1.

Which of the following measurements

contains an absolute zero?
(a) Nominal
(b) Ordinal
(c) Interval
(d) Ratio

2. What is a variable?
(a) The process of collecting data
(b) A measure of central tendency
(c)An attribute that can take on different values
(d) The number pages of a book in the library

3. The word Statistics is defined as__ ?

(a) Singular sense
(b) Plural sense
(c) Singular as well as plural
(d) None of these

4. Read the following statements carefully:

i.
n n
log ( ∏ x i )=∑ log x i
i=1 i=1
ii.
n n
( ∑ x i )2 = ∑ x 2i + ∑ xi x j
i=1 i=1 i≠ j
iii.
Which one is correct?
(a) i and ii
(b) ii and iii
(c) i and iii
(d) i,ii and iii

5. Who was first to use the word “Statistics”?

(a) Karl Pearson
(b) A L Bowley
(c) Croxton
(d) G Achenwall

6. What is the median of the data if its mode is

15 and the mean is 30?
(a) 25 (b) 20 (c) 17 (d) 12.5
7. For a certain distribution if ∑ ( x −12 )=0 ,
then what is the value of mean?

(a) 0 (b) 12 (c) 15 (d) x

Read the stem carefully and answer the questions no.8 and 9.
Arithmetic mean of 5 observations 26, 19, h, 30, 22 is 23.
8. What is the value of h?
(a) 18 (b) 19 (c) 20 (d) 21
9. What is the median of the given data in the
stem?
(a) 3 (b) 19 (c) 22 (d) 26
10. Which is the suitable measure for averaging
the shoe sizes for children?
(a) Mean
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 (b) Harmonic mean
(c) Mode
(d) Median
11. _________does not affect by extreme values.
i. Arithmetic mean
ii. Median
iii. Mode
Which one is correct?
(a) i and ii
(b) ii and iii
(c) i and iii
(d) i,ii and iii

12. If x=10 and y=3x-10 then what is the

arithmetic mean of y ?
Ans:
13. What is the value of the first central
moment?
x−a
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) -1 (d)

14. If Mean>Median>Mode, then the distribution

is:
(a) Positively skewed
(b) Negatively skewed
(c) Symmetrical
(d) Mesokurtic

15. What is the second central moment of the

first n natural numbers?
2 2
n −1 n +1 n+1 n(n+1)
(a) (b) (c) (d)
12 12 12 12

16. In a mesokurtic distribution μ4=243,the

standard deviation is:
(a) 81 (b) 27 (c) 9 (d) 3

17. The first three moments of a distribution

about the mean X are 1,4 and 0.
The distribution is:
(a) Symmetrical
(b) Skewed to the left
(c) Skewed to the right
(d) Mesokurtic

18. If the coefficient of kurtosis of a frequency

distribution is three, the frequency curve
will be____________ ?
(a) Leptokurtic
(b) Platykurtic
(c) Mesokurtic
(d) None of the above

19. The degree of peakedness is called______.

(a) Skewness
(b) Symmetry
(c) Kurtosis
(d) Dispersion

20. For a negatively skewed distribution, the

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 median would be equal to which of the
following measures?
i. Mean
ii. Second quartile
iii. 50th percentile

Which one is correct?

(a) i and ii
(b) ii and iii
(c) i and iii
(d) i,ii and iii

21. The irregular variations in time series are

caused by_______
i. Epidemics
ii. Floods
iii. Festivals
Which one is correct?
(a) i and ii
(b) ii and iii
(c) i and iii
(d) i,ii and iii

22. A time series is a set of data recorded ______

i. at successive points of time
ii. at time or space intervals
iii. periodically
Which one is correct?
(a) i and ii
(b) ii and iii
(c) i and iii
(d) i,ii and iii

23. Which of the following is not the component

of time series analysis?
(a) Cyclic trend
(b) Secular trend
(c) Regular trend
(d) Seasonal trend
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24. Secular trend can be measured by_______
(a) Two methods
(b) Three methods
(c) Four methods
(d) Five methods

25. The method of moving averages is used in

analyzing the______.
(a) Seasonal variation
(b) Secular trend
(c) Cyclic variation
(d) Random variation

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