St. Ann's Sr. Sec.
School Roorkee
STATISTICS - INTRODUCTORY CONCEPTS
Class 11 - Mathematics
1. The algebraic sum of the deviations of 20 observations measured from 30 is 2. What would be the mean of the [1]
observations?
a) 32 b) 30.1
c) 30 d) 30.2
2. The number of telephone calls received in 245 successive, one-minute intervals at an exchange is given below in [1]
the following frequency distribution.
Number 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Frequency 14 21 25 43 51 40 39 12
What is the mean of the distribution?
a) 3.76 b) 4.05
c) 3.96 d) 3.84
3. The median of the data 13, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22 is [1]
a) 17 b) 16
c) 19 d) 18
4. The mean of 20 observations is 15. On checking, it was found that two observations were wrongly copied as 3 [1]
and 6. If wrong observations are replaced by correct values 8 and 4, then the correct mean is:
a) 16 b) 15.15
c) 15.35 d) 15
5. Consider the following statements in respect of histogram [1]
i. The histogram is a suitable representation of a frequency distribution of a continuous variable.
ii. The area included under the whole histogram is the total frequency.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?
a) Only i b) Only ii
c) Neither i nor ii d) Both i and ii
6. What is the mean of first n odd natural numbers? [1]
a) n b) n + 1
(n+1) n(n+1)
c) d)
2 2
7. The average marks obtained by the students in a class are 43. If the average marks obtained by 25 boys are 40 [1]
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and the average marks obtained by the girl students are 48, then what is the number of girl students in the class?
a) 18 b) 17
c) 20 d) 15
8. The less than ogive curve and the more than ogive curve intersect at: [1]
a) Arithmetic mean b) Median
c) Mode d) Deviation
9. Ram spends equal amounts on purchasing three kinds of pens being sold at ₹5, ₹10 and ₹15 per piece. Average [1]
cost of each pen is
a) ₹12 b) ₹10
c) ₹ 90
11
d) ₹9
10. The harmonic mean H of two numbers is 4 and the arithmetic mean A and geometric mean G satisfy the [1]
equation 2A + G2 = 27. The two numbers are:
a) 12, 7 b) 9, 5
c) 6, 3 d) 3, 1
11. The arithmetic mean of the squares of the first n natural numbers is: [1]
a) n(n + 1)(2n + 1)
b) (n + 1)(2n + 1)
6 3
c) (n + 1)(2n + 1)
d) n(n + 1)(2n + 1)
6 2
12. The G.M. of the numbers 4, 8, 16 is [1]
a) 28
7
b) 28
c) 28
3
d) 8
13. The number of telephone calls received in 245 successive, one-minute intervals at an exchange is given below in [1]
the following frequency distribution.
Number 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Frequency 14 21 25 43 51 40 39 12
What is the mode of distribution?
a) 5 b) 4
c) 6 d) 3
14. Which one of the following measures of central tendency is used in construction of index numbers? [1]
a) Median b) Harmonic mean
c) Mode d) Geometric mean
15. The cumulative frequency of the largest observed value must always be: [1]
a) less than the total number of observations b) equal to mid-point of the last class interval
c) greater than the total number of d) equal to total number of observations
observations
16. What is the arithmetic mean of first 16 natural numbers with weights being the number itself? [1]
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a) b)
17 33
2 2
c) 187
2
d) 11
17. The mean of the first n terms of the A.P. (a + d) + (a + 3d) + (a + 5d) +………..is [1]
a) a + n2d b)
n
a + d
2
c) a + nd d) a+nd
18. The geometric mean of the observations x1, x2, x3, ..., xn is G1. The geometric mean of the observation y1, y2, [1]
x1 x2 x3 xn
y3, ..., yn is G2. The geometric mean of observations y
,
y
,
y
,…,
y
is:
1 2 3 n
G1
a) (G1G2) b) G2
G1
c) ( ) d) G1G2
G2
19. A man travels at a speed of 20 km/hour and then return at a speed of 30 km/hour. His average speed of the whole [1]
journey is
a) 25 km/hour b) 24 km/hour
c) 24.5 km/hour d) 26 km/hour
20. The median of 10, 14, 11, 9, 8, 12, 6 is [1]
a) 10 b) 14
c) 12 d) 11
21. In a group of students, mean weight of boys is 80 kg and mean weight of girls is 50kg. If the mean weight of all [1]
the students taken together is 60kg, then the ratio of the number of boys to that of the girls is
a) 2 : 3 b) 3 : 2
c) 2 : 1 d) 1 : 2
22. Consider the following frequency distribution [1]
Class interval 0 - 10 10 - 20 20 - 30 30 - 40 40 - 50
Frequency 14 x 27 y 15
If the total of the frequencies is 100 and mode is 25, then which one of the following is correct?
a) 2x = y b) x = y
c) x = 3y d) x = 2y
23. The number of telephone calls received in 245 successive, one-minute intervals at an exchange is given below in [1]
the following frequency distribution.
Number 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Frequency 14 21 25 43 51 40 39 12
What is the median of the distribution?
a) 3.5 b) 5
c) 4 d) 4.5
24. A set of annual numerical data, comparable over the years, is given for the last 12 yr. [1]
Consider the following statements
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i. The data is best represented by a broken line graph, each corner (turning point) representing the data of one
year.
ii. Such a graph depicts the chronological change and also enables one to make a short-term forecast.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?
a) Only i b) Both i and ii
c) Neither i nor ii d) Only ii
25. The mean of 20 observations is 15. On checking, it was found that two observations were wrongly copied as 3 [1]
and 6. If wrong observations are replaced by correct values 8 and 4, then the correct mean is
a) 15.35 b) 15
c) 15.15 d) 16
26. For the data 3, 5, 1, 6, 5, 9, 5, 2, 8, 6, the mean, median and mode are x, y and z, respectively. Which one of the [1]
following is correct?
a) x = y ≠ z b) x ≠ y = z
c) x = y = z d) x ≠ y ≠ z
27. The marks obtained by 13 students in a test are 10, 3, 10, 12, 9, 7, 9, 6, 7, 10, 8, 6 and 7. The median of this data [1]
is:
a) 7 b) 8
c) 10 d) 9
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¯
28. The mean of the series x1, x2, ..., xn is X . If x2 is replaced by λ , then what is the new mean? [1]
¯ ¯
a) X −x2 −λ
b) nX −x2 −λ
n n
¯
c) d)
X −x2 +λ ¯¯¯
¯
X − x2 + λ
n
29. If the mean of the numbers 5, a, 11, 9, 6 and b is 8 and the variance is , then which one of the following gives [1]
14
possible values of a and b?
a) a = 10, b = 7 b) a = 12, b = 5
c) a = 15, b = 2 d) a = 4, b = 13
30. If values of variable X are 2, 9, 3, 7, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 10, then what is its median? [1]
a) 7 b) 2
c) 4 d) 9
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