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This document contains a practice test for a July 2021 math exam, with 21 multiple choice statistics questions. Each question is accompanied by possible answer choices and the identified correct answer. The test covers topics including mean, median, mode, frequency distributions, and interpreting graphical representations of data like cumulative frequency curves.

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Statistics MCQ

This document contains a practice test for a July 2021 math exam, with 21 multiple choice statistics questions. Each question is accompanied by possible answer choices and the identified correct answer. The test covers topics including mean, median, mode, frequency distributions, and interpreting graphical representations of data like cumulative frequency curves.

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MCQ FOR JULY 2021 EXAM

MATHS
G.U.H.S
YELLAGONDAPALAYA

STATISTICS
1. If x1, x2, x3,….., xn are the observations of a given data. Then the mean of the
observations will be:
Ans: A.
(a)Sum of observations/Total number of observations
(b)Total number of observations/Sum of observations
(c)Sum of observations+Total number of observations
(d)None of the above
2. . If the mean of frequency distribution is 7.5 and ∑fi xi = 120 + 3k, ∑fi = 30, then k is
equal to:
(a)40
(b)35 Ans: B.
(c)50
(d)45
3. The mode and mean is given by 7 and 8, respectively. Then the median is:
(a)1/13
(b)13/3
Ans: C.
(c)23/3
(d)33
4. The mean of the data: 4, 10, 5, 9, 12 is;
(a)8
Ans:A.
(b)10
(c)9
(d)15

5. The median of the data 13, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20 is:
(a)30/2
Ans: C.
(b)31/2
(c)33/2
(d)35/2

6. If the mean of first n natural numbers is 3n/5, then the value of n is:
(a)3
(b)4
Ans: C.
(c)5
(d)6
7. If AM of a, a +3 , a + 6, a + 9 and a + 12 is 10, then a is equal to;
(a)1
Ans: D.
(b)2
(c)3
(d)4

8. The class interval of a given observation is 10 to 15, then the classmark for this interval
will be:
Ans: B.
(a)11.5
(b)12.5
(c)12
(d)14
9. If the sum of frequencies is 24, then the value of x in the observation: x, 5,6,1,2, will be;
(a)4
(b)6
Ans: D.
(c)8
(d)10
10. One of the methods for determining mode is
(a) Mode = 2 Median -3 Mean
Ans: B.
(b) Mode = 3 Median – 2 Mean
(c) Mode = 2 Mean – 3 Median
(d) Mode = 3 Mean – 2 Median

11. Mode is the


(a) middle most frequent value
Ans: C.
(b) least frequent value
(c) maximum frequent value
(d) none of these

12. The algebraic sum of the deviations of a frequency distribution from its mean is always,
(a) greater than zero
(b) less than zero
Ans: C.
(c) zero
(d) a non-zero number
13. Which of the following can not be determined graphically?
(a) Mean
Ans: A.
(b) Median
(c) Mode
(d) None of these
14. The abscissa of the point of intersection of the less than type and of the more than type
cumulative frequency curves of a grouped data gives its
(a) Mean
Ans: B.
(b) Median
(c) Mode
(d) None of these
15. Mean of 100 items is 49. It was discovered that three items which should have been 60,
70, 80 were wrongly read as 40, 20, 50 respectively. The correct mean is
(a) 48
(b) 49
Ans: C.
(c) 50
(d) 60
16. While computing mean of grouped data, we assume that the frequencies are
(a) evenly distributed over all the classes
Ans: B.
(b) centred at the class marks of the classes
(c) centred at the upper limits of the classes
(d) centred at the lower limits of the classes

17. The abscissa of the point of intersection of the less than type and of the more than type
cumulative frequency curves of a grouped data gives its
Ans: B.
(a) mean
(b) median
(c) mode
(d) all the three above

18. Mode is the value of the variable which has:


(a) maximum frequency
Ans: A.
(b) minimum frequency
(c) mean frequency
(d) middle most frequency
19. Mode and mean of a data are 12k and 15A. Median of the data is
(a) 12k
Ans: B.
(b) 14k
(c) 15k
(d) 16k

20. if mean = (3 median – mode) . k, then the value of k is


(a) 1
Ans: C.
(b) 2
(a) 1/2
(b) 3/2
21. The median of set of 9 distinct observations is 20.5. If each of the largest 4 observations
of the set is increased by 2, then the median of the new set
(a) is increased by 2
(b) is decreased by 2
Ans: D.
(c) is two times of the original number
(d) Remains the same as that of the original set.
16. Cumulative frequency curve is also called
(a) histogram
Ans: B.
(b) ogive
(c) bar graph
(d) median

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