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Analyzing
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If and are regression coefficients of on and on respectively, then
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because the arithmetic mean of the regression coefficients is greater than or equal to the correlation coefficient.
92
Medium
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Application
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Let be in an A.P. with common difference . If the standard deviation of is 4 and the mean is , then is equal to:
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Correct option: B
34
Option B (34) is correct because it is the sum of the mean and the 6th term of the A.P., calculated using the given standard deviation.
93
Medium
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Application
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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.
94
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.
95
Medium
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Application
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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.
96
Medium
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Application
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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.
97
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.
98
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.
99
Medium
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Application
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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.
100
Medium
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Application
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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 .
101
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.
102
Medium
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Analyzing
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Let the mean and variance of 12 observations be and 4 respectively. Later on, it was observed that two observations were considered as 9 and 10 instead of 7 and 14 respectively. If the correct variance is , where and are coprime, then are coprime, then is equal to
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Correct option: D
317
Option D, 317, is the correct value of where the corrected variance is and and are coprime. This is calculated by first finding the correct mean and then the correct variance after adjusting for the incorrect observations.
103
Medium
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Application
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The mean and variance of a set of 15 numbers are 12 and 14 respectively. The mean and variance of another set of 15 numbers are 14 and respectively. If the variance of all the 30 numbers in the two sets is 13 , then is equal to
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Correct option: A
10
Option A (10) is correct because it is the variance of the second set of numbers, calculated using the combined variance formula.
104
Medium
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Application
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If the mean and the standard deviation of the data 3, 5, 7, , are 5 and 2 respectively, then and are the roots of the equation
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because the equation is formed using the calculated sum and product of the roots and from the given mean and standard deviation.
105
Medium
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Application
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The mean and standard deviation of a sample of size 20 are found 10 and 2 respectively. If one item 8 is replaced by 12 then
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Correct option: B
Standard deviation decreases
Option B (Standard deviation decreases) is correct because replacing 8 with 12 increases the mean by a small amount, but the overall spread of the data decreases, leading to a lower standard deviation.
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Medium
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Application
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If the average of the numbers 148, 146, 144, 142, ... in AP, be 125, then the total numbers in the series will be
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Correct option: B
24
Option B (24) is correct because the total number of terms in the AP series is calculated using the average and the properties of arithmetic progressions.
107
Medium
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Understanding
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The mean and variance for first natural numbers are respectively
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Correct option: A
Mean , variance
Option A (Mean =, variance =) is correct because it uses the standard formulas for the mean and variance of the first n natural numbers.
108
Medium
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Application
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The mean square deviation of observations about -2 and 2 are 18 and 10 respectively. Then S.D. of the given set is
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Correct option: C
3
Option C (3) is correct because the standard deviation is calculated correctly using the given mean square deviations.
109
Medium
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Application
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The mean and variance of 7 observations are 8 and 16 respectively. If the observation are , then value of is
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Correct option: D
48
Option D (48) is correct because it is the product of the two unknown observations (x and y) calculated using the given mean and variance of the 7 observations.
110
Medium
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Understanding
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If and are the mean and standard deviation of the first distribution and and are the mean and standard deviation of the second distribution.
I. CV (1st distribution)
II. CV (2nd distribution)
III. For , the series with lesser value of standard deviation is said to be more variable than the other.
IV. For , the series with greater value of standard deviation is said to be more consistent than the other.
I. CV (1st distribution)
II. CV (2nd distribution)
III. For , the series with lesser value of standard deviation is said to be more variable than the other.
IV. For , the series with greater value of standard deviation is said to be more consistent than the other.
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Correct option: A
Only I is true
Option A (Only I is true) is correct because the coefficient of variation (CV) for the first distribution is indeed calculated as the standard deviation divided by the mean, multiplied by 100.
111
Medium
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Application
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The AM of n observations is M. If the sum of n-4 observations is a, then the mean of remaining 4 observations is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it represents the mean of the remaining 4 observations calculated by subtracting the sum of n-4 observations from the total sum and dividing by 4.
112
Medium
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Application
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The sum of 100 observations and the sum of their squares are 400 and 2475
respectively. Later on, three observations 3, 4 and 5 were found to be incorrect. If the
incorrect observations are omitted, then the variance of the remaining observations is
respectively. Later on, three observations 3, 4 and 5 were found to be incorrect. If the
incorrect observations are omitted, then the variance of the remaining observations is
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Correct option: C
9
Option C (9) is correct because it represents the variance of the remaining observations after correcting the sum and sum of squares by removing the incorrect observations.
113
Medium
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Application
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For a group containing 100 observation, the mean and
standard deviation are 8 and For 50 observations selected from these 100 observations, the mean
and standard deviation are 10 and 2 respectively . The
standard deviation of the other half is
standard deviation are 8 and For 50 observations selected from these 100 observations, the mean
and standard deviation are 10 and 2 respectively . The
standard deviation of the other half is
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Correct option: B
3
Option B (3) is correct because, using the combined variance formula and the given information, we can solve for the standard deviation of the other half.
114
Medium
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Application
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If the variance of the frequency distribution is 160 , then the value of is
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Correct option: C
7
Option C (7) is correct because it is the value of c that makes the variance of the given frequency distribution equal to 160.
115
Medium
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Understanding
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A uniform rod of weight and length is resting in a smooth spherical bowl of radius . The rod is inclined to the horizontal at an angle of
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because with a frictionless surface, the rod will rest at the minimum inclination, which is horizontal.
116
Medium
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Application
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If the mean deviation of number from their mean is 255, then the d is equal to
View answer and explanation
Correct option: C
10.1
Option C (10.1) is correct because the value of d is calculated using the formula for mean deviation and the given mean deviation value.
117
Medium
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Understanding
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Consider any set of observations ; it being given that , then the mean deviation of this set of observations about a point is minimum, when equals
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because the mean deviation is minimized when calculated about the median, which is in this ordered set.
118
Medium
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Application
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If is the arithmetic mean of n independent variates each of the standard derivation σ, then variance is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because the variance of the mean of n independent variates is the variance of the individual variates divided by n.
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Medium
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Understanding
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If and are means of two distribution such that and is the mean of the joint distribution, then
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Correct option: D
Option D () is correct because the mean of the joint distribution lies between the means of the individual distributions when .
120
Medium
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Application
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The greatest and least magnitude of the resultant of two forces of constant magnitude are and . When the forces act an angle , the resultant in magnitudes is equal to
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Correct option: A
Option A, , is correct because it represents the magnitude of the resultant when the forces act at an angle , given the greatest and least magnitudes F and G.
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