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Je Choice Question
Multip'
1. Arranged in ascending or descending order is:
) ification
data b) Classi
3 pia : d) ungrouped data
ding order is:
2. Data not arranged in ascending OF descen
a) Raw data b) grouped data
d) groups
c) arrangement
3. Systematic arrangement of data into rows and columns:
. Sy c) tabulation c) histogram
a) Bar chart b) classification
source notes are:
c) identical - d) main heading
4, Ina table, foot note and s
a) Same b) different
tribution:
5. Graph of cumulative frequency dis
b)barchart ¢) Ogive : d) polygon
a) Histogram
6. Midpoint of rectangles in histogram are connected:
a) Ogive : ~ b) Historigram”
c) Bar Chart d) Frequency Polygon —
7. The relation showing between whole and its components, chart is:
2) Frequency Polygon b) Multiple bar chart
¢)Pie chart ¢ d) Ogive . =
8. Value that divides a class into two equal parts: |
a) Class interval b) mid-point
©) Class limi
) Class limit d) frequency
: ae Tange by numbers of classes:
quency —_b) midpoint c) class i =
class interval d) class!
: ves histogram, along X-axis;
‘requenc: |
y b)cf ¢) Class boundaries _d) Class iPresentation of the data
1}. Frequency table is an arrangement of data by classes together with
Ss T will
their corresponding class -----~.
a) Frequencies b) midpoints —c) boundaries — d) limits
12. Heading at the top of the table:
a) Footnote b) Head note —_c) Sub note d) Title
13. Headings for various columns:
a) Source note b) column captions c) Stub d) body
14, Stub:
a) Row captions b) Column captions
c) Foot note d) Prefatory note
15. Box head:
a) Row captions b) Column captions
c) Foot note d) Prefatory note
16. Cumulative frequencies are:
a) Decreasing _b) increasing c) non increasing, d) fixed
17. Division of a circle into different sectors:
a)Pictogram b) histogram — c) Ogive d) pie chart
18. Histograms, bar charts and frequency polygons are:
(a) One dimension diagrams __ (b) two dimension diagrams
(c) Cumulative diagrams (d) dispersion diagrams
19. Angles in a Pie diagram:
2) Total part «360° b) component part 360
component part ~ Total part
c) Component part. soy 4) __ Total part __, 369
Total part component part
e Circle with sectors representing various quantities:
5 ristogram b) Frequency Polygon
'e Chart d) Component Bar chart
4sPresentation of the dat,
21. A Histogram contains:
a) Adjacent rectangles b) Non Adjacent Rectangle
c) Adjacent squares d) Adjacent triangles
22. A frequency polygon is a figure of:
a) Two sides b) Three Sides
c) Many sides d) Circles
23. Graph of a time series:
a) Histogram —b) Ogive c) Historigram d) Pol
24. Component bar charts are used when data is divided into:
a) Ratios b) groups ¢) circles d) intervals
25. Frequency curve is: ees
a) Asymptotic to y-axis b) Non-Asymptotic to y-axis
c) Asymptotic to x-axis -d) Non-Asymptotic to X-axis
26. A frequency curve touches x-axis~ ~
a) Yes b)No | c) Sometime — d) always
27. Decumulative frequency is presented by:
a) More than Ogive b) Less than Ogive
c) Equal to Ogive d) Curve
28. In a histogram the area of each rectangle is proportional to:
a) The class mark of the corresponding class
b) The class size of the corresponding class
c) Frequency of the corresponding class
d) Cumulative frequency of the corresponding class
29. In frequency polygon along X-axis:
a) upper limit of the class b) lower limit of the class
c) mid value of the class d) frequency
4630, A sector diagram:
Presentation of the data
b) Bar diagram
a) Pie chart (
ic) Scatter diagram d) Histogram
key
St, No | Answer | Sr. No | Answer | Sr. No | Answer
1 Cc 2 A a €
4 B 5 C 6 D.
7 Cc 8 B 9 G
10 c WV A 12 D__|
B B 14 A 1S Br
16 B 17 D 18 B
19 Cc. [20 Cc 21 A
22 ic 23 es 24 B
255|5.C 26 B 27 A
28 | C Pe Oe
47Measures of central tendency aid dispersion
Multiple Choice Questions
les, arranged data into:
jan divid
1, Medi (b) 4 parts (©) 10 parts - (d) 100 parts
(a) 2 parts
2, The arithmetic mean of “n” values ¥,,¥,,:.5¥,:
1g) atte Sy fale
oie OAs. 072% olllo
“3, The sum of values divided by-their
@ Mode (b) Median (c) Mean ---~ (d)G.M
| gity=aX,+6, then Mod(y,)=
(@) aMod(X,)+6 () Moa(x,)+6
() Mod(X,). () aMod(x,)
5. The observation, occurs maximum numbers of times:
(2) Mean (b) Median (c) Mode -(d) HM
6. The mean is affected by the change of:
(@) Origin (b) Scale (©) Both (a) and (b) (d) Method
1. The suitable average for averaging, shoes size:
(@) Mean (b) Modé (c) Geometric mean (d) Median
8.Fora syminetrical distribution mean = 100, then which is cotrect?
()Median= 50, Mode =50 (b) Median = 0, Mode = 100
()Median = 50, Mode =150. (d) Median = 100, Mode = 100
9. Have moy :
AM
re than one value?
(b) HM (c) GM (d) Mode
10, sys,
@ ane average for averaging speed of a journey:
(&) GM (c) HM (d) Median
bei metral tendency and dispersion
Measures of cen!
7 «dea of fifty-50:
ay = ine GM (Median (@) Mode
@)
metrical distribution: :
a een Median ms ie (b) Mode = 3Median-2Mean
(c) Median = 3Mean - Mode (d) Mode = 2Median-3Mean
13. 1f 10 % is added to each value of a variable, then’AM is: icreasedty
(a) 10% (b) 110 ~ () 100 . : (d) 10 Q
14. The mean is based on: as
(a) All the values (b) Small.values
(c) Large values (d) Extreme values
_15. In a symmetrical distribution, mean, median and mode are:
_ (@) Zero (b) coincide (c) Not equal (d) Not identical
16. If Z=X-Y, then Zz is:
—@k-F¥ WX-F. OXY OXY
17. The mean of a constant: esis
@0 (b) constant (@) not possible (1
18. St iati if ii
é om of seviations oft observations is zero, deviations are taken from:
(b) Median —_(c) Mode .(d)G.M
19. Ina symmetrical distribution Q, = 4,0, =12, then median:
a) 4 ee,
(@) (b)8 ~. (12.: (d) 16
20.1f ¥, ¥ and X are i
, ¥ and X are identical, distribution is:
(a) Positively Skewed -- __ (b) Negati V
oman a aoe Skewed
7 metrical
21.1f ¥-=10andY¥=5-2X, then F is: ei!
ot is: eee
(a)3
a) () 5 15 = piga
Measures of central tendency and dispersion
tres of the deviations of observations from mean is:
ec
oo (b) least (c) Maximum (4) Positive
@) :
"3" and “b” are two positive numbers, geometric mean:
23 :
oat van ©) Yad (@ avo
modal letter. of the “STATISTICS” is:
24, The :
@s Mt OL. -@SadT
35-Arithmetic mean-for X1 and X2:
@ V Hex 2 X, +X;
@ Me, 2 = 2 (c) Hex, @ 22%
26, Sum of the absolute deviations of the values from ---- is least.
(a) Mean (b) Median (GM (d) Mode
27.Ina moderately skewed distribution mean = 120, median = 1 10,
mode is: 3 Sere
(2) 50 ‘i (90; © 140 (d) 235
28. Distribution has two modes:
(a) Uni-model oe (b) Bi-model
(©) Tri-mode} 3 (d) Multi-model
29, fall items are not of equal importance you will prefer
# AM (b) Median . .
(©) Mode (d) Weighted mean
é v any value inthe daa is er, itis impossible:
iL tan ) GM (c) Mode (a) HM
OK io value in the data is zero, then average vanishes:
: (b) GM (c) Mode (4) HM
95
eee4
S Measures of central tendency and dispersion,
32. Data is 2, 3, 7, 0 and 8, GM:
(a) Negative — (b) Positive () zero) Undefingg
33. Step deviation or coding method is for:
(a)Median (6) GM (c) AM (d) HM
34. Not based upon all the observations:
@AM ()GM ~ >. ()HM (d) Mode
35. Reciprocal of AM of reciprocal of the observations:
(a) Mean (b) Median. (c)HM. ——__(d) Mode
36. Must arrange the data for:
(a) Mode (b) Median — (c) Mean (d)G.M
37. For symmetrical distribution; Mean....:..Median....... Mode:
@= O< - ©> @¢
38. In a symmetrical distribution Qu=20, Median=30, then Q; =
{a) 20 (b) 30 (c)40 -(d) 50
39. Upper quartile Q; =
(2) Pss )Ds (©) Ps (@ Median
40. For open end distribution, not possible to find:
().4M (b) Mode - (c) Mode (d) Quantiles
41. AM of tén numbers is 9.2, then sum of observations:
@) 72 » (b)82 (92 (a) 102
42. The most central value of arrangéd data;
(a) AM (b) Mode, (c)Median (4) G.M
43. The mode of 2, 3, 3,3,4, 4, 5 ang.é:
(a)2 (b)3 ©4 , (d)5
Fax.Measures of central tendency and dispersion
44, The mean of two observations is 10.5 then median:
(a) 10 (b) 10.5 (il (a) 21
4s. The mean of 10, 10, 10, 10, 10 and 10:
(0 (b) 1 (c) 10 (d) 60
46, Geometric mean of 2, 4, 8:
oO Os (8 (a) 64
47. 1n stem and leaf display diagrams, stems are:
(a) Central digits (b) trailing digits
(c) Leading digits (d) dispersed digits
B
1; Variance of a variable is always:
a)>l b)<1 c)>0 | d)<0
2: Variance of a constant is
a)constant * b)1 c)0 d) not possible
3: S.D is calculated from H.M:
a) Always b) Never c) Often d) None of these
4: Range based on:
a) Upper and lower quartiles b) Squared deviations
c) Minimum and Maximum observations d) Absolute deviations
5: AM of the squared deviations of values from their mean:
2) Mean deviation b) Standard deviation
©) Variance d) Quartile deviation
6:16$.D (20) = 5, then S.D (2X+5) is:
as b) 10 ©) 15 d) 20
97Measures of central tendency and dispersion
7: A measure of dispersion is always:
a) Positive b) Zero c) Small d) One
3 Y are independent, then S.D(X-Y)=
et ir ai b) S.D(X) + $.D (¥)
a) S.D (X)- S.D(*)
°) \War(X)+Var(Y) 4) \War(X)- Var(Y)
9: For two independent variables X and Y, if S.D(X) = 8, S.D(y) =6,
then S.D(X-Y)
a)10 b)2 ou D8
10: If mode is less than the mean, distribution is:
- a) Symmetrical b) Normal
c) Positively skewed ~~, d) negatively skewed
i: Right tail is longer than the left tail, distribution is:
a) Negatively skewed b) Positively skewed
c) Symmetrical d) None of these
12: If mean = 40, mode= 42, distribution is:
a) Negatively skewed ~- b) Positively skewed
c) Symmetrical _ d) None of these
13: Jf Y = 5X + 10, then mean deviation of Y ‘is:
a) mp(x) —-b) SMD(X) ©) SMD(X)+10 d) mp(x)+!°
14: Variance (or $.D) remains unchanged by change of:
a) Origin b) Scale c) Both (a) and (b) d) unit
15: The lowest value of variance is:
a)i bo 22 d)-l
16: A normal distribution has 68.26% of the observations:
axXtS bb) F428) F438) ¥ 448
98Measures of central tendency and dispersion
= pisebetion is symmetrical, if YB :
pNegsive 8) Positive ¢) Zero a3
1s. For pocmal (mesokurtic) distribution, between X-2S and +25:
poset — BST ©) 68% 6) 99.73%
19. Observations lying within limits (X235) in the normal distribution
=
2) 68.27% b) 95.44% c) 70% d) 99.73%
20. To compare the variations of two or more than two series:
2) Meza b) Standard deviation c) Variance OCV
21. Quartile deviation:
4 = 5 6
2 ze - b) 32: 9) 7 d) =o
22. Mean deviation:
a) zo c) 30 ad Se
23. Bowely’s co-efficient of skewness lies between:
2)Oand1 b)-LandO ~—c)-Land +1. d) oto
24, If co-efficient of skewness is -0.58, distribution is:
a) Positively skewed b) Symmetrical
©) Negatively skewed d) asymmetrical
. 3
3s. The types of dispersion are: -
32 b)3 4 as
eate Square root of second central moment:
5 ‘ariance b) Standard deviation
Quartile deviation d) Mean deviation
99
_Measures of central tendency and dispersion
27. For positively skéwed distribution:
a) Mean < Median < Mode b) Mean < Mode < Median
c) Mean > Median > Mode 4) Mean = Median = Mode
28. For negatively skewed distribution; Mean.......
a= b)< > d)><
29. In grouped data, the range is the difference between:
a) Two extremes class frequencies b) Two extremes mid points
c) Two extremes class. boundaries d) Bothb&c
30. Which is poor measure of dispersion in open-end distribution;
. a) Range . 5 b) Quartile deviation
+ ‘¢) Semi-inter quartile range d) AM
31. The range of ‘constant “A”: 5
“Q)Zero ~ ODA ol - dd) A?
32. For relative dispersion, unit of measurement:
a) Changed’ b) Vanishes . c) Does not vanish d) unit
33. The range of a series of -2, -3, -5 and -10 is:
a) -12 b)8 a) d)12
34. The variance of 5, 5, 5, 5 and 5 is:
a)5 b) 25 c) 125 do
35. If A.M=25 and S? = 25, then co-efficient of variation (C.V) is:
a) 100% b) 25% ¢) 20% d) 1%
36. Mean deviation is always:
a) Less than S.D b) Equal than S.D°
c) More than S.D d) Negative
37. In symmetrical distribution, the co-efficient of skewness iS:
a)-1 b)+l 0 4) 0.5
100Measures of central tendency and dispersion
3g. First moment about mean is always:
a) One b) Zero c) mean d)SD
39, First moment about origin is equal to:
a) One b) Zero , ¢) mean d) SD
40. Ina skewed distribution mean, median and mode are always:
a) Identical b) Different —c) Zero d) Same
4], Mean deviation is associated with:
a) A.M b) HM c)QD d)GM
42. Third moment about mean (ms) is zero, distribution is:
a) Positively skewed 6) negatively skewed
c) Symmetrical d) asymmetrical
43. Sum of absolute deviations of values are least if measured from:
“a) Mean b) Mode c) Median d) GM
~ 44. Sum of squares of deviations is least from:
a) Mean b) Median - c) Mede d) HM
45. The second moment about mean is:
a) Variance —_b) Mean c)SD d) Zero.
46. The variance (S.D) of constant is:
4) Constant —_b) Urity &) Zero dja
47, Standard deviation of 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 is 2.83, then standard
deviation of 102, 104, 106, 108 and 110 is:
a) 283 b) 102.83 c) 2.83 d) 28.3
48, Standard deviation changes by the change of:
a) Origin b) Scale c) Algebraic d) Both (a) and (b)
101Measures of central tendency and dispersion
49. Y = N43, then range of Y is:
a)3 b) Range(X+3)
c) Range (X) d) Range (X-3)
$0. If Y=3X25, then S.D of Y is:
a)9SD(X)_—-b)3S.D(X)_—-) 38.D(X)+5_ d) 3S.D(X) 45
$1. If bz (B2) =3, distribution is: ;
a) Leptokurtic b) Platykurtic c) Mesokurtic d) Skewed
52. Var(2X#3) is: :
a) 4Var(X) —b)2Var(X) —_¢) 4Var (X)+3 d) 2Var (X)+3
53, Variance (standard deviation) is calculated from:
a) Mean b) Median c) Mode d) GM
54. If X and Y are independent than Var (%Y) is equal to:
a) Var(X) - Var(Y) b) Var(X) + Var(Y)
c) fvar(X)+var(Y) d) {var(x) = var(¥)
55. 6, measures:
2) Symmetry b) Dispersion) kurtosis d) Skewness
56. The standard deviation of 3, 3, 3,......, 3 is: = 1
a)3 b)8 | c).Zero d) 16
57. Symmetrical distribution is:
a)t-shaped —_b) J-shaped ~—c) Bell-shaped_d) long tailed
58. A.M=136.75, Median=148.37 and Mode=152.80:
a) Positive skewed b) Negatively skewed
¢) Symmetrical d) asymmetrical
' 102Measutes of central tendency and dispersion
59. Addition of extreme value in a data set affects more
») QD b) Mode c) Median d) Variance
60, For nominal data we use
a) Mean b) median c) mode d)GM
61. For ordinal data set we use
a) Mean b) median c) mode d)GM
62, Fora data set = 20, =100 and S? =16 then )(X - X)=
al b) 320 c) 2000 do
63. Z score for X = 25 is 1.9 find SD if mean of X is 18
a)7 b)3.68 ~~) 1.39 do
key
A
Sr. No | Answer | Sr. No | Answer | Sr. No | Answer
1 A 2 c 3 c
4 A 5 Cc 6 Cc
7 B 8 D 9 D
10 Cc in c 12 A
1B A 14 A 15 B
16 A 17 B 18 A
19 B 20 ie 21 D
22 A 23 c 24 D
25 B 26 B 27 B
28 B a) 30 D
31 B | 32 Cc 33 Cc
34 D 35 Cc 36 B
37 A 38 | C 39 Cc
40 A_| 41 Cc 42 Cc
4 | B 44 B 45 C58]
46 B 47 Cc L
+ 103‘central tendency and dispersion
Measures of
=
Answer |
po
C € =
A e A
Rte B A
e a 14 A 15 B
7 A 17 ce 18. A
19 |__D 20isfsnD eset a
5 B 23 C 24 Cc
eA 26 B 27 Cc
a 3 29 pD | 30 A
A 2.
734 D a c 3 _
37 C. 38 i: B 39 ie
{40 B 41 A 42 a
43-1 3c 44 A n
46 Cc AT Cc ie 3
49 Cc 50 = B = z
52 A 53: A 3 5
55 Cc 56 Cc 37 c
58 B 59 oo c
61 B 62 D a =
D 63 B
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