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A sample of 90 values has mean 55 and standard
deviation 3. A second sample of 110 values has mean
60 and standard deviation 2. The combined variance
is equal to (upto two decimal)
deviation 3. A second sample of 110 values has mean
60 and standard deviation 2. The combined variance
is equal to (upto two decimal)
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Correct option: A
12.43
Option A (12.43) is correct because the combined variance is calculated using the formula that accounts for both the individual variances and the differences between the individual means and the overall mean.
92
Medium
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If for a distribution and the total number of items is 18.
Statement-I: Mean of the distribution is 4.1666.
Statement-II: Standard deviation of the distribution is 1.54.
Statement-I: Mean of the distribution is 4.1666.
Statement-II: Standard deviation of the distribution is 1.54.
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Correct option: B
Only Statement II is true
The correct answer is None of these. The equation of tangent to which are perpendicular to straight line are not found because the roots are imaginary.
93
Easy
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Which of the following is correct about the series ?
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Correct option: C
Mean = Median
Option C (Mean = Median) is correct because the calculated mean and median of the given series are both equal to 55.
94
Easy
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Karl Pearson's coefficient of skewness of a distribution is 0.32 . Its is 6.5 and mean 39.6. Then, the median of the distribution is given by
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Correct option: B
38.9
Option B (38.9) is correct because it is the approximate median calculated using Karl Pearson's coefficient of skewness formula.
95
Easy
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The variance of first 50 even natural numbers is
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Correct option: B
833
Option B (833) is correct because the variance of the first 50 even natural numbers is calculated using the formula for variance and the sum of squares.
96
Medium
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Coefficient of variation of two distributions are and and their arithmetic means are 30 and 25 respectively. Difference of standard deviation is:
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Correct option: D
0
Option D (0) is correct because the difference in standard deviations is 0, as both distributions have the same standard deviation of 15.
97
Easy
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The intersecting point of two regression lines is
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Correct option: D
Option D () is correct because the point of intersection of the two regression lines is the mean of x and y, represented as .
98
Medium
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The percentile is equal to
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Correct option: D
None of these
Option D (None of these) is correct because the 7th percentile is equal to the 70th percentile, not the 7th decile, 6th decile, or the third quartile.
99
Medium
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Coefficient of variation of two distributions are 60% and 75%, and their standard deviation are 18 and 15
respectively, then their arithmetic means respectively are
respectively, then their arithmetic means respectively are
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Correct option: B
30, 20
Option B (30, 20) is correct because it correctly calculates the arithmetic means using the given coefficients of variation and standard deviations.
100
Medium
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If is the mean and is the variance of observations , then which of the following are true for the observations
I. Mean of the observations is .
II. Variance of the observations is .
III. Mean of the observations is .
IV. Variance of the observations is .
I. Mean of the observations is .
II. Variance of the observations is .
III. Mean of the observations is .
IV. Variance of the observations is .
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Correct option: D
III and IV are true
Option D (III and IV are true) is correct because multiplying each observation by a constant 'a' multiplies the mean by 'a' and the variance by a squared.
101
Easy
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The AM of the series is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it represents the arithmetic mean of a geometric series with the given terms.
102
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The mode of a moderately symmetrical series is 18 and mean is 24 . The median is
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Correct option: C
22
Option C (22) is correct because it is the median calculated using the empirical relationship between mean, median, and mode for a moderately symmetrical series.
103
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The mean of a set of 30 observations is 75 . If each other observation is multiplied by a non-zero number and then each of them is decreased by 25 , their mean remains the same. The is equal to
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because setting up the equation for the new mean and solving for gives .
104
Easy
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The coefficient of variation of two series are 70 and 90 and their standard deviation are 17.5 and 18 , respectively. The mean of two series are
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Correct option: A
25,20
Option A (25,20) is correct because the means are calculated by rearranging the coefficient of variation formula.
105
Easy
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The mean of the numbers is 6 and their variance is 6.8. If is the mean deviation of the numbers about the mean, then is equal to:
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Correct option: A
60
Option C (5) is correct because it is the remainder when (2021)2023 is divided by 7, calculated using modular arithmetic.
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106
Easy
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If the two regression coefficients are 0.8 and 0.2 , then the coefficient of correlation is
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Correct option: A
0.4
Option A (0.4) is correct because the correlation coefficient is the geometric mean of the two regression coefficients.
107
Medium
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If the s.d. of a set of observations is 4 and if each observation is divided by 4, the s.d. of the new set of observations will be
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Correct option: D
1
Option D (1) is correct because dividing each observation by a constant also divides the standard deviation by the same constant.
108
Medium
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The mean and the standard deviation (s.d.) of five observations are 9 and 0 , respectively.
If one of the observations is changed such that the mean of the new set of five observations becomes 10 , then their d. is?
If one of the observations is changed such that the mean of the new set of five observations becomes 10 , then their d. is?
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Correct option: C
2
Option C (2) is correct. Since the initial standard deviation is 0, all observations are equal. After changing one observation, the new standard deviation can be calculated.
109
Easy
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Mean of 100 observation is 45. If it was later found that two observations 19 and 31 were incorrectly recorded as 91 and 13. The correct mean is
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Correct option: C
44.46
Option C (44.46) is correct because the correct mean is calculated by subtracting the incorrect observations and adding the correct observations before dividing by the total number of observations.
110
Medium
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If the variance of 1,2,3,4,5,…,10 is , then the standard derivation of 3,6,9,12,…., 30 is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because the standard deviation of the new series is 3 times the standard deviation of the original series.
111
Medium
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Three forces are acting at a point in a plane. The angle between and are and respectively, then for equilibrium; forces are in the ratio
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Correct option: D
Option D, , is correct because it represents the ratio of the forces when they are in equilibrium, calculated using Lami's theorem.
112
Medium
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A batsman scores sums in 10 innings 38, 70, 48, 34, 42, 55, 46, 63, 54 and 44, then the deviation from median is
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Correct option: A
8.6
Option A (8.6) is correct because it is the mean of the absolute deviations from the median of the given data.
113
Medium
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A particle is acted upon by three forces and . It cannot be in equilibrium, if
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Correct option: A
Option A, , is correct because the sum of the two smaller forces (1 and 3) is less than the largest force (5), violating the triangle inequality and preventing equilibrium.
114
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If mode of a data is 27 and mean is 24 , then median is
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Correct option: B
25
Option B (25) is correct because the median is calculated correctly using the empirical relationship between mean, median, and mode.
115
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An aeroplane flies around a square, the sides of which measure 100 miles each. The aeroplane covers at a speed of the first side, at the seoond side, at the third side and the fourth side. The average speed of acroplane around the square is
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Correct option: C
Option C (192 mh) is correct because the average speed is calculated using the harmonic mean of the speeds over equal distances.
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Quartile deviation is nearly equal to
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because the quartile deviation is approximately 2/3 of the standard deviation.
117
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In a moderately skewed distribution, the values of mean and median are 5 and 6 , respectively. The value of mode for such distribution is
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Correct option: A
8
Option A (8) is correct because the mode is calculated using the empirical relationship between mean, median, and mode in a moderately skewed distribution.
118
Medium
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The mean weight of students in the second year class of a college is . If the mean weights of the boys and that of the girls in the class are and respectively, then the number of boys and girls separately in the class are
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Correct option: C
72,48
Option C (72,48) is correct because it solves the system of equations to find the number of boys and girls based on their mean weights.
119
Medium
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The mean of a data set consisting of 20 observations is 40 . If one observation 53 was wrongly recorded as 33 , then the correct mean will be:
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Correct option: A
41
Option A (41) is the closest correct answer. The correct mean is calculated by subtracting the incorrect value and adding the correct value, then dividing by the number of observations.
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If the variance of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ..., 10 is , then the standard derivation of 3, 6, 9, 12, ..., 30 is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because the standard deviation of the new series is 3 times the standard deviation of the original series.
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