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271
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For the data , the mean, median and mode are
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Correct option: D
Option D () is correct because the calculated mean is 64/13, the median is 4, and the mode is 8.
272
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In a class of 100 students, the average amount of pocket money is Rs 35 per student. If the average is Rs 25 for girls and Rs 50 for boys, then the number of girls in the class is
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Correct option: C
60
The correct answer is C (60) because it is calculated by setting up and solving a weighted average equation.
273
Easy
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Coefficient of variation of two distribution are and and their standard deviation are 10 and 15, respectively. Then, difference of their arithmetic means is
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Correct option: A
5
Option A (5) is correct because by using the formula for the coefficient of variation, we can find the arithmetic means and then calculate their difference.
274
Easy
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If then the coefficient of correlation is
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Correct option: C
0.2
Option C (0.2) is correct because it is calculated using the formula for the correlation coefficient given the means, sum of products, standard deviations, and number of observations.
275
Easy
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The line of regression of on and on are respectively and . If the variance of is 16 , then the variance of is
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Correct option: A
9
Option B () is correct because the product of the regression coefficients must be less than or equal to 1.
276
Easy
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If and then the correlation coefficient is
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because it is the result of applying the formula for the correlation coefficient using the given variance and covariance values.
277
Easy
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Application
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If the mean of a set of observations is 20, then the mean of is
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Correct option: D
42
Option D (42) is correct because it is the new mean calculated by adding the average of the increments to the original mean.
278
Easy
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Application
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Mean and standard deviation from the following observations of marks of 5 students of a tutorial group (marks out of 25)8, 12, 13, 15, 22 are respectively
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because the mean and standard deviation are calculated correctly from the given observations.
279
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If a variate takes values , then which of the relation between means bold?
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because the Arithmetic mean (A), Geometric mean (G), and Harmonic mean (H) of a geometric progression satisfy this relationship.
280
Easy
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Assertion: The mean deviation of the data 2, 9, 9, 3, 6, 9, 4
from the mean is 2.57.
Reason: For individual observation,
from the mean is 2.57.
Reason: For individual observation,
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Correct option: A
Assertion is correct, reason is correct; reason is a correct
explanation for assertion
explanation for assertion
Option A is correct because the calculated mean deviation matches the assertion's value, and the reason correctly states the formula for mean deviation.
281
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The correlation between two variables and is given to be . The values of and change such that remains unaltered and and are changed to four times their original values. The new correlation coefficient is changed to
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Correct option: B
Option D () is correct because the new correlation coefficient is the original correlation coefficient divided by 4 due to the change in variances.
282
Easy
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Analyzing
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The number of values of such that the variance of is a natural number is :
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Correct option: A
0
Option A (0) is correct because the variance calculation results in a non-natural number for all natural number values of 'a'.
283
Easy
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Median of is
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Correct option: A
10
Option A (10) is correct because after arranging the data in ascending order, the median is the middle value.
284
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The mean of 100 items is 49 . It was later discovered that three items taken as were actually 60 , 70,80 , respectively. The correct mean is
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Correct option: C
50
Option C (50) is correct because the correct mean is calculated by adjusting the original sum with the corrected values and then dividing by the number of items.
285
Easy
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The marks of some students were listed out of 75. The SD of marks was found to be 9. Subsequently the marks were raised to a maximum of 100 and variance of new marks was calculated. The new variance is
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Correct option: C
144
Option C (144) is correct because the variance is scaled by the square of the factor by which the marks are raised.
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286
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The coefficient of correlation between and is 0.5 and their covariance is 16 and SD of is 4 , then SD of is
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Correct option: B
8
Option B (8) is correct because it is the standard deviation of y calculated using the formula relating correlation coefficient, covariance, and standard deviations.
287
Medium
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Application
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The mean and variance of 5 observations are 5 and 8 respectively. If 3 observations are , then the sum of cubes of the remaining two observations is
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Correct option: D
1072
The correct answer is D (1072) because the sum of cubes of the remaining two observations is calculated using the given mean and variance.
288
Easy
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Application
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If the lines of regression of on and on are respectively and , then
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because the product of the regression coefficients must be less than or equal to 1, ensuring that the correlation coefficient's square is within the valid range.
289
Easy
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Application
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If the standard deviation of the numbers is where , then is equal to
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because, using the formula for standard deviation and the given values, we can solve for k and find its value to be .
290
Easy
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Analyzing
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Consider three observations and such that . If the standard deviation of is , then which of the following is true?
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it represents the relationship between the standard deviation and the given condition b = a + c.
291
Medium
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The median of 100 observations grouped in classes of equal width is 25 . If the median class interval is and the number of observations less than 20 is 45 , then the frequency of median class is
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Correct option: A
10
Option A (10) is correct. The frequency of the median class is calculated using the median formula for grouped data.
292
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The arithmetic mean of the series is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because the arithmetic mean of a geometric series is the sum of the series divided by the number of terms.
293
Easy
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If the value of mode and mean is 60 and 66 respectively, then the value of median is-
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Correct option: B
64
Option B (64) is correct because it is calculated using the empirical relationship between mode, median, and mean: Mode = 3 Median - 2 Mean.
294
Easy
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Application
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If the lines of regression are , will be
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it is the result of calculating the correlation coefficient from the given regression lines, ensuring the correct sign.
295
Medium
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The average marks of boys in a class is 52 and that of girls is 42. The average marks of boys and girls combined is 50. The percentage of boys in the class is
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because it is the percentage of boys calculated using the weighted average of the marks.
296
Medium
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Application
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The quartile deviation of daily wages (in ₹) of 11 persons given below, is
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Correct option: C
20
Option C (20) is correct because the quartile deviation is calculated as half the difference between the third and first quartiles.
297
Medium
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Application
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Given the following frequency distribution with some missing frequencies.
If the total frequency is 685 and median is 42.6 then the missing frequencies are
If the total frequency is 685 and median is 42.6 then the missing frequencies are
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Correct option: C
82, 23
Option C (82, 23) is correct because solving the equations for the total frequency and median yields these missing frequencies.
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The mean and s.d. of a sample of size 10 were found
to be 9.5 and 2.5 respectively. Later on, an additional
observation 15 was added to the original data. The
s.d. of 11 observation is
to be 9.5 and 2.5 respectively. Later on, an additional
observation 15 was added to the original data. The
s.d. of 11 observation is
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Correct option: C
2.86
Option C (2.86) is correct because it is the standard deviation calculated after adding the additional observation and correcting the mean and variance.
299
Medium
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If mean and variance of observations are 58 and 66.2 respectively then is equal to
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Correct option: B
7181.6
The correct answer is B; 7181.6. The problem involves using the formulas for mean and variance to find the values of and , and then calculating .
300
Medium
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Analyzing
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Let r be the range and be the S.D. of a set observations then
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it represents the relationship between the standard deviation (S) and the range (r) of a set of observations.
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