Model Question on Probability and Statistics
1. Find the variance of Poisson distribution.
2. Find the mean of Normal distribution.
3. A random variable has the following probability distribution:
i) calculate ii) ( ) ( ) ( ).
4. The p.d.f. of a random variable is
( ) ( )( ), for .
Determine the value of and the distribution function ( ).
5. If the mean of a binomial distribution is and the variance is , find the probability of obtaining
atmost 3 success.
6. The p.d.f. of a random variable is ( ) ( ) .
Determine the mean and variance of .
7. If ( ) be a continuous distribution, find . Also evaluate ( ) and
( ).
8. The probability that a pen manufactured company will be defective is . If such pens are
manufactured, find the probability that i) exactly two will be defective ii) none will be defective iii)
at least two will be defective.
9. Find the mean and variance of the following distribution:
( )
10. The p.d.f. of a continuous random variable is given by
( )
( )
( ) { ( )
, Find the mean and variance of , [given ]
( )
11. Let ( ) be a distribution function. Prove that, for any fixed , the function ( )
∫ ( ) is also a distribution function.
12. A number is chosen at random from each of the two sets and . Find the probability
distribution of the random variable denoting the sum of the numbers chosen.
13. Find the probability distribution of the number of failures preceding the first success in an infinite
sequence of Bernoulli trials with probability of success .
14. A random variable has the following probability distribution:
i) Determine the value of ii) Find ( ) ( ) ( ) iii) What is the smallest
value of for which ( ) .
15. Two players A and B agree to play a game under the condition that A will get from B Rs. 3 if he
wins and will pay Rs. 3 if he losses. The probability of A’s winning is . Find the mean and variance
of A’s gain.
16. Show that ( ) given by ( ) { is a probability density function for a
suitable value of . Calculate the probability that the random variable lies between and .
17. Find the mean and variance of Exponential distribution.
18. Find the mean and variance of Normal distribution.
19. A random variable has the following p.d.f.
( ) { . Find i) the value of the constant ii) ( ).
20. If ( ) is a probability density function of a random variable , then what is the value of
∫ ( ) .
21. Define Variance of a random variable .
22. The p.d.f. of a random variable is ( ) ( ) . Then find the value of the
constant .
23. The distribution of a random variable is given by ( ) ( ) ( )
. Then find the of .
24. If be a random variable such that ( ) then find ( )
25. A random variable has the following p.d.f. ( ) { . Then evaluate the value of
( ).
26. What is the mean of Binomial distribution ( ) (where are the number of trials and
probability of success).
27. If the relation between the two group of observations * + and * + is and if ̅
, then find ̅.
28. For a random variable , *( ) + and *( ) + . Then find ( )
29. For a random variable , *( ) + and *( ) + . Then find ( ).
30. The A.M. of is . Then evaluate the value of
31. Find the mode of the following data .
32. The A.M. of a group of observation is 540; that of a group of observation is . If the A.M.
of the merged group is , then find
33. Define Expectation of a random variable.
34. Define Covariance of a set of pair of observations ( ) .
35. Obtain the correlation coefficient from the following:
∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑
36. In the following table data showing the test scores made by 10 salesmen on an
intelligence test and their weekly sales are recorded:
Salesmen 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Test scores 50 70 50 60 80 50 90 50 60 60
Sales (‘000 Rs.) 25 60 45 50 45 20 55 30 45 30
Calculations for rank correlation
37. A random variable has the following probability function:
()
Obtain the value of and estimate ( ) and ( ).
38. The distribution function ( ) of a random variable is defined as follows:
( ) where are constants. Determine values of It
being given that ( ) and ( ) .
39. If a continuous random variable x follows uniform distribution in the range ( ), find
the probabilities:
() ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
40. Consider a random variable with the following probability distribution:
20 21 22 23 24
0.2 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2
( ) ( ) ( )
( )
41. Prove that the correlation coefficient lies between -1 and 1
42. Derive Poisson distribution as a limiting as of binomial distribution
43. Prove that the sample mean is unbiased and consistent estimate of the population mean.
44. Prove that the sample variance is not unbiased estimate of the population variance.
45. Find the maximum likelihood estimate of the parameter of the binomial distribution.
46. Find the maximum likelihood estimate of the parameter and of the normal
distribution.
47. Find the maximum likelihood estimate of the parameter of the Poisson distribution.
48. In a normal distribution, 31% of the items are under 45 and 8% are above 64. Find the
mean and standard deviation. [Given that ( ) ( )
]
49. The mean weight of 500 male students at a certain college is 150 lbs and the standard
deviation is 15 lbs. Assuming that the weights are normally distributed, find how many
students weight are i) between 120 and 155 lbs ii) more than 155 lbs. [Given ( )
( ) ]
50. If the weekly wage of 10,000 workers in a factory follows normal distribution with mean
and standard deviation 70 and 5 respectively, find the expected number of workers whose
wages are i) between 66 and 72, ii) less than 66 iii) more than 72. [Given ∫
√
]
51. A fair coin is tossed 400 times. Using normal approximation to binomial distribution find
the probability of obtaining i) exactly 200 heads, ii) between 190 and 210 heads, both
inclusive. [Given
√
∫ ]
52. Show by Tchebycheff’s inequality that in 2000 throws with a coin the probability that the
number of heads lies between 900 and 1100 is at least .
53. A machine part was designed to withstand an average pressure of 120 units. A random
sample of size 100 from a large batch was tested and it was found that the average pressure
which these parts can withstand is 105 units with a standard deviation of 20 units. Test at
5% level whether the batch meet the specification. Suppose the population has normal
distribution. [Given ( ) where z is the standard normal variable]