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SECTION – A

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (MCQ)

Q.1 - Q.10 carry one mark each.

𝒙𝒏
1. If {𝒙𝒏 }𝒏≥𝟏 is a sequence of real numbers such thah 𝐥𝐢𝐦 = 𝟎. 𝟎𝟎𝟏, then
𝒏→∞ 𝒏
(A) {𝑥𝑛 }𝑛≥1 is a bounded sequence
(B) {𝑥𝑛 }𝑛≥1 is an unbounded sequence
(C) {𝑥𝑛 }𝑛≥1 is a convergent sequence
(D) {𝑥𝑛 }𝑛≥1 is a monotonically decreasing sequence

𝒂 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝒙−𝟐𝒙
, 𝒙<0
2. For real constant 𝒂 and 𝒃, let 𝒇(𝒙) = { 𝒙 . If 𝒇 is a differentiable function then the value of
𝒃𝒙, 𝒙≥𝟎
𝒂 + 𝒃 is
(A) 0
(B) 1
(C) 2
(D) 3

3. The area of the region bounded by the curves 𝒚𝟏 (𝒙) = 𝒙𝟒 − 𝟐𝒙𝟐 and 𝒚𝟐 (𝒙) = 𝟐𝒙𝟐 , 𝒙 ∈ ℝ, is
128
(A) 15
129
(B) 15
133
(C) 15
134
(D) 15

4. Consider the following system of linear equation

𝒂𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 + 𝒛 = 𝟎
𝒚 + 𝟓𝒛 = 𝟏
𝒃𝒚 − 𝟓𝒛 = −𝟏
Which one of the following statements is TRUE?
(A) The system has unique solution for 𝑎 = 1, 𝑏 = −1
(B) The system has unique solution for 𝑎 = −1, 𝑏 = 1
(C) The system has no solution for 𝑎 = 1, 𝑏 = 0
(D) The system has infinitely many solutions for 𝑎 = 0, 𝑏 = 0

5. Let 𝑬 and 𝑭 be two events. Then which one of the following statements is NOT always TRUE?
(A) 𝑃(𝐸 ∩ 𝐹) ≤ max{1 − 𝑃(𝐸 𝑐 ) − 𝑃(𝐹 𝑐 ), 0}
(B) 𝑃(𝐸 ∪ 𝐹) ≥ max{𝑃(𝐸), 𝑃(𝐹)}
(C) 𝑃(𝐸 ∪ 𝐹) ≤ min{𝑃(𝐸) + 𝑃(𝐹), 1}
(D) 𝑃(𝐸 ∩ 𝐹) ≤ min{𝑃(𝐸), 𝑃(𝐹)}

𝟏
6. Let 𝑿 be a random variable having Poisson (2) distribution. Then 𝑬 (𝟏+𝑿) equals
(A) 1 − 𝑒 −2
(B) 𝑒 −2

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(C) 2 (1 − 𝑒 −2 )
1
(D) 2 (𝑒 −1 )

7. The mean and the standard deviation of weights of ponies in a large animal shelter are 20 kg and 3 kg,
respectively. A pony is selected at random from the shelter. Using Chebyshev’s inequality, the value of the
lower bound of the probability that the weight of the selected pony is between 14 kg and 26 kg is
3
(A) 4
1
(B) 4
(C) 0
(D) 1

8. ̅ = 𝟏 ∑𝟏𝟎
Let 𝑿𝟏 , 𝑿𝟐 , … , 𝑿𝟏𝟎 be a random sample from 𝑵(𝟏, 𝟐) distribution. If 𝑿
𝟏
𝑿 and 𝑺𝟐 = 𝟗 ∑𝟏𝟎
𝒊=𝟏(𝑿𝒊 −
𝟏𝟎 𝒊=𝟏 𝒊
̅ ) , then 𝐕𝐚𝐫(𝑺 ) equals
𝑿 𝟐 𝟐
2
(A) 5
4
(B) 9
11
(C) 9
8
(D) 9

9. Let {𝒙𝒏 }𝒏≥𝟏 be a sequence of i.i.d. random variables such that 𝑬(𝑿𝒊 ) = 𝟏 and 𝐕𝐚𝐫(𝑿𝒊 ) = 𝟏, 𝒊 = 𝟏, 𝟐, …. Then
𝟏
the approximate distribution of ∑𝒏 𝑿 (𝑿𝟐𝒊 − 𝑿𝟐𝒊−𝟏 ), for large 𝒏 is
√𝒏 𝒊=𝟏 𝒊
(A) 𝑁(0, 1)
(B) 𝑁(0, 2)
(C) 𝑁(0, 0.5)
(D) 𝑁(0, 0.25)

10. Let 𝑿𝟏 , 𝑿𝟐 , … , 𝑿𝒏 be i.i.d. random variables having 𝑵(𝝁, 𝝈𝟐 ) distribution, where 𝝁 ∈ ℝ and 𝝈 > 0. Define
𝟏 𝟐
𝑾 = 𝟐𝒏𝟐 ∑𝒏𝒊=𝟏 ∑𝒏𝒋=𝟏(𝑿𝒊 − 𝑿𝒋 ) . Then 𝑾, as an estimator of 𝝈𝟐 , is
(A) biased and consistent
(B) unbiased and consistent
(C) biased and inconsistent
(D) unbiased and inconsistent

Q.11 - Q.30 carry two marks each.

𝒂𝒏 +𝒂𝒏−𝟏
11. Let {𝒂𝒏 }𝒏≥𝟏 be a sequence of real numbers such that 𝒂𝟏 = 𝟏, 𝒂𝟐 = 𝟕 and 𝒂𝒏+𝟏 = 𝟐
,𝒏 ≥ 𝟐. Assuming
that 𝐥𝐢𝐦 𝒂𝒏 exists, the value of 𝐥𝐢𝐦 𝒂𝒏 is
𝒏→∞ 𝒏→∞
19
(A) 4
9
(B)
2
(C) 5
21
(D) 4

12. Which one of the following series is convergent?

5𝑛+1 𝑛
(A) ∑∞
𝑛=1 (4𝑛+1)

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(B) ∑∞
𝑛=1 (1 − )
𝑛
1
sin( )
(C) ∑∞
𝑛=1
𝑛
𝑛1/𝑛
1
(D) ∑∞
𝑛=1 √𝑛 (1 − cos (𝑛))

𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝟐𝒙−𝟐 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝜶𝒙

13. Let 𝜶 and 𝜷 be two real numbers. If 𝐥𝐢𝐦 = 𝜷 then 𝜶 + 𝜷 equals
𝒙→𝟎 𝒙(𝟏−𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝟐𝒙)
1
(A) 2

(B) 1
3
(C) 2
5
(D) 2

𝟐𝒙𝟑 +𝟑𝒚𝟑
𝟐 (𝒙, 𝒚) ≠ (𝟎, 𝟎)
,
14. Let 𝒇 ∶ ℝ → ℝ be defined by 𝒇(𝒙, 𝒚) = { 𝒙𝟐+𝒚𝟐 . Let 𝒇𝒙 (𝟎, 𝟎) and 𝒇𝒚 (𝟎, 𝟎) denote the first
𝟎, (𝒙, 𝒚) = (𝟎, 𝟎)
order partial derivatives of 𝒇(𝒙, 𝒚) with respect to 𝒙 and 𝒚, respectively, at the point (𝟎, 𝟎). Then which one
of the following statements is TRUE?
(A) 𝑓 is continuous at (0, 0) but 𝑓𝑥 (0, 0) and 𝑓𝑦 (0, 0) do not exist
(B) 𝑓 is differentiable at (0, 0)
(C) 𝑓 is not differentiable at (0, 0)
(D) 𝑓 is not continuous at (0, 0) but 𝑓𝑥 (0, 0) and 𝑓𝑦 (0, 0) exist

15. If the volume of the region bounded by the paraboloid 𝒛 = 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 and the plane 𝒛 = 𝟐𝒚 is given by
𝜶 𝟐𝒚 √𝒛−𝒚𝟐
∫𝟎 ∫𝜷(𝒚) ∫−√𝒛−𝒚𝟐 𝒅𝒙 𝒅𝒛 𝒅𝒚, then
(A) 𝛼 = 2 and 𝛽(𝑦) = 𝑦, 𝑦 ∈ [0, 2]
(B) 𝛼 = 1 and 𝛽(𝑦) = 𝑦 2 , 𝑦 ∈ [0, 1]
(C) 𝛼 = 2 and 𝛽(𝑦) = 𝑦 2 , 𝑦 ∈ [0, 2]
(D) 𝛼 = 1 and 𝛽(𝑦) = 𝑦, 𝑦 ∈ [0, 1]

𝟐 √𝟐𝒙−𝒙𝟐
16. The value of the integral ∫𝟎 ∫𝟎 √𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 𝒅𝒚 𝒅𝒙 is
17
(A) 9
16
(B) 9
14
(C) 9
13
(D) 9

17. Let 𝑻 ∶ ℝ𝟑 → ℝ𝟒 be a linear transformation. If 𝑻(𝟏, 𝟏, 𝟎) = (𝟐, 𝟎, 𝟎, 𝟎), 𝑻(𝟏, 𝟎, 𝟏) = (𝟐, 𝟒, 𝟎, 𝟎) and
𝑻(𝟎, 𝟏, 𝟏) = (𝟎, 𝟎, 𝟐, 𝟎), then 𝑻(𝟏, 𝟏, 𝟏) equals
(A) (1, 1, 1, 0)
(B) (0, 1, 1, 1)
(C) (2, 2, 1, 0)
(D) (0, 0, 0, 0)

18. Let 𝑴 be an 𝒏 × 𝒏 non-zero skew symmetric matrix. Then the matrix (𝑰𝒏 − 𝑴)(𝑰𝒏 + 𝑴)−𝟏 is always

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(B) symmetric
(C) orthogonal
(D) idempotent

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19. A packet contains 10 distinguishable firecrackers out of which 4 are defective. If three firecrackers are drawn
at random (without replacement) from the packet, then the probability that all three firecrackers are
defective equals
1
(A)
10
1
(B)
20
1
(C)
30
1
(D) 40

20. Let 𝑿𝟏 , 𝑿𝟐 , 𝑿𝟑 , 𝑿𝟒 be i.i.d. random variables having a continuous distribution. Then 𝑷(𝑿𝟑 < 𝑿𝟐 <
𝐦𝐚𝐱(𝑿𝟏 , 𝑿𝟒 )) equals
1
(A) 2
1
(B) 3
1
(C) 4
1
(D)
6

21. Consider the simple linear regression model 𝒚𝒊 = 𝜶 + 𝜷𝒙𝒊 + 𝝐𝒊 , 𝒊 = 𝟏, 𝟐, … , 𝒏, where 𝝐′𝒊 are i.i.d. random
variables with mean 0 and variance 𝝈𝟐 ∈ (𝟎, ∞). Suppose that we have a data set (𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 ), … , (𝒙𝒏 , 𝒚𝒏 ) with
𝒏 = 𝟐𝟎, ∑𝒏𝒊=𝟏 𝒙𝒊 = 𝟏𝟎𝟎 , ∑𝒏𝒊=𝟏 𝒚𝒊 = 𝟓𝟎 , ∑𝒏𝒊=𝟏 𝒙𝟐𝒊 = 𝟔𝟎𝟎 , ∑𝒏𝒊=𝟏 𝒚𝟐𝒊 = 𝟓𝟎𝟎 and ∑𝒏𝒊=𝟏 𝒙𝒊 𝒚𝒊 = 𝟒𝟎𝟎. Then the least
square estimates of 𝜶 and 𝜷 are, respectively,
3
(A) 5 and
2
3
(B) −5 and 2
3
(C) 5 and − 2
3
(D) −5 and − 2

22. Let 𝒁𝟏 and 𝒁𝟐 be i.i.d. 𝑵(𝟎, 𝟏) random variables. If 𝒀 = 𝒁𝟐𝟏 + 𝒁𝟐𝟐 , then 𝑷(𝒀 > 𝟒) equals
(A) 𝑒 −2
(B) 1 − 𝑒 −2
1
(C) 𝑒 −2
2
(D) 𝑒 −4

𝟏
23. Consider a sequence of independent Bernoulli trials with probability of success in each trial being 𝟑. Let 𝑿
denote the number of trials required to get the second success. Then 𝑷(𝑿 ≥ 𝟓) equals
3
(A) 7
16
(B) 27
16
(C) 21
9
(D) 13

𝟐𝒆−(𝒙+𝒚) , 𝟎 < 𝒙 < 𝒚 < ∞ 𝒀

24. Let the joint probability density function of (𝑿, 𝒀) be 𝒇(𝒙, 𝒚) = { . Then 𝑷 (𝑿 < )
𝟎, 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝟐
equals
1
(A) 6
1
(B)
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(C) 3
1
(D) 2

𝑿𝟐𝟏
25. Let 𝑿𝟏 , 𝑿𝟐 , 𝑿𝟑 , 𝑿𝟒 , 𝑿𝟓 be a random sample from 𝑵(𝟎, 𝟏) distribution and let 𝑾 = . Then 𝑬(𝑾)
𝑿𝟐𝟐 +𝑿𝟐𝟑 +𝑿𝟐𝟒 +𝑿𝟐𝟓
equals
1
(A) 2
1
(B)
3
1
(C) 4
1
(D) 5

26. Let 𝑿𝟏 , 𝑿𝟐 , … , 𝑿𝒏 be a random sample from 𝑵(𝝁𝟏 , 𝝈𝟐 ) distribution and 𝒀𝟏 , 𝒀𝟐 , … , 𝒀𝒎 be a random sample
from 𝑵(𝝁𝟐 , 𝝈𝟐 ) distributiion, where 𝝁𝟏 ∈ ℝ, 𝒊 = 𝟏, 𝟐 and 𝝈 > 𝟎. Suppose that the two random samples are
̅ −𝝁𝟏 )
√𝒎𝒏 (𝑿
̅ = 𝟏 ∑𝒏𝒊=𝟏 𝑿𝒊 and 𝑾 =
independent. Define 𝑿 . Then which one of the following statements is
𝒏
√∑𝒎
𝒊=𝟏(𝒀𝒊 −𝝁𝟐 )
𝟐

TRUE for all positive integers 𝒎 and 𝒏?

(A) 𝑊~𝑡𝑚
(B) 𝑊~𝑡𝑛
(C) 𝑊 2 ~𝐹𝑚,1
(D) 𝑊 2 ~𝐹𝑚,𝑛

27. Let 𝑿𝟏 , 𝑿𝟐 , … , 𝑿𝒏 be a random sample from 𝑼(𝜽 − 𝟎. 𝟓, 𝜽 + 𝟎. 𝟓) distribution, where 𝜽 ∈ ℝ. If 𝐗 (𝟏) =

𝐦𝐢𝐧 {𝑿𝟏 , 𝑿𝟐 , … , 𝑿𝒏 } and 𝐗 (𝒏) = 𝐦𝐚𝐱 {𝑿𝟏 , 𝑿𝟐 , … , 𝑿𝒏 }, then which one of the the following estimators is NOT
a maximum likelihood estimator of 𝜽?
1
(A) 2 (𝑋(1) + 𝑋(𝑛) )
1
(B) 4 (3 𝑋(1) + 𝑋(𝑛) + 1)
1
(C) 4 ( 𝑋(1) + 3𝑋(𝑛) − 1)
1
(D) 2 (3 𝑋(𝑛) − 𝑋(1) − 2)

𝟏
̅ = ∑𝒏𝒊=𝟏 𝑿𝒊 , then a
28. Let 𝑿𝟏 , 𝑿𝟐 , … , 𝑿𝒏 be a random sample from 𝐄𝐱𝐩 (𝜽) distribution, where 𝜽 ∈ (𝟎, ∞). If 𝑿 𝒏
95% confidence interval for 𝜽 is
2
𝜒2𝑛,0.95
(A) (0, 𝑛𝑋̅
]
2
𝜒2𝑛,0.95
(B) [ 𝑛𝑋̅
, ∞)
2
𝜒2𝑛,0.05
(C) (0, 2𝑛𝑋̅
]
2
𝜒2𝑛,0.05
(D) [ 2𝑛𝑋̅
, ∞)

29. Let 𝑿𝟏 , 𝑿𝟐 , … , 𝑿𝒏 be a random sample from 𝑼(𝟏, 𝟐) distribution and let 𝒀𝟏 , 𝒀𝟐 , … , 𝒀𝒏 be a random sample
from 𝑼(𝟎, 𝟏) distribution. Suppose that the two random samples are independent. Define 𝒁𝒊 =
𝟏, 𝐢𝐟𝑿𝒊 𝒀𝒊 < 𝟏 𝟏
{ , 𝒊 = 𝟏, 𝟐, … 𝒏. If 𝐥𝐢𝐦 𝑷 (|𝒏 ∑𝒏𝒊=𝟏 𝒁𝒊 − 𝜽| < 𝝐) = 𝟏, for all 𝝐 > 𝟎, then 𝜽 equals
𝟎, 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝒏→∞
1
(A) 4
1
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(C) log e 2
(D) log e 2

30. Let 𝑿𝟏 , 𝑿𝟐 , … , 𝑿𝒏 be a random sample from a distribution with probability density function 𝒇𝜽 (𝒙) =
𝜽(𝟏 − 𝒙)𝜽−𝟏 , 𝟎 < 𝒙 < 𝟏
{ , 𝜽 > 𝟎. To test 𝑯𝟎 ∶ 𝜽 = 𝟏 against 𝑯𝟏 ∶ 𝜽 > 𝟏, the uniformly most powerful
𝟎, 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐞
test of size 𝜶(𝟎 < 𝜶 < 𝟏) would reject 𝑯𝟎 if
(A) − ∑𝑛𝑖=1 log e (1 − 𝑋𝑖 )2 < 𝜒2𝑛,1−𝛼
2
𝑛 2
(B) − ∑𝑖=1 log e (1 − 𝑋𝑖 )2 < 𝜒𝑛,1−𝛼
𝑛 2 2
(C) − ∑𝑖=1 log e (1 − 𝑋𝑖 ) < 𝜒2𝑛,𝛼
(D) − ∑𝑛𝑖=1 log e (1 − 𝑋𝑖 )2 < 𝜒𝑛,𝛼
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SECTION -B

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTIONS (MSQ)

Q.31 - Q.40 carry two marks each.

𝒏𝝅
31. Let the sequence {𝒙𝒏 }𝒏≥𝟏 be given by 𝒙𝒏 = 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝟔
,𝒏 = 𝟏, 𝟐, …. Then which of the following statements is/are
TRUE?
1
(A) The sequence {𝑥𝑛 }𝑛≥1 has a subsequence that converges to 2
(B) lim sup 𝑥𝑛 = 1
𝑛→∞
(C) lim inf 𝑥𝑛 = −1
𝑛→∞
1
(D) The sequence {𝑥𝑛 }𝑛≥1 has a subsequence that converges to
√2

32. Let 𝒇 ∶ ℝ𝟐 → ℝ be defined by 𝒇(𝒙, 𝒚) = 𝒙𝟐 (𝟐 − 𝒚) − 𝒚𝟑 + 𝟑𝒚𝟐 + 𝟗𝒚, where (𝒙, 𝒚) ∈ ℝ𝟐 . Which of the
following is/are saddle point(s) of 𝒇?
(A) (0, −1)
(B) (0, 3)
(C) (3, 2)
(D) (−3, 2)

33. The arc length of the parabola 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟐𝒙 intercepted between the points of intersection of the parabola 𝒚𝟐 =
𝟐𝒙 and the straight line 𝒚 = 𝟐𝒙 equals
1
(A) ∫0 √1 + 𝑦 2 𝑑𝑦
1
(B) ∫0 √1 + 4𝑦 2 𝑑𝑦
1/2 √1+2𝑥
(C) ∫0 𝑑𝑥
√2𝑥
1/2 √1+4𝑥
(D) ∫0 𝑑𝑥
√2𝑥

𝟏 𝟏
34. For real constant 𝒂 and 𝒃, let 𝑴 = [√𝟐 √𝟐] be an orthogonal matrix. Then which of the following statements
𝒂 𝒃
is/are always TRUE?
(A) 𝑎 + 𝑏 = 0
(B) 𝑏 = √1 − 𝑎2
1
(C) 𝑎𝑏 = −
2
(D) 𝑀2 = 𝐼2

𝟏
35. Consider a sequence of independent Bernoulli trials with probability of success in each trial being . Then
𝟓
which of the following statements is/are TRUE?
(A) Expected number of trials required to get the first success is 5
(B) Expected number of successes in first 50 trials is 10
(C) Expected number of failures preceding the first success is 4
(D) Expected number of trials required to get the second success is 10

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36. let (𝑿, 𝒀) have the joint probability mass function 𝒇(𝒙, 𝒚) =
𝒙 + 𝟏 𝟏𝟔 𝟏 𝒚 𝒙+𝟏−𝒚 𝟏𝟔
𝟓 𝟏
{( 𝒚 ) ( 𝒙 ) (𝟔) (𝟔) ( ) , 𝒚 = 𝟎, 𝟏, … , 𝒙 + 𝟏; 𝒙 = 𝟎, 𝟏, … , 𝟏𝟔. Then which of the following
𝟐
𝟎, 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐰𝐬𝐞
statement is/are TRUE?
3
(A) 𝐸(𝑌) = 2
49
(B) Var(𝑌) = 36
37
(C) 𝐸(𝑋𝑌) = 3
(D) Var(𝑋) = 3

37. Let 𝑿𝟏 , 𝑿𝟐 , 𝑿𝟑 be i.i.d. 𝑵(𝟎, 𝟏) random variables. Then which of the following statements is/are TRUE?
√2 𝑋1
(A) ~ 𝑡2
√𝑋22 +𝑋32

√2 𝑋1
(B) |𝑋 ~ 𝑡1
2 +𝑋3 |
(𝑋 −𝑋 ) 2
(C) (𝑋1 +𝑋2 )2 ~ 𝐹1,1
1 2
(D) ∑3𝑖=1 𝑋𝑖2 ~ 𝜒22

𝟏
38. Let {𝑿𝒏 }𝒏≥𝟏 be a sequence of i.i.d. random variables such that 𝑷(𝑿𝟏 = 𝟎) = = 𝟏 − 𝑷(𝑿𝟏 = 𝟏) Define 𝑼𝒏 =
𝟒
𝟏 𝒏 𝟏
∑ 𝑿
𝒏 𝒊=𝟏 𝒊
and 𝑽𝒏 = 𝒏 ∑𝒏𝒊=𝟏(𝟏 − 𝑿𝒊 )𝟐 , 𝒏 = 𝟏, 𝟐, …. Then which of the following statements is/are TRUE?
3 1
(A) lim 𝑃 (|𝑈𝑛 − 4| < 100) = 1
𝑛→∞
3 1
(B) lim 𝑃 (|𝑈𝑛 − | > )=1
𝑛→∞ 4 100
3
(C) lim 𝑃 (√𝑛 (𝑈𝑛 − 4) ≤ 1) = Φ(2)
𝑛→∞
1 4
(D) lim 𝑃 (√𝑛 (𝑉𝑛 − ) ≤ 1) = Φ ( )
𝑛→∞ 4 √3

̅ = 𝟏 ∑𝒏𝒊=𝟏 𝑿𝒊 and 𝑺𝟐 =
39. Let 𝑿𝟏 , 𝑿𝟐 , … , 𝑿𝒏 be Poisson (𝝀) random variables, where 𝝀 > 𝟎. Define 𝑿
𝒏
𝟏
∑𝒏 (𝑿𝒊 ̅ )𝟐
− 𝑿 . Then which of the following statements is/are TRUE?
𝒏−𝟏 𝒊=𝟏
(A) Var (𝑋̅) < Var (𝑆 2 )
(B) Var (𝑋̅) = Var (𝑆 2 )
(C) Var (𝑋̅) attains the Cramer-Rao lower bound
(D) 𝐸(𝑋̅) = 𝐸(𝑆 2 )

𝟐𝒙, 𝐢𝐟 𝟎 ≤ 𝒙 ≤ 𝟏
40. Consider the following two probability density function (pdfs) 𝒇𝟎 (𝒙) = { and 𝒇𝟏 (𝒙) =
𝟎, 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐞
𝟏, 𝐢𝐟 𝟎 ≤ 𝒙 ≤ 𝟏
{ . Let 𝑿 be a random variable having pdf 𝒇 ∈ 𝓟 = {𝒇𝟎 , 𝒇𝟏 }. Consider testing 𝑯𝟎 ∶ 𝒇(𝒙) =
𝟎, 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐞
𝒇𝟎 (𝒙), ∀ 𝒙 ∈ [𝟎, 𝟏] against 𝑯𝟏 ∶ 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝒇𝟏 (𝒙), ∀ 𝒙 ∈ [𝟎, 𝟏] at 𝜶 = 𝟎. 𝟎𝟓 level of significance. For which of the
following observed values of random observation 𝑿, the most powerful test would reject 𝑯𝟎 ?
(A) 0.19
(B) 0.22
(C) 0.25
(D) 0.28

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SECTION -C

NUMERICAL ANSWER TYPE (NAT)

Q.41 - Q-50 carry one mark each.

𝟐
(√𝒏𝟐 +𝟏+𝒏)
41. 𝐥𝐢𝐦 𝟑 equals _____________
𝒏→∞ √𝒏𝟔 +𝟏

𝒙𝟐
42. The maximum value of the function 𝒚 = 𝒙𝟒+𝟒 , 𝒙 ∈ ℝ is _________________

𝟏 𝟏 𝒆𝒙
43. The value of the integral ∫𝟎 ∫𝒚𝟐 𝒅𝒙 𝒅𝒚 equals _________________ (round off to two decimal places)
√𝒙

𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
44. The rank of the matrix [𝟏 𝟐 𝟑 𝟐] is ___________________
𝟐 𝟓 𝟔 𝟒
𝟐 𝟔 𝟖 𝟓

𝟑
(𝒚 − 𝒙), 𝟎 < 𝒙 < 𝒚 < 𝟐
45. Let (𝑿, 𝒀) have the joint probability density function 𝒇(𝒙, 𝒚) = { 𝟒 . Then the
𝟎, 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐞
conditional expectation 𝑬(𝑿\𝒀 = 𝟏) equals ____________ (round off to two decimal places)

46. Let 𝑿 be a random variable having the Poisson (4) distribution and let 𝑬 be an event such that 𝑷(𝑬|𝑿 = 𝒊) =
𝟏 − 𝟐−𝒊 , 𝒊 = 𝟎, 𝟏, 𝟐, … . Then 𝑷(𝑬) equals _____________ (round off to two decimal places)

47. Let 𝑿𝟏 , 𝑿𝟐 and 𝑿𝟑 be independent random variables such that 𝑿𝟏 ~ 𝑵(𝟒𝟕, 𝟏𝟎), 𝑿𝟐 ~ 𝑵(𝟓𝟓, 𝟏𝟓) and
𝑿𝟑 ~ 𝑵(𝟔𝟎, 𝟏𝟒). Then 𝑷(𝑿𝟏 + 𝑿𝟐 ≥ 𝟐𝑿𝟑 ) equals _____________ (round off to two decimal places)

48. Let 𝑼 ~ 𝑭𝟓,𝟖 and 𝑽 ~ 𝑭𝟖,𝟓 . If 𝑷[𝑼 > 𝟑. 𝟔𝟗] = 𝟎. 𝟎𝟓, then the value of 𝒄 such that 𝑷[𝑽 > 𝒄] = 𝟎. 𝟗𝟓 equals
________________ (round off to two decimal places)

49. Let the sample mean based on a random sample from 𝐄𝐱𝐩(𝝀) distribution be 3.7. Then the maximum
likelihood estimate of 𝟏 − 𝒆−𝝀 equals ______________ (round off to two decimal places)

50. Let 𝑿 be a single observation drawn from 𝑼(𝟎, 𝜽) distribution, where 𝜽 ∈ {𝟏, 𝟐}. To test 𝑯𝟎 ∶ 𝜽 = 𝟏 and 𝑯𝟏 ∶
𝜽 = 𝟐 consider the test procedure that rejects 𝑯𝟎 if and only if 𝑿. 𝟎. 𝟕𝟓. If the probabilities of Type-I and
Type-II errors are 𝜶 and 𝜷, respectively, then 𝜶 + 𝜷 equals ____________ (round off to two decimal places)

Q.51 - Q.60 carry two marks each.

𝟑
51. Let 𝒇 ∶ [−𝟏, 𝟑] → ℝ be a continuous function such that 𝒇 is differentiable on (−𝟏, 𝟑), |𝒇′ (𝒙)| ≤ 𝟐 , ∀ 𝒙 ∈
(−𝟏, 𝟑), 𝒇(−𝟏) = 𝟏 and 𝒇(𝟑) = 𝟕. Then 𝒇(𝟏) equals _________________

𝟐𝟖
52. Let 𝜶 be the real number such that the coefficient of 𝒙𝟏𝟐𝟓 in Maclaurin’s series of (𝒙 + 𝜶𝟑 ) 𝒆𝒙 is . Then 𝜶
𝟏𝟐𝟒!
equals _______________

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𝟏 𝟎 𝟎
53. Consider the matrix 𝑴 = [𝟎 𝟑 𝟐]. Let 𝑷 be a non-singular matrix such that 𝑷−𝟏 𝑴𝑷 is a diagonal matrix.
𝟎 𝟏 𝟒
Then the trace of the matrix 𝑷−𝟏 𝑴𝟑 𝑷 equals ____________________

𝟐
54. Let 𝑷 be a 𝟑 × 𝟑 matrix having characteristic roots 𝝀𝟏 = − 𝟑 , 𝝀𝟐 = 𝟎 and 𝝀𝟑 = 𝟏. Define 𝑸 = 𝟑𝑷𝟑 − 𝑷𝟐 −
𝑷 + 𝑰𝟑 and 𝑹 = 𝟑𝑷𝟑 − 𝟐𝑷. If 𝜶 = 𝐝𝐞𝐭(𝑸) and 𝜷 = 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 (𝑹), then 𝜶 + 𝜷 equals ______________________
(round off to two decimal places)
𝟐
(𝟖+𝒆𝒕 )
55. Let 𝑿 and 𝒀 be independent random variables with respective moment generating functions 𝑴𝑿 (𝒕) = 𝟖𝟏
𝟑
(𝟏+𝟑𝒆𝒕 )
and 𝑴𝒀 (𝒕) = 𝟔𝟒
, −∞ < 𝒕 < ∞. Then 𝑷(𝑿 + 𝒀 = 𝟏) equals ______________ (round off to two decimal
places)

56. Let 𝑿 be a random variable having 𝑼(𝟎, 𝟏𝟎) distribution and 𝒀 = 𝑿 − [𝑿], where [𝑿] denotes the greatest
integer less than or equal to 𝑿. Then 𝑷(𝒀 > 𝟎. 𝟐𝟓) equals ___________________

57. A computer lab has two printers handling certain types of printing jobs. Printer-I and Printer-II handle 40%
and 60% of the jobs, respectively. For a typical printing job, priting time (in minutes) of Printer-I follows
𝑵(𝟏𝟎, 𝟒) distribution and that of Printer-II follows 𝑼(𝟏, 𝟐𝟏) distribution. If a randomly selected printing job is
found to have been completed in less than 10 minutes, then the conditional probability that it was handled
by the Printer-II equals ______________ (round off to two decimal places)

58. Let 𝒙𝟏 = 𝟏, 𝒙𝟐 = 𝟎, 𝒙𝟑 = 𝟎, 𝒙𝟒 = 𝟏, 𝒙𝟓 = 𝟎, 𝒙𝟔 = 𝟏 be the data on a random sample of size 6 from 𝐁𝐢𝐧 (𝟏, 𝜽)
distribution, where 𝜽 ∈ (𝟎, 𝟏). Then the uniformly minimum variance unbiased estimate of 𝜽(𝟏 + 𝜽) equals
_________________

59. Let 𝒙𝟏 = 𝟏, 𝒙𝟐 = 𝟒 be the data on a random sample of size 2 from a Poisson (𝜽) distribution, where 𝜽 ∈
𝒆 −𝜽 𝜽𝒌
(𝟎, ∞). Let 𝝍̂ be the uniformly minimum variance unbiased estimate of 𝝍(𝜽) = ∑∞
𝒌=𝟒 based on the
𝒌!
̂ equals _______________ (round off to two decimal places)
given data. Then 𝝍

60. Let 𝑿 be a random variable having 𝑵(𝜽, 𝟏) distribution, where 𝜽 ∈ ℝ. Consider testing 𝑯𝟎 ∶ 𝜽 = 𝟎 against
𝑯𝟏 ∶ 𝜽 ≠ 𝟎 at 𝜶 = 𝟎. 𝟔𝟏𝟕 level of significance. The power of the likelihood ratio test at 𝜽 = 𝟏 equals
___________________ (round off to two decimal places)

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