1 Q) A card is drawn at random from the pack of playing cards, the probability of getting a face

card is
4
13
12
13
3
13
2
13

If a coin is tossed two times, the probability of getting at most one head is
1
4
3
4
1
2
1
5

An urn contains 5 red balls and 5 black balls. In the first draw one ball is picked at random and
discarded without noticing its color. The probability to get a red ball in the second draw is
4
9
5
9
2
3
1
2
Three fair cubical dice are thrown simultaneously. The probability that all three dice have the
same number of dots on the faces showing up is
5
216
10
216
2
35
1
36

The probability of not getting a 7 or 11 total on either of two tosses of a pair of fair dice

5
9
7
9
3
7
11
36

A shelf has 6 mathematics books and 4 physics books. The probability that 3 particular
mathematics books will be together
1
15
3
18
1
9
2
5
 1 1 1
If A and B are two events such that P( A) = , P ( B ) = and P ( A  B ) = . What will be
2 3 4
P( A / B) =

1
4
1
2
1
3
None of these

Sangeetha speaks truth in 20% cases and Jaseena speaks truth in 90% cases. What is the
probability that they will contradict each other in a particular issue?

1
4
1
2
1
3
None of these

If A and B are independent events, what is P (A/B)?

P (B/A) P (A) P(B) None of these

If A and B are independent events, then which of the following statement is true
A and 𝐵 𝑐 are independent
𝐴𝑐 And 𝐵 𝑐 are independent
𝐴𝑐 And B are independent
All are correct
At Cornell school, all first year student must take chemistry and math. Suppose 25% fail in
chemistry, 18% fail in math, and 9% fail in both. Suppose a first year student is selected at
random, what is the probability that student selected failed at least one of the course
0.22 0.34 0.45 None of these

A pack contains 4 blue, 2 red and 3 black pens. If 2 pens are drawn at random from the pack, not
replaced and then another pen is drawn. What is the probability of drawing 2 blue pens and 1
black pen?
1
14
2
14
3
14
5
14

If a coin is tossed five times then what is the probability that you observe at least one tail

5
14
15
32
23
32
31
32

Which of the following statement is correct?

The probability of rain today is -10%
The probability of rain today is 23%
The probability of rain today is 120%
The probability of rain or no rain today is 80%

Out of all the 2-digit integers between 1 and 100, a 2-digit number has to be selected at random. What is
the probability that the selected number is not divisible by 7?

13
90
12
90
78
90
77
90

A box contains 20 defective items and 80 non-defective items. If two items are selected at random
without replacement, what is the probability that both items are defective?

1
5
1
25
20
99
19
495

Probability lies between:

-1 and 1
0 and 1
0 and n
0 and ∞
For the three events A, B and C the expression for the occurrence of only C is
A B C

A  BC  C C

AC  B C  C

A  BC  C

A letter is chosen at random from the word “Statistics”. The probability of getting a vowel is
1
10
2
10
3
10
4
10

What is the formula of odds in the favor of an event? Where m represents favorable number of
cases and n represents total number of cases
m:n n-m:m m:n-m m:m+n
1 Q) E (2X+5) =
4 E(X) 2 E(X) +25 2 E(X) + 5 none of these

2 Q) Var (4X-1) =
4 Var (X) 4 Var (X)-1 16 Var (X) + 1 16 Var (X)

For the following p.m.f, the value of constant k:

X 0 1 2
P(X) k 2k 3k

1 1
1 6
3 6

4 Q) If a random variable X is the number of heads in a toss of two coins then X can take values:
1, 2
0, 1
0, 1, 2
0, 1, 2, 3

x
 ; x = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 1 5 
If P( x) = 15 then P   x  | x  1 =
0; otherwise  2 2 

2
7
1
7
3
7
4
7

If the probability density function f(x) is defined in [a, b] and M is the median of the distribution
M
then the value of  f ( x) dx =
a

1
2
3
4
1
4
2
5

A continuous random variable X has a p.d.f f ( x) = 3 x 2 0  x  1 then the value of a such that

P( X  a) = P( X  a ) is

1
 3 3
 
4

1
 2 3
 
3

1
 1 3
 
2
 1
 1 3
 
5

ax; 0  x  1
a; 1  x  2

A continuous random variable X has a p.d.f f ( x) =  then a=
− ax + 3a ; 2  x  3
0 elsewhere

1 1 1 1
5 2 10 20

ax; 0  x  1
a; 1  x  2

A continuous random variable X has a p.d.f f ( x) =  then P (x  1.25) =
− ax + 3a ; 2  x  3
0 elsewhere

3 4 2 5
8 7 5 7

A probability curve y=f(x) has a range from 0 to  . If f ( x) = e − x then

8' ( 8th moment about the origin ) is

7! 4! 8! 10!

If X and Y are independent random variable then the value of Cov (X, Y)=
0.6 0 0.7 0.1

Let X be a random variable with the following probability distribution

X -3 6 9
P(X) 1 1 1
6 2 3

400.5 410.5 409.5 418.5

Let X be a random variable with the following probability distribution

X 0 1 2
P(X) p 1-2p p

1 1
Where 0  p  . For what value of p is the Var (X) =
2 2
1 1 1 1
5 4 3 6
 pe t
If M x (t ) = then Var (X)=
1 − qe t

1 1 q q
p2 qp 2 p p2

3 2 t 2
If M X (t ) = 1 +  t + + ... then Var (X) =
2!

 2 2 3 2 4 2
The moment generating function of the random variable whose moments are?

 r' = 2 r r = 0,1, 2...

t
t 2
e e2 e 2t et

If M X (t ) = (1 − 2t ) −2 then  3' is equal to

124 192 200 210

If the moment of a variate X are defined by E ( X r ) = 0.6; r = 1, 2, 3.....

Then which of the following if the m.g.f

0.2 + 0.8 e t

0.7 + 0.3 e t

0.4 + 0.6 e t

0.6 + 0.4 e t
Var (2005) =
2005 1002.5 0 2006

3 ( i.e. moment about mean)=

 3'

3' −  2' 1'

'2
 3' − 3 2' 1' + 21

3' − 3 2' 1' + 21'3

What is the expected value of the binomial distribution where n=16 and p=0.85
6 7.4 12.4 13.6

If in the binomial distribution P(X=5) = 2 P(X=4) then the value of q=

1 1 3 1
8 4 8 2

4
The mean and the variance of the binomial distribution are 4 and respectively then what is the
3
value of n?
5 6 7 8

What is the formula of the S.D of the binomial distribution?

np npq npq np

If the M.g.f of the binomial distribution is (0.1 + 0.9e t )10 then which of the following is the
variance of the distribution?
1.2 0.9 0.3 0.008

If X is a Bernoulli variate which takes value 1 and 0 with their respective probabilities p and q
then which of the following is the M.g.f of the distribution
t
q + pe 2

q + pe 2t

(q + pe ) t n

q + pet

If X is a binomial variate then X cannot take which of the following value

 1
1 0 3
2

For Poisson distribution P(3), the M.g.f M X (t ) =

exp( 3(e −t − 1))

exp( 3(e t − 2))

exp( 3(e t − 1))

exp( −3(e t − 1))

If X 1 follows P (2) and X 2 follows P (3) and X 3 follows P (4) then X 1 + X 2 + X 3 follows P (𝜆)
then what is the value of 𝜆
6 7 8 9

Six coins are tossed 64 times using Poisson distribution, what is the probability of getting six
heads x times
e
x!

e −1
( x + 1)!

e −1
( x )!

e
( x + 1)!

In a book of 400 pages, 200 typographical error occurred. Assuming Poisson law for the number
of errors per page, what is the probability that a random sample of 4 pages will contain no error?

e −1 e −2 e −3 e −4

If X is a Poisson variate such that P(X=2)=9 P(X=4)+90 P(X=6) then what is the value of 𝜆 ?
1
2 3 1
2
If X follows P (2) and Y follows P (3) then the variance of X-2Y is equal to
12 13 14 15

If mean of the Poisson distribution is 4, what is the value of the half of the S.D

1 2 3 4

X −
If X follows N (  ,  2 ) and Z = then Var (Z)=


  1 2

Which of the following is the M.g,f of the Normal distribution if X follows N (  ,  2 )

e t
1
t + t 2
e 2

1
− t − t 2
e 2

1
t + t 2 2
e 2

X −
If Z = is a standard normal variate the P (Z≥ 0) =

0.65 0.5 0.35 0.40

X −
If X follows N (  ,  2 ) , then Z = follows :

N(1, 0) N(0,1) N(𝜇, 0) N(0, 𝜎 2 )
If X follows N (100, 64) , then standard deviation 𝜎 𝑖𝑠:

100 64 8 36

The total area of the normal probability density function is equal to

0 0.5 1 0.25
If T is an estimate of the parameter 𝜃 then T is called an unbiased estimate of 𝜃 if
(a) E (T)≠ 𝜃
(b) E (T)> 𝜃
(c)E (T)< 𝜃
(d)E (T)= 𝜃

n
If x1 , x2 ,..., xn is a random sample from a normal population N (  , 4) , then t =  xi2 is an
i =1
unbiased estimator of

(a) 
(b)  + 1
2

(c)  2 + 2

(d)  2 + 4

If T is an unbiased estimator for  then T 2 is

(a) Negatively biased estimator of  2

(b) Positively biased estimator of  2

(c)Unbiased estimator of  2
(d)None of these

If X 1 , X 2 and X 3 is a random sample of size 3 from a population with mean  and variance  2

 X1 + X 2 + X 3
For what value of  the estimator T = is an unbiased estimator of  .
3
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
If X 1 , X 2 and X 3 is a random sample of size 3 from a population with mean  and variance  2

Then which of the following is true about T1 and T2

if T1 = X 1 + X 2 − X 3 and T2 = 2 X 1 + 3 X 3 − 4 X 2

(a)Both T1 and T2 are biased estimator of 

(b) T1 is biased and T2 is unbiased estimator of 

(c) T1 is unbiased and T2 is biased estimator of 

(d)Both T1 and T2 are unbiased estimator of 

If X 1 , X 2 ,..., X 5 is a random sample of size 5 from a population with mean  and variance  2
then which of the following is the best estimator of 

X 1 + X 2 + ... + X 5
T1 =
5
X1 + X 2
T2 = + X3
2
2X1 + X 2
T3 =
3
T4 = 2 X 1 + 3 X 3 − 4 X 2

(a) T1 (b) T2 (c) T3 (d) T4

If X and Md (Median) are two estimator of  then which of the following is true

(a)Both X and Md are not consistent estimator of 

(b) X is a consistent estimator of  but Md is not consistent estimator of 

(c) X is not a consistent estimator of  but Md is a consistent estimator of 

(d) Both X and Md are consistent estimator of 

Var (Md ) =

2  2  2
(a) (b)  2 (c) (d)
n 4n 2n

Var ( X )
E= =
Var ( Md )

(a)0.5 (b) 0.523 (c) 0.637 (d) 0.87

In a random sampling from Normal population N (  ,  2 ) the estimate X and s 2 are

Biased
Unbiased
Unbiased for mean and biased for variance
Biased for mean and unbiased for variance

In a random sampling from Normal population N (  ,  2 ) the maximum likelihood estimator for
 2 is
1 n
2 = 
n i =1
( xi −  ) 2

n
1
2 =
n2
 ( xi −  ) 2
i =1

n
 2 =  ( xi −  ) 2
i =1

1 n
2 =  ( xi −  ) 2
n − 1 i =1
 2( − x)
The estimate of the MLE (  ) of a population having density function 0    x is
2
(a)Unbiased estimate of 
(b)Not an unbiased estimate of 

(c)Unbiased estimate of  2
(d)All of these

The equation of maximum likelihood estimator is given by

 (log L)
0

 (log L)
0

 (log L)
=0

All of these

If T is the consistent estimator of  and  ( ) is one to one function of  , then  (T ) is the

consistent estimator of  ( ) . This is known as:

Unbiased property
Efficient property
Normality property
Invariance property of consistent estimator
If x1 , x2 ,..., xn is a random sample of size n from a density function f ( x,  ) . A statistic
T = t ( x1 , x2 ,..., xn ) is said to be sufficient statistic if the condition distribution of x1 , x2 ,..., xn
given T
(a) Independent of T
(b) Dependent of T
(c)Independent of 
(d)Dependent of 

If x1 , x2 ,..., xn is a random sample of size n from N (  ,  2 ) population then the sufficient

estimator for  is
n
n  xi
i =1

n
 xi
i =1

1 n
 xi
n i =1

Question doesn’t provide the sufficient data

If x1 , x2 ,..., xn is a random sample of size n from N (  ,  2 ) population then the sufficient

estimator for  2 is
n
n  xi2
i =1

n
 xi2
i =1

1 n 2
 xi
n i =1

Data is not sufficient

If a statistic T = t ( x1 , x2 ,..., xn ) provides as much as information as the random variable
T = x1 , x2 ,..., xn could provide, then T is called______________ statistic

Sufficient
Consistent
Unbiased
Efficient

Efficiency of Estimator T2 w.r.t T1 is given by

E= T1 * T2

T2
E=
T1

T1
E=
T2

E= T1 + T2

If x1 , x2 ,..., xn are random observation on a Bernoulli variate X taking the value 1 with
probability p and the value 0 with probability 1-p then X (1- X ) is consistent estimator of
(a) p (b) p (1+p) (c) p(1-p) (d) 𝑝2 (1 + 𝑝2 )
A random sample of 20 observation produced a sample mean x =92.4 and s=25.8 what is the
value of the standard error of x
9.2 15.5 5.8 2.5

The probability of Type-I error is referred as

1-𝛼 𝛽 𝛼 1- 𝛽

The range of Level of significance lies between

-∞ to 0
-∞ to ∞
0 to ∞
1 to 0

What is the relationship between s 2 and S 2 ?

s2 = n S 2

1 2
s2 = S
n

 1
s 2 = 1 +  S 2
 n

 1
s 2 = 1 −  S 2
 n
 X −
2
If X follows N (  ,  2 ) then Z 2 =   is a chi-square variate with
  
2 d.f. 1 d.f. 3 d.f. 5 d.f.

From the table

(O − E ) 2 1.6 0.72 1.00 1.44 2.00 0.40

E

Then the value of chi-square=

6.26 7.16 8.06 2.15

If  = 0.700 , X =0.742 and s=0.040 and n=10 then the value of t statistic=

3.15 2.10 3.4 4.2

If  ( X − X ) 2 = 1833.60 then S 2 =
200.50 203.73 306.50 500.6

If p=0.54 and P=0.50 and n=1000 then what is the value of Z statistic
2.532 1.342 1.78 4.532

16
If p1 = 0.80 and p2 = 0.67 , P = n1 = 1000 and n2 = 1200 then what is the value of Z
22
statistic
7.442 6.842 5.432 4.156
S2 =
n
 ( x − x) 2
i =1

1 n

n i =1
( x − x) 2

n
n ( x − x) 2
i =1

1 n
 ( x − x) 2
n − 1 i =1

Which of the following is the correct formula of Z- statistic

Z = X −

X −
Z=

n2

X −
Z=

n

X −
Z=
2
n2

If n=900, X = 3.4  = 2.61 and  = 3.25 then what is Z- statistic

2.5 1.73 1.81 1.92

If in chi-square distribution 6 frequencies are given, then the degree of freedom is

4 5 6 7
If X i (i = 1,2, ..., n) are n independent normal variates with mean  i and variance  i2 then chi-
2
n
 X − i 
square=   i  is a chi-square variate with
i =1  i 
1 d.f (n-1) d.f n d.f (n+1) d.f

If S12 = 10 and S 22 = 9.82 then the value of F statistic is

2.123 1.018 2.525 1.568

If  ( X 1 − X 1 ) 2 = 90 and  ( X 2 − X 2 ) 2 = 108 then S12 + S 22 =

19.25 19.27 19.82 19.50

If n1 = 11 and n2 = 12 then what is the d.f in case of F-test

F(11,12) F(9,10) F(11,11) F(10,11)

If  ( X 1 − X 1 ) 2 = 90 and  ( X 2 − X 2 ) 2 = 108 and n1 = 10 and n2 = 12 then using the

formula

S2 =
1
n1 + n2 − 2
 ( X 1 
− X 1 ) 2 +  ( X 2 − X 2 ) 2 then S=

2.113 3.124 3.146 2.413

If the null- hypothesis H 0 is false but we accept null- hypothesis H 0 then it is called

Type-II error
Type-I error
No error
None of these
 1
If b yx = 5 and r 2 = then bxy =
5

1 1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
20 25 15 30

1
If r = x =1  y = 2 and X = 1, Y = 1 then regression line Y on X is
2
(a)3X-Y=3
(b)X=Y
(c)2X-3Y=8
(d)2X+3Y=8

If Var(X)=16 and Var(Y)=36 and r=0.5 then b yx =

(a)0.6 (b) 0.65 (c) 0.70 (d) 0.75

If cov(X,Y)=5 and  x = 5  y = 5 then the correct value of r=

(a)4 (b)2 (c) 1 (d) 0.25

The coefficient of correlation between X and Y is 0.6 and their covariance is 4.8. The variance of
X is 9 then S.D. of Y is

4 .8 0 .6 3 4 .8
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3  0 .6 4 .8  3 0 .6  4 .8 9  0 .6

The value of correlation coefficient r always lies in the interval

(a)[-1, 1) (b) [-1,1] (c) (-1,1) (d) (-1,1]

If two lines of regression are

8X-10Y+66=0

40X-18Y=214 then X =

(a)17 (b) 15 (c) 13 (d) 11

If two lines of regression are

8X-10Y+66=0
40X-18Y=214 then r=
(a)0.4 (b) 0.6 (c) 0.8 (d)1

The correlation coefficient is the _________________________ between two regression

coefficients
Arithmetic mean
Geometric mean
Harmonic mean
Median

If b yx = 5 then which of the following is the possible value of b xy

3 2 -4 0.25

If  is the angle between two regression lines then  is given by

 x 
tan −1 (1 − r 2 ) 
  x +  y 

 (1 − r 2 )  x y 
tan −1  
 r  x +  y 

 (1 − r 2 )  x2 +  y2 
tan −1  
 r
2
 x y 

 (1 − r 2 )  x y 
tan −1  
 r  x +  y 
2 2

If r=0 then the angle between two regression lines is

   
6 4 2 8

If the correlation coefficient r is positive then

b xy is positive and b yx is negative.

b xy is positive and b yx is positive

b xy is negitive and b yx is negative

b xy is negitive and b yx is positive.

If  X = 321 , Y = 73 ,  XY = 321 , Y 2 = 14111 ,  X 2 = 713 r=

0.76 0.778 0.886 0.924
If n=10,  d 2 = 200 , then what is the value of  =
−2 −5 −4 −7
33 33 33 33

If the data given in the table is arranged in descending order then what is the rank of 75 in the
rank correlation problem
X 68 64 75 50 64 80 75 40 55 64

2 3 3.5 2.5

If the data given in the table is arranged in descending order then what is the rank of 75 in the
rank correlation problem
Y 62 58 68 45 81 60 68 48 50 70

3 4 3.5 4.5

If  XY = 520 , n=25, X = 5 , Y = 4 then what is the value of COV(X,Y)

4 4 4 4
5 3 7 9

If  X 2 = 650 , n=25, X = 5 ,then what is the value of  x2

2 3 1 0.5

If  Y 2 = 436 , n=25, Y = 4 ,then what is the value of  y2

16 36 41 47
25 25 25 25