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What is the probability of an impossible event? Option 2

a) 1
b) 0
c) Insufficient data
d) Not defined

Permutation is also known as selection. Option 2

1 True
2 False

Pn = ________________
n Option 1
1 n!
21
3 1(n)!
4 (n-1)!

The probability that a person shall not die is Option 1

10
2 1
3 0.5
4 depends on the age.

The sample space corresponding to the experiment five seeds are Option 2
planted and total number of seeds germinated are recorded after a
week is
1 (0,5)
2 {0,1,2,3,4,5}
3 {1,2,3,4,5}
4 [0,5]

What does probability mean? Option 3

a) The total number of possible outcomes in an event
b) The ratio of favorable outcomes to all outcomes
c) The chance of an event happening
d) How certain an event will occur
Two unbiased coins are tossed. What is the probability of getting at Option 3
most one head?
a) 3⁄4
b) 1⁄6
c) 1⁄3
d) 1⁄2

Two unbiased coins are tossed. What is the probability of getting at Option 3
most one head?
a) 3⁄4
b) 1⁄6
c) 1⁄3
d) 1⁄2

P0 = ________________
n Option 2
1 n!
21
3 1(n)!
4 (n-1)!

If X~B(n,P) and E(X) = 5/3 var(X)=10/9, then the value of q is Option 2

a) 1/3
b) 2/3
c) 1/6
d) 5/6

If X ~ G(p) then mean of geometric distribution is… Option 4

a) p / q
b) q
c) p
d) q /p

If X is number of failures before kth success then X Option 2

follows…….distribution.
a) Poisson
b) Geometric
c) Negative Binomial
d) None of these

If ‘m’ is the mean of a Poisson Distribution, then variance is given Option 3

by ___________
a) m2
b) m ⁄ 1
2

c) m
d) m⁄2

If ‘m’ is the mean of a Poisson Distribution, the standard deviation Option 1

is given by ___________
a) square root of m.
b) m2
c) m
d) m⁄2

If X is a continuous r.v. with p.d.f. f(x) then ∫ f(x) ∞ −∞ = ……… Option 4

a) ½
b) 0
c) -1
d) 1

If F(x) be the distribution function of continuous random variable X Option 1

then P(4  x  10) is equal to:
a) F(10) – F(4)
b) F(10) + F(4)
c) F(4) – F(10)
d) F(10)* F(4)

If ‘X’ is a random variable, taking values ‘x’, probability of success Option 2

and failure being ‘p’ and ‘q’ respectively and ‘n’ trials being
conducted, then what is the probability that ‘X’ takes values ‘x’? Use
Binomial Distribution
a) P(X = x) = nCx px qx
b) P(X = x) = nCx px q(n-x)
c) P(X = x) = xCn qx p(n-x)
d) P(x = x) = xCn pn qx

A continuous r.v. X has mean zero. The expression E (X2 ) is… Option 2
 a) µ3
b) Var(X)
c) E(X)
d) None of these

Q2. Answer any four of the following questions. Each question carries two
marks.

Define Sample Space with one example.

Prove that P(A)+P(A')=1

Write Two example of Sample Space.

Define Permutation with example.

Define Probability with example.

Write the axoims of probability.

Define Combination with Example.

State Statment of Bayes Theorem.

Write any two example of Probability?

Define Random variable with example.

Define Discrete and continous random variable.

Write the statment of additive property of binomial distribution.

Define Mathematical Expectation.

If X is contionus Random variable with pdf f(x).Prove that E(aX+b)=aE(X)+b.

Define Probability density Function.

 Write two real life situation of poission distribution.

Write two real life situation of geometric distribution.

Define Probability Mass function.

Q3. Answer any two of the following questions. Each question carries four
marks .

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Obtain expectation of random variable X with the following probability distribution;

Xi 1 3 5 6
Pi 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.3

For the following probability distribution of X

X 0 1 2 3 4
P(X=x) K 3K 5K 2K K
i) Find the value of K ii) Find P(X ≥ 2) iii)P(X<3)

Write Properties of C.D.F.

State the axioms of probability.

Explain short note on partition of sample space with example.

Explain the concepts of Independence of Two events.

Write short note on priciples of counting.

Calculate the variance of X; If X denotes the number obtained on the face of a fair die.
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Obtain expectation of random variable X with the following probability distribution;

Xi 1 3 5 6
Pi 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.3

If X be a binomial random variable with parameters n and p , if E(X) =4 and V(X) =2.4 find n and p.

Write mean and variance of Geometric distribution.

If a pair of unbiased coins is tossed Obtain probability of occurrence of i) both heads ii) Single head
iii) at least one head.

If X is a poisson variate such that P(X=2) = 9P(X=4)+90P(X=6).Find P(X=3) and mean of X.

A card is drwan from an ordinary pack of 52 playing cards.What is the probability that it is king given
that it is a face card?

Q4. Write short note on any two. Each question carries four marks. (2 x 4 : 8)

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Write difference between permutation and combination

Explian short note on Sample space with examples.

Explain idea of deterministic and Non determinitic Experiments with exampls.

IF P(A)=0.6 ,P(B)=0.5,P(A∩ B)=0.3 . Compute P(A') ,P(A∪B) , P(A'∩B).

Write any three real life example classical probability.

Define mutually exclusive and exhaustive events with eaxmpl.

A r.v X has the follwoing discrte uniform distribution. If P(X)= 1/(n+1) ; X = 0,1,2,3,....n . Find
E(X) and V(X).

A random variable X assumes "n" values 1,2,3,........n with equal probability. If the ratio of V(X) / E(X)
is equal to 4 .Find the value of n what wil be the value of n if V(X) =E(X)=?
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Number of road accidents on a highway during a month follows a poisson distrution with mean 5. Find
a probability that in a certain month number of accidents on the highway will be
i) less than 3 ii) Between 3 and 5 iii) More than 3

Let X be a discrete random variable with the following pmf: P(X = 1) = 0.1, P(X = 2) = 0.3,
P(X = 3) = 0.4, and P(X = 4) = 0.2. Find the expected value E(X).

X is a randoam variable such that P(X=x)=pqX-1 ; X= 1,2,3.......0 ; 0<p<1 , q=1-p

Given that P(X=4)=0.2889 , P(X=3)= 0.428 .Find P(X=6) , E(X) , V(X)

Let X~B(n=8,P=1/4) .find i) P(X=3) ii) P(X<3) iii) P(X≤ 6).

Let X follows binomial distribution with mean=10 , v(X)= 5. Find i)P(X<5) ii) P(2≤10).

A random variable X follows a binomial distribution with parameters n = 8 and p = 0.4. Find
the probability that X is at least 6.

Q5. Answer any one of the following questions. Each question carries eight
marks.
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A bag I contains 4 white and 6 black balls while another Bag II contains 4 white and 3 black balls. One
ball is drawn at random from one of the bags, and it is found to be black. Find the probability that it
was drawn from Bag I.

Define Classical defination probability.Prove that Addition laws of probability.

Define Event.Explain types of Events.

For a discrete r. v. (X, Y) show that

i) E(X +Y) = E(X) +E(Y)
ii) If X and Y are independent then E(XY) = E(X)*E(Y)

Define Binomial distribution .Find its mean and Variance.

Define Discrete Uniform distribution.Find its mean and variance.