KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN REGIONAL OFFICE, AGRA

SUBJECT: ECONOMICS
CLASS: XI
CHAPTER – Collection of data
WORKSHEET 1
QUESTION QUESTIONS MARKS
NO.
1 The purpose of data collection is - 1
a) To understand a problem
b) To explain a problem
c) To analyse a problem to find it's causes
d) All of above

2 Primary data is obtained by- 1

a) Personal interviews
b) Mailing questionnaire
c) Telephonic interview
d) All of these

3 How is the questionnaire administered? 1

a) Self-administered by the respondent
b) By the enumerator
c) By the trained investigator
d) All of these

4 In a questionnaire, the questions should 1

a) Be precise and clear
b) Move from general to specific
c) Both A & B
d) Ambiguous

5 In a questionnaire, the questions should not 1

a) Use double negatives
B) Be a leading question
C) Indicate alternative to the answer
D) All of above

6 Closed ended questions should be a - 1

a) Two-way question
b) Multiple choice question
c) Both A & B
d) Neither A nor B

7 Which of the following is true for open ended question? 1

a) They allow for more individualised responses
b) They are difficult to interpret and hard to score
c) There are a lot of variations in the responses
d) All of above

8 Data collected on religion from the census reports are 1

a) Primary data
b) Secondary data
c) sample data
d) Either a or b
9 The data collected on the height of a group of students after 1
recording their heights with a measuring tape are
a) Primary data
b) Secondary data
c) Discrete data
d) Continuous data

10 The primary data are collected by 1

a) Interview method
b) Observation method
c) Questionnaire method
d) All of the above

11 The quickest method to collect primary data is 1

a) Personal interview
b) Indirect interview
c) Telephonic interview
d) By observation

12 The best method to collect data in case of natural calamity is 1

a) Personal interview
b) Indirect interview
c) Questionnaire method
d) Direct observation method

13 Which method of data collection covers the widest area 1

a) Telephonic interview
b) Mailing questionnaire
c) Personal interview
d) All of above

14 Some important sources of secondary data are 1

a) Census of India and SSO
b) International and primary sources
c) Private and primary sources
d) Govt sources

15 The major limitation of mailing questionnaire is that the 1

respondents
a) Do not answers the questions
b) Do not read them carefully
c) Do not send it back
d) All of above

16 Which is the most expensive method in term of time, money, 1

efforts involved
a) Indirect oral investigation
b) Direct personal investigation
c) Information through questionnaire
d) Information through published sources

17 Which one of the following is not a major method of data 1

collection?
a) Questionnaires
b) Interviews
c) By secondary data
d) Experiment
18 What type of questions should not be included in the 1
questionnaire?
a) Simple
b) Multiple choice
c) Personal
d) Specific

19 Which one of the following is not method of data collection? 1

a) Questionnaire
b) Interviews
c) Exchange
d) Observation

20 Primary data can be collected from 1

a) It's source of origin
b) Agency
c) Website
d) An SSO

21 The purpose of the survey is to collect ____(Data/Things) 1

22 Economic facts expressed in terms of numbers, are called 1

___(Data/Organisation)
 Answer Key of Worksheet 1
Question no. Answers
1 d
2 d
3 d
4 c
5 d
6 c
7 d
8 b
9 a
10 d
11 c
12 a
13 b
14 a
15 d
16 b
17 d
18 c
19 c
20 a
21 Data
22 Data