Subject: STATS

TEST

Marks: 50

1. Shoe size of most of the people in India is No.8. which measure of central value does it
represent/
a. Mean
b.Second quartile c.Eight decile
d.Mode
2. If H.M of a data is A.M of number 4 and 6. G.M is double the H.M. calculate the A.M of
the data in which observations are in arithmetic progression.
a. 20
b.50
c.5
d.2
3. For a data set G.M is 10 then A.M will be
a. 8
b.9
c.12
d.7
4. If an organisation wants to give more importance to marks obtained in personal interview
than the marks obtained in group discussion and written test then the best method is
a. Simple average b.weighted average
c.combined average
d.None
5. 55% of observations are more than a value A in a give data set. What is A?
a. P45
b.P55
c.0.55
d.None
6. What is the lower limit of the central 50% of observations in a data set?
a. Q3
b.P25
c.P75
d.M
7. The average wage of 100 workers of two shifts is Rs.284. the average wage of 70 workers
of the first shift is Rs.290. what is the ratio of average wage of the workers of second shift
to that of average wage of total workers?
a. 145:142 b.142:145
c.142:135
d.135:142
8. The median of the observations x-12,x-9,x-7,x-5,x+1,x+3,x+10,x+15,x+20,x+23 arranged
in ascending order is 22. find Q1.
a. 12.5
b.20
c.15
d.data insufficient
9. In a factory there are 60percent labourers, 30 percent scribes and 10percent executives. On
average, the salary of a labourer is Rs.1600 per month greater than a scribe Rs.3000 per
month and that of an executive Rs.8000 per month. The average salary of employees in
the factory is
a. Rs.4200p.m
b.Rs.1166p.m
c.Rs.2660p.m
d.None
10. Find the weighted H.M of first n natural numbers, the weights being equal to the
corresponding numbers
a. 2/n+1
b.n+1/2
c.2n+1/3
d.3/2n+1
1

11. Find median for the following data: 4 2

,5 4

,3 8 ,7 5

,9.42,7.25,10 6 , 6.24

a. 4.69
b.6.745
c.9.015
d.6.5
12. If each observation of a set is divided by 10, the S.D of the new observations is
a.

1
10

th of S.D of original observation

b. 100 th of S.D of original observation

c.Not changed
d.10times of S.D of original observation
13. An empirical relation between standard deviation, mean deviation about mean and quartile
deviation is
a. 4S.D=6M.D=5Q.D
b. 4S.D=5M.D=6Q.D
c. 6S.D=5M.D=4Q.D
d. 5S.D=46M.D=6Q.D
14. If quartile deviation of a series is 60, the mean deviation of this series is
a. 72
b.48
c.50
d.75
15. The average of the sum of squares of the deviation about mean is called
a. Variance b.absolute deviation
c.standard deviation d.Mean deviation
16. The variance of first n even natural number is

a. n2 -1/6
b. n2 -1/4
c. n2 -1/12
d. n2 -1/3
17. Mean and SD of 10 observations are 80 and 4 respectively. Find sum of squares of
a. 64160
b.680
c.46,4
d.None
18. The data regarding two factories are collected. Which factory has better consistent salary
structure?
Factory

No.of employees Avg.monthly salary

100

2500

S.D.of
salary
200

120

2800

250

month

a. A
b.B
c.both A &B
d.None
19. Find mean deviation from median for 5,5,5,5,5
a. 0
b.5
c.1
d.None
20. The S.D of first n odd natural numbers is 2

2
3 , find n

a. 4
b.3
c.2
d.None
21. If 2C.V. = 7 x and 2s=7 x , find x
a. 100
b.1
c.3.5
d.None
22. If Z=22,M=34,coefficient of variation is 25%, find variance.
a. 10
b.15.5
c.240.25
d.none
23. The deviation taken from the mean are -12,-6,0,8,10. Calculate the mean deviation from
mean
a. 7.2
b.0
c.68.8
d.8.29
24. For a data having two observations, standard deviation is 4, then range is
a. 8
b.2
c.1
d.None
25. If sum, sum of deviations(ignoring signs) sum of squares of deviations from mean for 10
observations is 590,216 and 6488 respectively then coefficient of mean deviation is
a. 0.37
b.11
c.3
d.216
26. The probability can be broadly divided into branch namely
a. Subjective and objective probability
b.statistical and mathematical probability
c.Deduction and non-deduction probability
d.None
27. Classical probability is also known as
a. Laplaces probability
b.mathematical probability
c.A priori probability
d.All of the above
28. The limiting relative frequency approach of probability is known as
a. Statistical probability
b.Classical probability
c. mathematical probability
d. All of the above
29. The probability of intersection of two mutually exclusive events is always
a. Infinity
b.zero
c.one
d.None
30. A and B are two non-exclusive events such that P(A)+P(B)-P(AandB)=P(A) then
a. P(B/A)=1
b.P(B/A)=1
c.P(A/B1)=1
d.P(B/A)=0
31. If events A and B are independent and equally likely events and P(A and B)=p then P(B)
..
a.

b.0

c.p2

d.p

32. If a:b are the odds against an occurrence of an event, then the probability that event is
a. b/a+b
b.a/a+b
c.b/a
d.a/b
33. if event A and B are independent and P(A)=2/3,P(B)=3/5 then P(AUB) is equal to
a. 13/15
b.6/15
c.1/15
d.None
34. A bag contains 6white and 5black balls. One ball is drawn. The probability that it is white

a. 5/11
b.1
c.6/11
d.1/11

35. P(AUB)=0.56,P(A
B)=0.15 then P(A)+P(B)=
a. 0.6
b.0.8
c.1.29
d.0.71
36. A bag contains 3white,4black,5red balls. Three balls are drawn of random from the bag.
What is the probability that they are of different colours
a. 1/22
b.1/220
c.3/11
d.None
37. A coin and a die are thrown simultaneously, the probability of obtaining head on a coin
and number greater than 4 on the dice is
a. 2/6
b.1/6
c.1/3
d.None
38. A wallet contains 6notes of Rs.100, 4 notes of Rs.50, 2notes of Rs.10. if 3 notes are
selected randomly from the wallet find the probability that no note of Rs.100 is selected
a. 1/11
b.1/55
c.12/55
d.None
39. A box contains 4black and 2white marbles. Four marbles are drawn one after the other
without replacement. Find the probability that all of white colour
a. 1/15
b.1/81
c.1
d.0
40. Three cards are selected one by one with replacement from a pack of 52 cards. What is the
probability that all are aces?
a. 1/5746
b.1/2197
c.3/4
d.None
41. For three events A,B,C if P(A and B)=0.2, P(A and C)=0.30 and P(B/A)+P(C/A)=1 then
P(A) =
a. 0.16
b.0.20
c.0.36
d.0.50
42. The personnel department of a company has records which shows the following analysis
of its 200 engines
Age (in years)
Bachelors degree
Masters degree
Under 30
90
10
30 to 40
20
30
Over 40
40
10
If an engineer is selected at random from the company, what is the probability that he
is under 30 years given that he has only one bachelors degree?
a. 0.30
b.0.60
c.0.45
d.0.50
43. If one ticket is drawn at random from a bag containing 20tickets numbered 1 to 20. The
probability that it is multiple of 5 or 7 is
a. 1/10
b.3/10
c.7/20
d.1/20
44. A box contains 4red and 3 green balls. Another box contains 2red and 1 green. A ball is
selected at random from each bag. Find the probability that both are of different colour
a. 4/21
b.6/21
c.10/21
d.1/3
45. If 8 balls are distributed at random among three boxes, what is the probability that the first
box would contain 3 balls?
a. 1792/6561
b.56/6561
c.32/6561
d.None
46. If a and b are constants, then V(aX+b)=
a. a V(X)
b.a2 V(X)
c.a2 V(X)+c
d.None
47. A die is tossed twice. If it shows the same number on two dice, Ramesh gets Rs.100
otherwise he losses Rs.5. what is his expectation?
a. 12.5
b.20.83
c.47.5
d.None
48. The expected value of X, the sum of the scores, when two dice are rolled is
a. 9
b.8
c.6
d.7
49. If two letters are taken at random from the word HOME, what is the probability that none
of the letters would be vowels?
a. 1/6
b.1/2
c.1/3
d.1/4
50. The probability of getting sum of numbers at the most 5 when three dice are thrown is
a. 5/108
b.103/108
c.5/18
d.None