MCQ of Maths Complete

CMA Foundation Maths
CHAPTER - 1
ARITHMETIC
OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS OF JUNE 2013
1. If x : y = 3 : 4, y : z = 5 : 6 and z : w = 7 : 8, then x: y : z : w is
(a) 3:5:7:8 (b) 3:4:6:8 (c) 105: 140: 168: 192 (d) 3:4:24:192 (1 mark)
Answer : (c)
2. The average monthly consumption of petrol for a car for 12 months is 160 litre, if the average monthly
consumption for first 8 months is 145 litre, then the average monthly consumption of petrol for the last
4 months is
(a) 190 litre (b) 165 litre (c) 180 litre (d) 175 litre (1 mark)
Answer : (a)
3. If 9 men working 10 hours daily can complete a job in 10 days, then 15 men working 6 hours daily shall
complete same job in
(a) 6 days (b) 8 days (c) 10 days (d) none of the above (1 mark)
Answer : (c)
4. In 25 years at 8% p.a. simple interest, a sum becomes Rs. 4,629. The amount of sum is
(a) Rs. 1,534 (b) Rs. 1,453 (c) Rs. 1,435 (d) Rs. 1,543 (1 mark)
Answer : (d)
5. A quantity p varies directly as t and another quantity q varies inversely as t. When t = 2, p + q = 1 and
when t = 3, p + q = 8.When t = 4, p + q =
(a) 8.5 (b) 9 (c) 9.5 (d) 8 (1 mark)
Answer : (c)
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS OF SEPTEMBER 2014
1. The monthly salaries of two persons are in the ratio of 3:5. If each receives an increase of Rs. 20 in
salary, the ratio is altered to 13:21. Find the respective salaries
(a) Rs. 300, Rs. 500 (b) Rs. 130, Rs. 210
(c) Rs. 240, Rs. 400 (d) Rs. 400, Rs. 240 (1 mark)
Answer : (c)
2. If the two numbers 20 and x+2 are in the ratio of 2:3; Find x
(a) 14 (b) 28 (c) 32 (d) 29 (1 mark)
Answer : (b)
3. The simple interest on a sum of money of the end of 8 years is th of the sum itself. Find the rate
percent p.a.
(a) 15% (b) 5% (c) 20% (d) 10% (1 mark)
Answer : (b)
4. In what time will be the S.I. on Rs. 900 at 6% be equal to S.I. on Rs. 540 for 8 years at 5%.
(a) 4 years (b) 10 years (c) 8 years (d) 6 years (1 mark)
Answer : (a)
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5. The fourth term and seventh term of G.P. are 24 and 192 respectively. Find the sum of its first 10
terms.
(a) 2,192 (b) 3,069 (c) 9,063 (d) 192 (1 mark)
Answer : (b)
6. If the sum of first n terms of the series 5, 9, 13, 17, ---------- is 275, then find n.
(a) n = 17 (b) n = 9 (c) n = 11 (d) n = 5 (1 mark)
Answer : (c)
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS OF DECEMBER 2014
1. What must be subtracted from each of the numbers 17, 25, 31, 47 so that the remainders may be in
proportion.
(a) 12 (b) 6 (c) 9 (d) 3 (1 mark)
Answer : (d)
2. The ratios of 200 gm to 2 kg. is:
(a) 100:1 (b) 10:1 (c) 1:1 (d) 1:10 (1 mark)
Answer : (d)
3. If the 5th and 11th terms of an A.P. be 41 and 20, then find its first term and the sum of first 11 terms.
(a) 65, 410.5 (b) 55,412.5 (c) 50,412.5 (d) 53,400.5 (1 mark)
Answer : (b)
4. If a,b,c be the pth, qth and rth term of an A. P. then a(q - r)+ b(r - p)+ c (p - q) equals:
(a) a (b) 0 (c) b (d) c (1 mark)
Answer : (b)
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS OF MARCH 2015
1. The Ratio of 5kg 55gm to 35kg 50gm:
(a) 5:7 (b) 1,011:7,010 (c) 111:710 (d) None of these (1 mark)
Answer : (b)
2. If A:B = 3.4, B:C = 2:5 then A:B:C:
(a) 3:4:5 (b) 3:4:10 (c) 4:3:10 (d) 3:4:8 (1 mark)
Answer : (b)
3. Gulshan Kumar borrows Rs. 300 at 5% and Rs. 450 at 6% at the same time and on the condition that
the whole loan will be repaid when the total interest amounts to Rs. 126. The loan will have to be
repaid after how many years:
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5 (1 mark)
Answer : (b)

4. To find out the total compound interest accrued on a sum of money after 5 years, which of the
following information given in the statements P and Q will be sufficient?
P: The sum was Rs. 20,000
Q: The total amount of simple interest on the sum after 5 years was Rs. 4,000.
(a) Only P is sufficient (b) Only Q is sufficient
(c) Either P or Q is sufficient (d) Both P & Q are needed. (1 mark)
Answer : (c)
5. If then is equal to:
(a) 5/4 (b) 4/5 (c) 3 (d) None of these. (1 mark)

Answer : (a)
1. If A : B = 2 : 3, B : C = 4 : 5, then A : C =
(a) 6 : 7 (b) 7 : 6 (c) 8:15 (d) 15:8 (1 mark)
Answer : (c)
2. The ratio of two numbers is 11 : 15. The sum of 3 times the first number and twice the second number
is 630. The H.C.F. of the number is:
(a) 10 (b) 12 (c) 15 (d) None of these. (1 mark)
Answer : (a)
3. If a1/3 + b1/3 + c1/3 = 0, then (a + b + c)3:
(a) 3 abc (b) 27 abc (c) -27 abc (d) None of these. (1 mark)
Answer : (b)
4. The simple interest on Rs. 10 for 4 months at the rate of 3 paise per rupee per month is:
(a) Rs. 1.20 (b) Rs. 12 (c) Rs. 120 (d) Rs. 1,200 (1 mark)
Answer : (a)
1. A sum of money doubles itself in 10 years. The number of years it would triples itself is
(a) 25 years (b) 15 years (c) 20 years (d) 10 years (1 mark)
Answer : (c)
2. The fourth proportional of Rs. 5, Rs. 3.50, 150 gm is:
(a) 100 gm (b) 105 gm (c) 125 gm (d) None of these. (1 mark)
Answer : (b)
3. If 2A = 3B = 4C, then A : B : C is :
(a) 2 : 3 : 4 (b) 4 : 3 : 2 (c) 6 : 4 : 3 (d) 3 : 4 : 6. (1 mark)
Answer : (c)
4. A person borrowed Rs. 500 at the rate of 5% per annum S.I. what amount will he pay to clear the debt
after 4 years?
(a) Rs. 200 (b) Rs. 550 (c) Rs. 600 (d) Rs. 700 (1 mark)
Answer : (c)

5. A sum of money at compound interest amounts to thrice itself in 3 years.
In how many years will it be 9 times itself in?
(a) 12 (b) 9 (c) 6 (d) 8 (1 mark)
Answer : (c)
6. If x varies inversely with y and if y = 3, then x = 8. The value of y when x = 2 are :
Answer : (c)
1. The C.I. on Rs. 40,000 at 10% p.a. for 1 year when the interest is payable quarterly is:
(a) Rs. 4,000 (b) Rs. 4,100 (c) Rs. 4,152.51 (d) None of these (1 mark)
Answer : (c)
2. lf A:B = 2:3 B:C = 4:5 then A:C
(a) 6:7 (b) 7:6 (c) 8 : 15 (d) 15 : 8 (1 mark)
Answer : (c)
3. The third proportional of 1 hour 20 minutes 1 hour 40 minutes is:
(a) 1 hours 50 minutes (b) 2 hours
(c) 2 hours 5 minutes (d) 2 hours 25 minutes (1 mark)
Answer : (c)
4. If 15% of x is the same as 20% of y, then x : y is
(a) 3 : 4 (b) 4 : 3 (c) 17:16 (d) 16:17 (1 mark)
Answer : (b)
5. A fraction which bears the same ratio to that does to is:
(a) (b) 55 (c) (d) 14 (1 mark)

Answer : (a)
6. The simple interest on Rs. 10 for 4 months at the rate of 3 paise per rupee per months is:
(a) Rs. 1.20 (b) Rs. 12 (c) Rs. 120 (d) Rs. 1,200 (1 mark)
Answer : (a)
7. To find out the total compound interest accrued on a sum of money after 5 years, which of the
following information given in the statements P and Q will be sufficient?
P: The sum was Rs. 20,000.
Q: The total amount of simple interest on the sum after 5 year was Rs. 4,000.
(a) Only P is sufficient (b) Only Q is sufficient
(c) Either P or Q is sufficient (d) Both P & Q is necessary. (1 mark)
Answer : (d)
8. The fourth term and seventh term of G.P. are 24 and 192 respectively. Find the sum of its first 1 o
terms.
(a) 2,192 (b) 3,069 (c) 9,063 (d) 192 (1 mark)
Answer : (b)
9. If , then a ……….
(a) x4 (b) (c) (d) None of these (1 mark)
Answer : (b)
10. If x2 yz, y2 zx, z2 xy, then the product of three constant of variation is:
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) xyz (1 mark)
Answer : (b)
1. If A:B = 2:3, B:C = 4:5, then A:C =
(a) 6:7 (b) 7:6 (c) 8:15 (d) 15:8 (1 mark)
Answer : (c)
2. The inverse ratio of 1 : 2 is
(a) 32:45 (b) 45:32 (c) 18:5 (d) 5:18 (1 mark)
Answer : (c)
3. The ratio : 2 is:
(a) Ratio of lesser inequality (b) Ratio of greater inequality
(c) 20:9 (d) 5:27 (1 mark)
Answer : (a)
4. The ratio of 5kg. 55gm. to 35kg. 50gm.:
(a) 5:7 (b) 1,011:7010 (c) 111:710 (d) None of these (1 mark)
Answer : (b)
5. The ratio is 1 year 6 months : 2 years : 2 years 6 months:
(a) 3:4:5 (b) 2:3:5 (c) 2:4:5 (d) None of these (1 mark)
Answer : (a)
6.
(a) 2:3 (b) 3:2 (c) 5:1 (d) 1:5 (1 mark)

Answer : (c)
7. The mean proportional of 4X and 16X3 is __________.
(a) 10 × 2 (b) 12 × 2 (c) 8 × 2 (d) 64 × 4 (1 mark)
Answer : (c)
8. If .
the value of x is:
(a) 1.5 (b) 2 (c) 2.5 (d) 3.5 (1 mark)
Answer : (c)
9. If then is equal to:3 4 7 c
(a) 7 (b) 2 (c) (d) (1 mark)

Answer : (b)
10. The total number of factors of 210 (excluding 1 and 210) is __________.

(a) 14 (b) 16 (c) 18 (d) 20 (1 mark)
Answer : (a)
11. If then is equal to;
(a) 5/4 (b) 4/5 (c) 3 (d) None of these (1 mark)

Answer : (a)
1. The fourth proportional of 0.2, 0.12 and 0.3 is:
(a) 0.13 (b) 0.15 (c) 0.18 (d) 0.8 (1 mark)
Answer : (c)
2. The third proportional to (x2 - y2) and (x - y) is:
(a) (b) (c) x + y (d) (x - y) (1 mark)
Answer : (b)
3. A fraction which bears the same ratio to that does to is:
(a) (b) 55 (c) (d) (1 mark)

Answer : (a)
4. The mean proportional between and 13 ís:
(a) (b)
(c) (d) None of these (1 mark)
Answer : (b)
5. A fraction which bears the same ratio to and does to is:
(a) (b) 55 (c) (d) (1 mark)

Answer : (a)
3. Choose the correct answer :
(a) If , then x : y is equal to
(i) 3:2 (ii) 2:3 (iii) 5:6 (iv) 6:5 (1 mark)
Answer : (ii) 2 : 3
(b) If x y and when x = 5, y = 5 then the value of x when y = 10 is
(i) 100 (ii) 0 (iii) 1 (iv) 10 (1 mark)
Answer : (iv) 10

(i) Three numbers are in the ratio 5: 7:12 and the sum of the first and third numbers is greater than the
second by 50. The sum of the three numbers is
(a) 130 (b) 120 (c) 128 (d) 125 (2 marks)
Answer : (b) 120
(ii) In a certain time Rs. 1,400 becomes Rs. 1,848 at 8% p.a. simple interest. When Rs. 2,100 will become
Rs. 2,604 at the same time, the rate of interest is
(a) 8.2% (b) 7% (c) 10% (d) 6% (2 marks)
Answer : (d) 6%
(iii) The year by which a sum of rupees would be 1.21 times of itself at 10% per annum C.I. is
(a) 2 years (b) 3 years (c) 3.5 years (d) 2.5 years (2 marks)
Answer : (a) 2 years
(vi) Which term 128 is, of the progression 1, 2, 4, 8 ?
(a) 8th term (b) 7,th term (c) 9th term (d) 10th term (2 marks)
th
Answer : (a) 8 term
(viii) y = A + B where A and B vary directly and inversely respectively with x; x = 1 when y = 11 and x = 2
when y = 13. The value of y when x = 3 is
(a) 15 (b) 17 (c) 19 (d) 20 (2 marks)
Answer : (b) 17
2. State whether the following statement is True or False:
(i) 1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + ………. + (2n - 1) = n2. (1 mark)
Answer : (i) True
1. Choose the correct answer:
(i) The mean proportional between 9 and 25 is
(a) 17 (b) 15 (c) 225 (d) 16 (2 marks)
Answer : (b) 15
(ii) p varies inversely as q. If p = 2 then q = 3. Find p if q = 2.
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1 (d) 0 (2 marks)
Answer : (a) 3
(iii) A person deposits Rs. 2,000 at 6% p.a. simple interest for 3 years. The amount he will get
back after 3 years is
(a) Rs. 2,300 (b) Rs. 2,400 (c) Rs. 2,360 (d) Rs. 2,350 (2 marks)
Answer : (c) Rs. 2,360
(iv) Find the 10th term of the A. P. 3, 6, 9,12, 15,..........
(a) 20 (b) 25 (c) 23 (d) 30 (2 marks)
Answer : (d) 30

(v) The product of 3 terms in a G.P. is 125. The middle term is
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6 (2 marks)
Answer : (c) 5
2. State whether the following statements are True or False:
(iii) The series 1,11,111,1111, ………. is an AP series.
(iv) The 7th term of the progression 3, - 9, 27,....is 2187.
(vi) The true discount on a bill of Rs. 1,040 due for 6 months at 8% p.a. is Rs. 40.
(1x3 = 3 marks)
Answer :
(iii) False (iv) True (vi) True.

(i) The ratio of work done by (x + 2) men in (x - 2) days to that of (x-1)men in (x + 1) days is 4 : 5, the value
of x is
(a) ±4 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 8 (2 marks)
Answer : (c) 4
(ii) The mean proportional between 2 and 8 is
(a) 4 (b) 16 (c) 3 (d) 1 (2 marks)
Answer : (a) 4
(iii) The simple interest (SI) on Rs. 100 at the rate of 5% p.a. for 5 years is
(a) Rs. 10 (b) Rs. 5 (c) Rs.1 (d) Rs. 25 (2 marks)
Answer : (d) Rs. 25
(iv) The 7th term o. the Arithmetic Progression (AP) 7,10,13,16,..........is
(a) 28 (b) 22 (c) 25 (d) 20 (2 marks)
Answer : (c) 25
(iv) The geometric mean of 3 and is -1. (1 mark)
Answer : (iv) False
(i) If = = , then the value of is

(a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 7 (d) 14 (2 marks)
Answer : (b) 2
(ii) If p varies directly as q and if q = 2 then p = 4. If p = 2, the value of q is
(a) 1.5 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 3 (2 marks)
Answer : (c) 1

(iii) A man deposited d sum of money to a bank at 9% simple interest p.a. The total interest that he will get
at the end of 5 years is Rs. 1,620. The deposited,amount is
(a) Rs. 6,000 (b) Rs. 4,000 (c) Rs. 3,600 (d) Rs. 4’400 (2 marks)
Answer : (c) Rs. 3,600
(iv) The mean proportional between 4 and 16 is
(a) 8 (b) 10 (c) 9 (d) ±8 (2 marks)
Answer : (d) ± 8
(v) The 6,h term of an A.P. 2, 5, 8 .......... is
(a) 18 (b) 16 (c) 17 (d) 19 (2 marks)
Answer : (c) 17
(vi) The 7th term of the series 16, 8, 4, 2 is
(a) (b) (c) (d) (2 marks)
Answer : (b)

(i) Some money is distributed between Amal and Ashoke in the ratio 3 : 5.
If Amal receives Rs. 72, then Ashoke receives Rs. 108. (1 mark)
(iii) Speed (s) is inversely proportional to time (t). Then st = constant. (1 mark)
Answer : (i) False (iii) True
QUESTIONS OF JUNE 2019
(i) Six years before the ratio of the ages of two sisters Mitali and Sonali is 2 : 3. If the present age of Mitali
is 30 years, then the present age of Sonali is
(a) 28 years (b) 42 years (c) 36 years (d) 48 years (2 marks)
(ii) If l is the simple interest, R is the rate % p.a., Tis the time period, P being the principal, then l is
expressed as
(a) l = 100 (PRT) (b) l = (c) l = (d) l = PRT (2 marks)
(iii) Find the compound interest on Rs. 4,000 for 2 years at 5% p.a.
(a) Rs. 400 (b) Rs. 405 (c) Rs. 415 (d) Rs. 410 (2 marks)
(v) If p varies inversely as q, it is written as
(a) p α (b) q α (c) p2 α q2 (d) α (2 marks)
2. State whether the following statements are True or False: (iv) The sum of first 6 terms of the arithmetic
progression (A.P.) 6, 4, 2, 0, .......... is 12. (1 mark)
(vi) The geometric mean of two quantities p and q is pq. (1 mark)

STUDY MATERIAL
Multiple choice questions
1. If A:B = 2:3, B:C = 4:5, then A:C =
(a) 6:7 (b) 7:6 (c) 8:15 (d) 15:8
2. The inverse ration of 1f :2j is
(a) 32:45 (b) 45:32 (c) 18:5 (d) 5:18
3. The ratio of 10 meters to ? 15
(a) The ratio can not be determined (b) 2:3
(c) 3:2 (d) 5:10
4. If twice of money of A = 5 times of money of B, then the ratio of money of A to that of B
(a) 2:5 (b)15:25 (c)12:30 (d) 5:2
5. The ratio is
(a) ration of lesser in equality (b) ratio of greater inequality
(c) 20:9 (d) 5:27
6. The ratio of present age of jadu to that of madhu is 4:5. If the present age of madhu is 30 years, then the
present age of jadu is:
(a) 20 years (b) 25 years (c) 24 years (d) 35 year
7. The ratio of 5 kg 55 gm to 35 kg 50 gm:
(a) 5:7 (b) 1,011:7,010 (c) 111:710 (d) none of these
8. The ration 1 year 6 month : 2 years : 2 year 6 months
(a) 3:4:5 (b) 2:3:5 (c) 2:4:5 (d) none of these
9. If \ of money of A = j rd money of B =-£ of money of C, then the continued ratio of money of A, B and C
(a) 2:3:4 (b) 6:4:3 (c) 4:3:2 (d) 3:2:1
10. Some money is distributed between A and B in the ratio 2:3. If A receives ? 72, then B receives
(a) 90 (b) 144 (c) 108 (d) none of these
III. Fill in the blanks

11. Rs. 2530 is distributed between Ram and Hari such that Ram gets ^ part that Hari gets. Then hari
gets_
12. Some amount of money is distributed amount Ram, Mitra and shipra such that twice the money that
Rama gets = thrice the amount of money that Mitra gets = four times the amount of money that shipra gets.
Then the continued ratio of their money is ______________
13. In a map 2cm denotes a distance of 3 km., then the seale in the map is_________
14. The ratio of two numbers is 2:3. If 6 is subtracted from the second number then the number which is
subtracted from the first number so that the new ratio becomes the same as that of the previous, is_
15. The sub-duplicate ratio of 49:81 is ________
16.( : ---------------
17. The compound ratio of 1.2:2.5, 2.1:3.2 and 5:3 is :_
18. If A:B = 3:4, B:C = 2:5, then A:B:C:_
19. Two numbers are in the ratio is 5:8 and if 6 be subtracted from each of them then the reminders are in
the ratio 1:2, then the numbers are_

20. If3,x,27 are in continued proportion then x=_
IV. State whether the following statements are true or false

21. If 3x+4y:5x-3y=5:3 then x:y = 27.16 ( )
22. The ratio of two numbers is 12:5. If antecedent is 45 then the consequent is 108 ( )
23. If the ration of two positive numbers is 4:5 and their L.C.M is 140 then the number are 35,45 ()
24. The compound ratio of sub- duplicate ratio and sub-triplicate ratio of 729:64 is 81:8 ( )
25. The ratio of two numbers is 11:15. The sum of 3 times the first number and twice the second numbers
is 630. The H.C.F of the numbers is 10 ( )
26. The mean proportional of 4x and 16x3 is 12x2 ( )
27. The third proportional of 1 hr 20 minutes, 1hr 40 minutes is 2 hrs. ( )
28. The fourth proportional of ? 5, ? 3.50, 150 gm is 125 gm ( )
29. If A:B = B:C = C:D = 5:6 then A:B:C:D = 125:150:180:216 ( )
30. If the first and third numbers of four positive number is continued proportion be 3 and 12 respectively
then fourth number is 36 ( )
V. (a) Match the following
Group A Group B
31. If 15% of x = 20% of y then x:y 2.1
32. If 7:x = 17.5:22.5 then x = 4:9
33. If o.4:1.4 = 1.4: x then x = (-) 6:4:3
34. The compounded ratio of 2:3, 6:11 and 11:2 4:3
35. If 2A = 3B = 4C then A:B:C: __ 9
(b) Match the following

Group A Group B
36. The third proportional to (x2-y2) and (x-y)_ 3:4:5
37. A fraction which bears the some ratio to that , does is
38. If then = 5:1
39. If ^ A = 4 B = ^ C then A:B:C is
40. The ratio of third proportional to -2 and 30 and the Mean proportional of 9 and 25 is _ 2
Answers
II. Multiple choice questions
I. c 2. B 3. A 4. D 5. A 6. C 7. B 8. A 9. A 10. C

II. Rs. 1320 12. 6:4:3 13. 1:1,50,000 14. 4 15. 7:9 16. 5:1 17. 21:40
18. 3:4:10 19. 15,24 20. ±9

IV. State whether the following statement are true (or) false
21. T 22. F 23. F 24. F 25. T 26. F
27. F 28. F 29. T 30. F
V. Match the following

(a) 31. (34) 32. (35) 33. (32) 34. (3-) 35. (33)
(b) 36. (39) 37. (36) 38. (40) 39. (37) 40. (38)
1. Choose the correct Answer

At what rate of Simple Interest will ? -000 amount to Rs. 200 in 2 years?
(a) 8% (b) -0% (c) 9% (d) 7/%
2. In what time will Rs. 2000 amount to Rs. 2600 at 5% S.I ?
(a) -0 (b) 9 (c) 7 (d) 6 yrs
3. At what rate p.a S.I, will a sum of money double itself in 25 yrs?
(a) 4% (b) 3% (c) 5% (d) 6%
4. What sum of money will amount to Rs. 5200 in 6 yrs at the same rate of interest at which Rs. 1706
amount to Rs. 3412 in 20 yrs.
(a) 3900 (b) 4000 (c) 4400 (d) 3800
5. A sum of money becomes double in 20 yrs at S.I. in how many years will it be triple_
(a) 40 (b) 35 (c) 38 (d) 42
II. Fill in the blanks

6. A certain sum of money at S.I amounts to Rs. 500 in 3 years and to Rs. 600 in 5 yrs then the principal is
____
7. In_time will be the Simple interest on Rs. 900 at 6% be equal to S.I on Rs. 540 for 8 yrs at 5%
8. Due to fall in the rate of interest from 12% to 10 ½% p.a money lender's yearly income diminished by Rs.
90 the capital_
9. A sum was put at S.I at a certain rate for 2 years. Had it been put at 2% higher rate, it would have fetched
Rs. 100 more the sum is_
10. At ____ rate percent will be Simple interest be equal to principal amount in 10 yrs.
III. State whether the following statement are true (or) false
11. A sum of money amounts to Rs. 720 in 2 years and Rs. 783 in 3 years the rate of interest is 12% ( )
12. The SA.I at x% for x years will be Rs. X on a sum of x ( )
13. The S.I on a sum of money at 8% p.a for 6years is half the sum. The sum is Rs. 640 ( )
14. If the interest on Rs. 1200 more than the interest on Rs. 1000 by Rs. 50 in 3years the rate of interest is
8 1/3% ( )
15. The rate of S.I p.a a sum of money grows to one and a half times itself in 8 yrs is 6/% ( )
IV. Answer the following in one (or) two steps

16. If the amount of Rs. 500 in three years is Rs. 575, what will be the amount of Rs. 700 in 5 years Rs. 17.
17. A certain sum of money becomes there times in 12 yrs by S.I. The rate of interest?

KEY
I. 1. B 2. D 3. A 4. B 5.a

6. Rs. 500 7. 4 8. Rs. 6000 9. Rs. 11000 10. 10%
III. True or false

11. T 12. F 13. T 14. T 15. T
IV. 16. 875 17.1-62/3%
I Choose the correct Answer

1. The compound interest on Rs. 500 for 2 years at -0% p.a
(a) 100 (b) 105 (c) 110 (d)1-20
2. Compound interest on Rs. 1000 at 8% p.a compound interest half yearly for 2 years.
(a)1-69.90 (b)196.60 (c) 175.10 (d) 199.40
3. An amount of money lent at C.I amounts to Rs. 1323 is 2 years at 5% C.I. The sum is_
(a)11-00 (b) 1300 (c) 1000 (d) 1200
4. What will Rs. 6250 amount to at C.I for 3years at 4% when C.I is reckoned yearly?
(a) 7020.20 (b) 7030.40 (c) 7100 (d) 6990.90
5. Compute C.I on Rs. 2500 for 1 year at 12% compounded six monthly
(a) 309 (b) 390 (c) 300 (d) 290
II. Fill in the blank

6. I lent Rs. 4000 for 9 months at 12% p.a If C.I is reckoned quarterly what will I get after 9 months_
7. The C.I on Rs. 5000 for 3 years if the rate of interest is 5%, 6% and 7% for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd years
respectively is ____
8. The difference between S.I and C.I o Rs. 4000 for 2 / years @ 10% p.a is_
9. The sum of money will amount to Rs. 6050 in 2 years at 10% p.a C.I is_
10. The C.I on a certain sum of money for 2 years at 8% p.a compounded annually is Rs. 1040. The sum
is ____
III. State whether the following statements are true or false

11. The C.I on a certain sum of money for 1 year at 8% p.a compounded quarterly is Rs. 824 then the sum
is Rs. 10,000 ( )
12. In 3 years Rs. 1600 amount to Rs. 1936 at 10% p.a C.I ( )
13. The C.I on Rs. 5000 for 2 years at a certain rate of interest p.a amounts to Rs. -050 then the rate
of interest is 10% ( )
14. In 3 years the population of a village change form 15625 to 17576 if the rate of interest is 4% p.a ( )
15. The difference between S.I and C.I on Rs. 1000 for 1 years at 4% payable quarterly is 0.40 ( )

IV. Answer the following problems is one (or) two steps
16. In what time will Rs. 2000 lent at 5% p.a fetch Rs. 2050 at C.I Rs.
17. What sum at C.I will amount to Rs. 650 at the end of the year and to Rs. 676 at the end of the second
year?
18. The interest on a sum for the first and second years is Rs. 225 and Rs. 238.50 respectively. Find the
rate of interest and the sum?
Compound Interest Key
I. 1. b 2. A 3. D 4. B 5. A
II. 6. Rs. 4370.91 7. Rs. 954.55 8. Rs. 82 9.Rs. 5000 10. Rs. 6250
III. 11 . T 12. F 13. T 14. T 15. F
IV. 16. 2 years 17.Rs. 625 18.Rs. 3750
Objective type questions (A.P and G.P)

1. In an A.P., first term = a, difference is d, last term is l, find the term before last
(a) l-a (ii) l-d (iii) l+(n-1)d (iv) a+ (n-1)d
2. Fill up the gaps:- --4, --0,-6,-,-,6
(i) 2,-2 (ii) 4,-2 (iii) 2,-4 (iv) -2,2
3. Fill up the gaps: 2,-,-,-,-,-7(A.P)
(i) 5,8,11,14 (ii) 4,7,10,-3 (iii) -5,-8,-11,-14 (iv) none of these
4. Evaluate: 1+2+3+........+ (n-1)
(i) (ii) n(n-1) (iii) (iv)
5. If the terms of an A.P series be added or subtracted by a constant number, then the resultant series will
be in what series
(i) A.D (ii) G.P (iii) none
6. A boy saves -P to-day, 2P tomorrow, 3P day after tomorrow. How much he can save in 12 days?
(i) 68 (ii) 70 (iii)78 (iv) 87 (paise)
rd th
7. The first term of an A.P is 30 and 3 term is 26, find the 8 term of that series
(a) 12 (ii) 16 (iii) 20 (iv)24
8. In an A.P σ = 6, d = 2, find t7
(i) 12 (ii) 3 (iii) 20 (iv) 18
th
9. Of the series 2,5,8............; find the 10 term.
(i) 27 (ii) 29 (iii) 31 (iv) 34
10. If the terms -1+2x, 5,5+x from an A.P., then find x
(i) 2 (ii) 3 (iii) 4 (iv) 5
11 . Whatever be the value of x, the terms x,x+3 and x+6 will be in what series?
(i) A.P (ii) G.P (iii) none
th
12. Find the 8 term of the series 4,-8,16,-32......
(i) -512 (ii) 512 (iii)-521 (iv) 521
13. A.M and G.M of two positive integers a and be (a<b) are respectively 5 and 4; find a and b.
(i) 2,8 (ii) 6,4 (iii) 8,2 (iv) 4,6

14. Find G.M of 2 and 6
(i) ± 4 (ii) ± (iii) ± 2 (iv) +2
15. If 2,x,50 are in G.P find x
(i) ± 10 (ii) ± 8 (iii) ± 9 (iv) none
16. Find G.M of the numbers 3,-,-,24
(i) 4,12 (ii) 6,12 (iii) 6,8 (iv) none
17. Find the sum of the series 2+1+
(i) 2 (ii) 4 ½ (iii) 3 ½ (iv) 4
18. Find the sum of : 0.9+0.8-+0.729+.............
(i) 8 (ii) 9 (iii) 10 (iv) 11
19. Which term of the series 2,4,8,16.............is 2048?
(i)10 (ii) 11 (iii) 12 (iv) 14
th
20. Of a G.P series the first two terms are 3 and 1, find 7 term
(i) 35 (ii) 34 (iii) (iv)
21. The product of three terms in G.P is 125/8; find G.M
(i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
22. Of a series nth term is 2n+5. Find the nature of the series
(i) G.P (ii) A.P (iii) None of these
23. If the nth term of a series be 2n+5, find whether the series is in A.P or G.P
(i) A.P (ii) G.P
24. The product of three terms in G.P is -000, what is its middle term?
(i)12 (ii) 14 (iii) 16
25. If the sum of three numbers in A.P is 18, then what is the middle term?
(i) 6 (ii) 4 (iii) 8 (iv) 10
26. The sum of three numbers in A.P is 15 and their product is 80. Find the numbers (ascending order)
(i) 2,5,8 (ii) 8,5,2 (iii) 1,4,7 (iv) none of these
27. If -1+2x, 5,5+x are in A.P. Find x
(i) 4 (ii) 3 (iii) 2 (iv) 5
28. Find the sum of to 10th term
(i) (ii) - (iii) (iv) -

29. In a G.P., t3=3, t6=81, find first term
(i) 3 (ii) - (iii) -3 (iv)
30. The 2nd term of a G.P is b and common ratio is r. If the product of the first three terms is 64, find the
value of b.
(a) 4 (ii) 3 (iii) 5 (iv) 6
31. The first and last terms of an A.P are -4 and 146 and the sum is 7171. Find the number of terms
(a) 98 (ii) 100 (iii) 101 (iv) 110

32. You save -P to-day, 2p to-morrow and 3p day after tomorrow. How much you can save in 1 year (1
year = 365 days)?
(i) 696.70 (ii) 667.95 (iii) 766.94 (iv) 676.75
33. A man puts by Rs. 5 in the first month and Rs. 2 more in every succeeding month. How much should he
save at the end of 5 years?
(i) 3840 (ii) 3480 (iii) 3540 (iv) 3804
rd th
34. The 3 and 6 terms of a G.P are 3 and 81 respectively, find the common ratio
(a) 1 (ii) 2 (iii) 3 (iv) 4
35. A.M of two integral numbers exceeds their G.M by 2 and the ratio of the numbers is -:4. Find the
numbers.
(i) 5,20 (ii) 1,4 (iii) 2,8 (iv) 4,16
36. The sum of the first 5 and first 10 terms of a G.P. are respectively 16 and 3904. Find the common ratio.
(i) 2 (ii) 3 (iii) 4 (iv) 5
Answers:
1. (i) 2. (iv) 3. (i) 4.(iii) 5.(i) 6.(iii) 7. (ii) 8.(iv)
9. (ii) 10.(i) 11.(iii) 12.(i) 13.(iii) 14.(iv) 15.(i) 16.(ii)
17.(iv) 18.(ii) 19.(ii) 20.(i) 2-.(iii) 22.(ii) 23.(i) 24.(iv)
25.(i) 26.(i) 27.(iii) 28.(ii) 29.(iv) 30.(i) 3-.(iii) 32.(ii)

33.(i) 34.(iii) 35.(iv) 36.(ii)

CHAPTER – 2
ALGEBRA
x+1 x-1
1. If 3 +3 = 270, then the value of x is
(a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 8 (1 mark)
Answer : (c)
2. If x = 7 - 4 , then the value of + is
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 4 (d) 6 (1 mark)

Answer : (c)
3. Value of log 144 with base 2 is
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) None of the above (1 mark)
Answer : (c)
4. If P and Q be two non-empty sets, then (P - Q)∩(Q - P) ∩ (P ∩ Q)
(a) ϕ (b) P ∩Q (c) P ∪ Q (d) None of the above (1 mark)
Answer : (a)
5. The ratio of (2nPn + 2nCn): (2nPn - 2nCn) is
(a) (n + 1): (n -1) (b) (n-1):(n + 1)
(c) (n! + 1):(n! -1) (d) (n+1)!:(n-1)1 (1 mark)
Answer : (c)
1. Let A = {a, b, c} B = (a, b) C = (a, b, d) D = (c, d) E = (d). State which of the following statements are
correct and give reasons:
(i) B ⊂ A
(ii) D ⊄ E
(iii) D ⊂ B
(iv) {a} ⊂ A
(a) (i) and (iv) (b) (iv) and (i)
(c) (ii) and (iii) (d) None of these (1 mark)
Answer : (a)
2. In a class 60 students took Mathematics and 30 took Physics. If 17 students were enrolled in both the
subjects, how many students all together were in the class, who took Mathematics or Physics or both.
(a) 90 (b) 60 (c) 73 (d) 37 (1 mark)
Answer : (c)
3. The total expenses of a hostel are partly constant and partly vary as the number of boarders. If the
expenses for 120 boarders be Rs. 20,000 and for 100 boarders be Rs. 17,000, find for how many
boarders will be Rs. 18,800?
(a) 120 (b) 112 (c) 115 (d) 218 (1 mark)
Answer : (b)

4. Find the value of log 144 with base 2
(a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) 4 (1 mark)
Answer : (d)
5. How many different odd numbers of 4 digits that can be formed with the . digits 1,2,3, 4, 5, 6, 7; the
digits in any number being ail different?
(a) 480 (b) 240 (c) 620 (d) 440 (1 mark)
Answer : (a)
6. A person has got 15 acquaintances of whom 10 are relatives. In how many ways may be invite 9
guests so that 7 of them would be relatives?
(a) 300 (b) 600 (c) 900 (d) 1,200 (1 mark)
Answer : (d)
7. Simplify: 4P2 ÷ 4C2
(a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 6 (d) 8 (1 mark)
Answer : (b)
1. In a class 60 students took Mathematics and 30 took Physics. If 17 students were enrolled in both the
subject, how many students altogether were in the class, who took Mathematics or Physics or both?
(a) 63 (b) 83 (c) 73 (d) 53 (1 mark)
Answer : (c)
13
2. C9 - 12C8 is equal to
(a) 12C9 (b) 12C8 (c) 12C7 (d) 13C7 (1 mark)
Answer : (a)
3. If log3 M + 3 log4 N = 1, express M in terms of N.
(a) 9N-5 (b) 9N-4 (c) 9N-6 (d) 9N-7 (1 mark)
Answer : (c)
4. Solve (x5/4), (y1/2) = 1.5, (x-3/4) (y1/2) = 2
(a) 106 (b) 108 (c) 188 (d) 112 (1 mark)
Answer : (b)
5. Find the value of n:nP4 = 10, n - 1P3
(a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 10 (d) 12 (1 mark)
Answer : (c)
6. There are 20 stations on a railway line. How many different kinds of single first-class tickets must be
printed, so as to enable a passenger to go from one station to another?
(a) 380 (b) 360 (c) 480 (d) 350 (1 mark)
Answer : (a)
7. 6x2-11x-10 = 0
(a) . (b) (c) (d) (1 mark)
Answer : (b)

1. The value of … . . to infinity is.

(a) 6 (b) 4 (c) -2 (d) 3 (1 mark)
Answer : (d)
2. The num er of permut tions if the letters in the word “BANANA” in which two letters N do not come
together is
(a) 40 (b) 60 (c) 80 (d) 100 (1 mark)
Answer : (a)
3. If nPr = 720 nCr, then r:
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 8 (1 mark)
Answer : (c)
4. The total number of arrangements in which 5 positive signs and 3 negative signs can be placed in a
row such that no two negative signs never come side by side is:
Answer : (b)
5. 2× +3y -5 = 0 and Kx - 6y - 8 = 0 have unique solutions if K =
(a) 4 (b) 3 (c) -2 (d) -4 (1 mark)
Answer : (a)
c
6. lo is equal to
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) abc (1 mark)

Answer : (a)
7. If one root of the equation x2 -7 x + M = 0, exceeds the other by 1, then the value of M is equal to ..........
(a) 9 (b) 10 (c) 12 (d) 18 (1 mark)
Answer : (c)
8. If the roots of the equations 2x2 + 8x + c = 0, are equal then c is equal to ………..
(a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 5 (d) 4 (1 mark)
Answer : (a)
9. If one root of equations x2 - 9× + M = 0, exceeds the other by 3, then the value of M is equal to ……….
..........
(a) 8 (b) 10 (c) 12 (d) 18 (1 mark)
Answer : (d)
10. Find the zero’s x2 + 7x + 12 = 0
(a) (4,-3) (b) (-4,3) (c) (-4,-3) (d) (4,3) (1 mark)
Answer : (c)
11. X as Y and Z as his son and grandson. His present age is 1.5 times the age of his son and grandson.
10 years ago his age was twice the age of his son and grandson, the present age of the father and
sum of age of son and grand-son are..............
(a) 93.63 (b) 85.67 (c) 88.64 (d) 60,30 (1 mark)
Answer : (d)

12. If rmC6: rm-3C3 rm - 3C3 = 91:4. then the value of rm is
Answer : (b)
13. X two digit no. is six times the sum of its digits. The number obtained by interchanging the digit is less
by 9. The original no. is ..........
(a) 68 (b) 72 (c) 54 (d) 63 (1 mark)
Answer : (c)
2 2 2 2
1. If x + y x - y , then x ..........
(a) y (b) (c) (d) None of these (1 mark)
Answer : (a)
2. The num er of permut tions if the letters in the word “BANANA” in which two letters N do not come
together is:
(a) 40 (b) 60 (c) 80 (d) 100 (1 mark)
Answer : (a)
3. A man has 6 friends. The total number of ways so that he can invite one or more of his friends is equal
to:
(a) 64 (b) 60 (c) 720 (d) 63 (1 mark)
Answer : (d)
4. If sum of digits of two digits No. is 9 and the digits obtained by interchanging the digits exceeds the
given number by 27, then the number is
(a) 36 (b) 45 (c) 23 (d) 65 (1 mark)
Answer : (a)
5. If log 2 = 0.30103, then the number of digits in 450 is:
(a) 30 (b) 31 (c) 100 (d) 20 (1 mark)
Answer : (b)
6. Find the least positive value of M for which the equation x2 + Mx + 9 has real root ..........
(a) (4) (b) (5) (c) (3) (d) (6) (1 mark)
Answer : (d)
7. If 5x + y = 15, 2x - 2y = -6 then, x, y are equal to....
(a) (1,5) (b) (1,3) (c) (9,8) (d). (6,3) (1 mark)
Answer : (b)
8. A number exceeds its positive square root by 12 then the number is
(a) 9 (b) 16 (c) 25 (d) 36. (1 mark)
Answer : (b)
9. If the roots of the equation x2 - px + q = 0 differ by unity then
(a) p2 = 4q + 1 (b) p2 = 4q – 1 (c) q2 = 4p + 1 (d) q2 = 4q - 1 (1 mark)
Answer : (a)

10. If the product of two successive numbers is 5226, find the greatest number. .
(a) 73 (b) 83 (c) 84 (d) 71 (1 mark)
Answer : (a)
1. The c rdin l num er of P ∩ Q is
Answer : (b)
2. If a1/3 + b1/3 + c1/3 = 0, then (a + b + c)3:
(a) 3abc (b) 27abc (c) -27abc (d) None of these. (1 mark)
Answer : (b)
3. The value of … … … … … … . to infinity is:

(a) 6 (b) 4 (c) -2 (d) 3 (1 mark)
Answer : (d)
4. How many numbers can be formed between 100 to 1000 out of 1,3, 4,
7, 8 without repetition of any number.
(a) 60 (b) 84 (c) 120 (d) 92 (1 mark)
Answer : (a)
5. If 11pr = 110, then the value of r is:
Answer : (a)
6. 5 letters can be posted in 4 letters in:
(a) 256 ways (b) 1024 ways (c) 625 ways (d) None of these. (1 mark)
Answer : (b)
7. If x + 4 = 4, 2x - 5y = 1 then x & y are
(a) (1,0) (b) (0,-1/5) (c) (1,1/5) (d) (1/5,0) (1 mark)
Answer : (a)
8. The value of log10(.0001) is :
(a) (b) (c) -4 (d) 4 (1 mark)
Answer : (c)
9. If then the value of xyz is:
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) -1 (d) None of these.. (1 mark)

Answer : (a)
10. If the product of two successive number is 5226, find the greatest number.
(a) 73 (b) 83 (c) 84 (d) 71 (1 mark)
Answer : (a)

11. A number exceeds its positive square root by 12 then the number is:
(a) 9 (b) 16 (c) 25 (d) 36 (1 mark)
Answer : (b)
1. If 3x = 9y, then -1
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) (d) 0 (1 mark)

Answer : (a)
2. If x = 2 + , then x3 + 3x2 - 29x:
(a) 7 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) None of these (1 mark)
Answer : (a)
3. If np3 = 120 then n:
Answer : (c)
4. The num er of permut tions if the letters in the word “BANANA" in which two letters N do not come
together is:
(a) 40 (b) 60 (c) 80 (d) 100 (1 mark)
Answer : (a)
5. A two digit no. is six times the sum of its digits. The number obtained by interchanging the digit is less
by 9. The original number is:
(a) 68 (b) 72 (c) 54 (d) 63 (1 mark)
Answer : (c)
6. If the roots of the equation x2 = px + q = 0 differ by unit, then:
(a) p2 = 4q + 1 (b) p2 = 4q – 1 (c) q2 = 4p + 1 (d) q2 = 4q - 1 (1 mark)
Answer : (a)
1. If 3X = 5Y = (225) Z, then Z:
(a) (b) (c) 2 (X + Y) (d) None of these (1 mark)
Answer : (b)
2. The value of __________ to infinity is:

(a) 6 (b) 4 (c) -2 (d) 3 (1 mark)
Answer : (d)
3. The value of 12p2 + 8p3 is:
Answer : (b)
4. The total numbers of arrangements of the letters in the expression X3 Y2 Z4 when written in full length
is:
Answer : (b)

5. 5 letters can be posted in 4 letters in __________.
(a) 256 ways (b) 1024 ways (c) 625 ways (d) None of these (1 mark)
Answer : (b)
6. If x2 + 6x = -9, then the roots of the equations as:
(a) (-3,-3) (b) (-3,3) (c) (2,4) (d) (4,2) (1 mark)
Answer : (a)
7. If (1 - ) is one of the roots of an equation, the equation is:
(a) x2 - 2x - x = 0 (b) x2 - 2x -1 = 0
(c) x2 - 4x - 2 = 0 (d) x2 - 3x - x = 0 (1 mark)
Answer : (b)
8. Find the value of m, if one root is 2, F(x) = 2x2 + mx - 6 = 0 __________.
(a) 1 (b) -1 (c) 2 (d) -2 (1 mark)
Answer : (b)
9. Two numbers are such that if the smaller is doubled, it is 2/3 of the other one. The numbers are
__________.
(a) (2,4) (b) (2,6) (c) (3,8) (d) (5,12) (1 mark)
Answer : (b)
10. If 60 is divided into two parts such that their product is 15 times their sum. The numbers are
__________.
(a) (30,30) (b) (20,40) (c) (10,50) (d) (25,35) (1 mark)
Answer : (a)
11. 2x + 3y - 5 = 0 and Kx - 6y - 8 = 0 have unique solution if K =
(a) 4 (b) 3 (c) -2 (d) -4 (1 mark)
Answer : (a)
12. The logarithm of any number to the same base is:
(a) Unity (b) Zero (c) Infinity (d) Non existence (1 mark)
Answer : (a)
13. The value of (1 + 2x/3) is equal to 7/3, when x is equal to:
(a) -2 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) -3 (1 mark)
Answer : (b)
1. If 64x = 2 , then X:
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these (1 mark)
Answer : (c)
2. The number of permutations if the letters in the word "BANANA" in which two letters N do not come
together is:
(a) 40 (b) 60 (c) 80 (d) 100 (1 mark)
Answer : (c)

3. There are 10 lamps in a room. Each one of them can be switched on independently. The number of
ways in which the hall can be illuminated is:
(a) 100 (b) 1024 (c) 1023 (d) 10 (1 mark)
Answer : (c)
4. How many numbers can be formed between 100 to 1000 out of 1, 3, 4, 7, 8 if repetition of any number
is allowed:
(a) 60 (b) 84 (c) 125 (d) 92 (1 mark)
Answer : (c)
5. If nP3 = 120, then n:
Answer : (c)
6.
(a) (b) 2 (c) 21 (d) None of these

Answer: (a)
7. lf , then :
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these
Answer : (c)
8. The digit in the unit place of (2 × 4x)2 + 1 (where x is a positive integer) is:
Answer : (b)
9. If ax = by = cz and b2 = ac, then xy + yz =
(a) x2 (b) –xz (c) 2xz (d) None of these (1 mark)
Answer : (c)
10. 3 x2 + 6x + 3 = 0, then the root of the equation are:
(a) (3,3) (b) (-1,-1) (c) (2,4) (d) (4, 1) (1 mark)
Answer : (b)
.11. The g. c. d of the equation = 2x2- x - 1 and 4x2 + 8x + 3 is:
(a) (2x + 1) (b) (2x - 1) (c) (3x + 1) (d) (2x - 2) (1 mark)
Answer : (a)
12. If one root of the equation ×2+ 9X + M = 0, is double the other, then the value of M is equal to:
(a) -6 (b) 7 (c) 12 (d) 18 (1 mark)
Answer : (c)
13. 3x2 + 6x + 3 = 0, then the roots of the equations are:
(a) (3,3) (b) (-1,-1) (c) (2,4) (d) (4,1)
Answer : (b)
14. The value of m for which the difference between the roots of the equation x2 + mx + 8 = 0, is 2 are:
(a) ±2 (b) ±5 (c) ± 6 (d) ±3 (1 mark)
Answer : (c)

15. A two digit number is such that if the digits are reversed, the greater is 3/4 times more than the
smaller. The number is:
(a) (12) (b) (32) (c) (41) (d) (23) (1 mark)
Answer : (a)
16. The root of the equation x2 - x - 6 = 0 are:
(a) (3, -2) (b) (-3, -2) (c) (1,-5) (d) (5,-I) (1 mark)
Answer : (a)
17. Find the degree of the equation 3x5 + xyz2 + y3
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5 (1 mark)
Answer : (d)
18. A two digit numbers is 7 times the sum of its digit, however if 27 is deducted from it the digit are
reversed. The number is:
(a) 63 (b) 65 (c) 75 (d) 69 (1 mark)
Answer : (a)
19. In the equation 2x - y = 5 if x = 4 then y =
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) -2 (d) -5 (1 mark)
Answer : (a)
20. The whole of the integral part of a logarithm is called:
(a) Characteristic (b) Mantisa (c) Both (d) None of these (1 mark)
Answer : (a)
(c) If 2x + = , the value of x is
(i) -1 (ii) ± 1 (iii) 0 (iv) 1 (1 mark)
Answer : (ii) ± 1
(d) A and B are two non-empty sets nd n(A) = 0, n(B) = 6 nd n(A ∩ B) = , then the v lue of n(A ∪ B)
is
(i) 16 (ii) 12 (iii) 14 (iv)18 (1 mark)
Answer : (iii) 14
4. Fill in the blanks:

(a) Logarithm of unity to any non-zero base is __________. (1 mark)
Answer : Zero
(e) The product of the roots of the quadratic equation 2x2 + 5x + 2 = 0 is __________. (1 mark)
Answer : 1

5. State whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F):
(b) Given log10 1372 = 3.1374. The mantissa for log1013.72 is 0.1374. (1 mark)
Answer : True
(c) The value of 0! is 0. (1 mark)
Answer : False
(iv) If S e the set of ll prime num ers nd M = [x : 0 ≤ x ≤ }, then M - (S ∩ M) is
(a) (0, 1,4, 6, 8, 9} (b) {0, 4, 6, 8} (c) {1,2, 4, 6, 8} (d) {1,3, 5, 7}
Answer : (a) {0,1,4, 6, 8, 9} (2 marks)
2 3
(v) If a = b = c , then the value of loga (abc) is
(a) (b) (c) (d) 4 (2 marks)
Answer : (b)
(vii) If 5Cr - 3C2 = 7C1, then r is
(a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) both 2 and 3 (2 marks)
Answer : (d) both 2 and 3
(ix) The value of Log7 7 is
(a) 0 (b) -1 (c) (d) 1 (2 marks)
Answer : (d) 1
2. State whether the following statement are True or False:
(ii) If 16pr = 240, then r is 2.
(iii) If set ‘A’ h s 6 elements nd set ‘B’ h s 8 elements, then the minimum number of elements in the
set A u B is 14, when A ⊂ B.
(iv) If log3 (log3 x) = 0, then x is 1.
n
(v) Cr + nCn - r = 2(nCr).
(vi) The sum of the roots of the quadratic equation 3x2 + 2x - 5 = 0 is - (1 × 5 = 5 marks)
Answer :
(ii) True
(iii) False
(iv) False
(v) True
(vi) T rue
(vi) The value of ≡Ca is
(a) 10 (b) 9 (c) 11 (d) 5 (2 marks)
Answer : (a) 10

(vii) For a quadratic equation x2 - 2x + 1 = 0, the product of the roots is
(a) -1 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 2 (2 marks)
Answer : (b) 1
(viii) The value of logarithm of to the base 10 is
(a) 1 (b) -1 (c) 0 (d) 10 (2 marks)
Answer : (b) - 1
(ix) The set A = {1,2, 3} and the set B = {1,2}, then A - B is
(a) {0} (b) {2} (c) {3} (d) ϕ (2 marks)
Answer : (c) {3}
(i) Null set is a subset of every set.
(ii) lf nP1 = nC1, then nP3 = nC3
(v) One root of the quadratic equation 3x2 + 10x + 3 = 0 is reciprocal to the other.
(1 × 3 = 3 marks)
Answer :
(i) True
(ii) False
(v) True.
(v) The value of logarithm of 1 to the base 10 is
(a) 2 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) 1 (2 marks)
Answer : (c) 0
(vi) The set P = { , , } nd the set Q = { ,4}. Then the set P ∩ Q is
(a) Null set (b) {0} (c) {⊘} (d) (P) (2 marks)
Answer : (a) Null set
(vii) If nP4 = 30 × nP2, then the value of n is
(a) 10 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 5 (2 marks)
Answer : (b) 8
(viii) The sum of the roots of the quadratic equation x2 - 3x = 0 is
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) -3 (d) 3 (2 marks)
Answer : (d) 3
(ix) If 3x - 1 - 3x - 3 = 8, then the value of (x2 - x + 4) is
(a) 10 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 15 (2 marks)
Answer : (a) 10

(i) The set of all the subsets of a given set A is called the Power Set of A.
(ii) The value of (32)1/5 is .
(iii) The value of SC2 is equal to 5C3.
(v) The value of x when 2x = 3x is 0.
(vi) If p = 2 + , then =2- (1 × 5 = 5 marks)
Answer :
(i) True
(ii) False
(iii) True
(v) True
(vi) True
(vii) If A ⊂ B nd n(A) = 8, n(B) = 40, then n(A ∩ B) is
(a) 18 (b) 22 (c) 58 (d) 40 (2 marks)
Answer : (a) 18
(viii) The value of ( log10125 - 2 log10 4 + log10 32) is
(a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) -2 (2 marks)
Answer : (b) 1
(ix) Sum of the roots of the quadratic equation 5x2 + 5x + 2 = 0 is
(a) -2 (b) 2 (c) -1 (d) 1 (2 marks)
Answer : (ix) The correct answer is -10, which is not available in the options provided
2. State whether the following statements are True or False: (ii) Factorial 5 is equal to 120.
(iv) The set {0} is a null set.
(v) (A ∪ B)'= A' ∪ B'
(vi) (-2)5 = 32 (1 × 4 = 4 marks)
Answer :
(ii) True
(iv) False
(v) False
(vi) False
(iv) The value of logarithm of 8 to the base 2 is
(a) 3 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 2 (2 marks)

(vi) If 2nP3 = 84.nP2, then the value of n is
(a) 16 (b) 11 (c) 9 (d) 6z (2 marks)
(vii) Product of the two roots of the quadratic equation 3x2 - 5x + 2 = 0 is
(a) (b) (c) (d) (2 marks)
(viii) The value of ( )4 is

(a) 30 (b) 23 (c) 31 (d) 32 (2 marks)
(ix) If P nd Q re two disjoint sets, the n(P ∩ Q) is

(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) 3 (2 marks)
2. State whether the following statements are True or False.
(i) The cardinal number of a null set is zero.
(ii) log 2 + log 5 = log 7
(iii) 5C3 = 5C2
(v) The sum of the roots of the quadratic equation x2 - x + 1 = 0 is 1. (1 × 4 = 4 marks)

STUDY MATERIAL
OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS:
I. Choose the correct answer:
1. Set of even positive integers less than equal to 6 by selector method:
(a) {x/x<6} (b) {x/x = 6} (c) {x/x < 6} (d) None
2. By Roster method, to express integers greater than 5 and less than (or) equal to 8
(a) {5, 6, 7} (b) {5, 6, 7, 8} (c) {8} (d) {6, 7, 8}
3. Write the set containing all days of the week beginning with 5.
(a) {Sunday, Monday} (b) {Saturday, Sunday}
(c) (Friday, Saturday} (d) None
4. State Whether the following statements are correct:
(i) {1, 2, 3} = {2, 3, 4} (ii) {1, 2, 3} = {1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3} (iii) {1, 2, 3} < {3, 2, 1}
(iv) ΦE{1, 2, 3} (v) 4£= {1, 2, 3}
(a) (i) (ii) (b) (ii) (iii) (c) (iii) (iv) (d) (v) (iii)
5. From the sets given below, pair the equal sets
(i) A= {1, 2, 34} (ii) B = {p, q, r, s} (iii) C = {1, 4, 9, 16}
(iv) D = {x, y, z, w} (v) E = {16, 1, 4, 9} (vi) F = {4, 2, 3, 1}
(vii) G= {r, p, q, s}
(a) (i) (ii) (b) (i) (v) (c) (i) (vi) (d) (ii) (vii)
6. From the given sets pair the equivalent sets:
(i) A= {4, 5, 6, 7} (ii) B = {0, A, □ } (iii) C = {a, b}
(iv) D = {5} (v) E = {4, (vi) {1, 2, 3}
(a) (ii) (i) (b) (iii) (v) (c) (vi) & (ii) (d) (iv) (v)
7. Find which one of the following is a Null set
(i) A = {x/x < x} (ii) B = {x/x + 2 = 2} (iii) {x/x is a positive number less than 0}
(a) (i) (b) (ii) (c) (iii) (d) None
8. Which one of the following is a singleton set?
(i) {x/x2 = x, x6 R} (ii) {x/x2 = -1, x6 R } (iii) {x/2x = 0} (iv) {x/3x + 2 = 0 x G N}
(a) (i) (b) (ii) (c) (iii) (d) (iv)
II. Fill in the blanks:

9. If A = {1, 2, 3, 4}, B = {2, 4, 6}, then A A B is_
10. If A and B are two sets then A n (B-A) is_
11. If A = {1, 2, 3}, B = {2, 3, 4}, C = {1, 2, 5, 6) then AU(B n C) is_
12. IF A and B are two sets then A n B = A u B if and only if_
13. If A and B are two disjoint sets then n(A u B) is equal to_
14. A has 2 elements, B has 4 elements and A < B than A n B has_elements
15. If A and B are the two sets of positive and negative integers respectively then AUB is_

III. State whether the following statements are True (or) False:
16. The statement (A n B)' = A'UB' is true (or) False ( )
17. If the set A has 4 elements, B has 3 elements then the number of elements in A x B
is 12 elements ( )
18. The Statement {2} G {2, 3, 5} is true (or) False ( )
19. The statement {1} C {1, 2, 3} is true (or) False ( )
20. The statements "Equivalent sets are always equal is True (or) False ( )
IV. Match the following:
Group A Group B
21. {x/x GN, 2x =5} (A) 6
22. (Ac)c = (B) A'UB'
23. A has 4 elements and B has 6 elements such that A<B then no. of elements in (C) A
AUB is
24. (AB)' = (D) C
25. If AUB = AUC then B = (E) Null
Set Theory Key:

I. 1)
II. 9) {1, 3, 6} 10) p 11) {1, 2, 3} 12) A = B 13) n (A)+ n (B) 14) 2 15) Set of all integers except zero
III. 16) T 17) T 18) F 19)T 20) F
IV. 21) Null 22) A 23)6 24)A'UB' 25) C

Objective Type Questions
I. Choose the correct Answer
1. If 11Pr = 110 then the value of r is:
2 If n-1P3 : n+1P3 = 28:55 then n :-
(a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 10 (d) 12
m n m-n
3. If + P2 = 42, and P2 = 6 then the values of m and n are :_
(a) m = 6, n = 2 (b) m = 5 n = 2 (c) m = 6, n = 1 (d) none of these
4. If 9P5 +5.9P4 = 10P then the value of r is
5. If nP3 = 120 then n:
II. Fill in the blanks:

6. The number of ways in which the letters of the word "VOWEL" can be arranged so that the letters O, E
occupy even places is_
7. 5 letters can be posted in 4 letter boxes in_.
8. 3 distinct prizes can be distributed among 10 boys (any boy can get more than once) in_
9. Total number of ways in which the letters of word strange can be arranged so that the vowels may
appear in the odd places is_.
10. The number of six letter word that can be formed using the letter of the word "assist" in which 5's
alternate with other letters is_.
III. State the following statements true (or) false.

11. The number of permutations if the letter in the word "BANANA" is which two letters N do not come
together is 60. ( )
12. There 11 distinct books, among them 6 books can be arranged in a shelf. The number of arrangements
so that 3 particular books will be always side by side is 8064. ( )
13. The number of different number of 6 digits (without repetition) can be formed form the digits
3,1,7,0,9,5 is 120 ( )
14. The total number of arrangements of the letters in the expression x3y2z4 when written in full length is
1260. ( )
15. The number of different words that can be formed form the letter of the work "TRIANGLE" so that no
vowels one together is 36000. ( )
IV. Matching the following
Group A Group B
16. ncr +ncr-1 is equal to n
cr (
17. 0 = 5 (
18. nPr/ r! 4 (
19. If nP3 = 60 then n = n 1
+c (
r
20. If (n+1)! = 20(n-1)! Then n = 1 (
Permutations Key
I. Choose the correct Answer
I. a 2. C 3.b 4.c 5.c
6. 12 7. 1024 way 8. 1000 ways 9. 1440 10. 12
III. State whether the following statement are true (or) false
II. F 12. T 13. F 14. T 15. F
IV. Match the following
16. n+1cr 17. 1 18. ncr 19. N = 5 20. 4
II. Choose the correct Answer:

n n
1. If C12= C8 then n:_
2. If 8Cr - 7C3= 7c2 then r=_
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 6
3. If 15Cr : 15Cr-1 = 11:5 then r=_
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 7
4. A man has 6 friends. The total number of ways so that he can invite one (or) more of his friends is equal
to
(a) 64 (b) 60 (c) 720 (d) 63
5. Every body in a room shakes hands with every body else. The total number of hands shakes is 66. The
total number of person in the room is_
(a) 11 (b) 12 (c) 10 (d) 14

6. These are 10 lamps in a room. Each one of them can be switched on independently. The number of
ways in which the hall can be illuminated is_
7. These are 11 questions in a examination paper of mathematics. A candidate has to answer 6 questions
of which the question under 1 is compulsory. The total number of selections of his answering in questions
is_
8. There are two groups in a question paper, each group contains 7 questions. A candidate has to answer
questions but taking not more than 5 from any group. The total number of selections of 9 questions is_
9. There are 10 points in plane and among them 4 are collinear. The total number of triangles formed by
joining them is_
10. Out of 18 points in plane, no three are in the same straight line except 5 points which are collinear.
Then the number of straight lines obtained by joining them is_
IV. Statement whether the following statements are true (or ) false
11. A polygon has 44 diagonals then the number of its sides are 8 ( )
12. The total number of 9 digits numbers which have all different digits id 9 x 9 ( )
13. There are 8 questions in an examination paper and each question has an alternative. The number of
ways in which a student can give his answer is 6561 ( )
14. In a foot ball competition there were 153 matches. A match occurs between two terms. The toal
numbers of teams took part in the competition is 18 ( )
15. If nCn =1 then 0! =1 ( )
V. Match the following

Group A Group B
16. If np3= 2 n-1p3 then n = 8 ()
17. If ncn-2= 21 then n = 2()
18. If np2= 56 then n = 6 ()
19. 4p2 - 4c2 3 ()
20. If npr = 210 ncr = 35 then r = 7 ()
Combinations KEY
II. Choose the correct Answer
1. A 2. A 3. B 4. D 5. B
6. 1023 7.252 8. 1470 9. 116 10. 144
III. State whether the following statements are true or false
11.F 12.T 13.F 14.T 15.T
16. 6 17.7 18. 8 19. 2 20. 3
I. Choose the correct answer

2
1. 3x +6x+3 = 0 then the roots of the equations are
(a) (3,3) (b) (-1,-1) (c) (2,4) (d) (4,1)
2. If 16x2-8x+1 = 0 when x = -ly Find the value of y_
(a) ¼ (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) -1/4
3. If the roots of the equations ^x2 + 9x + c3 = 0 are equal then c is equal to_
(a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 8 (d) 5
4. If (3 ->/3) is one of the roots of an equations then the equation is_
(a) x2-2x-3 = 0 (b) x2-3x-1 = 0 (c) x2-4x+2 = 0 (d) x2-6x+6 = 0
2
5. If one root of the equation x -3x+m = 0 exceeds the other by 5 then the value of M is equal to_
(a) -6 (b) -4 (c) 12 (d) 18
Fill in the blanks

6. If the equations x2+7x+12 = 0 and x2+mx+5 = 0 have common roots the value of m is equal to_
7. The least positive value of m for which the equation x2+mx+4 = 0 has real roots_
8. The value of M if one root is 2 of f(x) = 2x2+4x-6 = 0._
9. The value of M for which the difference between the roots of the equation x2+mx+8 = 0 is 2 are_
10. If p,q are the roots of the equation f(x) = 6x2+x-2 the value of q - q = _
State whether the following statements are true of false

11. If the roots of the equations 2x2+8x+c = 0 are equal then c = 8 ( )
12. The g.c.d of the equations 2x2-x-1= 0 and 4x2+8x+3 = 0 is 3x+1 ( )
13. X2-4x-1= 0 is the quadratic equation whose roots are 2 + and 2 - ( )
2
14. The roots of the equation (x-4) (x-2)(x+4) are 4,4,2,-2 ( )
15. The degree of the equation 3x5+xyz2+y3 in 3 ( )

Group A Group B1
16. If p,q are the roots of the equation x2+k+1 = 0 then p + _ 4x/x2-1 ( )
17. The degree of the equation 4x2+xyz2+xy3+yz5 is 3/2 ( )
18. If 4x2 - 8x + 3 = 0 then x = find the value of y =_ 6 ()
19. For what value of K the equations 3x+2y = 6, (k+1) x+4y = (2k+2) -1 ()
have infinite solutions
20. If A = then A = -1 =_ 5 ()
Quadratic Equations KEY

I. Choose the correct answer
I. b 2. A 3. B 4. D 5. b

6. 21/4, 14/3 7. 4 8. -1 9. ± 6 10. -7/25
III. State whether the following statements are true of false

II. T 12. F 13. T 14. F 15. F

16. -1 17.6 18. 3/2 19. 5 20. 4x/x2-1

CHAPTER – 3
STATISTICAL REPRESENTATION OF DATA
OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS
1. The cost of manufacturing an article is Rs. 180 and it is represented in a pie chart. If electricity cost is
given by 100°, the sum spent on other heads is
(a) Rs. 130 (b) Rs. 140 (c) Rs. 150 (d) None of the above (1 mark)
Answer : (a)
1. Ages of 100 students are shown below:
Age No. of Students
10 15
11 20
12 12
13 35
14 4
15 6
16 8
4.175
Form a cumulative frequency distri ution t le in the form of ‘less th n' ' ‘less th n ' nd so on.
(a) 100, 92, 86, 82, 47, 35, 15 (b) 15, 35, 47, 82, 86, 92, 100
(c) 13,15,17, 18, 20, 35,200 (d) None of these (1 mark)
Answer : (b)
2. The cost of manufacturing an article was Rs. 150. A pie diagram was drawn to show the cost. If the
labour charges are represented by a sector of 114; find the sum spent for other expenses.
(a) Rs. 101.50 (b) Rs.102.50
(c) Rs. 103.50 (d) Rs. 104.50 (1 mark)
Answer : (b)
1. Mutually inclusive classification is usually meant for.
(a) A discrete variable (b) A continuous variable
(c) An attribute (d) Any of these. (1 mark)
Answer : (b)
2. The following data relate to the incomes of-86 persons.
Income in: Rs. 500-999 1,000-1,499 1,500-1,999 2,000-2,499
No. of persons: 15 28 36 7
What is the percentage of persons earning more than Rs. 1,500?
(a) 50 (b) 45 (c) 40 (d) 60 (1 mark)
Answer : (a)

3. The following data relate to marks of 48 students in statistics:
56 10 54 38 21 43 12 22
48' 51 39 26 12 17 36 19
48 36 15 33 30 62 57 17
5 17 45 46 43 55 57 38
43 28 32 35 54 27 17 16
11 43 45 2 16 46 28 45
What are the frequency densities for class intervals 30-39, 40-49 and 50-59?
(a) 0.20, 0.50, 0.90 (b) 0.70,0.90,1.10
(c) 0.1875, 0.1667, 0.2083 (d) 0.90,1.00,0.80 (1 mark)
Answer : (d)
4. When all classes have equal width, the heights of the rectangles in histogram will be numerically
equal to the
(a) Class frequencies (b) Class boundaries
(c) Both (d) None of these (1 mark)
Answer : (a)
5. Weighted averages are considered when
(a) The data are not classified
(b) The data are put in form of grouped frequency distribution
(c) All the observations are not of equal importance
(d) Both (i) and (iii) (1 mark)
Answer : (c)
1. Statistics is derived from.
(a) Latin word status (b) Italian statists
Answer : (a)
2. Bill shaped frequency curve is used for distribution of
(a) Height (b) Marks
(c) Profit (d) All the three. (1 mark)
Answer : (d)
1. A variable which can assume any value between two given value is called
(a) Continuous (b) Discrete Value
(c) Random (d) None of these (1 mark)
Answer : (a)

2. Weight of a person is
(a) An Attribute (b) Continuous variable
(c) Variable (d) Discrete variable. (1 mark)
Answer : (b)
3. Horizontal bar diagrammed is used for
(a) Qualitative data (b) Quantitative data
Answer : (a)
4. Frequency density corresponding to a class interval of the ratio of:
(a) Class frequency to the total frequency
(b) Class frequency to the class length
(c) None of these
(d) All of these. (1 mark)
Answer : (b)
1. Frequencies are generally used as:
(a) Range (b) Weights (c) Mean (d) None of these (1 mark)
Answer : (b)
1. Most extreme values whichever be included in a class interval are called:
(a) Class interval (b) Class limits
(c) Class boundaries (d) None of these (1 mark)
Answer : (c)
2. Frequency density corresponding to a class interval of the ratio of:
(a) Class frequency to the total frequency (b) Class frequency to the class length
(c) Class length to the class frequency (d) Class frequency to the cumulative frequency.
(1 mark)
Answer : (b)
1. Open end class interval is one:
(a) Which does not have upper limit (b) Which does not have lower limit
(c) Which does not have upper and lower (d) None of these (1 mark)
Answer : (c)
2. __________ in a quantitative information about some particular characteristics under consideration.
(a) Statistic (b) Data (c) Variable (d) Attribute (1 mark)
Answer : (b)

1. Statistics is derived from
(a) Latin word status (b) Italianstatista
Answer : (a)
2. Class mark is __________
(a) A midpoint of class interval (b) Upper point of class interval
(c) Lower class (d) None of these (1 mark)
Answer : (a)
3. Weight of a person is:
(a) An attribute Variable (b) Continuous Variable
(c) Variable (d) Discrete. (1 mark)
Answer : (b)
4. Horizontal bar diagramme is used for:
(a) Qualitative data (b) Quantitative data
Answer : (a)
8. Choose the correct answer (any nine):
(a) When class intervals (C.I.) are unequal histogram is drawn using
(i) frequency (ii) frequency density
(iii) relative frequency (iv) cumulative frequency (2 marks)
Answer : (ii)
(b) Line chart is also called
(i) simple bar chart (ii) histogram
(iii) multiple bar diagram (iv) ratio chart (2 marks)
Answer : (iv)
(c) The vertical axis of an ogive shows
(i) cumulative frequency (ii) absolute frequency
(iii) frequency density (iv) class boundary (2 marks)
Answer : (i)
(d) The angle in a pie diagram for the expenditure on food is 144 degree only. The percentage of
expenditure on other items is
(i) 70 (ii) 60 (iii) 50 (iv) 40 (2 marks)
Answer : (ii)

(i) A discrete variable assumes only integral values.
(ii) (Class Frequency)/(Width of the Class) is defined as Frequency Density.
(v) The stub of a table is the space meant for the row head. (1 mark each)
Answer :
(i) True (ii) True (v) True

(i) Monthly income of workers of a factory is a continuous variable.
(ii) Cumulative frequencies are necessary for drawing ogive. (1 × 2 = 2 marks)
Answer :
(i) True (ii) True.

(i) Out of total outlay Rs. 40,000 (crore) during an annual plan of a country, the central angle represented
by education of amount Rs. x crore is 72°. The value of x (in crore) is
(a) Rs. 10,000 (b) Rs. 9,000 (c) Rs. 6,000 (d) Rs. 8,000 (2 marks)
Answer : (d) Rs. 8,000
(ii) Given a table:
Value (greater than) 100 150 200 250
Frequency 50 32 9 0
The number of observations between 150 and 200 is

(a) 23 (b) 15 (c) 8 (d) 18 (2 marks)
Answer : (a) 23
(iii) Given the table:
Class interval 10-15 15-20 20-25 25-30 30-35
Frequency 5 7 4 6 8
The class mark for the second class is

(a) 27.5 (b) 17.5 (c) 12.5 (d) 32.5 (2 marks)
Answer : (b) 17.5

(i) In any group frequency distribution class intervals are of equal width always.
(ii) Frequency densities are necessary for drawing histogram.
(iii) The statistical data collected during the census are primary data to the census department.
(1 × 3 = 3 marks)
Answer :
(i) True (ii) True (iii) True

(i) Mode of a frequency distribution can be determined with the help of
(a) Pie diagram (b) Histogram (c) Bar graph (d) Ogive (2 marks)
Answer : (b) Histogram

(i) Proportion of girls in a class of 100 students is a discrete variable.
(iii) The sum of cumulative frequencies of less than type and more than type of a class interval is equal to
total frequency. (1 × 2 = 2 marks)
Answer :
(i) True (iii) False

(i) The vertical axis of an ogive shows
(a) Cumulative frequencies (b) Absolute frequencies
(c) Frequency densities (d) Class boundaries (2 marks)
(ii) The basis of classification according to differences in time is called
(a) Ordinal classification (b) Temporal classification
(c) Spatial classification (d) Qualitative classification (2 marks)
(iii) The frequencies of three class intervals 54-58, 59-63, 64-68 of a distribution are respectively 4, 8 and
12. The frequency density of the 2nd class is
(a) 1 (b) 1.2 (c) 1.6 (d) 2 (2 marks)

(i) The colour of a flower is an attribute.
(ii) The data collected from census reports are primary data. (1 × 2 = 2 marks)

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. Statistics is applied in
(a) Economics (b) Business management
(c) Commerce and industry (d) All these
2. Statistics is concerned with
(a) Qualitative information (b) Quantitative information
(c) a or b (d) Both a and b
3. Which of the following statements is false?
(a) Statistics is derived from Latin word 'status'
(b) Statistics is derived from Italian word "Statista"
(c) Statistics is derived from French word "Statistik"
(d) None of these
4. The colour of a flower is an example of
(a) An attribute (b) A variable
(c) A discrete variable (d) A continuous variable
5. A Quantitative characteristic is known as
(a) An attribute (b) A discrete variable
(c) A continuous variable (d) None of above
6. Annual income of a person is
(a) An attribute (b) A discrete variable
(c) A continuous variable (d) a or c
7. The quickest method to collect primary data is
(a) Personal interview (b) Indirect interview
(c) Telephone interview (d) By observation
8. The mode of presentation of data are
(a) Textual, tabulation and diagrammatic
(b) Tabular, internal and external
(c) Textual, tabular and internal
(d) Tabular, textual and external
9. For tabulation, 'caption' is
(a) The upper part of the table (b) The lower part of the table
(c) The main part of the table
(d) The upper part of a table that describes the column and sub-column
10. "Stub" of table is the
(a) Left part of the table describing the columns
(b) Right part of the table describing the columns
(c) Right part of the table describing the rows
(d) Left part of the table describing the rows
11. Pie-diagram is used for
(a) Comparing different components and their relation to the table
(b) Representing qualitative data in a circle
(c) Representing quantitative data in circle
(d) b or c
12. Weights are generally called -
(a) Range (b) Mean (c) Frequencies (d) Mode
13. Length of a class is
(a) The difference between the UCB and LCB of that class
(b) The difference between the UCL and LCL of that class
(c) a or b
(d) Both a and b

14. Following is the class and frequency
Class Frequency
0-10 5
10-20 8
20-30 15
30-40 6
40-50 4
For the class 20-30, cumulative frequency is
(a) 20 (b) 13 (c) 15 (d) 28
15. (Class frequency) / (Width of the class) is defined as
(a) Frequency density (b) Frequency distribution
(c) Both (d) None
16. Mode of a distribution can be obtained form
(a) Histogram (b) Less than type Ogives
(c) More than types Ogives (d) Frequency polygon
17. An area diagram is
(a) Histogram (b) Frequency polygon
(c) Ogive (d) None
18. Median of distribution can be obtained from
(a) Less than type Ogives
(b) Point of Intersection of Less than and greater than Ogives
(c) Both a and b (d) None of these
19. Most of the commonly used frequency curves are
(a) Mixed (b) Inverted J-shaped
(c) U-shaped (d) Bell-shaped
20. The distribution of profits of a company follows
(a) J-shaped (b) U-shaed
(c) Bell-shaped frequency curve (d) Any of these
21. Cost of sugar in a month under the heads Raw-materials, Labour, direct production and others were
12, 20, 35 and 23 units respectively. What is the difference between the central angles for the largest and
smallest components of the cost of sugar?
(a) 72° (b) 48° (c) 56° (d) 92°
22. The number of accidents for seven days in a locality are given below:
C 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Frequency 15 19 22 31 9 3 2
What is the number of cases when 3 or less accident occurred?
(a) 56 (b) 6 (c) 68 (d) 87
23. The following data relate to the marks of a group of students:
Marks No. of Students
Below 10 15
Below 20 38
Below 30 65
Below 40 84
Below 50 100
How many students got marks more than 30?
(a) 65
(b) 50
(c) 35
(d) 43

24. Find the number of observations between 250 and 300 from the following data
Value (Greater than) 200 250 300 350
Frequency 56 38 15 0
(a) 56
(b) 23
(c) 15
(d) 8
25. Refer following table: Frequency distribution of weights of 16 students

Weight in Kg. (Class interval) No. of students (Frequency
44-48 4
49-53 5
54-58 7
Total 16
Find class mark for the first class interval
(a) 4 (b) 46 (c) 44 (d) 48
(i) Find width of class interval for the second class interval
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 46 (d) 44-48
(ii) Find Frequency density of the second class interval
(a) 0.80 (b) 0.90 (c) 1.00 (d) 1.10
(iii) Find Relative frequency for the second class interval
(a) 1/11 (b) 5/4 (c) 5/16 (d) 1/4
(iv) Find relative frequency for the third class interval
(a) 7/16 (b) 7/4 (c) 16/7 (d) None of the above
26. The goal of_is to focus on summarizing and explaining a specific set of data.
(a) Inferential statistics (b) Descriptive statistics
(c) Regression Analysis (d) None of the above.
27. _are used when you want to visually examine the relationship between two quantitative variables.
(a) Bar graphs (b) Pie graphs (c) Line graphs (d) Scatterplots
28. In a grouped frequency distribution, the intervals should be_.
(a) Mutually exclusive (b) Exhaustive (c) Both A and B (d) Neither A nor B
29. Which of the variables below is categorical?
(a) County of residence
(b) Number of people, both adults and children, living in the household
(c) Total household income, before taxes (d) Age of respondent
30. In drawing a histogram, which of the following suggestions should be followed?
(a) Leave large gaps between bars. This allows room for comments
(b) The heights of bars should equal the class frequency
(c) Generally, bars should be square so that both the height and width equal the class count
(d) The scale of the vertical axis should be that of the variable whose distribution you are displaying
31. The histogram graphically shows
I. Presence of outliers.
II. Center of data.
III. Skewness of data.
IV. Spread of data.
(a) Both (I) and (II) above (b) Both (III) and (IV) above
(c) All (I), (II), (III) and (IV) above (d) None of the above

32. In a statistics class with 136 students, the professor records how much money each student has in his
or her possession during the first class of the semester. The histogram below is of the data collected.
The histogram
(a) is skewed right (b) has an outlier
(c) is asymmetric (d) all of the above
33. Which of the following does not indicate the skewness of a distribution?
(a) Histogram (b) Ogive
(c) Frequency polygon (d) Pie diagrams.
34. Study of 1106 college students asked about their preference for online resources. The following
relative frequency distribution was determined as a result of the survey.
Resource Relative Frequency
Google or Google Scholar 0.736
Library database or website 0.136
Wikipedia or online encyclopedia 0.094
Other 0.034
Of the 1106 students who participated in the survey, approximately how many chose Google or Google
Scholar?
(a) 34 (b) 292 (c) 736 (d) 814
35. A set of data has a median that is much larger than the mean. Which of the following statements is
most consistent with this information?
(a) A histogram of the data is symmetric. (b) A histogram of the data is skewed left
(c) A histogram of the data is skewed right (d) Data is not sufficient to comment.
Answers:
1 d 2 d 3 c 4 a 5 b 6 b 7 c 8 a
9 d 10 d 11 a 12 c 13 a 14 d 15 a 16 a
17 a 18 c 19 d 20 c 21 d 22 d 23 c 24 b
25 (i) b (ii) b (iii) c (iv) c (v) a 26 b 27 d 28 c
29 a 30 b 31 c 32 d 33 d 34 d 35 b

CHAPTER – 4
MEASURES OF CENTRAL TENDENCY AND DISPERSION
OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS
1. The algebraic sum of deviations of 10 observations from the constant C is -14 and the A.M. of the
observations is 7.6. The value of C is
(a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 9 (d) 5 (1 mark)
Answer : (c)
2. If the H.M. of 4, x and 6 be 6, the value of x is
(a) 8 (b) 12 (c) 10 (d) 6 (1 mark)
Answer : (b)
3. A.M. and G.M. of two numbers are 10 and 6 respectively. The numbers are
(a) 2 and 18 (b) 3 and 17 (c) 4 and 9 (d) None of the above (1 mark)
Answer : (a)
4. Heights (in cm) of 8 boys are: 70, 74, 70, 73, 72, 70, 74 and 70. The median is
(a) 70 cm (b) 71 cm (c) 72 cm (d) None of the above (1 mark)
Answer : (b)
5. Relation between two variables x and y is 3x -y +11 = 0. If the median of y be 14, the median of X is
Answer : (a)
6. The sum of 11 observations is 231 and mode is 18. The median of the observations is
Answer : (a)
n
7. A.M. of n observations x1, x2 …. , xn is 15 and .
The value of n is
Answer : (a)
8. The means of two groups of n and 12 observations are 33 and 40 respectively and the combined
group mean is 36. The value of n is
(a) 10 (b) 18 (c) 14 (d) 16 (1 mark)
Answer : (d)
9. If 3u = 2x and the H.M. of x is 0.09, the H.M. of u is
(a) 0.03 (b) 0.04 (c) 0.06 (d) None of the above (1 mark)
Answer : (c)
10. Daily wages (in Rs.) of 5 workers are 90,100,70,140 and 150. When the highest wage earner is
absent on a particular day, the percentage change in range is
(a) 10.5 (b) 12.5 (c) 14.3 (d) None of the above (1 mark)
Answer : (b)

11. If and , the standard deviation is
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 8 (1 mark)
Answer : (b)
12. The relation between two variables x and y is 2x + 5y = 15.If the mean deviation of x about its mean 5
be 4, the mean deviation of y about its mean, is
(a) 1.4 (b) 1.8 (c) 1.2 (d) 1.6 (1 mark)
Answer : (d)
13. 50 workers in a plant earn Rs. 25,000 monthly with variance of wage distribution as 100. The
coefficient of variation for plant is
(a) 1% (b) 2% (c) 2.5% (d) None of the above (1 mark)
Answer : (b)
14. For a moderately skewed distribution, mean = 20, coefficient of skewness = 0.25 and coefficient of
variation is 20%. The mode is
(a) 19 (b) 17 (c) 12 (d) 15 (1 mark)
Answer : (a)
15. For a shoe-maker, which one of the following measures is most suitable to decide on the shoe sizes to
manufacture?
(a) Median (b) Arithmetic mean (c) Mode (d) Geometric mean (1 mark)
Answer : (c)
1. The mean of 20 observations is found to be 40 later on, it was discovered that a marks 53 was
misread as 83. Find the correct marks,
(a) 36.5 (b) 37.5 (c) 38.5 (d) 39.5 (1 mark)
Answer : (c)
2. The weight of 6 persons are as follows (in kg.) 70, 42, 85, 75, 68, 55. Find the mean weight.
(a) 65.83 kg. (b) 68.73 kg. (c) 70.05 kg. (d) 80.08 kg. (1 mark)
Answer : (a)
3. Of the numbers 78, 82, 36, 38, 50, 72, 68, 70, 64. Find median.
(a) 62 (b) 64 (c) 66 (d) 68 (1 mark)
Answer : (d)
4. The variable x and y are given by y = 2x + 11. If the median of x is 3, find the median of y.
(a) 13 (b) 15 (c) 17 (d) 19 (1 mark)
Answer : (c)
5. For the numbers 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, if s1 and s2 be the respective root ' mean square deviation about
the mean and about an arbitrary number 9, show that 17 = 20
(a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 10 (1 mark)
Answer : (b)
6. Find the Coefficient of variation of numbers: 1,2,3, 4, 5.
(a) 43.11% (b) 45.12% (c) 47.13% (d) 49.14% (1 mark)
Answer : (c)

7. C lcul te K rl Pe rson’s Coefficient of Skewness from the followin distri ution:
x 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80
f 185 77 34 180 136 23 50
(a) 42 (b) 34 (c) - 46 (d) – 50 (1 mark)

Answer : (c)
8. The heights (in cm.) of few students are as follows:
69, 75, 72, 71,73, 74, 76, 75, 70. Find second quartile.
(a) 72.8 cm. (b) 72.6 cm. (c) 72.5 cm. (d) 72.1cm. (1 mark)
Answer : (c)
9. Calculate the mean of daily wages of following table:
Wages (Rs.) No. of Workers
4-6 6
6-8 12
8 - 10 17
10 - 12 10
12 - 14 5
(a) 8.84 (b) 8.89 (c) 9.89 (d) 10.80 (1 mark)

Answer : (a)
10. A. M of 5 observations is 6. After calculation it has been noted that observations 4 and 8 have been
taken in place of observations 5 and 9 respectively. Find the correct A. M.
(a) 5.4 (b) 6.2 (c) 6.4 (d) 8.4 (1 mark)
Answer : (c)
11. Find A. M of the following numbers:
(i) 1,2,3 …………….. upto 10th term.
(ii) The first 10 even numbers
(iii) The first 10 odd numbers.
(a) 5.0,11,10 (b) 5.4, 10, 11 (c) 5.5,11,10 (d) 5.6,9,10 (1 mark)
Answer : (c)
12. Find the G. M of the number 4, 12, 18, 26
(a) 10.25 (b) 12.24 (c) 11.25 (d) 12.25 (1 mark)
Answer : (d)
13. Find G. M of following numbers.
(i) 3,9,27 (ii) 3,6,24,48
(a) 9, 12 (b) 8,11 (c) 9, 1.0 (d) 7, 11 (1 mark)
Answer : (a)
14. A motor car covered distance of 50 miles four times. The first time at 50 m.p.h, the second at 20 m.p.h,
the third at 40 m.p.h, the fourth at 25 m.p.h. Calculate the average speed and explain the choice of
average.
(a) 30 m.p.h (b) 31 m.p.h (c.) 40 m.p.h (d) 29 m.p.h (1 mark).
Answer : (a)
15. Find the harmonic mean of the following numbers:
1,
(a) (b) (c) (d) (1 mark)

Answer : (c)
16. Calculate the median of frequency distributions:
Marks 1 -20 21 -40 41 - 60 61 -80 81 -100
No. of Students 3 5 9 3 2
(a) 43.81 (b) 43.83 (c) 42.80 (d) 40.80 (1 mark)

Answer : (b)
17. If the means of two groups of 30 and 50 observations are equal and their standard deviation are 8 and
4 respectively. Find the grouped variance,
(a) 4.83 (b) 5.80 (c) 5.83 (d) 6.80 (1 mark)
Answer : (c)
18. The median, mode, coefficient of skewness for a certain distribution are respectively 17.4, 15.3 and
0.35. Calculate coefficient of variation.
(a) 48% (b) 49% (c) 50% (d) 51% (1 mark)
Answer : (b)
1. What is the H. M. of 1, ½, 1/3 ------------ 1/n?
(a) n (b) 2n (c) (d) (1 mark)
Answer : (c)
2. Following is an incomplete distribution having modal mark as 44
Marks 0-20 20-40 40-60 60-80 80-100
No. of Students 5 18 ? 12 5
What would be the Mean Marks?

(a) 45 (b) 46 (c) 47 (d) 48 (1 mark)
Answer : (d)
3. The standard deviation of 10,16,10,16,10,10,16,16 is
(a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 3 (d) 0 (1 mark)
Answer : (c)

4. If two variables x and y are related by 2x+3y-7=0 and the mean and mean deviation about mean of x
are 1 and 0.3 respectively, then the coefficient of mean deviation of y about mean is
(a) -5 (b) 12 (c) 50 (d) 4 (1 mark)
Answer : (b)
5. What is the coefficient of variation for the following distribution of wages?
Daily wages (Rs.) 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80 80-90
No. of workers 17 28 21 15 13 6
(a) 14.73 (b) 14.73 (c) 26.93 (d) 20.82 (1 mark)

Answer : (c)
6. Rank of Kth decile is
(a) (n+1)/2 (b) (n+1)/4 (c) (n+1)/10 (d) k(n+1)/10 (1 mark)
Answer : (d)
7. If y = 3x-100 and x bar = 50 then the value of y bar is
(a) 60 (b) 30 (c) 100 (d) 50 (1 mark)
Answer : (d)
8. If the quartile deviation of a normal curve is 4.05, then its Mean deviation is
(a) 5.26 (b) 6.24 (c) 4.24 (d) 4.80 (1 mark)
Answer : (d)
1. If the mode, variance and coefficient of skewness of a frequency distribution are 100,16 and 6
respectively then mean of the distribution is ..........
Answer : (a)
2. Two groups of 10 and 15 observations have means 10 and 20 respectively. Then grouped mean is
..........
Answer : (b)
3. The mode for the series 3,5,6,2,6,2,9,5,8,6, is ..........
(a) 5.1 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 8 (1 mark)
Answer : (c)
4. Find Arithmetic mean wages of the workers from the following details.
Wages Rs. 3,000 2,000 6,000 4,000 7,000
No. of workers 5 5 4 6 5
(a) Rs. 4,400 (b) Rs. 4,320 (c) Rs. 4,500 (d) Rs. 4,380 (1 mark)
Answer : (d)

1. If the two variables x and y are related by 2x + 3y = 12 and standard deviation of x is 8 then standard
deviation of y is.
Answer : (c)
2. The arithmetic mean for the series 3,5,5,2,6,2,9,5,8,6, is ..........
(a) 5.1 (b) 5 (c) 4.9 (d) 4.6 (1 mark)
Answer : (a)
3. The third quarter is known as
(a) Lower quarter (b) Middle quarter
(c) Upper quarter (d) None of these (1 mark)
Answer : (c)
1. If the relation between two variables x and y is 2x + 3y = 5 and standard deviation of y is 10 then the
standard deviation of x is:
(a) 15 (b) 10 (c) (d) None of these (1 mark)
Answer : (a)
2. is known as positional average
(a) Median (b) Mean (c) Mode (c) Range (1 mark)
Answer : (a)
3. The average discovers:
(a) Uniformity in variability (b) Variability in uniformity of distribution
(c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None of these. (1 mark)
Answer : (a)
4. If the 1st quartile and mean deviation about median of a normal distribution are 13.25 and 8
respectively, then the mode of distribution is:
(a) 20 (b) 10 (c) 15 (d) 23 (1 mark)
Answer : (a)
1. First 10 odd counting numbers each occurring twice has arithmetic mean:
Answer : (b)
2. Mean deviation of first 5 positive integers about median is:
(a) 0 (b) 1.7 (c) 1.2 (d) None of these (1 mark)
Answer : (c)
3. If group G1 has a.m = 20, mode = 25, s.d = 10 and group G2 has a.m = 18, s.d = 9 then:
(a) G1 is more skewed than G2 (b) G1 is less skewed than G2
(c) G1 and G2 are equally skewed (d) None of these (1 mark)
Answer : (b)

4. If the mean and coefficient of valuation of x are 10 and 50% respectively, then the standard deviation
of 3 - 2x is:
Answer : (c)
5. Standard deviation is used to measure the:
(a) Degree of variation or uniformity in data (b) Mode value
(c) Extent of extremes value (d) All of the three (1 mark)
Answer : (c)
6. Harmonic means of the series 1,3, 5, 7, 9 is __________.
(a) 1575/563 (b) 325/75
(c) 88/320 (d) 90/330 (1 mark)
Answer : (a)
7. The median for the series 51.6, 50.3, 48.9, 48.7, 49.5 is __________.
(a) 49.8 (b) 50 (c) 48.9 (d) 49.6 (1 mark)
Answer : (d)
1. Two group of 10 and 15 observation have means 10 and 20 respectively. Then grouped mean is
Answer : (b)
2. Median is
(a) Average point (b) Mid point
(c) Most likely point (d) Most remote point (1 mark)
Answer : (b)
3. Mode is the value which
(a) Is a mid point (b) Occur the most likely
(c) Average of all (d) Most remote (1 mark)
Answer : (b)
4. The middle most value of a frequency distribution table is known as:
(a) Mean (b) Median (c) Mode (d) Range. (1 mark)
Answer : (b)
5. The first quarter is known as:
(a) Lower quarter (b) Middle quarter
(c) Upper quarter (d) None of these (1 mark)
Answer : (a)
6. Arithmetic mean of the series 1,3, 5, 7, 9 is:
(a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 5.5 (d) 6.5 (1 mark)
Answer : (a)

7. Geometric mean of the series 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 is:
(a) 25201/5 (b) 7 (c) 21201/6 (d) 6 (1 mark)
Answer : (a)
8. Find the mean deviation of the series 15, 20, 18, 10, 22:
(a) 3.4 (b) 4.4 (c) 4.2 (d) 3.2 (1 mark)
Answer : (b)
QUESTIONS ANS ANSWERS OF DECEMBER 2016
(e) Which one of the following is the value of GM of two observations when AM = 27 and HM = 3?
(i) 7 (ii) 11 (iii) 9 (iv) 12 (2 marks)
Answer : (iii)
(f) What is the median of first twelve natural numbers?
(i) 6 (ii) 6.5 (iii) 5.5 (iv) 7 (2 marks)
Answer : (ii)
(g) The mean of 5 observations is 10. The sum of deviations from mean of first 4 observations is 4. What
is the fifth observation?
(i) 10 (ii) 6 (iii) 4 (iv) 8 (2 marks)
Answer : (ii)
(i) If the Harmonic Mean of 2, a, 8 be , the value of a is
(a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 9 (2 marks)
Answer : (a) 4
(ii) The variance of first 5 natural numbers is
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 2 (2 marks)
Answer : (d) 2
(iii) Two variables x and y are given by the relation y = 3x -2. If the mode of x be 5, the mode of y will be
(a) 13 (b) 10 (c) 15 (d) 9 (2 marks)
Answer : (a) 13
(iv) If for a symmetrical distribution 1st and 3rd quartiles are respectively 16 and 22, then the Median of the
distribution is
(a) 20 (b) 18 (c) 24 (d) 19 (2 marks)
Answer : (d) 19
(v) If Mean = 50 cm and C.V. = 60%, then the S.D. is
(a) 25 cm (b) 30 cm (c) 28 cm (d) 20 cm (2 marks)
Answer : (b) 30 cm .

(vi) For iven frequency distri ution C.V. = 0%, v ri nce = 6 nd Pe rson’s coefficient of skewness =
- 0.25, the mode of the distribution is
(a) 24 (b) 20 (c) 21.5 (d) 24.5 (2 marks)
Answer : (c) 21.5
(viii) If y = 3x + 30 and mean of x is 20, then the mean of y is
(a) 90 (b) 80 (c) 70 (d) 100 (2 marks)
Answer : (a) 90
(iii) If C.V. of series A is more than that of series B, then B is more stable than A.
(vi) Covariance of x and y is expressed as Σ(x - )(y - ).
(vii) For symmetric l distri ution Me n ≠ Medi n ≠ Mode.
(viii) For a negatively skewed distribution it is found that Mean, Median and Mode are respectively 50, 51
and 49.
(x) Variance is always non-negative.
(xi) Mode is the value of the observation having minimum frequency.
–
(xii) The variance of the first n natural number is . (1 mark each)
Answer :
(iii) True
(vi) True
(vii) False
(viii) False
(x) True
(xi) False
(xii) True
(i) The mode for the series 2,.5, 7, 6, 3, 7, 4, 7, 9, 2 is
(a) 6 (b) 2 (c) 7 (d) 9 (2 marks)
Answer : (c) 7
(ii) The median of the numbers 94, 33, 86, 68, 32, 80, 48 and 70 is
(a) 68 (b) 69 (c) 64 (d) 70 (2 marks)
Answer : (b) 69
(iii) The Geometric Mean (G.M.) for the series 1,2, 4 is
(a) 2 (b) (c) (d) 2.5 (2 marks)
Answer : (a) 2
(iv) The Standard Deviation (S. D.) for 2 and 8 is
(a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 6 (2 marks)
Answer : (c) 3

(v) The mean deviation of the observations 3, 5, 9,1 and 2 about their , median is
(a) 2.4 (b) 2.2. (c) 3 (d) 2.8 (2 marks)
Answer : (b) 2.2
(vi) If the sum of squares of the deviations of 10 observations taken from mean 50 is 250, then C.V. is
(a) 10% (b) 12% (c) 20% (d) 15% (2 marks)
Answer : (a) 10%
(vii) If the relation between two variables x and y be 5x+7y = 28 and median of y be 3, then the median of
× is
(a) 1.4 (b) - 4.2 (c) 3 (d) (2 marks)
Answer : (a) 1.4
(viii) For a symmetric distribution, skewness is
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) -1 (d) 0.5 (2 marks)
Answer : (a) 0
(iii) In a moderately skewed distribution, mode = 3 median + k mean.
Then k = - 2.
(iv) The coefficient of variation = (mean/s.d.) × 100
(v) If C.V. of series A is less than that of series B, then A is more stable than B.
(vi) For a positively skewed distribution, it is found that mean, median and mode are respectively 62, 61
and 59.
(vii) The sum of the deviations of the observations' from their Arithmetic Mean (A.M.) is always zero.
(viii) The relation between A.M., G.M. and H.M. is expressed as A.M. < G.M. < H.M.
(ix) Skewness of a frequency distribution is defined as the measure of its extent of asymmetry.
(1 × 7 = 7 marks)
Answer :
(iii) True
(iv) False
(v) True
(vi) True
(vii) True
(viii) False
(ix) True.

(iv) The Arithmetic Mean for the series 2, 6, 5, 7, 9, 4, 2 is
(a) 7 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6 (2 marks)
Answer : (c) 5
(v) The Geometric Mean (GM) for the series 1,3, 9 is
(a) 3 (b) 2 (c) (d) (2 marks)
Answer : (a) 3
(vi) The Standard Deviation for two observations is
(a) Square of their difference. (b) Half of their absolute difference.
(c) Their absolute difference. (d) Twice of their absolute difference. (2 marks)
Answer : (b) half of their absolute difference.
(vii) The absolute deviations of the values of a variable from the mean are 10, 15, 19, 2, 14. The mean
deviation is
(a) 16 (b) 14 (c) 12 (d) 9 (2 marks)
Answer : (c) 12
(viii) A.M. of 40 observations of a variable is 25 and S.D. is 4. The sum of squares of all observations is
(a) 25640 (b) 26540 (c) 24560 (d) 26450 (2 marks)
Answer : (a) 25640
(ix) If y + 2x 10, = 3 and Var (y) = 25, then C.V. of y is
(a) 100% (b) 150% (c) 125% (d) 50% (2 marks)
Answer : (c) 125%
(x) The coefficient of skewness of a distribution is 0.4. Its S.D. and mean are respectively 8 and 30. The
mode of the distribution is
(a) 26 (b) 26.2 (c) 26.4 (d) 26.8 (2 marks)
Answer : (d) 26.8
(iv) Median is the value of a variable which divides the whole statistical data into two equal parts.
(v) The value of the standard deviation of a series of observations can never be negative.
(vi) For a frequency distribution Median (Q2), 5lh Decile (D5) and 50th Percentile (P50) have the same value.
(vii) The standard deviation of a series of observations is defined as a root mean square deviation from
any central value A.
(viii) Standard deviation is a kind of relative measure of dispersion.
(ix) Empirical relation between mean, median and mode is expressed as Mean - Mode = 3 (Mean -
Median). (1 × 6 = 6 marks)
Answer :
(iv) True (v) True (vi) True
(vii) False (viii) True
(ix) True
(ii) If the A.M. of 14, 16, x, 25, 21 be 19, then the value of x is
(a) 16 (b) 19 (c) 12 (d) 21 (2 marks)
Answer : (b) 19
(iii) The G.M. of 3 and 24 with weight 2 and 1 respectively is
(a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 9 (2 marks)
Answer : (c) 6
(iv) The mean deviation about median of 28, 7,16,14, 24, 15, 34, 30 is
(a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 10.5 (d) 12 (2 marks)
Answer : (a) 8
(v) The A.M. of first n natural numbers is 6. The value of n is
(a) 12 (b) 9 (c) 11 (d) 16 (2 marks)
Answer : (c) 11
(vi) If the sum of 20 observations is 100, the sum of squares of these observations is at least
(a) 25 (b) 100 (c) 500 (d) 2500 (2 marks)
Answer : (c) 500
(vii) The 1st and 3rd quartiles of a frequency distribution are respectively 25 and 45. If the coefficient of
skewness be - 0.1, then the median is
(a) 36 (b) 32 (c) 24 (d) 28 (2 marks)
Answer : (a) 36
(viii) If A.M. and the coefficient of variation of x are 6 and 50% respectively, then the variance of x is
(a) 3 (b) 6 (c) 9 (d) 11 (2 marks)
Answer : (c) 9
(ix) Given: Q3 – Q1 = 8, Q3 + Q1 = 22, Median (Q2) = 10.5. The coefficient of skewness is
(a) (b) 1 (c) (d) 1 (2 marks)
Answer : (a)
(ii) The median for the set of observations 5, 7, 2, 1, 4, 3, 6, is 1.
(iv) Standard deviation is defined as Root Mean Square Deviation about mean.
(v) S.D. is independent of change of scale, but is dependent on change of origin.
(vi) For a positively skewed distribution, Mean > Median > Mode. (1 × 4 = 4 marks)
Answer :
(ii) False
(iv) True
(v) False
(vi) True

(iv) The mean of five observations 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 is
(a) 19 (b) 16 (c) 17 (d) 15 (2 marks)
(v) The variance of two observations 10 and 17 is
(a) 12.25 (b) 12 (c) 1.225 (d) 13 (2 marks)
(vi) If a variable x takes the values 12 and 24 with equal frequencies, the mean of x is
(a) 36 (b) 18 (c) 22 (d) 28 (2 marks)
(vii) The quartile deviation of the following data 12, 10, 17, 14, 19, 21, 27, 30, 32, 38, 34 is
(a) 11 (b) 18 (c) 9 (d) 16 (2 marks)
(viii) For a frequency distribution mean = 68.2, median = 69 and coefficient of skewness of the distribution
is - 0.6. The variance of the distribution is
(a) 9 (b) 25 (c) 36 (d) 16 (2 marks)
(iii) Harmonic mean of a set of observations is the reciprocal of the arithmetic mean of the reciprocal
values of the observations.
(iv) Variance is the positive square root of standard deviation.
(v) C.V. × mean = S.D. × 100
(vii) For a symmetric distribution skewness is zero.
(xi) For skew distri ution, Me n ≠ Medi n ≠ Mode. (1 × 5 = 5 marks)

1. Measures of central tendency are called averages of the_order.
(a) 1st (b) 2nd (c) 3rd (d) None
2. A measure of central tendency tries to estimate the
(a) Central value (b) Lower value (c) Upper value (d) None
3. The most commonly used measure of central tendency is:
(a) Mode (b) Median (c) Mean (d) None
4. The algebraic sum of deviations of a set of observations from their AM is
(a) Negative (b) Positive (c) Zero (d) None of these
5. If there are 3 observations 15, 20, 25 then the sum of deviation of the observations from their AM is
(a) 0 (b) 5 (c) -5 (d) None of these
6. The sum of the squares of the deviations of the variable is_when taken about AM
(a) Maximum (b) Zero (c) Minimum (d) None
7. Pooled mean is also called
(a) Mean (b) Geometric mean (c) Grouped mean (d) None
8. The mean of first five prime numbers is
(a) 3 (b) 3.6 (c) 7 (d) 5.6
9. Mean of 25, 32, 43, 53, 62, 59, 48, 31, 24, 33 is
(a) 44 (b) 43 (c) 42 (d) 41
10. The AM of 1, 3, 5, 6, x, 10 is 6. The value of x is
(a) 10 (b) 11 (c) 12 (d) None
11. The mean height of 8 students is 152 cm. Two more students of heights 143 cm and 156 cm join the
group. New mean height is equal to
(a) 153 (b) 152.5 (c) 151.5 (d) 151
12. If each item is reduced by 15. AM is
(a) Reduced by 15 (b) Increased by 15 (c) Reduced by 10 (d) None
13. Find the AM for the following distribution:
Class Interval 350-369 370-389 390-409 410-429 430-449 450-469 470-489
F 23 38 58 82 65 31 11
(a) 416.71 (b) 520.13 (c) 432.62 (d) 225.71
14. Following is an incomplete distribution having modal mark as 44
Marks 0.20 20-40 40-60 60-80 80-100
No. of students 5 18 ? 12 5
What would be the mean marks?
(a) 45 (b) 46 (c) 47 (d) 48
15. Given that the mean height of a group of students is 67.45 inches. Find out the missing frequencies for
the following incomplete distribution of height of 100 students.
CI 60-62 63-65 66-68 69-71 72-74
F 5 18 ? ? 8
(a) 35, 16 (b) 52, 12 (c) 42, 27 (d) 12, 9
16. The average marks scored by 50 students in a class were calculated to be 38. Later it was found, that
marks of two students were wrongly copied as 34 and 23 instead of 43 and 32. Find correct average
marks.
(a) 37.36 (b) 39.00 (c) 38.36 (d) None of these
17. If a variable assumes the values 1, 2, 3.... 5 with frequencies as 1, 2, 3.....5 then what is the AM?
(a) 11/3 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 4.50
18. If y = 5x - 20 & x = 30 then the value of y is
(a) 130 (b) 140 (c) 30 (d) None
19. The mean salary for a group of 40 female workers is 5200 per month and that for a group of 60 male
workers is 6800 per month. What is the combined mean salary?
(a) 6500 (b) 6200 (c) 6160 (d) 6100
20. If there are two groups containing 30 and 20 observations and having 50 and 60 as arithmetic means,
then the combined arithmetic mean is
(a) 55 (b) 56 (c) 54 (d) 52

21. The average salary of a group of unskilled workers is Rs. 10,000 and for a group of skilled workers is
Rs. 15,000. Combines salary is ?12,000. What is the percent of skilled workers?
(a) 40% (b) 50A (c) 60% (d) None of these
22. _is useful in averaging ratios, rates and percentages
(a) AM (b) GM (c) HM (d) None
23. _is used when rate of growth or decline required.
(a) Mode (b) AM (c) GM (d) None
24. What is the GM for the numbers 8, 24, and 40?
(a) 24 (b) 12 (c) 8$/T5 (d) 10
25. The greater of the two numbers whose arithmetic mean is 34 and the geometric mean is 16
(a) 4 (b) 256 (c) 68 (d) 64
26. If the AM and GM for two numbers are 6.50 and 6 respectively then the two numbers are
(a) 6 and 7 (b) 9 and 4 (c) 10 and 3 (d) 8 and 5
27. The relationship between AM, GM & HM is
(a) GM = (AM) X (HM) (b) (GM)2 = (AM) X (HM)
2
(c) GM = (AM X HM) (d) GM2 = (AM)2 X (HM)2
28. _&_are called ratio averages
(a) HM & GM (b) HM & AM
(c) AM & GM (d) None
29. _is used for calculation of speed and velocity
(a) GM (b) AM (c) HM (d) None is used
30. What is the HM of 1, V£, 1/3.....1/n?
(c)
(a) n (b) 2n (nT1) (d) n^n2+Jl
31. An aeroplane flies from A to B at the rate of 500 km/hour and comes back from B to A at the rate of 700
km/hour. The average speed of the aeroplane is
(a) 60 km per hour (b) 583.33 km per hour
(c) 100 V35 km per hour (d) 620 km per hour
32. In_the distribution has open - end classes
(a) Median (b) Mean (c) Standard deviation (d) None
33. _always lies in between the arithmetic mean and mode.
(a) GM (b) HM (c) Median (d) None
34. Median divides the total number of observations into parts
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 2
35. 50% of actual values will be below & 50% of will be above_
(a) Mode (b) Median (c) Mean (d) None
36. In Ogive, obscissa corresponding to ordinate N/2 is
(a) Median (b) 1st quartile (c) 3rd quartile (d) None
37. The second quartile is known as
(a) Median (b) Lower quartile (c) Upper quartile (d) None
38. Which of the following relationship is true in a symmetrical distribution?
(a) Median - Q1 = Q3 – Median (b) Median - Q1 > Q3 - Median
(c) Median - Q1 < Q3 – Median (d) Median - Q1 + Q3 - Median
39. What is the median for the following observations 5, 8, 6, 9, 11, 4
(a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 8 (d) None of these
40. For the values of a variable 3, 1, 5, 2, 6, 8, 4 the median is
(a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) None
41. If the median of 5, 9, 11, 3, 4, x, 8 is 6, the value of x is equal to
(a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 3
42. If the difference between mean and mode is 63, the diference between mean and median is
(a) 189 (b) 21 (c) 31.5 (d) 48.5
43. If the relationship between x and y is given by 4x - 6y = 13 and if the median of x is 16. Find median of
y.
44. The variables x and y are related by 5x + 6y = 70 and median of x is 8. What is the median of y?
(a) 4 (b) 4.5 (c) 6 (d) 5

45. Quartiles can be determined graphically using
(a) Histogram (b) Frequency polygon (c) Ogive (d) Pie chart
46. In Ogive, 1st quartile is obscissa corresponding to ordinate_
(a) N/2 (b) N/4 (c) 3N/2 (d) 3N/4
47. First quartile is_
(a) Lower quartile (b) Upper quartile (c) Middle quartile (d) Highest value
48. Third quartile is_
(a) Lower quartile (b) Upper quartile (c) Middle quartile (d) Highest value
49. In Bowley's formula how many quartiles are used.
(a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) None
50. Find Q1 for the following observations 14, 16, 13, 15, 20, 18, 19, 22
(a) 14 (b) 14.25 (c) 15 (d) 15.25
51. What is the value of the first quartile for observations 15, 18, 10, 20, 23, 28, 12, 16?
(a) 17 (b) 16 (c) 12.75 (d) 12
52. If the first quartile is 104 and quartile deviation is 18, the third quartile will be
(a) 140 (b) 116 (c) 20 (d) 0
53. The third decile for the numbers 15, 10, 20, 25, 18, 11, 9, 12 is
(a) 13 (b) 10.70 (c) 15 (d) 75
54. Find D6 for the following observations. 7, 9, 5, 4, 10, 15, 14, 18, 6, 20
(a) 11.40 (b) 12.40 (c) 13.40 (d) 13.80
55. 25th percentile is equal to
(a) 1st quartile (b) 25th quartile (c) 24th quartile (d) None
56. The abscissa of the maximum frequency in the frequency curve is the
(a) Mean (b) Median (c) Mode (d) None
57. For a moderately skewed distribution, which of he following relationship holds?
(a) Mean - mode = 3 (Mean - Median) (b) Median - Mode = 3 (Mean-Median)
(c) Mean - Median = 3 (Mean -Mode) (d) Mean - Median =3 (Median - Mode)
58. Modal value of 0, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 12, 0, 2 is
(a) 6 (b) 0 (c) 3 (d) 5
59. The mode for the no.s 5, 8, 6, 4, 10, 15, 18, 10 is
60. What is the modal value for the numbers 4, 3, 8, 15, 4, 3, 6, 3, 15, 3, 4.
61. The mode for the no.s 7, 7, 7, 9, 10, 11, 11, 11, 12 is
(a) 11 (b) 12 (c) 7 (d) 7 & 11
62. Compute the Modal group
Marks 60-62 63-65 66-68 69-71 72-74
No. of students 15 118 142 127 18
(a) 66-68 (b) 69-71 (c) 63-65 (d) None
63. If x and y are related by x-y-10 = 0 and mode of x is known to be 23, then the mode of y is
(a) 20 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) 23
64. For a moderately skewed distribution of marks in statistics for a group of 100 students, the mean mark
and median mark were found to be 50 and 40. What is the modal mark?
(a) 15 (b) 20 (c) 25 (d) 30
65. Which of the following measure(s) satisfies (satisfy) a linear relationship between two variables?
(a) Mean (b) Median (c) Mode (d) All of these
66. An ideal measure of central tendency is
(a) Moving average (b) Median (c) Harmonic Mean (d) Arithmetic mean
67. Mathematical average is called
(a) Arithmetic mean (b) Geometric mean (c) Mode (d) None of these
68. Sum of deviations of the items is zero from
(a) Mean (b) Median (c) Mode (d) Geometric mean
fd
69. Which of the following is based on the formula: X = A + -^f "
(a) Median (b) Mode (c) Arithmetic mean (d) Harmonic mean
- X fd1
70. Which of the following is based on the following formula: X = A + ^ x C

(a) Step Deviation method (b) Direct Method
(c) Short-cut Method (d) None of these
71. The positional average is
(a) Harmonic mean (b) Geometric mean
(c) Median (d) Weighted arithmetic mean
72. For dealing with qualitative data the best average is:
(a) Median (b) Mode (c) Geometric mean (d) Arithmetic mean
73. Intelligence Quotient (I.Q.) can be measured by using
(a) Quartile (b) Median (c) Mode (d) Mean
75. The partition value which divides the series into 10 equal parts
(a) Quartile (b) Percentile (c) Median (d) Decile
76. The most ill-defined average is
(a) Median (b) Mean (c) Quartiles (d) Mode
77. Which of the following is the most unstable averages
(a) Mean (b) Median (c) Mode (d) G.M.
78. One of the following methods of calculating mode is:
(a) Mode = 3 Median - 2 Mean (b) Mode = 2 Median - 3 Mean
(c) Mode = 3 Median + 2 Mean (d) Mode = 2 Median - 2 Mean
79. A distribution with two modes is called:
(a) Unimode (b) Bimodal (c) Multimodal (d) None of these
80. Mode can be located graphically with the help of
(a) Frequency rectangles (b) Ogive curves
(c) Frequency curve (d) Frequency polygon
81. For studying index numbers the best average is:
(a) Geometric mean (b) Harmonic mean
(c) Arithmetic mean (d) None of these
82. Which is the most suitable average to give equal importance to the equal rate of change
(a) Harmonic mean (b) Geometric mean
(c) Arithmetic mean (d) None of these
83. When compared to arithmetic mean the value of geometric mean is
(a) Greater than arithmetic mean (b) Equal to arithmetic mean
(c) Less than arithmetic mean (d) None of these
84. Geometric mean is
(a) Calculated average (b) Locational average
(c) Positional average (d) None of these
85. Geometric mean is termed as
(a) Moving average (b) Ratio average
(c) Progressive average (d) None of these
86. Harmonic mean is a
(a) Positional average (b) Moving average
(c) Calculated average (d) None of these
87. The average based on reciprocals to the numbers is
(a) Arithmetic mean (b) Geometric mean
(c) Harmonic mean (d) Mode
88. The average dealing with the problems of time and distance is termed as
(a) Geometric mean (b) Harmonic Mean
(c) Median (d) Arithmetic mean
89. Harmonic mean is used for calculating
(a) Average growth rates of variables (b) Average speed of journey
(c) Average rate of increase in net worth of a company
(d) All the above 1 to 3.
90. In a moderately skew distribution
(a) X > G.M. > H.M. (b) X < G.M. > H.M.
(c) X > G.M. < H.M. (d) X < G.M. < H.M.
91. The most frequently occurring number in a set of values is called the_.
a. Mean b. Median c. Mode d. Range
92. As a general rule, the_is the best measure of central tendency because it is more precise.
93. The measure of location which is the most likely to be influenced by extreme values in the data set is
the
a. Range b. Median c. Mode d. Mean
94. The_is often the preferred measure of central tendency if the data are severely skewed.
95. If every item in a data set is increased by a constant C, then the arithmetic mean of the resulting data
set will be equal to
a. The mean of the original data set b. C + Mean of the original data set
c. C - Mean of the original data set d. Mean of the original data set x C
96. Which of the following statements is true?
a. The tallest rectangle in a histogram represents the modal class of the distribution
b. The medians of two sets of data can be combined mathematically
c. The median cannot be determined graphically
d. The mode is always uniquely defined.
97. The following details are available with regard to two groups of data, A and B:
Group Number of observations Mean
A 15 20
B 25 16
What is the combined mean for both the groups?
a. 20 b. 18.0 c. 16.25 d. 17.50
98. Last year a small statistical consulting company paid each of its five statistical clerks Rs. 22,000, two
statistical analysts Rs. 50,000 each, and the senior statistician/owner Rs. 270,000. The number of
employees earning less than the mean salary is:
a. 0 b. 4 c. 6 d. 7
99. The arithmetic mean of two numbers exceeds their geometric mean by 15 and their harmonic mean by
27. The lowest of the two numbers is
a. 20 b. 25 c. 30 d. 40 e. 50.
100. In measuring the centre of the data from a skewed distribution, the median would be preferred over
the mean for most purposes because:
a. the median is the most frequent number while the mean is most likely
b. the mean may be too heavily influenced by the larger observations and this gives too high an
indication of the centre
c. the median is less than the mean and smaller numbers are always appropriate for the centre
d. the mean measures the spread in the data
e. the median measures the arithmetic average of the data excluding outliers
101. In general, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. The sample mean is more sensitive to extreme values than the median.
b. The sample range is more sensitive to extreme values than the standard deviation.
c. The sample standard deviation is a measure of spread around the sample mean.
d. The sample standard deviation is a measure of central tendency around the median.
e. If a distribution is symmetric, then the mean will be equal to themedian
102. For a class consisting of 60 students, a test on English was conducted. The marks obtained by the
students are given below:
Marks obtained out of 125 Numbers of students
5 - 25 7
25 - 45 15
45 - 65 18
65 - 85 12
85 -105 6
105 -125 2

What is the median mark obtained by the students in the class?
a. 30.5 b. 45 c. 48.6 d. 53.3
103. A group consists of 150 children. The group is divided into three subgroups viz., A, B and C, in the
ratio of 2:5:3 respectively. The average age of the children in the subgroup A is 8 years. The average age
of the children in the subgroup B is 10 years. The average age of the children in the subgroup C is 12
years. What is the average age of all the 150 children in the group?
a. 8.5 years b. 9.3 years c. 10.2 years d. 10.9 years
104. Consider a company with a staff of 60 person, who are distributed according to the value of annual
compensation packages given under the following table.
Positions Value of Annual Compensations x (Rs lac) No. of Persons Working (w.)
Senior Level Managers 4.50 08
Middle Rung Managers 2.75 12
Junior Executives 1.50 18
Supervisory Staff 0.75 22
Find the average annual compensation package for the entire staff.
a. 1.875 b. 2.375 c. 3.875 d. 4.375 e. 5.875
105. The following data relates the share price quotations of Reliance Industries Ltd., quoted in the first
fortnight of May 2002.
188.75, 193.75, 217.50, 188.75, 183.75, 210.75, 182.50, 193.75, 189, 193.70 207.50, 191.25, 197.50,
193.75, 183.75
The mode for the above data is:
a. 197.50 b. 183.75 c. 188.75 d. 193.75
106. A group consists of 150 children. The group is divided into three subgroups viz., A, B and C, in the
ratio of 2:5:3 respectively. The average age of the children in the subgroup A is 8 years. The average age
of the children in the subgroup B is 10 years. The average age of the children in the subgroup C is 12
years. What is the average age of all the 150 children in the group?
a. 8.5 years b. 9.2 yea-Rs. c. 10.2 years d. 10.9 years
107. The number of patients treated in a dental office on Mondays was recorded for 11 weeks. What are
the mean, median, and mode for this set of data?
5, 17, 28, 28, 28, 15, 13, 18, 10, 16, 20
a. mean 17, median 18, mode 28 b. mean 16.5, median 18, mode 28
c. mean 18, median 17, mode 28 d. mean 28, median 17, mode 18
108. The numbers of monitors sold by a computer store on 11 consecutive business days are listed below.
What are the mean, median, and mode for this set of data?
4, 10, 10, 11, 10, 10, 13, 30, 12, 20, 24
a. mean 14, median 11, mode 10 b. mean 17, median 14, mode 10
c. mean 10, median 11, mode 14 d. mean 11, median 14, mode 10
109. If mean is 11 and median is 13 then value of mode is
a. 15 b. 13 c. 11 d. 17
110. The mean of 11 numbers is 7. One of the numbers, 13, is deleted. What is the mean of the remaining
10 numbers?
a. 7.7 b. 6.4 c. 6.0 d. 5.8
MCQ Answers:
1 a 11 c 21 a 31 b 41 a 51 c 61 d 71 c 81 a 91 c 101 d
2 a 12 a 22 b 32 a 42 b 52 a 62 a 72 a 82 b 92 a 102 d
3 c 13 a 23 c 33 c 43 c 53 b 63 b 73 b 83 c 93 d 103 c
4 c 14 d 24 c 34 d 44 d 54 b 64 b 74 c 84 a 94 b 104 a
5 a 15 c 25 d 35 b 45 c 55 a 65 d 75 d 85 b 95 b 105 d
6 c 16 c 26 b 36 a 46 b 56 c 66 a 76 d 86 c 96 a 106 c
7 c 17 a 27 b 37 a 47 a 57 a 67 a 77 c 87 c 97 d 107 c
8 d 18 a 28 a 38 a 48 b 58 b 68 a 78 a 88 b 98 d 108 a
9 d 19 c 29 c 39 b 49 a 59 b 69 c 79 b 89 b 99 c 109 d
10 b 20 c 30 c 40 c 50 b 60 a 70 a 80 a 90 a 100 b 110 b

1. Which of the following is a relative measure?
(a) Dispersion (b) Average (c) Coefficient (d) None of the above
2. Range of a the given distribution is
(a) Equal to standard deviation (b) Greater than standard deviation
(c) Less than standard deviation (d) None of these
3. To measure the deviations of an open end series the suitable measure of dispersion is
(a) Quartile deviation (b) Mean Deviation
(c) Standard Deviation (d) None of these
4. The measure of dispersion most influenced by the extreme values of distribution is
(a) Standard Deviation (b) Mean Deviation (c) Range (d) Quartile deviation
5. The quartile deviation includes
(a) Last 50% (b) Middle 50% (c) First 50% (d) None of these
6. Sum of deviations from median ignoring a ± signs is
(a) The highest (b) Zero (c) The least (d) None of the above
7. The measure of variation that is least influenced by the extreme items is
(a) Quartile deviation (b) Mean deviation (c) Range (d) Standard deviation
8. For which measure of dispersion ± signs are ignored:
(a) Standard deviation (b) Quartile Deviation (c) Range (d) Mean deviation
9. For calculating mean deviation generally deviations are taken from:
(a) Mean (b) Mode (c) G.M. (d) Median
10. For asymmetrical distribution (a) M.D. = 5 o
(d) None of these
11. In a normal distribution X ± 3o covers.
(a) 99.73% items (b) 99.25% items (c) 99.9% items (d) None of these
12. Graphic method of calculating dispersion is
(a) Lorenz curve (b) Mean Deviation (c) Quartile (d) Range
13. Coefficient of variation is calculated by the formula
(c)
(a) fx 100 (b) -x 100 o - (d) fx 1000
14. The formula ~((^Nr) x C is used to calculate the value of
(a) Standard deviation (b) Variance
(c) Coefficient of variation (d) None of these
15. For a normal distribution
(a) Q.D. = 2 over 3 a (b) Q.D. = 1 over 3 a
(c) Q.D. = 4 over 5 a (d) None of these
16. Given mean and mode, which of the following is needed to find out Karl Pearson's coefficient of
skewness.
(a) Coefficient of variation (b) Standard deviation
(c) Median (d) Nothing else is required
17. If the coefficient of skewness is zero the distribution is
(a) Normal (b) A Symmetrical (c) J-shaped (d) None of these
18. Karl Pearson's coefficient of skewness is
(a) Less than Bowley's coeff. of skewness (b) More than Bowley's coeff.of skewness
(c) Not related to Bowley's coefficient of skewness (d) None of these
19. If coefficient of skewness is negative then
(a) Q3 + Q1 > 2Q2 (b) Q3 + Q1 = 2Q (c) Q3 + Q1 < 2Q2 (d) None of these
20. When a distribution is negatively skewed then
(a) Mode < median > mean (b) Mode < Median < Mean
(c) Mode > median < mean (d) None of these
21. Measures of dispersion are called averages of the_order
(a) 1st (b) 2nd (c) 3rd (d) None
22. Difference between the maximum & minimum value of a given data is called_
(a) Width (b) Size (c) Range (d) Class
23. Which measures of dispersion is the quickest to compute?
(a) Standard deviation (b) Quartile deviation (c) Mean deviation (d) Range

24. For any two numbers range is always
(a) Twice the SD (b) Half the SD (c) Square the SD (d) None of these
25. As the sample size increases, range tends to
(a) Decrease (b) Increase (c) Same (d) None
26. If each item is reduced by 10, the range is
(a) Increased by 10 (b) Decreased by 10 (c) Unchanged (d) None
27. For the observations 4, 2, 6, 3, 9, 5, 11, 70, 10 range is
(a) 70 (b) 2 (c) 68 (d) 11
28. Following are the marks of 10 students: 82, 79, 56, 70, 85, 95, 55, 72, 70, 66. Find coefficient of range
(a) 25.66 (b) 26.67 (c) 27.66 (d) 28.67
29. Following are the wages of 8 workers expressed in rupees: 82, 96, 52, 75, 70, 65, 50, 70. Find the
range and its coefficient.
(a) 52, 85.25 (b) 70, 35.27 (c) 39, 33.52 (d) 46, 31.51
30. If Rx and Ry denote ranges of x and y respectively where x and y are related by 3x + 2y+10=0, what
would be the relation between x and y?
(a) R = R (b) 2R = 3Rxy (c) 3R = 2R xy (d) R = 2R xy
31. If the range of x is 2, what would be the range of 3x + 50?
(a) 2 (b) 6 (c) -6 (d) 44
32. Quartile deviation is called_. Hence it is_the Inter Quartile Range.
(a) Semi Inter quartile range, Half (b) Quartile range, Equal
(c) Both a and b (d) None
33. Quartile deviation is based on the
(a) Highest 50% (b) Lowest 25%
(c) Highest 25% (d) Middle 50% of the observations.
34. The lower & upper quartiles are used to define
(a) Standard deviation (b) Quartile deviation
(c) Both (d) None
35. Q.D. of the data 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15 is
(a) 4.50 (b) 8 (c) 5 (d) None of these
36. The quartiles of a variable are 45, 52, and 65 respectively. Its quartile deviation is
(a) 10 (b) 20 (c) 25 (d) 8.30
37. The quartile deviation of the daily wages (in ?) of 7 persons given below: 12, 7, 15, 10, 17, 19, 25 is
(a) 14.5 (b) 5 (c) 9 (d) 4.5
38. (Q3 - Q1) /(Q3 + Q1) is
(a) Coefficient of Quartile deviation (b) Coefficient of Mean deviation
(c) Coefficient of Standard deviation (d) None
39. Coefficient of quartile deviation is equal to
(a) Quartile deviation x 100/median (b) Quartile deviation x 100/mean
(c) Quartile deviation x 100/mode (d) None
40. If Median = 5, quartile Deviation = 2.5 then the coefficient of Quartile deviation is -
(a) 20 (b) 50 (c) 125 (d) 5
41. If median = 12, Q1 = 6, Q3 = 22 then the coefficient of quartile deviation is
(a) 33.33 (b) 60 (c) 66.67 (d) 70
42. 25% of the items of a data are less than 35 and 25% of the items are more than 75. Q.D. of the data is
(a) 55 (b) 20 (c) 35 (d) 75
43. If x and y are related as 3x + 4y = 20 and the quartile deviation of x is 12, then the quartile deviation of
y is
(a) 16
(b) 14
(c) 10
(d) 9
44. If the quartile deviation of x is 8 and 3x + 6y = 20, then the quartile deviation of y is
(a) -4 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 4

45. If the mean deviation of a normal variable is 16, what is its quartile deviation?
(a) 10.00 (b) 13.50 (c) 15.00 (d) 12.05
46. What is the value of Mean deviation about mean for the following numbers? 5, 8, 6, 3, 4
(a) 5.20 (b) 7.20 (c) 1.44 (d) 2.23
47. the coefficient of mean deviation about mean for the first 9 natural numbers is
(a) 200/9 (b) 80 (c) 400/9 (d) 50
48. If the relation between x and y is 5y-3x = 10 and the mean deviation about mean for x is 12, then the
Mean deviation of y about mean is
(a) 7.20 (b) 6.80 (c) 20 (d) 18.80
49. The most commonly used measure of dispersion is
(a) Range (b) Standard deviation
(c) Coefficient of variation (d) Quartile deviation
50. "Root -mean square deviation from Mean" is
(a) Standard deviation (b) Quartile deviation
(c) Both (d) None
51. Most useful among all measures of dispersion is
(a) Standard deviation
(b) Quartile deviation
(c) Mean deviation
(d) None
52. When all the values are equal then variance and standard deviation would be
(a) 2 (b) -1 (c) 1 (d) 0
53. The standard deviation is always taken from
(a) Median (b) Mode (c) Mean (d) None
54. The square of Standard deviation is known as
(a) Variance (b) Standard deviation
(c) Mean deviation (d) None
55. For a moderately skewed distribution, quartile deviation and the standard deviation are related by
(a) S.D. = (2/3) Q.D. (b) S.D. = (3/2) Q.D.
(c) S.D. = (3/4) Q.D. (d) S.D. = (4/3) Q.D.
56. Coefficient of Standard deviation is equal to
(a) Standard deviation / AM (b) AM/ Standard deviation
(c) Standard deviation / GM (d) None
57. The standard deviation of 10, 16, 10, 16, 10, 10, 16, 16 is
(a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 3 (d) 0
58. The standard deviation of first n natural numbers is
(a) [n(n+1) (2n+1)] /6 (b) (n2 - 1) / 12 (d) n/2
59. If the Standard deviation of x is 3, what is the variance of (5-2x)?
(a) 36 (b) 6 (c) 1 (d) 9
60. x = 50, a = 25; the C.V. is
(a) 200% (b) 25% (c) 50% (d) 100%
61. If mean = 10, Standard Deviation = 1.3 then coefficient of variation is -
(a) 10 (b) 31 (c) 13 (d) 20
62. What is the coefficient of variation of the following numbers: 53, 52, 61, 60, 64
(a) 8.09 (b) 18.08 (c) 20.23 (d) 20.45
63. Coefficient of variation of two series are 60% and 80% respectively. Their standard deviation are 20
and 16 respectively what are their A.M.
(a) 15 and 20 (b) 33.3. and 20 (c) 33.3. and 15 (d) 12 and 16
64. _of a set of observations is defined to be their sum, divided by the no. of observations.
(a) HM (b) GM (c) AM (d) None
65. The mean weight of a group of 10 items is 29 and that of anther group of n items is 3. The mean of
combined group of 10+n items is found to be 30. The value of n is
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 10 (d) 12
66. There are 5 bags of wheat weighting on an average 102 kgs and another 8 bags weighing 98 kgs on an
average. What is combined mean of 13 bags?

67. The mean salary for a group of 40 female workers is ?5,200 per month and that for a group of 60 male
workers is ?6,800 per month. What is the combined salary?
(a) ?6,160 (b) ?5,283 (c) ?6,000 (d) 4,528
68. The A.M. between two numbers is 34 and their G.M. is 16 the numbers are
(a) 4, 64 (b) 4, 32 (c) 32, 64 (d) None of the these
69. If the AM and HM for two numbers are 5 and 3.2 respectively then ghe GM will be
(a) 16.00 (b) 4.10 (c) 4.05 (d) 4.00
70. The harmonic mean for the numbers 2, 3, 5 is
(a) 2.00 (b) 3.33 (c) 2.90 (d) -330
71. The median of the no.s 11, 10, 12, 13, 9 is
(a) 12.5 (b) 12 (c) 10.5 (d) 11
72. The variables x and y are related by 2x + 3y = 6 and median of x is 2. What is the median of y?
(a) 1/3 (b) 2/3 (c) 1 (d) None of these
73. In Ogive, abscissa corresponding to ordinate_is kth percentile
(a) kN/10 (b) kN/100 (c) kN/50 (d) None
74. 10th percentile is equal to
(a) 1st decile (b) 10th decile (c) 9th decile (d) None
th
75. 90 percentile is equal to
(a) 9th percentile (b) 90th decile (c) 9th decile (d) None
76. If y = 4+3x and mode of x is 25, what is the mode of y?
(a) 75 (b) 25 (c) 79 (d) 80
77. If y = 5+7x and mode of x is 4, what is the mode of y?
(a) 28 (b) 33 (c) 4 (d) 43
78. The range of 15, 12, 20, 9, 17, 20 is
(a) 5 (b) 12 (c) 13 (d) 11
79. For the observations 6, 4, 1, 6, 5, 10, 4, 8, range is
(a) 10 (b) 9 (c) 8 (d) None
80. What is the coefficient of range for the following wages of 8 workers? ?80, ?65, ?90, ?60, ?75, ?70,
(a) ?30 (b) ?20 (c) ?30 (d) ?20
81. What is the coefficient of range for the following distribution?
CI 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59
F 11 25 16 7 3
(a) 22 (b) 50 (c) 72.46 (d) 75.82
82. If the relationship between x and y is given by 4x + 5y = 10 and the range of x is 15, what would be the
range of y?
(a) 10 (b) 11 (c) 12 (d) 13
83. If the relationship between x and y is given by 2x + 3y = 10 and the range of x is ?15, what would be the
range of y?
(a) ?15 (b) ?10 (c) ?19 (d) ?23
84. Quartile deviation for th data 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6, 10 is
(a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 6 (d) 1.5
85. Following are the marks of the 10 students: 56, 48, 65, 35, 42, 75, 82, 60, 55, 50. Find Quartile
deviation and also its coefficient.
(a) 9.23, 16.35 (b) 34.2, 19.68 (c) 9.89, 14.65 (d) 10.50, 18.42
86. If the first and third quartiles are 22.16 and 56.36, then the quartile deviation is:
(a) 17.1 (b) 34.2 (c) 51.3 (d) 43.2
87. What is the value of Mean deviation about mean for the following observations: 50, 60, 50, 50, 60,
60, 60, 50, 50, 60, 60, 60, 50.
(a) 5 (b) 7 (c) 35 (d) 10
88. The marks obtained by 10 students in an examination were as follows:
60, 65, 68, 70, 75, 73, 80, 70, 83, 86. Find mean deviation about the mean
(a) 5.3 (b) 5.4 (c) 5.5 (d) 5.6
89. What is the Mean deviation about median for the following data?
X 3 5 7 9 11 13 15
F 2 8 9 16 14 7 4

90. Compute the mean deviation about the arithmetic mean for the following data:
X 1 3 5 7 9
F 5 8 9 2 1
Also find the coefficient of the mean deviation about the AM.
(a) 1.72, 44.33 (b) 2.25, 38.63 (c) 2.36, 45.82 (d) 1.29, 47.65
91. If x and y are related as 4x + 3y + 11 = 0 and mean deviation of x is 2.70. What is mean deviation of y?
92. If two variables x and y are related by 2x + 3y - 7 = 0 and the mean and Mean deviation about mean of
x are 1 and 0.3 respectively, then the coefficient of mean deviation of y about mean is
(a) -5 (b) 12 (c) 50 (d) 4
93. What is the Standard deviation of 5, 5, 9, 9, 9, 9, 10 5, 10, 10?
(a) VT4 (b) V42 (c) 4.50 (d) 8
94. If x and y are related by y = 2x + 5 and the Standard deviation and AM of x are known to be 5 and 10
respectively, then the coefficient of variation is
(a) 25 (b) 30 (c) 40 (d) 20
95. Find the standard deviation and the coefficient of variation for the following numbers: 5, 8, 9, 2, 6
(a) 2.45, 40.83 (b) 1.96, 39.25 (c) 2.45, 38.29 (d) 2.05, 33.24
96. If Arithmetic Mean and coefficient of variation of x are 5 and 20 respectively. What is the variance of
(15-2x)?
(a) 16 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 32
ANSWERS
1 c 21 b 41 c 61 c 81 c
2 b 22 c 42 b 62 a 82 c
3 a 23 d 43 d 63 b 83 b
4 c 24 a 44 d 64 c 84 d
5 b 25 b 45 b 65 b 85 d
6 c 26 c 46 c 66 b 86 a
7 b 27 c 47 c 67 a 87 a
8 d 28 b 48 a 68 a 88 d
9 d 29 d 49 b 69 d 89 d
10 a 30 c 50 a 70 c 90 a
11 a 31 b 51 a 71 d 91 b
12 a 32 a 52 d 72 b 92 b
13 a 33 d 53 c 73 a 93 b
14 a 34 b 54 a 74 a 94 c
15 A 35 a 55 b 75 c 95 a
16 b 36 a 56 a 76 c 96 c
17 a 37 d 57 c 77 b
18 c 38 a 58 c 78 d
19 a 39 a 59 a 79 b
20 a 40 b 60 c 80 d

CHAPTER – 5
CORRELATION AND REGRESSION
OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS
1. Find correlation between age of husband & wife
Age of husband 80 45 55 56 58 60 65 68 70
Age of wife 82 56 50 48 60 62 64 65 70
(a) r = 0.628 (b) r = 0.862 (c) r = 0.826 (d) r = 0.827 (1 mark)

Answer : (b)
2. From the following data find:
(a) two regressions equations
(b) the coefficient of correlation between marks in economics and statistics
(c) the most likely marks in statistics when marks in economics are 30
Marks in Economics 25 28 35 32 31 36 29 38 34 32
Marks in Statistics 43 46 49 41 36 32 31 30 33 39
(a) X = 0.23y + 40.74, Y = 0.66x + 59.12; r = - 0.389, Marks in stats : 39.3

(b) X = 0.33y + 41.74, Y = 0.56x + 58.12; r = - 0.839, Marks in stats : 49.3
(c) X = 0.43y + 42.73, Y = 0.66x + 58.12; r = - 0.289, Marks in stats : 48.3
(d) X = 0.36y + 49.73, Y = 0.59x + 59.12; r = - 0.389, Marks in stats : 49.9 (1 mark)
Answer : (a)
3. Find mean of X and Y variables and coefficient of correlation between them from following regression
equation
2 Y - X = 50, 3Y- 2X = 10
(a) 130.90, r = 0.86 (b) 131.80, r = 0.96
(c) 140.80, r = 0.76 (d) 132.90, r = 0.85 (1 mark)
Answer : (a)
1. The two lines of regression become identical when
(a) r = 1 (b) r = -1 (c) r = 0 (d) (a) or (b) (1. mark)
Answer : (d)

2. From the following data
x: 2 3 5 4 7
y: 4 6 7 8 10
Two coefficient of correlation was found to be 0.93 what is the correlation between u and v as given?
u: -3 -2 0 -1 2
v: -4 -2 -1 0 2
(a) -0.93 (b) 0.93 (c) 0.57 (d) -0.57 (1 mark)

Answer : (b)
3. What is the coefficient of concurrent deviations for the following data:
Supply: 68 43 38 78 66 83 38 23 83 63 53
Demand: 65 60 55 61 35 75 45 40 85 80 85
(a) 0.82 (b) 0.85 (c) 0.89 (d) -0.81 (1 mark)

Answer : (c)
4. The line x = 31/6—y/6 is the regression equation of
(a) Y on X (b) X on Y (c) Both (d) None (1 mark)
Answer : (b)
5. For the regression equation of y on x, 2x + 3y + 50 = 0. The value of by x is
(a) 2/3 (b) -2/3 (c) -3/2 (d) None (1 mark)
Answer : (b)
6. For 10 pairs of observations, No. of concurrent deviations was found to be 4. What is the value of the
coefficient of concurrent deviation?
(a) . (b) - . (c) 1/3 (d) -1/3 (1 mark)
Answer : (d)
1. If the regression coefficient bxy is 2.5, what is the value of a in the given equation 2x = ay + 12.6.
(a) 4 (b) 2.5 (c) 5.0 (d) 3.32 (1 mark)
Answer : (c)
2. If the regression co-efficient between X and Y is -2/3, Y on X is -1/6; the coefficient of correlation
between × and Y is ……………..
(a) -3 (b) 1 (c) -1/2 (d) -1/3 (1 mark)
Answer : (d)
3. Average rainfall in Andhra = 40.0cm, standard deviation of rainfall = 3.0cm, Mean of Paddy yield = 800
qt, standard deviation of Paddy production = 10qt, correlation = 0.6, the estimate of production of
Paddy in 2007. Corresponding to the estimate of 72cm rainfall is ……………..
(a) 772 qt (b) 753.84 qt (c) 641.90 qt (d) 978 (1 mark)
Answer : (d)

4. From the following data the Karlpearson coefficient of correlation is
X 6 8 10 7 10 7
Y 12 10 8 12 8 10
(a) 0.97 (b) 0.85 (c) -0.93 (d) 0.65 (1 mark)

Answer : (c)
5. No. of observations N = 10.
Mean X = 22, Mean Y = 15, sum of squared deviations of X from mean value = 148 sum of squared
deviation of Y from mean value = 1.68 sum of multiplication of deviation of X and Y=36. From the
above details the coefficient of correlation will be......
(a) 0.27 (b) 0.61 (c) 0.45 (d) -0.10 (1 mark)
Answer : (a)
6. The following are the ranks of 10 students in Economics and Accountancy
Sr. No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Rank Accountancy 10 4 1 8 3 9 6 5 2 7
Rank Economic 8 3 2 6 1 7 10 9 4 5
The coefficient of rank correlation between the marks in Accountancy and Economics is …………..
(a) 0.648 (b) 0.872 (c) 0.69 (d) 0.78 (1 mark)
Answer : (a)
1. What is the coefficient of regression of x on y from the following information?
σx= = 32 = 25, y = 0.64. standard deviation of y = 32
(a) 0.50 (b) 0.64 (c) 0.98 (d) 1. (1 mark)
Answer : (a)
2. If regression coefficient between x and y is 1/6, y on x is 6, the coefficient of correlation between x and
y is ……………
(a) -1 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) 1/3. (1 mark)
Answer : (b)
3. What is the covariance if the coefficient of correlation between x and y is 0.65 and the variance of x
and y are 25 and 9 respectively
(a) 18.25 (b) 8.65 (c) 9.75 (d) 21.06. (1 mark)
Answer : (c)
4. The method applied for deriving regression equations is known as:
(a) Concurrent deviation (b) Product Moment
(c) Least Squares (d) Normal equations. (1 mark)
Answer : (c)

5. Regression coefficient of x on y is denoted by:
(a) bxy (b) byx (c) a (d) axy. (1 mark)
Answer : (a)
6. From the following data is the Karlpearson coefficient of correlation is:
X 6 8 10 7 10 7
Y 12 10 8 12 8 10
(a) 0.97 (b) 0.85 (c) 0.65 (d) -0.93. (1 mark)

Answer : (d)
–
1. The coefficient of correlation between X and Y is 0.6. U and V are two variables defined as U = ,V
–
= , then the coefficient of correlation between U and V is:
(a) 0.6 (b) 0.4 (c) 0.8 (d) 1 (1 mark)
Answer : (a)
2. The method applied for deriving regression equations is known as:
(a) Concurrent deviation (b) Product moment
(c) Least Squares (d) Normal equations. (1 mark)
Answer : (c)
3. If r = + 1, the two lines of regression become:
(a) Perpendicular (b) Identical
(c) Parallel to each other (d) None of the above. (1 mark)
Answer : (b)
4. The regression analysis for studying more than two variables is known as:
(a) Simple (b) Complex (c) Linear (d) None of the above. (1 mark)
Answer : (c)
5. The method applied for deriving the regression equations is:
(a) Fitting of Normal Equations (b) Rank Correlation Method
(c) Least Square Method (d) Product Moment Method. (1 mark)
Answer : (c)
6. From the following data Karl person coefficient of correlation is;
X 6 8 10 7 10 7
Y 12 10 8 12 8 10
(a) 0.97 (b) 0.85 (c) -0.93 (d) 0.65 (1 mark)

Answer : (c)

1. The correlation coefficient between two variables is 1, then the two lines of regression are:
(a) Parallel (b) At right angles
(c) Coincident (d) None of these. (1 mark).
Answer : (c)
2. The coefficient of rank correlation of marks obtained by 10 students, in English and Economics was
found to be 0.5. It was later discovered that the difference in ranks in the two subjects obtained by one
student was wrongly taken as 3 instead of 7. The correct coefficient of rank correlation is:
(a) 0.32 (b) 0.26 (b) 0.49 (d) 0.93 (1 mark)
Answer : (b)
3. Regression coefficient of x on y is denoted by:
(a) bxy (b) byx (c) a (d) axy (1 mark)
Answer : (a)
4. In a (m+n) bi-variate distribution table, some of the cell frequencies may be:
(a) Zero (b) Negative (c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None of the above. (1 mark)
Answer : (a)
5. When r = 0:
(a) The regression equation of y on x reduces to y :
(b) The regression equation of x on y reduces to x :
(c) Neither y nor x can be estimated from linear regression equations
(d) Ail of the above. (1 mark).
Answer : (c)
6. The values of random variable are:
(a) Always positive real numbers (b) Always positive numbers
(c) Real numbers (d) Natural numbers. (1 mark)
Answer : (c)
1. What is the regression coefficient bxy from the following details?
13x = 7y + 9.10;
(a) 7/13 (b) 13/7 (c) 1.09 (d) 1.05 (1 mark)
Answer : (a)
2. If regression coefficient between x and y is 1/3, y on x is -3/4, the coefficient of correlation between x
and y is __________.
(a) -3 (b) 2 (c) -1/2 (d) 1/3 (1 mark)
Answer : (c)
3. If r = 0.8, N = 100, the probable error of coefficient of correlation is __________.
(a) 0.021 (b) 0.024 (c) 0.29 (d) 0.031 (1 mark)
Answer : (b)
4. Given the coefficient of correlation being 0.8, the coefficient of determination will be __________.
(a) 0.98 (b) 0.64 (c) 0.66 (d) 0.54 (1 mark)
Answer : (b)
(h) The correlation coefficient between x and y is 0.8. The correlation coefficient between x + 2 and y - 2
is
(i) 0.6 (ii) 0.8 (iii) 1 (iv) 0.4 (2 marks)
Answer : (ii) 0.8
(vii) The regression equation of y on x is 3x - 5y = - 12 and regression equation of x on y is 2x - y = 7. The
value of y when x = 10 is
(a) 8.4 (b) 6.5 (c) 7 (d) 9 (2 marks)
Answer : (a) 8.4
(x) If σx = 0, σy = 12 and bxv = - 0.8, then the value of correlation coefficient (r) is
(a) -0.84 (b) -0.96 (c) -0.75 (d) 0.86 (2 marks)
Answer : (b) - 0.96
(xi) When Var(x) - 2.25, Var(y) = 1 and Cov(x, y) = 0.9, then correlation coefficient is
(a) 0.45 (b) 0.8 (c) 0.6 (d) 0.75 (2 marks)
Answer : (c) 0.6
(iv) The meeting point of two regression lines y – = byx (x - ) and (x – ) byx (y - ) gives ( - ). (1 mark)
Answer :
(iv) True
(ix) If cov (x,y) = 0.6, σx = , σy = 1, then rxy is
(a) 0.1 (b) 0.3 (c) 0.2 (d) 0 (2 marks)
Answer : (a) 0.1
(x) The value of the correlation coefficient lies between
(a) 0 and 1 (b) - 1 and 1 (c) - 1 and 0 (d) - 0.5 and 0.5 (2 marks)
Answer : (b) - 1 and 1
(x) Correlation coefficient rxy of two variables x and y is the geometric mean of two regression coefficients
bxy and byx.
(xi) If bxy = - 0.8 and byx = - 0.2, then ryx = - 0.6. (1 × 2 = 2 marks)
Answer : (x) True (xi) False.

(xi) If σy = 4, byx = 0.48, r = 0.6, then σx is
(a) 5 (b) 7 (c) 9 (d) 6.5 (2 marks)
Answer : (a) 5
(x) When one regression coefficient is negative and other regression coefficient is also negative.
(1 mark)
Answer :
(x) True
(x) The correlation coefficient between two variables x and y is
(a) Sum of two regression coefficients;
(b) Arithmetic Mean of two regression coefficients.
(c) Harmonic Mean of two regression coefficients.
(d) Geometric Mean of two regression coefficients. (2 marks)
Answer : (d) Geometric Mean of two regression coefficients.
(vii) The correlation between sale of woolen garments and day temperature is positive. (1 marks)
(ix) The correlation coefficient is a measure of linear association. (1 marks)
Answer :
(vii) False (ix) True
(ix) If r be the correlation coefficient between two variables x and y, bxy and byx being the two regression
coefficients, then
(a) r = (b) r = bxyy × byx
(c) r = (d) r = (2 marks)
(x) If two regression equations are x + 5y = 13 and 3x - 2y - 5, then the mean values of x and y are
respectively
(a) (2, 3) (b) (3,2) (c) (4,5) (d) (5, 4) (2 marks)
(vi) If two regression coefficients byx and bxy are negative, then the correlation coefficient (r) is positive.
(viii) The coefficient of correlation is independent of origin but dependent on the unit of measurement.
(1 × 2 = 2 marks)

1. Bivariate Data are the data collected for
(a) Two variables (b) More than two variables
(c) Two variables simultaneously (d) Two variables at different points of time
2. Simple correlation is called
(a) Linear correlation (b) Nonlinear correlation
(c) Both (d) None
3. If high values of one tend to low values of the other, they are said to be
(a) Negatively correlated (b) Inversely correlated
(c) Both (d) None
4. The correlation is said to be positive
(a) When the values of two variables move in the same direction
(b) When the values of two variables move in the opposite direction
(c) When the values of two variables would not change
(d) None of these
5. Age of Applicants for life insurance and the premium of Insurance - correlations are
(a) Positive (b) Negative (c) Zero (d) None
6. The correlation between sale of cold drinks and day temperature is_
(a) Zero (b) Positive (c) Negative (d) None of these
7. In case "The ages of husbands and wives' correlation is
8. Whatever may be the value of r, positive or negative, its square will be
(a) Negative only (b) Positive only (c) Zero only (d) None only
9. The value of correlation coefficient lies between
(a) -1 and +1 (b) -1 and 0 (c) 0 and 1 (d) None
10. What are the limits of the correlation coefficient?
(a) No limit (b) -1 and 1, including the limits
(c) 0 and 1, including the limits (d) -1 and 0, including the limits
11. If y = a + bx, then what is the coefficient of correlation between x and y?
(a) 1 (b) -1 (c) 1 or -1 according as b > 0 or b < 0 (d) None of these
12. Scatter diagram helps us to
(a) Find the nature correlation between two variables
(b) Compute the extent of correlation between two variables
(c) Obtain the mathematical relationship between the two variables
(d) Both a and c
13. Scatter diagram is considered for measuring
(a) Linear relationship between two variables
(b) Curvilinear relationship between two variables
(c) Neither a or b
(d) Both a and b
14. If the plotted points in a scatter diagram lie from upper left to lower right, then the correlation is
(a) Positive (b) Zero (c) Negative (d) None
15. If the coefficient of correlation between x and y is 0.28, co-variance between x and y is 7.6 and the
variance of x is 9, then the S.D. of y series is;
(a) 9.8 (b) 10.1 (c) 9.05 (d) 10.05
16. If for two variable X and Y, the covariance, variance of X and variance of Y are 40, 16 and 256
respectively, what is the value of the correlation coefficient?
(a) 0.01 (b) 0.625 (c) 0.4 (d) 0.5
17. If the relationship between two variables x and y is given by 2x+ 3y+4 = 0, then the value of the
correlation coefficient between x and y is
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) -1 (d) Negative
18. If Cov (u.v) = 3, a2, = 4.5, ay = 5.5, then r(u,v) is:
(a) 0.347 (b) 0.603 (c) 0.07 (d) 0.121

19. What is the coefficient of correlation from the following data?
X 1 2 3 4 5
Y 8 6 7 5 5
(a) 0.75 (b) - 0.75 (c) - 0.85 (d) 0.82
20. Maximum value of Rank Correlation coefficient is
(a) -1 (b) +1 (c) 0 (d) None
21. The sum of the difference of rank is
(a) 1 (b) -1 (c) 0 (d) None
22. For a group of 8 students, the sum of squares of differences in ranks for Maths and Stats mark was
found to be 50. What is the value of rank correlation coefficient?
(a) 0.23 (b) 0.40 (c) 0.78 (d) 0.92
23. For 10 pairs of observations, no. of concurrent deviations was found to be 4. What is the value of the
coefficient of concurrent deviation?
(a) >/0!2 (b) s/0.2 (c) 1/3 (d) -1/3
24. The coefficient of concurrent deviation for p pairs of observations was found to be -i . If the number of
concurrent deviations was found to be 6, then the value of p is ^3
MCQ ANSWERS:
1 c 2 a 3 c 4 c 5 a 6 b 7 a 8 b 9 a 10 b
11 c 12 a 13 d 14 c 15 c 16 b 17 c 18 b 19 c 20 b
21 c 22 b 23 d 24 a

1. The line x = a + by represents the regression equation of
(a) Y on x (b) X on y (c) Both of above (d) None
2. The y = a + bx represents the regression equation of
(a) y on x (b) x on y (c) Both (d) None
3. The regression coefficients are zero if r is equal to
(a) 2 (b) -1 (c) 1 (d) 0
4. b is called regression coefficient of
(a) X on Y (b) Y on X (c) Both (d) None
5. bxy is called regression coefficient of
(a) X on Y (b) Y on X (c) Both (d) None
6. The slope of the regression line of y on x is
(a) byx (b) bxy (c) bxx (d) byy
7. Since the correlation coefficient r is the_of the two regression coefficients b and b
(a) A.M. (b) G.M. (c) H.M. (d) None
8. r, b , b all have sign.
xy yx - ^
(a) Different (b) Same (c) Both (d) None
9. The two lines of regression meet at:
(b) a a
(a) (X, Y) ( , y) (d) (x, y)
10. Two regression lines coincide when
(a) r = 0 (b) r = 2 (c) r = +1 or -1 (d) None
11. If x and y satisfy the relationship y = -5 + 7x, the value of r is
(a) 0 (b) -1 (c) +1 (d) None
12. For the regression equation of Y on X, 2x + 3y + 50 = 0. The value of b yx is
(a) 2/3 (b) -2/3 (c) -3/2 (d) None
13. In the line y = 19 - -j-, byx is equal to
(a) 19/2 (b) 5/2 (c) -5/2 (d) None
14. In the equation x = 35- - 2y-, bxy is equal to
(a) -2/5 (b) 35/8 (c) 2/5 (d) 5/2
15. If two regression lines are: x + 3y = 7 and 2x + 5y = 12 then x and y are respectively.
(a) 2, 1 (b) 1,2 (c) 2,3 (d) 2,4
16. Out of the two lines of regression given by x + 2y = 4 and 2x + 3y - 5 = 0, the regression line of x on y
is:
(a) 2x+3y-5 = 0 (b) x+2y = 4 (c) x+2y = 0
(d) The given lines can't be regression lines.
17. If the coefficient of correlation between two variables is -0.2, then the coefficient of determination is
(a) 0.4 (b) 0.02 (c) 0.04 (d) 0.16
18. If the coefficient of correlation between two variables is -0.9, then the coefficient of determination is
(a) 0.9 (b) 0.81 (c) 0.1 (d) 0.19
19. If r = 0.6 then the coefficient of non-determination is
(a) 0.4 (b) -0.6 (c) 0.36 (d) 0.64
20. Find the coefficient of correlation when its probable error is 0.2 and the number of pairs of item is 9.
(a) 0.505 (b) 0.332 (c) 0.414 (d) 0.316
21. When one regression coefficient is positive, the other would be
(a) Negative (b) Positive (c) Zero (d) None of them
22. If b and b are negative, r is yx xy ^
23. Where r is zero the regression lines cut each other making
(a) An angle of 45o (b) 60o (c) 30o (d) 90o i.e., parallel to OX and OY3x
24. The line y = 13 - is the regression equation of
(a) y on x (b) x on y (c) both (d) none
25. x = 31 - y is the regression equation of
(a) y on x (b) x on y (c) both (d) none

26. If 2x + 5y - 9 = 0 and 3x - y - 5 = 0 are two regression equation, then find the value of mean of x and
men of y.
(a) 1, 2 (b) 2, 2 (c) 2, 1 (d) 1, 1
27. For the variables x and y, the regression equations are given as 7x - 3y - 18 = 0 and 4x - y - 11= 0. After
finding the arithmetic means of x and y, compute the correlation coefficient between x and y.
(a) 0.5642 (b) 0.7638 (c) 0.2135 (d) 0.9841
28. Given the following data:
Variable X Y
Mean: 80 8
Variance: 4 9
Coefficient of correlation = 0.6
What is the most likely value of y when x = 90?
(a) 90 (b) 103 (c) 104 (d) 107
MCQ Answers:
1 b
2 a
3 d
4 b
5 a
6 a
7 b
8 b
9 a
10 c
11 c
12 b
13 c
14 a
15 b
16 a
17 c
18 b
19 d
20 b
21 b
22 b
23 d
24 e
25 b
26 c
27 b
28 d

CHAPTER – 6
PROBABILITY
OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS
1. Two coins are tossed simultaneously. What is the probability of getting a head and a tail?
(a) (b) (c) (d) (1 mark)
Answer : (a)
2. A bag contains 4 white, 3 black and 5 red balls. What is the probability of getting a white or a red ball
at random in a single draw?
(a) , (b) , (c) , (d) , (1 mark)
Answer : (b)
3. The average percentage of failure in a certain examination is 40. What is probability that out of a
group of 6 candidates, at least 4 passed in the examinations?
(a) 0.533420 (b) 0.536420 (c) 0.544320 (d) 0.644310 (1 mark)
Answer : (c)
1. If p:q are the odds in favour of an event, then the probability of that event is
(a) p/q (b) (c) (d) None of these. (1 mark)
Answer : (b)
2. There are 10 balls numbered from 1 to 10 in a box. If one of them is selected at random, what is the
probability that the number printed on the ball would be an odd number greater than 4?
(a) 0.50 (b) 0.40 (c) 0.60 (d) 0.30 (1 mark)
Answer : (d)
3. What is the probability that 4 children selected at random would have different birthdays?
(a) (b)
(c) 1/365 (d) (1/7)3 (1 mark)

Answer : (a)
4. If an unbiased coin is tossed twice, the probability of obtaining at least one tail is
(a) 0.25 (b) 0.50 (c) 0.75 (d) 1.00 (1 mark)
Answer : (c)
1. A and B decides to meet at 2 to 3 PM, but agrees that they would not wait more than 10 minutes for
each other. The probability that they actually meet is …………….
(a) 10/36 (b) 11/36 (c) 25/36 (d) 26/36 (1 mark)
Answer : (a)

2. A pair of dice is thrown. The probability of getting a total of 8 is ……………
(a) 2/26 (b) ¼ (c) 1/3 (c) 5/36 (1 mark)
Answer : (d)
1. Two coins are tossed five times, find the probability of getting an even number of heads
(a) 0.5 (b) 1 (c) 0.4 (d) 0.25 (1 mark)
Answer : (a)
2. If 59 dates are selected at random, then the probability of getting two Sundays is:
(a) 0.29 (b) 0.99 (c) 0.89 (d) 0.39 (1 mark)
Answer : (a)
1. The probability of an ordinary year having 53 Tuesdays is …………….
(a) 2/7 (b) 1/7 (c) 3/7 (d) 4/7 (1 mark)
Answer : (b)
2. 4 cards are drawn from the deck of 52 cards. The probability of all the 4 cards drawn being heart is:
(a) 11/4165 (b) 22/4165 (c) 25/4165 (d) 0.60 (1 mark)
Answer : (a)
3. There are six slips in a box and numbers 1,1,2, 2, 3, 3, are written on these slips two slips are taken at
random from the box. The expected values of the sum of numbers on the slips is:
(a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 7 (1 mark)
Answer : (c)
4. The theory of compound probability states that for any two events A and B:
(a) P(A ∩ B) = P(A) × P(B) (b) P(A ∩ B) = P(A) × P(B/A)
(c) P (A ∪ B) = P (A) × P (B/A) (d) P (A U B) = P (A) + P (B) - P (A ∩ B) (1 mark)
Answer : (b)
5. The probability of an event assumes any value between:
(a) 0 and 1 (b) -1 and 0 (c) -1 and 1 (d) None of these. (1 mark)
Answer : (d)
6. What is the probability of making 3 correct guesses in 5 true-false answer type questions ?
(a) 0.4156 (b) 0.32 (c) 0.3125 (d) 0.5235 (1 mark)
Answer : (a)
7. If 59 dates are selected at random then the probability of getting two Sundays is:
(a) 0.29 (b) 0.99 (c) 0.89 (d) 0.39 (1 mark)
Answer : (a)

1. A card is drawn from a well shuffled pack of 52 cards. Let E1 “ Kin or Queen is dr wn” & E2 : a
Queen or J ck is “dr wn" then:
(a) E1 and E2 are not independent (b) E1 and E2 are mutually exclusive
(c) E1 and E2 are independent (d) None of. these. (1 mark)
Answer : (a)
2. The probability that there is at least on error in an account statement prepared by A is 0.3 and for B
and C they are 0.4 and 0.45 respectively. A, B and C prepared 20, 10, and 40 statements respectively.
The expected number of correct statement in all is:
(a) 32 (b) 45 (c) 42 (d) 25 (1 mark)
Answer : (c)
3. In a non leap year, the probability of getting 53 Sundays or 53 Tuesdays or 53 Thursdays is:
(a) (b) (c) (d) (1 mark)
Answer : (c)
1. The probability of an ordinary year having 53 Tuesday is __________.
(a) 2/7 (b) 1/7 (c) 3/7 (d) 4/7 (1 mark)
Answer : (b)
(i) If A, B and C are three mutually exclusive and exhaustive events with P(A) = 0.6 and P(B) = 0.2 then
P(C) is
(i) 0.1 (ii) 0.9 (iii) 0.2 (iv) 0.4 (2 marks)
Answer : (iii) 0.2
(j) Probability of getting a sum of 8 points by throwing 2 unbiased dice is
(i) 1/4 (ii) 1/8 (iii) 1/12 (iv) 5/36 (2 marks)
Answer : (iv) 5/36
(ix) If the events A and B are mutually exclusive 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) P(A + B) = 0 (2 marks)
Answer : (a) P(A + B) = P(A) + P(B)
(xii) If the odds against an event 3 : 5, the probability of that event is
(a) (b) (c) (d) (2 marks)
Answer : (b)
(ix) For two events A and B, P(A - B) = P(B - A). (1 mark)
Answer : (ix) False

(xi) For two independent events A and B, P(AB) is
(a) P(A|B) (b) P(A)P(B) (c) P(A - B) (d) P(B|A) (2 marks)
Answer : (b) P(A)P(B)
(xii) For two mutually exclusive events A and B, if P(A) = 0.4 and P(B) = 0.3, then P(A or B) is
(a) 0.6 (b) 0.58 (c) 0.7 (d) 0.75 (2 marks)
Answer : (c) 0.7
(xii) The sum of the probability of an event and its complement is always zero. (1 × 1 = 1 mark)
Answer : (xii) False.
(xii) If A and B be two mutually exclusive events and P (A) = , P(A ∪ B) = then P(B) is
(a) (b) (c) (d) (2 marks)
Answer : (d)
(xi) The event neither A nor B occurs is represented y A ∩ Bc. (1 mark)
(xii) For any two independent events A and B, P(A|B) = P(A). (1 mark)
Answer :
(xi) False
(xii) True
(xi) For sure event A
(a) P(A) = 1 (b) P(A) > 1 (c) P(A) = 0 (d) P(A) = - 1 (2 marks)
Answer : (a) P(A) = 1
(xii) For two mutually exclusive events A and B, P(A ∪ B) is equal to
(a) P(A) - P(B) (b) P(A) + P(B) (c) (P(A) + (P(B)) (d) P(A) × P(B) (2 marks)
Answer : (b) P(A) + P(B)

(viii) For two mutually exclusive events A and B, P(AB) = 0.
(x) The probability of an event may exceed unity. -
(xi) The conditional probability P(A/B) = .
(xii) Three perfect coins are tossed together. The probability of getting at least one head is .
(1 × 4 = 4 marks)
Answer :
(viii) True
(x) False
(xi) True
(xii) False
(xi) Given that P(A) = , P(B) = and P(A ∪ B) = . The events A and B are
(a) Equally likely (b) Independent
(c) Mutually exclusive (d) Exhaustive (2 marks)
(xii) Two dice are thrown simultaneously, the probability of obtaining a total sum 8 is
(a) (b) (c) (d) (2 marks)
(ix) The probability of an absurd event is zero.
(x) Probability of an event is a real number lying between - 1 and 1.
(xii) The total number of cases is 12 when two dice are thrown together. (1 × 3 = 3 marks)

1. Initially, probability was a branch of
(a) Physics (b) Statistics (c) Mathematics (d) Economics
2. If events are mutually exclusive, then -
(a) Their probabilities are less than ne (b) Their probabilities sum to one
(c) Both events cannot occur at the same time
(d) Both of them contain every possible outcome of an experiment
3. If the events A and B are mutually exclusive then P(A n B) is equal to-
(a) 1 (b) P(A) P(B) (c) 0 (d) P(A)+P(B) - P(AUB)
4. If for two events A and B, P(AUB) = 1, then A and B are
(a) Mutually exclusive events (b) Equally likely events
(c) Exhaustive events (d) Dependent events
5. If P(A) = 1, then the event A is known as
(a) Symmetric event (b) Dependent event
(c) Improbable event (d) Sure event
6. If P(A) = 1, then the event A is known as
(a) Symmetric event (b) Dependent event
(c) Improbable event (d) Sure event
7. If an unbiased coin is tossed once, then the two events head and tall are
(a) Mutually exclusive (b) Exhaustive
(c) Equally likely (d) All these
8. The probability of an event can assume any value between
(a) -1 and 1 (b) 0 and 1
(c) -1 and 0 (d) None of these
9. _of all probabilities is equal to 1.
(a) Sum (b) Difference
(c) Product (d) None of the above
10. Sum of probability of an event A and its complement is _
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) V (d) -1/2
11. If A is an event and Ac its complementary event then
(a) P(A) = P(Ac) -1 (b) P(Ac) =1- P(A)
(c) P(A) =1+P(Ac) (d) None
12. If for two events A and B, P + P (A fl B) + P(A) P(B), then the two events A and B are
(a) Independent (b) Dependent
(c) Not equally likely (d) Not exhaustive
13. Probability of occurrence of atleast one of the events A and B is denoted by
(a) P(AB) (b) P(A+B) (c) P(A/B) (d) None
14. Probability of occurrence of A as well as B is denoted by
(a) P(AB) (b) P(A+B) (c) P(A/B) (d) None of these
15. When the no. of cases favourable to the event A= 0 then P(A) is equal to
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) VV (d) None
16. If P(A) = 5/11 then probability of complement of A is equal to -
(a) 6/11 (b) 5/11 (c) 1 (d) 5/6
17. If P(A) = 7/8 then P(Ac) is equal to
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 7/8 (d) 1/8
18. All possible outcomes of a random experiment forms the
(a) Events (b) Sample (c) Both (d) None
19. S = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6} is the_when a die is tossed.
(a) event (b) sample (c) set (d) sample space
20. The value of P(S) were S is the sample space is
(a) -1 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) None
21. The probability space in tossing two coins is
(a) {(H, H), (H, T), (T, H)} (b) {(H, T), (T, H), (T, T)}
(c) {(H, H), (H, T), (T, H), (T, T)} (d) None
22. Which set of function define a probability space on S {A, B, C}?
(a) P(A) = P(B) = 0, P(C) = 1 (b) P(A) = 1/3, P(B) = 0, P(C) = 2/3
(c) Both ((a) & ((b) (d) Neither ((a) nor ((b)
23. Which of the following set of function define a probability space on S = {A, B, C}
(a) P(A) = 1/3, P(B) = 1/2, P(C) = % (b) P(A) = 1/3, P(B) = 0, P(C) = 2/3
(c) Both a and b (d) Neither a nor b
24. Let P be a probability function on S = {x1, x2, x3}if P(X1) = % and P(X3) = 1/3 then P(X2) is equal to
(a) 5/12 (b) 7/12 (c) V (d) none of these
25. The probability of occurrence of atleast one of the 2 events A and B (which may not be mutually
exclusive) is given by
(a) P(A+B) = P(A)-P(B) (b) P(A+B) = P(A)+P(B)-P(AB)
(c) P(A+B)=P(A)-P(B)+P(AB) (d) P(A+B)=P(A)+P(B)+P(AB)
26. If P(A) = /, P(B) = 3/5 and the events A& B are independent then P (A n B) is-
(a) 7/10 (b) 3/10 (c) 5/10 (d) 9/10
27. If P(A nB) = 0.60 and P(AUB) = 0.70 for two events A and B, then P(A) + P(B) is
(a) 1.30 (b) 0.90 (c) 1.00 (d) 0.75
28. If for two independent events A and B, P(AUB) = 2/3 and P(A) = 2/5, what is P(B)?
(a) 4/15 (b) 4/9 (c) 5/9 (d) 7/15
29. A and B are two events such that P(A) = /, P(B) =1/4 and P (A n B) = 1/5. Find P(AUB).
(a) 4/5 (b) 11/20 (c) 3/5 (d) None of these
30. A, B and C are three mutually exclusive and exhaustive events such that P(A) = 2 P(B) = 3 P(C). What
is P(B)?
(a) 6/11 (b) 6/22 (c) 1/6 (d) 1/3
31. If A, B and C are three mutually exclusive and exhaustive events, then P(A) + P(B)+P(C) equals to
(a) 1/3 (b) 1 (c) -1 (d) Any value between 0 and 1
32. If P(A) = 6/9 then the odds against the event A is
(a) 3/9 (b) 6/3 (c) 3/6 (d) 3/15
33. If p:q are the odds in favour of an event, then the probability of that event is
p q
(a) p/q (b) -J2- q p+q
(d) None of these
34. The odds in favour of one student passing a test are 3:7. The odds against another student passing at
are 3:5. The probability that both pass is
(a) 7/16 (b) 21/80 (c) 9/80 (d) 3/16
35. The odds in favour of one student passing a test are 3:7. The odds against another student passing at
are 3:5. The probability that both fall is
(a) 7/16 (b) 21/80 (c) 9/80 (d) 3/16
36. A bag contains 20 discs numbered 1 to 20. A disc is drawn from the bag. The probability that the
number on it is a multiple of 3 is
(a) 5/10 (b) 2/5 (c) 1/5 (d) 3/10
37. A number of selected from the set S = {1, 2, 3, 4..25}. The probability, that it would be divisible by 4 or
7, is
38. A bag contains 30 balls numbered from 1 to 30. One ball is drawn at random. The probability that the
number of the drawn ball will be multiple of 3 or 7 is
(a) 7/15 (b) 13/30 (c) / (d) None of these
39. If an unbiased coin is tossed twice, the probability of obtaining at least one tail is
(a) 0.25 (b) 0.50 (c) 0.75 (d) 1.00
40. Two unbiased coins are tossed. The probability of obtaining one head and one tail is
(a) % (b) 2/4 (c) V (d) None
41. Three coins are tossed together. The probability of getting exactly two heads is
(a) 5/8 (b) 3/8 (c) 1/8 (d) None
42. 4 coins are tossed. The probability that there are 2 heads is
(a) / (b) 3/8 (c) 1/8 (d) none of these
43. Probability of throwing an even number with an ordinary six faced die is
(a) V (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) -1/2
44. If two unbiased dice are rolled, what is the probability of getting sum of the points neither 6 nor 9?
(a) 0.25 (b) 0.50 (c) 0.75 (d) 0.80
45. Two dice are thrown together. The probability that 'the event the difference of no.s. shown is 2' is
(a) 2/9 (b) 5/9 (c) 4/9 (d) 7/9

46. Two dice are thrown together. The probability of the event that the sum of no.s. Shown is greater than
5 is
(a) 13/18 (b) 15/18 (c) 1 (d) None
47. A card is drawn from a well-shuffled pack of playing cards. The probability that it is a king is
(a) 1/13 (b) % (c) 4/13 (d) None
48. If a card is drawn at random form a pack of 52 cards, what is the chance of getting a Spade or an ace?
(a) 4/13 (b) 5/13 (c) 0.25 (d) 0.20
49. The probability of drawing a black ball from a bag containing 8 white and 5 black balls -
(a) 5/13 (b) 8/13 (c) V (d) 1
50. A bag contains 10 red and 10 green balls. A ball is drawn from it. The probability that it will be green is
(a) 1/10 (b) 1/3 (c) / (d) None of these
51. The probability that A speaks truth is 4/5, while the probability for B is V. The probability that they
contract each when asked to speak on a fact is
(a) 20 (c) 20 (d) 5
52. A problem in probability was given to three CA students A, B and C whose chances of solving it are 1/3,
1/5 and / respectively. What is the probability that the problem would be solved?
(a) 4/15 (b) 7/8 (c) 8/15 (d) 11/15
53. If the overall percentage of success in an exam is 60, what is the probability that out of a group of 4
students, at least one has passed?
(a) 0.6525 (b) 0.9744 (c) 0.8704 (d) 0.0256
54. If the probability of a house A winning a race is 1/6 and the probability of a horse B winning the same
race is VV, what is the probability that one of the horses will win
(a) 5/12 (b) 7/12 (c) 1/12 (d) None
55. A man can kill a bird once in five shots. The probabilities that a bird is not killed is
(a) 4/5 (b) 1/5 (c) 3/5 (d) 2/5
56. What is the probability that a leap year selected at random would contain 53 Saturdays?
(a) 1/7 (b) 2/7 (c) 1/12 (d) %
58. Baye's Theorem is useful in
(a) Revising probability estimates (b) Computing conditional probabilities
(c) Computing Sequential probabilities (d) None of these
59. Let A & B are two events with P(A) = 2/3, P(B) = % and P(A n B) = 1/12 then P(A/B) is equal to
(a) 2/3 (b) 1/3 (c) 1/8 (d) 7/8
60. In connection with a random experiment, it is found that P(A) = 2/3, P(B) = 3/5 and P(AUB) = 5/6. Find
P(B/A).
(a) 13/18 (b) V (c) 13/20 (d) 5/18
61. If P(A n B) = 0.10 and P(B) = 0.80, then P(A/B) is
(a) 0.25 (b) 0.40 (c) 0.50 (d) 0.75
62. A and B are two events such that P(A) = 1/3, P(B) = 1/4, P(A+B) = 1/2 then P(B/A) is equal to
(a) % (b) I (c) V (d) none of these
MCQ ANSWERS
1 c 11 b 21 c 31 b 41 b 51 c 61 c
2 c 12 b 22 c 32 a 42 b 52 d 62 a
3 c 13 b 23 b 33 b 43 a 53 b
4 c 14 a 24 a 34 d 44 c 54 d
5 d 15 b 25 b 35 b 45 a 55 a
6 c 16 a 26 b 36 d 46 a 56 b
7 d 17 d 27 a 37 c 47 a 57 a
8 b 18 b 28 b 38 b 48 a 58 b
9 a 19 d 29 b 39 c 49 a 59 b
10 a 20 c 30 b 40 b 50 c 60 c

BIT QUESTIONS
FUNDAMENTALS OF BUSINESS MATHEMATICS
I. Choose the correct answer from the given four alternatives:

1. Two numbers are in the ratio 5:7. If the sum of the numbers is 192, then the greater number is
(A) 112 (B) 102 (C) 116 (D) 108
2. x varies inversely as y and if x = 3 then y = 4. If y = 6 then the value of x is

(A) 3 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 2.5
3. A sum will be double itself at a simple interest p.a. in 8 years. The simple interest is
(A) 10% (B) 10.5% (C) 12% (D) 12.5%
4. If (x - 1), (x + 1) and (2x + 3) are in A.P, then the value of x is

(A) -2 (B) 0 (C) 2 (D) 4
5. The 8th term of the series 256, 128, 64.....is

(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 8 (D) 16
6. If 2x - 1 + 2x + 1 = 80, then the value of x is

(A) 8 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 10
7. If a and b be the roots of the equation 2x2 + 2x - 3 = 0 then the value of 2ab is
(A) – 6 (B) 3 (C) 1 (D) - 3
8. The value of 3P3 - 3C3 is

(A) 0 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 1
9. P and Q are two non-empty sets. Given:

n(P) = 12, n(Q) = 6 and n (P U Q) = 10. Then n (P n Q) is
(A) 8 (B) 9 (C) 7 (D) 0
10. Six years before the ratio of the ages of two sisters Mitali and Sonali is 2 : 3. If the present age
of Mitali is 30 years, then the present age of Sonali is
(A) 28 years (B) 42 years (C) 36 years (D) 48 years
11. If I is the simple interest, R is the rate % p.a., T is the time period, P being the principal, then I
is expressed as
(A) I = 100 (PRT) (B) /=™ (C) / = (D) I = PRT
12. Find the compound interest on " 4,000 for 2 years at 5% p.a.
(A) ~ 400 (B) 405 (C) ~ 415 (D) ~410
13. The value of logarithm of 8 to the base 2 is

(A) 3 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) 2
14. If p varies inversely as q, it is written as

(A) p <x- (B) 1 « \ (C) p2 « 12 (D) ^ « 4

2n n
15. If P3 = 84. P2, then the value of n is
(A) 16 (B) 11 (C) 9 (D) 6
16. Product of the two roots of the quadratic equation 3x2 - 5x + 2 = 0 is

(A) 2/5 (B) 3/2 (C) 2/3 (D) 5/3
17. The value of ^2*^ is

(A) 30 (B) 23 (C) 31 (D) 32
18. If P and Q are two disjoint sets, then n (P n Q) is

(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) 2 (D) 3
19. If - = - = -, then the value of a+b+c is

(A) 4 (B) 2 (C) 7 (D) 14
20. If p varies directly as q and if q = 2 then p = 4. If p = 2, the value of q is

(A) 1.5 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) 3
21. A man deposited a sum of money to a bank at 9% simple interest p.a. The total interest that he
will get at the end of 5 years is ' 1,620. The deposited amount is
(A) 6,000 (B) 4,000 (C) 3,600 (D) ~ 4,400
22. The mean proportional between 4 and 16 is

(A) 8 (B) 10 (C) 9 (D) + 8
23. The 6th term of an A.P 2, 5, 8.........is

(A) 18 (B) 16 (C) 17 (D) 19
24. The 7th term of the series 16, 8, 4, 2.........is

(A) 1/8 (B) ¼ (C) ½ (D) 1/16
25. If A C B and n (A) = 18, n (B) = 40, then n (A n B) is

(A) 18 (B) 22 (C) 58 (D) 40
26. The value of Q log10125-2log104+ log1032^ is

(A) 2 (B) 1 (C) 0 (D) -2
27. The ratio of work done by (x + 2) men in (x - 2) days to that (x - 1) men in (x + 1) days is 4 : 5,
the value of x is
(A) + 4 (B) 6 (C) 4 (D) 8

(A) 4 (B) 16 (C) 3 (D) 1
29 The simple interest (SI) on 100 at the rate of 5% p.a. for 5 years is
(A) 10 (B) 5 (C) 1 (D) 25
30. The 7th term of the Arithmetic Progression (AP) 7, 10, 13, 16.......is
(A) 28 (B) 22 (C) 25 (D) 20

31. The value of logarithm of 1 to the base 10 is
(A) 2 (B) 10 (C) 0 (D) 1
32. The set p = {2,3,5} and the set Q = {1,4}. Then the set P n Q is
(A) Null set (B) {0} (C) {0} (D) {P}
33. If nP4 = 30 x nP2, then the value of n is

(A) 10 (B) 8 (C) 6 (D) 5
34. The sum of the roots of the quadratic equation x2 - 3x = 0 is

(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) -3 (D) 3
35. If 3x - 1 - 3x - 3 = 8, then the value of (x2 - x + 4) is

(A) 10 (B) 8 (C) 12 (D) 15

(A) 17 (B) 15 (C) 225 (D) 16
37. p varies inversely as q. If p = 2 then q = 3. Find p if q = 2.

(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 1 (D) 0
38. A person deposits 2,000 at 6% p.a. simple interest for 3 years. The amount he will get back
after 3 years is
(A) 2,300 (B) 2,400 (C) 2,360 (D) 2350
39. Find the 10th term of the A.P 3, 6, 9, 12, 15..................

(A) 20 (B) 25 (C) 23 (D) 30
40. The produce of 3 terms in a G.P is 125. The middle term is

(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6
41. The value of 5C2 is

(A) 10 (B) 9 (C) 11 (D) 5
42. For a quadratic equation x2 - 2x + 1 = 0, the product of the roots is

(A) – 1 (B) 1 (C) 0 (D) 2
43. The value of logarithm of 1/10 to the base 10 is

(A) 1 (B) -1 (C) 0 (D) 10
44. The Set A = {1,2,3} and the set B = {1,2}, then A - B is

(A) {0} (B) {2} (C) {3} (D) 0
45. Three numbers are in the ratio 5 : 7 : 12 and the sum of the first and third numbers is greater
than the second by 50. The sum of the three numbers is
(A) 130 \(B) 120 (C) 128 (D) 125
46. In a certain time Rs. 1400 becomes Rs. 1848 at 8% p.a. simple interest. When " 2,100 will
become 2,604 at the same time, the rate of interest is
(A) 8.2% (B) 7% (C) 10% (D) 6%

47. The year by which a sum of rupees would be 1.21 times of itself at 10% per annum C.I is
(A) 2 years (B) 3 years (C) 3.5 years (D) 2.5 years
48. If S be the set of all prime numbers and M = {x = 0 <x < 9} then M - (S n M) is
(A) {0,1,4,6,8,9} (B) {0,4,6,8} (C) {1,2,4,6,8} (D) {1,3,5,7}
49. If a = b2 = c3, then the value of loga(abc) is

(A) 13/3 (B) 11/6 (C) 8/3 (D) 4
50. Which term 128 is of the progression 1, 2, 4, 8........?

(A) 8th term (B) 7th term (C) 9th term (D) 10th term
51. If 5Cr - 3C2 = 7C1, then r is

(A) 4 (B) 3 (C) 2 (D) both 2 and 3
52. y = A + B where A and B vary directly and inversely respectively with x; x = 1 when y = 11 and
x = 2 when y = 13. The value of y when x = 3 is
(A) 15 (B) 17 (C) 19 (D) 20
53. The value of log7 7 is

(A) 0 (B) – 1 (C) ½ (D) 1
ANSWER KEY:
1. (A) 112 2. (C) 2 3. (D) 12.5% 4. (B) 0 5. (A) 2
6. (C) 5 7. (D) – 3 8. (B) 5 9. (A) 8
10. (B) 42 years 11. (C) / = ^I 12. (D) Rs. 410 13. (A) 3 14. (A) p «-
15. (B) 11 16. (C) 2/3 17. (D) 32 18. (B) 0 19. (B) 2
20. (C) 1 21. (C) ~ 3,600 22. (D) + 8 23. (C) 17 24. (B) 1/4
25. (A) 18 26. (B) 1 27. (C) 4 28. (A) 4 29. (D) 25
30. (C) 25 31. (C) 0 32. (A) Null set 33. (B) 8 34. (D) 3
35. (A) 10 36. (B) 15 37. (A) 3 38. (C) 2,360 39. (D) 30
40. (C) 5 41. (A) 10 42. (B) 1 43. (B) -1 44. (C) {3}
45. (B) 120 46. (D) 6% 47. (A) 2 years 48. (A) {0,1,4,6,8,9} 49. (B) 11/6
50. (A) 8th term 51. (D) both 2 and 3 52. (B) 17 53. (D) 1
II. State whether the following statement is True or False:

1. The mean proportional between 2 and 8 is 4.
2. If 1 + 2 + 3 +.......+ n = 231 then the value of n is 21.
3. loga mn = (loga m) (loga n)
4. \ (nP3) = 3 (n C3)
5. If 3x = 1/243 then the value of x is 5.
6. The roots of the quadratic equation 2x2 - 12x + 18 = 0 are not equal.
7. The cardinal number of a null set is zero.
8. log 2 + log 5 = log 7

5 5
9. C3 = C2
10. The sum of first 6 terms of the arithmetic progression (A.P) 6, 4, 2, 0,.........is 12.
11. The sum of the roots of the quadratic equation x2 - x + 1 = 0 is 1.
12. The geometric mean of two quantities p and q is pq.
13. Some money is distributed between Amal and Ashoke in the ratio 3:5. If Amal receives
72, then Ashoke receives 108.
14. Factorial 5 is equal to 120.
15. Speed (s) is inversely proportional to time (t). Then st = constant.
16. The set {0} is a null set.
17. (A U B)" = A" U B"
18. (-2)5 = 32
19. The set of all the subsets of a given set A is called the Power Set of A.
20. The value of (32)1/5 is V2.
21. The value of 5C2 is equal to 5C3.
22. The geometric mean of 3 and 1/3 is -1.
23. The value of x when 2x = 3x is 0.
24. If p = 2 + V3, then 1/p = 2 - V3.
25. Null set is a subset of every set.
26. If nP1 = nC1, the nP3 = nC3.
27. The series 1, 11, 111, 111.................is an AP Series.
28. The 7th term of the progression 3, -9, 27..........is 2187.
29. One root of the quadratic equation 3x2 + 10x + 3 = 0 is reciprocal to the other.
30. 1 + 3 + 5 + 7 +.......+ (2n - 1) = n2.
31. If 16Pr = 240, then r is 2.
32. If a set 'A' has 6 elements and a set 'B' has 8 elements, then the minimum number of elements
in the set A U B is 14, when A C B.
33. If log3 (log3 x) = 0, then x is 1.

n n n
34. Cr + Cn-r = 2( Cr).
35. The sum of the roots of the quadratic equation 3x2 + 2x - 5 = 0 is -2/3.
ANSWER KEY:
1. True 2. True 3. False 4. True 5. False
6. False 7. True 8. False 9. True 10. False
11. True 12. False 13. False 14. True 15. True
16. False 17. False 18. False 19. True 20. False
21. True 22. False 23. True 24. True 25. True
26. False 27. False 28. True 29. True 30. True
31. True 32. False 33. False 34. True 35. True

FUNDAMENTALS OF BUSINESS STATISTICS
I. Choose the correct answer from the given four alternatives:
1. The necessary diagram to compare among the various components or between a part and the
whole is:
(A) Bar diagram (B) Step diagram
(C) Pie diagram (D) Histogram
2. A random variable X can take the values -1, 0 and 1 with respective probabilities 0.2, 0.5 and
0.3. The expected value of X is:
(A) 0.3 (B) 0.5 (C) 0.2 (D) 0.1
3. Consider the following data:

Marks in 0 - 9 10 - 19 20 - 29 30 - 39 40 - 49 Total
Mathematics
No. of students (f) 10 8 12 15 5 50
Frequency density of the second class is
(A) 0.8 (B) 8 (C) 1.2 (D) 1
4. The measure of central tendency of a statistical data which takes into account all the data
(A) Median (B) Mean (C) Mode (D) Range
5. The A.M. of the numbers 1, 3, 5........(2n - 1) is

(A) n2 (B) n + 1 (C) n (D) 2n
6. The Harmonic Mean (H.M.) of the series 1, 2, 4 is

(A) 5 (B) 7 (C) 7/5 (D) 12/7
7. For a symmetrical distribution first quartile and median are respectively 20 and 24. The third
quartile of the distribution is
(A) 28 (B) 26 (C) 22 (D) 32
8. Standard Deviation (S.D) for two observations 1 and 4 is

(A) 1 (B) 1.5 (C) 2 (D) 3
9. If the two regression coefficients are byx = - 0.4 and bxy = - 0.9 then the value of correlation
coefficient (r) is
(A) 0.6 (B) 0.65 (C) - 0.6 (D) - 0.65
10. For a frequency distribution coefficient of skewness = 0.6; mean = 172 and mode = 163. The
value of the variance is
(A) 169 (B) 215 (C) 196 (D) 225
11. For two mutually exclusive events A and B if P(A) = 3/4 and P(B) = 1/6, then P(A or B) is
(A) 11/12 (B) 5/12 (C) 7/8 (D) 1/8
12. Two unbiased coins are tossed simultaneously. The problem of getting a head and a tail is
(A) ¼ (B) ½ (C) 1 (D) %

13. The vertical axis of an ogive shows
(A) Cumulative frequencies (B) Absolute frequencies
(C) Frequency densities (D) Class boundaries
14. The basis of classification according to differences in time is called

(A) Ordinal classification (B) Temporal classification
(C) Spatial classification (D) Qualitative classification
15. The frequencies of three class intervals 54 - 58, 59 - 63, 64 - 68 of a distribution are
respectively 4, 8 and 12. The frequency density of the 2 nd class is
(A) 1 (B) 1.2 (C) 1.6 (D) 2
16. The mean of five observations 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 is

(A) 19 (B) 16 (C) 17 (D) 15
17. The variance of two observations 10 and 17 is

(A) 12.25 (B) 12 (C) 1.225 (D) 13
18. If a variable x takes the values 12 and 24 with equal frequencies, then mean of x is
(A) 36 (B) 18 (C) 22 (D) 28
19. The quartile deviation of the following data 12, 10, 17, 14, 19, 21, 27, 30, 32, 38, 34 is
(A) 11 (B) 18 (C) 9 (D) 16
20. For a frequency distribution mean = 68.2; median = 69 and coefficient of skewness of the
distribution is - 0.6. The variance of the distribution is
(A) 9 (B) 25 (C) 36 (D) 16
21. If r be the correlation coefficient between two variables x and y, bxy and byx being the two
regression coefficients, then
(A) r = V&xy x ftyx (B) r = bxy x byx (C) r = ^ (D) r=^
22. If two regression equations x + 5y = 13 and 3x - 2y = 5, then the mean values of x and y are
respectively.
(A) (2, 3) (B) (3, 2) (C) (4, 5) (D) (5, 4)
23. Given that P(4) = = 5 and P(4 UB)=|^. The events A and B are
(A) Equally likely (B) Independent (C) Mutually exclusive (D) Exhaustive
24. Two dice are thrown simultaneously, the probability of obtaining a total sum 8 is
(A) 1/6 (B) 5/6 (C) 5/36 (D) 7/36
25. Mode of a frequency distribution can be determined with the help of

(A) Pie diagram (B) Histogram (C) Bar graph (D) Ogive
26. If the A.M of 14, 16, x, 25, 21 be 19, then the value of x is
(A) 16 (B) 19 (C) 12 (D) 21
27. The G.M of 3 and 24 with weight 2 and 1 respectively is

(A) 8 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 9

28. The mean deviation about median of 28, 7, 16, 14, 24, 15, 34, 30 is
(A) 8 (B) 6 (C) 10.5 (D) 12
29. The A.M of first n natural numbers is 6. The value of n is

(A) 12 (B) 9 (C) 11 (D) 16
30. The 1st and 3rd quartiles of a frequency distribution are respectively 25 and 45. If the
coefficient of skewness be - 0.1, then the median is
(A) 36 (B) 32 (C) 24 (D) 28
31. If A.M and the coefficient of variation of x are 6 and 50% respectively, then the variable of x is
(A) 3 (B) 6 (C) 9 (D) 11
32. Given : Q3 - Q1 = 8, Q3 + Q1 = 22, Median (Q2) = 10.5. The coefficient of skewness is

(A) 1/8 (B) 1/7 (C) 1/5 (D) 1
33. The correlation coefficient between two variables x and y is

(A) sum of two regression coefficients.
(B) Arithmetic Mean of two regression coefficients.
(C) Harmonic Mean of two regression coefficients.
(D) Geometric Mean of two regression coefficients.
34. For sure event A

(A) P(A) = 1 (B) P(A) > 1 (C) P(A) = 0 (D) P(A) = -1
35. For two mutually exclusive events A and B, P (A U B) is equal:

(A) P(A) - P(B) (B) P(A) + P(B) (C) Va [P(A) + P(B)] (D) P(A) x P(B)
36. Out of total outlay 40,000 (crore) during an annual plan of a country, the central angle
represented by education of amount Rs. x crore is 720. The value of x (in crore) is
(A) 10,000 (B) 9,000 (C) 6,000 (D) 8,000
37. Given a table:

Value (greater than) 100 150 200 250
Frequency 50 32 9 0
The number of observations between 150 and 200 is
(A) 23 (B) 15 (C) 8 (D) 18
38. Given the table:

Class Interval 10 - 15 15 - 20 20 - 25 25 - 30 30 - 35
Frequency 5 7 4 6 8
The class mark for the second class is
(A) 27.5 (B) 17.5 (C) 12.5 (D) 32.5
39. The Arithmetic Mean for the series 2, 6, 5, 7, 9, 4, 2 is

(A) 7 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6
40. The Geometric Mean (GM) for the series 1, 3, 9 is

(A) 3 (B) 2 (C) 1/3 (D) V*

41. The Standard Deviation for two observations is
(A) square of their difference. (B) half of their absolute difference
(C) their absolute difference (D) twice of their absolute difference
42. The absolute deviations of the values of a variables from the mean are 10, 15, 19, 2, 14. The
mean deviation is
(A) 16 (B) 14 (C) 12 (D) 9
43. A.M of 40 observations of a variable is 25 and S.D is 4. The sum of squares of all observations
is
(A) 25640 (B) 26540 (C) 24560 (D) 26450
44. If y + 2x = 10; x = 3 and Var (y) = 25, then C.V. of y is

(A) 100% (B) 150% (C) 125% (D) 50%
45. The coefficient of skewness of a distribution is 0.4. Its S.D and mean are respectively 8 and
30. The mode of the distribution is
(A) 26 (B) 26.2 (C) 26.4 (D) 26.8
46. If ffy = 4, byx = 0.48, r = 0.6, then is ffx

(A) 5 (B) 7 (C) 9 (D) 6.5
47. If A and B be two mutually exclusive events and P(A) = 3/4; P (A U B) = 5/6 then P(B) is
(A) 2/3 (B) 3/5 (C) 5/12 (D) 1/12
48. The mode for the series 2, 5, 7, 6, 3, 7, 4, 7, 9, 2 is

(A) 6 (B) 2 (C) 7 (D) 9
49. The median of the numbers 94, 33, 86, 68, 32, 80, 48 and 70 is
(A) 68 (B) 69 (C) 64 (D) 70
50. The Geometric Mean (G.M) for the series 1, 2, 4 is

(A) 2 (B) 7/3 (C) 3/7 (D) 2.5
51. The Standard Deviation (S.D) for 2 and 8 is

(A) 5 (B) 4 (C) 3 (D) 6
52. The mean deviation of the observations 3, 5, 9, 1 and 2 about their median is
(A) 2.4 (B) 2.2 (C) 3 (D) 2.8
53. If the sum of squares of the deviations of 10 observations taken from mean 50 is 250,
then C.V is
(A) 10% (B) 12% (C) 20% (D) 15%
54. If the relation between two variables x and y be 5x + 7y = 28 and median of y be 3, then the
median of x is
(A) 1.4 (B) - 4.2 (C) 3 (D) 13/7
55. For a symmetric distribution, skewness is

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) -1 (D) 0.5

56. If cov (x, y) = 0.6, = 2, <ry = 1, then rxy is
(A) 0.1 (B) 0.3 (C) 0.2 (D) 0
57. The value of the correlation coefficient lies between

(A) 0 and 1 (B) - 1 and 1 (C) -1 and 0 (D) - 0.5 and 0.5
58. For two independent events A and B, P(AB) is

(A) P (A|B) (B) P(A) P(B) (C) P (A - B) (D) P (B|A)
59. For two mutually exclusive events A and B, if P(A) = 0.4 and P(B) = 0.3, then P (A or B) is
(A) 0.6 (B) 0.58 (C) 0.7 (D) 0.75
60. If the Harmonic Mean of 2, a, 8 be 24/7, the value of a is

(A) 4 (B) 6 (C) 12 (D) 9
61. The variance of first 5 natural numbers is

(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 8 (D) 2
62. Two variables x and y are given by the relation y = 3x - 2. If the mode of x be 5, the mode of y
will be
(A) 13 (B) 10 (C) 15 (D) 9
63. If for a symmetrical distribution 1st and 3rd quartiles are respectively 16 and 22, then the
Median of the distribution is
(A) 20 (B) 18 (C) 24 (D) 19
64. If Mean = 50 cm and C.V. = 60%, then the S.D. is

(A) 25 cm (B) 30 cm (C) 28 cm (D) 20 cm
65. For a given frequency distribution C.V = 30%, variance = 36 and Pearson's Coefficient of
Skewness = - 0.25, the mode of the distribution is
(A) 24 (B) 20 (C) 21.5 (D) 24.5
66. The regression equation of y on x is 3x - 5y = - 12 and regression equation of x on y is 2x - y

= 7. The value of y when x = 10 is
(A) 8.4 (B) 6.5 (C) 7 (D) 9
67. If y = 3x + 30 and mean of x is 20, then the mean of y is

(A) 90 (B) 80 (C) 70 (D) 100
68. If the events A and B are mutually exclusive 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) P (A + B) = 0
69. If = 10, ffy = 12, and bxy = - 0.8, then the value of correlation coefficient (r) is
(A) - 0.84 (B) - 0.96 (C) - 0.75 (D) 0.86
70. When Var (x) = 2.25, Var (y) = 1 and Cov (x, y) = 0.9, then correlation coefficient is
(A) 0.45 (B) 0.8 (C) 0.6 (D) 0.75

71. If the odds against an event 3:5, the probability of that event is
(A) 3/8 (B) 5/8 (C) 2/3 (D) 1/3
ANSWER KEY:
1. (C) Pie diagram
2. (D) 0.1
3. (A) 0.8
4. (B) Mean
5. (C) n
6. (D) 12/7
7. (D) 32
8. (B) 1.5
9. (C) - 0.6
10. (D) 225
11. (A) 11/12
12. (B) %
13. (A) Cumulative frequencies
14. (A) Ordinal classification
15. (D) 2
16. (D) 15
17. (A) 12.25
18. (B) 18
19. (C) 9
20. (D) 16
r =
21. (A) V ^xy x ^yx
22. (B) (3, 2)
23. (D) Exhaustive
24. (B) 5/6
25. (B) Histogram
26. (B) 19
27. (C) 6
28. (A) 8
29. (C) 11
30. (A) 36
31. (C) 9
32. (A) 1/8
33. (D) Geometric Mean of two regression coefficients.
34. (A) P(A) = 1
35. (B) P(A) + P(B)
36. (D) Rs. 8,000
37. (A) 23
38. (B) 17.5
39. (C) 5
40. (A) 3
41. (B) half of their absolute difference
42. (C) 12
43. (A) 25640
44. (C) 125%
45. (D) 26.8
46. (A) 5
47. (D) 1/12
48. (C) 7
49. (B) 69
50. (A) 2
51. (C) 3
52. (B) 2.2
53. (A) 10%
54. (A) 1.4
55. (A) 0
56. (A) 0.1
57. (B) - 1 and 1
58. (B) P(A) P(B)
59. (C) 0.7
60. (A) 4
61. (D) 2
62. (A) 13
63. (D) 19
64. (B) 30 cm
65. (C) 21.5
66. (A) 8.4
67. (A) 90
68. (A) P (A + B) = P (A) + P (B)
69. (B) - 0.96
70. (C) 0.6
71. (B) 5/8
II. State whether the following statement is True or False:

1. Runs in a cricket match is a continuous variable.
2. Mode for a frequency distribution is calculated from Histogram.
3. The sum of the deviations of x1, x2,....., xn from their A.M. x is zero.
4. Variance is always positive.
5. A variable x takes the values 10 and 20 with equal frequencies then the mean of x is
30.
6. Median divides the whole statistical data into two equal parts.
7. The standard deviation (S.D) is independent of change of origin but dependent on scale.
8. 50th percentile is known as 2nd quartile.
9. For a negatively skewed distribution it is found that mean, median and mode are respectively
58, 54 and 48.
10. The correlation coefficient between two variables is independent of change or origin as well
as change of scale.

11. If two events A and B are mutually exclusive then P (A n B) = P(A) P(B).
,« _, „. . . , . i i ± i Maximum observation-Minimum observation nn
12. The coefficient of range is calculated as-x 100.

Maximum observation+Minimum observation
13. The colour of a flower is an attribute.
14. The data collected from census reports are primary data.
15. Harmonic mean of a set of observations is the reciprocal of the arithmetic mean of the
reciprocal values of the observations.
16. Variance is the positive square root of standard deviation.
17. C.V x mean = S.D x 100.
18. If two regression coefficients ftyx and ftxy are negative, then the correlation coefficient (r) is
positive.
19. For a symmetric distribution skewness is zero.
20. The coefficient of correlation is independent of origin but dependent on the unit of
measurement.
21. The probability of an absurd event is zero.
22. Probability of an event is a real number lying between - 1 and 1.
23. For a skew distribution, Mean ^ Median ^ Mode.
24. The total number of cases is 12 when two dice are thrown together.
25. Proportion of girls in a class of 100 students is a discrete variable.
26. The median for the set of observations 5, 7, 2, 1, 4, 3, 6 is 1.
27. The sum of cumulative frequencies of less than type and more than type of a class interval is
equal to total frequency.
28. Standard deviation is defined as Root Mean Square Deviation about mean.
29. S.D is independent of change of scale, but is dependent on change of origin.
30. For a positively skewed distribution, Mean > Median > Mode.
31. The correlation between sale of woolen garments and day temperature is positive.
32. For two mutually exclusive events A and B, P(AB) = 0.
33. The correlation coefficient is a measure of linear association.

34. The probability of an event may exceed unity.
35. The conditional probability P (jl/B) =
36. Three perfect coins are tossed together. The probability of getting at least one head is
5 8'
37. In any group frequency distribution class intervals are of equal width always.
38. Frequency densities are necessary for drawing histogram.
39. The statistical data collected during the census are primary data to the census department.
40. The value of the standard deviation of a series of observations can never be negative.
41. For a frequency distribution Median (Q2), 5th Decile (D5) and 50th Percentile (P50) have the
same value.
42. The standard deviation of a series of observations is defined as a root mean square deviation
from any central value A.
43. Standard deviation is a kind of relative measure of dispersion.
44. Empirical relation between mean, median and mode is expressed as Mean - Mode = 3 (Mean
- Median).
45. When one regression coefficient is negative and other regression coefficient is also negative.
46. The event neither A nor B occurs is represented by ^nBc
47. For any two independent events A and B, P (A/B) = P(A).
48. Monthly income of workers of a factory is a continuous variable.
49. Cumulative frequencies are necessary for drawing ogive.
50. In a moderately skewed distribution, mode - 3, median + k mean. Then k = -2.
51. The coefficient of variation = (mean / s.d) x 100.

52. If C.V of series A is less than that of series B, then A is more stable than B.
53. For a positively skewed distribution, it is found that mean, median and mode are respectively
62, 61 and 59.
54. The sum of the deviations of the observations from their Arithmetic Mean (A.M) is always
zero.
55. The relation between A.M, G.M and H.M is expressed as A.M < G.M < H.M.
56. Skewness of a frequency distribution is defined as the measure of its extent of asymmetry.

57. Correlation coefficient rxy of two variables x and y is the geometric mean of two regression
coefficients bxy and byx.
58. If bxy = -0.8 and byx = -0.2, then rxy = -0.6.
59. The sum of the probability of an event and its complement is always zero.
60. A discrete variable assumes only integral values.
61. (Class Frequency) / (Width of the Class) is defined as Frequency Density.
62. If C.V of series A is more than that of Series B, then B is more stable than A.
63. The meeting point of two regression lines y-y= byx (x-x)and (x*) = 6yx O - y) gives (x, y).
64. The stub of a table is the space meant for the row head.
65. Covariance of x and y is expressed as -£(x- x)(y - y).
66. For a symmetrical distribution Mean ^ Median ^ Mode.
67. For a negatively skewed distribution it is found that Mean, Median and Mode are respectively
50, 51 and 49.
68. For two events A and B, P (A - B) = P (B - A).
69. Variance is always non - negative.

70. Mode is the value of the observation having minimum frequency.
ANSWERS
1. True
2. True
3. True
4. True
5. False
6. True
7. False
8. True
9. False
10. True
11. False
12. False
13. True
14. True
15. True
16. True
17. True
18. False
19. True
20. False
21. True
22. False
23. True
24. False
25. True
26. False
27. False
28. True
29. False
30. True
31. False
32. True
33. True
34. False
35. True
36. False
37. True
38. True
39. True
40. True
41. True
42. False
43. True
44. True
45. True
46. False
47. True
48. True
49. True
50. True
51. False
52. True
53. True
54. True
55. False
56. True
57. True
58. False
59. False
60. True
61. True
62. True
63. True
64. True
65. True
66. False
67. False
68. False
69. True
70. False

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5. If then is equal to:

(a) 5/4 (b) 4/5 (c) 3 (d) None of these. (1 mark)

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(a) (b) 55 (c) (d) 14 (1 mark)

(a) 2:3 (b) 3:2 (c) 5:1 (d) 1:5 (1 mark)

(a) 7 (b) 2 (c) (d) (1 mark)

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11. If then is equal to;

(a) 5/4 (b) 4/5 (c) 3 (d) None of these (1 mark)

3. A fraction which bears the same ratio to that does to is:

(a) (b) 55 (c) (d) (1 mark)

(a) (b) 55 (c) (d) (1 mark)

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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS OF JUNE 2018

(i) If = = , then the value of is

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2. State whether the following statements are True or False:

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III. Fill in the blanks

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IV. State whether the following statements are true or false

(b) Match the following

38. If then = 5:1

39. If ^ A = 4 B = ^ C then A:B:C is

III. Fill in the blanks

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V. Match the following

1. Choose the correct Answer

II. Fill in the blanks

IV. Answer the following in one (or) two steps

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II. Fill in the blanks

III. True or false

IV. 16. 875 17.1-62/3%

I Choose the correct Answer

II. Fill in the blank

III. State whether the following statements are true or false

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Objective type questions (A.P and G.P)

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(i) (ii) - (iii) (iv) -

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9. (ii) 10.(i) 11.(iii) 12.(i) 13.(iii) 14.(iv) 15.(i) 16.(ii)

17.(iv) 18.(ii) 19.(ii) 20.(i) 2-.(iii) 22.(ii) 23.(i) 24.(iv)

25.(i) 26.(i) 27.(iii) 28.(ii) 29.(iv) 30.(i) 3-.(iii) 32.(ii)

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(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 4 (d) 6 (1 mark)

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1. The value of … . . to infinity is.

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) abc (1 mark)

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3. The value of … … … … … … . to infinity is:

9. If then the value of xyz is:

(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) -1 (d) None of these.. (1 mark)

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(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) (d) 0 (1 mark)

2. The value of __________ to infinity is: