CS/B.

TECH(N)/EVEN/SEM-2/2005/2023-2024/I019
MAULANA ABUL KALAM AZAD UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, WEST BENGAL
Paper Code : BSM201 Mathematics - IIA
UPID : 002005

Time Allotted : 3 Hours Full Marks :70

The Figures in the margin indicate full marks.
Candidate are required to give their answers in their own words as far as practicable

Group-A (Very Short Answer Type Question)

1. Answer any ten of the following : [ 1 x 10 = 10 ]
(I) If kurtosis has a value less than 3 the distribution is called
(II) If a null hypothesis accepted at 0.5 level of significance then this decision is
(III) The standard deviation of a sample mean for SRSWR is____
(IV) A random variable X has the density function
f(x)= k -2<x<2
=0 otherwise
. Then value of the constant k is____
(V) If X has exponential distribution with parameter 1/5 then its standard deviation is
(VI) If X and Y are uncorrelated then X+Y and X-Y are uncorrelated. True/False
(VII) The skew ness is positive then mean is ____ mode
(VIII) In a test of hypothesis probability of Type I error is same as the level of significance of the test. True/False
(IX) In a test of hypothesis the critical region corresponding to a particular level of significance is unique. True/False
(X) If X is normally distributed with zero mean and unit variance,then the expectation of X2
(XI) Normal curve of a variate represents __________________ function
(XII) For X and Y random variables E[kf(X,Y)]=_____

Group-B (Short Answer Type Question)

Answer any three of the following : [ 5 x 3 = 15 ]
2. Marks obtained by 10 students in physics and mathematics are given in the following table. Find rank [5]
correlation between X and Y.
Marks in 48 33 40 9 16 16 65 24 16 57
physics(X)
Marks in 13 13 24 6 15 4 20 9 6 19
mathematics(Y)
3. Fit a straight line to the following data by the method of least squares [5]
x 15 20 25 30 35 40
y 12 14 18 25 31 44
4. The daily yield at a chemical plant,recorded for 50 days possesses a sample mean of 884 tons .The [5]
population standard deviation is known to be 42 tons .Do the data provide enough evidence to indicate
that the average daily yield of the chemical plant is 900 tons per day?Test at 1% level of significance.Carry
out the test using critical value approach
5. In a normal distribution,31% of the items are under 45 and 8% are above 64.Find the mean and standard [5]
deviation.
[ given P(0< Z< 1.405) = 0.42 P(-0.496< Z< 0) = 0.19 ]
6. Prove that if X and Y are independent then joint pmf [5]
is the product of corresponding marginal pmf

Group-C (Long Answer Type Question)

Answer any three of the following : [ 15 x 3 = 45 ]
7. (a) A bank receives on an average 2.5 customers per hour.Find the probability that in a certain hour the [5]
bank receives (i) no customer
(ii) exactly 4 customers.Assume that the number of customers received in an hour is poissonly
distributed.[ e-2.5 = 0.0821]?
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 (b) The ideal size of a class of a college is 150 students.The college,experienced from past, knows that [5]
only 30% of the admitted students will actually attend.The college uses a policy of approving the
applications of 450 students.Find the probability that more than150 students attend the class.Area
under the standard normal curve enclosed between the ordinates z=0 and z=1.59 is 0.441?
(c) A fair coin is tossed 400times .Using normal approximation ,find the probability of obtaining [5]
(i)exactly 200 heads (ii)less than 210 heads (iii)between 190 and 210 heads,both inclusive .Given
that the area under standard normal curve
between z=0 and z= 0.05 is 0.0199; between z=0 and z= 0.95 is 0.3289
between z=0 and z= 1.05 is 0.3531
8. (a) Calculate mean, median and hence find the approximate value of the mode from the following [5]
frequency distribution:
Height(inches) 60-63 64-67 68-71 72-75 76-79 80-83
No. of Students 8 3 18 6 16 8

(b) Calculate the mean deviation from the mode of the following table: [5]
Height(Inch) 60-62 63-65 66-68 69-71 72-74
Frequency 5 18 42 27 8
(c) Measurements of the lengths in feet of 50 iron rods are distributed as follows: [5]
Class boundary 2.35-2.45 2.45-2.55 2.55-2.65 2.65-2.75 2.75-2.85 2.85-2.95 2.95-3.05
frequency 1 4 7 15 11 10 2
Find the value of mean deviation upto two decimal places.

9. (a) a. In order to test whether a coin is perfect the coin is tossed 5 times.The null hypothesis of [5]
perfectness is rejected if more than 4 heads are obtained. What is the probability of Type-I error?
Find the probability of Type-II error when the corresponding probability of head is 0.2.

(b) b. A random sample of 25 workers is drawn from a factory to test if their average monthly wage [5]
rs.1400 or not .The population wage distribution is assumed to be normal with a standard deviation
of rs.200.The average monthly wagebased on the 25 observations comes out to be rs.1500.Perform
a test at 5%level to see if the data support the claim ,using p-value approach
(c) c. To examine the claim of an expert publisher that m ,the average number of misprints per page of [5]
a book is 1, if a particular page of that book contains more than 2 misprints ,then the null
hypothesis that m=1 is rejected.Determine power of test against alternative hypothesis m = 2.[e-
1=0.368]

10. (a) A coin is to be tested for unbiasedness. The hypothesis that it is unbiased is rejected if 9 or more [5]
tosses of the coin out of 10 tosses result in heads. Can we take 1% as level of significance? Can you
suggest an appropriate level of significance for this test rule?

(b) Two samples of size 900 and 1600 are drawn from two population respectively. The number of [5]
defective items in the two samples are 20% and 15% respectively. Test at 1% level of significance
whether the proportion of defective items in the first population is more than that of in second
population.
[given φ(z>=2.33)=0.01and φ(z>=1.64)=0.05
(c) The daily yield at a chemical plant, recorded for 50 days possesses a sample mean of 884 tons .The [5]
population standard deviation is known to be 42 tons .Do the data provide enough evidence to
indicate that the average daily yield of the chemical plant is 900 tons per day?Test at 1% level of
significance.Carry out the test using p-value approach.
11. (a) Consider the random experiment of throwing a pair of dice. Let X denote the number of sixes and Y [5]
denote the number of fives that turn up. Find the joint pmf of X and Y and marginal pmf of X and Y.
Also find P(X+Y≥ 2).
(b) If f(x+y) = x+y ,0<x<1 ;0<y<1 is the joint pdf of X and Y. Find the distribution of X+Y. [5]
(c) If X and Y are independent normal variate then what will be the mean and standard deviation of [5]
X+Y

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 CS/B.TECH(N)/EVEN/SEM-2/2005/2022-2023/I019
MAULANA ABUL KALAM AZAD UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, WEST BENGAL
Paper Code : BSM201 Mathematics - IIA
UPID : 002005

Time Allotted : 3 Hours Full Marks :70

The Figures in the margin indicate full marks.
Candidate are required to give their answers in their own words as far as practicable

Group-A (Very Short Answer Type Question)

1. Answer any ten of the following : [ 1 x 10 = 10 ]
(I) In a scatter diagram, if all the points lie on a rising straight line, then (x,y) is said to have a
________ correlation.
(II) The rejection probability of Null Hypothesis when it is true is called ____________.
(III) Two dice are rolled. If X and Y denote the number appeared on first and second die, then P(X+Y=6) =

__________.
(IV) Let X be a random variable with probability distribution function f (x)=0.2 for |x|<1
= 0.1 for 1 < |x| < 4
= 0 otherwise
The probability P (0.5 < x < 5) is _____.
(V) If X and Y are two normal variates with standard deviations s and s respectively, then the standard deviation of
x y
X+Y is _____________.
(VI) Runs scored by batsman in 5 one day matches are 50, 70, 82, 93, and 20. The standard deviation is _______.
(VII) The first moment about zero is the ____ of the random variable.
(VIII) Mean of an exponential distribution with parameter λ is ______.
(IX) If X and Y are independent, then their covariance is _____.
(X) Suppose for 40 observations, the variance is 50. If all the observations are increased by 20, the variance of these
increased observations will be __________.
(XI) For a continuous random variable X, P(X=a), where a is a finite number, is __________.
(XII) If Cov(X,Y) = 0, the X and Y _________ independent.

Group-B (Short Answer Type Question)

Answer any three of the following : [ 5 x 3 = 15 ]
2. Fit a straight line y = a + bx to the following data: [5]
X:2 5 6 8 9
Y: 8 14 19 20 31
Predict Y when X = 9.6.
3. A random variable X has the following pdf: f(x) = k(x-1)(2-x), for 1<x<2. Find [5]
(i) k (ii) The distribution function F(x).
4. If x = 4y + 5 and y = kx + 4 be two regression equations of ‘x on y’ and ‘y on x’ respectively, then find the [5]
interval in which k lies.
5. From a large population, a sample of size 400 is drawn with mean 171.38. Can it be reasonably regarded [5]
that the mean of the population is 171.17? The s.d. of the population is 3.3. Test 5% level of significance.
6. The coefficient of rank correlation coefficient of marks obtained by 10 students in English and Economics [5]
was found to be 0.5. It was later discovered that the difference in ranks in the two subjects obtained by
one of the students was wrongly taken as 3 instead of 7. Find the correct rank correlation coefficient.

Group-C (Long Answer Type Question)

Answer any three of the following : [ 15 x 3 = 45 ]
7. (a) [ 10 ]

(b) Find the mean and variance of a continuous random variable having p.d.f. [5]
f(x) = 1 – |1 – x|, 0<x<2.
8. (a) Prove that Var(X + Y) = Var(X) + Var(Y) + 2Cov(X,Y). [5]
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 (b) In a joint distribution of X,Y, the marginal distributions of X and Y are as follows: [ 10 ]

9. Fit an exponential curve of the form y = abx to the following data: [ 15 ]

x: 2 3 4 5 6 7
y: 640 512 410 328 262 210
10. (a) From two cities, two random samples of 600 and 1000 men are drawn respectively. It is found that [5]
400 and 600 men are illiterate among the men in the two samples respectively. Test at 5% level
whether the population of the two cities have same percentage of literacy. Given z0.025 = 1.96.
(b) A company claims that the consistency regarding life time of electric bulbs produced by them is [5]
superior to those of a competitor on the basis of a study which showed that a sample of 30 bulbs
made by them has s.d. 25 hours while a sample of 40 bulbs of the competitor has s.d. 27 hours. Test
at 5% level whether the claim of the company is justified. Given z0.05 = 1.645.
(c) There are two normal populations, I and II, having s.d. 8 and 6 respectively. Two independent [5]
samples of size 10 and 12 are drawn from the two populations respectively with sample mean 20
and 27. Test at 1% level whether the two population means are equal. Given z0.005 = 2.58.
11. (a) [6]

(b) If the weekly wages of 10,000 workers in a factory follows normal distribution with mean and [9]
standard deviation Rs. 70 and Rs. 5 respectively then find the expected number of workers whose
weekly wages are
(i) between Rs. 66 and Rs. 72. (ii) less than Rs. 66. (iii) more than Rs. 72.
Given that the area under the standard normal curve between z = 0 and z = 0.4 is 0.1554 and z = 0
and z = 0.8 is 0.2881.

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