GATE 2019 General Aptitude (GA) Set-8 Q.1-Q. 5S carry one mark each. Ql The fishermen, the flood victims owed their lives, were rewarded by the government. (A) whom (B) to which (©) to whom (©) that Q2_ Some students were not involved in the stiike, If the above statement is true, which of the following conclusions is/are logically necessary? ‘Some who were involved in the strike were students. ‘No student was involved in the strike. At least one student was involved in the strike. ‘Some who were not involved in the strike were students. Bee (A) Land 2 ®)3 o4 (©) 2and3 Q3 The radius as well as the height of a circular cone increases by 10%. The percentage increase in its volume 1s . @i B) 210 © 331 © 728 Q4 Five mumbers 10, 7, 5, 4 and 2 are to be arranged in a sequence from left to right following the directions given below: 1. No two odd or even numbers are next to each other 2. The second mumber from the left is exactly half of the lefl-most number. 3. The middle number is exactly twice the right-most umber. Which is the second number from the right? 2 @a4 ©7 @) 10 Q5_— Until Iran came along, India had never been in kabadai. (A) defeated (B) defeating (©) defeat (D) defeatistGATE 2019 General Aptitude (GA) Set-8 Q.6-Q.10 carry two marks each. Q6 Q7 Qs Qo Since the last one year, after a 125 basis point reduction in repo rate by the Reserve Bank of India, banking institutions have been making a demand to reduce interest rates on suall saving schemes. Finally, the government announced yesterday a reduction in interest rates on small saving schemes to bring them on par with fixed deposit interest rates ‘Which one of the following statements can be inferred from the given passage? (A) Whenever the Reserve Bank of India reduces the repo rate, the interest rates on small saving schemes are also reduced (B) Interest rates on small saving schemes are always maintained on par with fixed deposit interest rates (©)The goverment sometimes takes into consideration the demands of banking institutions before reducing the interes: rates on small saving schemes, A ion in interest rates on small saving schemes follow only after @ reduction in reduction in i small repo rate by the Reserve Bank of India Tn a country of 1400 million population, 70% own mobile phones. Among the mobile phone owners, only 294 million access the Inteet. Among these Internet users, only half ‘buy goods from e-commerce portals. What is the percentage of these buyers in the country? (a) 10.50 B) 14.70 (©) 15.00 (©) 50.00 ‘The nomenclature of Hindustani music has changed over the centuries. Since the medieval petiod dhrupad styles were identified as baanis. Terms like gavaki and baaj were used to refer to vocal and instrumental styles, respectively. With the institutionalization of music ‘education the term gharana became accegtable. Gharana originally referred to hereditary anusicians from a particular lineage, including disciples and grand disciples. ‘Which one of the following pairings is NOT correct? (A) dhrupad, bani (B) gavaki, vocal (C) bagi, institution (D) gharana, lineage ‘Two trains started at 7AM from the same point. The first train travelled north at a speed of 80knv/h and the second train travelled south at a speed of 100 knv/h. The time at which they ‘were 540 km apart is AM. s (B)10 ou () 1130 cyGATE 2019 General Aptitude (GA) Set-8 QUO “Tread somewhere that in ancient times the prestige of a kingdom depended upon the number of taxes that it was able to levy on its people. It was very much like the prestige of a head-hunter in his own community.” Based on the paragraph above, the prestige of a head-hunter depended upon (A) the prestige of the kingdom (B) the prestige of the heads (© the number of taxer he could levy (D) the mumber of heads he could gather END OF THE QUESTION PAPERGATE 2019 STATISTICS Q. 1-Q. 25 carry one mark each. Qi 02 Q3 Q4 Qs Q6 Q7 is equal to ws @: ©F oF Let P— (wy | 2)@ 17) be a-vooter field on R°. The line integral J, F - d?, where C is the triangle with vertices (0,0,0), (5,0,0) and (5,5,0) traversed in that order is (25 (B)25 (©)50 @ 5 Let {1,2,3,4} represent the outcomes of a random experiment, and P({1}) = P({2}) P({3)) = P({4}) = 1/4. Suppose that Ay = {1,2}, Az = {2,3}, As = {3,4}, and Ay {1.2,3}. Then which of the following statements is true? (A) A; and A; are not independent. (B) As and Ag are independent, (©) Ay and A, are not independent. (D) Ap and Ay are independent. ‘A fair die is rolled two times independently. Given that the outeome on the first roll is 1, the expected value of the sum of the two outcomes is, wa (Bas ©3 @) 55 ‘The dimension of the vector space of 7 x 7 seal symmetric matrices with trace zero and the sum of the off-diagonal elements zero is (aya B28 © 27 26 Let A be a 6 X 6 complex matrix with A? + 0 and A* = 0. Then the number of Jordan blocks of A is (A) Lor 6 (B)20r3 o4 ws Let X;,...,Xq be a random sample from uniform distribution defined over (0,0), where @ > Oand n> 2. Let Xqy = min{Xy, ..,Xq} and Xogy = max{Xy, ony Xq}- Then the covariance between Xe) and Xeay/ X(ayis eo Bnm+ Ve (ne D) a+ He 7 TeGATE 2019 STATISTICS Qs Qo Quo Qu Quz Let Xq,.,Xq be a random sample drawn from a population with probability density function f(x; 0) = 0x91,0 < x < 1,0 > 0. Then the maximum likelihood estimator of @ is io) be iin Wa% Talons iy om ses tae © Ms Let ¥ = Bo + Bass + Boxai + ¢1, fori = 1, 10, where xs and x's are fixed covariates, and e;'s are uncorrelated random variables with mean 0 and unknown variance o?, Here ig, By, and By are unknown parameters. Further, define f; = iy + Ay xa: + Be x2i, where (fo, bs, Bz) is the unbiased least squares estimator of (Bp, 2, Bz). Then an ‘unbiased estimator of 0? is (a) Seto 10 (© Bae For i = 12,3, et ¥; = a + Px; +;, where x's are fixed covariates, and ¢,'s are independent and identically distributed standard normal random variables. Here, cand are unknown parameters. Given the following observations, ¥ os 25 0: x 1 1 2 the best linear unbiased estimate of « + fis equal to 1s BI © 18 ©) 21 ‘Consider a discrete time Markov chain on the state space {1,2,3} with one-step transition 1203 it 1 07 03 0 js probability matrix 3 [G7 9°24] - Which ofthe following statements is true? 3 lo o 1 (A) States 1, 3 are recurrent and state 2 is transient, (B) State 3 is recurrent and states 1, 2 are transient. (C) States 1, 2, 3 are recurrent (D) States 1, 2 are recurrent and state 3 is transient. 1 ‘The minimal polynomial of the matrix $ 0 ° cone eHEN (A) @= DG 2) (B) 1)? —2) (©) DG 2)" (D) @— I-27 m0GATE 2019 STATISTICS Qs Qua Qus Qs Qu7 Let (X;,Xp,X3) be a trivariate normal random vector with mean vector (~3,1,4) and 4 0 0 ‘variance-covariance matrix }9 3 —3|. Which of the following statements are true? 0-3 4 () —-Xand Xz are independent. ii) X, +X, and X, are independest. (iii) (X_,Xg) and X; are independent. (iv) £(%p + Xo) and X; are independent (A) @ and Git) (B) (ii) and (ii) (© @and Gv) (D) Gili) and (iv) A2 factorial experiment with factors A, B and C is arranged in two blocks of four plots each as follows: (Below (1) denotes the treatment in which A, B and C are at the lower level, ac denotes the treatment in which A and C are at the higher level and B is at the lower level and so on.) Block 1 a) ab, ac be Block 2 a b c abe ‘The treatment contrast that is confounded with the blocks is (a) Bc (ac (AB (D) ABC Consider a fixed effects two-way analysis of variance model Yije = t+ a + By + Vey + ij Where fy f — yn bh, RA U7, and ¢,,4'6 are independent and identically distributed normal random variables with zero mean and constant variance. Then the degrees of freedom available to estimate the error variance is zero when (Aa=1 Bp Or (D) None of the above. be x>0 otherwise. ‘Then ECLA 1 k Xx) is equal to... ‘The probability density fimetion of the random vector (X,Y) is given by 4 O4. 0006) is equal to ... variables with mean 4and variance 1. Then lim P (= Let (,.) be a random vector following bivariate normal distribution with mean vector (0,0), Variance(X,) = Variance(X;) = 1 and correlation coefficient p, where |p| < 1. Then P(X, + Xz > 0) is equal to... Let Xt, ..,X» be a random sample from normal distribution with mean jz and variance 1. Let be the cumulative distribution function of the standard normal distribution. Given (1.96) = 0.975, the minimum sample size required such that the length of the 95% confidence interval for does NOT exceed 2 is .. Let X be a random variable with probability density function f(x; 8) = 8e~®, where x > O and 6 > 0. To test Hy:@ = 1 against Hy:0 > 1, the following test is used: Reject Ho if and only if X > log,20. Then the size of the testis... Let (Xq}nzo be a discrete time Markov chain on the state space (1,2,3) with one-step transition probability matrix 1 2 3 1 jos 03 03 2 [es 02 °3| 3 102 04 04 and initial distribution P(X = 1) = 0.5,?(Xq = 2) = 0.2, P(X = 3) = 0.3. ‘Then P(X; = 2,X_ = 3,Xq = 1) (roundec off to three decimal places) is equal to .. Let f be a continuous and positive real valued function on [0, 1]. Then Sq f(sinx) cosx dx is equal to ... Arrandom sample of size 100 is classified into 10 class intervals covering all the data points. To test whether the data comes from a normal population with unknown mean and ‘unknown variance, the chi-squared goodness of fit testis used. The degrees of freedom of the test statistic is equal to .. a0Gare 19 Q25 For i = 1,2,3,4, let ¥; sranisnics cc + Bx; + & where x's are fixed covariates and e's are ‘uncorrelated random variables with mean 0 and variance 3. Here, ce and are unknown parameters. Given the following observations, ¥ 25 “05 xi 3 2 4 the variance of the least squares estimator of fis equal to ... a0GATE 2019 STATISTICS Q. 26-Q. 55 carry two marks each. Q26 Qa Q28 Q29 Q30 Q3r Let a, =P n> 0, and by = Dit_ptesn = 0. Then, for x] < 1, the series YVEgdax" converges to ~ ©) -G+xe* © ras Let (Xjpxex be a sequence of independent and identically distributed Bemoulli random variables with success probability p € (0,1). Then, as n ~ 09, converges almost surely to Ae es oe M1 Let X and ¥ be two independent random variables with x2, and x2 distributions, respectively, where m and n are positive integers. Then which of the following statements is true? (A) Form a) > P(Y > a) forall ae R. (B) For m > n, P(X > a) > P(Y >a) forallae R (C) For m a) = PCY >a) forallae R (D) None of the above. 1x @ ‘eames 2 3] siesta tn 0 0 1 Gy.2) equals (A) 0,1) ® G10) (©) (W2,v2,2) ©) (V2,v2,V2) Suppose that P, and P, are two populations with equal prior probabilities having bivariate normal distributions with mean vectors (2.3) and (1,1), respectively. The variance- ‘covariance matrix of both the distributions is the identity matrix. Let z, = (2.5, 2) and. 2% = (2,15) be two new observations. According to Fisher’s linear discriminant rule, (A) 2; is assigned to P;, and 22 is assigned to Pp. (i) 2 is assigned to P, and 2 is assigned to P,. (C) 2; is assigned to P;, and 22 is assigned to P;. (D) 2: is assigned to P,, and z2 is assigned to P2. Let Xj, ...,X,, be a random sample from a population having probability density function 3,0 0 ‘Then SH is a consistent estimator of as et oF os Xo be a random sample from a population with probability density function eal FB) = am 0, for n. Then the best linear unbiased ‘estimator of the unknown parameter f is wove a shea) mucile) Ora 8 oe © Fare Let (X, ¥) be a bivariate random vector with probability density function aie” O An, and with a Let A be an x n positive semi-definite motrix with eigenvalues Ay > 1, where t denotes as the maximum diagonal entry. We can find a vector x such that x the transpose, and (A)xtAx> ay (B)xtAx< A, Od Sxtaxsh, (D)x'Ax>na Let X be a random variable with uniform distribution on the interval (—1,1) and ¥ = (X + 1). Then the probability density farction f(y) of Y, over the interval (0,4), is Ae a a 4 wa Oe Om OF Let S be the solid whose base is the region in the xy-plane bounded by the curves y= x? and y = 8 — x2, and whose cross-sections perpendicular to the x-axis are squares. ‘Then the volume of S (rounded off to two decimal places) is ‘Consider the trinomial distribution with the probability mass function P(X =x,¥ =y)= Faery (0:6)*(02)"(0.2)" *¥,x20,y20,andx+y 57. ‘Then E(Y[X = 3) is equal to Let ¥; = a + Bx; + €;, where i = 1, 2, 3, 4, x's are fixed covariates and ¢;"s are independent and identically distributed standard normal random variables. Here, a and are unknown parameters. Let ® be the cumulative distribution function of the standard normal distribution and (1.96) = 0.975. Given the following observations, % 3 25 > 5 Xi 1 2 3 2 ‘the length (rounded off to two decimal places) of the shortest 95% confidence interval for B based on its least squares estimator is equal to . Consider dserete time Markov cin om the state space {1,2,3} with one-step transition Z ‘mmm? [0 02 08] probability matrix 2 [5)5 “p’ 'g] - Then the period of the Markov chain i .. 3 loe 04 0 Suppose customers arrive at an ATM facility according to a Poisson process with rate 5 ‘customers per hour. The probability (rounded off to two decimal places) that no customer arrives at the ATM facility from 1:00 pm to 1:18 pm is ... a0GATE 2019 STATISTICS Q49, Q50 Qs Qs2 Q53 Qs4 Let X be a random variable with characteristic fimetion gx(-) such that #ox(2 1) = 1. Let Z ‘denote the set of integers. Then P(X € 7Z) is equal to .. Let X, be a random sample of size 1 fromuniform distribution over (0,07), where @ > 1. To test Hp: @ = 2 against Hy: = 3, reject Ho if and only if X, > 3.5. Let a and f be the size and the power, respectively, of this test. Then a +B (rounded off to two decimal places) is equal to .. Let = Bo + Bix + er 1, whete x's are fixed covariates, and ¢;'s are ‘uncorrelated random variables with mean zero and constant variance. Suppose that i and B, are the least squares estimators of the unknown parameters iy and i, respectively. If YP 1x; = 0, then the correlation between By and f, is equal to ... L0d+7en)-8 r Let f:R > Rbe defined by f(x) = (8x? +4) cos.x. Then lin, is equal to... ‘The maximum value of (x — 1)? + (y — 2)? subject to the constraint x? + y? = 45 is equal Let Xi,» be independent and identically distributed normal random variables with sean 0 and variance 2. Thea E (~~) is equal to... Let I'be the 4 x 4 identity matrix and v = (1,2,3,4)*, where t denotes the transpose. Then the determinant of 1+ vv* is equal to END OF THE QUESTION PAPER Tae1 1 € 385 to 385 2to2 4to4 0.05 to 0.05 0.018 to 0.020 7to7 0.11001 c Type mca, NAT McQ,1to1 0.21 to 0.23 ltol 1.15 to 1.18 2to2 80 to 80