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STATISTICS MOCK TEST 5

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Classification of families according to the

number of children is :(A) qualitative
(B) quantitative
(C) chronological (D) geographical
Who stated that statistics is a branch of
applied mathematics which specialises in
data ?
(A) R.A. Fisher
(B) Connor
(C) Bowley
(D) Tipper
In rectangular diagrams, comparison is
based on of the rectangles(A) volume
(B) area
(C) square
(D) none of these
A statistic is(A) a function of sample observations
(B) a function of population units
(C) a characteristic of a population
(D) none of these
The population of rases in salt Lake City
is an example of(A) a finite population
(B) an infinite population
(C) a hypothetical
(D) none of these
Height, Weight etc. are measurements of(A) attribute
(B) quantitative
(C) dichotomous
(D) none of these
If Arithmetic Mean (AM) & Harmonic Mean
(HM) for t wo numbers are 27 & 3
respectively, then the Geometric Mean
(GM) will be(A) 8
(B) 7
(C) 9
(D) 10
Which averages are called ratio averages(A) H.M & G.M
(B) A.M & G.M
(C) A.M & H.M
(D) none of these
The mean salary for a group of 30 female
workers is ` 9000 per month & that for a
group of 50 male workers is ` 15,000 per
month. Then combined mean salary is(A) 12000
(B) 12225
(C) 12750
(D) 12550
Median is affected by extreme values(A) True
(B) False
(C) None
(D) Both
The arithmetic mean of the numbers
1, 2, ...., n is-

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19.

The average of the 7 number x, x + 2, x + 5,

9, 15, 4, 10 is 15. The value of x is
(A) 15
(B) 20
(C) 25
(D) 30
The median of the following observation
arrange in ascending order is 24. Find x
when observations are8, 10, 14, 18, x + 2, x + 4, 30, 32, 55, 70
(A) 48
(B) 21
(C) 24
(D) 25
The mean of marks scored by 30 girls of a
class is 44% the mean for 50 boys is 42%.
Find the mean for the whole class.
(A) 42.75%
(B) 50%
(C) 45%
(D) 40%
Mean marks scored by the students of a
class is 55.5. The mean marks of the girls
is 45 & the mean marks of boys is 60. Find
percentage of boys in the class.
(A) 50%
(B) 60%
(C) 70%
(D) 80%
If first & third quartiles are 30 & 50
respectively, then quartile deviation is(A) 8
(B) 15
(C) 10
(D) 9
If the standard deviation of a distribution
is 15, the quar tile deviation of the
distribution is(A) 12.5
(B) 15
(C) 10
(D) 8
If A and B are mutually exclusive events,
then
(A) P(A B) = 0
(B) P(A B) = P(A) . P(B)
(C) P(A B) = P(A) + P(B)
(D) P(A B) =
The probability of drawing one white ball
from a bag containing 5 red, 6 white and 4
green ball is(A) 1
(B) 0
(C)

20.

(D)

6
15

From a group of 4 boys and 3 girls candidate

are arranged at random one after the other,
for an interview, then the probability that
the boys & girls alternative is-

(A)

n (n 1)(2n 1)
6

(B)

(n 1)
2

(A)

(C)

n (n 1)2
4

(D)

n 2 (n 1)2
2

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(B)

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25.

One dice & one coin are tossed

simultaneously. The probability of getting
5 on dice & Tail on coin are(A)

1
12

(B)

1
6

(C)

1
3

(D)

1
2

When none of the out comes is favourable

to the event is said to be(A) sample
(B) impossible
(C) certain
(D) none of these
If A and B are arbitrary events, then
(A) P(A B) P(A) + P(B)
(B) P(A B) P(A) + P(B)
(C) P(A B) = P(A) + P(B)
(D) None of these
If mean ( x ) = 50, S.d() = 25, then the
coefficient of variation will be(A) 200%
(B) 50%
(C) 25%
(D) 150%
Coefficient of quartile dev iation is
calculated by the formula-

Q3 Q1
(A) Q Q
3
1
(C)
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27.

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29.

Q1 Q 2
2

31.

(D)

Q 3 Q1
2

For the two sets of observations having the

same range
(A) the s.d. of the first set should be less
than that of the second
(B) the s.d. of the second set should be less
than that of the first
(C) the standard deviations must be equal
(D) none of the above
For any frequency distribution the measure
of Kurtosis 2 =

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33.

Q3 Q1
(B) Q Q
3
1

Sum of square of the deviations is

minimum when the deviations are taken
from(A) A.M
(B) H.M
(C) G.M
(D) Median
Geometric mean can be used to find out(A) growth rate of GNP
(B) population growth
(C) percentage
(D) all of these
Find Q1 in the following series33, 32, 55, 47, 21, 50, 27, 10, 170, 49, 40
(A) 33
(B) 32
(C) 27
(D) 10
The relation between mean absolute
deviation & quartile deviation is(A) M.A.D =

30.

(A) greater than 1 (B) less than 1

(C) equal to 1
(D) greater than 3
In a perfectly symmetric distribution 50%
of the observations are above 60 and 75%
are below 75. The coefficient of skewness
is therefore
(A) 7.5
(B) 15
(C) 0
(D) cannot be determined from the given
data
If mean = k (3 median mode) for a
symmetric distribution, then the value of
k is(A) 1
(B) 1
(C)

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4
5
Q.D (B) M.A.D =
Q.D
5
4

37.
5
6
(C) M.A.D =
Q.D (D) M.A.D =
Q.D
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(D)

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2

The skewness of a distribution is indicated

by(A) cumulative frequency curve
(B) frequency polygon
(C) histogram
(D) ogive
A distribution has mean 8.5, median = 18.3
and mode = 7.5. The distribution is(A) Positively skewed
(B) Negatively skewed
(C) Symmetrical
(D) None of the above
A machine produces bolts which are N(4,
0.09), where measurements are in mm.
Bolts are measured accurately and any
which are smaller than 3.5 mm or bigger
than 4.4 mm are rejected. Out of a batch of
500 bolts how many would be acceptable?
[Given (1.33) = 0.90824 & (1.67) = 0.04746]
(A) 400
(B) 450
(C) 430
(D) 500
Kelly's coefficient of skewness is based on(A) deciles
(B) Quartiles
(C) Only deciles
(D) Both
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If X ~ B(20, 0.4), find P(6 X 10).

(A) 0.25
(B) 0.75
(C) 0.65
(D) 1
The first quartile is 95 and quartile
deviation is 10, then the third quartile is(A) 100
(B) 105
(C) 115
(D) 120
Examine the validity of the following
statement1 = 2, 2 = 4
(A) consistent
(B) inconsistent
(C) correct as 2 1
(D) correct as 1 0 & 2 1
The standard deviation of a distribution is
3. The distribution is leptokurtic if fourth
central moment is(A) more than 3
(B) more than 9
(C) more than 81
(D) more than 243
If the two lines of regression are x + 2y 22
= 0 and x 3y 12 = 0. The means of x and
y are-

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51.

(A) x = 2, y = 10
52.

(B) x = 4, y = 5
(C) x = 18, y = 2
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(C)
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two students are

(D) x = 5, y = 4
If X = 0.8, Y = 1.6 and cov(X, Y) = 0.16 the
coefficient of correlation between X & Y is(A)

1
2
1
8

If the rank correlation coefficient between

marks in Physics and Mathematics for a
group of student is 0.6 and the sum of
squares of the differences in rank is 66,
what is the number of students in the
group?
(A) 10
(B) 8
(C) 9
(D) 11
The limits of multiple correlation coefficient
R1.23 are(A) 0 to 1
(B) 1 to 1
(C) 1 to 0
(D) to +
The pearson's coefficient of correlation is
the root over of the(A) mean
(B) G.M.
(C) H.M.
(D) two regression coefficients
The strength (degree) of the correlation
between a set of independent variable X and
a dependent variable Y is
(A) Coefficient of correlation
(B) Coefficient of determination
(C) Standard error of estimate
(D) All of these
The probability of problem being solved by

(B)

(D)

of problem being solved is-

1
4
1
16

1
1
and . The probability
2
3

(A) 1

(B)

1
3

2
3

(D)

4
3

(C)
53.

If is the correlation coefficient between x

and y, then the correlation coefficient
between ax + b & y is(A) a + b
(B) a
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(C) a2
(D)
Let the coefficient of correlation be 0.6,
then the coefficient of determination is(A) 0.3
(B) 0.03
(C) 3.6
(D) 0.36
55.
For a leptokurtic frequency curve, the
measure of kurtosis is(A) 2 = 0
(B) 2 = 3
(C) 2 < 1
(D) 2 > 3
The two lines of regression become
identical when(A) r = 0
(B) r = 1
(C) r = 1
(D) r = 1
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(B) P[A B] P[A] + P[B] 1
(C) P[A B] = P[A] + P[B] 1
(D) None of the above
If A and B are independent events then
P( A / B ) is(A) 1 P(B)

(B) 1 P(A)

(C) 1 P(A/ B )
(D) 1 P( A /B)
From 30 tickets marked with first 30
numbers, one is drawn at random. Find the
chance that it is a multiple of 3 or 7?
(A)

1
3

(B)

11
30

(C)

13
30

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56.

In tossing a coin find the chance of

throwing head and tail alternatively in 3
successive trials?

63.

1
(A)
16

64.

(C)
57.

1
(B)
8

1
4

(D)

(C)
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(A) (x, y)

1
2

If a box contain 8 defective and 7 nondefective lamps. 10 lamps are drown at

random in succession without replacement.
Then what is the probability that 10th lamp
is the 8th defective?
1
(A)
325
2
305

12
(B)
325

(D)

65.

7
305

Which sampling adds flexibility to the

sampling process?
(A) Multistage sampling
(B) Stratified sampling
(C) Systematic sampling
(D) Simple random sampling
Random sampling implies(A) haphazard
(B) systematic
(C) probability sampling
(D) sampling with same probability for each
unit
The type of error that will creep into the
calculation of moments for continuous
frequency distribution is(A) Grouping error
(B) Standard error
(C) Non-sampling error
(D) Non-grouping error
20 books are distributed equally into the 5
shelves of a book case. By drawing a random
sample, 2nd book is selected randomly from
the 2nd self and then select 2nd book from
each shelf. Find the sampling scheme
which is used(A) cluster
(B) SRSWR
(C) Stratified
(D) Systematic
How many different samples of size can be
drawn from a population of size 15 without
replacement?
(A) 500
(B) 555
(C) 455
(D) 1050

The line of regression intersect at the point

66.

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(C) (0, 0)
(D) (1, 1)
A company has a total of 360 employees in
four different categoriesManagers
36
Drivers
60
Administrative Staff 84
Production Staff
180
How many from each category should be
included in a stratified random sample of
size 30?
(A) 2, 6, 8, 14
(B) 3, 5, 7, 15
(C) 1, 9, 10, 10
(D) 3, 6, 8, 15
A farmer owns 200 Jersey cows and 300
Friesians. How many of each breed of cow
should he included in stratified random
sample of 50 for a survey of milk quality?
(A) 20, 30
(B) 10, 20
(C) 25, 25
(D) 15, 35
If we took the 500 people attending a school
in New York City, dividing them by gender
and then took a random sample of the males
and a random sample of the females, the
var iable which we would divide the
population is called(A) dependent variable
(B) independent variable
(C) sampling variable
(D) stratification variable
A frequency distribution or probability
distribution of all possible values of sample
means for a sample size of 200 is the(A) sample distribution
(B) population distribution
(C) sampling distribution
(D) standard normal distribution
An experiment is done with six different
treatments. The treatments had different
numbers of replications as follows:Treatment A1
3
Treatment S38
3
Treatment G9
5
Treatment A2
6
Treatment GH
4
Control
8
What are the error degree of freedom.
(A) 20
(B) 23
(C) 29
(D) 28
In ANOVA, if we wish to investigate the
difference among five means, it is good
procedure to perform a t-test on each pair
of means.
(A) True
(B) False
(C) Nothing can be said
(D) None of these
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75.

76.

Which one of the following is not correct in

respect to stratified sampling?
(A) It is convenient
(B) It provides the most efficient estimates
(C) Samples are drawn independently from
each stratum
(D) It enables us to gather information
about different stratum seperately
Measures of association is usually deal
with(A) Attributes
(B) Quantitative factors
(C) Variables
(D) None of these
In case of two attributes A and B the class
frequency (AB) = 0 the value of Q is(A) 0
(B) 1
(C) 1
(D) 1 Q 1
From the given data of 1482 persons in a
locality, exposed to small pox, 368 in all were
attacked, among the 1482 persons 343 had
been vaccinated among these only 35 were
attacked. Vaccination can be regarded as a
preventive measure of small pox.
(A) True
(B) False
(C) cannot be determine
(D) None of these
Test the consistency of the following data,
N = 1000, (A) = 600, (B) = 500, (AB) = 500
(A) Consistent
(B) Inconsistent
(C) Cannot determine
(D) None of these
Prosperity, Recession and depression in a
business is an example of(A) Irregular Trend
(B) Secular Trend
(C) Seasonal Trend
(D) Cyclical Trend
If f(x) is the probability density function of a
normal distribution the

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82.

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84.

85.

f (x )dx is

(A) +1
(B) 2
(C) -1
(D) 1/2
Total number of components in time series
data is(A) 3
(B) 4
(C) 6
(D) 5
Graph of time series is called(A) Trend
(B) Histogram
(C) Historigram
(D) Line graph

86.

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In moving average method we cannot find

trend values of some(A) Starting periods
(B) End periods
(C) Both
(D) None of these
The general decline in sales of cotton
clothes attached to the component of the
time series(A) Secular trend
(B) Cyclical variation
(C) Seasonal variation
(D) All the above
Purchasing power of money is estimated by
the formula(A) Price index 100
(B)

100
Price index

(C)

Price index
100

(D)

Money income
100
consumer price index

In a symmetric distribution observations

covered in the interval x 3 are(A) 99.475%
(B) 99.65%
(C) 99.73%
(D) 95%
If the new series is connected with the old
series, then IInd is known as(A) base shifting
(B) backward splicing
(C) forward splicing
(D) all the above
If we have 4 rows and 5 columns in a twoway analysis of variance, then the number
of degree of freedom for error will be(A) 10
(B) 20
(C) 12
(D) 15
If the variance of possion distribution is 2,
then the value of P(X > 1)
(A) 1- e
(B) e
(C) e 1/3
(D) e 1
In a sample of 500 people in Delhi, 280 are
tea drinker and the rest are coffee drinker.
At what value the null hypothesis should
be rejected at 1% level?
(A) 2.57
(B) 2.6833
(C) 2.25
(D) 2.0
In a normal distribution 31% of the items
are under 45 and 8% are above 64. Then
find the value of standard deviation?
(A) 9.99
(B) 9.46
(C) 7.86
(D) 8.96
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94.

The price index as t he A. M. of the

Laspeyre's and Paasche's indices is(A) Kelly
(B) Marshall-Edgeworth
(C) Drobish-Bowley
(D) Fisher's
Deflation of index numbers is meant for
calculating(A) real wages
(B) money income index
(C) real income index
(D) all of these
If Laspeyre's price index is 144 & Paasche's
price index is 121, then Fisher's ideal index
is(A) 132
(B) 130
(C) 154
(D) None of these
Fisher's ideal formula does not satisfy the(A) time reversal test
(B) factor reversal test
(C) unit test
(D) circular test
Test of hypothesis H0 : = 70 is H1 : > 70
leads to(A) time tailed test
(B) one sided left tailed test
(C) one sided right tailed test
(D) none of these
The conditions for the factor reversal test
to be satisfied with usual notations is(A) P01 Q01 V01
(B)

P01 Q01
=1
V01

(C)

P01 Q01
1=0
V01

95.

96.

An index number is a special type of

(A) G.M
(B) Fisher's index number
(C) An average
(D) None of these
Find the MLE for the parameter of a
poisson distribution on the basis of a sample
size n.
2

(A)

97.

2
(B)
n

(C) xi
(D) x
Value of 1 for Chi-square distribution is(A)

8
n

(B) 3 +

12
n

98.

12
18
(D)
+3
n
n
Cauchy distribution does not exist finite
moments of order greater than or equal to(A) 0
(B) 1
(C) 2
(D) 4

99.

Fo
For the following data : F1

(C) 3

5
3

2
4

the x value is
(A)

4
3

(B) 4

3
7
(D)
2
3
100. A necessary condition for using tdistribution is(A) small sample size
(B) unknown population standard deviation
(C) both
(D) none of these

(C)

(D) None of these

In two way ANOVA with one observation per
cell, there are 3 row factors and 4 column
factors. Suppose sum of squares due to row
factor (SSR) is 3, sum of square due to
column factor (SSC) is 66, total sum of
squares (TSS) is 72, then the mean sum of
square due to error (MSE) is(A) 3
(B) 6
(C) 12

(D)

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