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Chapter 24

Statistics

ASSIGNMENT

Single Choice Type Questions

1. The mean deviation from the median is

(1) Equal to that measured from any another value

(2) Maximum if all observations are positive

(3) Greater than that measured from any other value

(4) Less than that measured from any other value

2. The mean deviation of the data 7, 4, 9, 12, 14, 20 from the mean is

(1) 2.7 (2) 3.7

(3) 4.3 (4) 5.1

3. The mean deviation about the median for the following data is:

7, 5, 4, 3, 4, 3, 2, 11, 19, 21, 15

(1) 5.04 (2) 5.18

(3) 6.02 (4) 4.32

4. Following are the marks obtained by 9 students in a mathematics test 50, 69, 20, 33, 53, 39, 40, 65 59.

The mean deviation from the median is

(1) 9 (2) 10.5

(3) 12.67 (4) 14.76

5. The mean deviation about the mean for the following data is:

xi 5 8 9 10 12

fi 1 3 1 3 2

(1) 2.4 (2) 1.6

(3) 0.8 (4) 3.2

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6. The mean deviation about the mean for the following data:

Marks obtained 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60

Number of students 8 6 12 17 7

(1) 12.06 (2) 10.67

(3) 16.05 (4) 35.2
7. The mean deviation about the mean for the following data :

Class 100-120 120-140 140-160 160-180 180-200

Frequency 2 1 3 2 2

(1) 25 (2) 22.4

(3) 31.5 (4) 41
8. The variance of the following data is
6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 15
(1) 12.05 (2) 11.14
(3) 14.08 (4) 12.15
9. The mean of 100 observations is 50 and their standard deviation is 5. The sum of all squares of all the
observations is
(1) 500000 (2) 250000
(3) 252500 (4) 255000
10. Consider the first 10 positive integers. If we multiply each number by –1 and then add 1 to each number, the
standard deviation of the numbers so obtained is
(1) 2.91 (2) 3.62
(3) 2.25 (4) 3.15
11. The following information relates to a sample of size 100: x 2
= 20000 and  x = 1260. The variance is
(1) 55 (2) 21
(3) 41.24 (4) 38.65
12. If the standard deviation of the numbers 2, 3, 2x and 11 is 3.5, the possible value of x is
(1) 2 (2) 5
(3) 3 (4) 4
aX + b
13. If the standard deviation of a variable X is , then the standard deviation of variable is
c
a
(1) a  (2) 
c
c a + b
(3)  (4)
a c
14. If v is the variance and  is the standard deviation then
1 1
(1) v = 2 (2) v =
 
(3) v = 2 (4) v2= 
15. If the S.D. of a set of observations is 8 and if each observation is divided by – 2, the S.D. of the new set of
observations will be
(1) 4 (2) 8
(3) – 4 (4) – 8

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16. The mean and variance of 6 observations are 5 and 7 respectively. If the four observations are 1, 3, 4,
6, then the remaining two observations are
(1) 8 and 6 (2) 9 and 4
(3) 7 and 9 (4) 8 and 9
17. Median of the data 10, 21, 5, 6, 4, 12, 14, 3, is
(1) 16 (2) 8
(3) 4 (4) 14
18. Mean deviation about median for the following data 2, 5, 7, 2, 4, 6, 10, 12, 5
(1) 2.4 (2) 3
(3) 1.9 (4) 3.5
19. Coefficients of variation of two distribution are 15 and 20 and their means are 20 and 10 respectively. If their
standard deviations are 1 and 2 then
(1) 31 = 22 (2) 1 < 2
(3) 21 = 32 (4) 1 = 2
20. The mean of 5 observations 1, 2, 6, x and y is 4.4 and their variance is 8.24, then y + x is
(1) 4 (2) 9
(3) 5 (4) 13
10 10 10
21. If xi 60 and xi2 360 then xi3 is
i 1 i 1 i 1
(1) 2160 (2) 3250
(3) 3360 (4) 3015
22. STATEMENT-1 : The mean deviation of the numbers 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 is 1.2
and
n
| xi x|
i 1
STATEMENT-2 : Mean deviation = .
n

(1) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is a correct explanation for Statement-1
(2) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is NOT a correct explanation for Statement-1
(3) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is False
(4) Statement-1 is False, Statement-2 is True
23. STATEMENT-1 : If each of n numbers nN xi = i is replaced by (i + 1) xi, then the new mean becomes
(n 1)(5n 4)
.
6
and
n
xi
i 1
STATEMENT-2 : A.M. = .
n
(1) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is a correct explanation for Statement-1
(2) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is NOT a correct explanation for Statement-1
(3) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is False
(4) Statement-1 is False, Statement-2 is True

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Numerical Value Type Questions

24. When tested, the lines (in hours) of 5 bulbs were noted as follows:
1357, 1090, 1666, 1494, 1623


The mean deviations (in hours) from their mean is , then is
2

25. The variance of 20 observations is 5. If each observation is multiplied by 2, then the variance of the resulting
observations is

26. If the standard deviation of some temperature data in ºC is 5. If the data were converted into ºF, the variance
would be

27. If n = 10, x = 12 and x2

i = 1530 then co-efficient of variation is

28. Co-efficient of variation of two distributions are 50 and 60, and their arithmetic means are 30 and 25
respectively. Then, the difference of their standard deviation is

29. If the co-efficient of variation of a distribution is 70% and its standard deviations are 28, then its arithmetic
mean is

30. The mean and variance of 7 observations are 11 and 38 respectively. If six of the observations are 2, 6, 8, 10,
12, 18 then remaining one observation is

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ANSWERS

1. (4) 2. (3) 3. (2) 4. (3) 5. (2) 6. (2)

7. (2) 8. (2) 9. (3) 10. (1) 11. (3) 12. (3)

13. (2) 14. (3) 15. (1) 16. (3) 17. (2) 18. (1)

19. (3) 20. (4) 21. (1) 22. (1) 23. (4) 24. (89)

25. (20) 26. (81) 27. (25) 28. (0) 29. (40) 30. (21)

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