PESU - BCom – Sec F & G : Assignment for Unit 1

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Objective Type Questions: Highlight the correct Answer

1._______relates a fact or piece of data obtained from a study of a large quantity of
numerical data
a) Arithmetic
b) Mathematical equation
c) Statistics
d) Statistical inference

2._______is also known as the father of Indian Statistics

a) Aryabhatta b) CV Raman c) Chanakya d) PC Mahalanobis 

3. What are the types of data

a) Qualitative b) Quantitative c)Both d) No

4. The data collection methods are

a)primary and secondary
b)Uploading and Downloading
c)Online and Offline
d)Input and Output

5.A popular mode of Non-Tabular mode of data representation

a)Diagrammatic and graphical representation
b)Rows and Columns
c)Permutation and combination
d)Vertical and horizontal
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6. The mode prudent way of processing data is

a)Classification and tabulation of data
b)Analyse, collect and segregate
c)Save and represent data
d)Make processed data to raw data

7____ are example of diagrams

a)Pictorial Diagram
b)Circular and Semi-circular Bar Diagram
c)Multiple Bar diagrams & Percentage bar diagrams
d)Charts and Presentations

8._____ are the types of graphs

a)Histograms, Frequency polygons, Ogives
b)Lorenz curve, Freehand Curve, Dotted lines
c)Less than, More than, equal to Ogives
d)Line Graph, Bar Graph, Circular Graphs

9.Processed Data is called

a)Output
b)Information
c)Tabulation
d)Presentation

10.Data is the plural of ____

a) Date
b) Datum
c) Information
d)Facts
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11.____ is a collection of facts

a) Trends
b)Data
c)Hypothesis
d) Qualitative aspects

12.___is an assumption about a fact

a) Raw Data
b) Hypothesis
c) Secretive Data
d) correlation

13. Statistics may be defined as the Science of collection, presentation, analysis and
interpretation of numerical data according to
a) Hillary Secrist
b) Croxten & Cowden
c) Adam Smith
d) PC Mahalaobis

14.The word “Statistic” does not mean

a) collection of Numerical facts
b) analyzing numerical facts
c) interpreting numerical facts
d) conversion of numerical facts

15. Which of the following statement is false :

a)For statistical analysis, uniformity and homogeneity of data is NOT essential
b)Statistics-does not deal with individuals
c) Only experts can make the best possible use of statistics
d) Statistical laws are true only on an average
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16. The objects whose characteristics are studied in any statistical survey are called
a) Units or Individuals
b) Population or Universe
c) Group or Team
d) One in All or All in One

17. The totality of units under consideration in statistics is called

a) Globe or maps
b) population or universe
c) Raw or processed Data sets
d) cells or data range
18. Two types of population
a) Census
b) Finite
c)Infinite
d) Survey
- Options : a&d | b&c | a&b | c&d

19) A quantitative characteristic which varies from unit to unit is known as

a)constant
b)variable
c)stationary
d) none of the above

20) ________ is qualitative characteristic which varies from unit to unit

a) Fact
b) attribute
c) raw information
d) hypothesis
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21) Variables are of ____ and ____ types.

a) Discrete and Continuous
b) infinite and indefinite
c) alphanumeric and constant
d) fixed and stationary value

22) The two scales of measurement of data are

a) ordinal and nominal
b) metre and centimetres
c) ascending and descending order
d) chronological and reverse chronological order

23) ___is the process of arranging data into sequences and groups or classes
a)Bifurcation
b)Classification
c)Bucketing
d)Stratification

24) In Chronological or Temporal Classification, data are arranged according to

a) time of events
b) importance of events
c) quality of data
d) quantity of data

25) A systematic presentation of the values taken by a variable along with their
frequencies.
a) Frequency Distribution
b) Frequency Table
c) Frequency Polygon
d)Frequency curve
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26) A group of data in its original forms and unorganized manner

a) Processed Data
b) Category Data
c) Raw Data
d) Secondary Data

27) __ the difference between highest value and lowest value in the data
a) Subtraction
b) Range
c) SumProduct
d) Rank

28) __ is running total of frequencies or sum of all previous frequencies up to the

current point.
a)Class interval
b)Cumulative Frequency
c)Count
d) Moving Average

29) Diagram represents categorical and geographical data.

a)True
b)False

30) ___depict time series and frequency distribution

a) pictogram
b) graph
c) Bar Chart
d) Line Diagram

31) Histogram, Frequency polygon, Frequency curve, Ogives are types of

a) Scatter Diagram
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b) Frequency Graphs
c) Frequency Distribution
d) Circular Diagram