VELAMMAL BODHI CAMPUS

A SENIOR SECONDARY CBSE SCHOOL

ANUPPANADI, MADURAI.
SUB: MATHS CLASS: X
CHAPTER-13- STATISTICS

ASSERTION AND REASONING

1.Assertion (A) : If the median and mode of a frequency distribution are 50 and 60
respectively, then its mean is 45.
Reason (R) : Mean, median and mode of a frequency distribution are related as:
Mode = 3(Median) – 2(Mean)
(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(c) (A) is true but (R) is false
(d) (A) is false but (R) is true

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(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(c) (A) is true but (R) is false
(d) (A) is false but (R) is true
3.

(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
 (c) (A) is true but (R) is false
(d) (A) is false but (R) is true
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(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(c) (A) is true but (R) is false
(d) (A) is false but (R) is true
5.

(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(c) (A) is true but (R) is false
(d) (A) is false but (R) is true

6.

(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(c) (A) is true but (R) is false
(d) (A) is false but (R) is true
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 (a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(c) (A) is true but (R) is false
(d) (A) is false but (R) is true

8.

(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(c) (A) is true but (R) is false
(d) (A) is false but (R) is true
9. ASSERTION (A): if the value of mode and mean is 60 and 66 respectively,
then the value of median is 64.
REASON (R): MEDIAN = (MODE + 2MEAN)
(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(c) (A) is true but (R) is false
(d) (A) is false but (R) is true

10. ASSERTION (A): if the number of runs scored by 11 players of a cricket team of India are
5,19,42,11,50,30,21,0,52,36,27 then median is 30.
REASON (R): Median = (𝑛+1/2)𝑡ℎ value, if n is odd.
(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(c) (A) is true but (R) is false
(d) (A) is false but (R) is true
11. ASSERTION(A): The mean of first 10 natural number is 5.5
REASON(R): Mean of first n natural number is (n+1)/2
(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(c) (A) is true but (R) is false
(d) (A) is false but (R) is true
12. ASSERTION(A): The mode and mean of the given data are 7.8 and 10.5 then median is 9.6
REASON(R): MEDIAN =(MODE -2MEAN)

(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(c) (A) is true but (R) is false
(d) (A) is false but (R) is true
13. ASSERTION(A): while computing mean of the grouped data, we assume that the
frequencies are evenly distributed over all the classes.
REASON(R): if each observation is added by a fixed constant then the new mean also added
to the mean by fixed constant.

(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(c) (A) is true but (R) is false
(d) (A) is false but (R) is true

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(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(c) (A) is true but (R) is false
(d) (A) is false but (R) is true

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 (a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(c) (A) is true but (R) is false
(d) (A) is false but (R) is true
16. Assertion : If the median of the given data 26, 29, 42, 53, x, x + 2, 70, 75, 82, 93, is 65 then
the value of x is 64.
Reason : When the number of observations(n) is odd the median is the value of the

observation (n+1)/2
(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(c) (A) is true but (R) is false
(d) (A) is false but (R) is true
17. Assertion (A) : Class width = upper classlimit - lower class limit

Reason (R) : Class mark =(Upper Class Limit+ Lower Class Limit)/2

(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(c) (A) is true but (R) is false
(d) (A) is false but (R) is true
18. Assertion (A): Frequency is the number of times a particular observation occurs in data.

Reason (R): Data can be grouped into class intervals such that all observations in that range
belong to that class.

(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(c) (A) is true but (R) is false
(d) (A) is false but (R) is true
19. Assertion: The median of an ungrouped data and the median calculated when the
same data grouped are always the same.
Reason: The formula we used is based on the assumption that the observations in
the classes are uniformly distribute
(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(c) (A) is true but (R) is false
(d) (A) is false but (R) is true
20. Assertion: The mean, mode and median of grouped data will always be different.
Reason: Mean= sum of all observations/number of observations.
(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(c) (A) is true but (R) is false
(d) (A) is false but (R) is true

CASE STUDY QUESTION

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(i) What is the estimate of the mean time (in minutes) taken to complete the journey ?
(ii) In which interval does the median of the distribution lie?
(iii)In which interval does the mode of the distribution lie?
(iv) What is the model time taken to complete journey ?
(v) What is the median time taken to complete journey ?
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