Question Bank

( Department of Science and Humanities)

Course Code/Title: MA2201 – Probability and Statistics
Regulation: 2022
Academic Year: 2022-2023
Semester: II
Department: CSE, IT, AIDS, CSBS, AIML and CS

UNIT1 / One Dimensional Random Variable

Part-A
(2 Marks)
CO
S.No Question
Mapping
If a random variable X takes values 1, 2, 3, 4 such that
1 2P X  1  3P X  2  P X  3  5P X  4. Find the probability C201.1
distribution of X
Messages arrive at a switchboard in a poisson manner at an average rate of C201.1
2 six per hour. Find the probability for exactly two messages arrive within
one hour.
Balls are tossed at random into 50 boxes. Find the expected number of C201.1
3
tosses required to get the first ball in the fourth box.
The mean and variance of binomial distribution are 5 and 4. Determine the C201.1
4
distribution.
A random variable X is uniformly distributed between 3 and 15. Find the C201.1
5
variance of X.
Find the moment generating function of Poisson distribution. C201.1
6
If X and Y are independent random variables with variance 2 and 3. Find C201.1
7
the variance of 3X  4Y .
Find c, if a continuous random variable X has the density function C201.1
f x  
8 c
,   x  .
1 x 2
In a community 32% of the population are male smokers, 27% are female C201.1
9
smokers. What percentage of the population of this community smoke?
Suppose that five good fuses and two defective ones have been mixed up. C201.1
To find the defective fuses, we test them one by one at random and without
10 replacement. What is the probability that we are lucky and find both of the
defective fuses in the first two tests?

Show that for any events A and B in S, C201.1

11 P( B)  P( B / A) P( A)  P( B / A) P( A).

12 Find the 2 nd moment about the origin of the Geometric distribution C201.1
 parameter p.

c C201.1
 , x  1, 2,3
The R.V. X has p.m.f. P( X  x)   x . Find c value &
13 0 , otherwise
P( X  2).

x2 C201.1
If f ( x)  ,  1  x  2 is the pdf of the random variable X, find
3
14
P 0  x  1.

Assume that X is a continuous random variable with the probability density C201.1

15
3
 
 2x  x 2 , 0  x  2
function f x    4 Find P X  1 .

 0 otherwise

1 C201.1
A random variable X has the probability P( x)  , x  1, 2, .... Find its
2x
16 M.G.F.

Find the moment generating function of Binomial distribution. C201.1

17
A continuous random variable X has probability density function C201.1
3x 2 , 0  x 1
18 f x    Find k such that P X  k   0.5 .
0 , otherwise

0 ; x 1 C201.1
1
A random variable X has CDF FX ( x)   x  1 ; 1  x  3 Find the
19 2
 1 ; x3
pdf of X and the expected value of X.

Find the variance of the discrete random variable X with the probability C201.1
1
 ;x 0
20 mass function PX x    3
2
 ;x 2
3
 Part-B
CO
S.No Question Year
Mapping

𝑋 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 𝑃 (𝑋 ) 0 𝐾 2𝐾 2𝐾 3𝐾 𝐾2 2𝐾 2 7𝐾 2 + 𝐾

(i) Find the value of K

N/D 2019 C201.1
(ii) Evaluate P  X  6 , P  X  6
(iii) P1.5  X  4.5 / X  2 and
(iv) Find P  X  2 , P  X  3 , P 1  X  5

(v) The smallest value of n for which P X  n  1 .

2

2 A discrete random variable X has the following probability

distribution

𝑋 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
𝑃 (𝑋 ) 𝑎 3𝑎 5𝑎 7𝑎 9𝑎 11𝑎 13𝑎 15𝑎 17𝑎

A/M 2021 C201.1

Find (i) the value of 𝑎.
(ii) 𝑃(𝑋 < 3)
(iii) 𝑃(0 < 𝑋 < 3)
(iv) 𝑃(𝑋 ≥ 3)
(v) Find the distribution function of 𝑋.
(vi) Find the mean and variance of 𝑋.

3 If the density function of continuous random variable is C201.1

 ax , 0  x 1
 a , 1 x  2

f  x  
3a  ax , 2  x  3
 0 , otherwise N/D 2018

(i) Find a
(ii) P ( X  1.5)
(iii) cumulative distribution function of X.

4 The cdf of a random variable X is F ( x)  1  (1  x)e x , x  0 . C201.1

Find the pdf of X. Also find the mean and variance of X A/M 2020
5 Find the mgf, mean and variance of Binomial distribution. C201.1
N/D 2018
6 A continuous random variable X that can assume any value
between X= 2 and X= 5 has a probability density function
N/D 2017
given by f x  k 1  x . Find P(X < 4).
C201.1

7 A machine manufacturing screws is known to produce 5% C201.1

defective. In a random sample of 15 screws, what is the
probability that there are (i) exactly 3 defectives (ii) atleast 3 N/D 2020
defectives (iii) atmost 3 defectives?

8 6 dice are thrown 729 times. How many times do you expect C201.1
atleast three dice to show 5 or 6? A/M 2018

9 The number of monthly breakdowns of a computer is a random C201.1

variable having a Poisson distribution with mean equal to 1.8.
Find the probability that this computer will function for a A/M 2021
month (i) without a breakdown (ii) with only one breakdown.

10 Establish the memoryless property of geometric distribution C201.1

N/D 2017
11 Find the mgf, mean and variance of Poisson and Geometric C201.1
distribution. N/D 2019

12 Suppose that a trainee soldier shoots a target in an independent

fashion. If the probability that the target is shot on any one shot
is 0.8. (i) what is the probability that the target would be hit on
6th attempt? (ii) What is the probability that it takes him less A/M/2016
C201.1
than 5 shots? (iii) what is the probability that it takes him an
even number of shots?

13 Buses arrive at a specified bus stop at 15 minutes intervals

starting at 7 a.m. that is 7 a.m., 7.15., 7.30., etc. if a passenger
arrives at the bus stop at a random time which is uniformly C201.1
A/M/2017
distributed between 7 and 7.30 a.m. find the probability that he
waits (i) less than 5 minutes (ii) atleast 12 minutes for a bus.

14 The mileage which car owners get with a certain kind of radial
tire is a random variable having an exponential distribution
with mean 40,000 km. Find the probability that one of these C201.1
A/M/2015
tires will last at least 20,000 km. Also find the probability that
one of these tires will last at most 30,000 km.

15 An electrical firm manufactures light bulbs that have a life,

before burn out, that is normally distributed with mean equal to
N/D 18 C201.1
800 hours and a standard deviation of 40 hours. Find (i) the
probability that a bulb burns more than 834 hours. (ii) the
 probability that bulb burns between 778 and 834 hours.

UNIT II / Two Dimensional Random Variable

Part-A
(2 Marks)
CO
S.No Question
Mapping
1  5e5(x  y) , x  0, y  0 C201.2
Given Fxy (x, y)   Determine f(x,y), if F is the
1 0, otherwise
joint probability distribution function of two random variables X and Y.
The joint pdf of a bivariate random variable is given by C201.2
k , 0  y  x  1
2 f xy ( x, y )   where k is constant . Find value of k.
0, otherwise

Define covariance and coefficient of correlation b/w two random variable x C201.2
3 & y.
1 C201.2
 , 0  x  5,
The R.V. s X and Y have j. p.d.f. f ( x, y )  15 . What is
4 0 , otherwise
P(Y  X )?
Prove that the correlation coefficient  xy of the R.V. s X and Y takes value C201.2
5 in the range -1 and 1.

If X and Y are random variables having the jdf C201.2

f ( x, y )  (6  x  y ), 0  x  2, 2  y  4, find P  X  Y  3.
6 1
8
k 1  x 1  y  0  x, y  1 C201.2
Find the value of k , if f x, y     is to be the
7  0 otherwise 
joint density function.
The regression equations are 3 x  2 y  26 and 6 x  y  31 . Find the mean C201.2
8
value of X and Y .
Assume that the random variables X and Y have the probability density C201.2
9 function f x, y  . What is EE X Y  ?
If X and Y denote the deviation of variance from the arithmetic mean and if C201.2
10
p  0.5,  XY  120,   8;  X 2  90. Find n, the number of times.
Can Y = 5+2.8x and x = 3-0.5y be the estimated regression equations of y C201.2
11
and x respectively, Explain your answer.
The joint probability density function of the random variable x and y is C201.2
12
 25e 5 y ; 0  x  0.2, y  0
defined as f x, y    . Find the marginal PDFs
0 ; otherwise
of x and y.
Find the value of k , if f x, y   kxyex  y  ; x  0, y  0 is to be the joint C201.2
2 2

13
density function.
The joint probability mass function of a two dimensional random variable C201.2
14 (X, Y) is given by P(x,y) = K (2x+y); x=1,2 and y=1,2 where K is a
constant. Find the value of K.
Two random variables X and Y have the joint pdf C201.2
 xy / 96; 0  x  4, 1  y  5
15 FXY x, y   
0 ; otherwise
Find COV(X,Y).
Define the distribution function of two dimensional random variable X and C201.2
16
Y. State any one property of them.
1  e  x  y  x  0, y  0 C201.2
For   0 , let F x, y    check whether F can
17  0 otherwise
be the joint probability function of two random variables X and Y.
State the basic properties of joint distribution of (X, Y) when X and Y are C201.2
18
random variables.
The joint probability mass function of the random variable X and Y is given C201.2
 kxy x  1, 2, 3 ; y  1, 2, 3
19 by PX ,Y x, y    .Determine the value of the
0 otherwise
constant K .
The joint pdf of a random variable (X, Y) is C201.2
x2
f XY x, y   xy 2 
20
, 0  x  2, 0  y  1. Find P X  Y  .
8

Part-B
CO
S.No Question Year
Mapping
1 The joint probability mass function of ( X , Y ) is given by
p( x, y )  k (2 x  3 y) for x  0,1, 2 ; y  1, 2,3 . Find all marginal
and conditional distributions. Also find the probability
N/D 2018 C201.2
distribution of X  Y and Find P  X  Y  3. Are X and Y
independent?

2 The two dimensional random variable  X , Y  has the joint density

 x  2 y  , x  0,1, 2,
function f  x, y   y  0,1, 2. Find the C201.2
27 A/M 2020
conditional distribution of Y given X=x. Also find the conditional
distribution of X given Y=1.
3 The random variables X and Y have joint pdf
 2 xy
x  0  x  1, 0  y  2
f  x, y    3 Find the marginal
 0 otherwise
density of X and the marginal density of Y. Find the conditional
density of X given Y also Find C201.2

 1 A/M 2019
(i) P X  
 2

(ii) PY  X  (iii) P X  Y  1

 1 1
(iv) P  Y  / X  
 2 2

4 The random variables X and Y have joint pdf

1
  6  x  y  0  x  2, 2  y  4
f  x, y    8
 0 otherwise C201.2
A/M 2021
Find the marginal density of X and the marginal density of Y.
Find the conditional density of X given Y also Find (i)
P  X  1 Y  3 (ii) P  X  Y  3 . (iii) P  X  1/ Y  3

5 The joint pdf of the random variables ( X , Y ) is given by

8 xy 0  x  y  1
f ( x, y )   Find the marginal and conditional N/D 2020
C201.2
 0 elsewhere
p.d.f of X and Y. Are X and Y independent?

6 If the joint probability distribution function of a two dimensional

random variable  X , Y  is given by
  
 1  e  x 1  e  y x  0, y  0
F x, y    Find the marginal C201.2
 0 otherwise N/D 2019
densities of X and Y. Are X and Y independent? Find
P1  X  3,1  Y  2 .

The joint pdf of f  x, y   e

 x  y 
7 ,0  x, y   Are X and Y
A/M 2017 C201.2
independent?

8 The joint pdf of the random variable ( X , Y ) is given by

C201.2
f ( x, y)  k x y e( x  y ) x  0, y  0 . Find the value of k and
2 2

N/D 2021
prove also that X and Y are independent.
9 If the joint distribution function of X and Y is given by
(1  e x )(1  e y ) x  0, y  0
F ( x, y)   (i) find the marginal
0 otherwise
A/M 2019 C201.2
densities of X and Y (ii) Are X and Y independent? (iii)
P(1  X  3,1  Y  2) .

10 Let X,Y be a two dimensional non-negative continuous random

variable having the joint density.
4 xy e x2  y 2  , x  0, y  0
f  x, y    . Find the density function N/D 2021 C201.2
0, elsewhere

of U  X 2 Y2.

11 If X and Y are independent random variables with PDF

e , x  0 and e  y , y  0 respectively, find the density function
x

X
of U  and V  X  Y . Check whether U and V are A/M 2018 C201.2
X Y
independent random variables.

12 Let X and Y be discrete R.V’s with probability function

x y
f ( x, y )  , x  1, 2,3; y  1, 2. Find mean, variance, C201.2
21 N/D 2019
Cov( X , Y ) and correlation.

13 4ax 0  x  1
Two independent R.V. X&Y are f X x    &
 0 otherwise
4by 0  y  1 N/D 2018
fY y  
C201.2
Show that U  X  Y and
 0 otherwise
V  X  Y are uncorrelated.

14 The two lines of regression are

8 X  10Y  66  0, 40 X  16Y  214  0 . The variance of X is
A/M 2018 C201.2
9. Find the mean value of X and Y. Also find the coefficient of
correlation between the variables X and Y.

15 From the following data, find the two regression equations,

coefficient of correlation b/w the marks in Economics and C201.2
Statistics and the most likely marks in Statistics when marks in
Economics are 30. N/D 2020

Marks in economics x 25 28 35 32 31 36 29 38 34 32
Statistics y 43 46 49 41 36 32 31 30 33 39
 UNIT III / Testing of Hypothesis
Part-A
(2 Marks)
CO
S.No Question
Mapping
Define t – test for single mean. C201.3
1
What is Type I and Type II errors? C201.3
2
Write down the formula of test statistic ‘t’ to the significance of difference C201.3
3
between the mean (large samples).
Define chi-square test for goodness of fit. C201.3
4

5 Mention the various steps involved in testing of hypothesis. C201.3

6 Write down the applications of  2 - test. C201.3

7 Write down any two properties of  2 - test. C201.3

What are the parameters and statistics in sampling? C201.3

8

9 What are the expected frequency of 2  2 contingency table. C201.3

A standard sample of 200 tins of coconut oil gave an average weight of C201.3
10 4.95 kgs with a standard deviation of 0.21 kgs. Do we accept that the net
weight is 5 kgs per tin at 5% level of significance?
State the identity for sum of squares for one way of analysis of variance. C201.3
11

12 Mention the properties of 𝑡 distribution. C201.3

13 Define parameter and statistic. C201.3

Define population, sample and sample size. C201.3

14

15 List out the applications of 𝑡 distribution. C201.3

What is standard error? C201.3

16

17 What are the assumptions on which 𝐹 test is based? C201.3

Define level of significance. C201.3

18
What you mean by critical region and acceptant region. C201.3
19

20 Write 95% level confidence interval of the population mean? C201.3

 Part-B
CO
S.No Question Year
Mapping
1 A group of 10 rats fed on diet A, another group of 8 rats fed on
diet B, recorded the following increase in weight.
C201.3
N/D 2018
Diet A 5 6 8 1 12 4 3 9 6 10
Diet B 2 3 6 8 10 1 2 8
Find if Variances are significantly different.
2 Two independent samples of size 9 and 7. C201.3

Sample 1 18 13 12 15 12 14 16 14 15
Sample 2 16 19 13 16 18 13 15 A/M 2020
Do the estimates of the population variance differ significantly
at 5% level?

3 Out of 8000 graduates in a town, 800 are females. Out of 1600 C201.3
graduate employees, 120 are females. Use Chi-Square to
determine if any distinction is made in appointment on the basis A/M 2019
of sex. Value of 5% level for 1 degree of freedom is 3.84.

4 Find if there is any association between extravagance in fathers C201.3

& sons from the following table.
Extravagant father Miserly father
Extravagant son 327 741 A/M 2021
Miserly son 545 231
Determine the coefficient of association also.

5 1000 students at college level were graded according to their IQ C201.3

and their economic conditions. What conclusion can you draw
the following data.

Economic conditions IQ level IQ level N/D 2020

High Low
Rich 460 140
Poor 240 160
6 The data gives the number of aircraft accident that occurs during
the various days of a week. Find whether accidence are
uniformly distributed over the week.

Days Sun Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat

N/D 2019 C201.3
No of
accid
ents 14 16 8 12 11 9 14

7 In 120 throws of single die, the following distribution of faces C201.3

were observed. Can you say that the die is biased.
A/M 2017
Faces 1 2 3 4 5 6
Frequency 30 25 18 10 22 15

8 The sample of 900 members as a mean 3.4 cm and standard C201.3

deviation 2.61 cm. Is the sample from a large population of
mean 3.25 cm, and standard deviation 2.61 cm. From N/D 2021
the confidence limits of 95% level.
9 The mean life time of a sample of 100 light tubes produced to be C201.3
1580 hours, with S.D of 90 hours. Test the hypothesis, the mean
A/M 2017
life time of the tubes produced by the company in 1600 hours.

10 A simple sample of heights of 6400 English men as a mean of C201.3

170 inches and a standard deviation of 6.4 inches. While a
simple sample of heights of 1600 Australian as a mean of 172 A/M 2021
inches and a S.D of 6.3 inches. Do the data indicate that
Australians are on the average taller than English men?
11 The sales manager of a large company conducted a sample
survey in states A and B taking 400 samples in each case. The
results were in the following table. Test whether the average
sales in the same in the two states at 1% level.
N/D 2017
State A State B C201.3
Average sales Rs. 2500 Rs. 2200
S.D Rs. 400 Rs. 550

12 The sales manager of a large company conducted a sample C201.3

survey in States A and B taking 200 samples in each case. The
results were in the following table. Test whether the average N/D 2018
sales is the same in the two states.
 State A State B
Mean Rs. 2000 Rs. 1700
SD Rs. 200 Rs. 450

13 The heights of 10 male candidates of given locality are found to C201.3

be 70, 67, 62, 68, 61, 64, 68, 70, 64, 66 inches. This reasonable
A/M 2021
to believe that the average height is greater than 64 inches.

14 The average breaking strength of steel is specified to be 17.5 (in C201.3

units of 100 kg) to test this sample of 14 rods tested and gave the
following results 15, 18, 16, 21, 17, 17, 15, 17, 20, 19, 17, 18,
19, 21 is the result of experiment.  is significance and also
N/D 2010
obtain the 95% of confidence interest for average strength
S
X  2.16 .
n

15 Test made on the breaking strength of 10 pieces of a metal gave C201.3

the following results 578, 572, 570, 568, 572, 570, 570, 572, 596
and 584 kg. Test if the mean breaking strength of the wire can N/D 2021
be assumed as 577 kg.

16 Two independent sample of size 8 and 7 containing the C201.3

following values

Sample 1: 19 17 15 21 16 18 16 14 A/M 2017

Sample 2: 15 14 15 19 15 18 16

17 A group of 10 rats fed on diet A, another group of 8 rats fed on C201.3

diet B, recorded the
following increase in weight(grams).
N/D 2018
Diet A 5 6 8 1 12 4 3 9 6 10
Diet B 2 3 6 8 10 1 2 8

18 Two independent samples are taken from two schools A and B. C201.3
A common test is given in a subject. The scores of the students
as follows. A/M 2017
School A 76 68 70 43 94 68 33
School B 40 48 92 85 70 76 68 22
19 The following of the average weekly losses of working hours
due to accidents in ten industrial plant before and after an
introduction of a safety programme was put into
operation.
BEFO 45 73 46 124 33 57 83 34 26 17 C201.3
RE A/M 2021
AFTE 36 60 44 119 35 51 77 29 24 11
R
Use 5% level of significance to test whether the safety
program is effective?

20 Two horse A and B were tested according to the time (in C201.3
seconds) to run a particular race with the following result.
Horse A 28 30 32 33 33 29 34
A/M 2018
Horse B 29 30 30 24 27 29
Test whether the horse A is running faster than B at 5% level.

UNIT IV / Design of Experiments

Part-A
(2 Marks)
CO
S.No Question
Mapping
What are the assumptions involved in ANOVA?
1 C201.4
What are the advantages and disadvantages of LSD. C201.4
2
What are the basic principles of the design of experiments? C201.4
3
Write the basic steps in ANOVA. C201.4
4
What do you understand by Design of an experiment. C201.4
5
Define experimental error. C201.4
6
Define Mean sum of squares. C201.4
7
Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of RBD. C201.4
8
What is a completely randomized design? C201.4
9
Compare CRD with RBD model. C201.4
10
 What are the advantage of a CRD. C201.4
11
What is meant by LSD. C201.4
12
Construct 4*4 Latin Square Design. C201.4
13
Why a 2*2 Latin square is not-possible? C201.4
14
Compare and contrast LSD & RBD. C201.4
15

16 What is the aim of design of experiment? C201.4

Define Replication. C201.4

17
Write down the ANOVA table for Latin Square Design. C201.4
18
Construct 4*4 Latin Square Design. C201.4
19

20 Write down the ANOVA table for 22 factorial design. C201.4

Part-B
CO
S.No Question Year
Mapping
N/D
The following are the number of mistakes made in 5 2018
successive days by 4 technicians working for a photographic
laboratory test at a level of significance 𝛼 = 0.01 . Test
whether the difference among the four sample means can
be attributed toTechnician
chance.
1 I II III IV C201.4
6 14 10 9
14 9 12 12
10 12 7 8
8 10 15 10
11 14 11 11

C201.4
The following table shows the lives in hours of four brands of
electric lamps brand.

N/D
2
2018
 A 1610 1610 1650 1680 1700 1720 1800

B 1580 1640 1640 1700 1750

C 1460 1550 1600 1620 1640 1660 1740 1820

D 1510 1520 1530 1570 1600 1680

Perform an analysis of variance and test the homogeneity of the

mean lives of the four brands of lamps.

A completely randomized design experiment with 10 plots and 3 C201.4

treatments gave the following results:
PLOT NO 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
N/D
3
TREATME A B C A C C A B A B 2018
NT
YIELD 5 4 3 7 5 1 3 4 1 7

Analyse the following RBD and find your conclusion. C201.4

Blocks N/D
2018
T1 T2 T3 T4
B1 12 14 20 22

4 B2 17 27 19 15
Treatment
s B3 15 14 17 12

B4 18 16 22 12

B5 19 15 20 14

A set of data involving four “four tropical feed stuffs A, B, C, D” C201.4

tried on 20 chicks is given below. All the twenty chicks are treated
alike in all respects except the feeding treatments and each feeding
treatment is given to 5 chicks. Analyze the data Weight gain of N/D
5
baby chicks fed on different feeding materials composed of tropical 2016
feed stuffs.
 Total
A 55 49 42 21 52 219
B 61 112 30 89 63 355
C 42 97 81 95 92 407
D 169 137 169 85 154 714
Grand Total G = 1695

The following data represent the number of units of production per C201.4
day turned out by 5 different workers using 4 different types of
machines.

Machine Type

A B C D

Workers 1 44 38 47 36

2 46 40 52 43

3 34 36 44 32 A/M
6
2015
4 43 38 46 33

5 38 42 49 39

(i)Test whether the mean production is the same for the different

machine types.

(ii)Test whether the 5 men differ with mean productivity.

The sales of 4 salesmen in 3 seasons are tabulated here. Carry out C201.4
an analysis of variance.

Season Salesmen

A B C D
N/D
7
Summer 36 36 21 35 2020

Winter 28 29 31 32

Monsoon 26 28 29 29

8 The result of an RBD experiment on 3 blocks with 4 treatments A, N/D C201.4

 B, C, D are tabulated here. Carry out an analysis of variance. 2018

Blocks Treatment effects

I A36 D35 C21 B36

II D32 B29 A28 C31

III B28 C29 D29 A26

Perform a 2-way ANOVA on the data given below: C201.4

Treatment 1

1 2 3
Treatment 2 1 30 26 38

2 24 29 28
A/M
9
3 33 24 35 2019

4 36 31 30

5 27 35 33

Use the coding method subtracting 30 from the given number.

Given C201.4
Engine
Detergent
1 2 3

A 45 43 51

B 47 46 52 N/D
10
2016
C 48 50 55

D 42 37 49

Perform ANOVA and test at 5% level of significance whether

these are differences in the detergents or in the engines.

Three varieties A, B and C of a crop are tested in a randomized C201.4

block design with four replications. The plot yield in pounds are as A/M
11
follows: 2019
 A 6 C 5 A 8 B 9

C 8 A 4 B 6 C 9

B 7 B 6 C 10 A 6

Analyse the experimental yield and state your conclusion.

A farmer wishes to test the effect of 4 fertilizers A, B, C, D on the C201.4

yield of wheat. The fertilizers are used in a LSD and the result are
tabulated here. Perform an analysis of variance.

A18 C21 D25 B11 A/M

12
D22 B12 A15 C19 2019
B15 A20 C23 D24
C22 D21 B10 A17

The following is a Latin square of a design when 4 varieties of C201.4

seed are being tested. Set up the analysis of variance table and
state your conclusion. You can carry out the suitable charge of
origin and scale.

13 A110 B100 C130 D120

C120 D130 A110 B110
D120 C100 B110 A120
B100 A140 D100 C120

In a Latin square experiment given below are the yields in C201.4

quintals per acre on the paddy crop carried out for testing the
effect of five fertilizers A, B, C, D, E. Analyze the data for
variations.

B25 A18 E27 D30 C27

14 A19 D31 C29 E26 B23 A/M 21

C28 B22 D33 A18 E27

E28 C26 A20 B25 D33

D32 E25 B23 C28 A20

 A company wants to produce cars for its own use. It has to select
the make of the car out of the four makes A, B, C and D available
in the market. For this he tries four cars of each make by assigning
the cars to four drivers to run on four different routes. The
efficiency of cars is measured in terms of time in hours. The layout
and time consumed is as given below.

Drivers
15
Route 1 2 3 4
s
1 C18 D12 A16 B20
2 D26 A34 B25 C31
3 B15 C22 D10 A28
4 A30 B20 C15 D9

UNIT V / Statistical and Quality Control

Part-A
(2 Marks)
CO
S.No Question
Mapping
C201.5
1 Write down the formulae for UCL & LCL for np chart.

2 List the types of control charts. C201.5

C201.5
3 Define tolerance limit.
A garment was sampled on 10 consecutive hours of production. The C201.5
number of defects found per garment is given below: Defects: 5, 1, 7, 0, 2,
4
3, 4, 0, 3, 2. Compute upper and lower control limits for monitoring
number of defects.

5 Compare c-chart and p-chart. C201.5

Explain upper control limit and lower control limits in quality control. C201.5
6
Write down the objectives of statistical quality control. C201.5
7

Define control chart. C201.5

8
What are the uses of quality control chart? C201.5
9

10 What are the different types of control chart? C201.5

 Define P-chart. C201.5
11

Define C-chart. C201.5

12

Define np-chart. C201.5

13

What is two sided tolerance limit. C201.5

14

Part-B
S. CO
N Question Year Mappi
o ng
1 The following table data show the values of the sample mean x and the
range R for the sample of size 5 each. Determine whether the process is
in control.

Sample A/M 2020 C202.5

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
No

Mean x 11.2 11.8 10.8 11.6 11 9.6 10.4 9.6 10.6 10

Range R 7 4 8 5 7 4 8 4 7 9

2 The following data gives the average life in hours and range in hours of C202.5
12 samples each of 5 lamps. Construct x chart and the R chart, comment
on state of control.

Sample No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
A/M 2021

Mean x 120 127 152 157 160 134 137 123 140 144 120 127

Range R 30 44 60 34 38 35 45 62 39 50 35 41

3 The following table gives the sample means and ranges for 10 samples, C202.5
each of size 6, in the production of certain component. Construct the
control charts for mean and range and comment on the nature of control.
A/M 2019
Sample No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Mean x 37.3 49.8 51.5 59.2 54.7 34.7 51.4 61.4 70.7 75.3

Range R 9.5 12.8 10 9.1 7.8 5.8 14.5 2.8 3.7 8

4 The following data give the measurements of 10 samples each of size 5 C202.5
N/M 2021
in the production process taken in an interval of 2 hours. Calculate the
 sample means and ranges and draw the control charts for mean and
range.

Sample No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
49 50 50 48 47 52 49 55 53 54
Observed 55 51 53 53 49 55 49 55 50 54
measurements 54 53 48 51 50 47 49 50 54 52
X 49 46 52 50 44 56 53 53 47 54
53 50 47 53 45 50 45 57 51 56

5 Given below the values of sample mean and sample range R for 10 C202.5
samples, each of size 5. Draw the appropriate mean and range charts and
comment on the state of control of the process.
Sample No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 N/D 2021
Mean x 43 49 37 44 45 37 51 46 43 47
Range R 5 6 5 7 7 4 8 6 4 6

6 Given below the values of sample mean and sample range R for 10 C202.5
samples, each of size 5. Draw the appropriate mean and range charts and
comment on the state of control of the process.
Sample No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 N/D 2021
Mean x 12.8 13.1 13.5 12.9 13.2 14.1 12.1 15.5 13.9 14.2

Range R 2.1 3.1 3.9 2.1 1.9 3 2.5 2.8 2.5 2

7 The following values represent the number of defectives of 10 samples C202.5

each containing 100 items. 8, 10, 9, 8, 10, 11, 7, 9, 6, 12. Draw control
chart for fraction defective and comment on the state of control of the N/M 2017
process.

8 Construct a control chart for fraction defectives for the following data: C202.5
Sample No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Sample size 90 65 85 70 80 80 70 95 90 75
A/M 2021
No of defectives 9 7 3 2 9 5 3 9 6 7

9 The data given below are the number of defectives in 10 samples of 100 C202.5
items each. Construct a p-chart and an np-chart and comment on the
results. N/M 2017
 Sample No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
No of defectives 6 16 7 3 8 12 7 11 11 4
10 The following data gives the number of defectives in 10 samples, each of C202.5
size 100. Construct a np-chart for these data and also determine whether
the process is in control.
A/M 2020
Sample No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

No of defectives 24 38 62 34 26 36 38 52 33 44

11 Using the following data, construct np-chart and comment on the results. C202.5
The number of defectives in 15 samples of 200 items each.
Day 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
N/D 2017
No of
defec 6 6 6 5 0 0 6 14 4 0 1 8 2 4 7
tives
12 15 tape recorders were examined for quality control test. The number of C202.5
defects in each type recorder is recorded below. Draw the appropriate
control chart and comment on the state of control.
1 1 1 1 1 1 A/M 2018
Unit No (i) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
0 1 2 3 4 5

No of defects (c) 2 4 3 1 1 2 5 3 6 7 3 1 4 2 1

13 A textile unit produces special clothes and pants them in rolls. The C202.5
number of defects found in 20 rolls are given below. Find whether the
process is under control. Defects 20 rolls are 12, 14, 7, 6, 10, 10, 11, 12, 5,
N/D 2018
18, 12, 4, 4, 4, 9, 21, 14, 8, 9, 13, 21.