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BPSC Exam 2025: Integrated 70th Combined Main (Written) Competitive Examination, Optional, Statistics

  • Paper code: 70th CCE
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Serial No.
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    02/GO/CC/M-2025 – 27

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                                           Candidate’s Roll Number




                                                    Question Booklet
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                                                     STATISTICS
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1.   Reliability function of Weibull life time                         3.   Let X be a discrete random variable with
                                             x
                                                                              the moment generating function
                                         1
       model f(x; , )                x   e       , x > 0,   > 0,
                                                                                     (1 3et )3 (3 et )2
                                                                              Mx (t )                    , t R . Then
                                                                                             1024
         > 0, will be
                                                                              which of the following statements is
                                                                              correct ?
                     x
       (A) e
                                                                                                   6
                                                                              (A) P(X     0)
                                                                                                 1024
                             1
       (B)           x                                                                    18
                                                                              (B) E(x )
                                                                                           4
                                                                                                  28
                             x                                                (C) P(X     5)
       (C) 1 e                                                                                   1024
                                                                                          15
                                                                              (D) V(x )
                                                                                          16
                         1
       (D) x

                                                                         4.   The index numbers lie between
                                                                              Laspeyre’s and Paasche’s index
  2.   Let x , x , . . ., x be a random sample                                numbers are
             1       2           n

       from Poisson distribution with mean                                    (A) Fisher and Dorbish-Bowley
                                                                              (B) Marshall Edgeworth and Fisher
        > 0. Then variance of MLE of                  is
                                                                              (C) Marshall Edgeworth, Dorbish-Bowley
                                                                                    and Fisher
                 2
                                                                              (D) Marshall Edgeworth and
       (A)
                 n                                                                  Dorbish-Bowley


       (B)                                                               5.   In a randomised block design with
                                                                              4 blocks and 5 treatments having one
                                                                              missing value, the error degrees of
                 2                                                            freedom will be
       (C)
             n2                                                               (A) 11
                                                                              (B) 9
                                                                              (C) 12
       (D)
             n                                                                (D) 10

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6.   Hazard function of exponential life time                                      9.   If r is the correlation
       model with mean                   > 0 is given by                                  sample of n pairs of observations, then
                                                                                          probable error of r is given by
                         x
       (A) 1 e
                                                                                          (A) 0 . 6745 1 r 2 n
             1
       (B)
                                                                                          (B) 0 . 6745 (1 r 2 )            n
             1       x
       (C)       e
                                                                                          (C) 0 . 6754              1 r2 / n
                 x
       (D) e                                                                              (D) 0.6754 (1 – r2)/n



  7.   Let X~ U(5, 5 + ),
                                                                                    10.                             e years values 15, 24,
       T = k(x – c)2. The statistic T becomes
                                             2                                            18, 33 and 42, the three years moving
       unbiased estimate of                      if
                                                                                          averages will be
       (A) k = 5, c = 0
                                                                                          (A) 29, 30, 31
       (B) k = 5, c = 5
                                                                                          (B) 19, 22, 31
       (C) k = 3, c = 0
                                                                                          (C) 29, 25, 31
       (D) k = 3, c = 5
                                                                                          (D) 19, 25, 31

                                                                      2
  8.   Consider the model y = i + ,                           ~ N(0, i ),
                                         i            i   i
                                                                                    11.   Consider the following statements :
       i = 1, 2, 3, where y y y , are uncorrelated.
                                 1, 2, 3
                                                                                          T1 : R12. 23       2
                                                                                                            r12       2 if r = 0
                                                                                                                     r13
                    y1 y 2 y 3                                                                                              23
             e T1                and
                        6                                                                 T : If R          = 0 then r          =r    =0
             3y1 2y 2 y3 . Which of the                                                    2         1.23                  13    12
        T2
                   10                                                                     Which of the following statements is
       following statements is true ?
                                                                                          correct ?
       (A) E(T ) = E(T ) =                   and V(T ) < V(T )
                     1          2                         1           2                   (A) Only T is true
                                                                                                            2

       (B) E(T ) = , E(T )                       and V(T ) < V(T )                        (B) T and T both are true
                     1               2                        1       2
                                                                                                 1              2

       (C) E(T )             E(T )           and V(T                      )               (C) Both T and T are false
                     1          2                         1           2                                     1          2

       (D) E(T ) = , E(T )                       and V(T ) < V(T )                        (D) Only T is true
                     2               1                        2       1                                     1


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12.   Let X follows U(0, 1) uniform distribution.         15.   The probability of accepting a lot of
                                                                 quality LTPD is called
                            1
       Then P X2
                            2                                    (A) 1 – producer’s risk
             1
       (A)                                                       (B) producer’s risk
             3
             1                                                   (C) 1 – consumer’s risk
       (B)
             4
             2                                                   (D) consumer’s risk
       (C)   3
             1
       (D)                                                 16.   Let random variable X follows
             6
                                                                                                          1
                                                                 exponential distribution with mean           0.
 13.   If l = 25000 and l = 20000, then the                      Then the median of the distribution is
           30                 31
       probability that a person of age 30 years
       will survive till his next birthday is
                                                                 (A)           n2
             3                                                         2
       (A)
             5
             1                                                   (B)   ln2
       (B)
             5
             4
       (C)   5                                                   (C) e 2
             2
       (D)
             5                                                         1
                                                                 (D)           n2

 14.   Suppose {Y , Y , Y , Y } be a
                       13       8       2   7
       SRSWOR from the population of size
       101 with variance 10. Then covariance               17.   In a life table generally the value of
       between Y and Y will be                                   radix (l ) is taken to be
                   8                2
                                                                           0
            1
       (A)
           10                                                    (A) 10000
              6
       (B)
             101                                                 (B) 100
              2
       (C)
             101                                                 (C) 100000

              1
       (D)                                                       (D) 1000
             10

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18.   If the annual trend equation is                          21.   If f (y) is the probability density function
                                                                        y
                                                                      of random variable y, then probability
       y     112.8 43.2 X , then the monthly
                                                                      density function of |y| will be
       trend equation will be

       (A) y          112.8 3.6X                                      (A) 2f (–y)
                                                                                y


       (B) y          9.4 3.6X                                        (B) f (y) + f (–y)
                                                                            |y|                  |y|

       (C) y          9.4 0.3X
                                                                      (C) f (y) + f (–y)
                                                                            y                y
       (D) y          112.8 0.3X
                                                                      (D) 2f (y)
                                                                                y


 19.   Let x , x , ....., x be a random sample
              1       2      n
                                              –( H)
       from the distribution f(x, ) = 2 x             ,         22.   Suppose that a population consists of a

       x > 2,         > 2. The CRLB of the variance of                linear trend Y = a + ib, for i = 1, 2, . . . . N,
                                                                                                 i
                                                                      where a and b are constants. If variance of
       an unbiased estimate of ln is
                                                                      the sample mean of n observations drawn
       (A) n

                  2
       (B)                                                            sampling and simple random sampling
                                                                      from the given population are respectively
              1
       (C)                                                                            –       –           –
              n                                                       denoted by V(Y ), V(Y ) and V(Y ),
                                                                                        st      sy          ran
                                                                             –       –        –
                  1                                                   then V(Y ) : V(Y ) : V(Y ) equals to
       (D)                                                                          st                 sy   ran
                  2

                                                                      (A)   1
                                                                              :n:1
 20.   The relation between NRR and GRR is                                  n

                                                                                    1
       (A) NRR            GRR                                         (B) n :         :1
                                                                                    n
       (B) NRR            GRR
                                                                            1
                                                                      (C)     : 1: n
                                                                            n
       (C) NRR = GRR

       (D) None of the above                                                             1
                                                                      (D) n : 1:
                                                                                         n

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23.   In usual notations of life table, if                               26.   In SPRT, an approximate formula to
       l       = 750000 and l              = 740000, then q                     calculate ASN is
       20                             21                      20
       will be
                 2                                                                    L( )log B (1 L( ))log A
                                                                                (A)
       (A)       75                                                                             E(Z)

                 7                                                                    L( )log A (1 L( ))log B
       (B)                                                                      (B)
                 75                                                                            E(Z)
                  1
       (C)
                 75                                                                   L( )(1 log B) (1 L( ))log A
                                                                                (C)
                 4                                                                                E(Z)
       (D)
                 75
                                                                                      L( )(1 log A ) (1 L( ))log B
                                                                                                  E(Z)
 24.   The probability density function
       of a random variable X is                                                Let {1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0} be a random sample
                 3                                                              from Bernoulli distribution with
       f(x, )         , x 3,       0 . Then the
              x x                                                               mean     0<    < 1. Then UMVUE of
       most powerful critical region of size 0.027                               (1 – ) is
       to test H :        = 3 versus H : = 2 is
                      0                        1
                                                                                (A) 0.60
       (A) x > 10
       (B) x > 8                                                                (B) 0.96

       (C) x > 11                                                               (C) 0.50
       (D) x > 9
                                                                                (D) 0.70

 25.   The relation between the central
       mortality rate (m ) and force of mortality                         28.   How many parameters of a bivariate
                                  x
       ( ) is
           x

                          x       x 1                                           simple hypothesis ?
       (A) mx
                              2
                                                                                (A) 3
       (B) mx               1
                          x
                            2
                                                                                (B) 5
                                1
       (C) mx             x
                                2                                               (C) 2
                          x 1
       (D) mx                                                                   (D) 4
                          2

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29.   If two regression lines are X + 2Y – 5 = 0           32.   Purchasing power of money equal to
       and 2X + 3Y – 8 = 0, then for X = 1, the
       estimate of Y will be
                                                                                   1
       (A) 1                                                      (A)
                                                                        Fisher’s index number
                                                                                       number
       (B) 2
                                                                           1
       (C) –1                                                     (B) Money wages
       (D) –2

                                                                                      1
                                                                  (C)   Cost of living index number
 30.   For the fundamental EOQ problem with

       no shortages, D = demand per unit time,
                                                                                      1
       C = set up cost and C = holding cost, then                 (D)   Wholesale price index number
        s                     1
       optimum lot size due to R.H. Willson is


       (A)     2DC1 / Cs

                                                            33.                         n of the two variates
       (B)     2DCs / C1
                                                                  X and Y are equal, then ratio estimator of

       (C)     2C1Cs / D

                                                                  the mean of an equivalent simple random
       (D)     2Cs / (DC1)
                                                                  sample drawn without replacement, when

                                                                                              equals to
 31.   Let random variable X has probability                                             XY

                              –x
       distribution P(x) = Ce , x = 1, 2, 3, . . .
                                                                  (A) 0.5
       Then the value of the constant C is

       (A) e – 1                                                  (B) 0.3

       (B) 1
                                                                  (C) 0.6
             1
       (C)
             e
                                                                  (D) 0.4
       (D) e


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34.   Let x , x , . . ., x be a random                                   36.   For M/M/1 queuing model with       = 30
             1       2                   n
                                                                                                                       1
       sample from gamma distribution                                           customers per day (24-hours) and
                        x                                                                                             36
                   1
       f(x; , )       e   x 1; x 0,                            0                customers per minute, then the expected
                                                                                number of customers in the system will be
       is unknown. The most powerful critical                                   (A) 3
       region for testing H :                    = 3 versus                     (B) 5
                                             0
       H :       = 2 will be                                                    (C) 1
        1

                 n                                                              (D) 4
       (A)               xi       C
             i       1

                                                                          37.   If X and X – Y are uncorrelated random
                 n
                         xi       C                                             variables, then V(X – Y) equals to
       (B)
             i       1
                                                                                (A) V(X) + V(Y)
                 n
       (C)               xi       C                                             (B) V(Y) – V(X)
             i       1

                                                                                (C) V(X) + V(Y) – Cov (X, Y)
                 n
       (D)               xi       C
                                                                                (D) V(X) – V(Y)
             i       1



                                                                          38.   If interaction AB is compounded in a
                                                                                 3
 35.   For k-variate general linear                                             2 factorial experiment, the entries of two
                                                                                blocks in a replicate will be
       model y                x          u , where
                                                          2                           abc     ab    ac    c
       yn 1, xn k ,           k 1
                                  and un 1 u ~ N(0,       In ) .                (A)
                                                                                      (1)     a     b    bc
       Then the distribution of                      is
                                                                                         b    ac    bc    a
                                                                                (B)
       (A) N ( , ( x1x) 1)                                                              (1)   ab     c   abc


       (B) N ( ,              2
                                  ( x1x) 1)                                             (1)   abc   a     c
                                                                                (C)
                                                                                        ab    bc    ac    b
                              2
       (C) N ( ,                  In )
                                                                                      (1)     ab    a    b
                                                                                (D)
       (D) None of the above                                                          abc      c    bc   ac

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39.   Below given is a transportation problem           42.   If a.P(A   B) = 3.25, P(B) = P(A) = 0.25
       model.                                                                   4
                                                               and P(A B)         , then the value of
       Supply : a = 9, a = 6, a = 15, a = 15                                   13
                   1    2         3     4                      constant ‘a’ is
       Demand : b = 9, b = 14, b = 10, b = 5,
                  1       2       3     4
       b =4                                                    (A) 12
        5
       To balance it, we need to add
                                                               (B) 10
       (A) both a dummy origin and dummy
           destination                                         (C) 13
       (B) a dummy origin
                                                               (D) 11
       (C) neither dummy origin nor dummy
           destination
       (D) a dummy destination
                                                         43.   In replacement problem if n and n
                                                                                                 1     2
                                                               are optimum replacement age for
 40.   In a test of randomness, if U denotes the               equipments A and B respectively and
       total number of runs in n observations,                 W(n) is weighted average cost for each
       then expected number of runs will be
                                                               equipment at age n, then purchase
             n 2                                               equipment B in place of equipment A, if
       (A)
              2
                                                               (A) W(n ) = 2W(n )
             n                                                            2              1
       (B)
             2                                                 (B) W(n ) < W(n )
                                                                          1          2
             n 1
       (C)                                                     (C) W(n ) > W(n )
              2                                                           1          2


             n 1                                               (D) W(n ) = W(n )
                                                                          1          2
       (D)
              2

                                                         44.                                     used when
 41.   If the index number for 1990 at the base
       1980 is 250, the index number for 1980                  (A) Xmax       Xmin       6
       at the base 1990 will be
                                                                                         6
                                                               (B) Xmax       Xmin
       (A) 150                                                                               n

       (B) 4                                                   (C) Xmax       Xmin       3

       (C) 400
                                                                                         6
                                                               (D) Xmax       Xmin
       (D) 40                                                                                n

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3
 45.   In a 2 factorial experiment with                  48.
       10 replicates, the error degrees of                     50 items is 0.60. Then the reliability of a
                                                               test having 125 comparable items will be
       freedom is
                                                               (A) 0.89
       (A) 63
                                                               (B) 0.69
       (B) 19                                                  (C) 0.99

       (C) 79                                                  (D) 0.79

       (D) 59
                                                         49.   Consider the problem of testing
                                                               H : f (x) = f (x) versus H : f (x) = f (x)
                                                                0    X        0           1   X      1
                                                               based on a single observation, where
 46.   If two regression lines are X + 2Y – 5 = 0              x:       0     1    2     3     4
       and 2X + 3Y – 8 = 0, then mean of X and                 f (x) : 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.2
                                                                0
                                                               f (x) : 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
       Y are respectively                                      1
                                                               If the test function (x) is given as
       (A) 5 and 8                                               (0) = (1) = (2) = 1 and (3) = (4) = 0,
                                                               then probability of type II error will be
       (B) 1 and 2                                             (A) 0.5
                                                               (B) 0.3
       (C) 8 and 5
                                                               (C) 0.6
       (D) 2 and 1                                             (D) 0.4


                                                         50.   In R-chart, estimate of unknown process
 47.   Let {15, 4, 6, 5, 10} be a random sample
                                                               standard deviation is
                                      –(x – )
       from the distribution f(x, ) = e      ,
             ,   (–   3],   is unknown MLE of                        R
                                                               (A)       D1
        is
                                                                     R
       (A) 6                                                   (B)       d1

       (B) 3                                                         R
                                                               (C)       D2
       (C) 7
                                                                     R
                                                               (D)       d2
       (D) 4

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51.   Below is the layout of                           Direction (Q. No. 54 to 56) :
       A      C   A    B                                Read the following data and answer the questions
       D      D   B    C                                given below it :
       C      B   C    D                                25 families live in 4 blocks A, B, C and D and the
       B      A   D    A                                number of individuals per block is shown below.
       (A) Randomised block design                      Block :           A     B       C       D
       (B) Latin square design
                                                        Number of
       (C) Split plot design                            individuals : 20        50      20      10
       (D) None of the above

                                                            54.   Average number of individuals per family is
 52.   The cumulative distribution function of a
       random variable X is                                       (A) 5
                           0,          if x   0
                                                                  (B) 3
                  1   1          2
       F(x)             (4 x    x ), if 0     x 1
                  4   6                                           (C) 6
                         1,            if x 1
                                                                  (D) 4


              1
       (A)                                                  55.   Average number of individuals per block is
              4
              1                                                   (A) 15
       (B)
              6
                                                                  (B) 20
              1
       (C)
              3                                                   (C) 23
              1
       (D)                                                        (D) 25
              5


 53.   Let {10, 5, 6.6, 8, 4.7, 4} be a random              56.   Average number of families per block is
       sample from uniform U( – 5,            + 5)
                                                                  (A) 5.25
       distribution. Then MLE of        is
       (A) 7                                                      (B) 3.25
       (B) 2
                                                                  (C) 6.25
       (C) 10
                                                                  (D) 4.25
       (D) 4

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57.   Let x , x , . . ., x be a random sample                                 The characteristic function of uniform
             1       2                   n
       from Bernoulli distribution with mean ,                                 distribution over (–a, a) is

       0<
                                                                               (A) ta.sin(ta)
                             C, if x1 x 2 1
       T(x1, x 2 )
                             0, otherwise
                                                                               (B)   sin(ta)
                                                          (1 )
       Then T becomes unbiased for                             , if                    ta
                                                            n
       C equals to
                                                                               (C) ta.cos(ta)
       (A) 2n

                                                                                     cos( ta)
       (B) 2                                                                   (D)
                                                                                       ta
              1
       (C)
             2n

             1                                                           60.   Let 3 components be connected as
       (D)
             2                                                                 depicted in the following system.

                                                                                                      c1

 58.   Let _y = (y , y , y ) is N ( , ), where                                                                   c3
                         1       2       3       3

                                             4   0    2                                               c2
             3
             1 and                           0   1     1 then which
             2                               2    1   3                        Each of the component has independent

       one of the following statements is false ?                              and identically distributed exponential life

                                                                               time model with mean 1. Then the reliability
       (A) y – 2y + y ~ N(3, 29)
                 1           2           3
                                                                               function of the given system will be

       (B) y and y are independent                                                   –x         –2x
                 1               2
                                                                               (A) e (1 – e       )

                                 1                                                   –3x
       (C)       y1y3                                                          (B) e
                                     3
                                                                                     –x               –x 2
                                                                               (C) e (1 – (1 – e ) )
                 y1                          3 4 2
       (D)          ~ N2                      ,
                 y                           2 2 3                                         –x 2
                     3                                                         (D) (1 – e )


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61.   For uniformly bounded random variables,                  64.   Consider the following two transition
                                                                      probability matrices
                                  n
                              V         Xi                                  1   1
                                  i 1                                               0     0
       the condition lim                     0 to hold                      2   2
                                    2                                                                  0 1 0
                      n           n                                         1   1
                                                                                    0     0            1   1
       weak law of large numbers is                                   P1    2   2             and P2     0
                                                                                                       2   2
                                                                            1   1   1     1
                                                                                                       0 1 0
                                                                            4   4   4     4
                                                                            0   0   0     1


                                                                      Then Markov chain of


                                                                      (A) P and P both are reducible
                                                                            1         2

 62.   Average sample number of double
                                                                      (B) P is reducible but P is irreducible
       sampling plan is given by                                            1                     2


       (A) n + n (P )                                                 (C) P and P both are irreducible
             1    2       2                                                 1         2

       (B) n + n (P )
             1    2       1                                           (D) P is reducible but P is irreducible
                                                                            2                     1

       (C) n + n (1 – P )
             1    2           1

       (D) n + n (1 – P )
             1    2           2
                                                                65.   If X is a standard normal variate, then

 63.   In SPRT, let B and A (B < A) are
       stopping bounds. The null hypothesis is
                                                                      point x, when
       rejected and the process will terminate at
        th
       m stage when                                                   (A) x > 1

       (A)   m   B
                      1                                               (B) x = 1
                      1
       (B)   m   A
                                                                      (C) x = 0
                      1
       (C)   m   B
                                                                      (D) x < 0
       (D)   m   A
                      1

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66.   Consider the following linear                      68.   Let _
                                                                    X = (x , x , x ) be distributed
                                                                          1       2   3
       programming problem                                      as trivariate normal distribution with
                                                                parameters _ = (2, 1, 2) and
       maximize z = 3x + 7x
                          1            2
                                                                     2 1 1
       subject to x + x
                    1     2
                                   3                                 1 3 0 . Then Y
                                                                                  _ = (x + x + x , x –x )
                                                                                        1 2     3 1 2
                                                                     1 0 1
                  x + 2x           7
                    1      2
                                                                will be N(_, ), where _ and       are
                  x > 0, x > 0                                  respectively
                    1          2

       Then an optimal solution is given by                                           10 1
                                                                (A) (1, 5) and
                                                                                      1       3
       (A) (3, 0)

                                                                                      6 1
       (B) (0, 3.5)                                             (B) (5, 1) and
                                                                                      1 5

       (C) (0, 3)
                                                                                      10 0
                                                                (C) (5, 1) and
       (D) (7, 0)                                                                      0 3


                                                                                      6 0
                                                                (D) (1, 5) and
                                                                                      0 5
 67.   Let {1, 1, 0, 0, 3} be a random sample

       from exponential distribution with                 69.   Consider the following statements :
              1                                                 T
       mean         0 . MLE of the median of the                 1
                                                                     increases as the mean square
       distribution is                                               within the cluster increases.
                                                                T : In usual notations, if n = N,
                                                                 2
             1                                                      two stage sampling reduces to
       (A)     log 2
             5
                                                                     sampling.
             1                                                  Choose the correct answer from the
       (B)     log 2
             2                                                  following :
                                                                (A) Only T is true
                    1                                                         2
       (C) 5 log
                    2                                           (B) Both T and T are true
                                                                              1           2
                                                                (C) Both T and T are false
       (D) log2                                                               1           2
                                                                (D) Only T is true
                                                                              1

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70.   Suppose E and F are events with                                             73.   Let simultaneous equation model be
       P(E) = 0.25 and P(F) = 0.80. Then which                                           Y =            +            Y +             X +u
                                                                                          1        10           12      2       13   1      1
       of the following statements is correct ?
                                                                                         Y =            +            Y +             X +u
                                                                                          2        20           21      1       21   1      2

       (A) P(E                                                                           Here Y and X are
                                                                                                   1                1
                                                                                         (A) both endogenous variables
                                            F)
                                                                                         (B) endogenous variable and exogenous
                                                                                               variable respectively

                                                                                         (C) both exogenous variables
                                                                                         (D) exogenous variable and endogenous
                                                                                               variable respectively
 71.   If V          ,V                and V       denote the
              rand          prop            opt
       variances of the sample mean under                                          74.   Let X and X be independent random
                                                                                               1                2
       SRSWOR, proportional and optimum                                                  variables, each having probability
                                                                                                                            x
                                                                                         distribution p(x) = pq , q = 1 – p, 0 < p < 1,
                                                                                         x = 0, 1, 2, . . . The distribution of
       respectively, then correct relation is
                                                                                         (X |X + X = 5) is
                                                                                           1   1            2
       (A) V                       V        V
                    prop            opt         rand                                     (A) negative binomial distribution with
                                                                                             parameters 5 and q
       (B) V                   V            V
                    opt            prop         rand
                                                                                         (B) discrete uniform distribution over
       (C) V                       V        V                                                0, 1, 2, .... , 5
                    prop            rand         opt

       (D) V                   V            V                                            (C) binomial distribution with parameters
                    opt            rand        prop                                          5 and q
                                                                                         (D) negative binomial distribution with
 72.   Let x , x , . . ., x be a random sample                                               parameters 5 and p
               1        2               n
                               2
       from N( ,                                                       ne
                    n
                        ( xi        x)2                                            75.   Average amount of total inspection in a
                i       1                               2
       Sn2                                                  , Sn2 is                     single sampling plan is given by
                            n
                                                                                         (A) n + (N – n) (1 – L(p))
       (A) Consistent and unbiased both
       (B) Consistent only                                                               (B) n + (N – 1) (1 – L(p))

       (C) Neither consistent nor unbiased                                               (C) n + N – n(L(p))

       (D) Unbiased only                                                                 (D) N – n + N(1 – L(p))

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76.   In simple random sampling without                               79.   The following observations were recorded
                                                                             from two populations with distribution
       replacement of size N, the probability of
                                                                             functions F (x) and F (x) population I : {3, 7},
                                                     th                                  1         2
       selecting a particular unit at r draw will be
                                                                             population II : {2, 5, 8, 9}. The Mann-Whitney
                 1                                                           test statistic for testing H : F (x) = F (x)
                                                                                                            0   1       2
       (A)   (N r )                                                          will be
             r                                                               (A) 6
       (B)
             N                                                               (B) 3
                1                                                            (C) 8
       (C)
             (N r 1)
                                                                             (D) 4
           1
       (D)
           N
                                                                       80.   If L(p) and P(q) represent respectively
 77.   X is a Poisson random variable with                                   Laspeyre’s price index number and
       mean 2.5. Which of the following                                      Paasche’s quantity index number, then
       statements is false ?
                                                                             (A) L(p).P(p) = L(q).P(q)

                                                                             (B) L(p).L(q) = P(p).P(q)
                 2
       (B) E(X ) = 8.75
                                                                             (C) Both (A) and (B) are true
             P(X 1)
       (C)                               2.5                                 (D) Both (A) and (B) are false
             P(X 0)
                                                          1
                                                          2.5
                                                                       81.   Consider the following data :
 78.   Consider the following linear
       programming problem                                                   X : –3 –2 –1          1    2       3
       maximize z = x + x                                                    Y:    9   4     1     1    4       9
                                 1           2
       subject to x + x                      1
                         1           2
                     –3x + x                     3
                             1           2
                                                                             and Y will be
                     x       0, x
                     1                   2
       The given problem has                                                 (A) 0.5
       (A) Infeasible solution                                               (B) 1
       (B) Unique solution
                                                                             (C) 0
       (C) Exactly two solutions
                                                                             (D) –1
       (D) Unbounded solution

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82.   Total number of possible Latin squares                 85.   In an examination with mean = 60 and
       of order 4 × 4 is                                            standard deviation = 10 marks, if a score
                                                                    of a student is 55, then his standard
       (A) 144
                                                                    score in a distribution with mean = 100
       (B) 4                                                        and standard deviation = 20 will be

       (C) 576                                                      (A) 80

       (D) 64                                                       (B) 60

                                                                    (C) 90

 83.                   ne segments of length                        (D) 70

       1, 2, 4, 7 and 10 units. Three of them are
       chosen at random. The probability that
                                                              86.   Let x , x , . . ., x be a random sample
                                                                          1       2             n
       a triangle can be formed by using these                                        2
                                                                    from N( ,             ) normal distribution. Then
       three chosen line segments is

                                                                    respect to sample mean is
            1
       (A)
           10
                                                                    (A)
                                                                          2
             1
       (B)
             2
                                                                    (B)
                                                                          6
            3
       (C)                                                                2
           10                                                       (C)
             1
       (D)                                                                6
             5                                                      (D)


                             –x(y + 1)                        87.   Which of the following relations, given
 84.   Given f(x, y) = x e           , x > 0, y > 0.
                                                                    in standard notations for M/M/1 model is
       The regression curve of y on x will be                       not true ?

       (A) x – y = 1                                                (A) L = .W
                                                                              q            q

       (B) x + y = 1                                                (B) L = .W
                                                                              s            s


       (C) xy = 1                                                   (C) L s                Lq

                                                                                                1
       (D) x – y = 0                                                (D) Ws            Wq

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88.   Let X ~N (0, 1) and Y ~ N (0, 1) be                     92.   The two regressio
       independent random variables. Then the                        variables X and Y are b = – 0.9 and
                                                                                            yx
                       X                                             b = – 0.4, then r equals to
                                                                      xy                xy
       distribution of   is
                       Y                                             (A) – 0.36
       (A) Beta type – I (1, 1) distribution
                              1
                                                                     (B) 0.36
       (B) Standard Laplace distribution
       (C) Beta type – II         (1, 1) distribution                (C) – 0.6
                              2
       (D) Standard Cauchy distribution                              (D) 0.6


 89.   Which of the following relation is false ?              93.   Consider a linear programming problem
                                                                     with constraints 3x + 5x   17 and
       (A) Tx 1     Tx   Lx                                                             1     3
                                                                     x + 2x     8.
                                                                      1       2
                  dx                                                 We rewrite the above constraints as
       (B) qx
                  lx                                                 3x + 5x + y 17 and x + 2x – z 8.
                                                                          1       3             1     2
                         1                                           Then which of the following statements is
       (C) e x    e0x
                         2                                           true ?
                  lx 1                                               (A) Both y and z are called slack
       (D) px                                                            variables
                    lx
                                                                     (B) y is called slack variable and z is
 90.   Let X follows U(0, ), > 0 uniform                                 called surplus variable
       distribution. To test H :      = 1 against
                                  0                                  (C) Both y and z are called surplus
       H :   = 2, the critical region is given as                        variables
        1

                                                                     (D) y is called surplus variable and z is
       (A) 0.10                                                          called slack variable
       (B) 0
       (C) 0.25
                                                               94.   For a moderately asymmetrical
       (D) 0.05
                                                                     distribution, which of the following
                                                                     relationship is true ?
 91.   In T-score given by T =         +      where
                                                                                               1
       is normalised score, then the value of                        (A) Mean – Median =         (Mean – Mode)
                                                                                               3
       ( , ) is
                                                                                              1
       (A) (50, 10)                                                  (B) Mean – Mode =          (Mean – Median)
                                                                                              3
       (B) (0, 1)                                                    (C) Median = 3(Mode) – 2(Mean)
       (C) (5, 1)                                                                              2
                                                                     (D) Median – Mode =         (Mean – Median)
       (D) (100, 10)                                                                           3

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95.   If process mean     and process standard              98.   Let {2.5, 1.5, 0.5, –1.0} be a
       deviation                        and                        random sample from the distribution
                                                                                                1
                                                                            1 |x 2|      3        (x   )2
         respectively, then control limits for                     f(x, )     e            e    2    ,
       –                                                                    8       4 2
       X-chart will be
                                                                   x R,     R, is unknown. The moment
       (A)         A                                               estimate of belongs to the interval
                       1

       (B)         A                                               (A) (0.25, 0.45)
                       2

       (C)         A                                               (B) (0.48, 0.52)

       (D) None of these                                           (C) (0.45, 0.49)

                                                                   (D) (0.60, 0.72)

 96.   To test whether the observations have
       uniform U(0, 1) distribution or not, if the           99.   The maximum limit of percentage
       observations are 0.85 and 0.30, then
       which of the following is the value of the                  called
       Kolmogorov-Smirnov statistic ?
                                                                   (A) Average outgoing quality limit
       (A) 0.30
                                                                   (B) Lot tolerance percentage defective
       (B) 0.15
                                                                   (C) Acceptance quality level
       (C) 0.85
                                                                   (D) None of the above
       (D) 0.20

                                                            100.   The number of persons living above the
                                    20
 97.   If the demand curve is x         , then the                 age 10 is 5000000 and the number of
                                   p 1
       price elasticity of demand at p = 3 will be                 persons living at the age 10 is 75000,
                                                                   then expectation of life at the age 10 is
             3                                                           250
       (A)                                                         (A)
             4                                                            3
             5
       (B)                                                               100
             4                                                     (B)
                                                                          3
             4                                                           275
       (C)                                                         (C)
             5                                                            3

             3                                                           200
       (D)                                                         (D)
             5                                                            3

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