List of top Statistics Questions asked in CUET (PG)

The value of \(\lim_{x \to 1} \frac{x^3-1}{x-1}\) is

Three urns contain 3 green and 2 white balls, 5 green and 6 white balls and 2 green and 4 white balls respectively. One ball is drawn at random from each of the urn. Then, the expected number of white balls drawn, is

Let \(X_1, X_2, X_3\) be three variables with means 3, 4 and 5 respectively, variances 10, 20 and 30 respectively and \(cov (X_1, X_2) = cov (X_2, X_3) = 0\) and \(cov (X_1, X_3) = 5\). If, \(Y = 2X_1 +3X_2+4X_3\) then, Var(\(Y\)) is:

In a simple random sample of 600 people taken from a city A, 400 smoke. In another sample of 900 people taken from a city B, 450 smoke. Then, the value of the test statistic to test the difference between the proportions of smokers in the two samples, is:

Moment generating function of a random variable Y, is \( \frac{1}{3}e^t(e^t - \frac{2}{3}) \), then E(Y) is given by

If, \(f(X) = \frac{C\theta^x}{x}\); \(x = 1,2, \dots\); \(0<\theta<1\), then E(X) is equal to

If, \(f(x; \alpha, \beta) = \begin{cases} \alpha \beta x^{\beta-1} e^{-\alpha x^\beta} & ; x>0 \text{ and } \alpha, \beta>0 \\ 0 & ; \text{otherwise} \end{cases}\), then the probability density function of \(Y=x^\beta\) is

A cyclist covers first five kilometers at an average speed of 10 k.m. per hour, another three kilometers at 8 k.m. per hour and the last two kilometers at 5 k.m. per hour. Then, the average speed of the cyclist during the whole journey, is

If \(f(X) = \frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}} e^{-\frac{x^2}{2}}; -\infty<x<\infty\) and \(Y = |X|\), then E(Y) is

The sequence \(\{a_n = \frac{1}{n^2}; n>0\}\) is

If \(f(x)\) and \(g(x)\) are differentiable functions for \(0 \leq x \leq 1\) such that, \(f(1)-f(0) = k(g(1)-g(0))\), \(k \neq 0\), and there exists a 'c' satisfying \(0<c<1\). Then, the value of \(\frac{f'(c)}{g'(c)}\) is equal to

Let \(X_1, X_2, X_3, X_4\) be a sample of size 4 from a U(0,\(\theta\)) distribution. Suppose that, in order to test the hypothesis \(H_0: \theta = 1\) against the alternate \(H_1: \theta \ne 1\), an UMPCR is given by, \(W_0 = \{x_{(4)} : x_{(4)}<\frac{1}{2} \text{ or } x_{(4)}>1\}\), then the size \(\alpha\) of \(W_0\) is

A is a, \(n \times n\) matrix of real numbers and \(A^3 - 3A^2 + 4A - 6I = 0\), where I is a, \(n \times n\) unit matrix. If \(A^{-1}\) exists, then

The values of 'm' for which the infinite series,
\(\sum \frac{\sqrt{n+1}+\sqrt{n}}{n^m}\) converges, are:

The limit of the sequence,
\(\{b_n; b_n = \frac{n^n}{(n+1)(n+2)...(n+n)}; n>0\}\), is

Let P and Q be two square matrices such that PQ = I, where I is an identity matrix. Then zero is an eigen value of

A card is drawn at random from a standard deck of 52 cards. Then, the probability of getting either an ace or a club is:

If, \(1 \le x \le 1.5\) is the critical region for testing the null hypothesis \(H_0: \theta=1\) against the alternative hypothesis \(H_1: \theta=2\) on the basis of a single observation from the population, \( f(x;\theta) = \begin{cases} \frac{1}{\theta} & ; 0 \le x \le \theta \\ 0 & ; \text{otherwise} \end{cases} \), then the power of the test, is

The system of equations given by \( \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 1 & 1 & : & 3 \\ 0 & -2 & -2 & : & 4 \\ 1 & -5 & 0 & : & 5 \end{bmatrix} \) has the solution:

A six-faced die is rolled twice. Then the probability that an even number turns up at the first throw, given that the sum of the throws is 8, is

Function, \(f(x) = -|x-1|+5, \forall x \in R\) attains maximum value at x =