Chap.
Statitics
LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS
Q.1. A random survey of the number of children of various age groups playing in a park was
found as follows :
Draw a histogram to represent the data above.
Q.2 . In a mathematics test given to 15 students, the following marks (out of 100) are recorded
:
41, 39, 48, 52, 46, 62, 54, 40, 96, 52, 98, 40, 42, 52, 60.
Find the mean, median and mode of this data.
Q.3 The following two tables gives the distribution of students of two sections according to
the marks obtained by them : [CBSE March 2011, 2013]
Represent the marks of the students of both the sections on the same graph by two
frequency polygons. From the two polygons compare the performance of the two sections.
Q.4 The following data given the weight (in grams) of 30 oranges picked from a basket:
106 107 76 109 187 95 125 92 70
139 128 100 88 84 99 113 204 141
136 123 90 115 110 97 90 107 75
80 118 82
Construct a grouped frequency distribution table taking class width equal to 20 in such a way
that the mid-value of first class in 70.
From the frequency table, find the number of oranges
(i) weighing more than 180 g.
(ii) less than 100 g. [CBSE-14-GDQNI3W]
Q.5 Following table gives the distribution of students of sections A and B of a class
according to the marks obtained by them.
Represent the marks of the students of both the sections on the same graph by two
frequency polygons. What do you observe ?
Q.6 Following table gives the distribution of students of sections A and B of a class
according to the marks obtained by them.
Represent the marks of the students of both the sections on the same graph by two
frequency polygons. What do you observe ?
Q.7 A survey conducted by an organisation for the cause of illness and death among the
women between the ages 15-44 (in years) worldwide, found the following figures (in %) :
(i) Represent the information given above graphically.
(ii) Which condition is the major cause of women’s ill health and death worldwide?
(iii) Try to find out , with the help of your teacher, any two factors which play a major role in
the cause in (ii) above being the major cause.
Q.8 The following data on the number of girls (to the nearest ten) per thousand boys in
different sections of the Indian society is given below :
(i) Represent the information above by a bar graph.
(ii) In the classroom, discuss what conclusions can be arrived at from the graph.
(iii) What steps should be taken to improve the situation ?
Q.9 Shimpi, a class IX student received cash award of Rs 10000 (Ten thousand) in the singing
competition. Her father advised her to make a budget plan for spending this amount. She
made the following plan :
Make a bar graph for the above data.
From above answer the following questions :
(i) Which mathematical concepts have been covered in this ?
(ii) How will you rate her budget plan ? In your opinion which head has been given (a) more
than deserved and (b) less than it deserved ?
(iii) Which values are depicted in her plan ?
Q.10 In a year, the number of deaths due to habit of smoking for different age group is given
below :
(i) Represent the given information with the help of a histogram.
(ii) What lesson do you learn from this information ?