1. Which of the following statements is false?
A) Statistics is derived from the Latin word ‘Status’ B) Statistics is derived from the Italian word ‘Statista’ C) Statistics is derived from the French word ‘Statistik’ D) None of these.
Answer - C)
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2. Statistics is defined in terms of numerical data in the
A) Singular sense B) Plural sense C) Either (a) or (b) D) Both (a) and (b).
Answer - B)
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3. Statistics is applied in
A) Economics B) Business management C) Commerce and industry D) All these.
Answer - D)
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4. Statistics is concerned with
A) Qualitative information B) Quantitative information C) (a) or (b) D) Both (a) and (b)
Answer - D)
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5. An attribute is
A) A qualitative characteristic B) A quantitative characteristic C) A measurable characteristic D) All these
Answer - A)
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6. Annual income of a person is
A) An attribute B) A discrete variable C) A continuous variable D) (b) or (c).
Answer - B)
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7. Marks of a student is an example of
A) An attribute B) A discrete variable C) A continuous variable D) None of these
Answer - B)
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8. Nationality of a student is
A) An attribute B) A continuous variable C) A discrete variable D) (a) or (c)
Answer - A)
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9. Drinking habit of a person is
A) An attribute B) A variable C) A discrete variable D) A continuous variable.
Answer - A)
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10. Age of a person is
A) An attribute B) A discrete variable C) A continuous variable D) A variable
Answer - C)
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11. Data collected on religion from the census reports are
A) Primary data B) Secondary data C) Sample data D) (a) or (b)
Answer - B)
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12. The data collected on the height of a group of students after recording their heights with
a measuring tape are
A) Primary data B) Secondary data C) Discrete data D) Continuous data.
Answer - A)
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13. The primary data are collected by
A) Interview method B) Observation method C) Questionnaire method D) All these.
Answer - D)
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14. The quickest method to collect primary data is
A) Personal interview B) Indirect interview C) Telephone interview D) By observation.
Answer - C)
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15. The best method to collect data, in case of a natural calamity, is
A) Personal interview B) Indirect interview C) Questionnaire method D) Direct observation method.
Answer - A)
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16. In case of a rail accident, the appropriate method of data collection is by
A) Personal interview B) Direct interview C) Indirect interview D) All these.
Answer - C)
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17. Which method of data collection covers the widest area?
A) Telephone interview method B) Mailed questionnaire method
C) Direct interview method D) All these.
Answer - B)
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18. The amount of non-responses is maximum in
A) Mailed questionnaire method B) Interview method C) Observation method D) All these
Answer - A)
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19. Some important sources of secondary data are
A) International and Government sources B) International and primary sources
C) Private and primary sources D) Government sources
Answer - A)
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20. Internal consistency of the collected data can be checked when
A) Internal data are given B) External data are given C) Two or more series are given D) A number of related series are given
Answer - D)
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21. The accuracy and consistency of data can be verified by
A) Internal checking B) External checking C) Scrutiny D) Both (a) and (b).
Answer - C)
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22. The number of errors in Statistics are
A) one B) two C) three D) four
Answer - B)
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23. The distribution of shares is an example of the frequency distribution of
A) A discrete variable B) A continuous variable C) An attribute D) (a) or (c)
Answer - A)
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24. The distribution of profits of a blue-chip company relates to
A) Discrete variable B) Continuous variable
C) Attributes D) (a) or (b)
Answer - B)
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25. Question25
A) Option25A B) Option25B C) Option25C D) Option25D
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26. Question26
A) Option26A B) Option26B C) Option26C D) Option26D
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27. Question27
A) Option27A B) Option27B C) Option27C D) Option27D
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28. Question28
A) Option28A B) Option28B C) Option28C D) Option28D
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29. Question29
A) Option29A B) Option29B C) Option29C D) Option29D
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30. Question30
A) Option30A B) Option30B C) Option30C D) Option30D
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