STATISTICS

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CONCEPTS &FORMULAE
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is the area ofstudy that deals with the collection, presentation, analysis and interpretation
p s t SIS t h e

wdata

or figures, collected with a definite purpose, are called data.

acan be presented graphically in the form of:
bar graphs.
histograms of uniform width and of varying widths.

LTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

pose and urite the correct option in the following questions.

Ramesh records the ages (in years) of people in a central park as shown below
29, 18,
55, 8, 10, 15, 12, 39, 44, 10, 5, 19, 31,
11, 21, 24, 35, 38, 52, 58, 60, 45,
7, 12, 18, 16, 6, 9,
50, 16.
data with a class size of 8?
Which of the frequency tables correctly represents the [CBSE Question Bank]
Number
(6) Age Tally
Age Tally Number Marks of People
(a) Marks of People (in years)
(in years) 1- 10
6
5-12 NIIIL 11-20
13-20 TNL 21-30
21-28
31-40
29-36
41-50
37-44
51-60
45-52

53-60

Number
Tally Number (d) Age Tally
Age Marks of People
(c) (inyears)
Marks of People (in years)
5-12
10 1- 10
HIL
11-20 8
13-20

21-28
21-30

29-36 31-40

37-44 41-50 4

45-52 51-60 4
53-60
 Neeta measured the heights of the plants in her backyard and recorded the data.
2. as shown below
69.5 cm, 70.5 cm, 54.1
58.5 cm, 62 cm, 68.1 cm, 52.3 cm, 81.6 cm, 72.5 cm,
cm. Ke
5.5 cm,
.

78.3 cm, 82.9 cm, 74.2 cm, 86 cm 85.5 cm,

She then incorrectly created a frequency table of the data collected as shown i
below.
Height of the plant (in cm) Number of plants
50.3-55.5
55.5-60.5

60.5-65.5

65.3-70.5
70.5-75.5

75.5-80.5
80.5-85.5

85.5-90.5

Which of these could be the possible reason of error in Neeta's frequency table?

(a) 70.5 cm and 85.5 cm must be considered in class (70.5 -

CBSE Qestion Bank\
75.5) and class (855
class (85.5
90.5)
-

respectively, and not in class (65.5 - 70.5) and class (80.5 -85.5).
6) 70.5 cm and 85.5 cm mustbe considered in class (65.5- 70.5), class (50.5 - 55.5).and
(80.5-85.5) respectively, and not in class (70.5 - 75.5) and class (85.5 - 90.5). class
(0) 70.5 cm, 55.5 cm, 85.5 cm mustbe
considered in class (70.5-75.5), class (55.5-60.5).and
(85.5-90.5) respectively, and not in class (65.5-70.5), class (50.5-55.5), and class(805-Rclass
(d) 70.5 cm, 55.5 cm, 85.5 cm must be considered in class (65.5- 70.5), class (50.5-55.5).and c
85.5).
ass
(80.5-85.5) respectively, and not in class (70.5-75.5), class (55.5 - 60.5), and class (85.5-g0.5
3. The bar graph below shows the number of students residing at diferent hostel buildings in a

university.

Orchard Steller Elite Galaxy Infinity

Buildings
 students
al number of stude residing in the hostel buildings is 700, how
Elite building? many students
[CBSE Question Bank]
r e s i d e

6) 90
(a) 45
c) 145 (d) 180
The able below show the weights of pumpkin at a store.

Weights of the 3-5 5-7 7-9

pumpkin (in kg) 9-11 11-13 13-15 15-17
Number of 2
9 11
pumpkin

Which of the following histogram represents the given data? [CBSE Question Bank
(a) (6)
144

12 12-

10
0-

1 13 15 1 11 13 1s 1
Weights of the Pumpkin (in kg) Weights of the Pumpkin (in kg)

(c) (d)
14 4

12
0-
10
8

113 1s 17 Weights of the Pumpkin (in kg)

Weights of the Pumpkin (in kg)

the inning scores of players of a match.

The table below shows
Below 30 30-40 40-50 50-60 Above 60
Scores 10 16
9 8 12
Number of players
represents the data?
[CBSE Question Bank]
the following histogram
Which of
 (a)
181

12
0

00 160
6o 60 70
ao o Scores

)
18
161

12
F0-

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Scores

(c)

16-

10

10 20 30 0 50 60 090T00
Scores
 ( M8

16

14

12

10

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 30 90 100
Scores
6. The histogram below shows the number of tourists in Taj Mahal on different number of days:

20

40

X
60 80 90 100 110 120 130 140
0 50
Number of Tourists

Which of these is correct about the histogram?

[CBSE Question Bank]

(a) There were about 80-90 tourists

for days at the Taj Mahal.
12
tourists for 5 days at the Taj Mahal.
0) There were about 60-70
for 6 days at the museum.
c) There were about 120-140 tourists
for 26 days at the museum.
(d) There were about 100-120 tourists
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anPe

Thime (minutes)

whirh o these is NOT correct about the

t ) 4 empioms take 35-50 minutes
histogram? CBSE Question Bank
to commute to office.
(bempiones take 6i-95 minutes to commute
to office.
Gemplovees take less than 65 minutes to commute to office.
d 4 emionees take more than 80 minutes to commute to office.
In frequrncy distribution, the mid value of a
class is 10 and the width of the
lower limit of the class is elass
ta) b) 7 (c) 8
(NCERT Ewmplar
d) 12
The widdh of each of five continuous classes in
classdimit of dhe lowest class is 10. The
a
frequency distribution is 5 and the lower
() 15
upper class-limit of the highest class is NCERT Ewmtiar
(b) 25 35 d) 40
Lm be dhe mid-point andI be the upper class limit
datribuuon. The lower class limit of the class is
of a class in a
continuous frequency
(NCERT Eempiar
a) 2m ) 2m-1 )m- (d) m-
11. Ther class marke of a frequeney distribution are 10, 12, 14, 16,.. The class
cdhe class ma1 is corresponding to
) 13- 15 () 14-16 (d) 12- 14
12. To draw a histogran to represent the following frequency distribution:
Class Inierval 0-5 5-10 10-20 20-25 25-45
Fnequency 12 7 23 20
The adjusted frequency for the class 25-45 is
(a) 20 (b) 15 (c) 10 (d) 5
13. The class mark of the class 100-120 i
(a) 100 (b) 110 c) 115 (d) 120
 is not a measure of central
the
of
followin
f o l l

(6) Median
tendency?
c) Mode
one

W h i c h

d) Range
" a ) M e a n

of the frequency distribution are 19.55 26.5 , 33.5, 40.5

then the class
m a r k

,
class mark 33.5 is
clasS

orresponding
the
t oclas;
f
(6) 34 36 c) 29-36
( a )3 0 - 3 7
(d) 26.5-40.5
groups 30 students of class VIII
of 30
oups of are recorded as follows:
t 6 The
blood
A, B, O, 0, AB, O, A, 0, B, A, 0, B, A, O,0
A, A,0,0, AB, B, A, O, B, A, B, O.
A,AB,,0,
the most common and which is the rarest blood
is
Which group among these students?
Most common = O ,Rarest = A
6) Most common = AB , Rarest = A
c)Most common=O,Rarest= AB d) Most common = B, Rarest = A
he value of n upto 50 decimal places is given below:
The

14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510
The most frequently occurring digits are
(a) 3 and 5 (b) 9 and 7 c) 2 and 3 (d) 3 and 5
18. If the class mark of the frequency distributions are 9.5, 16.5, 23.5, 30.5 then the class interval
corresponding to the class mark 16.5 is
(a) 13-20 6) 12-17 (c)14-20 (d) 15-17
9. The following data shows the weight of 30 oranges. Taking class size of 20 and taking 60 - 80

as first class interval weighing more than 180 grams.

106 107 76 109 187 95 125 92 70 139
128 100 88 84 99 204 141 136 123
113
90 115 110 97 90 75 80 118 82
107

The number of oranges weighing more than 180 gramsis

(a) 1 2 c) 3 (d) 4
20. The histogram given below shows the marks obtained by students in a test conducted during
the remedial classes in the school:
Using the histogram the number of students obtained marks less than 40 is

30

201

151

X
10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Marks obtained

(a) 20 (6) 40 )50 d) 35

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