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AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY EXAMINATION BOARD

HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL CERTIFICATE

CLASS XII EXAMINATION

MAY 2011

Business Statistics Paper I

Time allowed: 30 minutes Marks 20

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Read each question carefully.

2. Answer the questions on the separate answer sheet provided. DO NOT write your answers on the
question paper.

3. There are 100 answer numbers on the answer sheet. Use answer numbers 1 to 20 only.

4. In each question there are four choices A, B, C, D. Choose ONE. On the answer grid black out
the box for your choice with a pencil as shown below.

Correct Way Incorrect Way

1 A B C D 1 A B C D

2 A B C D

3 A B C D

4 A B C D

5. If you want to change your answer, ERASE the first answer completely with a rubber, before
blacking out a new box.

6. DO NOT write anything in the answer grid. The computer only records what is in the boxes.

7. You may use a scientific calculator if you wish.

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1. Which one of the following is an example of a qualitative variable?

A. Total length of a car
B. Exterior colour of a car
C. Diameter of wheel of a car
D. Number of bolts used in a car

2. Which one of the following is a continuous variable?

A. Height of Pakistani hockey players
B. Blood group of Pakistani hockey players
C. Gold medal won by Pakistani hockey team
D. Number of hockey sticks used by Pakistani players in a tournament

3. A qualitative variable may NOT be a

I discrete variable.
II continuous variable.
III quantitative variable.

A. I only
B. II only
C. III only
D. I, II and III
4. For the following frequency table, the lower class boundary of the class having frequency 16
is

A. 9.5
B. 10 Length of Carrot
4–5 6–7 8–9 10 – 11 11 – 12
C. 10.5 (to nearest inch)
D. 11 Number of Carrot 10 12 12 16 8

5. The following data give information about the price range and the number of books sold in a
day at a book store. The class mark of the least popular price range is

Price (in Rs) 70 – 84 85 – 99 100 – 114 115 – 129 130 – 144

Number of
20 30 35 33 17
Books Sold

A. 136
B. 136.5
C. 137
D. 137.5

6. The following bar chart gives information regarding number of mobile phones sold at a mobile
market during four days of a week. The total number of mobile phones sold was 6500. The
percentage of mobile phones sold on Tuesday is
2000
2000 1800
A. 30.76 1500
1500 1200
B. 33.0
1000
C. 33.76
D. 34.0 500

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7. Continuous data may be represented in a

I bar chart.
II frequency polygon.
III pie chart.

A. I only
B. II only
C. III only
D. II and III only

8. The graph represents data about the number of courses opted by 100 students in an MBA
class. The number of students opted fewer than 3 courses is
40

Number of students
35

30

25

20
A. 35 15 30
35

B. 30 10
13
C. 22 5
5 5
12

0
D. 5 4
0 1 2 3 5
Number of courses opted
9. The sum of a set of four numbers is 60 and the sum of another set of five numbers is 120.
Therefore, the average of these nine numbers is
A. 93.33
B. 90
C. 45
D. 20
10. For the given table, the cumulative frequency preceding the median class is

A. 5 Class Interval 17 – 20 21 – 24 25 – 28 29 – 32 33 – 36
B. 12 Cumulative
5 12 30 45 50
C. 30 Frequency
D. 45

11. A survey shows information as compiled in the following table. The modal number of bags
per passenger is
Number of Bags Per Person Number of passengers
1 15
A. 2.5 2 65
B. 3 3 70
C. 3.5 4 45
D. 4 5 15
Total 210
12. The mean of 10 values is 13 and if 5 is added to each of the value, the new mean obtained is
A. 13
B. 14
C. 15
D. 18
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13. The formula of Mean Deviation for 17. 3× 2 ! is equal to

ungrouped data having N values is

( )
2 A. 6!
∑ xi − x B. 5!
A.
N C. 3!
B.
(
∑ xi − x ) D. 2 × 3!
N
18. When a pair of dice is rolled, the
∑ xi − x 6
C. probability of getting 7 is and the
N 36
2 2
∑ xi − x probability of getting 11 is , The
D. 36
N probability of getting 7 or 11 is
14. The range of the data set 2, 1, 4, 9, 8
is 4
A.
A. 4 36
B. 6 6
B.
C. 7 36
D. 8 8
C.
15. The price of a commodity for the four 36
quarters is given below. 12
D.
36
Quarter I II III IV
Price(in Rs.) 76 80 76 85 19. If nC1 = 12 , then n is equal to

The price relative for the IVth quarter, A. 3

taking first quarter as a base is B. 4
C. 6
A. Rs.109.84
D. 12
B. Rs.110.84
C. Rs.111.84 20. If four coins are tossed once then the
D. Rs.112.84 number of outcomes in the sample
space is
16. The most suitable measure of central
tendency to construct an index A. 4
number is B. 8
C. 16
A. arithmetic mean.
D. 32
B. geometric mean.
C. harmonic mean.
D. median.

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