The Dev Public School

CLASS : 10th Daily Assignment 2 Roll No.

Student Name Class

Question 1 2 3 4 Marks Obtained Total Marks Signature of Examiner

Marks Obtained 30

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Que 1 (A) Choose the right answer from the given options. [1 Marks Each] [30]

1. For a frequency distribution, mean, median and mode are connected by the
relation

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(A) Mode = 3 Mean -2 Median
(B) Mode = 2 Median -3 Mean
(C) Mode Median -2 Mean

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= 3

(D) Mode = 3 Median +2 Mean

2. Consider the following table:
The mode of the above data is
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Class
10-14 14-18 18-22 22-26 26-30
interval
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Frequency 5 11 16 25 19
(A) 23.5 (B) 24 (C) 24.4 (D) 25
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3. The frequency of the class succeeding the modal class in the following frequency
distribution is
Class interval Frequency
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10-15 3
15-20 7
20-25 16
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25-30 12
30-35 9
35-40 5
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40-45 3
(A) 3 (B) 6 (C) 9 (D) 12
4. The mean of n observations x1, x2, x3, … , xn is x̄. If each observation is multiplied
by p, then the mean of the new observations is
(A) x̄

p
(B) px̄
(C) x̄
(D) p + x̄

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 5. Find the class marks of classes 10 − 20 and 35 − 55 .
(A) 10,35 (B) 20,55 (C) 15,45 (D) 17.5,45
6. If di = xi − 13, Σ fi di = 30 and Σ fi = 120 , then mean (x̄) is equal to
(A) 13 (B) 12.75 (C) 13.25 (D) 14.25
7. If the mean of first n natural numbers is 5n
, then n is equal to
9

(A) 5 (B) 9 (C) 10 (D) 11

8. Four observations are 2, 4,6 and 8. The frequencies of the first three observations

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are 3,2 and 1 respectively. If the mean of the observations is 4 , then find the
frequency of the fourth observation.
(A) 8 (B) 4 (C) 1 (D) 2

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9. and (x − 1) are the frequencies of the numbers 12,15 and 20 respectively.
(x + 2), x

If the mean of the distribution is 14.5 , the value of x is

(A) 2 (B) 3

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(C) 4 (D) 5
10. The numbers 3, 5, 7 and 9 have their respectively frequencies x − 2, x + 2, x − 3 and
x + 3 . If the mean is 6.5 , then the value of x is
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(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6
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11. Extreme value of a given data

(A) affect the median
(B) do not affect the median
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(C) nothing can be said

(D) none of these

12. The correct formula for finding the mode of a grouped frequency distribution is
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(A) Mode
f −f
1 0
= h+( ) ×l
2 f1 − f0 − f2
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(B) Mode
f1 − f0
= f1 + ( ) ×l
2h− f − f
1 2

Mode
f −f
(C) = l −(
1

2 f −f −f
0
) ×h
1 0 2

(D) Mode
f −f
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1 0
= l +( ) ×h
2 f −f −f
1 0 2

13. The mean of 1, 2, 3, 4 .............., n is given by

(A)
n(n+1)

(B)
(n+1)

(C) n

(D)
(n+1)

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14. Choose the correct answer from the given four options:
For the following distribution:
Marks Number of students
Below 10 3
Below 20 12
Below 30 27
Below 40 57

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Below 50 75
Below 60 80
the modal class is:

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1. 10-20
2. 20-30
3. 30-40

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4. 50-60
15. Choose the correct answer from the given four options:
The probability of getting a bad egg in a lot of 400 is 0.035. The number of bad
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eggs in the lot is:
a. 7
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b. 14
c. 21
d.
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28
16. Choose the correct answer from the given four options:
Someone is asked to take a number from 1 to 100. The probability that it is a
prime is:
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a. 1

b. 6
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25

c. 1

d. 13

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17. Choose the correct answer from the given four options:
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If an event cannot occur, then its probability is:

a. 1

b. 3

c. 1

d. 0

18. Choose the correct answer from the given four options:

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 A card is drawn from a deck of 52 cards. The event E is that card is not an ace
of hearts. The number of outcomes favourable to E is:
a. 4
b. 13
c. 48
d. 51
19. Choose the correct answer from the given four options:

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A school has five houses A, B, C, D and E. A class has 23 students, 4 from house
A, 8 from house B, 5 from house C, 2 from house D and rest from house E. A
single student is selected at random to be the class monitor. The probability that

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the selected student is not from A, B and C is:
a. 4

23

b. 6

23

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c. 8

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d. 17

23

20. Choose the correct answer from the given four options:
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The abscissa of the point of intersection of the less than type and of the more
than type cumulative frequency curves of a grouped data gives its:
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a. Mean.
b. Median.
c. Mode.
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d. All the three above.

21. Choose the correct answer from the given four options:

In the formula for finding the mean of grouped data di’s are
∑ fi di
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x̄ = a + ,
∑ fi

deviations from a of:

a. Lower limits of the classes.
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b. Upper limits of the classes.

c. Mid points of the classes.
d. Frequencies of the class marks.
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22. Each question consists of two statements, namely, Assertion (A) and Reason
(R). For selecting the correct answer: use the following code:
Assertion (A) Consider the following frequency distribution:
Class interval 3-6 6-9 9-12 12-15 15-18 18-21
Frequency 2 5 21 23 10 12
The mode of the above data is 12.4. Reason (R) The value of the variable
which occurs most often is the mode.
a.

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Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is a correct
explanation of Assertion (A).
b. Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true but Reason (R) is a not a

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correct explanation of Assertion (A).
c. Assertion (A) is true and Reason (R) is false.
d. Assertion (A) is false and Reason (R) is true

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23. Which of the following is not a measure of central tendency?
a. Mean
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b. Mode
c. Median
d. Standard deviation.
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24. The mean and mode of a frequency distribution are 28 and 16 respectively. The
median is:
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a. 22
b. 23.5
c. 24
d.
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24.5

25. While computing the mean of the grouped data, we assume that the
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frequencies are:
a. Evenly distributed over the classes.
b. Centred at the class marks of the classes.
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c. Centred at the lower limits of the classes.

d. Centred at the upper limits of the classes.
26. If xi s are the midpoints of the class intervals of a grouped data, fi s are the
corresponding frequency and x̄ is the mean, then ∑ fi (xi − x̄) =?

a. 1
b. 0
c. -1
d. 2

27. Look at the cumulative frequency distribution table given below:

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Monthly income Number of families
More that Rs 10000 100

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More that Rs 14000 85
More that Rs 18000 69
More that Rs 20000 50

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More that Rs 25000 37
More that Rs 30000 15
Number of families having income range Rs 20000 to Rs 25000 is:
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a. 19
b. 16
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c. 13
d. 22
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28. Match the following columns:

Column I Column II
a p Standard
The most frequent value in a data is known as ........ .
. . deviation.
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b Which of the following cannot be determined graphically out of q

Median
. mean, mode and median? .
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c r
An ogive is used to determine ....... . Mean
. .
d Out of mean, mode, median and standard deviation, which is s
Mode
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. not a measure of central tendency? .

29. For a symmetrical frequency distribution, we have:

a. Mean < mode < median
b. Mean > mode > median
c. Mean = mode = median
d. Mode =
1

2
(mean + median)
30. The mean of 20 numbers is zero. of them, at the most, how many may be
greater than zero?
a. 0
b. 1
c. 10
d. 19

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