Mathematics

Probability Distributions

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Probability distributions describe the likelihood of different outcomes in a statistical experiment. Key topics include calculating confidence intervals, understanding Type II errors, and working with the standard normal distribution. These concepts are frequently tested in mathematics and statistics sections of various competitive exams.

Standard normal distributionType II error probabilityConfidence interval interpretationPoisson distributionProbability density function

Probability Distributions Questions

Multiple choice
  1. sequentially

  2. randomly

  3. both (1) and (2)

  4. none of these

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Frames are transmitted sequentially over the physical medium to ensure they can be reassembled and processed in the correct order by the receiver.

Multiple choice
  1. 25%

  2. 50%

  3. 75%

  4. 0%

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

A husband and wife have normal vision but father of both of them were colourblind. Probability of their first daughter to be colour blind is 0. Colour blindness is a sex linked recessively inherited disorder. Normal man has normal x and y chromosomes. Carrier female have one normal x and one abnormal x chromosome.The probability of their son to get colour blindness is 50%.

Multiple choice
  1. 2/3

  2. 1/3

  3. 1/2

  4. 5/7

  5. 14/15

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The word “MUMBAI” has six letters. Therefore, total ways of arrangements = 6!/2 =360. Number of words where two M’s do not come together is = Total words – Number of words where they come together = 360 – 5! = 240 Hence, the required probability is = 240/360 = 2/3.

Multiple choice
  1. 4/5

  2. 9/980

  3. 13/35

  4. 22/35

  5. 61/77

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Let, A = probability of first event taking place, P(A) = 3/(7 + 3) = 3/10. B = probability of second event taking place, P(B) = 5/(5 + 2) = 5/7. The event will occur if  either only A takes place and B does not take place or B takes place and A does not take place, or both the events take place. Therefore, the required probability will be = [P(A) x {1 - P(B)}] + [P(B) x {1 - P(A)}] + [P(A) x P(B)] = [3/10 x (1 - 5/7)] + [5/7 x (1 - 3/10)] + [3/10 x 5/7] = 4/5.

Multiple choice
  1. 89/90

  2. 5/9

  3. 7/15

  4. 7/10

  5. 1/90

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Probability that John can solve the problem is 1/3. Probability that John cannot solve the problem is (1 - 1/3) = 2/3. Probability that Johny can solve the problem is 1/5. Probability that Johny cannot solve the problem is (1-1/5) = 4/5. Probability that Janet can solve the problem is 1/6. Probability that Janet cannot solve the problem is (1 - 1/6) = 5/6. The probability that they together cannot solve the problem is = 2/3 × 4/5 × 5/6 = 4/9. Therefore, the required probability that the problem will be solved is = (1 - 4/9) = 5/9.

Multiple choice
  1. 24/1225

  2. 2/7

  3. 346/1225

  4. 2/35

  5. 8/35

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Let, P(R) = Probability of John’s selection = 1/5.  So, the probability that John is not selected is P(R ̅) = 1 - 1/5 = 4/5. Similarly, P(A) = Probability of Janet’s selection = 1/7. So, P(A ̅) = 1 - 1/7 = 6/7. Hence, the probability that only one of them will be selected is = P(R) × P(A ̅) + P(A) × P(R ̅) = 2/7.

Multiple choice
  1. 7/250

  2. 37/100

  3. 27/125

  4. 3/10

  5. 19/50

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

Let R: John speaks the truth; and A: Janet speaks the truth. Hence, P(R) = 70/100 and P (R ̅) = 1 - 70/100 = 30/100. Again, P (A) = 80 /100 and P (A ̅) = 1 - 80/100 = 20/100. Therefore, required probability,P(R) × P (A ̅) + P (A) × P (R ̅) = 70/100 x 20/100 + 80/100 x 30/100 = 19/ 50

Multiple choice
  1. 1/40

  2. 1/30

  3. 1/120

  4. 1/24

  5. 119/120

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

There are 5 letters. The probability, that the letter I gets the first position is 1/5. The probability that M is in the second position is 1/4. Similarly, the probability for A, G and E are 1/3 , 1/2, 1/1,  respectively. Hence, the required probability is = (1/5 × 1/4 × 1/3 × 1/2 × 1/1 ) = 1/120.