CBSE
STATISTICS MCQ WS 2
Class 10 - Mathematics
1. Consider the following table: [1]
Class interval 10-14 14-18 18-22 22-26 26-30
Frequency 5 11 16 25 19
The mode of the above data is
a) 25 b) 23.5
c) 24.4 d) 24
2. If the median of the data: 6, 7, x - 2, x, 17, 20, written in ascending order, is 16. Then x = [1]
a) 18 b) 16
c) 15 d) 17
3. The median and mode respectively of a frequency distribution are 26 and 29. Then its mean is [1]
a) 28.4 b) 27.5
c) 25.8 d) 24.5
4. If the mean and the mode of a distribution are 17 and 20 respectively, then the median of the distribution, using [1]
empirical formula, is:
a) 31
3
b) 17
c) 20 d) 18
5. The median group in the following frequency distribution is: [1]
Class 0 - 10 10 - 20 20 - 30 30 - 40 40 - 50 50 - 60
Frequency 5 8 20 15 7 5
a) 20 - 30 b) 30 - 40
c) 10 - 20 d) 40 - 50
6. The wickets taken by a bowler in 10 cricket matches are 2, 6, 4, 5, 0, 2, 1, 3, 2, 3. The mode of the data is [1]
a) 4 b) 1
c) 2 d) 3
xi
7. The mean of a discrete frequency distribution f
; i = 1, 2, ..., n is given by: [1]
i
n
a) ∑ f xi
i
b) 1
∑ fi xi
∑f n
i
i=1
n n
c) ∑
i=1
n
f xi
i
d) ∑
i=1
n
f xi
i
∑ i ∑ xi
i=1 i=1
8. The wickets taken by a bowler in 10 cricket matches are 2, 6, 4, 5, 0, 3, 1, 3, 2, 3. The median of the data is [1]
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a) 3 b) 1
c) 2.5 d) 2
9. Mode of a data is given by [1]
a) l − ( b)
f −f f −f
1 0 0 1
) × h l+ ( ) × h
2f1 −f0 −f2 2f1 −f0 −f2
c) l + ( d)
f −f f −f
1 0 1 0
) × h h + ( ) × l
2f1 −f0 −f2 2f1 −f0 −f2
10. The mean of all the factors of 24 is [1]
a) 7.5 b) 7
c) 6.5 d) 24
11. For a frequency distribution, mean, median and mode are connected by the relation [1]
a) Mode = 3 Median - 2 Mean b) Mode = 2 Median - 3 Mean
c) Mode = 3 Mean - 2 Median d) Mode = 3 Median + 2 Mean
12. The mean of 2, 7, 6 and x is 5 and the mean of 18, 1, 6, x and y is 10. What is the value of y? [1]
a) 30 b) 10
c) 5 d) 20
13. The marks obtained by 9 students in Mathematics are 59, 46, 31, 23, 27, 40, 52, 35 and 29. The mean of the data [1]
is
a) 30 b) 41
c) 23 d) 38
14. If value of each observation in a data is increased by 2, then median of the new data [1]
a) increases by 2 b) decreases by 2
c) increases by 2n d) remains same
15. Using empirical relationship, the mode of a distribution whose mean is 7.2 and the median 7.1, is: [1]
a) 6.5 b) 6.9
c) 6.2 d) 6.3
16. The mode of 4, 5, 6, 8, 5, 4, 8, 5, 6, x, 8 is 8. The value of x is [1]
a) 5 b) 6
c) 8 d) 4
17. For the following distribution: [1]
Marks Below 10 20 30 40 50 60
Number of Students 3 12 27 57 75 80
the modal class is:
a) 50 – 60 b) 40 – 50
c) 20 – 30 d) 30 – 40
18. If the mean of observations x1, x2, ..., xn is x, then the mean of x1 + a, x2 + a, ..., xn + a is:
¯¯
¯
[1]
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¯¯
a) x - a b)
x̄
¯¯
¯
a
c) ax ¯¯
¯
d) ¯¯
x
¯
+a
19. The median of first 10 prime numbers is: [1]
a) 12.5 b) 13
c) 11 d) 12
20. Find the median for the following distribution of workers. [1]
Daily wages (in ₹) No. of workers Daily wages (in ₹) No. of workers
1-3 6 9-11 21
3-5 53 11-13 16
5-7 85 13-15 4
7-9 86 15-17 4
a) 5.57 b) 6.85
c) 5.92 d) 7.14
21. The mode of 4, 5, 6, 8, 5, 4, 6, 5, 6, x, 8 is 6. The value of x is [1]
a) 8 b) 6
c) 5 d) 4
22. The mode and mean of a data are 7 and 8 respectively. Then, the median of the data is: [1]
a) 23
3
b) 33
c) d)
1 13
13 3
23. If the mode of the data: 16, 15, 17, 16, 15, x, 19, 17, 14 is 15, then x = [1]
a) 19 b) 15
c) 16 d) 17
24. The mean of the first 10 multiples of 6 is [1]
a) 3.3 b) 33
c) 35 d) 34
25. Find the mode for the following data. [1]
Age 0-6 6-12 12-18 18-24 24-30 30-36 36-42
Frequency 6 11 25 35 18 12 6
a) 19.47 b) 20.14
c) 21.22 d) 20.22
26. If the median of the data: 24, 25, 26, x + 2, x + 3, 30, 31, 34 is 27.5, then x = [1]
a) 27 b) 28
c) 30 d) 25
27. If the mean and mode of a data are 24 and 12 respectively, then its median is: [1]
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a) 18 b) 25
c) 20 d) 22
28. If mean of the following data is 11, then find the value of P. [1]
xi 13 5 7 19 11 13
fi 6 8 P 11 8 4
a) 17 b) 11
c) 13 d) 15
29. The arithmetic mean of 1, 2, 3, 4, ..., n is: [1]
a) n−1
2
b) n(n+1)
c) d)
n n+1
2 2
30. If the median of the data 4, 7, x - 1, x - 3, 16, 25, written in ascending order, is 13 then x is equal to [1]
a) 15 b) 14
c) 13 d) 16
31. Consider the frequency distribution of the heights of 60 students of a class: [1]
Height (in cm) No. of Students Cumulative Frequency
150-155 16 16
155-160 12 28
160-165 9 37
165-170 7 44
170-175 10 54
175-180 6 60
The sum of the lower limit of the modal class and the upper limit of the median class is
a) 320 b) 315
c) 330 d) 310
2
32. The mean of first n odd natural numbers is
n
, then n = [1]
81
a) 9 b) 18
c) 81 d) 27
33. In the given data if n = 44, l = 400, cf = 8, h = 100, f = 20, then its median is [1]
a) 400 b) 480
c) 470 d) 460
34. In the following distribution : [1]
Monthly income Number of families
More than 10000 100
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More than 13000 85
More than 16000 69
More than 19000 50
More than 22000 33
More than 25000 15
the number of families having income range (in ₹) 16000 – 19000 is
a) 15 b) 17
c) 16 d) 19
35. Construction of cumulative frequency table is useful to determine [1]
a) mean b) all the three
c) median d) mode
36. If 35 is removed from the data: 30, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, then the median increases by: [1]
a) 0.5 b) 1.5
c) 2 d) 1
37. The wickets taken by a bowler in 10 cricket matches are 2, 6, 4, 5, 0, 2, 1, 3, 2, 3. The median of the data is [1]
a) 2.5 b) 1
c) 2 d) 3
38. The mean of 20 numbers is zero. Of them, at the most, how many may be greater than zero? [1]
a) 1 b) 0
c) 10 d) 19
39. The marks obtained by 9 students in Mathematics are 59, 46, 30, 23, 27, 44, 52, 40 and 29. The median of the [1]
data is
a) 35 b) 29
c) 30 d) 40
40. If the mean of first n natural numbers is then the value of n is: [1]
5n
a) 9 b) 5
c) 10 d) 4
41. The annual rainfall record of a city for 66 days is given in the following table: [1]
Rainfall (in cm): 0 - 10 10 - 20 20 - 30 30 - 40 40 - 50 50 - 60
Number of days: 22 10 8 15 5 6
The difference of upper limits of modal and median classes is:
a) 20 b) 30
c) 15 d) 10
42. If xi is changed to xi+ a, then x is changed to
¯¯
¯
[1]
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a) x + a
¯¯
¯
b) ax ¯¯
¯
¯¯
c) x - a d)
x̄
¯¯
¯
a
43. The mean of the data when ∑ f i di = 435, ∑ f = 30 and a = 47.5 is
i [1]
a) 47.5 b) 62
c) 30 d) 63
44. The mean and median of distribution are 14 and 15 respectively. The value of mode is: [1]
a) 13 b) 16
c) 18 d) 17
45. If ∑ fi xi = 625 and ∑ f = 25, then the value of x is
i
¯¯
¯
[1]
a) 63 b) 64
c) 25 d) 26
46. If the mean and mode of a frequency distribution are 28 and 16 respectively, then its median is: [1]
a) 24.5 b) 24
c) 23.5 d) 22
47. Consider the following frequency distribution of the heights of 60 students of a class : [1]
Height (in cm) Number of students
150-155 15
155-160 13
160-165 10
165-170 8
170-175 9
175-180 5
The sum of the lower limit of the modal class and upper limit of the median class is
a) 310 b) 330
c) 320 d) 315
48. Assertion (A): If the value of mode and mean is 60 and 66 respectively, then the value of median is 64. [1]
Reason (R): Median = (mode + 2 mean)
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.
49. Assertion (A): If the number of runs scored by 11 players of a cricket team of India are 5, 19, 42, 11, 50, 30, 21, [1]
0,52, 36, 27 then median is 30.
th
Reason (R): Median = ( value, if n is odd.
n+1
)
2
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.
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c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.
50. Assertion (A): The arithmetic mean of the following given frequency distribution table is 13.81. [1]
x 4 7 10 13 16 19
f 7 10 15 20 25 30
∑ fi xi
Reason (R): x̄ =
∑ fi
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.
51. Assertion (A): The mean, mode and median of a grouped data wise always be same. [1]
sum of all observation
Reason (R): mean = .
number of observation
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.
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