MATHS - IIA

COMPLEX NUMBERS
SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS
1. Find the square root of 47  i 8 3
1
2. If x  iy  1  cos   i sin  then , show that 4 x 2  1  0

3. If z  3  5i , then show that z 3  10 z 2  58 z  136  0

3  2i sin 
4. Find the real values of  in order that 1  2i sin  is a
1) Real number 2) purely imaginary number
 z 2  
5. If the amplitude of    , find locus of Z
 z  6i  2

z i
6. If the point P denotes the complex number z  x  iy in theArgand plane and if is a purely imaginary
z 1
number , find the locus of P
7. Show that the four points Argand plane represented by the complex numbr 2  i, 4  3i, 2  5i,3i are the vertices
of a square
3 1 7
8. Show that the points in the Argand plane represented by the complex numbers 2  7i,  i, 4  3i, (1  i )
2 2 2
are the vertices of a rhombus
VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS
1. Find the complex conjugate of (3  4i )(2  3i )
2. Find the polar form of following complex numbers

i) 1  3i  ii) z   7  i 21 iii) 1  i 
iv) 1  i 3 
3. If z  2  3i, show that z z  4 z  13  0
4. i) If z1  1 and z2  i, then find Arg  z1 z2 
 z1 
ii) If z1  1 , z2  i , then find Arg  
 z2 
a  ib
5. Find the real and imaginary parts of the complex number
a  ib
6. Find the multiplicative inverse of 7  24i
7. If (1  i )(2  i )(3  i ).....(n  i )  x  iy then prove that 2.5.10... 1  n 2   x 2  y 2 .
z 1
8. If the real part of is 1 then find the locus of z.
z i

9. If the amplitude of ( z  1) is then find the locus of z
2
  
10. If the Arg z and Arg z2 are and respectively then find  Argz1  Argz2 
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1 i 
11. Find the least positive integer n, satisfying   1
 1 i 
12. If z  ai  z  ai , find the locus of z
x y
If ( x  iy )  a  ib then prove that   4  a  b 
2 2
13.
a b
100
14. If  3i   299 (a  ib) then show that a 2  b 2  4
2
15. If  a  ib   x  iy , find x 2  y 2
5i
16. Write the conjugate of complex number
7 i
17. S.T the complex number z satisfying z 2  z 2  2 constitute a hyperbola.

DE MOIVERS THEOREM
LONG ANSWER QUESTION
n2
n n 2  n 
1. If n is a positive integer , show that (1  i )  (1  i )  2 cos  
 4 
n 1 n    n 
2. If n is an integer then show that (1  cos   i sin  ) n  (1  cos  i sin  )n  2 cos   cos  
2  2 

3. If cos   cos   cos   0  sin   sin   sin  , prove that

2 2 2 3 2 2 2
i) cos   cos   cos    sin   sin   sin 
2
ii) cos 3  cos 3  cos 3  3(     )
iii) sin 3  sin 3  sin 3  3sin(     )
iv) cos(   )  cos(    )  cos(   )  0
n n n 1  n 
4. If  ,  are the roots of the equation x 2  2 x  4  0 then for any n  N show that     2 cos  
 3 

5. Find all the roots of the equation x11  x 7  x 4  1  0

1 1 1
2 2 1 1 Q 
6. If n is a positive integer, show that ( p  iQ) n  ( p  iQ) n  2( p  Q ) 2n .cos  tan
n P 

8
   3
 1  sin  i cos
8 8
7. Show that one value of     is -1
1  sin  i cos 
 8 8
VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS
 6 1 
1. If x  cis  , then find the value of  x  6 
 x 
2. If A, B, C are angles of a triangle ABC such that x  cisA, y  cisB, z  cisC , then find the value of xyz.
3. i) If the cube roots of unity are 1,  ,  2 , then find the roots of the equation ( x  1)3  8  0
ii) Find the cube roots of 8
4. Find the value of the following
5 5
3  3 i  3 i

i) 1  i 3  ii) (1  i )16 iii)    
 
 

 2 2  2 2

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5. Find all the values of (i)  3 i  ii) (i )1/6 iii) ( 32)1/5
6. If 1,  ,  2 are the cube roots of unity, then prove that
1 1 1
i)   ii) (2   )(2   2 )(2  10 )(2  11 )  49
2   1  2 1  
7. If 1,  ,  2 are the cube roots of unity, then find the values of the following
 a  b  c 2   a  b  c 2 
2 2 2
i) ( a  2b)  (a  2b )  (a  2b ) 2 2
ii)  
2   2 
 c  a  b   b  c  a 
iii) (1     2 )6  (1   2   )6
8. If 1,  ,  2 are the cube roots of unity, then prove that x 2  4 x  7  0 where x     2  2
 cos   i sin  4
9. Simplify 8
 sin   i cos  
QUADRACTIC EXPRESSIONS

SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

1. Solve 71 x  71 x  50 for real x

2. If x1 , x2 are the roots of the quadratic equation ax 2  bx  c  0 and c  0 find the value of
( ax1  b) 2  (ax2  b)2 in terms of a,b,c

 2 1   1
3. Solve  x  2   5  x    6  0 , when x  0
 x   x
xP
4 If the expression 2 takes all real values for x  R , thne find the bounds for P
x  3x  2

5. Solve 2 x 4  x 3  11x 2  x  2  0

6. Find the range of the following expressions

x2  x 1 2 x2  6 x  5
(i) 2 (ii) 2
x  x 1 x  3x  2

1 1 1
7. Prove that   does not lie between 1 and 4, if x is real
3 x  1 x  1 (3 x  1)( x  1)

x 1
8. If x is real , prove that 2 lies between  and 1
x  5x  9 11
x 2  34 x  71
9. Show that none of the values of the function 2 over R lies between 5 and 9
x  2x  7
VERY SHORT QUESTIONS
1. Find the quadratic equation whose roots are 7  2 5 and 7  2 5
2. Find the quadratic equation whose roots are 3  5i
p  q ( p  q )
3. Find the quadratic equation whose roots are ,  p  q 
pq pq
4 For what values of x the expression x 2  5 x  14 is positive ?
5. If the equation x 2  15  m(2 x  8)  0 has equal roots find the values of m
6. If  ,  are the roots of the equation ax 2  bx  c  0 find the value of

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i)  ii) 2  2
   
 
iii) 2  2 iv)  4  7   7  4
 
7. i) Find the maximum (or) minimum of the expression 12 x  x 2  32
ii) Find the maximum (or) minimum of the expression 2 x  7  5 x 2
8. State the sign of the expression x 2  5 x  6
9. Find the quadratic equation the sum of whose roots is one and sum of the squares of the roots is 13.
10. If x 2  6 x  5  0 and x 2  3ax  35  0 have a common root then find the value of ‘a’
11. If x 2  bx  c  0 and x 2  cx  b  0 have a common root then show that b  c  1  0 .
12. If the quadratic equation ax 2  2bx  c  0 and ax 2  2cx  b  0, (b  c) have a common root, then show that
a  4b  4c  0 .
13. If x 2  4ax  3  0 and 2 x 2  3ax  9  0 have a common root, then find the value of ‘a’ and the common
roots
14. Prove that the roots of ( x  a )( x  b)  h 2 are always real.
15. For what values of ‘m’ the equation ( m  1) x 2  2(m  3) x  m  8  0 has equal roots
THEORY OF EQUATIONS

LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS

1. Solve 4 x 3  24 x 2  23 x  18  0 , given that the roots of this equation are in arithmetic progression
2. Given that the roots of x 3  3 px 2  3qx  r  0 are in
i) H.P , show that 2q3  r (3 pq  r ) ii) G..P show that p3r  q3
3. Solve the equation 3x 3  26 x 2  52 x  24  0 given that the roots are in GP
4. Solve the equation 8 x 3  20 x 2  6 x  9  0 given that the equation has multiple roots
5. Solve the equation x 5  5 x 4  9 x3  9 x 2  5 x  1  0
6. Solve the following equations.
i) x 4  10 x3  26 x 2  10 x  1  0 ii) 6 x 6  25 x5  31x 4  31x 2  25 x  6  0
7. Solve 6 x 4  35 x3  62 x 2  35 x  6  0
8 Transform the equation x 4  2 x 3  12 x 2  2 x  1  0
into ones in which the coefficient of third highest power of x is zero
9. Solve the equation x 4  4 x 2  8 x  35  0 given that 2  i 3 is a root

VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

1. Form the equation whose roots are 2  3,1  2i
2. If -1,2 and  are the roots of 2 x3  x 2  7 x  6  0 , then find 
3. If 1,-2&3 are the roots of x 3  2 x 2  ax  6  0 then find ‘a’
4. If the product of the roots of 4 x 2  16 x 2  9 x  a  0 is 9, then find a.
5. If 1,1,  are the roots of x 3  6 x 2  9 x  4  0 find the 
6. If  ,  ,1 are the roots of x 3  2 x 2  5 x  6  0, then find  and 
7. If  ,  and  are the roots of x 3  2 x 2  3 x  4  0 then find
i)   2  2 ii)   2     2
8. Find the Quotient and remainder when x 4  11x 3  44 x 2  76 x  48 is divided by x 2  7 x  12
9. Find the transformed equation whose roots are the negative of the roots of x 4  5 x3  11x  3  0
10. Find the polynomial equation whose roots are reciprocals of the roots of x 4  3x 3  7 x 2  5 x  2  0
11. i) If  ,  ,  are the roots of the equations x 3  2 x 2  4 x  3  0 find the equation whose roots are 3 times the
roots of given equation.
ii) Find the algebric equation whose roots are two times the oots of x 5  2 x 4  3 x3  2 x 2  4 x  3  0
12. Find the polynomial equation whose roots are the squares of the roots of x 3  3 x 2  7 x  6  0

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13. Form the equation whose roots are ‘m’ times the roots of the equation x  x  x  0 and reduce
4 16 72
the case when m = 12
.
PERMUTATIONS
SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS
1. If the letters of the word MASTER are permuted in all possible ways and the words thus formed are arranged
in the dictionary order.Then find the ranks of the words
(i) REMAST (ii) MASTER
2. If the letters of the word EAMCET are permuted in all possible ways and if the words thus formed are arranged
in the dictionary order, find the rank of the word EAMCET
3. If the letters of the word PRISON are permuted in all possible ways and the words thus formed are arranged in
dictionary order ,find the rank of the work PRISON
4. Find the sum of all 4-digit number that can be formed using the digits 1,3,5,7,9
5. Find the number of 4 letter words that can be formed using the letters of the word ‘RAMANA’
6. Find the number of ways of arraanging 6 boys and 6 girls around a circular table so that
1) All the girls sit together (ii) No two girls sit together (iii) Boys and girls sit alternately
7 Find the number of ways of permuting the letters of the word PICTURE so that
(i) All vowels come togeither (ii) No two vowels together
(iii) The relative positions of vowels and consonants are not distrubed
8. Find the numbers of ways arranging the letters of the word ASSOCIATIONS .In how many of them
(i) All the threeS’s come together (ii) The two A’s do not come together
9. Find the number of 4-digit numbers that can be formed using the digits 1,2,5,6,7 (without repitition). How many
of them are divisible by
i) 2 ii) 3 iii)5 iv) 25
VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS
1. i) If n P4  1680 then find ‘n’ ii) If n P3  1320 find ‘n’
2. i) If ( n1) P5 :n P6  2 : 7, find n. ii) ( n 1)
P5 :n P5  3 : 2 then find n.
3. If n P7  42. n P5 find n.
4. If 12 P5  512 P4 13 Pr find ‘r’’
5. Find the number of ways of arranging the letters of the word
i) PERMUTATION II) INTERMEDIATE III) INDEPENDENCE IV) MATHEMATICS
6. Find the number of ways of arranging the letters of the word TRIANGLE so that the relative positions of the
vowels and consonants are not disturbed.
7. Find the number of 4 letter words that can be formed using the letters of the word PISTON in which at least one
letter is repeated.
8. Find the number of different chains that can be prepared using 7 different coloured beads.
9. Find the number of ways of preparing a chain with 6 different coloured beads.
10. Find the number of five letter words that can be formed using the letters of the word NATURE, that begin with
N when repitition will be allowed
11. Find the number of i) 6 ii) 7 letter palindromes that can be formed using the letters of the word EQUATIONS.

COMBINATIONS
SHORT ANSWER QUESTION
4 (29  r )
25
1. Show that equal to C4   C3  30C4
r 0

4 (38  r )
34
2. Simpliy C5   C4
r 0

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C2 n 1.3.5....(4n  1)
3. Prove that 2n

Cn 1.3.5.....(2n  1)2
4. Find the number of ways of selecting a cricket team of 11 players from 7 batsmen and 6 bowlers such that there
will be atleast 5 bowlers in the team
5. Find the number of ways of forming a committee of 5 members out of 6 Indians and 5 American so that always
the indians will be in majority in the cammittee
6. A question paper is divided into 3 sectionsA,B,C containing 3,4,5 question respectively.Find the numbers of
ways of attempting 6 questions choosing atleast one from each section
7. Find the number of ways of selecting 11 member cricket team from 7 bats men, 6 bowlers and 2 wicket
keepers so that the team consists 2 wicket keepers and atleast 4 bowlers
VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS
1. Find the number of ways of selecting 3 vowels and 2 consonants from the letters of the word ‘EQUATION’
2. Find the number of ways of selecting 3 girls and 3 boys out of 7 girls and 6 boys.
3. If 10.n C2  3.( n1) C3 then find n.
4. If n C21  n C27 , then find 50 Cn
5. If n C5 n C6 , then find the value of 13 Cn
6. If 12 Pr  1320, find ‘r’’
7. i) If 12 Cr 1  12C3 r5 find ‘r’’
ii) 12 Cs 1  12C2 s5 find ‘s’
8. Find the value of 10 C5  2.10 C4 10 C3
9. If n pr  5040 and n Cr  210 find ‘n’ and’r’’
10. Find the number of bijections from a set A containing 7 elements on to itself.
11. Find the number of injections from set A containg 5 elements in to a set B containing 7 elements
12. Find the number of positive divisons of 1080
13. Find the no.of zero’s in 100!
14. If a set A has 12 elements, then find the number of subsets of A having 4 elements.
15. Find the number of ways in which 4 letters can be put in 4 addresses envelopes so that no letter goes into the
envelope meant for it
16. Find the number of diagonals of a polygon with 12 sides ?
17. Find the number of ways of selecting 4 boys and 3 girls from a group of 8 boys and 5 girls.

BINOMIAL THEOREM

LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS

11
 2 1 
1. If the coefficient of x in the expansion of  ax   is equal to the coefficeint of x 10 in the expansion of
10
 bx 
11
 1 
 ax  2  , find the relation between a and b where a and b are real numbers
 bx 

2. If the 2nd , 3rd and 4th terms in the expansion of ( a  x) n are respectively 240,720,1080, find a, x, n.

3. For r = 0,1,2,......,n, prove that

(I) C0 .Cr  C1.Cr 1  C2 .Cr  2  .....  Cn r .Cn 2 n C( n  r )
4. Suppose that n is a natural number and I ,F are respectively the integral part and fractional part (7  4 3)n .Then
show that
(i) I is an odd integer (ii) ( I  F )(1  F )  1

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5. If the coefficients of r th , (r  1)th , and ( r  2)nd terms in the expansion of (1  x)n are in A.P., then show that
n 2  (4r  1)n  4r 2  2  0
6. If the coefficients of 4 consecutive terms in the expansion of (1  x)n are a1 , a2 , a3 , a4 respectively, then show that
a1 a3 2a2
 
a1  a2 a3  a4 a2  a3
7. If n is a positive integer and x is any nonzero real number, then prove that
x x2 x3 xn (1  x )n 1  1
C0  C1.  C2 .  C3 .  .....  Cn . 
2 3 4 n 1 (n  1) x
8. Find the sum of the infinite series
4 4.7 4.7.10
1    ....
5 5.10 5.10.15
1.3 1.3.5 1.3.5.7
9. If x     ..., then prove that 9 x 2  24 x  11
3.6 3.6.9 3.6.9.12
10. Show that for any non zero rational numbers x .
x x( x  1) x( x  1)( x  2) x x  x  1 x  x  1 x  2 
1    ..... = 1     ......
2 2.4 2.4.6 3 3.6 3.6.9
7 1 1.3  1  1.3.5  1  
11. Find the sum of the infinite series 1  2  . 4   .  6   ..... 
5  10 1.2  10  1.2.3  10  

3.5 3.5.7 3.5.7.9

12. Find the sum of the series    .....
5.10 5.10.15 5.10.15.20
5 5.7 5.7.9
13. If x     ........ then find the values of x 2  4 x
(2!)3 (3!)3 (4!)33
2

VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

1. Find the number of terms in the expansion of
9
 3a b 
i) (2 x  3 y  z ) 7
ii)   
 4 2
2. Find the number of terms with non-zero coefficients in (4 x  7 y )49  (4 x  7 y )49
3. Find the set of values of ‘x’ for which
2
i) (2  3x) 3 is valid ii) (7  3x )5 is valid iii) (3  4 x)3/ 4 is valid
4. If 22 Cr , is the largest binomial coefficient in the expansion of (1  x)22 find the value of 13 Cr ,
5. Find the largest binomial coefficient (s) in the expansion of (1  x )19
7
 2x2 5 
6. Find the Coefficient of x in 
 7  5
 3 4x 
7. Find the middle terms in the expansion of
10 11
 3x   3 
i)   2 y  ii)  4a  b 
 7   2 
8. Find the term independent of ‘x’ in the expansion of
14 9
 3 7   2 x 2 15 
i)  4x  2  ii)   
 x   5 4x 
9. Prove that C0  2.C1  4.C2  8.C3  ....  2 n.Cn  3n
10. Find the sum of the following
15c1 15c2 15c3 15c15
i) 15c  2. 15c  3. 15c  .......  15. 15c ii) 22.C0  32.C1  4 2.C2  ......  ( n  2)3 .Cn
0 1 2 14

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 5x  5
11. Find the 3rd term of 1  
 2 
12. Find the approximate values of i) 5 242 ii) 6 63 correct to 4 decimal places
13. If the coefficient of (2r  4)th term and (3r  4)th term in the expansion of (1  x)21 are equal, then find ‘r’.
’.
14
 4 x2 
14. Find the 7th term in the expansion of  3  
x 2 

PARTIAL FRACTIONS
SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS
x 1
1. Resolve into partial fractions
( x  1)( x  2) 2
x3
2 Resolve into partial fractions
(1  x )2 (1  x 2 )
x3
3. Resolve into partial fractions
(2 x  1)( x  2)( x  3)
x4
4. Resolve into partial fractions
( x  1)( x  2)
x4
5. Find the coefficient of x n in the power series expansion of 2 specifying the region in which the
x  5x  6
expansion is valid
x3
6. Resolve the following fractions into partial fractions.
( x  a)( x  b)( x  c)
x2  3 2 x 2  3x  4
7. Resolve into partial tractions i) ii)
( x  2)( x 2  1) ( x  1)( x 2  2)
STATISTICS
LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS
1. Find the mean deviation about the mean for the following data :
Marks obtained 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50
No.of students 5 8 15 16 6
2. Calculate the variance and standard deviation of the following g containuous frequency distribution
Class interval 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80 80-90 90-100
Frequency 3 7 12 15 8 3 2
3. Find the mean deviation from the mean of the following data, using the step deviation method
Marks 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70
No.of students 6 5 8 15 7 6 3
4. Find the mean deviation about the median for the following continuous distribution
Marks obtained 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60
no.of boys 6 8 14 16 4 2
5. The scores of two cricketers A and B in 10 innings are given below. Find who is a better run getter and who is
a more consistent player.
Scores of A : xi 40 25 19 80 38 8 67 121 66 76
Scores of B : yi 28 70 31 0 14 111 66 31 25 4
6. Find the mean and variance using the step deviation method of the following tabular data giving age distribution
of 542 numbers
Age in year ( xi ) 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80 80-90
Number of
Members (fi ) 3 61 132 153 140 51 2
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 VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS
1. The variance of 20 observation is 5. If each of the observations is multipled by 2, find the variance of the
resulting observations.
2. i) Find the mean deviation from the mean of the following discrete date 6,7,10,12,13,4,12,16
ii) Find the mean deviation about the mean for the following data 38,70,48,40,42,55,63,46,54,44
iii) Find the mean deviation from the mean of the following discrete data 3,6,10,4,9,10
3. Find the mean deviation about the median for the following data 13,17,16,11,13,10,16,11,18,12,17
4. Find the variance and standard deviation of the following data 5,12,3,18,6,8,2,10
5. The coefficient of variation of two distributions are 60 and 70 and their standard deviations are 21 and 16
respectively. Find their arithmetic means.
6. Find the mean deviation about the median for the following data : 4,6,9,3,10,13,2
7. Define range for an ungrouped data and also find the range of the given data 38,70,48,40,42,55,63,46,54,44.

PROBABILITY

LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS

1. If E1, E2 are any two events of a random experiment and P is a probability function
P( E1  E2 )  P( E1 )  P( E2 )  P( E1  E2 )
(or) state and prove addition theorem on probability
2. The probabilities of three events A,B,C are such that
p ( A)  0.3, p ( B)  0.4, P (C )  0.8, P( A  B)  0.09, P ( A  C )  0.28, P ( A  B  C )  0.08
and p( A  B  C )  0.75 show that P( B  C ) lies in the interval [0.21, 0.46]
1 3 p 1 p 1  2 p
3. The probabilities of three mutually exclusie events are respectively given as , , , prove
3 4 2
1 1
that  p 
3 2
4. Suppose E1 , E2 ,....En are n mutually exclusive and exhaustive events of a random experiment with p( Ei )  0 ,
for i  1, 2,......n. Then for any event A of the random experiment with P( A)  0
P ( E ) P ( A A Ek )
P( Ek A)  n k , k  1, 2,......, n
 P( Ei ) P( A Ei )
i 1
(or) state and prove Baye’s theorem on probability
5. Suppose that an urn B1 contains 2 white and 2white and 3 black balls and another urn B2 contains 3 white
and 4 black balls .One urn is selected at random and a ball is drawn from it.If the ball drawn is found blck ,
let us find the probability that the urn choosen was B1
6. Three boxes B1 , B2 and B3 contain balls with different colours as shown below :
White Black Red
B1 2 1 2
B2 3 2 4
B3 ` 4` 3 2
A die is thrown, B1 is chosen if either 1 or 2 turns up, B2 is chosen if 3 or 4 turns up and B3 is chosen if 5
or 6 turns up. Having chosen a box in this way a ball is choosen at random from this box, if the ball drawn is
found to be red, find probability that it is drawn from box B2 .
7. Three Urns have the following composition of balls
Urn I : I w, 2 B, Urn II : 2 w, 1 b, Urn III : 2 w, 2 b
One of the Urns is selected at random and a ball is drawn, it turns out to be white find the probability that it
came from Urn III.
8. Define condition probability. Bag B1 contains 4 white and 2 black balls, Bag B2 contains 3 white and 4
black balls a bag is drawn at random and a ball is chosen at random from it what is the probability that the ball
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SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS
1. If one ticket is randomly selected from tickets numbered 1 to 30, then the find the probability that the number
on the ticket is (i) an even number (ii) an odd number
2. If A, B , C are three independent events of an experiment such that
1 1 1
P( A  B c  C c )  , P ( Ac  B  C c )  , P( Ac  B c  C c )  then find P( A), P ( B ) and P (C )
4 8 4
3. In a box containing 15 bulbs 5 are defective.If 5 bulbs are selected at random from the box find the probability
of the event, that
(i) None of them is defective (ii) Only one of them is defective
(iii) Atleast one of them is defective
4. A,B,C are three horses in a race.The probability of A to win the race is twice that of B , and probability of B
is twice that of C, What are the probabilities of A,B,and C to win the race ?
5. If A and B are events with P( A)  0.5, P ( B )  0.5 and P( A  B)  0.3 then find probability that
i) A does not occur ii) neither A nor B occurs
6. A speaks truth in 75%of the cases and B in 80% cases.What is the probability that their statements about an
incident do not match
1 1
7. A problem in Calculus is given to two students A and B whose chances of solving it are and respectively.Find
3 4
the probability of the problem being solved if both of them try independently
8. A and B are seeking admission into IIT. If the probability for A to be selected is 0.5 and that both to be selected
is 0.3, then is it possible that, the probability of B to be selected is 0.9 ?
2 5
9. The probability for a contractor to get a road contract is and to get a building contract is . The probability
3 9
4
to get atleast one contract is . Find the probability that he gets both the contracts.
5
10. Find the probability of drawing an Ace or a spade from a well shuffled pack of 52 playingcards
RANDOM VARIABLES
LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS
1. The range of a random variable X is 0,1, 2 given that
P( X  0)  3c 3 , P( X  1)  4c  10c 2 , P ( X  2)  5c  1
(i) Find the value of c ii) P(x  1), P(1  x  2) and P(0  x  3)
2. A random variable X has the following probability distribution
X=x 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
p(X=x) 0 k 2k 2k 3k k2 2k 2
7k 2  k
Find (i) k (ii) the mean of X (iii) P(0<X<5)

3. A random variable X has the following probability distribution

X=x -2 -1 0 1 2 3
p(X=x) 0.1 k 0.2 2k 0.3 k
Find the value of k and variance of x

4. Let X be a random variable such that

1 1
P( X  2)  P( X  1)  P ( X  2)  P( X  1)  andP ( X  0)  find mean and variance of x
6 3
5. In the experiment of tossing a coin n times, if the variable X denotes the number of heads and
P(X=4),P(X=5),P(X=6) are in arithmetic progression then find n ?
6. The probability distribution of random variable X is given below :
X= xi 1 2 3 4 5

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 k  1 C , k  0,1, 2....
7. If X is a random variable with probability distribution P( X  k )  then find C.
2k
VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS
1. The mean and variance of a binomial distribution are 4 and 3 respectively. Find P( X  1)
2. A poisson variable satisfies P( X  1)  P( X  2) and P( X  5)
3. If the mean and variance of a binomial variable X are 2.4 and 1.44 respectively, find P(1  X  4)

4. For a binomial distribution with mean 6 and variance 2, find the first two terms of the distribution.
5
5. If the difference between the mean and the variance of a binomial variate is , then find the probability for the
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event of 2 successes, when the experiment is conducted 5 times.

ck
6. The range of a random variable X is 1, 2,3,... and P( X  k )  ;(k  1, 2,3....) Find the value of c and
k!
P(0  X  3)
x
 2
7. Find the constant ‘c’ so that P( x )  c   , x  1, 2,3, 4... is the p.d.f of a discrete random variable X.
 3
8. Ina city 10 accidents take place in a span of 50 days, assuming that the number of accident fallows the poisson
distribution find the probability that there will be three or more accident in a day
9. It is given that 10% of the electric bulbs manufactured by a company are defective. In a sample of 20 bulbs, find
the probability that more than 2 are defective.
10. On an average, rain falls on 12 days in every 30 days. Find the probability that, rain will fall on just 3 days of a
given week.
11. The probability that a person chosen at random is left handed (in handwriting) is 0.1. What is the probability that
in a groupof10 people, there is one who is left handed ?
12. Define mean and variance of a random variable
13. Define Binomial distribution.
14. Define poisson distribution.

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