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GATE Engineering Mathematics: Probability and statistics – Previous Year Questions

9 GATE previous year questions on Probability and statistics (Engineering Mathematics, Instrumentation Engineering) with answers and explanations, from every paper.

  1. GATE 2021 IN Q47 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – Independent continuous random variables have uniform distributions X U(2,3) and Y U(1,4). The probability P(Y X) is (two decimal places).
  2. GATE 2022 IN Q32 (1 mark, Numerical answer) – A bag contains six red balls and four blue balls. If three balls are drawn in succession without replacement, the probability that the second and…
  3. GATE 2023 IN Q32 (1 mark, Numerical answer) – A discrete random variable X takes values 0, 1, 2, with P(X=0)=0.25 and P(X=1)=0.5. If E[] denotes expectation, E[X]-E[X2] is (one decimal place).
  4. GATE 2023 IN Q49 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – How many five-digit numbers can be formed using the integers 3, 4, 5 and 6 with exactly one digit appearing twice?
  5. GATE 2024 IN Q35 (1 mark, Numerical answer) – Indian Premier League has divided the sixteen cricket teams into two equal pools: Pool-A and Pool-B. Four teams of Pool-A have blue logo jerseys while…
  6. GATE 2024 IN Q65 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – A random variable X has density f X(x)=e-x for x0 and zero otherwise. The probability P(X>2) is (three decimal places).
  7. GATE 2025 IN Q52 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – The probability of a student missing a class is 0.1. In a total number of 10 classes, the probability that the student will not miss more than one…
  8. GATE 2026 IN Q31 (1 mark, Numerical answer) – A data set is given to be [1, 2, 0, −1, −3, 1, 2, 0, 1]. The median of the data set is . (Rounded off to the nearest integer.)
  9. GATE 2026 IN Q36 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – A box contains three apples and two oranges. Two fruits are removed randomly in succession. The probability that the first is an apple and the second…