Subject Name: Mathematics 1
MBA Batch: 2024-28 -2nd Sessional Examination
Semester 1
DECEMBER 2024
Max. Marks: 30 Max. Time:1.00 hour
Note: The question paper contains three parts, all parts are compulsory
Do not write anything on the question paper except roll no.
Part A (4X2=8 Marks)
1. The overall percentage of failures in a certain examination is 20. If six candidates appear in
the examination, what is the probability that at least five pass the examination?
2. A manufacturer knows that the razor blades he makes contain on an average 0.5% of
defectives. He packs them in packets of 5. What is the probability that a packet picked at
random will contain 3 or more faulty blades?
3. A manufacturer knows that the condensers he makes contain on an average 1% of
defectives. He packs them in boxes of 100. What is the probability that a box picked out at
random will contain 4 or more faulty condensers?
4. Find the probability that at most 5 defective fuses will be found in a box of 200 fuses if
experience shows that 2 per cent of such fuses are defective.
Part B (4X3=12Marks)
5. If 10% of bolts produced by a machine are defective. Determine the probability that out of
10 bolts, chosen at random (i) 1 (ii) none (iii) at most 2 bolts will be defective.
6. A carton contains 20 fuses, 5 of which are defective. Three fuses are chosen at random and
inspected. What is the probability that at most one defective fuse is found?
7. The number of accidents during a year in a factory has the Poisson distribution with mean
1.5. The accidents during different years are assumed independent. Find the probability
that only 2 accidents take place during 2 years time.
Part C (5X2=10Marks)
8. Suppose 3% of bolts made by a machine are defective, the defects occurring at random
during production. If bolts are packaged 50 per box, find (a) exact probability and (b)
Poisson approximation to it, that a given box will contain 5 defectives.
9. In a sample of 1000 cases, the mean of a certain test is 14 and standard deviation is 2.5.
Assuming the distribution to be normal, find
(i) how many students score between 12 and 15?
(ii) how many score above 18?
(iii) how many score below 8?
(iv) how many score 16?
