KHWOPA ENGINEERING COLLEGE

Q.5. a) Define Binomial distribution and prove that mean & variance of
IV/VI SEMESTER ASSESSMENT - 2006 (EVEN)
Binomial distribution is np & npq. [2+3]
LEVEL:- B. E. (Civil - II/II, Computer/Elx. & Comm. - III/II) b) A machine produces 10 percent defective items. 10 items are
SUBJECT:- BEG203HS, Probability & Statistics selected at random,
FULL MARKS:- 80 i) find the probability of not more than two items being defective.
TIME:- 03:00 hrs. PASS MARKS:- 32 ii) exactly 6 items are defective. [6]
Candidates are requested to give their answers in their own words as far as practicable.
GROUP-B [3x(6+6)=36]
Figures in the margin indicate full marks.
Q.6. a) Define Poisson Distribution, Negative Binomial Distribution and
Attempt any SEVEN questions, selecting at least FOUR questions from GROUP-A and
THREE from GROUP-B Hyper-Geometric Distribution. [2+2+2]
GROUP-A [4x(5+6)=44] b) If 2% of electric bulbs manufactured by a certain company are
Q.1. a) Define statistics and what are the limitation of statistics Draw pie defective, find the probability that in a sample of 200 bulbs. [6]
chart of the following data. [2+3] i) less than 2 bulbs are defective.
Year 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 ii) more than 2 bulbs are defective.
Profit in million Rs. 28 27 21 26 28
Q.7. a) Define normal distribution and Gamma distribution. What are the
b) Define coefficient of variation. The running capacity of two horses
properties of normal distribution. [3+3]
are given below. State which is more consistent and why. [1+5]
b) Income of a group of 10,000 persons were found to be normally
Horse A: 280 255 280 290 295 300
distributed with mean Rs.520 & standard deviation of Rs.60. Find,
Horse B: 250 282 290 295 298 295
i) The number of persons having incomes between Rs.400 and 580.
ii) The number of persons having income greater than Rs.560. [6]
Q.2. a) State and prove Bayes's theorem. [5]
b) Define the classical approach of probability. In a group of 100
Q.8. a) Define Karl Pearson's correlation coefficient and what are it's
engineers, 10 are bachelors and other are married, what is the
properties. [3+3]
probability of selecting a sample of 20 engineers out of which 5 are
bachelor, if the sample is selected at random. [2+4] b)The following table gives the ages & blood pressure
of 10 women.
Q.3. a) Define mathematical expectation of a random variable show that Age: 56 42 36 47 49 42 60 72 63 55
mathematical expectation of a r.v. is an arithmetic mean of a r.v. Pressure: 147 125 118 128 145 140 155 160 149 150
[2+3] i) Find the two regression coefficient.
b) A r.v. X is distributed at random between the value o and 4 and its ii) Estimate the blood pressure of a woman whose age is 45 year. [6]
probability function is given by f(x) = kx 3(4–x)2. Find the value of k,
the mean & standard deviation of the distribution. [6] Q.9. a) What are the properties of good estimator, explain briefly. [6]
OR
Q.4. a) Define joint probability mass function & joint probability density What are the steps for test of significance for single mean for large
function. [3+2] sample?
b) The joint p.d.f of x & y is given as. b) A sample of size 400 was drawn and the sample mean was found
k(2  x  y ) 0  x  1, 0  y  1 to be 99, Test whether this sample could have come from a normal
f(x,y) =  population with mean 100 & variance 64 at 5% level of
 0, otherwise
i) Find the value of k. significance. [6]
ii) Find the marginal p.d.f. of x & y
iii) Find the mean & variance of x & y. [1+2+3]
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