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Consider the following frequency distribution:
Class: 65-85 85-105 105-125 125-145 145-165 165-185 185-205
Frequency: 4 5 13 20 14 7 4
The difference of the upper limit of the median class and the lower limit of the modal class is:
  • A
    0
  • B
    19
  • 20
  • D
    38

Answer: C.

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In the formula $\bar{\text{x}}=\text{a}+\text{h}\Big(\frac{1}{\text{N}}\sum\text{f}_\text{i}\text{u}_\text{i}\Big),$ for finding the mean of grouped frequency distribution $\text{u}_\text{i}=$
  • A
    $\frac{\text{x}_\text{i}+\text{a}}{\text{h}}$
  • B
    $\text{h}(\text{x}_\text{i}-\text{a})$
  • $\frac{\text{x}_\text{i}-\text{a}}{\text{h}}$
  • D
    $\frac{\text{a}-\text{x}_\text{i}}{\text{h}}$

Answer: C.

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Statement-1 (A): If a = 55.5, N = 100, h = 20, $\Sigma f_i u_i=60$, then $\bar{X}=67.5$.
Statement-2 (R): Mean of a grouped data is given by $\bar{X}=a+h\left(\frac{1}{N} \Sigma f_i u_i\right)$.
  • Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true; Statement-2 is a correct explanation for Statement-5
  • B
    Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true; Statement-2 is not a correct explanation for Statement-5
  • C
    Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is false.
  • D
    Statement-1 is false, Statement-2 is true

Answer: A.

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Statement-1 (A): The mean of 1, 4, 7, 10,..., 301 is 151.
Statement-2 (R): The mean of the series $a, a+d, a+2 d, \ldots, a+2 n d$, is $a+n d$.
  • Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true; Statement-2 is a correct explanation for Statement-4
  • B
    Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true; Statement-2 is not a correct explanation for Statement-4
  • C
    Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is false.
  • D
    Statement-1 is false, Statement-2 is true

Answer: A.

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Statement-1 (A): The algebraic sum of the deviations of a frequency distribution from its mean is zero.
Statement-2 (R): Mode of a frequency distribution cannot be determined graphically.
  • A
    Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true; Statement-2 is a correct explanation for Statement-3
  • B
    Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true; Statement-2 is not a correct explanation for Statement-3
  • Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is false.
  • D
    Statement-1 is false, Statement-2 is true

Answer: C.

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Statement-1 (A): For a moderately asymmetric distribution, Mode - Median = 2 (Median-Mean)
Statement-2 (R): For a symmetric distribution, Mean Median = Mode
  • A
    Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true; Statement-2 is a correct explanation for Statement-1
  • Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true; Statement-2 is not a correct explanation for Statement-1
  • C
    Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is false.
  • D
    Statement-1 is false, Statement-2 is true

Answer: B.

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The monthly profits (in Rs.) of 100 shops are distributed as follows:
Profits per shop 0-50 50-100 100-150 150-200 200-250 250-300
No. of shops 12 18 27 20 17 6
Draw the frequency polygor it.
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n the graphical representation of a frequency distribution, if the distance between mode and mean isk times the distance between median and mean, then write the value of k.
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Q 253 Marks Question3 Marks
Find the mean of each of the following frequency distributions:
Class interval
$10-30$
$30-50$
$50-70$
$70-90$
$90-110$
$110-130$
Frequency
$5$
$8$
$12$
$20$
$3$
$2$
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Q 263 Marks Question3 Marks
The marks scored by 750 students in an examination are given in the form of a frequency distribution table:
Marks
No. of students
600-640
16
640-680
45
680-720
156
720-760
284
760-800
172
800-840
59
840-880
18
Prepare a cumulative frequency table by less than method and
draw on ogive.
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Q 273 Marks Question3 Marks
The following table gives the number of children of $150$ families in a village:
No of children (x)
$0$
$1$
$2$
$3$
$4$
$5$
No of familles (f)
$10$
$21$
$55$
$42$
$15$
$7$
Find the average number of children per family.
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Q 283 Marks Question3 Marks
Find the mean of each of the following frequency distributions:
Class interval
$0-10$
$10-20$ $20-30$ $30-40$ $40-50$
Frequency
$9$ $12$
$15$
$10$
$14$
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Q 293 Marks Question3 Marks
The number of students absent in a class were recorded every day for $120 $days and the:
No of Students absent (x)
$0$
$1$
$2$
$3$
$4$
$5$
$6$
$7$
No of days (y)
$1$
$4$
$10$
$50$
$34$
$15$
$4$
$2$
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An incomplete distribution is given as follows:
Variable
0-10
10-20
20-30
30-40
40-50
50-60
60-70
Frequency
10
20
?
40
?
25
15
You are given that the median value is 35 and the sum of all the frequencies is 170. Using the median formula, fill up the missing frequencies.
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The table below shows the daily expenditure on food of 25 households in a locality:
Daily expenditure (in Rs.)
100-150
150-200
200-250
250-.300
300-350
Number of households
4
5
12
2
3
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The following table gives the frequency distribution of married women by age at marriage:
Age (in years)
Frequency
15-19
53
20-24
140
25-29
98
30-34
32
35-39
12
40-44
9
45-49
5
50-54
3
55-59
3
60 and above
2
Calculate the median and interpret the results.
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A survey regarding the height (in cm) of 51 girls of class X of a school was conducted and the following data was obtained.
Hight in cm
Number of girls
Less than 140
4
Less than 145
11
Less than 150
29
Less than 155
40
Less than 160
46
Less than 165
51
Find the median height.
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