Statistics Exam Questions and Solutions
Statistics Exam Questions and Solutions
1. Define Statistics.
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4. What is dispersion?
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SECTION B — (5 5 = 25 marks)
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14. Calculate Arithmetic Mean from the following
data :
Marks 4 8 12 16 20
No. of students 6 12 18 15 9
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ÂØ£øÚ £μ[PÒ AÎUP¨£mkÒÍÚ
ÂØ£øÚ 100 200 300 400 500 600
öuõÈØ\õø»PÎß
2 8 11 10 6 5
GsoUøP
N 10 x 2
290 x 50 y 30
y 300 xy 115 .
2
N 10 x 2
290 x 50 y 30
y 300 xy 115 .
2
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19. Construct an index number for 2007 taking 2006
as a base
Commodities Price in 2006 Price in 2007
A 80 90
B 100 115
C 90 95
D 70 80
2007® BsiØS›¯ SÔ±mk Gsøn 2006®
BsiøÚ Ai¨£øh¯õPU öPõsk E¸ÁõUSP
ö£õ¸mPÒ 2006 Âø» 2007 Âø»
A 80 90
B 100 115
C 90 95
D 70 80
SECTION C — (3 × 10 = 30 marks)
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23. Calculate coefficient of correlation
X 22 24 38 35 69 78 46
Y 66 59 63 68 75 86 68
24. Following are the data related with the prices and
quantity consumed for 2006 and 2007
Commodities 2006 2007
Qty Price Qty Price
(kg) (Rs.) (kg) (Rs.)
Rice 25 10 27 15
Wheat 20 5 22 7
Sugar 22 4 24 6
Tea 15 2 17 5
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2006 ©ØÖ® 2007® BsiÀ ~PºÄ ö\´¯¨£mh
Âø» ©ØÖ® öPõÒÍÄ £ØÔ¯ £μ[PÒ
¤ßÁ¸©õÖ :
ö£õ¸mPÒ 2006 2007
AÍÄ Âø» AÍÄ Âø»
(Q.Q.) (¹.) (Q.Q.) (¹.)
A›] 25 10 27 15
÷Põxø© 20 5 22 7
\ºUPøμ 22 4 24 6
÷u°ø» 15 2 17 5
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1. Define Tabulation
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2. What is meant by Bar Diagram?
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3. What is Mode?
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4. Define the term Harmonic Mean.
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5. What are the objectives of the measure of Dispersion?
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6. State the meaning of skewness.
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7. What do you mean by Correlation?
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8. What is simple regression?
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9. Mention any two uses of Index numbers.
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10. What are the types of index number?
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11. What are the components of time series?
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12. Mention any two uses of trend.
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SECTION B — (5 5 = 25 marks)
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17. What are the uses of Regression Analysis?
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19. Calculate the 5 yearly moving average from the following data:
Year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
No. of 705 685 703 687 705 689 715 685 725 730
students
SECTION C — (3 10 = 30 marks)
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22. Calculate co–efficient of correlation
X 22 24 38 35 69 78 46
Y 66 59 63 68 75 86 68
Y 11 20 17 25 27
Y 11 20 17 25 27
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2. What is data?
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4. Find range and co-efficient range 3, 7, 21, 24, 37, 40 and 45.
Ãa_ ©ØÖ® Ãa_U öPÊÂøÚU PõsP. 3, 7, 21, 24, 37, 40 ©ØÖ® 45.
SECTION B — (5 × 5 = 25 marks)
Answer any FIVE questions.
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y CÀ x US›¯ öuõhº¦ ÷Põm£õmiøÚ PõsP.
x: 1 2 3 4 5 8 10
y : 9 8 10 12 14 16 15
SECTION C — (3 × 10 = 30 marks)
Answer any THREE questions.
24. Fit a straight line by the method of least squares to the following
data. Assuming that the same rate of change continues, what
would be the predicted earnings for the year 2012
Year : 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Earnings (Rs) : 38 40 65 72 69 60 87 95
Dmi¯x (¹.) : 38 40 65 72 69 60 87 95
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4. What is skewness?
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5. Define ‘correlation’.
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73, 77, 75, 70, 72, 76, 75, 72, 74, 76.
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15. From the following data of marks obtained by
60 students, calculate arithmetic mean.
Marks : 20 30 40 50 60 70
[Link] students 8 12 20 10 6 4
R÷Ç öPõkUP¨£mkÒÍ 60 ©õnÁºPÒ ö£ØÓ
©v¨ö£sPμ¸¢x Tmk \μõ\› PnUQkP
©v¨ö£sPÒ : 20 30 40 50 60 70
©õnÁºPÒ 8 12 20 10 6 4
GsoUøP :
16. Calculate Harmonic mean for the following data.
X 3 6 12 24
f 6 2 4 8
RÌPõq® uPÁÀPμ¸¢x Cø\ \μõ\›ø¯
PnUQkP
X 3 6 12 24
f 6 2 4 8
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18. Calculate the Karl Pearson co-efficient of
correlation for the following data.
n : 10 x 100 y 150
( x x ) 2 180 ( y y ) 2 215
( x x ) ( y y ) 60 .
¤ßÁ¸® uμÄPμ¸¢x Põº ¤¯º\Ûß Ehß
öuõhº¦ öPÊÂøÚ PnUQkP
n : 10 x 100 y 150
( x x ) 2 180 ( y y ) 2 215
( x x ) ( y y ) 60 .
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22. Find range and quartile deviation from the
following information.
25 24 23 32 40 27 30 25 20 10 15 45.
25 24 23 32 40 27 30 25 20 10 15 45.
A 15 125 13 150
B 12 100 15 80
C 8 150 10 125
D 10 200 8 250
E 6 80 9 60
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RÌPõq® uμÄPμ¸¢x (A) »õ줯ºì SÔ±mk
Gs (B) £õìa]°ß SÔ±mk Gs
(C) ¤èåº SÔ±mk Gs PnUQkP
ö£õ¸mPÒ Ai¨£øh Bsk |h¨¦ Bsk
Âø» AÍÄ Âø» AÍÄ
A 15 125 13 150
B 12 100 15 80
C 8 150 10 125
D 10 200 8 250
E 6 80 9 60
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4. What is range?
Ãa_ GßÓõÀ GßÚ?
PART B — (5 5 = 25 marks)
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RÌPõq® uPÁÀPμ¸¢x Cøh{ø»U PnUQkP.
©v¨ö£sPÒ : 5 10 15 20 25
©õnÁºPÒ GsoUøP : 17 10 23 15 10
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¤ßÁ¸® uμÄPμ¸¢x PõºÀ ¤¯º\ß JmkÓÄU
öPÊÂøÚU PnUQkP.
x : 12 14 16 20 18 24
y : 30 25 40 27 32 30
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÷Põxø© ÂøÍ\¼ß «x ©øÇ AÍÂß uõUPzøu
AÔ¯ RÌPõq® uPÁÀPÒ Qøhzux.
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J¸ HUP¸US ÂøÍa\À £Äsk AÍÂÀ 800 12
©øÇ°ß AÍÄ (Cß]ì) 50 2
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JmkÓÄ öPÊ
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24. From the following data, calculate price index
number by
(a) Laspeyre’s method
(b) Paasche’s method
Commodity 2015 2016
Price quantity Price quantity
A 20 8 40 6
B 50 10 60 5
C 40 15 50 15
D 20 20 20 25
RÌPõq® ÂÁμ[Pμ¸¢x
(A) »õ줯›ß •øÓ
(B) £õ´a]°ß •øÓø¯ £¯ß£kzv
Âø»SÔ±mk GsPøÍ PnUQkP.
ö£õ¸mPÒ 2015 2016
Âø» AÍÄ Âø» AÍÄ
A 20 8 40 6
B 50 10 60 5
C 40 15 50 15
D 20 20 20 25
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3. What is mode?
•Pk GßÓõÀ GßÚ?
4. Define ‘kurtosis’.
‘Tmøh AÍøÁ’ Áøμ¯Ö.
PART B — (5 5 = 25 marks)
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14. Calculate mode from the following data:
x 25 50 75 100 125
f 12 17 20 10 11
RÌUPõq® uμÄPμ¸¢x •PiøÚ PnUQkP.
x 25 50 75 100 125
f 12 17 20 10 11
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18. Draw the trendline by the method of semi-
averages.
Year 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Production in 191 213 254 296 393 418
‘000’ units
Aøμ\μõ\›•øÓ°À ÷£õUS ÷PõmiøÚ ÁøμP.
Á¸h® 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
EØ£zv 191 213 254 296 393 418
‘000’
A»SPÒ
PART C — (3 10 = 30 marks)
Answer any THREE questions.
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21. Calculate arithmetic mean and standard
deviation.
Class interval 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50
Frequency 2 5 9 3 1
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23. Fit a straight line trend to the following data by
the method of Least squares.
Year 2001 2002 2003 2004
Exports 121 134 151 127
(Rs in crore)
Year 2005 2006 2007 2008
Exports 172 167 191 212
(Rs in crore)
SøÓ¢u ÁºUP•øÓ Ai¨£øh°À ÷|º¨÷£õUS
÷PõmiøÚ ÁøμP.
Á¸h[PÒ 2001 2002 2003 2004
HØÖ©v ¹.(÷PõiPÎÀ) 121 134 151 127
Á¸h[PÒ 2005 2006 2007 2008
HØÖ©v ¹.(÷PõiPÎÀ) 172 167 191 212
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RÌPõq® uμÄPμ¸¢x ÁõÌUøPa ö\»Ä SÔ±k
PõsP.
ö£õ¸Ò Ai¨£øh Á¸h® |h¨¦ Á¸h® Gøh
Âø» Âø»
EnÄ 39 47 4
G›ö£õ¸Ò 8 12 1
xo©oPÒ 14 18 3
Ãmk 12 15 2
ÁõhøP
£Ø£»øÁPÒ 25 30 1
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4. Define ‘Skewness’.
6. What is Regression?
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7. Define seasonal fluctuations.
PART B — (5 5 = 25 marks)
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RÌPõq® ÂÁμ[Pμ¸¢x öPÀ¼ •øÓ£i Âø»
SÔ±mk GsPøÍ PnUQkP.
Âø»
ö£õ¸mPÒ AÍÄ P0 P1
(q)
A 10 100 120
B 15 15 20
C 15 70 60
D 20 20 30
E 5 5 7
PART C — (3 × 10 = 30 marks)
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22. Compute the co-efficient of correction between
Advertisement expenditure and sales.
Advertisement 10 12 18 8 13 20
Sales 88 90 94 86 87 92
Advertisement 22 15 5 17
Sales 96 94 88 85
ÂÍ®£μ ö\»Ä ©ØÖ® ÂØ£øÚUS Cøh÷¯¯õÚ
JmkÓÄ öPÊÂøÚ PnUQkP.
ÂÍ®£μ ö\»Ä 10 12 18 8 13 20
ÂØ£øÚPÒ 88 90 94 86 87 92
ÂÍ®£μ ö\»Ä 22 15 5 17
ÂØ£øÚPÒ 96 94 88 85
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SøÓ¢u£m\ ÁºUP •øÓø¯ £¯ß£kzv ÷£õUS
÷PõmiøÚ u¯õº ö\´P.
Á¸h® 2010 2011 2012 2013
Á›US 430 473 590 522
•¢øu¯
C»õ£®
Á¸h® 2014 2015 2016
Á›US 382 339 401
•¢øu¯
C»õ£®
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