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MHTCET
Date : 23-03-2024 TEST ID: 137
Time : 00:45:00 MATHEMATICS
Marks : 50
15.BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION ,9.BERNOULLI TRIALS AND BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION

Single Correct Answer Type number on the ticket drawn is 15 is ….

1. The value of B(4, 1) 𝑎𝑡 𝑟 = 3, 𝑖𝑠 3 4 27
4 a) ( ) b)
1 3 4 320
a) b) 27 d) None of these
64 64 c)
5 3 1280
c) d) 9. The probability that a certain kind of
64 32
2. Let X~B(n, p): component will survive a check test is 0.6.
If n = 10, E(X) = 5, then p = … … Find the probability that exactly 2 of the next 4
1 1 components tested survive.
a) b) a) 0.3564 b) 0.3456 c) 0.3654 d) 0.6345
2 3
1 d) All of these 10. If a coin is tossed 6 times, then probability of
c)
5 getting 4 or more heads is ….
3. If X → B(n = 10, p = 0.8), 10 11 12 13
a) b) c) d)
then ∶ P(at most 3 successes) = …. 32 32 32 32
7680 720 11. If X has binomial distribution with mean up
a) 10 b) 10 P(X=k)
5 5 and variance npq, then P(X=k−1) is
8361 d) None of these
c) 10 n−k p n−k+1 p
5 a) . b) .
4. A radar complex consists of eight units that k−1 q k q
operate independently. The probability that a n+1 q n−1 q
c) . d) .
unit detects an incoming missile is 0.9. Find k p k+1 p
the probability that an incoming missile will be 12. In a simultaneous toss of four coins, the
detected by at most four units. probability of getting exactly three heads is
a) 0.05 b) 0.005 c) 0.051 d) 0.006 1 1
a) b)
5. A die is throw 5 times, then the probability 2 3
1 d) None of these
that an even number will come up exactly 3 c)
4
times is
13. A die is thrown four times. The probability of
5 1 3 3
a) b) c) d) getting perfect square in at least one throw is
16 2 16 2 16 65
6. A die is thrown 100 times. If getting an odd a) b)
81 81
number is considered a success, the variance 23 58
of the number of successes is c) d)
81 81
a) 50 b) 25 c) 10 d) 100 14. Bernoulli distribution is a particular case of
7. In four throws with a pair of dice, the chance of binomial distribution if …..
throwing doublets atleast twice is a) n = 4 b) n = 1 c) n = 10 d) n = 8
19 125 15. A radar complex consists of eight units that
a) b)
144 144 operate independently. The probability that a
17 18
c) d) unit detects an incoming missile is 0.9. Then
144 144
the probability that an incoming missile will
8. From a box containing 20 tickets numbered 1
not be detected by any unit is
to 20. Four tickets are drawn on by one. After
9 4 1 5
each draw, the selected ticket is returned to a) ( ) b) 9 ( )
the box. Then probability that the greatest 10 10

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 1 1 starting points?
c) 8
d)
10 10 69888 5377
a) b) 8
16. A large chain retailer purchases certain kind of 5 8 5
electronic device of manufacturer. The 5378 5376
c) 8 d) 8
manufacturer indicates that the defective rate 5 5
of the device is 3%. The inspector of the 22. If A and B each toss three coins. The
retailer picks 20 items from a shipment. What probability that both get the same number of
is the probability that there will be at least one heads is
defective item among these 20? 1 3
a) b)
a) 0.5545 b) 0.5554 9 16
5 3
c) 0.4555 d) None of these c) d)
16 8
17. The mean and variance of a binomial
23. A dice has four blank faces and two faces
distribution are 6 and 4. The parameter n is
marked 3. The chance of getting a total 12 in 5
a) 18 b) 12 c) 10 d) 9
throws is
18. Given X~N(5, 16). Find P(X < 5).
1 4 2 1 2 4
1 b) 2 a) 5𝐶4 ( ) ( ) b) 5𝐶4 ( ) ( )
a) 3 3 3 3
2
c) 1 d) None of these 1 5 1 4 5
c) 5𝐶4 ( ) d) 5𝐶4 ( ) ( )
19. A student answered that the mean of a 6 6 6
binomial distribution is 18 and variance is 24. Out of 800 families with 4 children each, the
equal to 12. Check whether the answer of the expected number of families having atleast one
student is correct or not. boy is
a) Correct b) Wrong a) 550 b) 50
c) Not correct d) None of these c) 750 d) 300
20. The records of a hospital show that 10% of the 25. A bag consists of 10 balls each marked with
cases of a certain disease are fatal. If 6 patients one of the digits 0 to 9. If four balls are drawn
are suffering from the disease, then the successively with replacement from the bag.
probability that only three will die, is What is the probability that none is marked
a) 8748× 10−5 b) 1458× 10−5 with the digit 0?
c) 1458× 10−6 d) 41× 10−6 9 2 9 3
a) ( ) b) ( )
21. A man takes a forward step with probability 10 10
9 4 9 5
(0.8) and backward step with probability (0.2). c) ( ) d) ( )
What is the probability that at the end of 9 10 10
steps he is exactly three steps away form

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 AWAcademy
MHTCET
Date : 23-03-2024 TEST ID: 137
Time : 00:45:00 MATHEMATICS
Marks : 50
15.BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION ,9.BERNOULLI TRIALS AND BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION

: ANSWER KEY :
1) b 2) a 3) c 4) b 17) a 18) a 19) a 20) b
5) a 6) b 7) a 8) b 21) a 22) c 23) a 24) c
9) b 10) b 11) b 12) c 25) c
13) b 14) b 15) c 16) c

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 AWAcademy
MHTCET
Date : 23-03-2024 TEST ID: 137
Time : 00:45:00 MATHEMATICS
Marks : 50
15.BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION ,9.BERNOULLI TRIALS AND BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION

: HINTS AND SOLUTIONS :

Single Correct Answer Type 4 (b)
1 (b) If missile is detected, it is treated as success.
1
Here, r = 3, n = 4, p = 4
Then P(success) = p = 0.9
1 3
∴ q=1-p=1- =
4 4
1 Then q = 1 − p = 01
𝑁𝑜𝑤, 𝐵 (4, ) 𝑎𝑡 𝑟 = 3, 𝑖𝑠
4 Let X = number of units who detect missile and n
3
1 3 𝐼 3 3 = 8.
4𝐶3 ( ) ( ) = 4 × 4 =
4 4 4 64
2 (a) P(X ≤ 4)
Given :n = 10, E(X) = 5 and X~B(n, p)
= P(X = 0) + P(X = 1) + P(X = 2) + P(X = 3)
E(X) = 5 + P(X = 4)

∴ np = 5 1 8 8 9 1 1 7 8 9 2 1 6
= ( ) + ( )( ) ( ) + ( )( ) ( )
10 1 10 10 2 10 10
∴ 10p = 5 3 5
8 9 1
+ ( )( ) ( )
1 3 10 10
∴p=
2 8 9 4 1 4
+ ( )( ) ( )
4 10 10
Then Var (X) = npq
1 8
1 1 = ( ) {1 + (8)(9) + 3268 + 40824 + 459270}
∴ Var (X) = (10) ( ) (1 − ) 10
2 2
1 8
∴ Var (X) = 2.5 = ( ) × 503435
10
3 (c)
10 r 10−r 10
4 r 1 10−r = 0.00503435
p(r) = Cr . p . q = Cr . ( ) . ( )
5 5
= 0.005
1 10 5 (a)
= 10 . C r . 4r
5 Required probability
∴ P(X ≤ 3) = P(X = 0, 1, 2 or 3) 1 3 1 2 5
= 5 C3 × ( ) ( ) =
2 2 16
= p(0) + p(1) + p(2) + p(3) 7 (a)
P(X=2) + P(X=3) + P(X=4)
1 10
= [ C0 . 40 + 10 C1 . 41 + 10
C2 . 42 1 2 5 2 1 3 5 1 4
510 = 4𝐶2 ( ) ( ) + 4𝐶3 ( ) ( ) + 4𝐶4 ( )
+ 10 C3 . 43 ] 6 6 6 6 6
6 × 25 + 20 + 1 171 19
= = =
1 1296 1296 144
= [(1)(1) + (10)(4) + (45)(16) + (120)(64)] 8 (b)
510
Probability of drawing a number ≤
1
= [8361] = 0.00085561664
510
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 15
15 in one draw = 20 = 4.
3 9 0 1 8 1
∴ Required probability = 8𝐶0 (10) (10) = 108
1 16 (c)
Probability of drawing number 15 is =20
Given :n = 20

1 3 3 27 X : number of defective items

∴ Reqd. Prob. = 4 C1 . .( ) =
20 4 320
9 (b) P = P(X = x) = 0.03
Given : n = 4.
Then q = 0.97
X : number of items survived
Now
P = P(X) = 0.6
P(X ≥ 1) = 1 − P(X < 1)
Then q = 1 − p = 0.4
= 1 − P(X = 0)
Now P(X = 2) = (42)(0.6)2 (0.4)2 20
= 1 − ( ) (0.03)0 (0.97)20
0
= 0.3456
10 (b) 97 20
11 =1−( )
100
32
11 (b) 1
=
Here, mean = np and variance = npq 0.5445
n (p)k (q)n−k
P(X = k) Ck
∴ = n = 0.4555
P(X = k − 1) Ck−1 (p)k−1 (q)n−k+1 17 (a)
n
Ck p
= n . Given np = 6, npq = 4
Ck−1 q npq 4 2 1
P(X = k) n−k+1 p ∴ = ⇒ q = and p =
∴ = . np 6 3 3
P(X = k − 1) k q 1
12 (c) ∴ np = 6 ⇒ n × = 6 ⇒ n = 18
3
1 3 1 18 (a)
Required probability = 4 C3 ( ) ( )
2 2
X~N(5, 16)
1
=
4 ∴ μ = 5 and σ2 = 16
13 (b)
A die is thrown four time ∴ σ = 4.
∴ n=4
X−μ
p(probability of getting perfect square i.e. 1, 4) Put σ
=Z
2 1
Here, 𝑝 = =
6 3 X−5
1 2 ∴ =Z
𝑞 =1−𝑝=1− = 4
3 3
∴ Required probability = P(X ≥ 1) = 1 - P(X = 0) Is standard normal variate.
1 0 2 4 16 65
= 1 − 4𝐶0 ( ) ( ) = 1 − = X = 5 implies Z = 0
3 3 81 81
14 (b)
∴ X < 5 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑋 < 0
n=1
15 (c) ∴ P(X < 5) = P(Z < 0)
Given, probability that a unit detects an incoming
1
missile, = 2 ; See Fig. below.s
9
𝑝 = 0.9 =
10
9 1
𝑞 = 1 − 𝑝 = 1 − 10 = 10and n = 8

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= ( ) [(3𝐶0 )2 + (3𝐶1 )2 + (3𝐶2 )2 + (3𝐶3 )2 ]
2
1 6 20 5
= ( ) (1 + 9 + 9 + 1) = =
2 64 16
19 (a) 23 (a)
For a binomial distribution 2 1
Probability of success, 𝑝 = 6 = 3
B~(n, p), we know that
2
and probability of failure , 𝑞 = 3,
Mean=np and variance=npq.
Here n = 5
1 4 2
Now np = 18 and npq = 12; Given ∴ Required probability = 5𝐶4 (3) (3)

The division gives 24 (c)

1
Here, 𝑁 = 800, 𝑛 = 4, 𝑝 = 𝑞 =
2
npq 12 2
= ∴q= ∴ Expected number of families = N × P(X ≥ 1 )
np 18 3
𝑁(1 − 𝑃(𝑋 = 0)
1
Then p = and n = 54 1 0 1 4
3 = 800 (1 − 4𝐶0 ( ) ( ) )
2 2
∴Answer of the student is correct because it does 1
= 800 (1 − )
not lead to any contradiction. 16
20 (b) 800 × 15
= = 750
The probability that a person die from the disease 16
25 (c)
ia 10%.
10 1 9 Let X denotes the number of balls marked with
𝑝= = 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑞 = the digit 0 among the 4 balls draws.
100 10 10
Total number of patients, n = 6 Since, the balls are drawn with replacement, the
1 3 9 3 trials are Bernoulli trials,
∴ Required probability = 6𝐶3 (10) (10) 1
6.5.4 1 9×9×9 𝑝 − 𝑃(𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑠 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑤𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 0) =
10
= × ×
3.2.1 1000 1000 [∴ only one ball out of 10 is marked with 0]
2 ⇒ 𝑞 = 1 − 𝑝 = 10
9
= 5 × 729 = 1458 × 10−5
10
21 (a) ∴ X has a binomial distribution with n = 4, 𝑝 =
1 9
𝑃(𝑋 = 𝑥) = 9𝐶𝑥 (0.8)𝑥 (0.2)9−𝑥 10
𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑞 = 10
= 9𝐶6 (0.8)6 (0.2)3 + 9𝐶3 (0.8)3 (0.2)6 1 𝑟 9 4−𝑟
∴ P(X=r)=4𝐶𝑟 . (10) (10)
= 9𝐶6 (0.2)3 (0.8)3 [(0.8)3 + (0.2)3 ]
43 1 Required probability =p (none marked with 0)
3 (0.8)3
= 9𝐶6 (0.2) [ 3 + 3] 𝑃(𝑋 = 0) = 4𝐶0 𝑝0 𝑞4 = 𝑞 4
5 5
9 4
1 3 43 65 69888 =( )
= 9𝐶6 ( ) ( 3 ) . 3 = 10
5 5 5 58
22 (c)
The probability that A get r heads in the three
1 3
tosses of a coin is P(X = r)= 3𝐶𝑟 (2) .
The probability that A and B both get r heads in
three tosses of a coin is
1 3 1 3 2
1 6
3𝐶𝑟 ( ) . 3𝐶𝑟 ( ) = (3𝐶𝑟 ) ( )
2 2 2
[∴ A and B are independent events]
3
1 6
∴ Required probability ∑(3𝐶𝑟 )2 ( )
2
𝑟=0

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