GATE ECE
Engineering Mathematics
Probability and Statistics
Previous Years Questions

## Marks 1

The bar graph shown the frequency of the number of wickets taken in a match by a bowler in her career. For example, in 17 of her matches, the bowler h...
Let X1 , X2 , X3 and X4 be independent normal random variables with zero mean and unit variance. The probability that X4 is the smallest among the fou...
Three fair cubical dice are thrown simultaneously. The probability that all three dice have the same number of dots on the faces showing up is (up to ...
$$500$$ students are taking one or more courses out of chemistry, physics and Mathematics. Registration records indicate course enrolment as follows: ...
The second moment of a Poisson-distributed random variables is $$2.$$ The mean of the random variable is _______.
Let the random variable $$X$$ represent the number of times a fair coin needs to be tossed till two consecutive heads appear for the first time. The e...
Ram and Ramesh appeared in an interview for two vacancies in the same department. The probability of Ram's selection is $$1/6$$ and that of Ramesh is ...
The variance of the random variable $$X$$ with probability density function $$\,f\left( x \right) = {1 \over 2}\left| x \right|{e^{ - \left| x \right... Suppose$$A$$&$$B$$are two independent events with probabilities$$P\left( A \right) \ne 0$$and$$P\left( B \right) \ne 0.$$Let$$\overrigh...
If calls arrive at a telephone exchange such that the time of arrival of any call is independent of the time of arrival of earlier of future calls, t...
Let $$X$$ be a zero mean unit variance Gaussian random variable. $$E\left[ {\left| X \right|} \right]$$ is equal to ______
An unbiased coin is tossed an infinite number of times. The probability that the fourth head appears at the tenth toss is
Let $$X$$ be a real - valued random variable with $$E\left[ X \right]$$ and $$E\left[ {{X^2}} \right]$$ denoting the mean values of $$X$$ and $${{X^2}... In a housing society, half of the families have a single child per family, while the remaining half have two children per family. The probability that... Two independent random variables$$X$$and$$Y$$are uniformly distributed in the interval$$\left[ { - 1,1} \right].$$The probability that max$$\le...
A fair dice is tossed two times. The probability that the $$2$$nd toss results in a value that is higher than the first toss is
A fair coin is tossed $$10$$ times. What is the probability that only the first two tosses will yield heads?
If $$E$$ denotes expectation, the variance of a random variable $$X$$ is given by
A fair dice is rolled twice. The probability that an odd number will follow an even number is

## Marks 2

Passengers try repeatedly to get a seat reservation in any train running between two stations until they are successful. If there is $$40$$% chance of...
The probability of getting a ''head'' in a single toss of a biased coin is $$0.3.$$ The coin is tossed repeatedly till a ''head'' is obtained. If the ...
Two random variables $$X$$ and $$Y$$ are distributed according to $${f_{X,Y}}\left( {x,y} \right) = \left\{ {\matrix{ {\left( {x + y} \right),} &... Let$$\,\,X \in \left\{ {0,1} \right\}\,\,$$and$$\,\,Y \in \left\{ {0,1} \right\}\,\,$$be two independent binary random variables. If$$\,\,P\left(...
A fair die with faces $$\left\{ {1,2,3,4,5,6} \right\}$$ is thrown repeatedly till $$'3'$$ is observed for the first time. Let $$X$$ denote the number...
The input $$X$$ to the Binary Symmetric Channel (BSC) shown in the figure is $$'1'$$ with probability $$0.8.$$ The cross-over probability is $$1/7$$. ...
Parcels from sender $$S$$ to receiver $$R$$ pass sequentially through two post - offices. Each post - office has a probability $${1 \over 5}$$ of losi...
A fair coin is tossed repeatedly till both head and tail appear at least once. The average number of tosses required is ________.
Let $${X_1},{X_{2,}}$$ and $${X_{3,}}$$ be independent and identically distributed random variables with the uniform distribution on $$\left[ {0,1} \... Let$$X$$be a random variable which is uniformly chosen from the set of positive odd numbers less than$$100.$$The expectation,$$E\left[ X \right],...
Let $$\,{X_1},\,\,{X_2}\,\,$$ and $$\,{X_3}\,$$ be independent and identically distributed random variables with the uniform distribution on $$\left[ ... Let$$U$$and$$V$$be two independent zero mean Gaussian random variables of variances$${1 \over 4}$$and$${1 \over 9}$$respectively. The probab... Consider two identically distributed zero - mean random variables$$U$$and$$V.$$Let the cumulative distribution functions of$$U$$and$$2V$$be$$...
A fair coin is tossed till a head appears for the first time. The probability that the number of required tosses is odd, is
A fair coin is tossed independently four times. The probability of the event ''The number of times heads show up is more than the number of times tai...
A discrete random variable $$X$$ takes value from $$1$$ to $$5$$ with probabilities as shown in the table. A student calculates the mean of $$X$$ as $... Consider two independent random variables $$X$$ and $$Y$$ with identical distributions. The variables $$X$$ and $$Y$$ take values $$0, 1$$ and $$2$$ w... An examination consists of two papers, paper $$1$$ and paper $$2.$$ The probability of failing in paper $$1$$ is $$0.3$$ and that in paper $$2$$ is$\$...
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