Comprehensive test paper:18-11-2019-Questions

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1. Assuming β decay spectrum is given by N (E)dE ∝ E(Emax − E)2 dE . Where N (E) is
number of β particles with energy E . The most probable energy value is? [DU-15]
Emax Emax Emax Emax
A B C D Ans: Ans:D
2 3 4 5
2. Alaska license plates have two letters followed by three numbers. What is the probability that
a randomly chosen license plate will have an "NC" with the number ending in a 3?
1 1 1 1
A B C D Ans: Ans:C
676 3670 6760 367
1 1 1 1
P (N C − −3) = × ×1×1× =
26 26 10 6760
3. A 20-sided die is rolled. If the result is 10 or less, the 20-sided die is rolled again. If the result
is 11 or more, a 4-sided die is rolled. In either case, the results are summed after the second
die roll. What is the probability that the sum will be 14?
1 5 2 5
A B C D Ans: Ans:D
80 90 45 80
Combinations in two 20-sided dice (1,13) (2,12) (3,11) (4,10) (5,9) (6,8) (7,7) (8,6) (9,5) (10,4)
1 1
P = × × 10
20 20
1 1
Combinations in 20-sided and a 4-sided die (11,3) (12,2) (13,1) P = × ×3
20 4
1 3 5
Total prob. P = + =
40 80 80
4. In an urn are 5 blue, 3 red, and 2 yellow marbles. If you draw 3 marbles, what is the probability
that less than 2 will be red if you draw without replacement
49 11 3 5
A B C D Ans: Ans:A
60 60 40 120
7×6×5 3×7×6 49
Prob. = P (R̄R̄R̄) + P (RR̄R̄) × 3 = + ×3=
10 × 9 × 8 10 × 9 × 8 60
5. A statistics says for every 100 babies born, there were 6 more boys than girls. If we were to
pick 10 babies at random, what is the probability that at least half of them would be girls?
Leave your Answer as a sum. Options are not provided. (Hint: Use Binomial theorem )
A − B − C − D − Ans:
Let there are x girls in 100 children, then there are x + 6 boys. x + x + 6 = 100 ⇒ x = 47.
P(girl)=0.47,P(boy)=0.53. Req. Prob.= 10 10 C 0.47k 0.5310−k
P
k=5 k

6. An oil company conducts a geological study that indicates that an exploratory oil well in a
certain region should have a 20% chance of striking oil. What is the probability that the rst
strike comes on the third well drilled?
8 16 16 8
A B C D Ans: Ans:B
125 125 25 25
1  1 0  4 2 1 16
P(success)=20% = . P(First two failure AND third success)=2 C0 × =
5 5 5 5 125
7. In Franklin College, 40% of the freshmen are enrolled in a mathematics course, and 75% are
enrolled in an English course, and 20% are taking both. If a randomly selected freshman is
taking an English course, what is the probability that he or she is also enrolled in a mathematics
course?
4 1 2 1
A B C D Ans: Ans:A
15 2 15 5
75
event A: Student is taking English course. P(A)=75% =
100
event B: Student is taking mathematics
 20
event AB: Student is taking both English and mathematics. P(AB)=20% =
100
P (AB) 20 4
P (B|A) = = =
P (A) 75 15
8. On average, how many times must a 6-sided die be rolled until a 6 turns up?. Use the result,
r
for |r| < 1 ∞ n
P
n=1 nr = 2
(1 − r)
A 12 B 36 C 6 D 30 Ans: Ans:C

# Turns 1 2 3 4 n
O/P 6 6̄6 6̄6̄6 6̄6̄6̄6 6̄6̄...6
1 5 1  5 2 1  5 3 1  5 n−1 1
Prob. × × × ×
6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
1 5 1  5 2 1 1 P∞  5 n−1 6 1 P∞  5 n
Thus < x >= 1× +2× × +3× × +... = n = × n =
6 6 6 6 6 6 n=1 6 5 6 n=1 6
5
1 6
× =6
5 (1 − 56 )2

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