II PUC STATISTICS SYLLABUS & QUESTIONS BLUE PRINT: MARCH – 2023

Questions Total Total

Name of units
ObA SA LA ET LA Questions Marks
I Vital statistics 3 0 1 1 0 3 18
II Index Numbers 4 1 2 1 0 8 26
III Time Series Analysis 1 1 1 1 0 4 18
IV Interpolation &
0 1 1 0 0 2 7
Extrapolation
V Theoretical Distribution 4 1 2 0.5 1 8.5 26
VI Statistical Inference 3 2 2 0.5 2 9.5 32
VI Statistical Quality
1 1 1 0 0 3 8
Control
VII Operation Research 4 1 2 0 1 8 21
Total Questions (15+1*)=16 8 12 4 4 44
Total Marks (15+5*)=20 16 60 40 20 - 156
Note: *In the ObA Question Number 6 has 5 sub questions, each sub question
carries 1 mark.

Question Type Marks

ObA : Objective Answer 1
SA : Short Answer 2
LA : Long Answer 5
ET : Essay Type 10
 Department of Pre-University Education
Model Paper (March 2023)
[Total No. of Questions: 44] Subject: STATISTICS Class: II P.U.C
Time: 3 Hrs.15 Min. Max. Marks: 100
Note: (1) Graph sheets and statistical tables will be supplied on request.
(2) Scientific calculators may be allowed.
(3) All working steps should be shown clearly.
(4) Section A should be written in the beginning of the answer booklet.

SECTION – A
I. Choose the correct answer. (5 X 1 = 5)
1) In a life table the size of the radix is,
a) 100 b) 1,00,000 c) 1,000 d) 10,000

2) The price of the commodity in the base year and the current year are Rs.5 and Rs.8 respectively. The
price relative is,
a) 160 b) 62.5 c) 100 d) 0.625

3) The area under the normal curve is,

a) 1 b) 0.5 c) 0 d) -1

4) The error that occurs by rejecting null hypothesis when it is actually true is called,
a) Size of a test.
b) Power of a test.
c) Type I Error.
d) Type II Error.

5) T.P is said to be balanced if and only if,

a) ai = bj b) ai < bj c) ai > bj d) ∑ai = ∑bj

II. Match the following. (5 X 1 = 5)

6)
(i) NRR per woman = 0.95 (a) Mean = 1
(ii) P01 = 80 (b) H0 : µ = 5
(iii) In a B.D, n = 5 and p = 0.2 (c) Population is decreasing
(iV) H1 : µ<5 (d) Shortages are allowed
(V) Model I (e) 20% of the price of the commodity decreases.

III. Fill in the blanks. (5 X 1 = 5)

7) _______________ index number does not satisfy unit test.
8) In _____________ distribution mean and variance are equal.
9) Chi-square test for goodness of fit is always an ________________ tail test.
10) SQC helps in detecting ______________ type of variation.
11) A game is said to be fair, if the value of the game is _____________.
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IV. Answer the following questions. (5 X 1 = 5)
12) Define fertility.
13) State the relation between Laspeyre’s, Paasche’s and Fishers index numbers.
14) What is Historigram?
15) If the parameter of the Student’s – t distribution is 8, find the mean.
16) Define solution in an LPP.

SECTION – B
V. Answer any FIVE of the Questions. (5 X 2 =10)
17) Mention any two characteristics of Index Numbers.
18) State any two uses of Time Series.
19) Write any two assumptions of Interpolation and Extrapolation.
20) In a Hyper geometric distribution if a = 6, b = 9 and n = 4, find mean.
21) Define level of significance and power of a test.
22) Sizes of two samples are 40 and 50. Population Standard Deviations are 10 and 20. Compute
S.E( ̅ ̅ )
23) If ̿ = 33, ̅ = 2 and n = 4, then find the Upper Control Limit of ̅ - chart.
24) Write the payoff matrix of Player B,
Player B
B1 B2
A 1  1 2 
Player A A 2  1  2
A 3  1 2 

SECTION – C
VI. Answer any EIGHT of the following questions. (8 x 5 = 40)
25) Calculate Gross Reproduction Rate and comment from the following data.
Age (Years) 15 – 19 20 – 24 25 – 29 30 – 34 35 – 39 40 -44 45 – 49
Female Population 50,000 60,000 60,000 40,000 30,000 25,000 20,000
Female Births 3500 4800 6000 2400 1500 500 200

26) Mention the steps involved in the construction of Index Number.

27) Construct Cost of Living Index by Aggregate Expenditure Method.

Items A B C D E F
Prices (Rs.) 12 14 13 10 11 8
2017
Expenditure(Rs.) 240 70 39 40 66 72
2018 Prices (Rs.) 17 16 18 25 30 25

28) Compute 3 years moving averages to the following time series data and comment.
Years 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Production (‘000 tons) 53 65 72 75 70 72 80 78 82

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29) Estimate the production for the years 2000 and 2020 with the help of the following table.
Year 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020
Production (in tons) 44 55 ? 84 102 121 ?

30) The probability of a thermometer manufactured by a firm found to be defective is 0.2. Find the
probability that a box containing 50 thermometers contain no defective ones. Among 1000 such
boxes, how many contain exactly 2 defective thermometers?

31) A box contains 6 white and 8 red balls. From this box 5 balls are drawn at random. What is the
probability that the sample contains 3 red balls?

32) In an election the leaders of a party contend that they would secure more than 40% of votes.
A pre-poll survey of 400 voters revealed that the percentage is 45. Does the survey support the
leader’s claim?

33) Following data gives the readings of sugar level of 5 diabetic patients before and after taking insulin.
Test whether insulin control the sugar level at 1% level of significance.
Patients A B C D E
Sugar level (Before taking insulin) 250 275 400 350 360
Sugar level (After taking insulin) 210 200 300 270 380

34) 10 samples each of size 5 were inspected and the number of defectives in each of them were as
follows. Write down the control limits for suitable control chart.
Sample Number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
No. of Defectives 0 2 3 1 2 3 0 1 2 1

35) Solve the following L.P.P graphically,

Maximize Z = 6x + 7y
Subject to Constraints 3x + 9y ≥ 36
6x + 4y ≤ 24
and x, y ≥ 0

36) Find the Transportation cost by least cost entry method. Is solution is non-degenerate?
Destination
D1 D2 D3 D4 Supply
Origin
O1 9 3 5 10 7
O2 7 13 14 6 9
O3 4 8 12 2 18
Demand 7 8 5 14 34

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 SECTION- D
VII. Answer any TWO of the following questions. (2 x 10 = 20)
37) For the following data compute standardized death rates and comment.
Age group Locality A Locality B Standard
(in years) Deaths Population Deaths Population Population
0-20 72 4000 128 8000 6000
20-40 54 9000 65 13000 12000
40-60 98 7000 140 10000 8000
60 & above 129 3000 160 4000 4000

38) For the following data show that Fishers index satisfies TRT and FRT.

Items Prices (Rs.) Quantity (Kgs)

2018 2020 2018 2020
A 10 15 4 5
B 20 25 6 8
C 15 20 8 8
D 30 40 5 7

39) Fit an exponential trend of the type y = a bx to the following time series data and estimate the profit
for the year 2019.
Years 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Profit(‘000) 12 36 95 150 230

40) (a) 4 unbiased coins are tossed 256 times. Find the theoretical frequencies for the number of heads
obtained.
(b) Binomial Distribution is fitted to an observed frequency distribution after estimating ‘p’ from the
observed data. The observed and the expected frequencies are given below.
X 0 1 2 3 4 5
Oi 14 56 110 88 40 12
Ei 10 50 100 100 50 10
Test whether BD is good fit, at 5% L.O.S

SECTION – E
VIII. Answer any TWO of the Questions. (2 X 5 = 10)
41) If X is normally distributed with mean 50 and standard deviation 5 then find,
a) P(X≤43) b) P (54 ≤ X ≤ 63)

42) The mean and S.D of heights of a sample of 60 randomly selected Indian’s are 176 cm and 3.1 cm
respectively. The mean and S.D of heights of another sample of 40 randomly selected Englishmen are
178 cm and 2.5 cm respectively. Can we conclude that Englishmen are taller than Indian’s?
(Use α =0.05)

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43) From the following data, test the effect of vaccine in controlling the independence of a certain disease
at 5 % level of significance.
Affected Unaffected
Inoculated 20 25
Non-inoculated 15 40

44) A machine cost Rs. 8,000. The expected maintenance cost and resale values in different years are
given below:
Years 1 2 3 4 5 6
Resale value ( Rs.) 7,500 7,200 7,000 6,500 5,800 5,000
Maintenance cost ( Rs.) 100 120 160 240 300 390
Determine the best age for the replacement of the machine.
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