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AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY EXAMINATION BOARD

HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL CERTIFICATE

CLASS XII EXAMINATION

MAY 2015

Business Statistics Paper I

Time: 30 minutes Marks: 20

INSTRUCTIONS
1. Read each question carefully.
2. Answer the questions on the separate answer sheet provided. DO NOT write your answers on the
question paper.
3. There are 100 answer numbers on the answer sheet. Use answer numbers 1 to 20 only.
4. In each question there are four choices A, B, C, D. Choose ONE. On the answer grid black out
the circle for your choice with a pencil as shown below.

Candidate’s Signature

5. If you want to change your answer, ERASE the first answer completely with a rubber, before
blacking out a new circle.
6. DO NOT write anything in the answer grid. The computer only records what is in the circles.
7. You may use a scientific calculator if you wish.

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1. Which of the following is a tool used in inferential statistics?

A. Mean
B. Sampling
C. Standard deviation
D. Construction of graph

2. Which of the following is a continuous variable?

A. Height of Pakistani hockey players

B. Blood group of Pakistani hockey players
C. Gold medal won by Pakistani hockey team
D. Number of hockey sticks used by Pakistani players in a tournament

3. In statistics, all the registered voters in Pakistan would constitute

A. a population.
B. a parameter.
C. a sample.
D. a statistic.

60 oranges are weighed and the data is arranged in the following table.

Read the given frequency distribution carefully to answer Q.4 and Q.5.

Weight Number of
(g) Oranges
45 − 49 7
50 − 54 6
55 − 59 10
60 − 64 15
65 − 69 13
70 − 74 9

4. The class boundaries associated with the highest frequency is

A. 60.5 − 64.5
B. 59.5 − 64.5
C. 70.5 − 74.5
D. 69.5 − 74.5

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5. How many oranges weigh more than 59 g?

A. 10
B. 25
C. 28
D. 37

The heights of the trees in a fruit farm have been shown in the given histogram. Study the
histogram carefully to answer Q.6 and Q.7.
Frequency

75 125 175 225 275 325

Height
(cm)
6. The total number of trees in the fruit farm is

A. 80
B. 100
C. 250
D. 325

7. The range of the data shown in the histogram is

A. 20
B. 60
C. 250
D. 325

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8. The following pie-chart presents the consumption of a commodity in each province of

Pakistan.

Gilgit
Baltistan
Punjab
50°
90o
KPK 80°
75°
65°
Sindh
Balochistan

If Punjab consumes 200 tons of this commodity, then consumption in Sindh is

A. 150 tons.
B. 150.67 tons.
C. 166.67 tons.
D. 170 tons.

9. The average score of a player for the last six one-day cricket matches is 45. What should be
his score in the seventh one-day cricket match to make his average score 50?

A. 50
B. 60
C. 70
D. 80

A survey was carried out to find out the number of books read last year by 40 students of class
XII of a college. The data has been represented in the following table.

Number of Number of
Students Books
1–9 6
10 – 18 13
19 – 27 10
28 – 36 6
37 – 45 5

Read the above data carefully to answer Q.10 and Q.11.

10. The cumulative frequency preceding the median class is

A. 6
B. 13
C. 19
D. 23

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11. The upper class boundary of the modal class is

A. 17.5
B. 18
C. 18.5
D. 19

12. The median of the data 20, 21, 23, 24, 23, 27, 20 and 25 is

A. 20
B. 23
C. 23.5
D. 23 and 20

13. The standard deviation of the data set a , a , a , a , a , and a is

A. 0
B. a
C. a
D. ± a

∑ (X − X )
2
14. If for a set of data = 61.5 and n = 10, then the variance of the data is

A. 37.21
B. 6.15
C. 7.84
D. 2.48

15. At a roadside restaurant, a cup of tea costed Rs 15 in 2012. In 2015, the same cup of tea costs
Rs 22. Assuming 2012 to be the base year, the price of a cup of tea has

A. increased by 46.67%
B. decreased by 46.67%
C. increased by 31.72%
D. decreased by 31.72%

16. If P° is the base year price, Pn is the current year price, q is the base year quantity and qn is
°
the current year quantity, then formula for the base year weighted index is

A. I °n =
∑ P°q° × 100
∑ P°qn
B. I °n =
∑ P°q° ×100
∑ P°q°
C. I °n =
∑ Pn q° ×100
∑ P° q°
D. I °n =
∑ Pn qn ×100
∑ P° q°
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17. If four coins are tossed once, then the number of outcomes in the sample space is

A. 4
B. 8
C. 16
D. 32

18. Two dice are rolled once. The probability of getting the same number on both the dice is

6
A.
18
12
B.
18
6
C.
36
12
D.
36

19. The permutation of selecting r objects from a set of n objects is given by the formula
n!
np = . If r = 1 , then the formula is equal to
r (n − r )!
A. 1
B. n
C. n!
D. (n − 1)
20. If P( A) = P(B ) = a and P( A ∩ B ) = b, then P( A ∪ B ) is equal to

A. a+b
B. a −b
C. 2a + b
D. 2a − b

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