RAJ KUMAR GOEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, GHAZIABAD

Session (2023-24): Odd Sem

MATHEMATICS – IV (BAS-303)
Question bank (Unit-4): Statistical Technique-II
Contents: Probability and Distribution: Random variables (Discrete and continuous Random variable) Probability mass
function and Probability density function, Expectation and variance, Discrete and Continuous Probability distribution:
Binomial, Poisson and Normal distributions:

Course Outcome (CO3): Remember basic concepts & facts of probability theory of random variables, and
evaluate some standard probability distributions like binomial, Poisson, and Normal.
Q.
No
Question Description (2 Marks) BLT
1. If the probability mass function of a discrete random variable X is K2

X 1 2 3

f (X ) 1 1 1
2 3 6

Determine E ( X ) and V ( X ) .(2019-20)

2. If the probability density function f ( x) of a continuous random variable X is defined by K2

A 
 , if 5  x  10 
f ( x)   x 2  , calculate the value of „ A ‟. (2019-20)

 0, elsewhere  

3. For the function f ( x) is defined by f ( x)  ce  x , 0  x  . Calculate the value of c which changes K3

f ( x) to a probability density function. (2020-21)

4. kx3 , if 0  x  3 K3
If the probability density function f ( x)    , Find the value of „ k ‟.
 0, elsewhere 

Also, find the probability between x  1/ 2 and x  3 / 2. (2021-22)

5. A die is tossed twice; A success is getting 2 or 3 on a toss. Calculate mean. (2021-22) K2

6. The diameter of an electric cable is assumed to be continuous random variable with probability density K2
function f ( x)  6 x(1  x), 0  x  1. Verify above is a p.d.f and also find its mean.

7.  1 K2
Find the mean of the binomial distribution B  4,  . (2019-20)
 3

8. Identify the following statement is true or false “For a Binomial Distribution, mean is 6 and variance is 9”. K2
(2020-21)
9. Write probability mass function of binomial distribution with mean and variance of the distribution.

(2022-23)

10. 1 K2
If X has a Poisson distribution and P( X  0)  , What is E ( X )?
2

11. Criticize the following statement: “The mean of a Poisson distribution is 5, while S.D.is 4”. K2

12. A random variable X is said to follow the Normal distribution with mean 9 and standard deviation 3,such K2
that P ( X  x* )  0.16. (2022-23)

Q. Question Description (10 Marks) BLT

No
1. A random variable X has the following probability distribution. K3

X 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
p( X ) 0 k 2k 2k 3k k 2
2k 2
7k  k
2

Determine p( X  6). (2022-23)

2. A bag contains 8 items of which 2 are defective. A man selects 3 items at random. Find the expected K4
number and variance of defective items he has drawn.

3. 3 2 K3
For continuous random variable if f ( x)  ( x  1), 0  x  1 then
4

(i) Verify that f ( x) is a p.d.f and also find its mean.

(ii) Find an expression in  such that P( x   )  P( x   ) (2022-23)

4. Find mean and variance of discrete binomial distribution given by p( x)  n cx p x q n x where q  1  p. K4

(2020-21)

5. Fit a binomial distribution for the following data and compare the theoretical frequencies with the actual K3
ones. (2021-22)

x: 0 1 2 3 4 5
f: 2 14 20 34 22 8

6. Show that Poisson Distribution is a particular limiting form of the Binomial Distribution where p or q is K3
very small, and n is large enough. (2020-21)

7. Fit a Poisson distribution for the following data which give the number of yeast cells per square for 400 K3
squares

x: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
f: 103 143 98 42 8 4 2 0 0 0 0
1.52
( given, e  0.2674). (2019-20)
8. The number of accidents in a year involving taxi drivers in a city follows a Poisson distribution with mean K4
equal to 3. Out of 1000 taxi drivers, find approximately the number of drivers such that

i. No accident in a year
ii. More than three accidents in a year.

( given, e 3  0.04979). (2021-22)

9. The following table gives the no. of 50 day period during which automobile accidents occurred in a city. K3

No. of accidents 0 1 2 3 4
No. of days 21 18 7 3 1
Fit a Poisson distribution to the data. (2021-22)

10. If X variable follow the Poisson distribution such that P( X  2)  9 P( X  4)  90 P( X  6). Find mean K3
and variance of the distribution. (2022-23)

11. Define the Normal distribution. The daily wages of 1000 workers are distributed around a mean of K4
Rs. 140 and with a standard deviation of Rs. 10.Estimate the number of workers whose daily waged will be
(i) between Rs. 140 and Rs. 144 (ii) less than Rs. 126 (iii) more than Rs. 160. (2019-20)

12. A sample of 100 dry battery cells tested to find the length of life produced the following results: K3
x  12 hours,   3 hours. Assuming the data to be normally distributed, what percentage of battery cells
are expected to have life (i) more than 15 hours (ii) less than 6 hours (iii) between 10 and 14 hours.

(2020-21)

13. In a sample of 1000 cases, the mean of a certain test is 14 and S.D is 2.5. Assuming the distribution to be K3
normal, find

(i) How many students score between 12 and 15?

(ii) How many score above 18?
(iii) How many score below 8?
Given f (0.8)  0.2881, f (0.4)  0.1554, f (1.6)  0.4452, f (2.4)  0.4918. (2021-22)

14. In a test on 2000 electric bulbs, it was found that the life of a particular make was normally distributed with K4
an average life of 2040 hours and S.D. of 60 hours. Calculate the number of bulbs likely to burn for:
(i) More than 2150 hours (ii) less than 1950 hours (iii) between 1920 hours and 2160 hours? (2021-22)

15. In a normal distribution, 12% of the items are under 30 and 85% items are under 60.Find the mean and K3
standard deviation. (2022-23)