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UNITED BOOK HOUSE-Question Paper 2014-Exercise
  1. If P(A uu B) = 2/3 then find the value of P(A^C nn B^C).

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  2. If P(A | B) = a and P(B) = b, then express P(B - A) in terms of a and ...

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  3. What is the probability of drawing one white ball from a bag containin...

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  4. If P(A | B) = 1/4 , then what is the value of P(A^C/B)?

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  5. If P(A1) = 0.2, P(A2) = 0.1 and P(A3) = 0.3 and these events are mutua...

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  6. If the cost of a dozen eggs is Rs. 48. Let's find the cost of 32 eggs.

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  7. Write true or false: "Index number is unit free number".

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  8. Find the arithmetic mean of first n odd positive integers.

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  9. Find the harmonic mean of 1, 1/2. 1/3,………..1/n

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  10. If the standard deviation of the set of numbers 1,2,3,……….k is 2, then...

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  11. What are the limitations of the classical definition of probability?

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  12. If P(A) = 1/2, P(B) = 1/3 and P(A^C nn B^C) = 5/12 find P(A/B).

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  13. If P(A uu B) = 7/12 and P(A) = 1/3 for two independent events A and B,...

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  14. What are the differences between primary data and secondary data?

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  15. If a variable be such that np observations are all equal to 1 and the ...

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  16. Write any three measures of skewness of a distribution.

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  17. If a, b and c are three positive real numbers, show that a^2 + b^2 + c...

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  18. What do you mean by interpolation? State Newton's backward interpolati...

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  19. Find the polynomial function f(x) of degree 3 for which it is known th...

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  20. For three event A1, A2 and A3 state and prove Bonferroni's inequality.

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