = k ( x − 1) , 1 x 3 .
0, x3
Find (i) Probability density function f ( x) (ii) k (iii) P( X 2) (iv) P(2 X 3) .
2 −x
20. Find the r moment about Origin for the distribution with p.d.f. f ( x) = kx e ,0 x ,
th
Hence find the first four moments about the mean and the value of k .
4 x(9 − x 2 )
,0 x3
21. Find the first four moments about the Origin for a r.v. X having the p.d.f. f ( x) = 81 .
0,
Otherwise
−x
22. Let X be a random variable with p.d.f. f ( x) = 3 e 3 , x 0
1 .
0, Otherwise
Find (i) P( X 3) (ii) M.G.F. of X (iii) E ( x) (iv) Var ( x) .
1
23. If X is a discrete r.v. with probability function p( x) = , x = 1, 2,3,... .
2x
Find the (i) M.G.F. (ii) Mean and Variance.
r
24. If the moments of a r.v. X are defined by E ( x ) = 0.6. r = 1, 2,3,... .
Show that P( x = 0) = 0.4, P( x = 1) = 0.6, P( x 2) = 0 .
ax, 0 x 1
a, 1 x 2
25. If the density function of a continuous random variable X is given by f ( x) =
3a − ax, 2 x 3
0, Otherwise
(i) Find a (ii) The cumulative distribution function of X (iii) P( X 1.5) (iv) P(1.5 x 2.5) .
x, 0 x 1
26. Obtain the M.G.F. of a r.v. X has the p.d.f. of f ( x) = 2 − x, 1 x 2 , find mean and variance.
0,
Otherwise
−x
27. The cumulative distribution function of a r.v. X is F ( x) = 1 − (1 + x)e , x 0.
Find the probability function of X , mean and variance of X .
28. State and Prove Baye’s Theorem.
