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Measure of Central Tendency and Dispersion Module-1
Measure of Central Tendency and Dispersion Module-1
Weight (in kgs.) 67 70 72 73 75 Q.9 The mean of the squares of first n natural
numbers is-
No. of students 4 3 2 2 1 1 2 1
(A) n (B) n (n + 1)
then mean weight is- 2 8
(A) 70.25 kg. (B) 70.50 kg. 1 1
(C) 70.75 kg. (D) None of these (C) n (2n + 1) (D) (n + 1) (2n+ 1)
6 6
Q.3 A factory employs 100 workers of whom 60 Q.10 For a continuous series the mean is
work in the first shift and 40 work in the computed by the following formula-
second shift. The average wage of all the 100 d
(B) Mean = A +
f
workers is Rs.38. If the average wage of 60 (A) Mean = A +
workers of the first shift is Rs.40, then the
n f
average wage of the remaining 40 workers of f (D) Mean = A+ fd
the second shift is- (C) Mean = A +
d f
(A) 35 (B) 40
(C) 45 (D) None of these Q.11 If the mean of first n natural numbers is equal
n7
to , then n is equal to-
Q.4 If x is the mean of a set of n observations x1, 3
n
(A) 10 (B) 11
x2, x3,.....,xn then ( x i x ) is equal to (C) 12 (D) None of these
i1
Q.12 The mean of discrete observations y 1 ,
(A) M.D. about mean (B) S.D. y2,....yn is given by-
(C) 0 (D) None of these
n n
yi yi
i 1
Q.5 If the mean of 3, 4, x , 7, 10 is 6, then the (A)
i 1
(B) n
value of x is- n i
(A) 4 (B) 5 i 1
n n
(C) 6 (D) 7 y i fi
i 1
y i fi
i 1
(C) n (D) n
Q.6 Weighted mean is computed by the formula
fi
i 1
xi wi
(A) (B)
wi xi
Q.13 If the mean of numbers 27, 31, 89, 107, 156 is
xiw i w ixi 82, then the mean of 130, 126, 68, 50, 1 is-
(C) (D)
wi xi (A) 75 (B) 157 (C) 82 (D) 80
Q.14 If di is the deviation of a class mark yi from Median
‘a’, the ‘ assumed mean’ and f i is the
frequency, then Q.22 In an arranged series of n observations (n
being an odd number) , the median is the
1 value of -
Mg = x + ( fi di ), then x is-
fi
(A) lower limit n n 1
(A) th term (B) th term
(B) assumed mean 2 2
(C) number of observations n 1
(C) 1 th term (D) n th term
(D) class size 2 2
Q.31 The relationship between mean, median and Q.39 If the standard deviation of 1, 2, 3, 4,....., 10
mode for a moderately skewed distribution is- is , then the standard deviation of 11, 12,
(A) mode = median – 2 mean 13, 14,...., 20 is
(B) mode = 2 median – mean
(A) + 10 (B) 10
(C) mode = 2 median – 3 mean
(D) mode = 3 median – 2 mean (C) (D) None of these
Q.40 S.D. of n observations a1, a2, a3,....,an is ,
Q.32 If the mode of a data is 18 and the mean is then the S.D. of the observations a1, a2,
24, then median is-
(A) 18 (B) 24 (C) 22 (D) 21 a3, an is-
(A) (B) –
Dispersion (C) || (D)
fm fm1
(C) + × c
Q.16 An automobile driver travels from plain to a 2fm fm 1 fm1
hill station 120km distant at an average speed
2fm fm1
of 30 km.per hour. He then makes the return (D) + × c
fm fm1 fm 2
trip at an average speed of 25 km. per hour.
He covers another 120 km. distance on plane Q.21 If mean = (3 median – mode) x, then the
value of x is-
at an average speed of 50 km. per hour. His
(A) 1 (B) 2
average speed over the entire distance of (C) 1/2 (D) 3/2
360 km. will be-
Q.22 Which of the following is not a measure of
(A) 30 25 50 km/hr.. dispersion?
3 (A) variance (B) mean deviation
(C) standard deviation (D) mode
(B) (30 × 25 × 50) 1/3
Q.23 Which of the following is not a measure of
3
(C) km/hr.. dispersion ?
1 1 1 (A) Mean (B) Variance
30 25 50 (C) Mean deviation (D) Range
(D) None of these
Q.24 The standard deviation of a variate x is .
ax b
Q.17 If a, b, c are any three positive numbers, then The standard deviation of the variable ;
c
1 1 1 a, b, c are constants, is-
the least value of (a + b + c) is-
a b c a a
(A) 3 (B) 6 (A) (B)
c c
(C) 9 (D) None of these
a2
(C) 2
(D) None of these
Q.18 Product of n positive numbers is unity.The c
sum of these numbers can not be less than-
Q.25 The S.D. of 15 items is 6 and if each item
(A) 1 (B) n is decreased by 1, then standard deviation
(C) n2 (D) None of these will be-
(A) 5 (B) 7
(C) 91/25 (D) 6
Q.19 The median of the data 13, 14, 16, 18, 20,
22 is- Q.26 The S.D of the first n natural numbers is-
(A) 17 (B) 16 n1 n (n 1)
(C) 18 (D) None of these (A) (B)
2 2
n2 1
(C) (D) None of these
12
LEVEL # 3
Questions based on statements (Q. 1 - 5)
Each of the questions given below consist Q.4 StatementI : The mean deviation by mean of
of Statement – I and Statement – II. Use the 2, 3, 5, 6, 9 is 3.
following Key to choose the appropriate StatementII : Mean deviation calculated by
answer.
(A) If both Statement - I and Statement - II n
1
are true, and Statement - II is the correct
n i 1
| xi x | .
explanation of Statement- I.
(B) If both Statement-I and Statement - II
are true but Statement - II is not the
correct explanation of Statement-I. Q.5 StatementI : Standard deviation of 15, 22, 27,
(C) If Statement-I is true but Statement - II 11, 9, 21, 14, 9 is 6.22
is false. StatementII : Standard deviation = Variance
(D) If Statement-I is false but Statement - II
is true. Passage based Questions (Q. 6 - 8)
Q.1 Statement I : The median from the following data A frequency distribution is given :
45, 25, 50, 60, 70, 80, 92 is 60.
Mark : 4 5 6 7 8
StatementII : Arrange the data either in
increasing or decreasing order of magnitude so No. of students : 6 7 10 8 3
the middle observation is called medium.
Q.6 Mode of the given distribution is:
Q.2 StatementI : The mean of first n natural (1) 5 (2) 6 (3) 8 (4) 10
n 1 Q.7 Mean of the given distribution is :
numbers is .
2
190 198
StatementII : If we increase or decrease in (1) (2)
34 34
every observation by a non zero number then
mean will remain same. 199
(3) (4) None of these
Q.3 StatementI : The mean of group of 8 34
n2 1
4
Statement – 2 :
The sum of f irst n natural numbers is
n(n 1)
and the sum of squares of first n natu-
2
n(n 1)(2n 1)
ral numbers is
6
(A) Statement -1 is true, Statement -2 is true;
Statement -2 is a correct explanation for
Statement -1
(B) Statement -1 is true, Statement -2 is true;
Statement -2 is not a correct explanation
for Statement -1.
(C) Statement -1 is true, Statement -2 is false.
(D) Statement -1 is false, Statement -2 is ture.
ANSWER KEY
LEVEL # 1
Q.No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Ans. D A A C C C B C D D B A A B D C D C B C
Q.No. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
Ans. D B A A C C C A D B D C C B C C A B C C
Q.No. 41 42 43
Ans. A B C
LEVEL # 2
Q.No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Ans. D D B B B C A B B D C C B C B C C B A C
Q.No. 21 22 23 24 25 26
Ans. C D A B D C
LEVEL # 3
Q.No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Ans. A C C D C B C B
LEVEL # 4
SECTION - A
Q.No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Ans. A A B C C D B D C C C D