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1. The mean and standard deviation calculated from a random sample of 100 units were found to be 950
and 150 respectively. Test at 5% level of significance, whether the mean of population is equal to 1000
or not. (-3.33, H0 is rejected)

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 2. A typist claims that he can type at the rate of at least 120 words per minute. Can we reject his claim
based on 100 trials in which he demonstrates a mean of 118 words with a standard deviation of 15
words? (-1.33, H0 is accepted)

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 3. A certain college conducts both morning and evening classes intended to be identical. A random sample
of 200 morning class students yield examination result as average score of 72.4 with a standard
deviation of 14.8. A random sample of 100 evening class students yield examination result as average
score of 73.9 with a standard deviation of 17.9. Are the average score of morning and evening classes
equal at 5% level of significance? (-0.891, H0 is accepted)

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 4. A sample of 100 units found to have mean 101. Test at 5% level of significance, whether the sample has
been drawn from a normal population with mean equal to 100. Standard deviation of the population is 8.
(1.25, H0 is accepted)

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 5. The managing director of prime commercial bank claims that the mean time to cash a cheque in that
bank is not more than 5 minutes. To test this claim, a researcher took a random sample of 80 customers
and found that the mean time to cash is 6 minutes and standard deviation is 2.8 minutes. At 99%
confidence level, is the claim of director true? (3.194, H0 is rejected)

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 6. The mayor of Kathmandu city claims that the average income of families living in Kathmandu is at
least Rs 300,000 in a year. A random sample of 100 families selected from Kathmandu produced a
mean income of Rs 283,000 with a standard deviation of Rs 80,000. Using the 5% level of significance
level, can you conclude that the mayor’s claim is true? (-2.125, H0 is rejected)

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 7. In a random sample of 100 electric light tubes of manufacturer ‘A’ have a mean lifetime of 1400 hours
with a standard deviation of 200 hours, while in a random sample of 150 of manufacturer ‘B’ have a
mean lifetime of 1200 hours with a standard deviation of 100 hours. Can we conclude that the mean
lifetime of two manufacturers are significantly different?

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 8. The average number of articles produced by two machines per day is 200 and 210 with standard
deviation 20 and 15 respectively, on the basis of records of 50 days production considered as sample
study. Can we regard both machines are equally efficient?

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 9. Honda Company of motorbike claimed that the average mileage of its product is not less than that of
motorbikes of other brands. A sample of 150 motorbike selected randomly was found to have average
mileage 44 km per litre with standard deviation of 4.1 km while another random sample of 200
motorbikes of other brands was found to have average mileage 45 km with standard deviation of 5.2 km.
Is the claim of the Honda Company reasonable at 1% level of significance?

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 10. GMAT test center suspects that the average verbal ability of girls is higher than the average verbal
ability boys. The average verbal score of 200 boys was found to be 150 with standard deviation of 8.5,
while another random 100 girls had average verbal score 155 with standard deviation of 10. Do the data
indicate that girls have higher verbal ability as compared to boys?

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 11. A firm believes that the tyres produced by process B on an average last longer than tyres produced by
process A. To test this belief, random samples of tyres produced by two processes were tested and the
results are:
Process Sample Average life Standard
in km Deviation in
km
A 50 21800 1000
B 50 22400 1000
Is there evidence at a 5 percent level of significance that the firm is correct in its belief?

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 12. In a sample of 625 people selected at random from a city, 300 were males. Test the hypothesis that
males and females were in equal numbers in city at 1% level of significance.

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 13. A coin is tossed 600 times and heads appear 320 times. Does this result support the hypothesis that the
coin is unbiased?

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 14. The mayor of the city claims that only 20% of the families are below the poverty level. A concerned
citizen’s group believes that the percentage is much higher. A random sample of 100 families is taken
and 30 families are found to be below poverty level. At 95% confidence leve,l is there sufficient
evidence to reject the mayor’s claim?

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 15. In a metropolitan city it was observed that 500 out of 1500 men are against the “Green Sticker Control
Policy”, in vehicles. Based on this information can you conclude that majority of the people in the town
are in favor of the policy, assuming that people in favour and disfavour are equal.

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 16. Following results are obtained from the independent samples taken from the populations.
Sample Sample Sample
size proportion
1 350 0.46
2 250 0.34

Do the data indicate that the two population proportions are significantly different?

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 17. In two large populations, the sample proportions of black people are 30% and 25% respectively. Is this
difference likely to be significant at 5% in sample of 1200 and 900 respectively from two populations?

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 18. In marketing survey, 192 out of 400 consumers responded that the product was good. After a change in
specification, again the survey was done and found that 220 out of 400 consumers responded as the
product was even better than before. Can you conclude that the proportion of consumers responding
good for the product increased afterward? Test at 5% level of significance.

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 19. Before an increase in excise duty on coffee, 800 out of 1000 people were known to be taking coffee.
After the increase in duty 800 people are now found to be taking coffee in a sample of 1200. Do you
think that there has been significant decrease in the consumption of coffee after the increase in the
excise duty?

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