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Sample Questions - Admission to BA Program

Mathematics
1. Six solid spheres of the same size are made by melting a solid metallic cylinder of base
Diameter 4 cm and height 16 cm. The diameter of each sphere is___
a. 2 cm
b. 3 cm
c. 4 cm
d. 4.5 cm

2. Two dice are thrown simultaneously. The probability that the number on the first die is
an odd number and that on the second die is a prime number is __________
a. 12
36
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36

c. 15
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Descriptive Statistics
1. If the sum of squared deviations of the observations from its mean is 200 and the
variance of them is 8, then the number of observations is
a. 10
b. 8
c. 20
d. 25

2. For the following distribution

Class 0-5 5 – 10 10 - 15 - 20 20 - 25
15
Frequency 5 10 12 15 10

The sum of lower limits of median class and modal class is____
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