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Basic Numerical Skills | Set 2
1. Bar diagrams are
A. One dimensional
B. Two
C. Three
D. None of these
Correct : A. One dimensional
2. Pictograms are shown by
A. Dots
B. Lines
C. Cirlces
D. Pictures
Correct : D. Pictures
3. The point of intersection of the less than and the greater than ogives corresponds to :
A. Mean
B. Mode
C. Median
D. Geometric Mean
Correct : C. Median
4. The number of observations corresponding to a particular class is known as ……..
A. Class Limit
B. Class boundary
C. Class interval
D. Frequency
Correct : D. Frequency
5. Cumulative frequency only refers to the
A. Less than type
B. More than type
C. Both
D. None
Correct : C. Both
6. In a rail accident the appropriate method of data collection is
A. Personal enquiry
B. Indirect oral investigation
C. Direct Interview
D. All these
Correct : B. Indirect oral investigation
7. Diagrams are tools of
A. Collection of data
B. Analysis of data
C. Summarisation of data
D. Presentation of Data
Correct : D. Presentation of Data
8. Histogram is a
A. Graph
B. Diagram
C. Collection of bars
D. Pictogram
Correct : A. Graph
9. Divided bar chart is considered for
A. Comparing different components of a variable
B. The relation of different components to the total
C. a) or b)
D. a) & b)
Correct : D. a) & b)
10. Which method of data collection covers the widest area?
A. Direct personal investigation
B. Mailed questionnaire method
C. Direct interview method
D. All these
Correct : B. Mailed questionnaire method
11. In chronological classification data are classified on the basis of
A. Attributes
B. Class intervals
C. Time
D. area
Correct : C. Time
12. In pic diagram, divisions are shown by means of
A. Circle
B. Sector
C. Circle or sector
D. None
Correct : B. Sector
13. In direct personal investigation, the investigator should be
A. Biased
B. Tactful
C. Optimistic
D. All these
Correct : C. Optimistic
14. For drawing histogram the data should be
A. Discrete series
B. Continuous distribution
C. Individual series
D. Any one of these
Correct : B. Continuous distribution
15. A single value which can represent the whole set of data is called
A. Set
B. Average
C. Interest
D. Matrices
Correct : B. Average
16. …………….. is the sum of the values divided by the total number of items in the set.
A. Mode
B. Median
C. Mean
D. Skewness
Correct : C. Mean
17. The degree to which numerical data tend to spread about an average value is called
A. Dispersion
B. Harmonic mean
C. Kurtosis
D. Quartiles
Correct : A. Dispersion
18. Which is not a measure of variation
A. Range
B. Quaratile Deviation
C. Standard deviation
D. Mode
Correct : D. Mode
19. The second quartile is equal to
A. Mean
B. Median
C. Mode
D. Standard deviation
Correct : B. Median
20. Which is the mode in a set {1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 7, 6, 2, 7}
A. 8.5
B. 5.5
C. 7
D. 9
Correct : C. 7
21. The difference between the maximum and the minimum observation of the given data is called ……………
A. Range
B. Mean Deviation
C. Quartile Deviation
D. Standard Deviation
Correct : A. Range
22. The points of intersection of the less than and more than ogive corresponds to
A. Mean
B. Median
C. Geometric Mean
D. Harmonic mean
Correct : B. Median
23. A time series is a set of data recorded
A. Periodically
B. At time intervals
C. At successive points of time
D. All the above
Correct : D. All the above
24. Skewness refers to
A. Symmetry
B. Asymmetry
C. Flatness
D. Peakedness
Correct : B. Asymmetry
25. When the measure of kurtosis is greater than 3 the distribution is
A. Mesokurtic
B. Lepto Kurtic
C. Platy Kurtic
D. Symmetric
Correct : B. Lepto Kurtic
26. Index numbers are
A. Special type of averages
B. Measure of the economic barometers
C. Measure of relative changes
D. All of these
Correct : D. All of these
27. …………… Index number is called ideal Index number
A. Kelley’s
B. Paasche’s
C. Laspeyer’s
D. Fisher’s
Correct : D. Fisher’s
28. Consumer price Index number is constructed for
A. A well defined section of people
B. All people
C. Factory workers only
D. All the above
Correct : A. A well defined section of people
29. Co-efficient of Range = ………………
A. −2
B. −
C. −
D. − +
Correct : D. − +
30. For a normal distribution, Q3 + Q1 – 2 Median = …………
A. 2
B. 1
C. 3
D. 0
Correct : D. 0
31. Lorenz curve is used to study
A. Skewness
B. Kurtosis
C. Correlation
D. Dispersion
Correct : D. Dispersion
32. Moving average method of fitting trend in a time series data removes the effect of
A. Long term movements
B. Short term movements
C. Cyclic Variations
D. Irregular variations
Correct : B. Short term movements
33. A time series is unable to adjust the influences like
A. Customs and policy changes
B. Seasonal changes
C. Long term influences
D. None of these
Correct : A. Customs and policy changes
34. The best average for constructing an Index number is
A. Arithmetic mean
B. Harmonic mean
C. Geometric mean
D. Weighted mean
Correct : C. Geometric mean
35. …………. Index is based on the price and quantities of both base year and current year
A. Paasche’s
B. Laspeyer’s
C. Fishers
D. None of these
Correct : C. Fishers
36. When mean is less than median and median is less than mode the distribution is called ……………
A. Symmetric
B. Negatively skewed
C. Positively skewed
D. None
Correct : B. Negatively skewed
37. Co-efficient of standard deviation is
A. SD / Mediam
B. SD / Mean
C. SD/ Mode
D. AM / SD
Correct : B. SD / Mean
38. Measures of central tendency are called averages of the ……….. order
A. First
B. Second
C. Third
D. None
Correct : A. First
39. The standard deviation of 10,16,10,16,10,10,16,16
A. 4
B. 6
C. 3
D. 0
Correct : C. 3
40. ……………… is called positional measure
A. Mean
B. Median
C. Mode
D. Harmonic Mean
Correct : B. Median
41. Mean of 3 items is 30 two of them are 20 and 30. What is the other?
A. 40
B. 30
C. 20
D. 60
Correct : A. 40
42. Index number for the base period is always taken as
A. 200
B. 50
C. 1
D. 100
Correct : D. 100
43. Kelley’s co-efficient of Skewness is based on
A. Mean
B. Quartiles
C. Percentiles
D. None of these
Correct : C. Percentiles