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Statistics provides an extensive range of concepts and introduction to the subject, which
includes all the questions in the chapter provided in the syllabus. It is a section of
mathematics that manages the collection, interpretation, analysis, and presentation of
numerical data. In other words, statistics is a collection of quantitative data.
The rationale of statistics is to accord sets of information to be contrasted so that the
analysts can focus on the sequential differences and trends. Analysts examine the data
in order to reach the inferences concerning its meaning.
Given below are some important MCQs on statistics to analyse your understanding of
the topic. The answers are also given for your reference.
Statistics MCQs
Q.1 Which of the following values is used as a summary measure for a sample, such as a
sample mean?
(A) Population parameter
(B) Sample parameter
(C) Sample statistic
(D) Population mean
Answer: C
Q.2 Which of the following is a branch of statistics?
(A) Descriptive statistics
(B) Inferential statistics
(C) Industry statistics
(D) Both A and B
Answer: D
Q.3 The control charts and procedures of descriptive statistics which are used to enhance a
procedure can be classified into which of these categories?
(A) Behavioural tools
(B) Serial tools
(C) Industry statistics
(D) Statistical tools
Answer: D
Q.4 Which of the following can also be represented as sample statistics?
(A) Lowercase Greek letters
(B) Roman letters
(C) Associated Roman alphabets
(D) Uppercase Greek letters
Answer: B
Q.5 To which of the following options do individual respondents, focus groups, and panels
of respondents belong?
A) Primary data sources
B) Secondary data sources
C) Itemised data sources
D) Pointed data sources
Answer: A
Q.6 What are the variables whose calculation is done according to the weight, height, and
length known as?
(A) Flowchart variables
(B) Discrete variables
(C) Continuous variables
(D) Measuring variables
Answer: C
Q.7 Which method used to examine inflation rate anticipation, unemployment rate, and
capacity utilisation to produce products?
(A) Data exporting technique
(B) Data importing technique
(C) Forecasting technique
(D) Data supplying technique
Answer: C
Q.8 Specialised processes such as graphical and numerical methods are utilised in which of
the following?
(A) Education statistics
(B) Descriptive statistics
(C) Business statistics
(D) Social statistics
Answer: B
Q.9 What is the scale applied in statistics, which imparts a difference of magnitude and
proportions, is considered as?
(A) Exponential scale
(B) Goodness scale
(C) Ratio scale
(D) Satisfactory scale
Answer: C
Q.10 Review of performance appraisal, labour turnover rates, planning of incentives, and
training programs are the examples of which of the following?
(A) Statistics in production
(B) Statistics in marketing
(C) Statistics in finance
(D) Statistics in personnel management
Answer: D
2. ______ is the one who produces or sells goods and services for the
generation of income.
(a) Producer
(b) Consumer
(c) Investor
(d) All of the above
Answer
6. “Economic activity is the study of mankind in the ordinary life of business”, this
definition was given by;
(a) Alfred Marshall
(b) Robbins
(c) Peterson
(d) None of the above
Answer
12. Read the following statement given below and choose the correct alternative
Statement 1- Agents of production are the owners of factors of production
Statement 2- Social components of economics are poverty and unemployment
(a) Both are correct
(b) Both are incorrect
(c) Statement 1 is correct and statement 2 is incorrect
(d) Statement 1 is incorrect and statement 2 is correct
Answer
13. Read the following statement given below and choose the correct alternative
Statement 1- Statistics is a qualitative measure
Statement 2- Only aggregate number of facts is called statistics
(a) Both are correct
(b) Both are incorrect
(c) Statement 1 is correct and statement 2 is incorrect
(d) Statement 1 is incorrect and statement 2 is correct
Answer
14. Read the following statement given below and choose the correct alternative
Statement 1- All statistics are data
Statement 2- All data are not Statistics
(a) Both are correct
(b) Both are incorrect
(c) Statement 1 is correct and statement 2 is incorrect
(d) Statement 1 is incorrect and statement 2 is correct
Answer
15. Read the following statement given below and choose the correct alternative
Statement 1- Inferential statistics refers to the methods of collection, presentation
and analysis of data
Statement 2- Descriptive statistics refers to the methods by which conclusions
are drawn.
(a) Both are correct
(b) Both are incorrect
(c) Statement 1 is correct and statement 2 is incorrect
(d) Statement 1 is incorrect and statement 2 is correct
Answer
16. Read the following statement given below and choose the correct alternative
Assertion(A)- Statistics is the lifeline of economics
Reason (R) – Statistics helps to establish various statistical relationship
(a) Both Assertion and reason are true. Reason is the correct explanation of
assertion
(b) Both assertion and reason are true. Reason is not the correct explanation of
assertion
(c) Assertion is true but reason is not
(d) Reason is true but assertion is not
Answer
17. Read the following statement given below and choose the correct alternative
Assertion(A)- Statistics is a rainbow of lies
Reason (R )- Anyone can alter statistics to arrive at predetermined conclusions
(a) Both Assertion and reason are true. Reason is the correct explanation of
assertion
(b) Both assertion and reason are true. Reason is not the correct explanation of
assertion
(c) Assertion is true but reason is not
(d) Reason is true but assertion is not
Answer
18. Read the following statement given below and choose the correct alternative
Assertion (A)- Distrust on statistics can not be removed and is inevitable
Reason (R )- Statistics is a clay which we can use to make a god or devil, as we
wish
(a) Both Assertion and reason are true. Reason is the correct explanation of
assertion
(b) Both assertion and reason are true. Reason is not the correct explanation of
assertion
(c) Assertion is true but reason is not
(d) Reason is true but assertion is not
Answer
19. Read the following statement given below and choose the correct alternative
Assertion (A)- If your class teacher estimates average height of the whole class
on the basis of average height of four or five students he is using inferential
Statistics
Reason (R )- Inferential statistics refers to all such methods by which conclusion
can be drawn relating to the population of a given sample
(a) Both Assertion and reason are true. Reason is the correct explanation of
assertion
(b) Both assertion and reason are true. Reason is not the correct explanation of
assertion
(c) Assertion is true but reason is not
(d) Reason is true but assertion is not
Answer
20. Read the following statement given below and choose the correct alternative
Assertion (A)- Statistics can be collected in a systematic manner
Reason (R )- No conclusions can be drawn from unsystematic collection of data
(a) Both Assertion and reason are true. Reason is the correct explanation of
assertion
(b) Both assertion and reason are true. Reason is not the correct explanation of
assertion
(c) Assertion is true but reason is not
(d) Reason is true but assertion is not
Answer
(a) A-4
(b) B-3
(c) C-2
(d) D-1
Answer
(a) A-1
(b) B-2
(c) C-3
(d) D-4
Answer
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D. Statistics is both science as well as art
kendall
(a) A-4
(b) B-1
(c) C-3
(d) D-2
Answer
D. Statistics states the inverse relationship between price 4. Construction of economic theory or
of a commodity and its Demand economy models
(a) A-3
(b) B-4
(c) C-1
(d) D-2
Answer
Read the following text given below and answer the questions that follows
Statistics – A Plural Sense Statistics alludes to data as far as numbers or
mathematical information, like populace measurements, business statistics and
so on. According to Bowley, “Statistics are mathematical articulations of realities
in any branch of inquiry comparable to one another.”
Features of Statistics in the Plural Sense
Aggregate of facts
Numerically expressed
Influenced by variety of causes
Reasonable accuracy
Set in relation to one another
Predetermined purpose
Estimated
Statistics – A Singular Sense It alludes to procedures or strategies identifying
with assortment, order, show examination and understanding of quantitative
information.
As indicated by Seligman, “Statistics is the science which manages the strategies
for gathering, ordering, introducing, contrasting and deciphering mathematical
information gathered with illuminate any circle of enquiry”
3. __________ Questions are easy to use, score and codify for analysis because
all respondents can choose from the given options.
a) Multiple choice
b) Open-ended
c) Closed-ended
d) True/False
Answer
14. All of the above which of the following is not a type of Classification used in
tabulation?
a) Spatial
b) Temporal
c) Qualitative
d) None of the above
Answer
15. ___________ usually are not drawn with absolute values of a category.
a) Pie-charts
b) Bar-diagram
c) Histogram
d) Frequency-curve
Answer
18. The use of class mark instead of actual values of the observation involves
considerable ______________
a) Loss of Importance
b) Gain of Importance
c) Profit of Importance
d) All of the above
Answer
22. The purpose of the collection of data is to show _____________ for reaching
sound and clear solution to a problem.
a) Design
b) Figure
c) Movement
d) Evidence
Answer
29. _______________ is used when the researcher has access to all the
members.
a) Personal Interview
b) Mailing Survey
c) Telephone Interview
d) All of the above
Answer
43. The raw data is classified in various ways depending on time is known as
__________
a) Spatial classification
b) Chronological classification
c) Geographical classification
d) Time series
Answer
50. ______________ is the difference between upper class limit and lower class
limit?
a) Class Interval
b) Class Width
c) Class Mark
d) Both A and B
Answer
D1 stands for the Difference between the frequency of the modal class and the
frequency of the preceding modal class.
D2 stands for the difference between the frequency of the modal class and the
frequency of the succeeding modal class.
9. Mode of data 1,1,2,2,5,3,4,4 is __________________
a) 1,2,5
b) 1,2,4
c) 2,3,5
d) 3,4,5
Answer
Answer
13. ________ is the positioned value of the variable which divides the distribution
into two equal parts.
a) Mean
b) Median
c) Mode
d) None
Answer
15. Median of 25, 72, 28, 65, 29, 60, 30, 54, 32, 53, 33, 52, 35, 51, 42, 48, 45,
47, 46, 33 is __________________
a) 45.5
b) 55.4
c) 33.5
d) 63.5
Answer
10 2 2
20 4 6
30 10 10
40 4 20
a) 10
b) 30
c) 20
d) 4
Answer
22. _________ are the measures which divides the data into four equal parts?
a) Mono
b) BI-parties
c) Quartiles
d) None
Answer
23. Q₁ and Q₃ denote two limits within which central __________of the data lies.
a) 50%
b) 75%
c) 25%
d) 100%
Answer
24. ______________ divides the distribution into 100 equal parts.
a) Quartile
b) Percentile
c) Median
d) All of the above
Answer
26. Calculate Q₁ from the data 22.26, 14.30, 14.30, 18.11, 35.41, 12.32 is
_____________
a) 12
b) 13
c) 13.5
d) 13.75
Answer
27. X̅ _________
a) (x₁ + x₂ + x₃+……………..+ xⴖ) ÷ n
b) (x₁ – x₂ – x₃-……………..- xⴖ) ÷ n
c) (x₁ * x₂ * x₃*……………..* xⴖ) ÷ n
d) None
Answer
28. X̅ = __________
Answer
30. In order to save time in calculating mean from a data set containing a large
no: of observations we use ____________
a) Direct method
b) Assumed Mean
c) Both A and B
d) None
Answer
32. For a symmetrical distribution Q₁ and Q₃ are 30, 90 respectively. The value
of median is ___________
a) 30
b) 60
c) 90
d) 40
Answer
Answer
10. Economy is a system that helps to produce __________ and enables people
to earn their living.
a) Goods and Services
b) Scarcity
c) Resources
d) Human wants
Answer
13. MRT is ___________ because all resources are not equally efficient in the
production of both goods.
a) Decreasing
b) Increasing
c) Both A and B
d) None
Answer
12. ___________ is the curve showing different combinations of two goods, each
combination offering the same level of satisfaction.
a) Indifference
b) Indifference map
c) Indifference curve
d) None
Answer
17. The approach to study What are the conditions for consumer’s equilibrium is?
a) Cardinal approach
b) Ordinal approach
c) Both A and B
d) A or B
Answer
22. _____________ is the quantity which a consumer is able and is willing to buy
at given price and in a given period of time.
a) Demand
b)Supply
c) Quantity demanded
d) Quantity supplied
Answer
23. ____________ is the total quantity purchased by all the consumers in the
market at given and in given period of time.
a) Quantity demanded
b) Demand
c) Market
d)Market demand
Answer
25. __________ is an economic agent, who consumes final goods and services
to fulfil his basic needs.
a) Consumer Bundle
b) Consumer
c) Consumer Equilibrium
d) None
Answer
33. Demand function shows the functional relationship between the demand of
___________ and ___________ affecting demand.
a) Goods, services
b) Services, supplies
c) Factors, services
d) Goods, factors
Answer
34. A consumer has monotonic preferences, find the most preferred bundle by
him?
a) 4 units of X good and 6 units of Y good
b) 6 units of X good and 4 units of Y good
c) 6 units of X good and 6 units of Y good
d) 4 units of X good and 5 units of Y good
Answer
35. When demand changes due to changes in determinants other than price
demand it is called
a) Demand change
b) Change in demand
c) Change in quantity demanded
d) All
Answer
36. When demand changes due to the price of its own commodity then it is
termed as
a) Demand change
b)Change in demand
c) Change in quantity demanded
d) None
Answer
39. Slopes downward from left to right; convex towards origin; higher
indifferences curves represents higher utility are properties of ______________
a) Determinants of demand
b) Change in demand
c) Market demand
d) Indifference curves
Answer
11. Read the following statement given below and choose the correct alternative
Statement 1- Input refers to the volume of goods produced by a firm or an
industry During a specific period.
Statement 2- Total product is the total quantity of goods produced by a firm in a
given period with given inputs
(a) Both are correct
(b) Both are incorrect
(c) Statement 1 is correct and statement 2 is incorrect
(d) Statement 1 is incorrect and statement 2 is correct
Answer
12. Read the following statement given below and choose the correct alternative.
Statement 1- Output per unit of a variable input is termed as an average product.
Statement 2- Average product is also known as an average return.
(a) Both are correct
(b) Both are incorrect
(c) Statement 1 is correct and statement 2 is incorrect
(d) Statement 1 is incorrect and statement 2 is correct
Answer
13. Read the following statement given below and choose the correct alternative.
Statement 1- Addition to total product when more units of the variable factor are
employed is known as Average product.
Statement 2- MP= TP-TP1
(a) Both are correct
(b) Both are incorrect
(c) Statement 1 is correct and statement 2 is incorrect
(d) Statement 1 is incorrect and statement 2 is correct
Answer
14. ______ refers to the increase in the total product when only one factor is
increased.
(a) Production factor
(b) Returns to a factor
(c) Returns to inputs
(d) Law of Diminishing returns
Answer
16. Read the following statement given below and choose the correct alternative.
Assertion- In the first phase of the law of variable proportions, TP rises at an
increasing rate and MP increases.
Reason- In the third phase of the law of variable proportions, TP falls and MP
becomes negative.
(a) Both Assertion and Reason are true. The reason is the correct explanation of
the assertion
(b) Both Assertion and reason are not true. The reason is not the correct
explanation of the assertion
(c) The assertion is true but the reason is not
(d) The reason is true but the assertion is not
Answer
19. Which of the following are the reasons for diminishing returns to a factor?
(a) Over utilisation of fixed factors
(b) Indivisibility of fixed factors
(c) Increased efficiency of variable factors.
(d) All of the above
Answer
20. Which of the following are the reasons for negative returns to a factor?
(a) Limitation of fixed factors
(b) Poor coordination between variable and fixed factors
(c) Both (a)&(b)
(d) None of the above
Answer
21. Which of the following are the assumptions of Law of variable proportions.
(a) Law of variable proportion applies to the field of production only.
(b) The effect of change in output can be easily determined.
(c) It operates in short run
(d) All of the above
Answer
2 20
3 18
4 15
(a) 64
(b) 46
(c) 24
(d) 38
Answer
1 10
2 14
3 18
4 25
5 31
(a) 18
(b) 26
(c) 46
(d) 55
Answer
1 8. 8
2 10. 12
3 ___. 10
4 9. 6
(a) 9
(b) 10
(c) 12
(d) 8
Answer
0 0
1 8
2 15
(a) First phase
(b) Second phase
(c) Third phase
(d) None of the above
Answer
5. ________ refers to those costs which do not vary directly with the level of
output.
(a) Cost
(b) Explicit cost
(c) Fixed cost
(d) Total cost
Answer
7. ______ refers to the cost which varies directly with the level of output.
(a) Variable cost
(b) Explicit cost
(c) Fixed cost
(d) Total cost
Answer
10. ____ is the sum total of total fixed cost and total variable cost.
(a) Variable Cost
(b) Explicit cost
(c) Fixed cost
(d) Total cost
Answer
12. Read the following statement given below and choose the correct alternative.
Statement 1- Per unit fixed cost of production is termed as an average variable
cost.
Statement 2- Per unit variable cost of production is termed as an average fixed
cost.
(a) Both are correct
(b) Both are incorrect
(c) Statement 1 is correct and statement 2 is incorrect
(d) Statement 1 is incorrect and statement 2 is correct
Answer
13. Read the following statement given below and choose the correct alternative.
Statement 1- Addition to the total cost when one more unit of output is produced
is termed as marginal cost.
Statement 2- MC is the change in Average cost when one more unit is produced.
(a) Both are correct
(B) Both are incorrect
(c) Statement 1 is correct and statement 2 is incorrect
(d) Statement 1 is incorrect and statement 2 is correct
Answer
14. Read the following statement given below and choose the correct alternative
Assertion- TC and TVC curves are inversely S-shaped
Reason- TC, and TVC rise Initially at a decreasing rate, then at a constant rate,
and finally at an incredible rate.
(a) Both Assertion and Reason are true. The reason is the correct explanation of
the assertion
(b) Both Assertion and reason are not true. The reason is not the correct
explanation of assertion.
(c) Assertion is true but the reason is not.
(d) Reason is true but the assertion is not
Answer
15. Read the following statement given below and choose the correct alternative.
Assertion- AT Zero output, TC is equal to TFC.
Reason- As TVC rises with an increase in the output, the distance between TFC
and TC curves also goes on increasing.
(a) Both Assertion and Reason are true. The reason is the correct explanation of
the assertion
(b) Both Assertion and Reason are true. The reason is not the correct
explanation of assertion.
(c) Assertion is true but the reason is not.
(d) Reason is true but the assertion is not
Answer
16. Read the following statement given below and choose the correct alternative.
Assertion- TC and TVC curves are parallel to each other and the vertical distance
between them remains the same at all levels of output.
Reason- The gap between TC and TFC represents TVC
(a) Both Assertion and Reason are true. The reason is the correct explanation of
the assertion
(b) Both Assertion and reason are not true. The reason is not the correct
explanation of assertion.
(c) Assertion is true but the reason is not.
(d) Reason is true but the assertion is not
Answer
17. Read the following statement given below and choose the correct alternative.
Assertion- AFC can never touch the X-Axis.
Reason- TFC can never be zero
(a) Both Assertion and Reason are true. The reason is the correct explanation of
the assertion
(b) Both Assertion and reason are not true. The reason is not the correct
explanation of assertion.
(c) Assertion is true but the reason is not.
(d) Reason is true but the assertion is not
Answer
23. Read the following statement given below and choose the correct alternative.
Statement 1- AC and AVC curves can never intersect each other.
Statement 2- AFC can never be zero.
(a) Both are correct
(b) Both are incorrect
(c) Statement 1 is correct and statement 2 is incorrect
(d) Statement 1 is incorrect and statement 2 is correct
Answer
TC 28 60 78 108 140
(a) 0
(b) 28
(c) 60
(d) 78
Answer
28. From the following table find out the value of TVC at the 2nd level of output.
Output 1 2
AVC 20 15
(a) 30
(b) 60
(c) 15
(d) 7.5
Answer
TC _____
AC ______
MC 30
(a) 30, 60
(b) 30,15
(c) 30,30
(d) 15,30
Answer
30. A firm is producing 40 units. At this level of output, ATC and AVC are
respectively equal to ₹50 and ₹47. Find out the total fixed cost of the firm.
(a) 60
(b) 30
(c) 120
(d) 160
Answer
3. ______ refers to the total receipts from the sale of a given commodity.
(a) Total revenue
(b) Marginal revenue
(c) Average revenue
(d) Explicit revenue
Answer
6. Average revenue=_________.
(a) Quantity× Price.
(b) Total revenue/Quantity
(c) Total revenue/Price
(d) Total revenue× Quantity
Answer
11. Read the following statement given below and choose the correct alternative.
Statement 1- When price is constant, the revenue from every additional unit is
equal to average revenue.
Statement 2- AR=MR, when price is constant.
(a) Both are correct
(b) Both are incorrect
(c) Statement 1 is correct and statement 2 is incorrect
(d) Statement 1 is incorrect and statement 2 is correct
Answer
12. Read the following statement given below and choose the correct alternative.
Statement 1- When price is constant, MR is a vertical straight line.
Statement 2- When price is constant, TR is a positively sloped line.
(a) Both are correct
(b) Both are incorrect
(c) Statement 1 is correct and statement 2 is incorrect
(d) Statement 1 is incorrect and statement 2 is correct
Answer
13. Read the following statement given below and choose the correct alternative.
Statement 1- When MR is positive, TR increases.
Statement 2- When MR is zero, TR is maximum.
(a) Both are correct
(b) Both are incorrect
(c) Statement 1 is correct and statement 2 is incorrect
(d) Statement 1 is incorrect and statement 2 is correct
Answer
14. Read the following statement given below and choose the correct alternative.
Assertion- When MR is negative, TR starts falling.
Reason- MR cannot be zero or negative when price is constant.
(a) Both Assertion and reason are true. Reason is the correct explanation of
assertion.
(b) Both Assertion and reason are true. Reason is not the correct explanation of
assertion
(c) Assertion is true but the reason is not.
(d) Reason is true but assertion is not
Answer
15. Read the following statement given below and choose the correct alternative.
Assertion- AR falls with increase in sales.
Reason- Revenue from every additional unit is less than AR
(a) Both Assertion and reason are true. Reason is the correct explanation of
assertion.
(b) Both Assertion and reason are true. Reason is not the correct explanation of
assertion.
(c) Assertion is true but the reason is not.
(d) Reason is true but assertion is not
Answer
18. Read the following statement given below and choose the correct alternative
Assertion- TR curve starts from the origin.
Reason- TR is zero at zero level of output.
(a) Both Assertion and reason are true. Reason is the correct explanation of
assertion.
(b) Both Assertion and reason are true. Reason is not the correct explanation of
assertion.
(c) Assertion is true but the reason is not.
(d) Reason is true but assertion is not
Answer
21. Find AR
Units sold TR
1 30
2 36
(a) 30,18
(b) 18,30
(c) 30,30
(d) 60,72
Answer
22. Suppose a bookseller sells 20 books at the price of rupees 400 per book. His
marginal revenue from the 21st book is 255 at what price did he sell the 21st
book?
(a) 393
(b) 490
(c) 400
(d) 380
Answer
24. The TR of a firm increased by ₹5500 when his sales increased from 25 to 50
units. Calculate MR of the firm.
(a) 250
(b) 110
(c) 1100
(d) 220
Answer
25. TR of a phone increased by rupees 9000 when his sales increased from 50-
100 units. Calculate MR of the firm.
(a) 180
(b) 190
(c) 200
(d) 210
Answer