SECTION A

• A right answer gets 1 mark and 0.33 marks are deducted for a wrong answer.

1. Eight people A,B,. . . ,H, are arranged randomly in a line, the probability that
A and B are not next to each other is
3
(A) 4
.
1
(B) 4
.
1
(C) 8
.
3
(D) 8
.

2. Of all row arrangements of 6 boys and girls, the number of arrangements with
at least 3 boys is

(A) 12.
(B) 22.
(C) 32.
(D) 42.

3. For a population distribution the three quartiles Q1 , Q2 , Q3 satisfy the relation

1
Q2 − Q1 < (Q3 − Q2 )
3
Hence the distribution is

(A) Normal(0,1).
(B) Students t with 3 degrees of freedom.
(C) Positively skewed.
(D) Negatively skewed.

4. The mean of 12 numbers is 21 and their median is 19. Suppose the largest
number is increased by 4 and the smallest number is reduced by 7, the mean
and median of the modified numbers are, respectively

(A) 20.75, 19.

(B) 21, 18.75.
(C) 20.75, 18.75.
(D) 21, 19.

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5. Let s1 and s2 denote the standard deviations of the two sets of data given
below respectively,

Set 1 1 4 8 3 7 12
,
Set 2 1.1 4.4 8.8 3.3 7.7 13.2

then

(A) s2 is 10% more than s1 .

(B) s2 is 11% more than s1 .
(C) s2 is 21% more than s1 .
(D) s2 is equal to s1 .

The next two questions are based on the two data sets given below.

Set 1 10 15 20 25 30
Set 2 6 11 16 21 24

6. Let M1 & M2 be the means and s1 & s2 be the standard deviations of set 1
and set 2 respectively then

(A) M1 > M2 , s1 > s2 .

(B) M1 > M2 , s1 < s2 .
(C) M1 < M2 , s1 < s2 .
(D) M1 > M2 , s1 = s2 .

7. If set 1 and set 2 are marks of 5 students in Probability and Analysis re-
spectively and ρ is the correlation coefficient between the marks in the two
subjects, then

(A) ρ = 0.
(B) 0 < ρ < 1.
(C) −1 < ρ < 0.
(D) ρ = 1.

8. A car traveled the first 100 km at a speed of 40 km/hr and the next 100 km at
a speed of 60 km/hr. The average speed of the car during the whole journey
of 200 km is

(A) 48 km/hr.
(B) 50 km/hr.
√
(C) 20 6 km/hr.
(D) 55 km/hr.

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 9. For a random variable X, the value of b that minimizes E (|X − b|) is

(A) The modal value of the random variable X.

(B) The median of the random variable X.
(C) The mean of the random variable X.
(D) The first absolute moment (E(|X|)) of the random variable X.

10. In an auditorium there are 500 people who were all born in the year 1988. The
probability that exactly two of them have the same birthday is

(A) 1.
365×364
(B) 3662
.
(C) 0.
365 2


(D) 366
.

11. A bag contains 100 slips numbered 1,2,. . ., 100. Two slips are drawn without
replacement. Let E be the event that the sum of the two numbers on the
drawn slips is even and let F denote the event that the sum is an odd number.
Then

(A) E C ⊂ F .
(B) P (E) < P (F ).
(C) P (E) = P (F ).
(D) P (E) > P (F ).

12. In a locality, there are 100 families with 2 children each. The expected number
of families among them where both the children are girls is

(A) 0.
(B) 25.
(C) 50.
(D) 75.

13. Let X1 , X2 , X3 be i.i.d. random variables with variance σ 2 and let Y1 = X1 +

X2 , Y2 = X2 + X3 . Then the correlation coefficient between Y1 and Y2 is

(A) 0.
1
(B) 4
.
1
(C) 2
.
(D) 1.

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14. The p.d.f. of a random variable is given by
 θx
θe , x > 0, θ > 0
f (x) =
0, otherwise.

Then the value of f (E(X)) is

(A) 1.
(B) θ.
θ
(C) e
.
(D) θe.

15. Let f (x) be the probability density function of a continuous random variable.
Then which of the following statements is wrong?

(A) f (x) can not be negative.

(B) f (x) may be larger than 1.
(C) P (X = x) = f (x).
(D) Exactly one of the statements (a), (b) and (c) is wrong.

16. Let X be a random variable with probability mass function P (X = x) =

(1 − p)x−1 p, 0 < p < 1, x = 1, 2, . . .. Then FX (x) is

(A) 1 − (1 − p)x .
(B) 1 − (1 − p)x−1 .
(C) (1 − p)x .
(D) (1 − p)x−1 .

17. T1 and T2 are independent unbiased estimators of θ and V (T2 ) = V (T1 ),

consider two more estimators for θ- T3 = T1 +T
2
2
, T4 = 2T13+T2 . Then

(A) neither T3 nor T4 is unbiased for θ.

(B) Both T3 and T4 are unbiased estimators for θ and T3 is more efficient than
T4 .
(C) Among T1 , T2 , T3 and T4 , T1 is the most efficient.
(D) Among T1 , T2 , T3 and T4 , T4 is the most efficient.

18. X is a random variable with mean 1 and standard deviation 3. The P (−4 ≤ X ≤ 6)
is
16
(A) 25
.
16
(B) at least 25
.
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(C) 25
.
9
(D) at most 25
.

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19. Consider the linear regression model

Yi = α + βXi + i , i = 1, . . . , n

where E(i ) = 0, V ar(i ) = σ 2 and i are uncorrelated. If α

b and βb are least
squares estimate of α and β respectively, and Ȳ is the mean of Yi , i = 1, . . . , n,
an unbiased estimate of σ 2 is
n
1
X
2
(A) n−1
Yi − Ȳ .
i=1
n 
X 2
1
(B) n−1
Yi − α
b − βX
b i .
i=1
n
1
X
2
(C) n
Yi − Ȳ .
i=1
n 
X 2
1
(D) n−2
Yi − α
b − βX
b i .
i=1
0 0 0
20. The value of a so that the vectors x1 = (2, 3, −5) , x2 = (5, 2, −7) and x3 =
(−3, 1, a) are linearly dependent is

(A) 0.
(B) 1.
(C) 2.
(D) 3.

21. Suppose |A| is the determinant of a 3 × 3 nonsingular matrix A. A matrix B

is obtained from the matrix A by multiplying the first row of A by -1 and the
second row of A by -2. Then the determinant of B is

(A) |A|.
(B) 2|A|.
(C) -2|A|.
(D) -|A|.

22. For x ≥ 0, let bxc denote the largest integer less than or equal to x. Define a
function f on [0, ∞) as follows f (x) = x − bxc, then

(A) f is continuous everywhere in the interval [0, ∞).

(B) f takes the value 2 for infinitely many values of x.
(C) f is never 0.
1
(D) f takes the value 2
for infinitely many values of x.

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23. The negation of the statement ‘ aj > c for some j = 1, 2, . . .’ is

(A) ‘aj ≤ c for some j = 1, 2, . . .’.

(B) ‘aj > c for at least one j, j = 1, 2, . . .’.
(C) ‘aj ≤ c for all j = 1, 2, . . .’.
(D) ‘aj = c for all j = 1, 2, . . .’.

• The next two questions are based on the following Linear Programming Problem
and the corresponding graph.

max 3x1 + 2x2

such that 2x1 + x2 ≤ 100
x1 + x2 ≤ 80
x1 ≤ 40
x 1 , x2 ≥ 0

100 A

80
B

60
20

H
40

20

C
D 40 E 80 F
20 60 100

24. The feasible region of the Linear Programming Problem included the following
points

(A) I,D and E.

(B) E,F, G and I.
(C) G, H and I.
(D) B,D,G, I and C.

25. The optimal solution for the problem is at

(A) Point G and Point H.

(B) Does not exist for the problem.
(C) Point G only.
(D) Point A only.

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 SECTION B

• A right answer gets 2 marks and 0.66 marks are deducted for a wrong
answer.

26. In a club 18 members play football, 20 play cricket,19 play hockey, 6 play
football and hockey, 7 play hockey and cricket, 5 play cricket and football and
2 play all the 3 games. The number of members in this club is

(A) 77.
(B) 65.
(C) 62.
(D) 41.

27. Draw two cards from an ordinary pack of cards. The probability that not both
are kings is
219
(A) 220
.
220
(B) 221
.
222
(C) 223
.
225
(D) 256
.

28. If P (A|B) = 0.75; P (A|B c ) = 0.6, P (B) = 0.25, then P (B c |Ac )

(A) is at most 41 .
1
(B) is more than 4
but strictly less than 12 .
1
(C) is more than 2
.
(D) cannot be determined from the given information.

29. Ashok can not find his keys, he has left them at home or in office or has
dropped them in the bus on the way to office, with probabilities 0.4, 0.35 and
0.25 respectively. If he has left them at home, the probability of finding them
is 1, if he left them at office the probability of finding them is 0.8 and if has
dropped them in the bus, the probability of finding them is 0.1. What are the
chance of his finding the keys?

(A) 0.5
(B) 0.705
(C) 0.295
(D) 0.815

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30. An urn contains 100 red balls and another urn contains 100 blue balls. The
balls are numbered from 1 to 100 in each urn. One ball is drawn from each
of the urns, the probability that the number on the red ball is more than the
number on the blue ball is
1
(A) 200
.
1
(B) 100
.
99
(C) 200
.
101
(D) 200
.

31. Toss a fair coin twice in a row, Let E1 denote the event of head showing up
in the first toss, E2 the event of tail showing up in the first toss and E3 the
event of exactly one head in the two tosses, which of the following is correct?

(A) E1 , E2 and E3 are pairwise independent but not mutually independent.

(B) E1 , E2 and E3 are pairwise independent and mutually independent.
(C) E1 , E2 and E3 are mutually independent but not pairwise independent.
(D) E1 , E2 and E3 are neither pairwise independent nor mutually indepen-
dent.

32. A non empty subset is to be drawn from a set of 10 objects. Let E1 be the
event that the subset drawn consists of an even number of objects and E2 the
event that the subset drawn consists of an odd number of objects. If every
subset is equally likely to be selected, then

(A) n P (E1 ) < P (E2 ).

(B) P (E1 ) = P (E2 ).
(C) P (E1 ) > P (E2 ).
(D) P (E1 ) + P (E2 ) 6= 1.

33. For two observations, arithmetic and harmonic means are 16 and 9 respectively.
The geometric mean of these two observations is

(A) 17.
(B) 15.
(C) 12.
(D) 10.

34. The range of 3 distinct non-negative integers is 3. The variance of these 3

numbers

(A) can not be determined based on the information given.

(B) can be determined only if the mean is known.
(C) can be determined only if at least one of 3 numbers is known.
(D) can be determined.

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35. Suppose X1 ∼ B(n, p1 ) and X2 ∼ B(n, p2 ), p2 > p1 > 12 , then

(A) E(X1 ) < E(X2 ) and V ar(X1 ) < V ar(X2 ).

(B) E(X1 ) > E(X2 ) and V ar(X1 ) > V ar(X2 ).
(C) E(X1 ) > E(X2 ) and V ar(X1 ) = V ar(X2 ).
(D) E(X1 ) < E(X2 ) and V ar(X1 ) > V ar(X2 ).

36. If X1 ∼ P (λ1 ), X2 ∼ P (λ2 ) and P (X1 ≥ 1) = P (X2 ≥ 2), then

(A) E(X1 ) = E(X2 ).

(B) E(X1 ) < E(X2 ).
(C) E(X1 ) > E(X2 ).
(D) P (X1 = 0) < P (X2 = 0).

37. Let X be a random variable whose probability mass function is

1  2 n
P (X = x) = , n = 0, 1, 2, ...
3 3
Then P (X = 11|X > 10) is
1
(A) 3
.
2
(B) 3
.
(C) ( 13 )10 .
(D) ( 23 )10

38. For a random variable Z ∼ N (0, 1), the information available is

P (−1.5 < Z < 1.5) = 0.8664, P (Z < 0.29)] = 0.6141

Based on the given information the P (−1.5 < Z < 0.29)

(A) can not be found.

(B) is equal to 0.5473.
(C) is at least 0.6141.
(D) is at least 0.8664.

39. A computer is programmed to give single digit numbers between 0 and 9

inclusive in such a way that the probability of getting an odd digit {1, 3, 5, 7, 9}
is half the probability of getting an even digit {0, 2, 4, 6, 8}. The expected value
of X is

(A) 3.3333.
(B) 3.5.
(C) 4.3333.
(D) 4.5.

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40. If X is uniformly distributed on the interval (−2, 2), then P (|X − 0.5| > 1.5)
is
1
(A) 4
.
1
(B) 3
.
1
(C) 2
.
2
(D) 3
.

41. A candidate can appear in certain competitive examination for a maximum

of 4 attempts. The probability of success for a particular candidate in an
attempt is 0.3 . Assume that the outcome of an attempt is independent of
the outcomes in other attempts. The expected number of attempts for this
candidate is

(A) 2.533.
(B) 2.431.
(C) 2.413
(D) 2.353.

42. A box contains 8 red balls and 2 black balls, for every red ball drawn a player
will lose Rs.2 and for every blue ball drawn the player will win Rs.8. The
player draws 3 balls without replacement, his expected gains or losses are

(A) 0.
(B) loss of Rs 7.
(C) loss Rs.8.
(D) Gain of Rs.14.

43. A discrete random variable X takes values -1,2 and 3 with P (X = −1) = 0.2
and E(X) = 2.2. Then P (X = 2) and P (X = 3) respectively are

(A) 0 and 0.8.

(B) 0.2 and 0.6.
(C) 0.4 and 0.4.
(D) 0.8 and 0.

44. Let X1 , X2 ,...Xn be a random sample from the Poisson population with pa-
rameter λ population. Which one of the following statistics is an unbiased
estimator for λ2 ?

(A) (X)2 .
(B) X(X − 1).
(C) n1 n1 Xi2 .
P

(D) n1 n1 Xi (Xi − 1)
P

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45. Let X be discrete random variable on {−1, 1, 2} with probability mass function
Pθ (X = x), θ ∈ {θ0 , θ1 } as given below

θ\X -1 1 2
θ0 0.3 0.4 0.3
θ1 0.5 0.2 0.3

If X1 = −1 and X2 = 2 are random observations on X, then the maximum

likelihood estimate of θ

(A) 0.5.
(B) θ0 .
(C) θ1
(D) cannot be calculated.

46. Based on the random sample of size 9 from N (µ, σ 2 = 1) population H0 : µ =

µ0 is rejected in favour of H1 : µ1 > µ0 , if sample mean > 12 at 0.05 level of
significance(l.s). It was later discovered that the population variance is 4 and
not 1. For the same observations and critical region, using the fact that the
random sample is now from N (µ, σ 2 = 4)

(A) the l.s is less than 0.05.

(B) the l.s is more than 0.05.
(C) the power of the test will increase.
(D) the power of the test will decrease.

47. If frequencies of all classes which are of equal length are equal to 7, the value
of the Chi-square statistic for testing for uniformity is

(A) 0.
1
(B) n
, where n is the number of observations.
1
(C) m
, where m is the number of classes.
(D) 1.

48. The rank of the matrix

 
3 −1 −1 −1
 −1 3 −1 −1 
 
 −1 −1 3 −1 
−1 −1 −1 3

(A) is 1.
(B) is 2.
(C) is 3.
(D) is 4.

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 ∞
(−1)n
X
49. Let {an } be a sequence of real numbers. If an = n
, n = 1, 2, ..., then an
n=1

(A) does not exist.

(B) diverges to +∞.
(C) diverges to −∞.
(D) converges.
PP
50. The value of 1≤i<j≤10 ij is

(A) 1300.
(B) 1320.
(C) 1340.
(D) 1360.

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