PRACTICE QUESTIONS

1. Draw a histogram of the frequency distribution given below:

Variable : 10-14 15-19 20-29 30-49
Frequency: 5 10 30 20

2. Draw a histogram of following distribution:

Life of electric
lamps (in hrs.): 1010 1030 1050 1070 1090
Firm A: 13 130 482 360 18
Firm B: 287 106 26 230 352

3. Represent the following data by a suitable diagram:

Item of Expenditure Family A Family B Family C

Food 50 45 60
Clothing 20 25 20
Rent 10 10 10
Education 05 10 05
Miscellaneous 15 10 05
Total 100 100 100

4. Calculate Mean and Median for the following data:

Profits Frequency

10 – 20 4
10 – 30 16
10 – 40 56
10 – 50 97
10 – 60 124
10 – 70 137
10 – 80 146
10 – 90 150

5. Calculate Mean, Median and Mode from the following frequency distribution marks
at a test in English.

Marks :5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50
No. of students : 20 43 75 76 72 45 39 9 8 6
6. Calculate the standard deviation for the following data:
X: 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120
F: 14 40 54 46 26 12 06 02

7. Find the Mode, Median, Lower Quartile (Q1), Upper Quartile (Q3) and Coefficient of
Quartile Deviation form the following data:

Wages :0 – 10 10 – 20 20 – 30 30 – 40 40 – 50 50-60

No. of
Workers: 70 51 47 31 29 22

8. Calculate the Quartile Deviation for the following frequency distribution:

X : 60 62 64 66 68 70 72
Frequency : 12 16 18 20 15 13 09