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TIME : 1 HR 30 MIN MARKS : 40

Q4. Attempt any six of the following (12)

01. Oli ver spends 30% of hi s income on food

i tems and 15% on conveyance . I f he spent `
03.
1800 on conveyance , find hi s expendi ture on
A person holding a life policy of ` 60,000 for a
food i tems during the same month
term of 25 years wishes to di scontinue after
SOLUTION
payi ng premium for 8 years at the rate of ` 58
per thousand per annu m . What pai d up
Expendi ture on food = 30
value will he get on the policy
Expendi ture on conveyance 15
SOLUTION

Expendi ture on food = 2

1800
Pai d Up Value

Expendi ture on food = ` 3600

= No. of Premi ums paid x Poli cy val ue

total no. of Premi ums origi nally

s t i p ul a t e d i n t h e p o l i c y

02. an annui ty i mmed i ate is to be pai d for

certain number of years at 12% p.a. I ts = 8 x 60,000
present value i s ` 5000 and the accumulated 25

value is ` 10,000 . Find the amount of each = ` 19,200

annui ty payment

SOLUTION
04.

a certain sum due 3 months hence i s 21 20 of

P = ` 5000 , A = ` 10000 , i = 0.12
the present worth . Wha t i s the rate of interest
1  1 = i
SOLUTION
P A C
F.V. = P .W . + I N T O N P .W . F O R 3 MO N T H S @ r % P . A

1  1 = 0.12
5000 10000 C 21 P.W. = P.W. + P.W. x 3 x r
20 12 100
2  1 = 0.12
10000 C 21 P.W.  P.W. = P.W. x r
20 400
C = 0.12 x 10000 = ` 1200
1 P.W. = P.W. x r
20 400

1 = r
20 400

r = 20% p.a.
05. I n Binomi al distributi on
coefficient of correlation between vari ables X Mean = np = 15
and Y i s 0.3 and their covari ance i s 12 . The Vari ance = npq = 25
vari ance of X i s 9 . Find standard devi ati on of
Y npq = 25

SOLUTION
np 15

q = 5  1 . This is not possible

r = 0.3 , cov(x ,y) = 12 , x 2 = 9 ,
3
r = cov(x,y) y = 12 Hence the gi ven statement i s I NCORRECT
x . y 3 x 0.3
08.
0.3= 12 = 120
Three person X , Y and Z started a business in
3 x y 3 x 3
partnershi p by investi ng ` 24,000 , ` 52,000
= 40 = 13.33 and ` 80,000 respecti vely . At the end of the

3 year they Y earned a profi t of ` 2,600 in the

06. business . Find the X’s share of profi t

SOLUTION

Age No. of Deaths

Group persons STEP 1 :

0 – 10 600 18 Profi ts wi ll be shared in the

‘RATIO OF THE INVESTMENT’
10 – 25 1000 5

25  65 3000 24 X Y Z
65 & above 400 20 = 24,000 : 52,000 : 80,000

= 24 : 52 : 80
Compute Age specific death rate

SOLUTION = 6 : 13 : 20 TOTAL = 39

Age Group SDR = D x 1000

STEP 2 :
P
(per 000)
X’s share of profi t = 6
0 – 10 18 x 1000 = 30 Y’s share of profi t 13
600

10 – 25 5 x 1000 = 5 X’s share of profi t = 6

1000 2600 13

25 – 65 24 x 1000 = 8
X’s share of profi t = 6 x 2600 = ` 1200
3000
13
65&above 20 x 1000 = 50
400

07 . Bring out the fallacy if any in the

following statement
“the mean of the binomial dist. is 15 and
standard deviation 5”

SOLUTION
Q5.

(A) Attempt any TWO of the following (06) P(x = 1) = 0.4096  5 C 1 p 1 q 4 = 0.4096

01.
P(x = 2) = 0..2048  5 C 2 p 2 q 3 = 0.2048
r = 0.8 ,  xi yi = 60 , y = 2.5 ,  xi 2 = 90 ,
where xi and yi are the devi ati ons from the 5C1p1q4 = 0.4096
respecti ve means . Find the number of pair of 5C2p2q3 0.2048
observati ons

SOLUTION 5 p1q4 = 2

10 p 2 q 3
r = 0.8 ,  (xx )(yy ) = 60 ,  (xx ) 2 = 90 ,
y = 2.5 q = 2  q = 4p

2p 1 – p = 4p
y =  (y – y ) 2
n 1 = 5p
p = 1 5
2.5 =  (y – y ) 2
n
03.
stocks in shop and godown costing ` 50,000
 (y – y ) 2 = 2.5 n
and ` 1,00,000 respecti vely were insured
Now through an agent who was pai d 12% of the
total premium . I f the former was insured for
r =  (x – x ) (y – y )
80% and the later for 60% of the value , find
 (x – x ) 2  (y – y ) 2 the agents commi ssi on when the rate of
premium was 80 paise percent less 20%
0.8 = 60
SOLUTION
90 x 2.5 n

n = 60 Stock
90 x 2.5 x 0.8 Value = 50,000
I nsured value = 80 x 50,000 = ` 40,000
n = 60 100
Godown
90 x 2
Value = 1,00,000
n = 30 I nsured value = 60 x 1,00,000 = ` 60,000
100
90

n = 900 Total i nsured value = 1,00,000

90
Rate of premium = 80 paise percent
= 10
= 0.80%

02.
Premi um = 8 x 1,00,000
in binomi al di stri buti on wi th fi ve independent
1000
tri als , probabi lities of one and two successes
= 800
are 0.4096 and 0.2048 respecti vely . Find the
Less 20% 160
probabi li ty of success
Net premi um = 640
SOLUTION

Agents commi ssi on @ 12% = 12 x 640

n = 5 100
= ` 76.80
r.v.x = no of successes = 0, 1, 2, …. , 5

X  B (5,p)
Q5.

(B ) Attempt any TWO of the following (08) 02. the following i s the pdf of a continuous
random vari able X
01 income of Mr Shah , Mr Patel and Mr
f (x) = x2 ; 1  x  2
Mehta are in the rati o 1 : 2 : 3 whi le their
3
expendi tures are i n the ratio 2 : 3 :4 . I f Mr = 0 ; otherwise
Shah saves 20% of hi s income , find the rati o
(i ) Find cdf of X
of their savi ngs

(i i ) Hence find P(X  0) ; P(1  X  2)

SOLUTION

STEP 1 cdf
S H AH PATEL MEHTA i ) F (x) x
= x 2 dx
Salary x 2x 3x
3
Expense ’s 2y 3y 4y 1
x
Saving’s x  2y 2x  3y 3x  4y
= x3
9
STEP 2
1
Mr Shah saves 20% of his income

x  2y = 20 x
= x3  1
100
9 9
x  20x = 2y
100 = x3 + 1
9 9
80x = 2y
100

x = 5y ii ) P(X  0) = 1  P(x  0 )
2
STEP 3 = 1  F (0)

S H AH ’ S PATEL’S MEHTA ‘S = 1  0 + 1
S AV I N G S S AV I N G ’ S S AV I N G ‘ S 9 9

= x  2y = 2x  3y = 3x  4y
= 1  1
= 5y  2y = 2.5y  3y = 3.5y  4y 9
2 2 2
= 8
= y = 2y = 7y
9
2 2

iii) P(1  X  2) = F (2)  F (1)

STEP 4 : RATIO OF SAVING’S

SH AH : P AT E L : M EHT A = 8 + 1  1 + 1
9 9 9 9
y : 2y : 7y
2 2
= 9  2
1 : 2 : 7
9 9
2 2

= 7
1 : 4 : 7
9
03.
there are four capsulation machines avai lable i n a pharmaceutical company , namely C 1 ,

C 2 , C 3 , C 4 and company has fi ve types of anti biotic products A , B , C , D , E to be filled in

capsu les . The cost of performance of vari ous products on different capsulation machines is

gi ven below i n the matrix .

ANTIBIOTICS

A B C D E
C1 27 18 --- 20 21

C AP S U AL T I O N C2 31 24 21 12 17

M AC H I N E S C3 20 17 20 --- 16

C4 21 28 20 16 27

Find the opti mal assi gnments of antibi otic products to different capsulati on machines if
capsule C cannot be filled on machine C 1 and capsule D cannot be filled on machi ne C 3

27 18  20 21  C cannot be fi lled on C 1 and D cannot be filled

31 24 21 12 17 on C 3 . Hence 

20 17 20  16  Ad di ng a DUMMY machine C 5 with zero cost to

21 28 20 16 27 B AL ANCE the matrix

0 0 0 0 0

9 0  2 3
19 12 9 0 5 Reducing the matri x using R OW MI NI M UM

4 1 4  0

5 12 4 0 11

0 0 0 0 0

9 0  2 3
19 12 9 0 5 Al locati on u sing SI NGL E Z ER O R OW – COLUM N M ETH OD

4 1 4  0

5 12 4 0 11 allocati on I NCOMPLETE

0 0 0 0 0

9 0  2 3

19 12 9 0 5 

4 1 4  0 STEP 1  Drawing mini mum li nes to cover ALL ‘0’s

5 12 4 0 11 

0 0 0 0 0


9 0  6 3

15 8 5 0 1 STEP 2  REVI SE THE M ATRI X

4 1 4  0 reduce all the un covered elements by it

1 8 0 0 7 mi ni mum and add the same at the interse cti on

0 0 0 4 0

9 0  6 3

15 8 5 0 1 Al locati on once again using

4 1 4  0 SI NGLE ZE RO ROW – COLUM N M ET HOD

1 8 0 0 7

0 0 0 4 0

Since every row and every column contains an assi gned zero ,
the ASSI GNM NET PROBL EM I S SOLV ED

OPTI M AL AS SI GNMENT : C1 – B , C2 – D , C3 – E , C4 – C , C5 – A (DUMM Y) ,

mi n cost = 18 + 12 + 16 + 20

= 66
Q6. STEP – 1

(A) Attempt any TWO of the following (06)

l l l R = 1  6 d 2
01. Determi ne 1 ; 2 ; 3 gi ven that
n (n 2 – 1)
l
0 = 100 ; q 0 = 0.10 ; q 1 = 19 ;
p 2 = 1516
0.2 = 1  6 d 2
STEP 1 :
10 (100 – 1)
px = 1  qx
p0 = 1 – q0 0.2 = 1  6 d 2
10(99)
= 1 – 0.1
p0 = 0.9
0.2 = 1  d2
165
p1 = 1 – q1

= 1 – 1 d2 = 1 – 0.2
9 165
p1 = 8
d2 = 0.8
9
165

STEP 2 : d2 = 132

px = lx+ 1
lx STEP 2

p0 l p1 l p2 l d2 = 132
= 1 = 2 = 3
l l l
0 1 2
9 2  81
l l l 32
0.9 = 1 8 = 2 15 = 3
+7 2 +49
100 9 90 16 80
d2 = 100
l1 = 90 l2 = 80 l3 = 75 correct

STEP 3

2. the coefficient of rank correlati on of ranks R = 1  6 d 2

obtai ned by 10 students in Statistics and correct n (n 2 – 1)
Mathematics was found to be 0.2. I t was
= 1  6(100)
later found that the difference in ranks in the
10 (100 – 1)
two subjects obtained by one of the
students was wrongly taken as 9 instead of 7 . = 1  6(100)
Find the correct coefficient of rank 10(99)
correlati on
= 1  20
33
SOLUTION

= 13
N = 10 , R = 0.2 33
I ncorrect d = 9 while correct d = 7
= 0.3939
03. Q6.
(B ) Attempt any TWO of the following (08)
a shopkeeper sold a TV set for ` 8,832- after

allowing 8% trade discount and 4% cash

01
di scount . I f he made 38% profi t , find the
the following results were obtained from
cost price and the market price of the TV set record of age X and systolic blood pressure (Y)
of a group of 10 men

SOLUTION X y
Mean 50 14 0
PART A :
Vari ance 130 165 ,  (xx )(yy ) = 1220

Li st Price = ` 100 Obtai n the regressi on line to esti mate blood

pressure of a man of age 40 years
Less 8% T.D.  8
SOLUTION

I nvoice Price = ` 92
byx = cov(x,y)
Less 4% C.D.  3.68 x 2

Net Selling Price = ` 88.32  ((x – x )(y – y )

= n
Now When ;
Net SP = 88.32 ; Li st. Price = 100 x 2

1220
1 00
Net SP =` 8832 ; Li st Price = 8832 x 100 = 10 LOG C ALC
88.32 130
2.0864
= ` 10,000 = 122  2.1139

130 AL 1.9725
PART B :
0.9387
SP = CP + Profi t @ 38% = 0.9387

8832 = CP + 38 CP
100 Y on X

y – y = byx (x – x )
8832 = 138 CP
100
y – 140 = 0.9387(x – 50)

64 y – 140 = 0.9387x – 46.935

CP = 8832 X 100
138 y = 0.9387x + 93.065

= ` 6,400 Put x = 40

y = 0.9387(40) + 93.065

y = 37.548 + 93.065

= 130.613

ans : esti mated blood pressure of a

man aged 40 years i s 130.613
 0

02 Suppose X i s a random vari able wi th pdf 4

= x dx
f (x) = k ; 0  x  4 4
√x 0

= 0 ; otherwise
4
Find k & E(X) = 1 x1 2 dx
4
0
i) 4
k dx = 1 4
x = 1 x 3 2
32
0 4
0
4
k 1 dx = 1 4
x = 1 2 x32
0 4 3 0

4
k 2x = 1 = 1 432
0 6

k 24  0 = 1 = 1 23
6
k (4) = 1
= 8 = 4
k = 14 6 3

Hence

the pdf of a continuous random

vari able X i s gi ven by

f (x) = 1 ; 0  x  4
4√x

= 0 ; otherwise

ii ) E (X) = 4
x.f (x) dx
0

4
= x . 1 dx
4x
0

4
= x dx
4x
03. Mi ni mi ze z = 2x + 4y , subj ect to
FOR B : FOR C :
2x + y  2 , x + 3y  3 , 3x + 4y  6 , x , y  0
3x + 4y = 6 ….. (1) 3x + 4y = 6 ….. (1)
STEP 1 : 4x 2x + y = 2 ……. (2) 3x x + 3y = 3 ….. (2)

3x + 4y = 6 3x + 4y = 6
2x + y  2 2x + y = 2 Put (0,0) in
cuts x–axi s at (1,0) 2x + y  2 8x + 4y = 8 3x + 9y = 9
     
cuts yaxi s at (0,2) 0  2
5x = 2 5y = 3
(NOT S ATI SFI ED)
SS : NON - ORI GI N SI DE x = 0.4 y = 0.6

x + 3y  3 x + 3y = 3 Put (0,0) in subs in (2) subs in (2)

cuts x–axi s at (3,0) x + 3y  3 y = 1.2 x = 1.2
cuts yaxi s at (0,1) 0  3
(NOT S ATI SFI ED) B (0.4,1.2) C (1.2,0.6)
SS : NON - ORI GI N SI DE

3x + 4y  6 3x + 4y = 6 Put (0,0) in
cuts x–axi s at (2,0) 3x + 4y  6 STEP 3 :
cuts yaxi s at (0,1.5) 0  6
(NOT S ATI SFI ED)
CORNERS Z = 2x + 4y
SS : NON - ORI GI N SI DE
STEP 2 A(0 ,2) Z = 2 (0) + 4 (2) = 8

y – axi s S CA LE : 2 CM = 1 UNIT B (0.4,1.2) Z = 2 (0.4)+4 (1.2) = 0.8+4.8 = 5.6

CO MMO N S O LUTI ON SET

C (1.2,0.6) Z = 2 (1.2)+4 (0.6) = 2.4+2.4 = 4.8
3 D (3,0) Z = 2 (3) + 4 (0) = 6
UNBO UNDE D REG IO N AS SHOW N I N
T HE G RAP H

2 A(0 ,2
) STEP 4 :
B (0.4,1.2
Opti mal Soluti on : Z min = 4.8 at (1.2,0.6)
1 )
C (1.2,0.6)
`
D (3,0
0 ) x – axi s
1 2 3 4

3x + 4y = 6 x + 3y = 3
2x + y = 2