Seat No.: ________ Enrolment No.

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GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

BE - SEMESTER–III (NEW) EXAMINATION – WINTER 2021
Subject Code:3130006 Date:17-02-2022
Subject Name:Probability and Statistics
Time:10:30 AM TO 01:00 PM Total Marks:70
Instructions:
1. Attempt all questions.
2. Make suitable assumptions wherever necessary.
3. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
4. Simple and non-programmable scientific calculators are allowed.

Q.1 (a) Define a term random variable and explain different types of random variable. 03
(b) A card is drawn at random from a pack of 52 cards. What is the probability 04
that the card is a spade or a king?
(c) State Baye’s theorem. There are three bags; first containing 1 white, 2 red and 07
3green balls; second 2 white, 3 red and 1green balls and third 3 white, 1 red
and 2 green balls. Two balls are drawn from a beg chosen at random. These
are found to be 1 white and 1 red. Find the probability that the balls so drawn
came from the second bag.

Q.2 (a) Two judges in a beauty contest rank the 12 contestants as follows: 03
x 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
y 12 9 6 10 3 5 4 7 6 2 11 1
Calculate rank correlation coefficient.
(b) A book contains 100 misprints distributed randomly throughout its 100 pages. 04
What is the probability that a page observed at random contains at least 2
misprints.
(c) A die is thrown six times. If getting an odd number is a success, find the 07
probability of (i) 5 success (ii) at least five success and (iii) at most five
success.
OR
(c) If a random variable x is Gamma distribution with parameter 𝜆 = 3, compute 07
the value of (i) P(x≤1) and (ii) P(1≤x≤2).

Q.3 (a) Calculate the coefficient of variance for the following data: 03
Class 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50
Interval
Frequency 5 7 2 3 3
(b) Calculate the median for the following data: 04
Class 0-30 30-60 60-90 90-120 120- 150-180
Interval 150
Frequency 8 13 22 27 18 7
(c) Compute the correlation coefficients between X and Y using following data: 07
X 2 4 5 6 8 11
Y 18 12 10 8 7 5
OR
Q.3 (a) Obtain correlation coefficient between x and y if two regression lines are 4x- 03
5y+33=0 and 20x-9y-107=0.

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 (b) Calculate the mode for the following data:
Class 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50
Interval 04
Frequency 10 14 19 7 13

(c) Obtain the regression line of y on x for the following data:

x 100 98 78 85 110 93 80 07
y 85 90 70 72 95 81 74

Q.4 (a) Explain the term related to testing of hypothesis: (i) Null hypothesis (ii) 03
Alternate hypothesis and (iii) Errors while accepting or rejecting a hypothesis.
(b) The mean of 35 sample of the thermal conductivity of a certain kind of cement 04
brick is 0.343 with standard deviation of 0.010. Test the hypothesis that the
population mean is 0.340 at 5% level of significance.
(c) Fit a binomial distribution for the following data showing the survey of 800 07
families with 4 children and test the goodness of fit.
No. of boys 0 1 2 3 4
No. of girls 4 3 2 1 0
No. of families 32 178 290 238 64
OR
Q.4 (a) A random sample of size 15 from bivariate normal distribution gave a 03
correlation coefficient r=0.5. Is this indicate the existence of correlation in the
population?
(b) A tire company is suspicious to claim that the average lifetime of certain tires 04
is at least 28000 km. To check the claim, the company takes the sample of 40
tires and gets a mean life time of 27463 km with standard deviation of 1348
km. Test the hypothesis at 1% level of significance.
(c) Fit a Poisson distribution for the following data and test the goodness of fit. 07
x 0 1 2 3 4
f 112 73 30 4 1
Q.5 (a) In 𝑦 = 𝑎 + 𝑏𝑥 if ∑ 𝑥 = 50, ∑ 𝑦 = 80, ∑ 𝑥𝑦 = 1030, ∑ 𝑥 2 = 750 and 𝑛 = 03
10, then find 𝑎 and 𝑏.
(b) Fit a curve 𝑦 = 𝑎𝑒 𝑏𝑥 for the following data: 04
x 1 2 3 4
y 7 11 17 27
(c) State properties of the normal distribution. Suppose the marks of 800 students 07
are normally distributed with mean 66 and standard deviation 5. Find number
of students getting marks (i) between 65 and 70 (ii) greater than or equal to
72 (Given that P(0≤z≤0.20)=0.0793, that P(0≤z≤0.80)=0.2881 and that
P(0≤z≤1.2)=0.3849)
OR
Q.5 (a) A random variable x has the following probability distribution: 03
𝑥𝑖 0 1 2 3
𝑝𝑖 1/6 3/8 3/8 1/8
Find the standard deviation of x for the given distribution.
(b) With usual notations, find the value of p for a binomial random variable x 04
when n=6 and 9P(x=4)=P(x=2).
(c) Fit a parabola 𝑦 = 𝑎𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐 for the following data: 07
x -1 0 1 2
y -2 1 2 4
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GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

BE - SEMESTER–III (NEW) EXAMINATION – SUMMER 2021
Subject Code:3130006 Date:06/09/2021
Subject Name:Probability and Statistics
Time:10:30 AM TO 01:00 PM Total Marks:70
Instructions:
1. Attempt all questions.
2. Make suitable assumptions wherever necessary.
3. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
4. Simple and non-programmable scientific calculators are allowed.
Marks
Q.1 (a) An MBA applies for a job in two firms X and Y. The probability of 03
his being selected in firm X is 0.7 and being rejected in Y is 0.5. The
probability of at least one of his applications being rejected is 0.6.
What is the probability that he will selected in one the firms?
(b) A study showed that 65% of managers had some business education 04
and 50% had some engineering education. Furthermore 20% the
managers had some business education but no engineering education.
What is the probability that a manager had some business education,
given that he has some engineering education?
(c) A manufacturing firm produces steel pipes in three plants with daily 07
production volume of 500, 1000, 2000 units respectively. According
to past experience it is know that the fractions of defective output
produced the three plants are respectively 0.05, 0.08, and 0.10. If a
pipe is selected from a day’s total production and found to be
defective. What is the probability that it came from the first plant?
Also find out from which plant the defective pipe comes.

Q.2 (a) The probability that an item produced by a machine will be defective 03
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is 10. If 12 such items are produced, find the probability that (i) Exactly
one will be defective, (ii) at least two will be defective (iii) None of
the item is defective.
(b) A car hire firm has two cars, which it hires out day by day. The number 04
of demands for a car on each day is distributed as a Poisson
distribution with mean 𝜇 = 1.5. Calculate the proportion of days on
which neither car is used and proportion of days on which some
demand is refused. (𝑒 −1.5 = 0.2231)
(c) The average daily sales of 500 branch offices was Rs. 150 thousand
and the standard deviation Rs. 15 thousand. Assuming the distribution
to be normal indicate how many branches have sales between
a) Rs. 120 thousand and Rs. 145 thousand
b) Rs. 140 thousand and Rs. 165 thousand.
P(0<z<2)=0.4772, P(0<z<0.33)=0.1293, P(0<z<1)=0.2486
OR
(c) Accidents occur with a Poisson distribution at an average 2 per week. 07
Then
a) Obtain the probability of more than 3 accidents during a week.
b) What is the probability that at least two weeks will elapse
between accidents.
Q.3 (a) A fair die is thrown 300 times. Find the lower bound for the probability 03
of getting 30 to 60 sixes.

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 (b) Find the quartile deviation and its coefficients. Also find inter quartile 04
range and coefficient of variations.
Marks < 35 35-37 38-40 41-43 > 43
Students 8 16 13 8 5
(c) The following data relate to the profits of 1,000 companies: 07
Profits Rs. 100- 120- 140- 160- 180- 200- 220-
in 120 140 160 180 200 220 240
thousands
No. of 17 53 199 194 327 208 02
companies
Calculate the coefficient of skewness.
OR
Q.3 (a) Following is the table showing number of visitors in 180 days to a zoo. 03
Obtain average number of visitors per day.
Marks 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 51-60
Students 22 28 35 45 30 20
(b) Define moments about the assumed mean A. Obtain fist four moments 04
about arbitrary origin from the following table,
Scorers 50-60 60-70 70-80 80-90 90-100
Players 8 11 18 09 04
(c) Find the mean, median and mode from the following table. 07
class 50- 53- 56- 59- 62- 65- 68- 71- 74-
53 56 59 62 65 68 71 74 77
frequency 3 8 14 30 36 28 16 10 3
Q.4 (a) Airscrew escape systems powered by a solid propellant. The burning 03
rate of this propellant is an important product characteristics.
Specifications require that the mean burning rate must be   50
centimeters per second and standard deviation of burning rate   2
centimeters per second. The experimenter choose   0.05 level of
significance and selects random sample of n  25 and obtain a sample
average of x  51.3 centimeters per second. What conclusions should
be drawn? ( z 0.025  1.96 )
(b) Psychological tests of intelligence and of engineering ability were 04
applied to 10 students as per the following data. Find the coefficient
of correlation.
Intelligence 105 104 102 101 100 99 98 96 93 92
ration
Engineering 101 103 100 98 95 96 104 92 97 94
ability
(c) The following table gives the aptitude test scores and productivity 07
indices of 10 workers selected at random
Aptitude 60 62 65 70 72 48 53 73 65 82
scores
Productivity 68 60 62 80 85 40 52 62 60 81
index
Estimate (i) the productivity index of a worker whose test score is 0.92
(ii) the test score of a worker whose productivity index is 0.75.
OR
Q.4 (a) You are working as a purchase manager for a company. The following 03
information has been supplied to you by two manufactures of electric
bulbs.
Company A Company B
Mean life in hours 1300 1248
Standard deviation 82 93
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 Sample size 100 100
Which brand of bulbs are you going to purchase if you desire to take
a risk at 5%? ( 𝑍0.05 = ±1.96)
(b) An examination of eight applicants for a critical post was given by a 04
firm. From the marks obtained by the applicants in the Accountancy
and Statistics papers, compute rank coefficient correlations.
Marks in 15 20 28 12 40 60 20 80
accountancy
Marks in 40 30 50 30 20 10 30 60
statistics
(c) In partially destroyed laboratory record of an analysis of correlation 07
data, the following results are eligible.
 Variance of x,  x2  9
 Two line of regressions: 8x-10y+66=0, 40x-18y=214.
From the above obtain mean values of x and y, the standard deviation
of y and correlation coefficient.
Q.5 (a) 500 units from a factory are inspected and 12 are found to be defective, 03
800 units from another factory are inspected and 12 are found to be
defective. Can it be concluded at 5% level of significance that
production at second factory is better that in first factory. ( 𝑍0.05 =
±1.96)
(b) Two salesmen A and B are working in a certain district. From a sample 04
survey conducted by the head office, the following results were
obtained. Whether is there any significant difference in the average
sales between two salesmen’s?
A B
Number of sales 20 18
Average sales in Rs. 170 205
Standard deviation in Rs. 20 25
The critical value of t at 5% level of significance and 36 degree of
freedom is more than 36.
(c) A simply supported beam carries a concentrated load P(lb) at its mid- 07
point. Corresponding to various values of P the maximum deflection
y (in) is measured. The corresponding table is given below. Find the
low of the 𝑦 = 𝑎 + 𝑏𝑃.
P 100 120 140 160 180 200
y 0.45 0.55 0.60 0.70 0.80 0.85
OR
Q.5 (a) A random sample of size 15 from a bivariate normal population gave 03
correlation coefficient r=0.5. Is this indicate the correlation in the
population? Choose   0.05 as level of significance,
 
t  2,13   2.160
(b) By the method of least square fit a curve of the form 𝑦 = 𝑎𝑥 𝑏 to the 04
following data.
x 2 3 4 5
y 27.8 62.1 110 161
(c) The number of defects in printed circuit board is hypothesized to 07
follow Poisson distribution. A random sample of n=60 printed board
has been collected and the following number of defects observed.
Number of defects 0 1 2 3
Observed frequency 32 15 09 04
Use chi-square distribution to test the claim that the number defects
follows the Poisson distribution.  20.05 ,1  3.84
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GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

BE - SEMESTER– III (NEW) EXAMINATION – SUMMER 2022
Subject Code:3130006 Date:11-07-2022
Subject Name:Probability and Statistics
Time:02:30 PM TO 05:00 PM Total Marks:70
Instructions:
1. Attempt all questions.
2. Make suitable assumptions wherever necessary.
3. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
4. Simple and non-programmable scientific calculators are allowed.

Q.1 (a) Define and give the example of: (i) Random variable, (ii) Independent Events. 03
(b) Two fair six-sided dice are tossed independently. Let M be the maximum of the two 04
tosses. What is the probability mass function (pmf) of M?
(c) Seventy percent of the light aircraft that disappear while in flight in a certain country 07
are subsequently discovered. Of the aircraft that are discovered, 60% have an
emergency locator, whereas 90% of the aircraft not discovered do not have such a
locator. Suppose a light aircraft has disappeared.
(i) If it has an emergency locator, what is the probability that it will not be discovered?
(ii) If it does not have an emergency locator, what is the probability that it will be
discovered?

Q.2 (a) State the probability function of Exponential and Gamma distribution. 03
(b) A dice is thrown 264 times with the following results. Show that the dice is biased. 04
2
[Use 𝜒0.05 = 11.07 for 5 degree of freedom].
No. appeared on dice 1 2 3 4 5 6
Frequency 40 32 28 58 54 52
(c) Fit a straight line to the following data. Also, estimate the value of y at x=72. 07
x: 65 66 67 67 68 69 71 73
y: 67 68 64 68 72 70 69 70
OR
(c) Fit the second degree parabola using the least square method to the following data: 07
x: 1 2 3 4 5
y: 5 12 26 60 97
Also, estimate y at x=6.

Q.3 (a) State the properties of the Normal Distribution 03

(b) If a random variable has a Poisson distribution such that P(X=1)=P(X=2), find 04
(i) the mean of the distribution, (ii) P(X=5), (iii) P(X>1), and (iv) P(1<X<4).
(c) Define Binomial Distribution. 07
A particular telephone number is used to receive both voice calls and fax messages.
Suppose that 25% of the incoming calls involve fax messages, and consider a sample
of 10 incoming calls. What is the probability that (i)At most 3 (ii) Exactly 3 (iii) At
least 3 (iv) More than 3, of the calls involve a fax message?
OR
Q.3 (a) The mean and variance of a binomial distribution are 4 and 2. Find 𝑃(𝑋 ≥ 2). 03

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 (b) A car hire firm has two cars, which it hires out day by day. The number of demands for 04
a car on each day is distributed as a Poisson distribution with mean of 1.5. Calculate the
proportion of days on which (i) neither car is used, (ii) some demand is refused, (iii)
only one car is used.
(c) Define Standard normal variate. 07
The lifetime of a certain kind of batteries has a mean life of 400 hours and the standard
deviation as 45 hours. Assuming the distribution of lifetime to be normal.
Find The percentage of batteries with lifetime (i) at least 490 hours, (ii) between 385
and 490 hours. Also, find the minimum life of the best 5% of batteries.
[Use: P(0< z < 2) = 0.4772, P(0 < z < 0.33) = 0.1293 and P(0< z < 1.65) = 0.45]

Q.4 (a) Explain the term related to testing of hypothesis: (i) Type I Error, (ii) Type II Error, (iii) 03
Level of Significance.
(b) A coin was tossed 960 times and returned heads 183 times. Test the hypothesis that the 04
coin is unbiased. Use 5% level of significance. [use 𝑍0.05 = 1.96].
(c) Two types of batteries are tested for their length of life and the following data are 07
obtained:
No. of samples Mean Life in hours Variance
Type A 9 600 121
Type B 8 640 144
Is there a significant difference in the two means? [Use 𝑡0.05,15 = 2.132]
OR
Q.4 (a) Ten objects are chosen at random from a large population and their weights are found 03
to be in grams:61,63,64,65,68,69,69,70,71,71. Discuss the suggestion that the mean is
65 g. [Use 𝑡0.05 = 2.262 𝑎𝑡 𝑣 = 9].
(b) The means of simple samples of sizes 1000 and 2000 are 67.5 cm and 68 cm 04
respectively. Can the samples be regarded as drawn from the same population of
standard deviation 2 cm. [use 𝑍0.05 = 1.96]
(c) Two random samples are drawn from two populations and the following results were 07
obtained:
Sample I 21 24 25 26 27
Sample II 22 27 28 30 31 36
Find the variances of the two samples and test whether the two populations have the
same variances.[Use 𝐹0.05 (5,4) = 6.26.]

Q.5 (a) The probability distribution of a random variable X is given below. 03

Find (i) E(X), (ii) V(X)
X: -2 -1 0 1 2
P(x=X) 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.1
(b) The following are the lines of regression 9𝑦 = 𝑥 + 288 𝑎𝑛𝑑 4𝑦 = 𝑥 + 38. Estimate y 04
when x = 99 and x when y = 30. Also, find the means of x and y.
(c) Ten competitors in a test are ranked by three judges in the following order: 07
Rank by First Judge: 6 10 2 9 8 1 5 3 4 7
Rank by Second Judge: 5 4 10 1 9 3 8 7 2 6
Rank by Third Judge: 4 8 2 10 7 5 9 1 3 6
Use the method of rank correlation to gauge which pairs of judges has nearest common
approach.
OR
Q.5 (a) For a group of 10 items, Σ𝑥 = 452, Σ𝑥 2 = 24270, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑜𝑑𝑒 = 43.7. Find Karl 03
Pearson’s coefficient of Skewness.

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(b) Find the correlation coefficient for the following data: 04
X: -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
Y: 9 4 1 0.5 1 4 9
(c) Calculate the regression coefficients and find the two lines of regression for the 07
following data:
x: 57 58 59 59 60 61 62 64
y: 67 68 65 68 72 72 69 71
Find the value of y when x=65.

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