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PRACTICE EXERCISE
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
l. In a frequency distribution, the mid value of a class is 8 and the width of the class is 4. The lower limit
of the class is
(a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 8 (d) 12
2. The width of each of five continuous classes in a frequency distribution is 5 and the lower class limit
of the lowest class is 10. The lower class limit of the highest class is
(a) 25 (b) 30 • (c) 35 (d) 40
3. The class marks of a frequency distribution are given as follows 10, 20, 30, ....... The class corresponding
to the class mark 30 is
(a) 5-15 (b) 15-25 (c) 25-35 (d) 35-45
ASSERTION-RE ASON QUESTION
In the questions statements of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Choose the
correct option.
(a) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true and reason (R) is the correct explanation of
assertion (A).
(b) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true, but reason (R) is not the correct explanation of
assertion (A).
(c) Assertion (A) is true, but reason (R) is false.
(d) Assertion (A) is false, but reason (R) is true.
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SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (3 MARKS)
s. The expenditure of a family on different heads in a month is given below :
Head Food Education Clothing House Rent Others Savings
Expenditure (inf) 4000 2500 1000 3500 2500 1500
Draw a bar graph to represent the data above.
6. The following table gives the frequencies of most commonly used letters a, e, i, o, r, t, u from a page of a
book·
Letters a e 0 r t u
Frequency 75 125 80 70 80 95 75
Represent the information above by a bar graph.
7. Expenditure on Education of a country during a five year period (2002 - 2006), in crores of rupees, is
given below:
Elementary education 240
Secondary Education 120
University Education 190
Teacher's Training 20
Social Education 10
Other Educational Programmes 115
Cultural Programmes 25
Teehnical Education 125
Represent the information above by a bar graph.
8. Draw histogram for following frequency distribution :
Weights (in kg) 6
30.5-35.5 9
35.5-40.5 6
40.5-45.5 15
45.5-50.5 3
, 50.5-55.5 1
55.5-60.5 2
Total 36
LONGANSWER QUESTIONS (5 MARKS)
9. The following data gives the expenditure on health and family planning during the sixth Five Year
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Year 1980-81 1981-82 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85
Expenditure
(in 100 crores of rupees) 4 s 7 8 • 10
(I) Represent the above data with the help of bar graph.
(ii) In w hich year is the increase in expenditure maximum over the expenditure in previous year ?
(iii) What is the difference between expenditure in the year 1981-82 and 1984-85?
10. The marks scored by 750 students in an examination are given in the form of a frequency distribution table.
Marks 300-340 340-380 380-420 420-460 460-500 500-540 540-SSQ
No. of students 36 25 156 264 152 99 18 --
Represent this data in the form of a histogram and construct a frequency polygon.
11. Draw a histogram for the following data :
Marks 10-15 15-20 20-25 25-30 30-40
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Number of candidates 7 9 8 5 12 8 12 -
12. The runs scored by two teams A and B on the first 60 balls in a cricket match are given below :
Number of balls Team A TeamB
1-6 2 5
7-12 1 6
13-18 8 2
19-24 9 10
25-30 4 5
31-36 5 6
37-42 6 3
43-48 10 4
49-54 6 8
55-60 2 10
Represent the data of both the teams on the same graph paper by frequency polygons.
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