Statistics: Solutions

Chapter 25
Statistics
Solutions
SECTION - A
Objective Type Questions (One option is correct)
1. The mean deviation of the numbers 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 about the mean is
(1) 1 (2) 1.2 (3) 1.5 (4) 2
Sol. Answer (2)
11  12  13  14  15 65
x =   13
5 5
xi di  xi  x  xi  13
11 2
12 1
13 0
14 1
15 2
Total ∑ di 6
∑ di = 6 and n = 5
1 6
 M.D. =
n
∑ di 
5
 1.2
2. The mean deviation from the median is

(1) Equal to that measured from any another value (2) Maximum if all observations are positive
(3) Greater than that measured from any other value (4) Less than that measured from any other value
Sol. Answer (4)
3. The mean deviation of the data 5, 7, 4, 9, 3, 14 from the mean is
(1) 2 (2) 3 (3) 4 (4) 7
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Sol. Answer (2)
3  4  5  7  9  14 42
x =  7
6 6
xi di  xi  x  xi  7
3 4
4 3
5 2
7 0
9 2
14 7
Total ∑ di  18
∑ di  18, n = 6
1 18
M.D. =
n
∑ di  6  3
4. The mean deviation of the data 7, 4, 9, 12, 14, 20 from the mean is
(1) 2.7 (2) 3.7 (3) 4.3 (4) 5.1
Sol. Answer (3)
4  7  9  12  14  20 66
x   11
6 6
xi di  xi  x  xi  11
4 7
7 4
9 2
12 1
14 3
20 9
Total 26
∑ di  26 and n = 6
1 26
M.D. ( x ) =
n
∑ di 
6
 4.3
5. Mean deviation for n observations x1, x2, ....., xn from their mean x is given by
n
1 n n
1 n
(1) ∑(x
i 1
i  x) (2) ∑ xi  x
n i 1
(3) ∑(x
i 1
i  x )2 (4) ∑ ( xi  x )2
n i 1
Sol. Answer (2)
Solutions of Assignment Statistics 369
6. When tested, the lines (in hours) of 5 bulbs were noted as follows:
1357, 1090, 1666, 1494, 1623
The mean deviations (in hours) from their mean is
(1) 178 (2) 179 (3) 220 (4) 356
Sol. Answer (1)
1357  1090  1666  1494  1623 7230
x =   1446
5 5
xi xi  x
1357 89
1090 356
1666 220
1494 48
1623 177
Total 890
M.D. ( x ) =
∑ di =
890
= 178
N 5
7. The mean deviation about the median for the following data is:
7, 5, 4, 3, 4, 3, 2, 11, 19, 21, 15
(1) 5.04 (2) 5.18 (3) 6.02 (4) 4.32
Sol. Answer (2)
2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 7, 11, 15, 19, 21
th
⎛ 11  1 ⎞
Median = ⎜ ⎟ observation = 6th observation = 5
⎝ 2 ⎠
The absolute values of respective deviations from the median;
3, 2, 2, 1, 1, 0, 2, 6, 10, 14, 16
11
 ∑ xi  M  57
i 1
1 11 57
M.D. (M) = ∑
11 i 1
xi  M 
11
 5.18
210, 208, 388, 238, 510, 359, 412
(1) 95 (2) 93.4 (3) 79.8 (4) 56.7
Sol. Answer (2)
208, 210, 238, 359, 388, 412, 510
th
⎛ 7  1⎞
⎝ 2 ⎠
The absolute values of respective deviations from the median,

151, 149, 121, 0, 29, 53, 151
7
 ∑ xi  M  654
i 1
1 7 654
M.D. (M) = ∑ ( xi  M )   93.42
7 i 1 7
9. Following are the marks obtained by 9 students in a mathematics test 50, 69, 20, 33, 53, 39, 40, 65 59.
The mean deviation from the median is
(1) 9 (2) 10.5 (3) 12.67 (4) 14.76
Sol. Answer (3)
20, 33, 39, 40, 50, 53, 59, 65, 69
th
⎛ 9  1⎞
⎝ 2 ⎠
The absolute values of respective deviations from the median:

 30, 17, 11, 10, 0, 3, 9, 15, 19
9
 ∑ xi  M  114
i 1
1 9 1
M.D. (M) = ∑ xi  M  9  114  12.67
9 i 1
10. The mean deviation from the median of the following data is:
49, 30, 36, 32, 12, 52, 13, 23, 42, 25
(1) 11.4 (2) 10.8 (3) 12.6 (4) 13.5
Sol. Answer (2)
12, 13, 23, 25, 30, 32, 36, 42, 49, 52
th th
⎛ 10 ⎞ ⎛ 10 ⎞
⎜ 2 ⎟ observation  ⎜ 2  1⎟ observation 30  32
⎝ ⎠ ⎝ ⎠
Median = = = 31
2 2
The absolute values of respective deviations from the median:

19, 18, 8, 6, 1, 1, 5, 11, 18, 21
10
 ∑ xi  M  108
i 1
10
1 108
M.D. (M) =
N
∑ xi  M 
10
 10.8
i 1
11. The mean deviation about the mean for the following data is:
xi 20 22 25 27
fi 3 8 6 3
(1) 4.283 (2) 3.463 (3) 5.762 (4) 2.075

Sol. Answer (4)
xi fi fx
ii xi  x fi xi  x
20 3 60 3.25 9.75
22 8 176 1.25 10
25 6 150 1.75 10.5

27 3 81 3.75 11.25
Total 20 467 41.5
∑ fi xi 
467
 23.25
x =
∑ fi 20
∑ fi xi  x 
41.5
 2.075
M.D. ( x ) =
∑ fi 20
(1) 2.4 (2) 1.6 (3) 0.8 (4) 3.2

Sol. Answer (2)
xi fi fx
5 1 5 4.2 4.2
8 3 24 1.2 3.6
9 1 9 0.2 0.2
10 3 30 0.8 2.4
12 2 24 2.8 5.6
10 92 16
x
∑ fi xi 
92
 9.2
∑ fi 10
M.D. ( x ) 
∑ fi xi  x 
16
 1.6
∑ fi 10
(1) 3.08 (2) 8.53 (3) 2.56 (4) 3.75

Sol. Answer (3)
xi fi fx
4 3 12 4.53 13.59
6 1 6 2.53 2.53
7 2 14 1.53 3.06
9 4 36 0.47 1.88
12 5 60 3.47 17.35
15 128 38.41
n
∑ fi xi 128
i 1
x   8.53
∑ fi 15
M.D. ( x ) 
∑ fi xi  x
∑ fi
38.41
=  2.56
15
14. The mean deviation about the median for the following data:
xi 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
fi 4 3 2 1 4 5 1
(1) 2.6 (2) 1.85 (3) 3.26 (4) 2.31

Sol. Answer (2)
xi fi c.f. xi  M fi xi  M
3 4 4 3.5 14
4 3 7 2.5 7.5
5 2 9 1.5 3
6 1 10 0.5 0.5
7 4 14 0.5 2
8 5 19 1.5 7.5
9 1 20 2.5 2.5
N = 20 37
th th
⎛ 20 ⎞ ⎛ 20 ⎞
⎜ 2 ⎟  ⎜ 2  1⎟ 67
Median = ⎝ ⎠ ⎝ ⎠ =  6.5
2 2
1 7 37
M.D. (M) = ∑
N i 1
fi xi  M 
20
 1.85
15. The mean deviation about the median for the following data:
(1) 4.2 (2) 4 (3) 1.5 (4) 5.8
Sol. Answer (2)
xi fi c.f. xi  M fi xi  M
4 3 3 8 24
8 2 5 4 8
12 7 12 0 0
16 5 17 4 20
20 2 19 8 16
24 1 20 12 12
N = 20 80
th th
⎛ 20 ⎞ ⎛ 20 ⎞
⎜ 2 ⎟  ⎜ 2  1⎟ observation
Median = ⎝ ⎠ ⎝ ⎠
2
12  12
=  12
2
1 n
M.D. (M) = ∑ fi ( xi  M )
N i 1
80
= 4
20
16. The mean deviation about the mean for the following data:
(1) 12.06 (2) 10.67 (3) 16.05 (4) 35.2
Sol. Answer (2)
Marks Number of Mid-points

xi
fi xi xi  x fi xi  x
obtained students fi
10 – 20 8 15 120 21.8 174.4
20 – 30 6 25 150 11.8 70.8
30 – 40 12 35 420 1.8 21.6

40 – 50 17 45 765 8.2 139.4
50 – 60 7 55 385 18.2 127.4
Total 50 1840 533.6
5
N= ∑ fi  50
i 1
5
∑ fi xi 1840
 36.8
x = i 1 =
50
N
5
1 533.6
M.D. ( x ) =
N
∑ fi xi  x 
50
 10.67
i 1
Class
Frequency
(1) 10.85 (2) 14.28 (3) 13.15 (4) 14.5

Sol. Answer (2)
Frequency Mid-points
Class fx xi  x fi xi  x
fi xi ii
30 – 40 2 35 70 29.75 59.5
40 – 50 8 45 360 19.75 158
50 – 60 7 55 385 9.75 68.25

60 – 70 5 65 325 0.25 1.25
70 – 80 8 75 600 10.25 82
80 – 90 10 85 850 20.25 202.5
Total 40 2590 571.5
2590
x =  64.75
40
571.5
M.D. ( x ) =  14.28
40
18. The mean deviation about the mean for the following data :
Class
Frequency
(1) 25 (2) 22.4 (3) 31.5 (4) 41

Sol. Answer (2)
Class fxii xi  x fi xi  x
fi xi
100 – 120 2 110 220 42 84
120 – 140 1 130 130 22 22
140 – 160 3 150 450 2 6

160 – 180 2 170 340 18 36
180 – 200 2 190 380 38 76
Total 10 1520 224
1520
x
10
= 152
224
M.D. ( x ) 
10
= 22.4
(1) 12.5 (2) 13.8 (3) 10.25 (4) 14.25

Sol. Answer (3)
Class c.f. xi  M fi xi  M
fi xi
10 – 20 2 2 15 28.75 57.5
20 – 30 4 6 25 18.75 75
30 – 40 6 12 35 8.75 52.5
40 – 50 8 20 45 1.25 10
50 – 60 10 30 55 11.25 112.5
Total N = 30 307.5
th
N
The class interval containing item i.e., 15th item = 40 – 50
2
N
c
Median = l  2 h
f
15  12
= 40 +  10
8
= 40 + 3.75
= 43.75
307.5
M.D. (M) =  10.25
30
20. The mean deviation about median for the following data:
(1) 12 (2) 11 (3) 13 (4) 18

Sol. Answer (2)
Number of Cumulative Mid-points

Marks xi  M fi xi  M
Students fi frequency c.f. (xi)
10 – 20 5 5 15 21.67 108.35
20 – 30 4 9 25 11.67 46.68
30 – 40 9 18 35 1.67 15.03
40 – 50 6 24 45 8.33 49.98
50 – 60 6 30 55 18.33 109.98
Total N = 30 330.02
th
N
The class interval containing item i.e., 15th item = 30 – 40
2
N
c
f
15  9
= 30   10
9
= 30 + 6.67
= 36.67
330.02
M.D.(M) =  11.00  11
30
(1) 11.12 (2) 15.06 (3) 19.6 (4) 13.52

Sol. Answer (1)
Frequency Cumulative Mid-points

Class xi  M fi xi  M
(fi) frequency (xi)
0 – 10 7 7 5 24.231 169.617
10 – 20 16 23 15 14.231 227.696
20 – 30 13 36 25 4.231 55.003
30 – 40 21 57 35 5.769 121.149
40 – 50 13 70 45 15.769 204.997
Total N = 70 778.462
th
N
The class interval containing term = 20 – 30
2
N
c
f
35  23
= 20 +  10
13
= 29.231
778.462
M.D. (M) =  11.12
70
22. The mean of 7 observations is 11. If six of the observations are 2, 6, 8, 10, 12, 18 then remaining one
observation is
(1) 18 (2) 21 (3) 14 (4) 16
Sol. Answer (2)
2  6  8  10  12  18  x
x = 7
 77 – 56 = x
 x = 21
23. Median of the data 10, 21, 5, 6, 4, 12, 14, 3, is

(1) 16 (2) 8 (3) 4 (4) None of these
Sol. Answer (2)
24. Mean deviation about median for the following data 2, 5, 7, 2, 4, 6, 10, 12, 5
(1) 2.4 (2) 3 (3) 1.9 (4) None of these
Sol. Answer (1)
25. The mean of 5 observations 1, 2, 6, x and y is 4.4, then x + y is

(1) 4 (2) 9 (3) 15 (4) 13
Sol. Answer (4)
10 10 10
26. If ∑x i  60 and ∑x
i 1
2
i  360 then ∑x 3
i is
i 1 i 1
(1) 2160 (2) 3250 (3) 3360 (4) None of these

Sol. Answer (1)
27. The variance of the following data is

6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 15
(1) 12.05 (2) 11.14 (3) 14.08 (4) 12.15

Sol. Answer (2)
6  7  8  12  13  15 61
x   10.1
6 6
xi ( xi  x ) ( xi  x )2
6 4.1 16.81
7 3.1 9.61
8 2.1 4.41
12 1.9 3.61
13 2.9 8.41
15 4.9 24.01
Total 66.86
1 6 66.86
2 = ∑ ( xi  x )2  6  11.14
N i 1
28. If the variance of a data is 361, then the standard deviation of the data is
(1) 16 (2) 17 (3) 18 (4) 19

Sol. Answer (4)
Standard deviation  = variance = 361 = 19
29. Let a, b, c, d, e be the observations with mean m and standard deviation s. The standard deviation of the
observations a + k, b + k, c + k, d + k, e + k is (k > 0)
(1) m + k (2) s + k (3) s (4) k s

Sol. Answer (3)
Adding a positive number to each observation, does not effects standard deviation.
30. The standard deviation of the data 6, 5, 9, 13, 12, 8, 10 is
52 52
(1)
7
(2) 6 (3)
7
(4) 6
Sol. Answer (1)
6  5  9  13  12  8  10 63
x  9
7 7
xi ( xi  x ) ( xi  x )2
6 –3 9
5 –4 16
9 0 0
13 4 16
12 3 9
8 –1 1
10 1 1
Total 52
2 =
∑ ( xi  x )2 
52
n 7
52
=
7
31. The standard deviation of the data 12, 14, 18, 19, 21, 36 is
(1) 7.76 (2) 8.02 (3) 8.5 (4) 7.2
Sol. Answer (1)
120
x  20
6
The square of deviations about mean are 64, 36, 4, 1, 1, 256
362
2 =  60.33   = 7.76
6
32. Let x1, x2, ...., xn be n observations and x be their arithmetic mean. The formula for the standard deviation is
given by
∑(x  x )2 ∑(x  x )2 ∑x 2
(1) ∑ ( xi  x )2 (2)
i
n
(3)
i
n
(4)
n
i
 x2
Sol. Answer (3)
33. The mean of 100 observations is 50 and their standard deviation is 5. The sum of all squares of all the
observations is
(1) 500000 (2) 250000 (3) 252500 (4) 255000
Sol. Answer (3)
100
∑ xi2
= i 1
 x2
100
100
∑ xi2
 25 = i 1
 2500
100
100
∑ xi2
 i 1
 2525
100
100
 ∑ xi2  252500
i 1
34. The mean of 50 observations is 25 and their standard deviation is 4, then the sum of squares of all the
observations is
(1) 32050 (2) 33250 (3) 320500 (4) 753200
Sol. Answer (1)
50
∑ ( xi )2
Variance = i 1
 ( x )2
n
50
∑ ( xi )2
 16 = i 1
 (25)2
50
50
 ∑ ( xi )2  641 50
i 1
50
 ∑ ( xi )2  32050
i 1
35. Let x1, x2, x3, x4, x5 be the observations with mean m and standard deviation s. The standard deviation of the
observations kx1, kx2, kx3, kx4, kx5 is
s
(1) k + s (2) (3) k s (4) s
k
Sol. Answer (3)
If k is multiplied to each observation then standard deviation becomes k times.
36. Standard deviation for first 10 natural numbers is

(1) 2.87 (2) 3.25 (3) 6.35 (4) 5.5
Sol. Answer (1)
(n  1) 11
x   5.5
2 2
The deviation about mean are
– 4.5, – 3.5, – 2.5, – 1.5, – 0.5, 0.5, 1.5, 2.5, 3.5, 4.5
82.5
So, 2 =  8.25
10
 = 2.87
37. Consider the first 10 positive integers. If we multiply each number by –1 and then add 1 to each number, the
variance of the numbers so obtained is
(1) 8.25 (2) 3.62 (3) 2.25 (4) 3.15
Sol. Answer (1)
xi ( xi  x ) ( xi  x )2
0 4.5 20.25
–1 3.5 12.25
–2 2.5 6.25
–3 1.5 2.25
–4 0.5 0.25
–5 –0.5 0.25
–6 – 1.5 2.25
–7 – 2.5 6.25
–8 – 3.5 12.25
–9 – 4.5 20.25
82.5
x = –4.5
10
∑ ( xi  x )2 82.5
2 = i 1
  8.25
10 10
38. The following relates to a sample of size 60:
∑x 2
 18000, ∑ x  960. The variance is
(1) 6.63 (2) 16 (3) 22 (4) 44

Sol. Answer (4)
2 =
∑ x2  x 2
n
2
18000 ⎛ 960 ⎞
= ⎜ ⎟
60 ⎝ 60 ⎠
= 300 – 256
= 44
39. The following information relates to a sample of size 100:
∑x 2
 20000 and ∑ x  1260. The variance is
(1) 55 (2) 21 (3) 41.24 (4) 38.65
Sol. Answer (3)
2 =
∑ x2  x 2
n
2
20000 ⎛ 1260 ⎞
= ⎜ ⎟
100 ⎝ 100 ⎠
= 200 – 158.76
= 41.24
40. Standard deviation of the data 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 17 is 23.33. Then standard deviation of 4, 8, 10, 12, 16, 34 will be
(1) 23.23 (2) 25.23 (3) 46.66 (4) 48.66
Sol. Answer (3)
When each observation is multiplied by 2, then standard deviation is also multiplied by 2.
41. The variance of 20 observations is 5. If each observation is multiplied by 2, then the variance of the resulting
observations is
(1) 10 (2) 20 (3) 25 (4) 12.5
Sol. Answer (2)
When each observation is multiplied by 2, then variance becomes 4 times.
42. If the standard deviation of the numbers 2, 3, 2x and 11 is 3.5, the possible value of x is
(1) 2 (2) 5 (3) 3 (4) 4
Sol. Answer (3)
2 =
∑ x 2  ( x )2
n
2
(4  9  4 x 2  121) ⎛ 8  x ⎞
(3.5)2 = ⎜ ⎟
4 ⎝ 2 ⎠
49 134  4 x 2 64  x 2  16 x
 = 
4 4 4
 3x2 – 16x + 21 = 0
 3x2 – 9x – 7x + 21 = 0
7
 x = 3,
3
43. If the standard deviation of some temperature data in ºC is 5. If the data were converted into ºF, the variance
would be
(1) 81 (2) 57 (3) 36 (4) 25
Sol. Answer (1)
C F  32

5 9
9
 F= C  32
5
9
So, t0 convert ºC into ºF the each observation is multiplied by and 32 is added.
5
9
So, standard deviation will become times.
5
(as for addition no effect will cause)
9
So,  = 5  9
5
So, 2 = 81
aX  b
44. If the standard deviation of a variable X is , then the standard deviation of variable is
c
a c a  b
(1) a  (2)  (3)  (4)
c a c
Sol. Answer (2)

If any variable is multiplied by any positive quantity then resulting standard deviation becomes that times
and is there is some positive quantity added it brings no change to standard deviation.
45. If v is the variance and  is the standard deviation then
1 1
(1) v  (2) v  (3) v = 2 (4) v2= 
2 
Sol. Answer (3)
46. If the S.D. of a set of observations is 8 and if each observation is divided by – 2, the S.D. of the new set of
observations will be
(1) 4 (2) 8 (3) – 4 (4) – 8
Sol. Answer (3)
If each observation is divided by – 2 then new S.D. will also get divided by same number
8
i.e.,  =  4
2
47. Co-efficient of variation of two distributions are 50 and 60, and their arithmetic means are 30 and 25 respectively.
Then, the difference of their standard deviation is
(1) 2.5 (2) 1.5 (3) 1 (4) 0
Sol. Answer (4)
 2
C.V. =  100 60   100
x 25
1 1500
50 =  100 2 =  15
30 100
1500
1 =  15
100
So, 1 –2 = 0
48. The mean and variance of 6 observations are 5 and 7 respectively. If the four observations are 1, 3, 4, 6, then
the remaining two observations are
(1) 8 and 6 (2) 9 and 4 (3) 7 and 9 (4) 8 and 9
Sol. Answer (3)
1 3  4  6  x  y
x = 6
 x + y = 16 ...(1)
(1  9  16  36  x 2  y 2 )
2 =  (5)2
6
62  x 2  y 2  25  6
 7=
6
 x 2  y 2  42  150  62
 x 2  (16  x )2  130
 x2 + 256 + x2 – 32x = 130

 2x2 – 32x + 126 = 0
 x2 – 16x + 63 = 0
 x2 – 9x – 7x + 63 = 0
x = 7, 9, y = 9, 7
So, other two observations are 9 and 7.
49. Given that variance of 18 observations is 50. If each of the 18 observations is increased by 2, then variance
of new data is
(1) 50 (2) 52 (3) 48 (4) 25
Sol. Answer (1)
If we increases or decreases the term by any constant term then, there will be no effect on variance.
50. Given that variance of 30 observations is 20. If each of the observations is divided by 2, then new variance
of the resulting observations is
(1) 20 (2) 10 (3) 5 (4) None of these
Sol. Answer (3)
51. If n = 10, x = 12 and ∑x 2

i  1530 then co-efficient of variation is
(1) 36% (2) 41% (3) 25% (4) 38%

Sol. Answer (3)
2 =
∑ xi2  x 2 So, C.V. =

 100
n x
1530 3
=  (12)2 =  100
10 12
= 153  144 = 25%
2 = 9
52. Co-efficient of variation of two distributions are 25 and 30 and their standard deviations are 480 and 630 then
sum of their arithmetic means are
(1) 3080 (2) 4020 (3) 4680 (4) 5650
Sol. Answer (2)
 630
∵ C.V. =  100 and, 30 = x  100  x2  2100
x 2
480
 25 =  100 So, x1  x2  4020
x1

 x1 = 1920
53. If the co-efficient of variation of a distribution is 70% and its standard deviation is 28, then its arithmetic mean
is
(1) 25 (2) 40 (3) 32 (4) 35
Sol. Answer (2)

C.V. =  100
x
28
 70 =  100
x
28
 x =  100
70
 x  40
54. The mean and standard deviation of 50 observations are 50 and 10. Later on its was decided to omit an
observation which was incorrect by recorded as 99. Then the standard deviation of the remaining 49 observations
are
(1) 7 (2) 7.21 (3) 6.5 (4) 8
Sol. Answer (2)
∑ xi
x = 50
 ∑ xi = 2500
Correct ∑ xi = 2500 – 99 = 2401

2401
Correct x = 49
= 49
2 =
∑ xi2  x 2
n
 100 =
∑ xi2  2500
50
 ∑ xi2 = 130000; correct ∑ x 130000  99

2
i
2
= 120199
Correct 2 =
∑ xi2  x 2
n
120199
=  (49)2
49
= 2453 – 2401
= 52.04
 = 7.21
55. If the co-efficient of variation of two distributions are 60% and 75% and their standard deviations are 45 and
40, then the ratio of their arithmetic means is
(1) 45 : 32 (2) 9 : 10 (3) 7 : 8 (4) 7 : 10
Sol. Answer (1)
1 2
C.V.1 =  100 C.V.2 = x  100
x1 2
1  100 2  100 40  100 160

x1  x2   
C.V.1 C.V.2 75 3
45  100
x1   75
60
x1 75  3 45
 
x2 160 32
56. If two distributions have equal means, then
(1) The distribution with lesser S.D. is more consistent
(2) The distribution with lesser S.D. is less consistent
(3) Their C.V.'s will also be equal
(4) None of these
Sol. Answer (1)
57. Coefficients of variation of two distribution are 15 and 20 and their means are 20 and 10 respectively. If their
standard deviations are 1 and 2 then
(1) 31 = 22 (2) 1 < 2 (3) 21 = 32 (4) None of these
Sol. Answer (3)
20 20 20
20
58. Given ∑a i  100 , ∑ ai2  600 , ∑b i  140 , ∑b
i 1
i
2
 1000 , where a , b denotes length and weight of an
i i
i 1 i 1 i 1
observation. Then which is more varying?
(1) Length (2) Weight (3) Equal C.V. (4) None of these
Sol. Answer (1)
59. The mean of 50 observations were calculated as 4.04 by Mohan who took by mistake 10 instead of 8 for
one observation. The correct mean is
(1) 4.08 (2) 3.95 (3) 4.01 (4) 4
Sol. Answer (4)
SECTION - B
Linked Comprehension Type Questions
Comprehension-I
Median of a distribution is the value of the variable which divides it into two equal parts. In case of individual
⎛ n  1⎞
observations x1, x2, ...... xn, if the number of observations is odd, then median is the value of ⎜ ⎟ th
⎝ 2 ⎠
observation when the observations have been arranged in ascending or descending order of magnitude. In case
⎛n⎞ ⎛n ⎞
of even number of observations median is the A.M. of the values of ⎜ ⎟ th and ⎜  1⎟ th observations,
2
⎝ ⎠ ⎝ 2 ⎠
arranged in ascending or descending order of magnitude.
The mode of distribution is that value of the variable for which the frequency is maximum.
1. Median of the distribution 8, 5, 7, 9, 13, 11, 20, 23, 25, 28, 27 is

(1) 11 (2) 13 (3) 12 (4) 20
Sol. Answer (2)
2. Median of the distribution 25, 20, 11, 3, 12, 18, 17, 9, 21, 22 is
(1) 17 (2) 18 (3) 17.5 (4) 19
Sol. Answer (3)
3. The mode of following series is

value (x) : 40 44 48 52 56 62 64 72 76
frequency (f) : 10 12 14 20 15 19 18 8 4
(1) 76 (2) 64 (3) 62 (4) 52
Sol. Answer (4)
Comprehension-II
The standard deviation (  ) of variate x is the square root of the A.M. of the squares of all deviations of x from
the A.M. observations.
n n
1
If x i / f i ; i = 1, 2, ..... n is a frequency distribution then  
N ∑i 1
fi ( x i  x ) 2 , N  ∑f
i 1
i and variance is the
 
square of standard deviation. Coefficient of dispersion is and coefficient of variation is × 100.
x x
1. For a given distribution of marks mean is 35.16 and its standard deviation is 19.76 then coefficient of variation
is
(1) 1.778 (2) 0.562 (3) 177.8 (4) 56.2
Sol. Answer (4)
2. The standard deviation for the set of numbers 1, 4, 5, 7, 8 is 2.45 then coefficient of dispersion is
(1) 4.9 (2) 2.04 (3) 0.49 (4) 2.45
Sol. Answer (3)
SECTION - C
Assertion-Reason Type Questions
2 n 1 – 1
1. STATEMENT-1 : The A.M. of series 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, .......... 2n is .
n 1
and
STATEMENT-2 : Arithmetic mean (A.M.) of ungrouped data is

∑x i
where x1, x2, .......... xn are n numbers.
n
Sol. Answer (1)
2. STATEMENT-1 : x : 5 6 7 8 9
y : 4 6 12 – 8
for given data mean of x ( x ) is found to be 7.3. The missing frequency is 10.
and
STATEMENT-2 : In case of a frequency distribution, x 

∑f x i i .
Sol. Answer (1)

∑f i
3. STATEMENT-1 : The mode of the items given as 0, 1, 6, 7, 2, 3, 7, 6, 6, 2, 6, 0, 5, 6, 0 is 6.

and
STATEMENT-2 : Mode is the observation with maximum frequency, whenever the other observations have for
less fequencies.
Sol. Answer (1)
4. STATEMENT-1 : The mean of the series x1, x2, ......... xn is x . If x2 is replaced by  then new mean is
independent of .
and
x1  x 2  .......  x n
STATEMENT-2 : x (mean )  .
n
Sol. Answer (4)
5. STATEMENT-1 : If the mode of a data is 18 and the mean is 24, then median is 22.
and
STATEMENT-2 : Mode = 3 median – 2 mean
Sol. Answer (1)
6. STATEMENT-1 : The median of a set of 9 distinct observations is 20.5. If each of the largest 4 observations
of the set is increased by 2 then median of new set remains the same as that of the original.
and
STATEMENT-2 : If the variable of a series are arranged in ascending or descending order, then the value of
the middle variable is defined as median.
Sol. Answer (1)
7. STATEMENT-1 : The mean deviation of the numbers 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 about mean is 1.2.

and
n
STATEMENT-2 : Mean deviation about mean =

∑| x
i 1
i x|
.
n
Sol. Answer (1)
8. STATEMENT-1 : If a1, a2, a3, .......... an are positive real numbers, whose product is a fixed number c, then
1
the minimum value of a1 + a2 + ......... + an – 1 + 2an is n(2c ) n .
and
STATEMENT-2 : A.M.  G.M.
Sol. Answer (1)
9. STATEMENT-1 : If a  xi  b where xi denotes the value of x in the i th case for i = 1, 2, ... n, then (b – a)2 
Variance (x).
and
STATEMENT-2 : S.D.  range (b – a)
Sol. Answer (3)
10. STATEMENT-1 : The S.D. of 5 scores 1 2 3 4 5 is 2.

and
STATEMENT-2 : S.D. = variance .
Sol. Answer (2)
n2  1 .
11. STATEMENT-1 : Variance of first n natural number is
12
and
n2  1 .
STATEMENT-2 : S.D. of first n natural number is
12
Sol. Answer (1)
12. STATEMENT-1 : The variance of the variates 112, 116, 120, 125, 132 about their A.M. is 48.8.
and
n
∑ f (x
i 1
i i  x )2
n
STATEMENT-2 :  =
∑f
i 1
i
Sol. Answer (1)
13. STATEMENT-1 : If the S.D. of a variate x is 6, then the S.D. of ax + b is | a | 6.

and
STATEMENT-2 : The variance and S.D. is not independent of change of scale.
Sol. Answer (2)
⎛ n  1⎞
14. STATEMENT-1 : The weighted mean of first n natural numbers whose weights are equal is given by ⎜ ⎟.
⎝ 2 ⎠
and
STATEMENT-2 : If 1, 2 , 3 ....... n be the weights assigned to the n values x1, x2, ...... xn respectively of
n
∑ x
i 1
i i
n
.
a variable x, then weighted A.M. is equal to
∑
i 1
i
Sol. Answer (1)
15. STATEMENT-1 : If each of n numbers xi = i is replaced by (i + 1) xi, then the new mean becomes
(n  1)(5n  4)
.
6
and
n
STATEMENT-2 : A.M. =
∑x
i 1
i
.
n
Sol. Answer (4)


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Chapter 25

2. The mean deviation from the median is

3. The mean deviation of the data 5, 7, 4, 9, 3, 14 from the mean is

(1) 2 (2) 3 (3) 4 (4) 7

Sol. Answer (2)

The absolute values of respective deviations from the median,

The absolute values of respective deviations from the median:

The absolute values of respective deviations from the median:

(1) 4.283 (2) 3.463 (3) 5.762 (4) 2.075

25 6 150 1.75 10.5

(1) 2.4 (2) 1.6 (3) 0.8 (4) 3.2

(1) 3.08 (2) 8.53 (3) 2.56 (4) 3.75

(1) 2.6 (2) 1.85 (3) 3.26 (4) 2.31

(1) 4.2 (2) 4 (3) 1.5 (4) 5.8

Sol. Answer (2)

(1) 12.06 (2) 10.67 (3) 16.05 (4) 35.2

Sol. Answer (2)

Marks Number of Mid-points

30 – 40 12 35 420 1.8 21.6

(1) 10.85 (2) 14.28 (3) 13.15 (4) 14.5

50 – 60 7 55 385 9.75 68.25

(1) 25 (2) 22.4 (3) 31.5 (4) 41

140 – 160 3 150 450 2 6

(1) 12.5 (2) 13.8 (3) 10.25 (4) 14.25

(1) 12 (2) 11 (3) 13 (4) 18

Number of Cumulative Mid-points

(1) 11.12 (2) 15.06 (3) 19.6 (4) 13.52

Frequency Cumulative Mid-points

23. Median of the data 10, 21, 5, 6, 4, 12, 14, 3, is

25. The mean of 5 observations 1, 2, 6, x and y is 4.4, then x + y is

(1) 2160 (2) 3250 (3) 3360 (4) None of these

27. The variance of the following data is

(1) 12.05 (2) 11.14 (3) 14.08 (4) 12.15

(1) 16 (2) 17 (3) 18 (4) 19

Standard deviation  = variance = 361 = 19

(1) m + k (2) s + k (3) s (4) k s

30. The standard deviation of the data 6, 5, 9, 13, 12, 8, 10 is

Sol. Answer (3)

36. Standard deviation for first 10 natural numbers is

38. The following relates to a sample of size 60:

(1) 6.63 (2) 16 (3) 22 (4) 44

39. The following information relates to a sample of size 100:

(1) 55 (2) 21 (3) 41.24 (4) 38.65

Sol. Answer (3)

(as for addition no effect will cause)

Sol. Answer (2)

45. If v is the variance and  is the standard deviation then

Sol. Answer (3)

Sol. Answer (4)

 x2 + 256 + x2 – 32x = 130

51. If n = 10, x = 12 and ∑x 2

(1) 36% (2) 41% (3) 25% (4) 38%

= 153  144 = 25%

Sol. Answer (2)

Correct ∑ xi = 2500 – 99 = 2401

 ∑ xi2 = 130000; correct ∑ x 130000  99

1  100 2  100 40  100 160

1. Median of the distribution 8, 5, 7, 9, 13, 11, 20, 23, 25, 28, 27 is

3. The mode of following series is