Poisson distribution - class-XII

Comprehensive quiz on Poisson distribution covering properties, parameters, mean and variance relationships, probability calculations, and real-world applications including accidents, defects, and rare events.

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Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In a poisson distribution, the variance is $m$ . The sum of terms in odd places in the distribution is 

  1. $e^{-m}$
  2. $e^{-m} \cos \, h \, (m)$
  3. $e^{-m} \sin \, h \, (m)$
  4. $e^{-m} \cot \, h \, (m)$
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)


 lf the mean is $\lambda$ and the variance is $\sigma^{2}$ in a Poisson distribution, then

  1. $\displaystyle \lambda=\frac{1}{2}\sigma^{2}$
  2. $\displaystyle \sigma^{2}=\frac{1}{2}\lambda$
  3. $\lambda=\sigma^{2}$
  4. $\sigma^{2}=\lambda^{2}$
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If the mean of P.D. is 5, then the variance of the same distribution is

  1. $25$
  2. $10$
  3. $5$
  4. $15$
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If ${\overline{x}}$ and $\sigma^{2}$ are mean and variance of poisson distribution, then

  1. $\overline{x}>\sigma^{2}$
  2. $\overline{x}<\sigma^{2}$
  3. $\overline{x}=\sigma^{2}$
  4. $\overline{x}+\sigma^{2}=1$
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The S.D. of poisson distribuition whose mean is $\lambda $ is

  1. $\lambda$
  2. $\sqrt{\lambda}$
  3. $\lambda^{2}$
  4. $\displaystyle \frac{1}{\sqrt{\lambda}}$
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If the mean of Poisson distribution is $\displaystyle \frac{1}{2}$, then the ratio of $P(X=3)$ to $P(X=2)$ is 

  1. 1:2
  2. 1:4
  3. 1:6
  4. 1:8
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In a poisson distribution, the probability of $0$ success is $10$%. The mean of the distribution is equal to

  1. $\log _{10}e$
  2. $\log _{e}10$
  3. $0$
  4. $\dfrac{1}{10}$
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The parameter $\lambda $ of poisson distribution is always

  1. zero
  2. 1
  3. -1
  4. a finite positive value
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If X is a poisson variable with parameter 0.09,then its S.D. is

  1. 0.009
  2. 0.3
  3. 0.03
  4. 0.09
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The standard deviation of P.D. is 1.5, then its mean is

  1. 1.5
  2. 2
  3. 2.25
  4. 3.25
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If the mean of poisson distribution is $16$, then its S.D. is

  1. $16$
  2. $4$
  3. $10$
  4. $15$
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Six coins are tossed $6400$ times. The probability of getting $6$ heads $x$ times using poison distribution is

  1. $6400{e^{ - x}}$
  2. $\frac{{6400{e^{ - x}}}}{{x!}}$
  3. $\frac{{{e^{ - 100}}{{100}^x}}}{{x!}}$
  4. ${e^{ - 100}}$
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

For a Poission distribution which pair has same value.

  1. (Mean, Std. Deviation)
  2. (Variance, Standard Deviation)
  3. (Mean, Variance)
  4. None of these
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

For a poission distribution variable $X$ is such that $P(X = 2) = 9 P(X= 4) + 90 P(X= 6)$ the mean is

  1. $2$
  2. $3$
  3. $1$
  4. None of these
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

For a Poission distribution, which of the following is true

  1. $Mean = Mode$
  2. $Median = S.D.$
  3. $Mean = Variance$
  4. $Median = Variance$
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

At a telephone enquiry system the number of phone calls regarding relevant enquiry follow Poisson distribution with a average of 5 phone calls during IO-minute time intervals. The probability that there is at the most one phone call during a 10-minute time period is

  1. $\displaystyle \frac{6}{5^{e}}$
  2. $\displaystyle \frac{5}{6}$
  3. $\displaystyle \frac{6}{55}$
  4. $\displaystyle \frac{6}{e^{5}}$
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The probability of r successes in case of poissons distrbution is

  1. $\dfrac{e^{\gamma }m}{\angle \gamma }$
  2. $\dfrac{\gamma ^{m}e^{m}}{\angle \gamma }$
  3. $\dfrac{e^{m}\gamma }{\angle \gamma }$
  4. $\dfrac{e^{-m}m^{r}}{\angle \gamma }$
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A random variable $X$ has Poisson distribution with mean $2$. Then $P(X > 1.5)$ equals

  1. $2/e^{2}$
  2. $0$
  3. $1-\dfrac{3}{e^{2}}$
  4. $\dfrac{3}{e^{2}}$
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $X$ is a random poisson variate such that $\alpha =p(X=1)=p(X=2)$, then $p(X=4)=$

  1. $2\alpha $
  2. $\dfrac{\alpha }{3}$
  3. $\alpha e^{-2}$
  4. $\alpha e^{2}$
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The variance of P.D. with parameter $\lambda $ is

  1. $\lambda $
  2. $\sqrt{\lambda }$
  3. $\dfrac{1}{\lambda}$
  4. $\dfrac{1}{\sqrt {\lambda}}$
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If a random variable $X$ has a poisson distributionsuch that $P(X=1)=P(X=2)$, its mean and varianceare

  1. $1,1$
  2. $2, 2$
  3. $2, 3$
  4. $2,4$
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If m is the variance of P.D., then the ratio of sum of the terms in even places to the sum of the terms in odd places is

  1. $e^{-m}\cosh m$
  2. $e^{-m}\sinh m$
  3. $\coth m$
  4. $\tanh m$
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)


If ${m}$ is the variance of Poisson distribution, then sum of the terms in even places is

  1. $e^{-m}$
  2. $e^{-m}\cosh m$
  3. $e^{-m}\sinh m$
  4. $e^{-m}\coth m$
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If m is the variance of P.D., then the ratio of sum of the terms in odd places to the sum of the terms in even places is

  1. $e^{-m}\cosh m$
  2. $e^{-m}\sinh m$
  3. $\coth m$
  4. $\tanh m$
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A : the sum of the times in odd places in a P.D is $e^{-\lambda }$ cosh $\lambda$ 
R : cosh $\lambda =\frac{\lambda ^{1}}{1!}+\frac{\lambda ^{3}}{3!}+\frac{\lambda ^{5}}{5!}+......$

  1. Both A and R are true and R is the correct

    explanation of A
  2. Both A and R are true but R is not correct

    explanation of A
  3. A is true but R is false
  4. A is false but R is true
Question 26 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $X$ is a poisson variate with $P(X=0)=P(X=1)$, then $P(X=2)$ is

  1. $\dfrac{e}{2}$
  2. $\dfrac{e}{6}$
  3. $\dfrac{1}{6e}$
  4. $\dfrac{1}{2e}$
Question 27 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $X$ is a random poisson variate such that $E(X^{2})=6$, then $E(X)=$

  1. $-3$
  2. $2$
  3. $-3\&2$
  4. $-2$
Question 28 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

For a Poisson variate $X$ if $P(X=2)=3P(X=3)$, then the mean of $X$ is

  1. $1$
  2. $1/2$
  3. $1/3$
  4. $1/4$
Question 29 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $X$ is a poisson variate such that $P(X=0)=\dfrac{1}{2}$, the variance of $X$ is

  1. $\dfrac{1}{2}$
  2. $2$
  3. $\log _{e}2$
  4. $3$
Question 30 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If in a poisson frequency distribution, the frequency of $3$ successes is $\displaystyle \frac{2}{3}$ times the frequency of $4$ successes, the mean of the distribution is

  1. $\displaystyle \frac{2}{3}$
  2. $\displaystyle \frac{1}{3}$
  3. $6$
  4. $\sqrt{6}$
Question 31 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If X is a poisson variate such that $P(X=2)=9p(X=4)+90p(X=6)$ , then the mean of x is

  1. $3$
  2. $2$
  3. $1$
  4. $0$
Question 32 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $X$ is a poisson variate such that $P(X=0)=0.1,P(X=2)=0.2$, then the parameter $\lambda $

  1. $2$
  2. $4$
  3. $5$
  4. $3$
Question 33 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $X$ is a poisson variate with $P(X=0) = 0.8,$ then the variance of $X$ is

  1. $log _{e}20$
  2. $log _{10}20$
  3. $log _{e}(5/4)$
  4. $0$
Question 34 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If in a poisson distribution $P(X=1)=P(X=2)$; the mean of the distribution $f(x)=e^{-x}\dfrac{\lambda ^{x}}{\angle x}$ is

  1. $1$
  2. $2$
  3. $\dfrac{1}{2}$
  4. $\dfrac{3}{2}$
Question 35 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If for a poisson distribution $P(X=0)=0.2$, then the variance of the distribution is

  1. $5$
  2. $log _{10}5$
  3. $log _{e}5$
  4. $log _{5}e$
Question 36 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In a Poisson distribution, the probability $P(X=0)$ is twice the probability $P(X=1)$. The mean of the distribution is

  1. $\displaystyle \frac{1}{4}$
  2. $\displaystyle \frac{1}{3}$
  3. $\displaystyle \frac{1}{2}$
  4. $\displaystyle \frac{3}{4}$
Question 37 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Suppose $X$ is a poisson variable such that $P(X=2)=\frac{2}{3}P(X=1)$, then $P(x=0)$ is

  1. $\dfrac{3}{4}$
  2. $e^{\dfrac{4}{3}}$
  3. $e^{\dfrac{-4}{3}}$
  4. $\dfrac{1}{2}$
Question 38 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $X$ is a poisson variable such that $P(X=2)=\frac{2}{3}P(X=1)$, then $P(x=3)$ is

  1. $e^{\frac{-4}{3}}$
  2. $\frac{64}{162}e^{\frac{-4}{3}}$
  3. $e^{\frac{-3}{4}}$
  4. $e^{\frac{3}{4}}$
Question 39 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $X$ is a Poisson variate with parameter $1.5$, then $P(X>1)$ is

  1. $1-e^{-1.5}$
  2. $e^{-1.5}(2.5)$
  3. $1-e^{-1.5}(2.5)$
  4. $1-e^{-1.5}(3.5)$
Question 40 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $X$ is a poisson variate such that $P(X=0)=P(X=1)$,then $P(X=2)=$

  1. $\dfrac{e}{2}$
  2. $\dfrac{e}{6}$
  3. $\dfrac{1}{6e}$
  4. $\dfrac{1}{2e}$
Question 41 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A random variable $X$ follows poisson distribution such that $P(X=k)=P(X=k+1)$ then the parameter of the distribution $\lambda =$

  1. $K$
  2. $K+1$
  3. $\dfrac{K}{2}$
  4. $\dfrac{K+1}{2}$
Question 42 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In a poisson distribution $P(X=0)=P(X=1)=k$, then the value of $k$ is

  1. $1$
  2. $\displaystyle\frac{1}{e}$
  3. $e$
  4. $\sqrt{2}$
Question 43 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If for a poisson variable $ X$, $P(X=1)=2.\ P(X=2)$, then the parameter $\lambda $ is

  1. $0$
  2. $1$
  3. $2$
  4. $3$
Question 44 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $X$ is a Poisson variate such that $P(X=1) = P(X=2)$ then $P(X=4)=$

  1. $\dfrac{1}{2e^{2}}$
  2. $\dfrac{1}{3e^{2}}$
  3. $\dfrac{2}{3e^{2}}$
  4. $\dfrac{1}{e^{2}}$
Question 45 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If a random variable $X$ follows a P.D. such that $P(X=1)=P(X=2)$, then $P(X=0)=$

  1. $e^{2}$
  2. $\dfrac{1}{e^{2}}$
  3. $\dfrac{1}{e}$
  4. $e$
Question 46 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If the first two terms of a Poisson distribution are equal to $k$, find $k$.

  1. $e$
  2. $\displaystyle \frac{1}{e}$
  3. $1$
  4. $2$
Question 47 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In a binomial distribution $n = 200, p = 0.04$. Taking Poisson distribution as an approximation to the binomial distribution .
Assertion (A) :- Mean of the Poisson distribution $= 8$
Reason (R) : In a Poisson distribution, $\displaystyle P(X=4)=\frac{512}{3e^{8}}$

  1. both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
  2. both A and R are true and R is not correct explanation of A
  3. A is true but R is false
  4. A is false but R is true
Question 48 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $X$ is a random poission variate such that $2P(X=0)+P(X=2)=2P(X=1)$ then $E(X)=$

  1. $4$
  2. $3$
  3. $2$
  4. $1$
Question 49 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If the probability of that a poisson variable $X$ takes a positive value $\geq 1$ is $1-e^{-1.5}$, then the varianceof the distribution is

  1. $4$
  2. $3$
  3. $1.5$
  4. $0$
Question 50 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In a town $10$ accidents take place in a span of $50$ days. Assuming that number of accidents follows Poisson distribution, the probability that there will be atleast one accident on a selected day at random is

  1. $\displaystyle \frac{e^{-0.02}.2^{1}}{1!}$
  2. $1-e^{-0.2}$
  3. $e^{-0.2}$
  4. $1-e^{1.2}$
Question 51 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A car hire firm has $2$ cars which it hires out day by day. If the number of demands for a car on each day follows Poisson distribution with parameter $1.5$, then the probability that both the cars is used is

  1. $1.12 \times e^{-1.5}$
  2. $1-2.5 \times e^{-1.5}$
  3. $1-3.625 \times e^{-1.5}$
  4. $3.625 \times e^{-1.5}$
Question 52 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $X$ is a Poisson variate with parameter $\displaystyle \frac{3}{2}$, find $P(X\geq 2)$

  1. $\displaystyle \frac{5}{2}e^{\frac{-3}{2}}$
  2. $\displaystyle 1-\frac{5}{2}e^{\frac{-3}{2}}$
  3. $\displaystyle 1-e^{\frac{-3}{2}}$
  4. $\displaystyle e^{\frac{-3}{2}}$
Question 53 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $X$ is a random Poisson variate such that $P(X=0)=\displaystyle\frac{1}{e}$, then the variance of the same distribution is

  1. $1$
  2. $2$
  3. $3$
  4. $4$
Question 54 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If on an average ,5 percent of the output in a factory making certain parts, is defective and that 200 units are in a package then the probability that atmost 4 defective parts may be found in that package is

  1. $\displaystyle e^{-10}\left [ 1+\frac{100}{1!}+\frac{100^{2}}{2!}+\frac{100^{3}}{3!}+\frac{100^{4}}{4!} \right ]$
  2. $\displaystyle e^{-10}\left [ 1+\frac{10}{1!}+\frac{10^{2}}{2!}+\frac{10^{3}}{3!}+\frac{10^{4}}{4!} \right ]$
  3. $\displaystyle e^{-10}\left [ 1-\frac{10}{1!}+\frac{10^{2}}{2!}+\frac{10^{3}}{3!}+\frac{10^{4}}{4!} \right ]$
  4. $\displaystyle e^{-10}\left [ 1-\frac{100}{1!}+\frac{100^{2}}{2!}+\frac{100^{3}}{3!}+\frac{100^{4}}{4!} \right ]$
Question 55 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Suppose $300$ misprints are distributed randomly throughout a book of $500$ pages. The probability that a given page contains, at least one misprint is 

  1. $1.e^{-0.6}$
  2. $1-e^{-0.6}$
  3. $(0.6)e^{-0.6}$
  4. $(0.06)e^{-0.6}$
Question 56 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A manufactured product on an average has 2 defects per unit of product produced. If the number of defects follows Poisson distribution, the probability of finding at least one defect is 

  1. $e^{-2}$
  2. $1-e^{-2}$
  3. $\displaystyle \frac{e^{-2}2^{1}}{1!}$
  4. $e^{-0.02}$
Question 57 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A car hire firm has $2$ cars which it hires out day by day. If the number of demands for a car on each day follows poisson distribution with parameter $1.5$, then the probability that only one car is used is

  1. $e^{-1.5}$
  2. $1.5\times e^{-1.5}$
  3. $1-2.5\times e^{-1.5}$
  4. $1-1.5\times e^{-1.5}$
Question 58 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $3$% of electric bulbs manufactured by a company are defective, the probability that a sample of $100$ bulbs has no defective bulbs is

  1. 0
  2. $e^{-3}$
  3. $1-e^{-3}$
  4. $3e^{-3}$
Question 59 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

On an average, a submarine on patrol sights $6$ enemy ships per hour. Assuming the number of ships sighted in a given length of time is a poisson variate, the probability of sighting atleast one ship in the next $15$ minutes is

  1. $e^{-15}$
  2. $1-e^{-6}$
  3. $1-e^{-15}$
  4. $e^{-6}$
Question 60 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If the number of telephone calls coming into a telephone exchange between 10 AM and 11 AM follows P.D. with parameter 2, then the probability of obtaining zero calls in that time interval is

  1. $e^{-2}$
  2. $1-e^{-2}$
  3. $2.e^{-2}$
  4. $3.e^{-2}$
Question 61 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A manufactured product on an average has $2$ defects per unit of product produced. If the number of defects follows P.D., the probability of finding zero defects is

  1. $e^{-2}$
  2. $1-e^{-2}$
  3. $\displaystyle \frac{e^{-2}2^{1}}{\angle 1}$
  4. $e^{-002}$
Question 62 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If the number of telephone calls coming into a telephone exchange between 10 AM and 11 AM follows Poisson distribution with parameter 2 then the probability of obtaining at least one call in that time interval is 

  1. $e^{-2}$
  2. $(1-e^{-2})$
  3. $2e^{-2}$
  4. $3e^{-2}$
Question 63 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Cycle tyres are supplied in lots of $10$ and there is a chance of $1$ in $500$ to be defective. Using poisson distribution, the approximate number of lots containing no defectives in a consignment of $10,000$ lots if $e^{-0.02}=0.9802$ is

  1. $9980$
  2. $9998$
  3. $9802$
  4. $9982$
Question 64 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The chance of a traffic accident in a day attributed to a taxi driver is $0.001$. Out of a total of $1000$ days the number of days with no accident is

  1. $1000\times e^{-1}$
  2. $1000\times e^{-0.1}$
  3. $1000\times e^{-0.001}$
  4. $1000\times e^{-0.0001}$
Question 65 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A manufacturer of cotter pins knows that $5$% of his product is defective. If he sells cotter pins in boxes of $100$ and guarantees that not more than $10$ pins will be defective, the approximate probability that a box will fail to meet the guaranteed quality is

  1. $\displaystyle \frac{e^{-5}5^{10}}{ 10!}$
  2. $1-\displaystyle \sum _{x=0}^{10}\frac{e^{-5}5^{x}}{ x!}$
  3. $1-\displaystyle \sum _{x=0}^{\infty }\frac{e^{-5}5^{x}}{ x!}$
  4. $\displaystyle \sum _{x=0}^{\infty }\frac{e^{-5}5^{x}}{ x!}$
Question 66 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The number of accidents in a year attributed to a taxi driver in a city follows Poisson distribution with mean $3$. Out of $1000$ taxi drivers, the approximate number of drivers with no accident in a year given that $e^{-3}=0.0498$ is

  1. $4.98$
  2. $49.8$
  3. $498$
  4. $4.8$
Question 67 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A manufacturing concern employing a large number of workers finds that, over a period of time, the average absentee rate is $2$ workers per shift. The probability that exactly $2$ workers will be absent in a chosen shift at random is

  1. $\displaystyle \frac{e^{-2}2^{2}}{ 2!}$
  2. $\displaystyle \frac{e^{-2}2^{3}}{3!}$
  3. $e^{-2}$
  4. $e^{-3}$
Question 68 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A manufacturer who produces medicine bottles finds that $0.1$% of the bottles are defective. The bottles are packed in boxes containing $500$ bottles. A drug manufacturer buys $100$ boxes from the producer of bottles. Using poisson distribution,the number of boxes with at least one defective bottle is

  1. $100(1-e^{-0.1})$
  2. $100(1-e^{-0.5})$
  3. $100(1-e^{-0.05})$
  4. $100(1-e^{-0.01})$
Question 69 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Suppose $2$% of the people on an average are left handed. The probability of 3 or more left handed among 100 people is

  1. $3e^{-2}$
  2. $4e^{-2}$
  3. $1-5e^{-2}$
  4. $5 e^{-2}$
Question 70 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Suppose there is an average of $2$ suicides per year per $50,000$ population. In a city of population $1,00,000$, the probability that in a given year there are, zero suicides is

  1. $1.e^{-2}$
  2. $1-e^{-2}$
  3. $e^{-4}$
  4. $1-e^{-4}$
Question 71 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Suppose on an average $5$ out of $2000$ houses get damaged due to fire accident during summer. Out of $10,000$ houses in a locality, the probability that exactly $10$ houses will get damaged during summer is

  1. $\displaystyle \frac{e^{-5}5^{10}}{ 10!}$
  2. $\displaystyle \frac{e^{-10}10^{10}}{ 10!}$
  3. $\displaystyle \frac{e^{-25}25^{10}}{10!}$
  4. $\displaystyle \frac{e^{-15}15^{10}}{10!}$
Question 72 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A manufacturer who produces medicine bottles finds that $0.1$$%$ of the bottles are defective. The bottles are packed in boxes containing $500$ bottles. A drug manufacturer buys $100$ boxes from the producer of bottles. Using Poisson distribution, the number of boxes with no defective bottle is

  1. $100\times e^{-0.1}$
  2. $100\times e^{-0.5}$
  3. $100\times e^{-0.05}$
  4. $100\times e^{-0.01}$
Question 73 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A company knows on the basis of past experience that $2$% of its blades are defective. The probability of having $3$ defective blades in a sample of $100$ blades if $e^{-2}=0.1353$ is

  1. $0.1353$
  2. $0.1804$
  3. $0.2706$
  4. $0.3606$
Question 74 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

On the average a submarine on patrol sights $6$ enemy ships per hour. Assuming the number of ships sighted in a given length of time is a poisson variate, the probability of sighting $4$ ships in the next two hours is

  1. $\displaystyle \frac{e^{-12}12^{4}}{ 4!}$
  2. $\displaystyle \frac{e^{-4}12^{12}}{ 3!}$
  3. $\displaystyle \frac{e^{-6}12^{4}}{ 4!}$
  4. $\displaystyle \frac{e^{-3}12^{2}}{ 4!}$
Question 75 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Patients arrive randomly and independently at a Doctor's room from 8 AM at an average rate of one in 5 minutes. The waiting room can accommodate 12 persons. The probability that the room will be full when the doctor arrives at 9AM is

  1. $\displaystyle \frac{{e}^{-12}(12)^{12}}{ 12!}$
  2. $\displaystyle \sum _{{x}=0}^{11}\frac{{e}^{-12}(12)^{{x}}}{ x!}$
  3. $1-\displaystyle \sum _{{x}=0}^{11}\frac{{e}^{-12}(12)^{{x}}}{ x!}$
  4. $1-\displaystyle \sum _{{x}=0}^{\infty }\frac{{e}^{-12}(12)^{{x}}}{ x!}$
Question 76 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

On an average, a submarine on patrol sights $6$ enemy ships per hour. Assuming the number of ships sighted in a given length of time is a Poisson variate, the probability of sighting at least two ships in the next $20$ minutes is

  1. $1-e^{-2}$
  2. $1-2e^{-2}$
  3. $1-3e^{-2}$
  4. $1-4e^{-2}$
Question 77 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

For a poisson distribution with parameter $\lambda = 0.25$, the value of the $2^{nd}$ moment about the origin is

  1. $0.25$
  2. $0.3125$
  3. $0.0625$
  4. $0.025$
Question 78 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $X$ is a Poisson's variate such that $P(X=1)=3P(X=2)$, then find the variance of $X$.

  1. $\cfrac 38$
  2. $\cfrac 13$
  3. $\cfrac 23$
  4. $\cfrac 54$
Question 79 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If X is a random poisson variate such that $E(X^2)=6$, then $E(x)=$?

  1. $3$
  2. $2$
  3. $-3$ & $2$
  4. $-2$
Question 80 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $3 percent $ bulb manufactured by a company are defective; the probability that in a sample of $100$ bulbs exactly five defective is

  1. $\dfrac { { { e }^{ -0.003 } }\left( 0.03 \right) ^{ 5 } }{ 5! }$
  2. $\dfrac { { { e }^{ -0.3 } }0.03^{ 5 } }{ 5!}$
  3. $\dfrac { { { e }^{ -3 } }3^{ 5 } }{5! }$
  4. $\dfrac { { e }^{ -0.3 }{ 3 }^{ -5 } }{5! }$
Question 81 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If, in a Poisson distribution $P(X= 0)=k$ then the variance is: 

  1. $e^{\lambda}$
  2. $\log \dfrac{1}{k}$
  3. $\dfrac{1}{k}$
  4. $\log k$
Question 82 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The incidence of an occupational disease to the workers of a factory is found to be $\displaystyle \frac{1}{5000}$ . If there are $10,000$ workers in a factory then the probability that none of them will get the disease is

  1. $e^{-1}$
  2. $e^{-2}$
  3. $e^{3}$
  4. $e^{4}$
Question 83 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The probability that atmost $5$ defective fuses will be found in a box of $200$ fuses, if experience shows that $20 %$ of such fuses are defective,  is

  1. $\displaystyle \frac{e^{-40}40^{5}}{ 5!}$
  2. $\displaystyle \sum _{x=0}^{5}\frac{e^{-40}40^{x}}{ x!}$
  3. $\displaystyle \sum _{x=6}^{\infty}\frac{e^{-40}40^{x}}{ x!}$
  4. $1-\displaystyle \sum _{x=6}^{\infty}\frac{e^{-40}40^{x}}{ x!}$
Question 84 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

There are $500$ boxes each containing $1000$ ballot papers for election. The chance that a ballot paper is defective is $0.002$. Assuming that the number of defective ballot papers follow Poisson distribution, the number of boxes containing at least one defective ballot paper given that $e^{-2}=0.1353$ is

  1. $216$
  2. $432$
  3. $648$
  4. $234$
Question 85 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Six unbiased coins are tossed $6400$ times. Using Poisson distribution, the approximate probability of getting six heads $2$ times is

  1. $\displaystyle \frac{e^{-64}(64)^{2}}{ 2!}$
  2. $\displaystyle \frac{e^{-100}(100)^{2}}{ 2!}$
  3. $1-\displaystyle \frac{e^{-100}(100)^{x}}{ x!}$
  4. $\displaystyle \frac{e^{-100}(100)^{x}}{x!}$
Question 86 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A company knows on the basis of past experience that $2$% of the blades are defective. The probability of having 3 defective blades in a sample of $100$ blades is

  1. $e^{-2}2^{2}$
  2. $\displaystyle \frac{e^{-2}2^{3}}{3!}$
  3. $\displaystyle \frac{e^{-2}2^{3}}{ 2!}$
  4. $\displaystyle \frac{e^{-4}2^{-1}}{ 2!}$
Question 87 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A car hire firm has $2$ cars which it hires out day by day. If the number of demands for a car on each day follows poisson distribution with parameter $1.5$, then the probability that neither car is used is

  1. $e^{-1.5}$
  2. $1.5\times e^{-1.5}$
  3. $1-2.5\times e^{-1.5}$
  4. $1-1.5\times e^{-1.5}$
Question 88 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In a big city, $5$ accidents take place over a period of $100$ days. If the numebr of accidents follows P.D., the probability that there will be $2$ accidents in a day is

  1. $\displaystyle \frac{e^{-5}5^{2}}{ 2!}$
  2. $\displaystyle \frac{e^{-05}5^{2}}{ 2!}$
  3. $\displaystyle \frac{e^{-005}(0.05)^{2}}{ 2!}$
  4. $\displaystyle \frac{e^{5}5^{2}}{ 2!}$
Question 89 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If ${ \mu  } _{ 2 }=20,{ \mu  } _{ 2 }^{ 1 }=276$ for a discrete random variable $X$, then the mean of the random variable $X$ is

  1. $16$
  2. $5$
  3. $2$
  4. $1$

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