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Probability and Statistics | Set 1
1. What is E(ax+b)?
A. ax+b,
B. ax,
C. aE(x),
D. aE(x)+b
Correct : D. aE(x)+b
2. Write mean in term of moments?
A. µ1’,
B. µ2’,
C. µ2’- µ1’,
D. ( µ1’)2
Correct : A. µ1’,
3. V(ax+b)= ………………..
A. ax+b,
B. aV(x)+b,
C. a2V(x)+b,
D. a2V(x)
Correct : D. a2V(x)
4. The scatterness of observation is called ……………
A. Skewness,
B. Kurtosis,
C. Dispersion,
D. Mean
Correct : C. Dispersion,
5. For leptokurtic distribution
A. β2 < 3,
B. β2 > 3,
C. β2= 3,
D. β2= 0
Correct : B. β2 > 3,
6. Any measure calculated on the basis of population value is called ………
A. Parameter,
B. Statistic,
C. Sample,
D. Distribution
Correct : A. Parameter,
7. Give the suitable expression for E(x-c)2
A. E(x2)-C2,
B. (E(x)-E(c))2,
C. V(x) + (E(x)-C)2,
D. V(x2)-C2
Correct : C. V(x) + (E(x)-C)2,
8. The degree of relation between two variable is called
A. Correlation,
B. Regression,
C. Correlation Coefficient
Correct : B. Regression,
9. Correlation coefficient lies between …………
A. 0 & 1,
B. -1 & 1,
C. -1 & 0,
D. -∞ & ∞
Correct : B. -1 & 1,
10. If there is no relation between two variables correlation is called …………
A. Positive,
B. Zero,
C. Negative,
D. Normal
Correct : B. Zero,
11. What is the maximum value of probability?
A. 1
B. zero
C. -1
D. 2
Correct : B. zero
12. P (AUB) =?
A. P(A)+P(B)
B. P(A) U P(B)
C. P(A) - P(B)
D. P(A)+P(B)-P(A∩B)
Correct : D. P(A)+P(B)-P(A∩B)
13. In which distribution means variance coincide?
A. Binomial
B. Poisson
C. Uniform
D. Normal
Correct : B. Poisson
14. Binomial distribution is a ______ distribution?
A. Discrete
B. Continuous
C. Bivariate
Correct : A. Discrete
15. _____ distribution is a limiting case of binomial?
A. Normal
B. Poisson
C. Uniform
D. Gamma
Correct : B. Poisson
16. What is the mean of the binomial distribution?
A. n
B. p
C. np
D. npq
Correct : C. np
17. If A & B are independent events which of the following are true
A. P(AUB)=P(A)+P(B)
B. P(A∩B)=P(A).P(B)
C. P(A/B)=P(A)/P(B)
D. P(A-B)=P(A)-P(B)
Correct : B. P(A∩B)=P(A).P(B)
18. What is the MGF of Normal distribution?
A. (q+pet)n
B. e(et-1)
C. npq
D. eµt + t2 Ϭ2/2
Correct : D. eµt + t2 Ϭ2/2
19. Find variance in terms of moments?
A. µ2! ,
B. µ1! ,
C. (µ1!)2
D. µ2! - (µ1!)2
Correct : D. µ2! - (µ1!)2
20. If mean=median=mode in a distribution then which is called____________?
A. Binomial
B. Normal
C. Poisson
D. Uniform
Correct : B. Normal
21. The degree to which numerical data tend to spread about an average value is
A. Mean,
B. Average,
C. Dispersion,
D. Mode
Correct : C. Dispersion,
22. ____________ =Q3-Q1/2
A. skewness,
B. Quartile deviation,
C. Mean deviation,
D. Range
Correct : B. Quartile deviation,
23. Mean deviation is least when calculated from ________________
A. Mean,
B. Median,
C. Mode,
D. S.D
Correct : B. Median,
24. If the varience is 256, then S.D is
A. 16,
B. 4,
C. 2,
D. 512
Correct : A. 16,
25. S.D is a measure of ____________dispersion
A. Relative,
B. absolute,
C. Negative,
D. None of these
Correct : B. absolute,
26. In a symmetrical distribution quartiles are equidistant from____________
A. Mean,
B. Median,
C. Mode,
D. S.D
Correct : B. Median,
27. In a negatively skewed distribution,
A. Mean=Median=Mode,
B. Mode<Median<Mode,
C. Mode<Median<Mean,
D. Mean<Median<Mode
Correct : D. Mean<Median<Mode
28. Karl Pearson coefficient of skewness does not depend on
A. Mean,
B. Median,
C. Mode,
D. First quartile
Correct : D. First quartile
29. In a Binomial distribution varience is 4/3 and p(success) is 1/3 find mean?
A. 2,
B. 4,
C. 6,
D. 8
Correct : A. 2,
30. Find the varience of the binomial distribution whose mgf is (0.4et+0.6)8
A. 1.92,
B. 0.92,
C. 0.24,
D. 7.86
Correct : A. 1.92,
31. The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of a statistic is called
A. Standard error,
B. error,
C. population deviation,
D. population error
Correct : A. Standard error,
32. What is the standard error of x?
A. Ϭ,
B. Ϭ2
C. Ϭ/√n
D. Ϭ2/n
Correct : C. Ϭ/√n
33. What is the necessary condition for an estimator‘t’ is unbiased
A. t=0,
B. E(t)=0,
C. E(t)= ɵ,
D. t= ɵ
Correct : C. E(t)= ɵ,
34. What is the condition that t1 is more efficient than t2
A. t1<t2,
B. E (t1) <E (t2),
C. V (t1) < V (t2),
D. t1>t2)
Correct : C. V (t1) < V (t2),
35. The Rejected region in a statistical test is called ------------------------------
A. First type
B. Second type
C. critical
D. none of these
Correct : C. critical
36. The estimator tn of parameter ɵ is consistent if tn converges to…………….. in probability
A. ɵ2,
B. ɵ,
C. 0,
D. 1
Correct : B. ɵ,
37. A consistent estimator is unbiased if
A. Small sample,
B. large sample,
C. finite sample ,
D. countable sample
Correct : B. large sample,
38. (V (t1) / V (t2) ) is called……………………
A. relative efficiency of t1 w.r.to t2
B. relative efficiency of t2 w.r.to t1
C. relative sufficiency of t1 w.r.to t2
D. relative sufficiency of t2 w.r.to t1
Correct : B. relative efficiency of t2 w.r.to t1
39. the hypothesis against the null hypothesis is called ---------------------
A. zero
B. test
C. alternate
D. none of these
Correct : C. alternate
40. probability of the test static falling in the critical region is called -----------
A. significance
B. rejected
C. statistical
D. none of these
Correct : A. significance
41. In a normal distribution with mean µ and variance 1, t=1/nxi 2 is an unbiased estimator of ____________?
A. Ø
B. µ
C. µ2
D. µ2+1
Correct : D. µ2+1
42. Sample mean is the consistent estimator of _____________?
A. population mean
B. Sample variance
C. Population variance
D. S.D
Correct : A. population mean
43. If ‘t’ is consistent estimator of Q ,Then t2 is the consistent estimator of __________ ?
A. Q
B. Q2
Correct : B. Q2
44. For the population f(x,µ)=1/ 2)
A. Sample mean is not a consistent estimator, but sample median is a consistent estimator
B. Sample median is not a consistent estimator, but sample mean is a consistent estimator
C. Sample variance is not a consistent estimator, but population variance is a consistent estimator
D. Sample variance is a consistent estimator, but population variance is not a consistent estimator
Correct : A. Sample mean is not a consistent estimator, but sample median is a consistent estimator
45. The kurtosis ᵝ2 =__________?
A. µ4/µ2
B. µ4/µ1
C. µ4/µ22
D. µ4/µ12
Correct : C. µ4/µ22
46. At t=0,Mx (t)=___________?
A. zero
B. 1
C. -1
D. 2
Correct : B. 1
47. Which distribution is limiting case of binomial distribution as n->∞,p->0
A. Poisson
B. normal
C. uniform
D. gamma
Correct : A. Poisson
48. In which distribution Mean=Median=Mode?
A. Poisson
B. normal
C. uniform
D. gamma
Correct : B. normal
49. Variance of k, where k is a constant is
A. k2
B. k
C. zero
D. 1
Correct : C. zero
50. Expectation of a constant k is
A. zero
B. 1
C. k
D. k2
Correct : C. k