SRI CHAITANYA EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.

HABSIGUDA
MATHS – IIA

COMPLEX NUMBERS
SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (4 Marks)

1. (i) Show that the points in the Argand plane represented by the complex numbers
3 1 7
2  7i,  i, 4 3i, 1  i  are the vertices of a rhombus.
2 2 2
(ii) Show that the four points in the Argand plane represented by the complex numbers
2  i, 4  3i, 2  5i, 3i are the vertices of a square.
(iii) Show that the points in the argand diagram represented by the complex numbers
2  2i,  2  2i,  2 3  2 3 i are the vertices of an equilateral triangle.
2. The points P, Q denote the complex numbers Z1 , Z 2 in the argand diagram. O is the
origin. If Z1 Z 2  Z 1Z 2  0 then show that POQ  900
z4 
3. Determine the locus of z , z  2i, such that Re  0
 z  2i 
2  11i 2  i
4. Show that z1  , z2 are conjugate to each other
1  2i 
2
25

then show that  4 x 2  1  0

1
5. (i) If x  iy 
1  cos   i sin 
z2  
6. If the amplitude of    , find its locus.
 z  6i  2
7. If z  2  i 7, then show that 3z 3  4 z 2  z  88  0
z2 2 z1  z2
8. If , z1  0 , is an imaginary number then find the value of
z1 2 z1  z2

then, show that x  y  4 x  3

3 2 2
9. If x  iy 
2  cos   i sin 

10. The complex number z has argument  , 0    and satisfying the equation z  3i  3.
2
Then prove that  cot     i.
6
 z

VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (2 Marks)

1. Find the square roots of (i) 7  24i (ii) 47  i8 3
2. Find the complex conjugate of 3  4i  2  3i 
3. Find the polar form of following complex numbers
(i)  1  3 i  (ii) z   7  i 21 (iii) 1  i (iv) 1  i 3
If z  2  3i, show that z  4 z  13  0
2
4.
5. i) If z1  1 and z2  i, then find Arg  z1z2 
 z1 
ii) If z1  1, z2  i , then find Arg  
 z2 

If z   cos ,sin   , find  z  

1
6.

z 
7. Find the additive inverse of  6,5  10,  4
8. find the multiplicative inverse of 7  24i.
9. If z  0, find Arg z  Arg z.
10. If 1  i  2  i 3  i  ... 1  ni   x  iy then prove that 2.5.10... 1  n 2   x 2  y 2 .
11. If z  x  iy and z  1 then find the locus of z.
 
12. If the Arg z1 and Arg z2 are and respectively then find  Arg z1  Arg z2 
5 3
1 i 
n

13. Find the least positive integer n, satisfying   1

 1 i 

  4  a 2  b2 
1
If  x  iy  3  a  ib then prove that
x y
14.
a b

   299  a  ib  then show that a 2  b 2  4

100
15. If 3 i

If  a  ib   x  iy, find x2  y 2 .
2
16.
5i
17. Write the conjugate of complex number
7i
18. Express 1  i in Modulus – Amplitude form
19. Represent the complex number 2  3i in argand plane

DE MOIVRE’S THEOREM
LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS (7 Marks)

n
i) If n is an integer then show that 1  i   1  i   2n1 cos
2n 2n
1.
2
n2
 n 
ii) If n is a positive integer show that 1  i   1  i   2 2 cos  
n n

 4 
2. If  ,  are the roots of the equation x 2  2 x  4  0 then for any positive integer n show
n
that  n   n  2n1 cos  
.
 3 
3. If n is an integer then show that
   n 
1  cos   i sin    1  cos   i sin    2n 1 cos n   cos  
n n

2  2 
8
   3
 1  sin  i cos
Show that one value of  8 8   1
4. 
 1  sin   i cos  
 8 8
5. If cos   cos   cos   0  sin   sin   sin  . Then Prove that
 3
cos 2   cos 2   cos 2    sin 2   sin 2   sin 2  .
2
6. If cos   cos   cos   0  sin   sin   sin 
i) cos3  cos3  cos3  3cos      
ii) sin 3  sin 3  sin 3  3sin      
iii) cos      cos       cos      0

If n is a positive integer, show that  P  iQ    P  iQ   2  P 2  Q2  2n cos  tan 1 

1
1/ n 1/ n 1 Q
7.
2 P
8. Find all the roots of the equation x  x  x  1  0 11 7 4

 z 2n  1
9. If n is an integer and z  cis ,     2n  1  , then show that 2 n  i tan n  .
 2 z 1

VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (2 Marks)

If x  cis , then find the value of  x 6  6 
1
1.
x  
2. If, A,B,C are angles of a triangle ABC such that x=cisA, y=cisB, z=cisC, then find the
value of xyz.
i) If the cube roots of unity are 1,  ,  2 , then find the roots of the equation  x  1  8  0
3
3.
ii) Find the cube roots of 8.
5 5
 3 i  3 i
i) 1  i 3  ii) 1  i 
3
iii)       
16
4.
 2 2  2 2

  ii)  i  iii)  32 
1/4
3 i
1/6 1/5
5. Find all the values of (i)
6. If 1, ,  2 are the cube roots of unity, then prove that
ii)  2     2   2  2  10  2  11  49 
1 1 1
i)  
2   1  2 1  
7. If 1, ,  2 are the cue roots of unity, then find the values of the following
i) 1     2  ii) 1    1   2 1   4 1   8 
3

iii) 1     2   1     2  iv) 1     2   1   2   
5 5 6 6

8. If 1, ,  2 are the cube roots of unity. Then prove that x 2  4 x  7  0 where x     2  2

QUADRATIC EXPRESSIONS
SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (4 Marks)
x p
1. If the expression takes all real values for x  R then find the limits for ‘p’.
x  3x  2
2

x 1
2. If ‘x’ is real then prove that 2 lies between and 1
x  5x  9 11
x 2  34 x  71
3. If ‘x’ is real show that the value of the expression 2 does not lie between 5
x  2x  7
and 9.
1 1 1
4. Prove that   does not lie between 1 and 4, if x is real
3x  1 x  1  3x  1 x  1
x 2  14 x  9
5. If ‘x’ is real, find the maximum and minimum values of the expression
x2  2 x  3
 x2
6. Determine the range of for x  R.
2 x  3x  6
2

x2  x  1
7. Determine the range of the expression 2 for x  R
x  x 1
8. Determine the range of the expression
 x  1 x  2  , x  R
x3
9. Solve 2x4+x3-11x2+x+2=0.
If C  ab and the roots of the equation (c 2  ab) x 2  2  a 2  bc  x   b 2  ac   0 are
2
10.
equal then show that a3  b3  c3  3abc .

VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (2 Marks)

1. Find the quadratic equation whose roots are 7  2 5 and 7  2 5
2. Find the quadratic equation whose roots are 3  5i
p  q   p  q
3. Find the quadratic equation whose roots are ,  p  q 
pq pq
4. If the equation x2 15  m  2x  8  0 has equal roots find the value of m.
5. If  ,  are the roots of the equation ax 2  bx  c  0 find the value of
1 1 1 1
i)  ii) 
   2
2
 
iii)  iv)  4  7   7 . 4
2 2
6. (i) Find the maximum (or) minimum of the expression 12 x  x 2  32.
(ii) Find the maximum (or) minimum of the expression 2 x  7  5 x 2
7. State the sign of the expression x 2  5 x  6.
8. Find the quadratic equation the sum of whose roots is ‘1’ and sum of the squares of
the roots is 13.
9. x 2  6 x  5  0 and x 2  3ax  35  0 have a common root then find the value of ‘a’

10. x 2  bx  c  0 and x 2  cx  b  0 have a common root then show that b  c  1  0.

11. Prove that the roots of  x  a  x  b   h2 are always real.

12. For what values of x, the expression 15  4 x  3x 2 is negative.

THEORY OF EQUATIONS
LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS

1. Solve the equation x 4  10 x3  26 x 2  10 x  1  0

2. Solve 6 x 4  35 x3  62 x 2  35 x  6  0
3. Solve the equation x5  5 x 4  9 x3  9 x 2  5 x  1  0
4. Solve the equations 2 x5  x 4  12 x3  12 x 2  x  2  0
5. Solve 6 x 6  25 x5  31x 4  31x 2  25 x  6  0
6. Given that the roots of x3  3 px 2  3qx  r  0
 i) A.P show that 2 p3  3 pq  r  0
ii) G.P show that p3r  q3 iii) H.P show that 2q3  r  3 pq  r 
Solve 18 x  81x  121x  60  0 given that one root is equal to half the sum of the
3 2
7.
remaining roots.
Solve x  x  16 x  4 x  48  0 given that the product of two roots is 6.
4 3 2
8.
9. Solve 4 x3  24 x 2  23x  18  0 given the roots of this equation are in A.P
10. Solve the equation x4  6 x3  13x 2  24 x  36  0, given that they have multiple roots.
11. Solve x 4  4 x3  2 x 2  12 x  9  0 given that it has two pairs of equal roots.
12. Find the equation whose roots are the translates of the roots of x5  4 x3  x 2  11  0 by
- 2.
13. Find the Polynomial Equation whose roots are the translate of the equation
x5  4 x 4  3x 2  4 x  6  0 by -3.
14. Solve 3x3  26 x 2  52 x  24  0, given that the roots are in G.P
15. Solve x4  4 x2  8x  35  0, given that 2  i 3 is a root.

VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (2 Marks)

1. Form the equation whose roots are 2  3, 1  2i

2. If 1, 2 and  are the roots of 2 x3  x 2  7 x  6  0 then find 
3. If 1,  2,3 are the roots of x3  2 x 2  ax  6  0 then find a.
4. If the product of the roots of 4 x3  16 x 2  9 x  a  0 is 9, then find a.
5. If 1,1,  are the roots of x3  6 x 2  9 x  4  0 then find  .
6. If  ,  ,1 are the roots of x3  2 x 2  5 x  6  0 then find  ,  .
7. Find the transformed equation whose roots are the negatives of the roots of
x 4  5 x3  11x  3  0
8. Find the equation whose roots are reciprocals of the roots of
x 4  3x3  7 x 2  5 x  2  0
9. i) If  ,  ,  are the roots of the equation x3  2 x 2  4 x  3  0, find the equation whose
roots are 3 times the roots of given equation.
ii) Find the algebraic equation whose roots are two times the roots of
x5  2 x 4  3x3  2 x 2  4 x  3  0.
10. Find the polynomial equation whose roots are the squares of the roots of
x3  3x 2  7 x  6  0

PERMUTATIONS & COMBINATIONS

SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (4M)
4
1. (i) Simplify 34
C5    38  r C
4
r 0

4
25C4    29  r  C3  30C4
(ii) Prove that r 0
 4n
C2 n 1.3.5......  4n  1
2. Prove that 
2n
Cn 1,3, 4......  2n  12

3. If the letters of the word MASTER are permuted in all possible ways and the words
thus formed are arranged in the dictionary order. Then find the rank of the word
i) REMAST ii) MASTER
4. If the letters of word PRISON are permuted in all possible ways and the words thus
Formed are arranged in the dictionary order. Then find the rank of the word PRISON.
5. If the letters of the word BRING are permuted in all possible ways and the words
thus formed are arranged in the dictionary order, then find the 59th word.
6. If the letters of the word EAMCET are permuted in all possible ways and if the words
thus formed are arranged in the dictionary order find the rank of the word EAMCET
7. Find the number of ways of seating 5 Indians, 4 Americans and 3 Russians at a round
table so that
i) all Indians are sit together ii) person of same nationality sit together
iii) No two Russians sit together.
8. Find the number of ways of arranging 6 red roses and 3 yellow roses of different sizes
Into a garland. In how many of them
i) all the yellow roses are together ii) no two yellow roses are together
9. Find the number of ways of arranging 6 boys and 6 girls in a row. In how many of
these arrangements.
i) all the girls are together ii) no two girls are together
iii) boys and girls come alternately
10. i) find the number of ways of selecting a cricket team of 11 players from 6 batsmen
and 6 bowlers such that there will be atleast 5 bowlers in the team
ii) Find the number of ways of selecting 11 members cricket team from 7 batsmen,
6 bowlers and 2 wicket-keepers, so that the team contains 2 wicket-keepers and atleast
4 bowlers.
11. Find the number of ways of forming a committee of 5 members out of 6 Indians and 5
Americans so that always the Indians will be in majority in the committee.
12. i) if 1  r  n, then n Cr 1  n Cr n 1 Cr
n3
ii) For 3  r  n, prove that Cr 3.n3 Cr 1  3.n3 Cr 2  n3 Cr 2 n Cr
13. i) Find the sum of all 4 digited numbers that can be formed using the digits 1, 2, 4,5, 6
without repetition
ii) Find the sum of all 4-digit numbers that can be formed using the digits 1, 3, 5, 7, 9
(without repetition)
14. Find the number of numbers that are greater than 4000 which can be formed using the
Digits 0, 2, 4, 6,8 without repetition
15. Find the sum of all 4 digited numbers that can be formed using digits 0, 2, 4, 7,8
Without repetition
 VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (2M)

1. i) If n p4  1680 then find ‘n’ ii) If n p3  1320 find ‘ n ’

 n1  n1
2. i) If P5 :n P6  2 : 7, find n. ii) If P5 :n P5  3: 2 then find n.
3. If n P7  42.n P5 find n.
4. If 12
p5  5.12 p4 13 pr find ‘ r ’
5. If n C5  n C6 then find the value of 13 Cn
6. If 12
pr  1320, find ‘r’
7. i) If 12C  12C find ‘r’
r 1 3 r 5

ii) If Cs1  C(2 s5)

12 12

iii) If 15 C2r 1 15 C(2r 4) then find r.

8. Find the value of 10 c5  2.10 c4 10 c3
9. If n pr  5040 and n Cr  210 find ‘n’ and ‘r’
10. Find the number of positive divisors of 1080
11. Find the number of diagonals of a polygon with 12 sides?
12. Find the number of ways of arranging the letters of the word
(i) PERMUTATION (ii) INTERMEDIATE
(iii) INDEPENDENCE (iv) MATHEMATICS
(v) ENGINEERING
13. Find the number of different chains that can be prepared using 7 different coloured
Beads.
14. Find the number of bijections from a set A containing 7 elements onto itself.
15. Find the no. of zero’s in 100!
16. Find the number of (i) 6 (ii) 7 letter palindromes that can be formed using the letters
of the word EQUATION

BINOMIAL THEOREM
LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS (7 M)

3.5 3.5.7 3.5.7.9

1. Find the sum of the series    ........
5.10 5.10.15 5.10.15.20
3 3.5 3.5.7
2. Find the sum of the infinite series    ......
4 4.8 4.8.12
1 1.3 1.3.5
3. Find the sum of the series 1     .......
3 3.6 3.6.9
1.3 1.3.5 1.3.5.7
4. If 1     ..., then prove that 9 x 2  24 x  11
3.6 3.6.9 3.6.9.12
4 4.6 4.6.8
5. If t     .............. then prove that 9t  16
5 5.10 5.10.15
5 5.7 5.7.9
6. If    ........., then find the value of x 2  4 x
 2! 3  3! 3  4! 3
2 3
 1
1.3 1.3.5
7. If x     ....., then find 3x 2  6 x
5
5.10 5.10.15
7 
Find the sum of the infinite series 1  2   4  
1 1.3 1 1.3.5  1 
8.  6   ... 
5  10 1.2  10  1.2.3  10  
3 3.5 3.5.7
9. Find the sum of the infinite series    ..........
4.8 4.8.12 4.8.12.16
10. If ‘n’ is a positive integer and ‘x’ is any non-zero real numbers, then prove that
1  x   1
n 1
x x2 xn
C0  C1  C2  ....  Cn 
2 3 n 1  n  1 x
11. For n = 0,1, 2........., n prove that C0 .Cr  C1.Cr 1  C2 .Cr  2  ...  Cnr .Cn  2nC hence deduce n r

that (i) C0 2  C12  C2 2  ...  Cn1.Cn  2 n Cn (ii) C0 .C1  C1.C2  C2C3  ...  Cn1.Cn  2nC n1

If the coefficients of 4 consecutive terms in the expansion of 1  x  are a1 , a2 , a3 , a4

n
12.
a1 a3 2a2
respectively then show that  
a1  a2 a3  a4 a2  a3
If the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th terms is the expansion of  a  x  are respectively
n
13.
240, 720, 1080, find a, x, n.
If the coefficient of r th ,  r  1 and  r  2  terms is the expansion of 1  x  are in A.P,
th nd n
14.
then show that n2   4r  1 n  4r 2  2  0

If 36,84,126 are three succesive binomial co-efficients in the expansion of 

1 x
n

15.
then find n.

16. If P and Q are the sum of odd terms and the sum of even terms respectively in the
expansion of  x  a  then prove that
n

(a) P 2  Q2   x 2  a 2  (b) 4 PQ   x  a    x  a 
n 2n 2n

If the coefficients of x9 , x10 and x11 terms in the expansion of 1  x  are on A.P, then
n
17.
prove that n2  41n  398  0
11

in the expansion of  ax 2   is equal to the coefficient of

10 1
18. If the coefficient of x
 bx 
11

in the expansion of  ax  2  find the relation between a and b, when a and b

10 1
x
 bx 
are real numbers.
n  n  1  n  2 
2 2
 nC  n
19. If ‘n’ is positive integer, Prove that  r  n r   3

r 1  Cr 1  12

VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (2M)

1. Find the number of terms in the expansion of
9

(ii)   
3a b
(i)  2 x  3 y  z 
7

 4 2
Find the number of terms with non-zero coefficients in  4 x  7 y    4 x  7 y 
49 49
2.
3. Find the set of values of ‘x’ for which
2
(i)  2  3x  3 is valid (ii)  7  3x  is valid (iii)  3  4x 
5 3/4
is valid
 If 22 Cr is the largest binomial coefficient in the expansion of 1  x  find the value of
22
4.
13
Cr
Find the largest binomial coefficient  s  in the expansion of 1  x 
19
5.
7
 2 x2 5 
6. Find the coefficient of x 7
in   5
 3 4x 
7. Find the middle terms in the expansion of
10 11

(i)   2 y  (ii)  4a  b 
3x 3
 7   2 
9
 2 x 2 15 
14

Find the term independent of ‘x’ in the expansion of (i)  4x3  2 

7
8. (ii)   
 x   5 4x 
9. Prove that C0  2.C1  4.C2  8.C3  ...  2n.Cn  3n
Find the numerically greatest terms (s) in the expansion of  3x  5 y  when
n
10.
3 2
x  ; y  and n  17
4 7
If the coefficients of  2r  4  term and  3r  4  team in the expansion of 1  x 
th th 21
11.
are equal, then find ‘r’.

PARTIAL FRACTIONS
SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (4M)

Resolve into partial fractions

x4
1.
 x  4   x  1
2

x2  3 2 x 2  3x  4
2. i) ii)
 x  2   x 2  1  x  1  x2  2 
x3 x4 x3
3. i) ii) iii)
 x  a  x  b  x  c   x  1 x  2   x  1 x  2 
x 1 x2  x  1
4. i)
 x  1 x  2  ii) 
x  1 x  1
2 2

3x3  8 x 2  10
5.
 x  1
4

3x  18
6.
x 3  x  3
2x  3
7.
5  x  2  2 x  1
 MEASURES OF DISPERSIONS
LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS (7 M)

1. Calculate the variance and standard deviation of the following continuous frequency
distribution
Class
30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80 80-90 90-100
Interval
Frequency 3 7 12 15 8 3 2
2. Find the mean deviation from the median for the following data.
x1 6 9 3 12 15 13 21 22
f1 4 5 3 2 5 4 4 3

3. Find the mean deviation about the median from the following continuous distribution

Class
0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80
interval
Frequency 5 8 7 12 28 20 10 10
4. Find the mean deviation from the mean of the following data, using the step deviation
method
Marks 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70
No. of
6 5 8 15 7 6 3
Students
5. Find the mean deviation from the mean for the following continuous frequency
distribution.
Sales in Rs.
40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80 80-90 90-100
Thousand
Number of
5 15 25 30 20 5
companies
6. Find mean deviation about the mean of the date
Mark Obtained 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50
No of students 5 8 15 16 6

7. Find the variance and standard deviation of the following frequency distribution:
xi 4 8 11 17 20 24 32
fi 3 5 9 5 4 3 1

VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (2 M)

1. The variance of 20 observation is 5. If each of the observations is multipled by 2, find

the variance of the resulting observations.
2. (i) Find the mean deviation from the mean of the following discrete data
6,7,10,12,13,4,12,16
(ii) Find the mean deviation about the mean for the following data
38, 70, 48, 40, 42, 55, 63, 46, 54, 44
3. Find the mean deviation about the median for the following data
13,17,16,11,13,10,16,11,18,12,17.
4. Find the variance and standard deviation of the following data 5, 12, 3, 18, 6, 8, 2, 10
5. The coefficient of variation of two distributions are 60 and 70 and their standard
Deviations are 21 and 16 respectively. Find their arithmetic means.
6. Find the mean deviation about the mean for the following data
xi 2 5 7 8 10 35
fi 6 8 10 6 8 2
7. Find the mean deviation about the median for the median for the following frequency
distribution
xi 5 7 9 10 12 15
fi 8 6 2 2 2 6
8. Find the mean deviation about the median for the following data: 4,6,9,3,10,13,2
9. Define range for an ungrouped data and also find the range of the given data
38, 70, 48, 40, 42, 55, 63, 46, 54, 44

PROBABILITY
LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS (7M)

1. State and prove addition theorem on probability.

2. Define conditional probability, State and prove the multiplication theorem on
Probability.
3. State and prove Baye’s theorem
4. Three boxes numbered I, II, III contain the balls as follows.
Box White Black Red

I 1 2 3

II 2 1 1

II 4 5 3
one box is randomly selected and a ball is drawn from it. If the ball is red then find the
probability that it is from box II.
5. Three boxes B1 , B2 and B3 contain balls with different colours as shown below

Box White Black Red

B1 2 1 2

B2 3 2 4

B3 4 3 2
 A die is thrown, B1 is choosen if either 1 or 2 turns up. B2 is choosen if 3 (or) 4 turns
up and B3 is chosen if 5 (or) 6 turns up. Having choosen a box in this way, a ball is
choosen at random from this box. If the ball drawn is found to be red, find the
probability that it is from box B2
6. Three Urns have the following composition of balls
Urn I : 1 white, 2 black
Urn II : 2 white, 1 black
Urn III : 2 white, 2 black
One of the Urns is selected at random and a ball is drawn. It turns out to be white.
Find the probability that it came from urn III.
7. If one ticket is randomly selected from the tickets numbered 1 to 30, then find the
probability that the number on the ticket is
i) a multiple of 5 or 7 ii) a multiple of 3 or 5
8. Define conditional probability. Bag B1 contains 4 white and 2 black balls. Bag B2
contains 3 white and 4 black balls. A bag is drawn at random and a ball is chosen at
random from it. What is the probability that the ball drawn is white?
9. A, B, C are 3 newspapers from a city. 20% of the population read A, 16% read B,
14% read C, 8% read both A and B, 5% read both A and C, 4% read both B and C and
2% read all the three. Find the percentage of the population who read atleast one
newspaper
10. In a box containing 15 bulbs, 5 are defective. If 5 bulbs are selected at random from
the box. Find the probability of the event that
i) none of them is defective ii) only one of them is defective
iii) atleast one of them is defective
11. In an experiment of drawing a card at random from a pack, the event of getting a
spade is denoted by A and getting a pictured card (king, queen or jack) is denoted by
B. Find the probabilities of A, B, A  B, A  B,
1 2 3
12. In a shooting test the probabilities of A,B,C hitting the targets are , and
2 3 4
respectively. If all of them fire at the same target, Find the probability that
(i) only one of them hits the target (ii) atleast one of them hits the target.

SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (4M)

1. A, B, C are three horses in a race. The probability of A to win the race is twice that of
B, and probability of B is twice that of C. What are the probabilities of A, B and C to
win the race.
2. (i) If A and B are independent events with P  A  0.2, P  B   0.5. Then find
a) P  A / B  b) P  B / A c) P  A  B  d) P  A  B 
(ii) If A and B be independent events with P  A  0.6, P  B   0.7 then compute
 a) P  A  B  b) P  A  B  c) P  B / A d) P  Ac  B c 

(iii)
If A and B are two events with P  A  B   0.65, P  A  B   0.05. Then find the
value of P  A  P  B .
3. If two numbers are selected randomly from 20 consecutive natural numbers, find the
probability that the sum of the two numbers is
i) an even numbers ii) an odd number
4. A speaks truth in 75% of the cases and B in 80% cases. What is the probability that
their statements about an incident do not match
5. If A, B, C are three independent events of an experiment such as
P  A  Bc  C c   , P  Ac  B  C c   , P  Ac  B c  C c   , then find
1 1 1
4 8 4
P  A , P  B  and P C  .
6. A problem in calculus is given to two students A and B whose chances of solving it
1 1
are and . Find the probabilities of the problems being solved if both of them try
3 4
independently.
7. The probability that Australia wins a match against India in a cricket game is given to
1
be . If India and Australia play 3 matches what is the probability that
3
i) Australia will loose all the 3 matches ii) Australia will win atleast one match.
2
8. The probability for a contractor to get a road contract is and to get a building
3
5 4
contract is . The probability to get atleast one contract is . Find the probability that
9 5
he gets both the contracts.
9. A bag contains 12 two rupee coins. 7 one rupee coins and 4 half a rupee coins. If three
coins are selected at random, then find the probability that
(i) the sum of three coins is maximum (ii) the sum of three coins is minimum
(iii) each coin is of different value
10. The probabilities of three events A, B, C are such that P  A  0.3, P  B   0.4, P C   0.8,
P  A  B   0.09, P  A  C   0.28, P  A  B  C   0.08 and P  A  B  C   0.75 . Show that
P  B  C  lies in the interval 0.21,0.46.
11. If A, B, C are three events then show that
P  A  B  C   P  A  P  B   P  C   P  A  B   P  B  C   P  C  A   P  A  B  C  .
12. Find the probability of drawing an Ace or a spade from a well shuffled pack of 52
playing cards.
 RANDOM VARIABLES & PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS
LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS (7 M)

1. A random variable X has the following probability distribution.

X=xi 1 2 3 4 5
P(X=xi) K 2k 3k 4k 5k
Find (i) k (ii) mean (iii) variance of X

2. A random variable X has the following probability distribution.

X=x 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
P(X=x) 0 k 2k 2k 3k k 2
2k 2
7k  k
2

Find (i) k (ii) the mean of X (iii) P  0  X  5

3. The range of a random variable X is 0,1, 2.

Given that P  X  0  3c3 , P  X 1  4c 10c2 , P  X  2  5c 1. Find (i) the value of c
(ii) P  X  1 , P 1  X  2 and P  0  X  3

4. A random variable X has the following probability distribution

X  xi -2 -1 0 1 2 3
P    xi  0.1 k 0.2 2k 0.3 k
Find ' k ' , mean and variance is X .

5. Let x be a random variable such that

1 1
P  X  2   P  X  1  P  X  2   P  X  1  and P  X  0   find the mean and
6 3
Variance of x

6. X x 3 2 1 0 1 2 3
P  X  x
1 1 1 1 1 1 1
9 9 9 3 9 9 9
is the probability distribution of a random variable x. Find the variance of x.

7. A cubical die is thrown. Find the mean and variance of x, giving the number of the
face that shows up.

8. Two dice are rolled at random. Find the probability distribution of the sum of the
numbers on them. Find the mean of the random variable.
 k  1 C ,
9. If X is a random variable with probability distribution P  X  k  
2k
k  0,1, 2.... then find C
 VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (2 M)

1. The mean and variance of a binomial distribution are 4 and 3 respectively.

Find P  X  1
2. A poisson variable satisfies P  X  1  P  X  2 find P  X  5
3. If the mean and variance of a binomial variable X are 2.4 and 1.44 respectively,
find P 1  X  4
4. For a binomial distribution with mean 6 and variance 2, find the first two terms of
the distribution.
5
5. If the difference between the mean and the variance of a binomial variance is , then
9
find the probability for the event of 2 successes, when the experiment is conducted 5
times.
ck
6. The range of a random variable X is 1, 2,3.... and P  X  k   ;  k  1,2,3..... . Find
k!
the value of c and P  0  X  3
x

Find the constant ‘c’ so that P  x   c   , x  1,2,3,4... is the p.d.f of a discrete random
2
7.
3
variable X.

8. The probability that a person chosen at random is left handed (in handwriting) is 0.1.
What is the probability that in a group of 10 people, there is one who is left handed?