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Central Limit Theorem

[Assignment]
by- Manish Malik

1. It is assumed that the number of flights arriving at an Airport per working day has a mean of 40 and a standard
deivation of 12. A survey was conducted over 50 working das. calculate the probability that the sample mean

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bill for the vehicles exceeded 400,000.

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5. Consider a random sample of size 16 taken from a normal distribution with mean  = 25 and
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of 100 times. Let S denote the sum of the 100 numbers selected.
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7. Let X1, X 2, ... , X n be a random sample of size n = 25 from a population that has a mean
 = 71.43 and variance  2 = 56.25. Let X be the sample mean.
What is the probability that the sample mean is between 68.91 and 71.97 ?
8. Light bulbs are installed successively into a socket. If we assume that each light bulb has a mean life of
2 months with a standard deviation of 0.25 months, what is the probability that 40 bulbs last at least 7
years?

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9. The pdf of a random variable X is f (x) =  x 2
 0 otherwise
Consider a random sample of size 72 from the distribution having the above pdf compute approximately,
the probability that more than 50 of these observations are less than 3.

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10. Let X1,...., X100 be i.i.d from poisson (3) distribution and let Y =  i 1 X i . using CLT, find an approximate
value of P[100  Y  200].

11. Let X  Bin (100, 0.6) . Find an approximate value of P (10  X  16).

12. Let X1, ....., X100 and Y1,...Y100 be independent random samples from uniform distributions on the intervals
 10 3,10 3  and [- 30, 30] respectively. According to the Central Limit Theorem. What is the
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16. Let X, X2, ......, X50 be a random variable sample of size 50 from a distribution with density
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17. Let independent random variables X1 and X2 have means 1  4 and 2  3 , respectively and variance
 12 and  22  9 . What are the mean and variance of Y = 3X1 – 2X2 ?

18. Let X1, X2, ......, X10 be the observations from a random sample of size 10 from a distribution with
density

1  12 x2
f  x  e ,   x  
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What is the moment generating function of the sample mean ?

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19. Let X1, X2,......, X64 be a random sample of size 64 from a normal distribution with   50 and  2  16 .
What are P(49 < X8 < 51) and P  49  X  51 ?

20. Let Y  X 1  X 2  .......  X 15 be the sum of a random sample of size 15 from the distribution whose
density function is

3 2
 x if  1  x  1
f  x   2
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23. American Airlines claims that the average number of people who pay for in-flight movies, when the
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plane is fully loaded, is 42 with a standard deviation of 8. A sample of 36 fully loaded planes is taken.
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24. State the central limit theorem for independent identically distributed random variables.
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In a large population the distribution of a variable has mean 167 and standard deviation 27 units.
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between 163 and 171 units.

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25. Over the years, it has been observed that of all the undergraduate students, in Mathematics who take a
Society’s examination, only 57% pass. Suppose that this year 950 undergraduate students in Mathematics
are taking examination. What is the probability that
(i) 565 or more pass
(ii) between 535 and 575 pass?
26. If the probability is 0.20 that a certain bank will refuse a loan application, using normal approximation
(to three decimals), find the probability that the bank will refuse at most 40 out of 225 loan applications.
27. A fair die is tossed 180 times. Determine the Probability that the face 6 will appear
(i) between 29 and 39 times inclusive
(ii) less than 22 times

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28. A random variable x has the following pdf

3 2
f(x) = x ; – 1< x < 1
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Use central limit theorem to evaluate P[0.03  X  0.15] where X denotes the mean of random sample
of size 15.
29. A random sample of size 100 is taken from an infinite population having mean 76 and variance 256.
What is the probability that the sample mean X will be between 75 and 78?

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30. Let X  N (, 2), then the distribution X is

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32. The number of claims arising in a period of one month from a group of policies can be modelled by a
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Determine the probability that fewer than 20 claims arise in a particular month.
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33. A magazine claims that 25% of its readers are students. A random sample of 200 readers is taken and
is found to contain 42 students.
Calculate the probability of obtaining 42 or fewer students readers, assuming that the magazine’s
claim is correct.
34. Suppose thst the sums assured under policies of a certain type are modelled by a distribution with
mean £8,000 and standard deviation £3,000. Consider a group of 100 independent policies of this type.
Calculate the approximate probability that the total sum sured under this group of policies exceeds
£845,000.
35. The probability that a claim is made on a certain type of policy in a particular year is 0.04. Five
hundred policies are selected at random.
Use a suitable normal approximation to calculate the probability that no more than 30 of these will
result in a claim during the year.

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36. Consider a random sample of size 16 taken from a normal distribution with mean
 = 25 and variance 2 = 4. Let the sample mean be denoted X .

State the distribution of X and hence calculate the probability that X assumes a value greater than 26.
37. The occurrence of claims in a group of 2000 policies is modelled such that the probability of a claim
arising in the next year is 0.015 independently for each policy. Each policy can give rise to a maximum
of one claim.
Calculate an approximate value for the probability that more than 40 claims arise from this group of
policies in the next year.

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38. The probability that a claim is made on a certain type of policy in a particular year is 0.04. Five

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39. Let X1, X2 ,...... , X100 be independent random variables, each having a gamma(4,1) distribution (and
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40. Consider a random sample of size 16 taken from a normal distribution with mean m = 25 and variance
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41. Claim amounts on a certain type of policy are modelled as following a gamma distribution with
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42. In a certain large population 45% of people have blood group A. A random sample of 300 individuals
is chosen from this population.
Calculate an approximate value for the probability that more than 115 of the sample have blood group
A.
43. In a large portfolio 65% of the policies have been in force for more than five years. An investigation
considers a random sample of 500 policies from the portfolio.
Calculate an approximate value for the probability that fewer than 300 of the policies in the sample
have been in force for more than five years.
44. It is known that 24% of the customers in a bank holding a current account also have another type of
account with the bank.
Calculate an approximate value for the probability that fewer than 50 customers in a random sample of
250 customers with a current account also have another type of account.

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45. For a certain class of policies issued by a large insurance company it is believed that the probability of
each policy giving rise to any claims is 0.5, independently of all other policies. A random sample of
250 such policies is selected.
Determine approximately the probability that at least 139 of the policies in the sample will each give
rise to any claims.
46. Let X1, X2, ... be a sequence of i.i.d random variable with variance 1.

 (X  X 2 )  (X 3  X 4 )  ...  (X 2 n 1  X 2 n ) 
Then lim P  1  X  is equal to
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t  = [Given (1) = 0.8413]
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51. Let X1, X2, ... be a sequence of independently and identically distributed random variable with the
probability density function

 1 2 x
 xe , if x  0
f (x) =  2
0, otherwise

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Show that lim P X1  X 2  ...  X n  3(n  n )  1/ 2 .
n 
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52. Let X1, X2, ..., Xn be independet and identically distributed random variable with U(0, 1) distribution.
 n 
Then lim P   in1X i   n3/4 
n 
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53. Let (X1, Y1), (X2, Y2), ... be a sequence of i.i.d bivariate normal random variables with E(X1) = 75
1 n
E(Y1) = 25, Var(X1) = 36, Var(Y1) = 16 and Corr (X1, Y1) = 0.25. Let U 
n
 i 1 (X i  Yi ) .

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57. Let X n n1 be a sequence of independent random variable with Xn having the probability density
function as

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  3  
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
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(A) 1 + (2) (B) 1 – (2) (C) (2) (D) 2 – (2)

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58. Let Xi's be independent random variables such that Xi's are symmetric about 0 and Var(Xi) = 2i – 1,
for i  1. Then, lim P(X1  X 2  ...  X n )  n log n [CSIR-NET]
n 

(A) Does not exists (B) Equals ½ (C) Equals 1 (D) Equals 0
59. Let X1, X2, ... be independent and identically distributed random variables with E(Xi) = 0 and
Var(Xi) = 1 for all i. Let Xn + ... + Xn. Let F(x) denote the cumulative distribution function of a
standard normal random variable. Then for any x > 0, lim P(  nx  Sn  nx) equals
n 

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and the probability density function of X2k is

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 X  X 2  ...  X 2 n 
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(A) (1) (B) (C) (–1) (D) 1
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63. (A) Using the Central Limit Theorem, evaluate lim  nj 0  
n 
 j  2 j n
(B) Suppose that n balls are randomly placed in 2n cells. Let X denotes the number of balls occupying
the first cell. Find lim  nj0 P(X  5) . [JAM-2012]
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P
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 (X  X 2 )  (X 3  X 4 )  ...  (X 2 n 1  X 2 n ) 
IC

Then lim P  1  x  is equals to [IIT-JAM ST-2013]

T

n  n
A

 
M
HA
E
H
T
A

 x 
 
M

(A) (x) (B) (2x) (C)  x 2 (D)   

LP
F

 2
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67. Let X  (X1 , X 2 ) have a bivariate normal distribution with E(X1) = E(X2) = 0, E  X12   E  X 22   1
T
S
IN

1
and E  X1X 2  
2

. Then P X1  2X 2  7 equals  [IIT-JAM ST-2014]

(A) 0.1587 (B) 0.5 (C) 0.7612 (D) 0.8413

68. Let X1, X2, ..., Xn be a sequence of i.i.d. U(0, 1) random variables. If Yn   in1Xi , n = 1, 2, ..., then

 n n 
lim P  Yn   
n 
 2 12 

[IIT-JAM ST-2014]

(A) 0.9413 (B) 0.7413 (C) 0.8413 (D) 0.6413

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69. Let X1, X2, ..., Xn be independent and identically distributed random variables with U(0, 1) distribution.

n
Then lim P   in1X i   n3/4   ............... . [IIT-JAM ST-2015]
n 
 2 
70. Let X1, X2, ..., be a sequence of i.i.d. random with the probability density function

4 x 2e 2 x , x0
f (x) = 
0, otherwise

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 3n 

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and let Sn   in1Xi . Then lim P  Sn   3n  is ............... . [IIT-JAM ST-2016]

, 9 hi.c L S (M
n   2 

0
00 del RIA TE

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15 lus UA GA

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99 hap CT S) |

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71. Let Y be Bin(72, 1/3) random variable. Using normal approximation to binomial distribution, an approximate

9 9 a lp T | A / M
98 ww. -NE (MA
value of P(22  Y  28) is ................. . [IIT-JAM ST-2016]

w IR M
A
CS T-J
72. Let X n n1 be a sequence of i.i.d. random variable with the probability function

II
S
1

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td
4 , if x  4
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 vt
PL
f (x) =  3
P

4 , if x  8
S
IC


T
A

0, otherwise
M
HA
E
H
T

1
A

n
Xn   i 1X i n = 1, 2, ... . If lim P( m  X n  M)  1, Then possible valus of m and M are
M

n
LP
F

n 
O
TE

[IIT-JAM ST-2017]
U
A
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T

(A) m = 2.1, M = 3.1 (B) m = 3.2, M = 4.1 (C) m = 4.2, M = 5.7 (D) m = 6.1, M = 7.1
S
IN

73. Let X n n1 be a sequence of i.i.d random variable having common probability density function

 xe  x , if x  0
f (x) = 
0, otherwise

1 n
Let X n 
n
 i 1X i n = 1, 2, ... Then lim P(X n  2) equals
n
[IIT-JAM ST-2017]

(A) 0 (B) 1/4 (C) 1/2 (D) 1

74. Let X be a standard normal random variable. Then P(X3 – 2X2 + X + 2 > 0) equals
[IIT-JAM ST-2018]
(A) 2(1) – 1 (B) 1 – (2) (C) 2(1) – (2) (D) (2) – (1)

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75. Let X n n1 be a sequence of independent random variables with Xn having the probability density function
as

n 
 1 1
 x / 2  2 
 n e x , if x  0
 2 n
fn (x) =  2   
 2
0, otherwise

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  3  

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 
Then lim  P  X n  n   P X n  n  2 2n  equals [IIT-JAM ST-2018]

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n  4 

0
  

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(A) 1 + (2) (B) 1 – (2) (C) (2) (D) 2 – (2)

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76. Let X1, X2, ... be a sequence of i.i.d. contnuous random variables with the probability density function

A
CS T-J
II
 2 x  12  1
2e   , x  , S
.
f (x) = 
td
2
U
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0, otherwise
vt


PL
P
S
IC
T

Sn
A

If Sn = X1 + X2 + ... + Xn and X n  , then the distribution of which of the following sequences of random
M
HA

n
E
H
T

variables converge(s) to a normal distribution with mean 0 and a finite variance ?

A
M
LP
F

[IIT-JAM ST-2019]
O
TE
U

 
A
IT

Sn  n Sn n Xn  1
 
T

(A) (B) (C) n Xn  1 (D)

S
IN

n n 2

77. Let X1, X2, ... be a sequence of i.i.d. discrete random variable with the probability mass function

 (log e 2)m
 , m  0,1, 2, ...,
P(X1 = m) =  2(m !)
0, otherwise

If Sn = X1 + X2 + ... + Xn, then which one of the following sequences of random variables converges to 0 in
probability ? [IIT-JAM ST-2019]

Sn Sn  n log e 2 Sn  log e 2 Sn  n
(A) (B) (C) (D)
log e 2 n n log e 2

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78. Let X n n1 be a sequence of independent and identically distributed N(0, 1) random variables, Then,

  in1X i4  3n 
lim P   6  is equal to [IIT-JAM ST-2021]
n   32n 
 

1
(A) (1) (B)
2
(C) 0 (D)   2
79. For n  1, Let Xn be Poisson random variable with mean n2. Which of the following are equal to

EN T)
1

CE


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2

 e x / 2 dx [CSIR-NET, Dec. 2017]

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2
2n

0
00 del RIA TE

90
15 lus UA GA

91
99 hap CT S) |

99
(A) lim P{X n  (n  1) 2 } (B) lim P{X n  (n  1)2 }

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n  n 

w IR M
A
CS T-J
P{X n  (n  1) 2 }

II
(C) lim
n 
(D) lim P{X n  (n  2) 2 }
n 

S
80. X1, X2, ... are independent identically distributed random variables having common density f. Assume

.
td
U
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f (x) = f (–x) for all x  R . Which of the following statements is correct? [CSIR-NET, June 2017]
vt
PL
P
S

1 1
IC

(A)  X1  ...  X n   0 in probability (B)  X1  ...  X n   0 almost surely

T

n
A

n
M
HA
E
H
T

 1  1
A

(C) P   X1  ...  X n   0  
M

 n  2
LP
F
O
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n n
(D)  Xi has the same distribution as  (1)i Xi
U

i 1 i 1
A
IT
T
S

81. Suppose X1, X2) follows a bivariate normal distribution with E(X1) = E(X2) = 0, V(X1) = V(X2) = 2
IN

1 x 2
and Cov(X1, X2) = –1. If ( x)   e y /2
dy , then P[X1 – X2 > 6] is equal to

2

[CSIR-NET, June 2017]

(A) (–1) (B) (–3) (C)  ( 6) (D)  ( 6)

82. Let X1, X2, ... be independent and identically distributed, each having a uniform (0, 1).

Let Sn  in1Xi for n  1. Then, which of the following statements are true? [CSIR-NET, Dec. 2015]

 2n  
Sn Sn   occurs for 
(A)  0 as n  with probability 1. (B) P  3  1
n log n infinitely many n 
 

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 n 
Sn Sn   occurs for 
(C)  0 as n  with probability 1. (D) P   3  1
log n  infinitely many n 
 

83. Let X'i s be independent random variables such that X'i s are symmetric about 0 and Var(Xi) = 2i – 1,
for i  1.

Then, lim P  Xi  X 2  ...  X n  n log n 

n 

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(A) Does not exists (B) Equals ½ (C) Equals 1 (D) Equals 0

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15 lus UA GA

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99 hap CT S) |

99
84. Let X1, X2, ... be independent and identically distributed random variables with E(Xi) = 0 and Var(Xi)

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= 1 for all i. Let Sn = X1 + ... + Xn and (x) denote the cumulative distribution function of a standard

w IR M
A
normal random variable. Then for any x > 0, lim P (nx  Sn  nx ) equals [CSIR-NET, Dec. 2014]

CS T-J
n 

II
(A) 2(x) – 1 (B) (x) (C) 1 (D) 1 – (x)
S
.
td
U
85. Let U1, U2, ... be independent and identically distribution random variable each having a uniform
.L
vt

distribution on (0, 1). Then [CSIR-NET, June 2013]

PL
P
S
IC

3
T

lim P(U1  U 2  ...  U n  n)

A
M

n  4
HA
E
H
T
A

3
M

(A) Does not exists (B) Exsts and equals 0 (C) Exists and equals 1 (D) Exists and equals
LP
F

4
O
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2
86. Let X1, X2, ..., be i.i.d random variables having a  -distribution with 5 degrees of freedom. Let
U
A
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T
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 X  ...  X n  5n 
IN

   be constant. Then the limiting distribution of   1  is

 n 

[CSIR-NET, Nov. 2020]

(A) Gamma distribution for an appropriate value of 
2
(B)  -distribution for an appropriate value of 

(C) Standard normal distribution for an appropriate value of 

(D) A degenerate distribution for an appropriate value of 



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ANSWERS

Ans. 1. 0.0016 Ans. 25. 0.306083, 0.637564

Ans. 2. 0.71634 Ans. 26. 0.22663

Ans. 3. 0.15721 Ans. 27. 0.49526

Ans. 4. 0.988 Ans. 28. 0.21375

Ans. 29. 0.62836

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Ans. 5. 0.02275

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Ans. 30. (ii)

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Ans. 6. 0.85282

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99 hap CT S) |
Ans. 31. (iii)

99
Ans. 7. 0.5941

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Ans. 32. 0.179052

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Ans. 8. 0.0057

A
CS T-J
Ans. 33. 0.11029

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Ans. 9. 0.27
Ans. 34. 0.06681

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Ans. 10. 0

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td
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Ans. 35. 0.99180
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Ans. 11. P[- 10.3  Z  - 8.88] vt
PL
P
Ans. 36. 0.02275
S

Ans. 12. 0.6915

IC

Ans. 37. 0.026678

T
A
M

Ans. 13. 0.57681

HA
E

Ans. 38. 0.99712

H
T

Ans. 14. 0.68268

A

Ans. 39. 0.10565

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F

Ans. 15. 0.60137

O

Ans. 40. 0.02275

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2 Ans. 41. 0.014226

A
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Ans. 16. ,
T

50
S
IN

Ans. 42. 0.988183

Ans. 17. 18, 117
Ans. 43. 0.008398
10
 1  t 2 
  Ans. 44. 0.05998
Ans. 18.  e 2  10  
  Ans. 45. 0.043818
 
Ans. 46. (D)
Ans. 19. 0.19742, 0.9545
Ans. 47. (C)
Ans. 20. 0.23129
Ans. 48. (A)
Ans. 21. 0.5941
Ans. 49. (C)
Ans. 22. 0.0057
Ans. 50. (D)
Ans. 23. 0.00135
Ans. 51.
Ans. 24. 0.626

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Ans. 52. (1) Ans. 70. (0.9772)

Ans. 53. (22) Ans. 71.

Ans. 54. (0.9772) Ans. 72. (D)

Ans. 55. (0.5) Ans. 73. (C)

Ans. 56. (0) Ans. 74.

Ans. 57. (D) Ans. 75. (D)

Ans. 58. (D) Ans. 76.

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Ans. 59. (C) Ans. 77. (B)

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Ans. 60. (D) Ans. 78.

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Ans. 61. Ans. 79. (A, C)

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Ans. 62. (C) Ans. 80. (D)

II
Ans. 63. Ans. 81. (D)
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Ans. 64. (C) Ans. 82. (A, D)
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PL
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Ans. 65. (22) Ans. 83. (D)

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Ans. 66. (D) Ans. 84. (C)

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E

Ans. 67. Ans. 85. (C)

H
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A

Ans. 68. Ans. 86. (C)

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Ans. 69. (1)

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