Section- A

1. You are given:

(i) The first four moments of a distribution.
(ii) 1 = 2, 2 = -9.7, 3= -20 and 4=50.
Find the moments about mean.
(A) 2 = 1.7, 3 = 44.2, 4 = 72.8
(B) 2 = 3.7, 3 = 54.3, 4 = 74.6
(C) 2 = 4.7, 3 = 51.2, 4 = 70.2
(D) 2 = 5.7, 3 = 54.2, 4 = 74.8
(E) None of these
Solution:
Key: D
We have given four moments of distribution in which 1 = 2, 2 = -9.7, 3= -20 and 4=50.
Now well find the moments about mean.
Moments about means: 2 = 2 - 12
= 9.7 4 = 5.7
3 = 3 -3 2 1 + 2 13
= -20 -3*9.7 * (-2) + 2*8
= -20 + 58.2 + 16
= 54.2
4 = 4 - 4 3 1+ 6 2 12 -3 14
= 50 4 (-20)(-2) + 6 *9.7 *4 3*16
= 50 160 + 232.8 48

= 282.8 -208
= 74.8
Therefore Moments about mean is: 2 = 5.7, 3 = 54.2, 4 = 74.8

2. You are given the following distribution:

20

15

12

10

21

30

14

11

24

(i) Find P20

(ii) Find P10.
(A) P20 = 12 & P10 = 18
(B) P20 = 10 & P10 = 11
(C) P20 = 13 & P10 = 12
(D) P20 = 11 & P10 = 10
(E) P20 = 15 & P10 = 14
Solution:
Key: D
According to the given distribution, we have N = 9.
First well arrange the series in the ascending order, we have
10

11

12
(

(i) P20 = Size of

=

= 11.
(ii) P10 = Size of

14

15

20

21

24

30

= 10.

3. Give an example of a random variable Z which have no moments but still m.g.f exist.

(A) ( )

(B) ( )

(C) ( )

(D) All of the above

(E) None of these
Solution:
Key: A
A discrete random variable Z with probability function is:
( )

{ (

Here ( )

( )

Since (

) is a divergent series, E(Z) does not exist & consequently no moment of Z exists.

Therefore the m.g.f of Z is given by:

Mz(t) =

( )

)
(

)
(

) | |

For t = 0, Mz(t) = 1 so m.g.f also exists.

4. Calculate the first four moments of the following distribution about the mean.

X:
F:

0
1

1
4

2
16

3
24

4
30

5
24

6
16

7
4

8
1

(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
Solution:
Key: A
x
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7

f
1
4
16
24
30
24
16
4

d=x4
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
1
2
3

fd
-4
-12
-32
-24
0
24
32
12

fd 2
16
36
64
24
0
24
64
36

fd3
-64
-108
-128
-24
0
24
128
108

fd4
256
324
256
24
0
24
256
324

1
120

4
0

4
0

Now well calculate the first four moments.

And we know that
1 =
2=
3=
4 =
Moments about mean are:
1 = 0
2 = 2 - 12
=

3 = 3 -3 2 1 + 2 13
=

4 = 4 - 4 3 1+ 6 2 12 -3 14

Therefore

16
280

64
0

256
1720

5. Compute P42 from the below distribution:

Intervals
Frequency

0-10
5

10-20
24

20-30
37

30-40
50

(A) P42 = 22.9

(B) P42 = 27.5
(C) P42 = 18.3
(D) P42 = 17.1
(E) P42 = 11.5
Solution:
Key: B
Intervals (x)
0-10
10-20
20-30
30-40
40-50

Frequency (f)
5
24
37
50
13

Now well find P42:

N1 for P42 =
Now c.f = 29, f = 37, L = 20, i = 10, then
P42 =
=
= 20 + 7.5
= 27.5
Therefore P42 = 27.5

cf
5
29
66
116
129

40-50
13

6. You are given:

(i) A random variable X with the value s with the probability law.
(ii) (

Find the moment generating function of X.

()

(A)

(B) Mx(t) =

)
(

(C) Mx(t) =

(D) Mx(t) =

(E) Mx(t) =

Solution:
Key: C
)

Mx(t) = (

(
=

(
(

)
(

Therefore Mx(t)

8. You are given the Gamma distribution which is as below:

Find:
(i)
(ii)
(A) ( )
(B) ( )
(C) ( )
(D) ( )
(E) None
Solution
Key: B
(

We have given: h(x, y) =

=
= h1(x)h2(y); x>0 & y>0
Here x & y are independent.
(

So U = X / X+Y ~

( )

Now E(U) =
=
=
=

(
(

)
)

( )

=
=
=

(
(

)
)

Therefore ( )

9. You are given:

(i) The first four moments of the following distribution about the mean is:

X:
F:

0
1

1
4

2
16

3
24

4
30

5
24

6
16

7
4

8
1

(ii) But afterwards, it was detected that two terms 20 and 20 of F row was misread as 24 and 24
respectively. Find the correct first four moments of the given distribution.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
Solution:
Key: D
When we take the given distribution then we had key (A) but after changing the terms we get
Key D.
After taking the right terms of f row, we get new distribution which is as below:

X:
F:

x
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

0
1

f
1
4
16
20
30
20
16
4
1
112

1
4

2
16

d=x4
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
1
2
3
4
0

3
20

4
30

fd
-4
-12
-32
-20
0
20
32
12
4
0

Now well calculate the first four moments.

And we know that
1 =
2=
3=
4 =
Moments about mean are:
1 = 0
2 = 2 - 12
=

3 = 3 -3 2 1 + 2 13
=

5
20
fd 2
16
36
64
20
0
20
64
36
16
272

6
16

7
4
fd3
-64
-108
-128
-20
0
20
128
108
64
0

8
1
fd4
256
324
256
20
0
20
256
324
256
1712

4 = 4 - 4 3 1+ 6 2 12 -3 14

Therefore

10. Calculate P31 from the following distribution:

Intervals(x)
Frequency(f)

10-19
5

20-29
20

30-39
32

40-49
52

50-59
19

(A) P31 = 20.9

(B) P31 = 18.3
(C) P31 = 34.1
(D) P31 = 17.1
(E) P31 = 28.5
Solution:
Key: C
The given distribution is in inclusive. First well convert the distribution in exclusive.
After converting the distribution in exclusive one, we have the below distribution:
X
9.5 19.5
19.5 29.5
29.5 - 39.5
39.5 - 49.5
49.5 59.5

F
5
20
32
52
19
N = 128

Cf
5
25
57
109
128

Now well find P31:

N1 for P31 =
Now c.f = 25, f = 32, L = 29.5, i = 10, then
P31 =
=
= 29.5 + 4.6
= 34.1
Therefore P31 = 34.1

11. You are given the moment of random variable that is s

Find the m.g.f of the random variable.

(A) Mx(t) = (

(B) Mx(t) = (

(C) Mx(t) = (

(D) Mx(t) = (

(E)None
Solution:
Key: D
AS we know that m.g.f of random variable is:
Mx(t) =

( )

)( )
( )

( )

Therefore m.g.f is (

) .

12. You are given:

(i) X is uniformly distribution.

(ii) The value of mean = 2 & variance = 1/3.
Find P(X < 1).
(A) (

(B) (

(C) (

(D) (

(E) (

Solution:
Key: C
As given X is uniformly distributed so p(x) = 1/ (b -a), a<x<b.
As we know that mean = (b + a).
As given mean = 2
So (b + a) =2

(b + a) = 4 ----(1)
& Variance = 1/12 (b-a)^2
And Variance = 1/3 is given.
So
(

)
)
----(2)

From equation no. 1 & 2, we have

a = 1 & b = 3,
p(x) = ; 1 < x < 3
Now P(X < 2) =

( )

| |21

13. You are given that:

(i) Y is the continuous random variable.

(ii) The p.d.f of the continuous random variable is ( )
Find the value of constant L.
(A) 4
(B) 1
(C) 6
(D) 7

(E) 2
Solution
Key: B
Here g(y) is the p.d.f of Y, we have:

( )

l -2l + 2l = 1
L=1

)dy = 1

| 0+(

( )

) |12 = 1
)

( )

( )