1. The variance of first $$50$$ even natural numbers is :

A. $$437$$
B. $$\frac{{437}}{4}$$
C. $$\frac{{833}}{4}$$
D. $$833$$
Answer :   $$833$$
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2. Let $$r$$ be the range and $${S^2} = \frac{1}{{n - 1}}\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{{\left( {{x_i} - \overline x } \right)}^2}} $$      be the S.D. of a set of observations $${x_1},\,{x_2}......,\,{x_n},$$    then :

A. $$S \leqslant r\sqrt {\frac{n}{{n - 1}}} $$
B. $$S = r\sqrt {\frac{n}{{n - 1}}} $$
C. $$S \geqslant r\sqrt {\frac{n}{{n - 1}}} $$
D. None of these
Answer :   $$S \leqslant r\sqrt {\frac{n}{{n - 1}}} $$
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3. The scores of $$15$$ students in an examination were recorded as $$10,\,5,\,8,\,16,\,18,\,20,\,8,\,10,\,16,\,20,\,18,\,11,\,16,\,14$$          and $$12.$$  After calculating the mean, median and mode, an error is found. One of the values is wrongly written as $$16$$ instead of $$18.$$  Which of the following measures of central tendency will change ?

A. Mean and median
B. Median and mode
C. Mode only
D. Mean and mode
Answer :   Mean and mode
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4. If the standard deviation of the observations $$ - 5,\, - 4,\, - 3,\, - 2,\, - 1,\,0,\,1,\,2,\,3,\,4,\,5$$         is $$\sqrt {10} .$$  The standard deviation of observations $$15,\,16,\,17,\,18,\,19,\,20,\,21,\,22,\,23,\,24,\,25$$         will be :

A. $$\sqrt {10} + 20$$
B. $$\sqrt {10} + 10$$
C. $$\sqrt {10} $$
D. None of these
Answer :   $$\sqrt {10} $$
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5. Let $${x_1},{x_2},.....,{x_n}$$    be $$n$$ observations, and let $$\overline x $$ be their arithmetic mean and $${\sigma ^2}$$ be the variance.
Statement - 1 : Variance of $$2{x_1},2{x_2},.....,2{x_n}$$    is $$4{\sigma ^2}.$$
Statement - 2 : Arithmetic mean $$2{x_1},2{x_2},.....,2{x_n}$$    is $$4\overline x .$$

A. Statement - 1 is false, Statement - 2 is true.
B. Statement - 1 is true, statement - 2 is true; statement - 2 is a correct explanation for Statement - 1 .
C. Statement - 1 is true, statement - 2 is true; statement - 2 is not a correct explanation for Statement - 1.
D. Statement - 1 is true, statement - 2 is false.
Answer :   Statement - 1 is true, statement - 2 is false.
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6. The mean of the series $${x_1},\,{x_2},......,\,{x_n}$$    is $$\overline X $$. If $${x_2}$$ is replaced by $$\lambda $$, then what is the new mean ?

A. $$\overline X - {x_2} + \lambda $$
B. $$\frac{{\overline X - {x_2} - \lambda }}{n}$$
C. $$\frac{{\overline X - {x_2} + \lambda }}{n}$$
D. $$\frac{{n\overline X - {x_2} + \lambda }}{n}$$
Answer :   $$\frac{{n\overline X - {x_2} + \lambda }}{n}$$
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7. The first of two samples has $$100$$  items with mean $$15$$  and SD $$3$$. If the whole group has $$250$$  items with mean $$15.6$$  and SD $$ = \sqrt {13.44} $$   the SD of the second group is :

A. $$5$$
B. $$4$$
C. $$6$$
D. $$3.52$$
Answer :   $$4$$
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8. In the following frequency distribution, class limits of some of the class intervals and mid-value of a class are missing. However, the mean of the distribution is known to be $$46.5$$
Class intervals Mid-values Frequency
$${x_1} - {x_2}$$ 15 10
$${x_2} - {x_3}$$ 30 40
$${x_3} - {x_4}$$ M 30
$${x_4} - {x_5}$$ 75 10
$${x_5} - 100$$ 90 10

the values of $${x_1},\,{x_2},\,{x_3},\,{x_4},\,{x_5}$$    respectively will be :

A. $$\left( {0,\,20,\,40,\,60,\,80} \right)$$
B. $$\left( {40,\,50,\,60,\,70,\,80} \right)$$
C. $$\left( {10,\,20,\,40,\,70,\,80} \right)$$
D. $$\left( {0,\,19.5,\,39.5,\,69.5,\,80} \right)$$
Answer :   $$\left( {10,\,20,\,40,\,70,\,80} \right)$$
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9. 5 students of a class have an average height 150 $$cm$$ and variance 18 $${{c}}{{{m}}^2}.$$  A new student, whose height is 156 $$cm,\,$$ joined them. The variance (in $${{c}}{{{m}}^2}$$ ) of the height of these six students is:

A. 16
B. 22
C. 20
D. 18
Answer :   20
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10. Consider the frequency distribution of the given numbers.
Value 1 2 3 4
Frequency 5 4 6 $$f$$

If the mean is known to be $$3$$, then the value of $$f$$ is :

A. 3
B. 7
C. 10
D. 14
Answer :   14
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