G. L.

BAJAJ INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES

BUSINESS STATISTICS and ANALYTICS (BSA)

Question Bank (Unit-I) Dr. Gopal Pathak
1. Calculate the arithmetic mean of the following marks in statistics obtained by ten students in a class.
[ Ans : 17 marks ]
Student No.: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Marks: 15 20 25 19 12 11 13 17 18 20

2. Following table gives the wages paid to 125 workers in a factory. Calculate the arithmetic mean of the
wages by
(i) Direct Method [ Ans : 227.92]
(ii) Assumed mean method /Short-cut method [ Ans : 227.92]
(iii) Step deviation method [ Ans : 227.92]

Wages (Rs): 200 210 220 230 240 250 260

No. of workers: 5 15 32 42 15 12 4

3. Calculate the mean of the following distribution using

(i) Direct Method [ Ans : 35.93]
(ii) Assumed mean method /Short-cut method [ Ans : 35.93]
(iii) Step deviation method [ Ans : 35.93]

Class: 20-25 25-30 30-35 35-40 40-45 45-50 50-55

Frequency: 8 10 12 20 11 4 5

4. Calculate the mean of the following distribution. [Ans : 50.28]

 Class 10-30 30-50 50-70 70-90 90-110
Frequency 15 18 25 10 2
5. A survey was conducted by a group of students as a part of their environment awareness programme, in
which they collected the following data regarding the number of plants in 20 houses in a locality. Find
the mean number of plants per house. [ Ans : 8.1 plants ]

Number of plants 0-2 2-4 4-6 6-8 8-10 10-12 12-14

Number of houses 1 2 1 5 6 2 3
Which method did you use for finding the mean, and why?
6. Consider the following distribution of daily wages of 50 workers of a factory: [Ans:Rs 145.20]
Daily wages(in Rs) 100-120 120-140 140-160 160-180 180-200
Number of workers 12 14 8 6 10
Find the mean daily wages of the workers of the factory by using an appropriate method.
7. Find the weighted price mean by weighting each price by the quantity consumed for the data given in
the table: [ Ans : Rs.6.21]
Food items Quantity consumed Price(Rs.)(per kg)
Flour 500 kg 3.25
Ghee 20 kg 50.00
Sugar 30 kg 8.00
Oil 40 kg 20.00
8. Calculate median from the following data. [ Ans : 26.5 marks ]
S.No.: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Marks: 17 32 35 33 15 21 41 32 11 18
9. Find the median size of the following series. [ Ans : Median = 7]

Size(X): 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Frequency: 6 12 15 28 20 14 5

10. The distribution below gives the weights of 30 students of a class. Find the median weight of the

students. [ Ans : Median weight = 56.67 kg ]

Weight(in kg) 40-45 45-50 50-55 55-60 60-65 65-70 70-75

 Number of students 2 3 8 6 6 3 2

11. The lengths of 40 leaves of a plant are measured correct to the nearest millimeter, and the data obtained
is represented in the following table: [ Ans : Median length = 146.75 mm]

Length(in mm) 118-126 127-135 136-144 145-153 154-162 163-171 172-180

Number of leaves 3 5 9 12 5 4 2

Find the median length of the leaves.

12. Find the mode of the following data: [Ans : 52]
Marks 0-20 20-40 40-60 60-80
Frequency 15 6 18 10

13. A survey conducted on 20 households in a locality by a group of students resulted in the following
frequency table for the number of family members in a household:
Family size 1-3 3-5 5-7 7-9 9-11
Number of families 7 8 2 2 1
Find the mode of this data. [Ans: 3.286]
14. A student noted the number of cars passing through a spot on a road for 100 periods each of 3 minutes
and summarized it in the table given below. Find the mode of the data: [ Ans : Mode = 44.7 cars ]
Number of cars 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80
Frequency 7 14 13 12 20 11 15 8
15. Calculate the median for the following: [ Ans :59.35]
Marks below: 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
No. of students: 15 35 60 84 96 127 198 250

16. Calculate the median for the following distribution of marks of 50 students in a class: [ Ans :27.5]

Marks(more than): 0 10 20 30 40 50
No. of students: 50 46 40 20 10 3

17. Determine median for the following income distribution. [ Ans :356.67]
 Income Groups: Below 100 100-200 200-300 300-400 400-500 Above 500
No. of persons: 5 10 18 30 20 17

18. For the following distribution, the mean is 9.41. Find the missing value. [ Ans :10]
x : 5 8 9 ? 13
f : 8 20 30 25 17
19. The mean marks of 60 students in section A is 40 and mean marks of 40 students in section B is 45. Find
the combined mean of the 100 students in both the sections. [ Ans :42 marks ]
20. The mean wages of 100 workers in a factory running two shifts of 60 and 40 workers is 38. The mean
wage of 60 workers in the morning shifts is Rs. 40. Find the mean wage of 40 workers in the evening
shift. [ Ans : Rs. 35]
21. Find the combined mean from the following data: [ Ans : 19.33]
Group 1 2 3
Number 200 250 300
Mean 25 20 15
22. Mean of 100 items is found to be 30. If at the time of calculation, two items are wrongly taken as 32 and
12 instead of 23 and 11, find the correct mean. [ Ans : 29.90]
23. From the following information of wages of 20 workers in a factory, find the value of Q1 , Q2 , Q3 , D6 , P45
S. No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Wage (Rs.) 330 320 550 470 220 510 280 170 680 490
S. No. 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Wage (Rs.) 400 270 440 480 620 240 330 430 380 450
[ Ans
= : Q1 290,
= Q2 415,
= Q3 487.5,
= D6 446, = P45 389]
24. Find the value of Q1 , Q3 , D4 , P80 from the following data. [ Ans
= : Q1 111.0,
= Q3 113,
= D4 111,
= P80 113]

Weekly income(Rs.) 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116
No. of works 4 6 12 30 20 10 8 6 2
25. Calculate Q1 , Q3 , D4 , P90 from the following data: [ Ans=
: Q1 26.25,
= Q3 55,
= D4 36,
= P90 69.375]

Marks: 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80

No. of students: 10 15 20 25 35 15 16 14
26. Calculate Q1 , Q3 , D8 , P75 from the following data: [=Ans : Q1 20.67,
= Q3 31.31,
= D8 32.83,
= P75 31.31]
Class: 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44
Frequency: 3 7 16 12 9 5 3