Gujarat Technological UniversitySummer 2025 examination

GTU 3130006 Probability and Statistics (PS) Summer 2025 Question Paper & PDF

B.E. · Computer Engineering · Semester 3 · Subject code 3130006
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70 marks
To pass
23 marks (33%)
Duration
2.5 Hours 2:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Questions
5 with internal choice
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2 of 25 questions on this paper were also asked in other years. 12 more are types of question GTU sets again with new data. Each is marked below with the years it appeared.See all 33 repeated 3130006 questions, most asked first

Q.1

14 Marks
(a)
3 marks
Define independent events and provide an example
(b)
4 marks

A coin is tossed three times. What is the probability of getting exactly two heads?

(c)
7 marksSame type asked in 5 of 7 papers
Find the best fitting parabola:

x 1 2 3 4 5 y 2 5 10 17 26

Also asked in Winter 2025 Q2c OR, Winter 2024 Q5c OR, Winter 2023 Q2c, Summer 2023 Q5c OR

Q.2

14 Marks
(a)
3 marks

Does there exists a binomial distribution for which variance is greater than mean?

(b)
4 marks

A biased coin returns head 10% of times. Find the probability of getting exactly 2 heads in 10 trials using binomial distribution.

(c)
7 marksSame type asked in 6 of 7 papers

A factory has three machines A, B, and C producing 20%, 30%, and 50% of the total items, respectively. The probabilities of producing a defective item are 1%, 2%, and 3% for A, B, and C, respectively. If an item is defective, what is the probability that it was produced by machine B?

Also asked in Winter 2025 Q1b, Winter 2024 Q2c, Summer 2024 Q1c, Winter 2023 Q1c, Summer 2023 Q1c

(c)
7 marksSame type asked in 4 of 7 papers

A factory produces light-bulbs. The probability of a bulb being defective is 0.02. If 200 bulbs are tested, use the Poisson approximation to find the probability that at least three bulbs are defective.

Also asked in Winter 2025 Q4a OR, Winter 2023 Q3a, Summer 2023 Q2b

Q.3

14 Marks
(a)
3 marks
Find the mean and median of 2, 3, 5,
(b)
4 marksSame type asked in 5 of 7 papers
Calculate the rank correlation:

x 1 2 3 4 5 y 2 1 5 4

Also asked in Summer 2026 Q3a OR, Winter 2025 Q3b OR, Winter 2023 Q4c, Summer 2023 Q4b

(c)
7 marksSame type asked in 6 of 7 papers
Find the correlation coefficient.

x 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 y

Also asked in Winter 2025 Q3c, Winter 2024 Q3c, Summer 2024 Q3c, Winter 2023 Q4c OR, Summer 2023 Q4a, Summer 2023 Q4a OR

(a)
3 marks

Find mode x 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 y 10 20 40 30

(b)
4 marksSame type asked in 3 of 7 papers
Calculate first four central moments of observations 3,5,7,13

Also asked in Winter 2024 Q3b OR, Summer 2024 Q3b OR

(c)
7 marks

Find regression line of Y on X x 2 4 6 8 10 y 5 12 19 26 33

Q.4

14 Marks
(a)
3 marksAsked in 2 of 7 papers
Explain the terms one-tailed and two-tailed test

Also asked in Winter 2024 Q4a

(b)
4 marks

In a sample of 500 bulbs 20 are found defective. The company claims that only 2% bulbs are defective. Test the reality of claim at 5% level of significance.

(c)
7 marksSame type asked in 3 of 7 papers

Test whether the following samples could have been drawn from population with same SD. Sample A Sample B Size 100 200 SD

Also asked in Winter 2024 Q4b OR, Summer 2024 Q4b OR

(a)
3 marksAsked in 2 of 7 papers
Explain the terms null and alternate hypothesis

Also asked in Summer 2024 Q4a

(b)
4 marksSame type asked in 3 of 7 papers
A coin returned 531 heads in 1000 tosses. Is it biased? [Use 𝛼 = 0.05]

Also asked in Winter 2024 Q4b, Summer 2024 Q4b

(c)
7 marksSame type asked in 3 of 7 papers

Use chi-square test to determine whether smoking and hypertension are independent at 5% level of significance[𝜒2(𝛼 = 0.05, 𝑑𝑓 = 1) = 3.84] Smoking No Smoking Hypertension 30 20 No Hypertension 10 40

Also asked in Summer 2026 Q4c, Winter 2025 Q5c

Q.5

14 Marks
(a)
3 marks
State Chebyshev’s inequality.
(b)
4 marks

Two cards are chosen randomly from deck. What is probability that (a) both are ace? (b) both are black? (c) none is ace (d) none is black

(c)
7 marksSame type asked in 4 of 7 papers

Weight of 1000 experimental animals is normally distributed with mean 235 grams and standard deviation 35. How many animals weigh (a) below 172 grams (b) above 312 grams (c) between 172 to 312 grams. [P(Z=1.8)=0.4641,P(Z=2.2)=0.4841]

Also asked in Winter 2024 Q5c, Summer 2024 Q5c, Summer 2023 Q2c

(a)
3 marks

If A and B are independent events with P(A)=0.5, P(B)=0.4 then find P(AᴜB)

(b)
4 marksSame type asked in 3 of 7 papers
Find the best fitting line to the points (1,1), (2,4), (3,9), (4,16)

Also asked in Winter 2024 Q5a, Summer 2024 Q5a

(c)
7 marksSame type asked in 3 of 7 papers

Fit the curve 𝑦 = 𝑎𝑏𝑥 x 1 2 3 4 y 35 70 140 280

Also asked in Winter 2025 Q2c, Summer 2024 Q5b

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Official Gujarat Technological University (GTU) examination paper for Probability and Statistics (PS) (Summer 2025, B.E. · Computer Engineering, Sem 3). Features complete 70-mark regular & remedial examination pattern, official marking distribution across all 5 questions, and direct 1-click official PDF download.

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