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MATHEMATICS Max. Marks: 61
SECTION – I
(SINGLE CORRECT CHOICE TYPE)
This section contains 7 multiple choice questions. Each question has 4 choices (A), (B), (C) and (D) for its answer,
out of which ONLY ONE is correct.
Marking scheme +3 for correct answer , 0 if not attempted and -1 in all other cases.
1. 2 hunters A & B shoot a bear simultaneously. The bear was shot dead with only one hole
in its hide. Probability of A shooting the bear is 0.8 & that of B shooting the bear is 0.4.
The hide was sold for Rs. 280/-. If this sum of money is divided between A & B in a fair
way, then find the share of A
(A) 130 (B) 240 (C) 200 (D) 190
2. Consider 5 observations 0 a b c d e 100 . Let M be the median and be the mean
of these five observations then maximum value of | M | is
(A) 20 (B) 30 (C) 40 (D) 50
3. Let x1 , x 2 ,...x n be n observations. Let w i a x i k for i 1, 2,..., n, where a and k are
constants. The mean of x i 's is 48 and their standard deviation is 12. Also, the mean of
w i 's is 55 and standard deviation of w i 's is 15. The values of a and k can be
(A) a 0.8, k 16.6 (B) a 1.25, k 5
(C) a 0.8, k 16.6 (D) a 1.25, k 5
4. Let r be the range and S be the standard deviation of a set of observations x1 , x 2 ,....x n ,
then
n n
(A) S r (B) S r
n 1 n 1
n
(C) S r (D) None of these
n 1
5. Let the standard deviation of the following data about the mean be p and that about the
median be q. Then the smaller of p, q is?
Measurement 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40
Frequency 1 3 4 2
(A) 81 (B) 7.6 (C) 9 (D) 2.26
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6. The probability distribution for discrete random variable X = 0, 1, 2 ….. is
P(X x) k(x 1)3 x . The probability of P(X ) is equal to ( is the expected value of
3X)
5 20 1 7
(A) (B) (C) (D)
9 27 9 27
7. If two fair dice are tossed simultaneously and P(Xi ) denotes the probability for the sum
6
to be greater than "i" . Then P(X ) __
i4
i
99 1 89 77
(A) (B) (C) (D)
36 3 36 36
SECTION-II
(ONE OR MORE OPTIONS CORRECT TYPE)
This section contains 7 multiple choice equations. Each question has four choices (A) (B),(C) and (D) out of which
ONE or MORE THAN ONE are correct.
Marking scheme: +4 for all correct options, 0 if not attempted and -2 in all wrong cases.
8. In a random binomial experiment with ‘n’ independent trials, let ‘p’ be the probability of
success & ‘q’ be the probability of failure. If the difference between mean & variance of
its probability distribution is 1 while the difference between their squares is 11, then
which of the following alternative/s is CORRECT:
5 5
(A) p (B) q (C) n 32
9 6
34
(D) The probability of getting exactly 1 success in the ‘n’ trials is 5
5
6
9. Suppose that a fair coin is tossed repeatedly and independently. Let X denote the number
of tosses required to obtain for the first time a head that is immediately preceded by a
tail (Tail before head).
Then which of the following alternative/s is CORRECT:
5
(A) It is not a valid probability distribution (B) P(X 4)
8
1 1
(C) k 5 P X k (D) P(X k) k6
8 64
10. A sample of size n is drawn randomly (without replacement) from an urn containing
5n 2 balls, of which 2n 2 are red balls and 3n 2 are black balls. Let R n , Bn be random
variables denoting the number of red and black balls respectively in the selected sample
E(R n ) E (Bn )
for a given value n. If lim and m lim , then which of the following
n n n n
statement(s) is/are TRUE?
2
(A) For n=5, two red balls are most likely drawn (B) m
5
(C) For n=5, three blue balls are most likely drawn (D) m 1
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11. Let n be the smallest natural number such that standard deviation of 1, 2, 3,….,n is non
– zero integer. Let , m, be mean, median and standard deviation for this particular
value of n, then which of the following alternative/s is NOT INCORRECT:
(A) 2 2m (B) 2 m (C) m 2 (D) n is odd
12. Choose the CORRECT option(s):
(A) There exists a Binomial distribution with mean a 0 and variance b > 0 such that
a2
is an integer.
(a b) 2
(B) There exists a Binomial distribution with n trials & mean 3.5 and variance 1.75 such
that P(X K) 0.5 for some K {0,1, 2,3}
4
(C) For a binomial distribution, with mean and variance equal to 4 and respectively,
3
P(X 1) 0.99
(D) For a discrete statistical data, if the standard deviation and mean deviation (about
mean) are equal, then all data must be equal
13. A bag contains 6 red balls and 4 green balls. Consider three experiments.
E1 : Six balls are drawn from this bag one by one without replacement
E 2 : Six balls are drawn simultaneously from this bag
E 3 : Six balls are drawn one by one with replacement
Let number of red balls drawn be the random variable and t1 , t 2 , t 3 be expectations of
E1 , E 2 , E 3 respectively. Then identify the CORRECT statement(s).
(A) t1 t 2 (B) t1 t 2 (C) t 2 t 3 (D) t 2 t 3
14. Let the observation x r r occur with frequency n C r where r = 0, 1, 2, 3, …, n, n is a
positive integer
(A) If n is even, Mean is a positive integer
(B) If n is even Mean = mode
(C) For n = 16, Standard deviation = 2
(D) For n = 100, Variance = 5
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SECTION – III
(PARAGRAPH TYPE)
This section contains 2 groups of questions. Each group has 2 multiple choice questions based on a paragraph.
Each question has 4 choices A), B), C) and D) for its answer, out of which ONLY ONE is correct.
Marking scheme: +3 for correct answer, 0 if not attempted and 0 in all other cases.
Paragraph for Questions 15 and 16:
Consider n distinct observations x1 , x 2 ,..., x n , x i R,i 1, 2,3,...., n
Further x1 x 2 ... x n 100
And
x12 x 22 ... x n2 500
15. Let n 0 be the minimum value of n for which this holds, then n 0 = ?
(A) 22 (B) 15 (C) 20 (D) 21
16. For n n 0 4 , the variance is:-
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6
Paragraph for Questions 17 and 18:
There are n urns, each of these contain n + 1 balls. The ith urn contains i white balls and
(n + 1 – i) red balls. Let u i be the event of selecting ith urn, i 1, 2,3......, n and w the
event of getting a white ball.
17. If P(u i ) i , where i = 1, 2, 3,….,n, then lim
n
P(w)
(A) 1 (B) 2/3 (C) 3/4 (D) 1/4
1
18. Let P(u i ) , if n is even and E denotes the event of choosing even numbered urn, then
n
the value of P(w/E) is
n2 n2 n 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2n 1 2(n 1) n 1 n 1
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