SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER -

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Maximum Marks: 80 Time 3 Hours

Instructions
1. All
questions in both sections are compulsory.
2. Marks for questions are indicated
against each question.
S. Question No. 1-10 and 18-27 are very short answer questions carrying 1 mark each. They are ire
be answered in one sentence.
then
4. Question No. 11-12 and 28-29 are short answer questions carrying 3 marks each Answer to s
not normally exceed 60 80 words each. should
to hem
5. Question No. 13-15 and 30-32 are short answer questions carrying 4 marks each Ansuer e
not
normally exceed 80 100 words each.
tO
No. 16-17 and
33-34 are long answer questions carrying 6 marks each Answer en o
uestlon
not normally exceed 100 words each.
s u e r s should be briefand to the point and the above word limit be adhered to as far as possiOe

Section B- (40 Marks)

ELEMENTARY STATISTICS
alternaives
and Reason (R). Choose one of the correct
Q.18. Le roilowing statements-Assertion (A)
given below
of in the ordinary.
Marshall defined economics as 'the study man
Assertion (A) : Alfred undertaken for a monetary gain. That

Economic activities are those activities which are

Keason (R:
is what Marshall meant by ordinary business of life.
and Reason (R) is the correct
explanation of Assertion (A)
Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true
(a correct explanation of
Assertion (A)
true and Reason (R) is not the
(b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are
is false
(c) Assertion (A) is true but Reason (R)
is true
(d) Assertion (A) is false but Reason (R)
Or
alternatives
statements- Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Choose one of the correct
Read the following
given below:
between bar diagram and histogram.
Assertion (A):There is no difference
is one dimensional while histogram is two dimensional.
Reason (R): Bar diagram Assertion (A)
Reason (R) is the correct explanation of
Both Assertion(A) and Reason (R) are true and
(a)
not the correct explanatiorn of Assertion (A)
Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is
(b) Both Assertion (A) and
but Reason (R) is false
(c) Assertion (A) is true
false but Reason (R) is true
(d) Assertion (A) is
a study was conducted to
find the cropping pattern. Out of the 50 farms
Q.19. In a village of 200 farms,
here is (200 farms/ 50 farms)
surveyed, 50% grew only wheat. The population
means
Q.20. Statistics in a singular s e n s e
(a) Statistical data (b) Statistical methods

(c) Applied Statistics (d) Descriptive statistics

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Q.21. Data collected from published sources is an example of :

(a) Primary Data (b) Secondary Data

(e) Census data (d) None of these

A series in which every class interval excludes items corresponding to its upper limit is called

(a) exclusive series (b) inclusive series

(c) discrete series (d) individual series

with those gve
Q.23. the correct sequence of statements given in Column I, by matching them
aentity
Column II:
Column I Column I

(a) Second hand information

Statistics in plural sense i)
Statistical data
(b) Primary data (i)
(c) Secondary data (ii) LtLa
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(d) Class Markk (iv) Original data
of B i n a r .
Buxar district
called Balapur in
isa grains in his land in village
farmer. He grows food a in knowing t h e
Dau has 1 a c r e of land. You
a r e interested
L n e vilage consists of 50 small farmers. Baiju condition of Baju
in
You want to compare the economic
economic condition of small farmers of Balapur.
comparing with the
sizze

evaluate the size of his land holding, by

Balapur village. For this, you may have to owned by Baju is
of land holdings of other farmers of Balapur. You may
like to s e e if the land

1. above average in ordinary sense (see the Arithmetic Mean)

2. above the size of what half the farmers own (see the Median)
3. above what most of the farmers own (see the Mode)
to summarise the
whole set of
relative economic condition, you will have
In order to evaluate Baiju's central tendency, which
This c a n be done by the u s e of
data of land holdings of the farmers of Balapur. data.
value c a n represent the entire
summarises the data in a value in such a way that this single
single
is a positional average. (Arithmetic Mean/Median)
Q.24.
statements carefully and choose the correct alternative
Q.25. Read the following
defined measure as there are several methods for calculations its
Statement 1 : Mode is not a rigidity
value which give somewhat different answers.

Statement 2 : The sum of deviations of items from median is zero.

Alternatives:

Both statements are true

(a)
Both statements are false
(b)
Statement 1 is true but Statement 2 is false.
(c)
false.The algebraic sum of derivations of a set of n values from
(d) Statement 2 is true but Statement 1 is
AM is (0, 1, x)
following statement is true or false.
Q.26. State whether the
"The Quartiles divide the total set of values into three equal parts."

0.27. From the set of statements given in Column I and Column II choose the correct pair of statements
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Column I Column 11
a. Merit of Arithmetic mean Not unduly affected by extreme values
(1)
b. Demerit of Arithmetic Mean (i1) Not capable of algebraic treatment

C. Property of Arithmetic Mean (Hii) The sum of deviations from arithmetic mean iszero
Computation of Arithmetic mean iv) Can be computed only by direct method.
Q.28. Find out Median from the
following data
Marks 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50
10
No of Students 12 26 40 12

Or
wnicn
are exclusive of
data if (i) the class-intervals
L e t a irequency distribution from the following
first group is 0-5 class intervals is to be maintain 5.

3, 5, 7, 11, 15, 9, 6, 25, 7, 10, 16, 18, 22, 29, 25, 20, 26, 28, 15, 6.
Q.29. Do you agree that classified data is better than raw data? Why?

Q.30. Why do we need an index number?

their sons T)
the correlation coefficient between the heights of fathers in inches (X) and
Calculate
70 72
57 67 68 69
X 65 66
69 71
65 68 72 72
67 56

Or

distribution.
Calculate Standard Deviation for the following

Classes Frequency
3
20-40
6
40-80
20
80-100
12
100-120
9
120-140
class
distribution (a) magnitude of
Give the meaning of the following words used in grouped frequency
Q.32.
interval, (b) mid-values

to the central value in understanding a frequency

A measure of dispersion is a good supplement 6
Q.33.
distribution. Comment.

incurred by the workers for a n

individual centre during 1980 and
monthly capita
per expenditure
Q.34. The of these items are 75, 10, 5, 6 and 4 respectively.
items are given below. The weights
2005 on the following
index number for cost of living
for 2005 with 1980 as the base.
Prepare a weighted
PriceR) 1980 Price) 2005
Commodity
100 200
Food
20 25
Clothing
15 20
Fuel & Lighting
30 40
House
35 65
Misc.
Or
What is rank correlation ? How does the coeficient of rank correlation between two variables differ from
Coefficient of correlationP
Karl Pearson's