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CHAPTER-9 BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION

HOME WORK
1. Seven coins are tossed simultaneously the probability of at least five heads is
(a) 12/128 (b) 17/128 (c) 21/128 (d) 29/128

2. The probability that a person hits a target is 1/3, the probability that he will hit the
target in 3 times out of 5 trials is
(a) 12/243 (b) 17/243 (c) 40/243 (d) 60/243

3. The probability of a smoker from a group of persons is 2/3. Five persons are
selected at random from the group, the probability that at least 4 of them are
smokers is
(a) 112 / 243 (b) 117/243 (c) 221/243 (d) 32/243

4. Assuming that boys and girls are equally probable, the number of families out of
1600 families each having 5 children, with 3 boys are
(a) 800 (b) 500 (c) 200 (d) 100

5. Assuming that boys and girls are equally probable, the number of families out of
1600 families each having 5 children, with 5 girls are
(a) 50 (b) 100 (c) 800 (d) 25

6. Assuming that boys and girls are equally probable, the number of families out of
1600 families each having 5 children, with 2 or 3 boys are
(a) 800 (b) 600 (c) 1000 (d) 100

7. Assuming that boys and girls are equally probable, the number of families out of
1600 families each having 5 children, with all children of the same sex are
(a) 800 (b) 600 (c) 1000 (d) 100

8. Five dice are thrown simultaneously for 96 times. An even number is regarded as
success, the expected frequencies of all five successes are
(a) 8 (b) 16 (c) 3 (d) 32

9. A and B play a game in which the probability of winning of A is 2/3, the probability
that A will win at least 6 times out of 8 trials is
(a) 512/ 2187 (b) 64/2187 (c) 32/2187 (d) 1024/2187

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10. The mean of Binomial distribution is 4 and its variance is 2.4, the value of p is
(a) 0.4 (b) 0.5 (c) 0.3 (d) 0.2

11. The mean of Binomial distribution is 4 and its variance is 2.4, the value of n is
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 8 (d) 10

12. It is given that on an average it rains for 10 days out of 30 days. The probability that
it will rain for at least 3 days in a week is
(a) 219/729 (b) 313/729 (c) 330/729 (d) 335/729

13. A and B play 12 games of chess of which 6 are won by A, 4 by B and 2 end in a tie.
They agree to play 3 more games, the probability that A wins all the three games is
(a) 7/8 (b) 5/8 (c) 6/8 (d) 1/8

14. A and B play 12 games of chess of which 6 are won by A, 4 by B and 2 end in a tie.
They agree to play 3 more games, the probability that two games end in a tie is
(a) 5/36 (b) 5/72 (c) 5/144 (d) 5/60

15. A and B play 12 games of chess of which 6 are won by A, 4 by B and 2 end in a tie.
They agree to play 3 more games, the probability that A and B win alternatively is
(a) 5/36 (b) 5/72 (c) 5/144 (d) 5/60

16. A and B play 12 games of chess of which 6 are won by A, 4 by B and 2 end in a tie.
They agree to play 3 more games, the probability that B wins at least one game is
(a) 19/27 (b) 9/27 (c) 9/18 (d) 5/27

17. What is the standard deviation of the number of recoveries among 48 patients
when the probability of recovering is 0.75?
(a) 36 (b) 81 (c) 9 (d) 3

18. X is a binomial variable with n = 20. What is the mean of X if it is known that x is
symmetric?
(a) 5 (b) 10 (c) 2 (d) 8

19. If X ~ B (n, p), what would be the greatest value of the variance of x when n = 16?
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) √5

20. If x is a binomial variate with parameter 15 and 1/3, what is the value of mode of
thedistribution
(a) 5 and 6 (b) 5 (c) 5.50 (d) 6

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21. If the overall percentage of success in an exam is 60, what is the probability that
out of agroup of 4 students, at least one has passed?
(a) 0.6525 (b) 0.9744 (c) 0.8704 (d) 0.0256

22. If it is known that the probability of a missile hitting a target is 1/8, what is the
probabilitythat out of 10 missiles fired, at least 2 will hit the target?
(a) 0.4258 (b) 0.3968 (c) 0.5238 (d) 0.3611

23. X is a binomial variable such that 2 P(X = 2) = P(X = 3) and mean of X is known to
be10/3. What would be the probability that X assumes at most the value 2?
(a) 16/81 (b) 17/81 (c) 47/243 (d) 46/243

24. In 10 independent rollings of a biased die, the probability that an even number will
appear5 times is twice the probability that an even number will appear 4 times.
What is theprobability that an even number will appear twice when the die is rolled
8 times?
(a) 0.0304 (b) 0.1243 (c) 0.2315 (d) 0.1926

ANSWERS

1. (d) 6. (c) 11. (d) 16. (a) 21. (b)

2. (c) 7. (d) 12. (b) 17. (d) 22. (d)

3. (a) 8. (c) 13. (d) 18. (b) 23. (b)

4. (b) 9. (d) 14. (b) 19. (b) 24. (a)

5. (a) 10. (a) 15. (a) 20. (b)

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CHAPTER-10POISSION DISTRIBUTION
HOME WORK
1. A manufacturer produces switches and experiences that 2 per cent switches are
defective. The probability that in a box of 50 switches, there are at most two
defective is :
(a) 2 e–1 (b) e–1 (c) 2.5e–1 (d) 3e–1

2. A person has some cars, and the average demand of cars per day is 3, the
probability that on any day not more than 2 cars are in use is (e–3 = 0.0498)
(a) 0.5533 (b) 0.4233 (c) 0.7533 (d) 0.2533

3. The probability that a match stick is found without head is 1/100. Each match box
contains 50 sticks. Using Poisson distribution we can say that the percentage of
number of boxes having 0 sticks without head is (e–0.5 = 0.61)
(a) 40 (b) 51 (c) 61 (d) 25

4. The probability that a match stick is found without head is 1/100. Each match box
contains 50 sticks. Using Poisson distribution we can say that the percentage of
number of boxes having 1 stick without head is
(a) 40.5 (b) 50.5 (c) 75.5 (d) 30.5

5. The probability that a match stick is found without head is 1/100. Each match box
contains 50 sticks. Using Poisson distribution we can say that the percentage of
number of boxes having 2 sticks without heads is
(a) 8.5 (b) 7.63 (c) 8.75 (d) 10.25

6. In the production of electric fuses 2% are defective, the probability of getting at the
most 2 defective fuses in a box containing 200 fuses is (e–4 = 0.0183)
(a) 0.238 (b) 0.763 (c) 0.875 (d) 0.252

7. In the production of electric fuses 2% are defective, the probability of getting 3

defective fuses in a box containing 200 fuses is (e–4 = 0.0183)
(a) 0.2952 (b) 0.1952 (c) 0.3952 (d) 0.4952

8. In the manufacturing of cotter pins it is known that 5% of the pins are defective. The
pins are sold in boxes of 100 and it is guaranteed that not more than 4 pins will be
defective in a box. What is the probability that a box will meet this guarantee? (e–5
= 0.0067)
(a) 0.4480 (b) 0.5480 (c) 0.6480 (d) 0.4380

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9. If 3% of electric bulbs manufactured by a company are defective, find the

probability that in a sample of 100 bulbs, exactly 5 bulbs are defective. (e–3 =
0.0498)
(a) 0.2952 (b) 0.1008 (c) 0.2008 (d) 0.3008

10. In one hospital 3 percent of the patients demand special rooms. On a particular day
3 special rooms were vacant. If 50 patients were admitted in the hospital on that
day, the probability that the demands for special room were not met is (e–1.5 =
0.2231)
(a) 0.0658 (b) 0.1952 (c) 0.1304 (d) 0.1316

11. In a book, on an average there are 3 misprints in 5 pages. The number of pages
having more than 2 misprints in that book of 100 pages are (Use Poisson
distribution) (e–0.6 = 0.5488)
(a) 3.31 (b) 4.31 (c) 2.31 (d) 5.31

12. A factory produces 0.5% defective articles. If a sample of 100 articles is taken from
the production, the probability of getting 2 or more defective articles is (e–0.5 =
0.6065)
(a) 0.0902 (b) 0.1902 (c) 0.1302 (d) 0.1102

13. A random variable x follows Poisson distribution with mean 2 then P(X > 0) is equal
to(e–2 = 0.1353)
(a) 0.1353 (b) 0.2706 (c) 0.8647 (d) none of them

14. The mean of a Poisson variate is 0.81, then its S.D. is

(a) 0.81 (b) 0.9 (c) 0.8647 (d) none of them

15. x is a Poisson variate such that P(x = 3) = P(x = 4), mean =

(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) none of them

16. For a Poisson variate x its P(x = 1) = P(x = 2), variance is

(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) none of them

17. x is a Poisson variate such that P(x = 3) = P(x = 4), its S.D. is
(a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) none of them

18. If for a Poisson variate x, P (x = 0) = P(x = 1) = k, then k =

(a) 0.3681 (b) 2.7183 (c) 0.5 (d) none of them

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19. x is a Poisson variate and P(x = 1) = P(x = 2), find P(x = 0) is

(a) e–2 (b) e–0.5 (c) e–1 (d) none of them

20. x is a Poisson variate and P(x = 2) = 9.P(x = 4) + 90.P(x = 6) then its mean is
(a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) none of them

21. The number of accidents in a year attributed to taxi drivers in a city follows poisson
distribution with mean 3. Out of 1000 taxi drivers, the number of drivers with no
accident in a year is (e–3 = 0.0498)
(a) 40 (b) 30 (c) 50 (d) none of them

22. The number of accidents in a year attributed to taxi drivers in a city follows poission
distribution with mean 3. Out of 1000 taxi drivers, the number of drivers with at least
3 accidents in a year is(e–3 = 0.0498)
(a) 477 (b) 377 (c) 177 (d) none of them

23. The average number of customers, who appear at a counter of a certain bank per
minute is 2, the probability that during a given minute three or more customers
appear is (e–2 = 0.1353)
(a) 0.32354 (b) 0.1353 (c) 1 (d) none of them

24. If the standard deviation of a Poisson variate X is 2, what is P (1.5 < X < 2.9)?
(a) 0.231 (b) 0.158. (c) 0.15. (d) 0.144.

25. If the mean of a Poisson variable X is 1, what is P (X = takes the value at least 1)?
(a) 0.456. (b) 0.821. (c) 0.632. (d) 0.254.

26. If X ~ P (m) and its coefficient of variation is 50, what is the probability that X would
assume only non-zero values?
(a) 0.018. (b) 0.982. (c) 0.989. (d) 0.976.

27. If for a Poisson variable X, f(2) = 3 f(4), what is the variance of X?

(a) 2. (b) 4. (c) √2 (d) 3.

28. A random variable x follows Poisson distribution and its coefficient of variation is 50.
What is the value of P (x > 1 / x > 0)?
(a) 0.1876 (b) 0.2341 (c) 0.9254 (d) 0.8756

29. A car hire firm has 2 cars which is hired out every day. The number of demands per
dayfor a car follows Poisson distribution with mean 1.20. What is the proportion of
days onwhich some demand is refused? (Given e1.20 = 3.32).
(a) 0.25 (b) 0.3012 (c) 0.12 (d) 0.03
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ANSWERS

1. (c) 11. (c) 21. (c)

2. (b) 12. (a) 22. (d)

3. (c) 13. (c) 23. (a)

4. (d) 14. (b) 24. (d)

5. (b) 15. (c) 25. (c)

6. (a) 16. (a) 26. (b)

7. (b) 17. (c) 27. (a)

8. (d) 18. (a) 28. (c)

9. (b) 19. (a) 29. (c)

10. (a) 20. (c)

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CHAPTER-11NORMAL DISTRIBUTION
HOME WORK

1. An approximate relation between Q.D. and S. D. of normal distribution is :

(a) 3 Q.D. = 2 S. D. (b) 4 Q.D. = 5 S. D.
(c) 2 Q.D = 3 S. D. (d) 5 Q. D. = 4 S. D.

2. A approximate relation between M. D. about mean and S.D. of a normal distribution

is :
(a) 4 M.D. = 5 S. D. (b) 5 M.D. = 4 S. D.
(c) 3 M.D. = 3 S.D. (d) 3 M.D. = 2 S. D.

3. The area under the standard normal curve beyond the lines ± 1.96 is
(a) 95% (b) 90% (c) 99.73% (d) 5%

4. If Z is a standard normal variate, the proportion of items lying between Z = – 0.5

and Z = – 3.0 is
(a) 0.5 (b) 0.1915 (c) 0.3172 (d) 0.3072

5. If X is a normal variate representing the income in ` per day with mean = 50 and
S.D. = 10 of the workers in a factory. The total number of workers is 1000. The
number of workers having income more than ` 62.00 per day is
(a) 246 (b) 150 (c) 738 (d) 115

6. Assume that distribution of diameters of shafts as normal with mean = 5 and S. D.

= 0.05. The tolerance limit of shafts is 4.90 to 5.10 cms. In a consignment of 200
shafts, the number of shafts out of tolerance limits is :
(a) 15 (b) 9 (c) 20 (d) 25
[Given; z = 2.0, ϕ(z)=0.4772]

7. The mean of a normal variate is 20 and its variance is 9. The area between the
values of the variate 15.5 and 21.5 is
(a) 0.6247 (b) 0.2857 (c) 0.0228 (d) 0.9332

8. The mean of a normal variate is 20 and its variance is 9. The area between the
values of the variate 14 and 18.5 is
(a) 0.6247 (b) 0.2857 (c) 0.0228 (d) 0.9332
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9. The mean of a normal variate is 20 and its variance is 9. The area for the values of
variate more than 26 is
(a) 0.6247 (b) 0.2857 (c) 0.0228 (d) 0.9332

10 . In an intelligence test administered to 1000 children the average score is 42 and its
s.d. is 24. Assuming that the scores are normally distributed, the minimum score of
the most intelligent 100 students is
(a) 371 (b) 383 (c) 72.7 (d) none of them

11. The customer accounts at a certain departmental store have an average balance of
` 120 and a standard deviation of ` 40. Assuming that account balances are
normally distributed, what percentage of the accounts are over ` 150?
(a) 25.5 (b) 22.66 (c) 72.7 (d) 46.49

12. The customer accounts at a certain departmental store have an average balance of
`120 and a standard deviation of `40. Assuming that account balances are
normally distributed,what percentage of the accounts are between `100 and `150?
(a) 25.5 (b) 22.66 (c) 72.7 (d) 46.49

13. The average life of a battery is 400 hours and its standard deviation is 50 hours.
Assuming normal distribution, the percentage of batteries having life more than 350
hours is
(a) 84.13 (b) 22.66 (c) 72.7 (d) 46.49

14. The average life of a battery is 400 hours and its standard deviation is 50 hours.
Assuming normal distribution, approximate after how many hours 25% of the
batteries will still be working?
(a) 284 (b) 422 (c) 372 (d) 434

15. The average life of a battery is 400 hours and its standard deviation is 50 hours.
Assuming normal distribution, the percentage of batteries with life time between
300 and 500 hours is
(a) 84.13 (b) 22.66 (c) 95.44 (d) 19.35

16. In a normal distribution 50% of the observations are less than 35 and 89% of the
observations are less than 63. The mean of the distribution is
(a) 63 (b) 35 (c) 89 (d) none of them

17. In a normal distribution 50% of the observations are less than 35 and 89% of the
observations are less than 63. The standard deviation of the distribution is
(a) 63 (b) 35 (c) 89 (d) none of them

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18. The mean and S.D. of a normal variate are 30 and 5 respectively, the probability of
| x – 30 | < 5 is
(a) 0.6826 (b) 0.0013 (c) 0.7653 (d) none of them

19. The distribution of marks of the students in a class is normal with mean 20 and s.d.
5. The number of students getting more than 25 marks is 50. The number of
students of that class is
(a) 682 (b) 653 (c) 315 (d) none of them

20. What is the coefficient of variation of x, characterised by the following probability

 Š /ŽŠ
density function: f(x) = •–— for–∝<x<∝
‹√Š”
(a) 50. (b) 60. (c) 40. (d) 30.

21. What is the first quartile of X having the following probability density function?
 Š /ŒŠ
f(x) = •–— for –∝ < x <∝
√ŒŠ”
(a) 4. (b) 5. (c) 5.95. (d) 6.75.

22. In a sample of 800 students, the mean weight and standard deviation of weight are
found to be 50 kg and 20 kg respectively. On the assumption of normality, what is
the number of students weighing between 46 Kg and 62 Kg? Given area of the
standard normal curve between z = 0 to z = 0.20 = 0.0793 and area between z = 0
to z = 0.60 = 0.2257.
(a) 250 (b) 244 (c) 240 (d) 260

23. The salary of workers of a factory is known to follow normal distribution with an
average salary of ` 10,000 and standard deviation of salary as ` 2,000. If 50
workers receive salary more than ` 14,000, then the total no. of workers in the
factory is
(a) 2,193 (b) 2,000 (c) 2,200 (d) 2,500

24. For a normal distribution with mean as 500 and SD as 120, what is the value of k
so that the interval [500, k] covers 40.32 per cent area of the normal curve? Given
φ (1.30) = 0.9032.
(a) 740 (b) 750 (c) 760 (d) 800

25. 50 per cent of a certain product have weight 60 kg or more whereas 10 per cent
haveweight 55 kg or less. On the assumption of normality, what is the variance of
weight?
Given φ (1.28) = 0.90.
(a) 15.21 (b) 9.00 (c) 16.00 (d) 22.68

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ANSWERS

1. (a) 6. (b) 11. (b) 16. (b) 21. (c)

2. (b) 7. (a) 12. (d) 17. (d) 22. (b)

3. (d) 8. (b) 13. (a) 18. (a) 23. (a)

4. (d) 9. (c) 14. (d) 19. (c) 24. (c)

5. (d) 10. (c) 15. (c) 20. (c) 25. (a)

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