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(EVEN) END SEMESTER EXAMINATION: MAY, 2020

DOMAIN NAME: Science & Technology PROGRAM NAME: BSc (MATHEMATICS)
COURSE CODE: STAT 101 COURSE TITLE: PROBABILITY THEORY I

Regular Repeaters Both

SET No.:...1.....
Time: 3 hrs Maximum Marks: 70

Note: Attempt questions from all sections as directed.

Section-A: Attempt any five questions out of six. Each question carries 06 marks.
[30 Marks]

1. If E(X) is the expectation of a random variable X , then Var(X) is:

1. E(X 2 )

2. (E(X))2

3. ? E(X 2 ) − (E(X))2

4. E(X 2 ) + (E(X))2

2. A problem in Statistics is given to three students A, B, C whose chances of solving it are

respectively 31 , 49 , 29 . What is the probability that the problem will be solved if they all try
independently.

1. 0.6899

2. 1

3. ? 0.7119

4. 0.9062

5. None of these

1
3. If P (A) = 12 , P (B) = 31 , P (AB) = 14 . Find P (A B).

1
1. ? 12

1
2. 4

3
3. 4

5
4. 12

5. None of these

4. If P (A) = 12 , P (B) = 31 , P (AB) = 14 . Find P (A B).

1
1. 12

1
2. 4

3
3. 4

5
4. ? 12

5. None of these

5. If P (A) = 12 , P (B) = 31 , P (AB) = 14 . Find P (A/B).

1
1. 12

1
2. 4

3
3. ? 4

5
4. 12

5. None of these

6. If odds against an event E is 8:5, then P(E) is:

5
1. ? 13

8
2. 13

5
3. 8

5
4. 14

5. None of these

7.