Business Mathematics Statistics MCQS Past Papers for B.Com Part-1 Solved, Download in pdf
1.Statistics are.
A. Collected data for a predetermined purpose
B. Always numerically expressed
C. Aggregates of facts
D. All of these
ANSWER: D
2.A constant can assume.
A. Only one value
B. More than one value
C. Different values
D. No value at all
ANSWER: A
3.A descriptive measure of sample is called.
A. Statistics
B. Statistic
C. Parameter
D. None of above
ANSWER: B
4.The range of the scores 29, 3, 143,27,99 is.
A. 140
B. 143
C. 146
D. 70
ANSWER: A
5.Picking of some of the elements from the whole data is called.
A. Census
B. Population
C. Registration
D. Sample
ANSWER: D
6.Data which have been arranged in ascending or decending order are called.
A. Raw data
B. Grouped data
C. Arrayed data
D. Ungrouped data
ANSWER: C
7.Hights of students in a class make.
A. Quantitative data
B. Qualitative data
C. Discrete data
D. Continues data
ANSWER: A
8.A Graph of a frequency distribution is called.
A. Histogram
B. Frequency polygon
C. Ogive
D. All of them
ANSWER: D
9.When all the values in a series occur same times then _____ is not possible.
A. Mean
B. Median
C. Geometric mean
D. Mode
ANSWER: D
10.The measures of dispersion can never be.
A. Positive
B. Zero
C. Negative
D. Equal to 2
ANSWER: C
11.The scatter in a series of values about the average is called.
A. Central tendency
B. Dispersion
C. Skewness
D. Symmetry
Answer: B
12. Coding method is used to calculate:
A. Median
B. Mode
C. Mean
D. Weighted Average
ANSWER: C
13.Weights used in a price index are.
A. Percentage of total price
B. Quantities
C. Average of prices
D. None of these
ANSWER: B
14.In which method base year quantities are used.
A. Paasche’s method
B. Laspeyres’ method
C. Fisher’s method
D. Marshall’s method
ANSWER: B
15.Price relatives are a percentage ratio of current year price and.
A. Base year quantity
B. Previous year quantity
C. Base year price
D. Current year quantity
ANSWER: C
16.Questionnaire method is used in collection of.
A. Secondary Data
B. Primary data
C. Internet data
D. Count data
ANSWER: B
17.Students divided into different groups according to their intelligence will generate.
A. Numerical data
B. Quantitative data
C. Qualitative data
D. None of above
ANSWER: C
18.The Range of the value -5, -8 , -10, 0, 6, 10 is.
A. 0
B. 10
C.-10
D. 20
ANSWER: D
19.A collection of all the elements in a group is called.
A. Population
B. Sample
C. Data
D. Registration
ANSWER: A
20.Data classified by attributes are called.
A. Grouped data
B. Qualitative data
C. Quantitative data
D. Arrayed data
ANSWER: B
21.Mode of a series 2,2,2,3,3,3,4,3,3,2 is.
A. 3
B. 2 and 3
C. 4
D. None of these
ANSWER: A
22.The mean is affected by.
A. Change of origin
B. Scale of measurement
C. Both A & B
D. None of these
ANSWER: C
23.If Q3 = 20 and Q1 = 10, the coefficient of quartile deviation is.
A. 3
B. 1/3
C. 2/3
D. 1
ANSWER: B
24.In a symmetrical distribution the mean, median & mode are.
A. Sometimes equal
B. Always equal
C. Never equal
D. None of these
ANSWER: B
25.Which of the following is a relative measure of dispersion.
A. Standard deviation
B. Variance
C. Coefficient of variation
D. All of these
ANSWER: C
26.The variance of a constant is equal to.
A. Constant
B. Zero
C. Unity
D. None of these
ANSWER: B
27.The distribution is positively skewed if.
A. Mean < Mode
B. Mean > Mode
C. Mean > Median
D. Both B & C
ANSWER: D
28.The weights used in a quantity index are.
A. Percentages of total quantity
B. Prices
C. Averages of quantity
D. None of these
ANSWER: B
29. Laspeyres’ index number = 110, Paasche’s index number = 108, then Fisher’s Ideal index number is.
A. 110
B. 108
C. 100
D. 109
ANSWER: D
30.The prices used in the construction of consumer price index numbers are.
A. The retail prices
B. Wholesale prices
C. Fixed prices
D. None of these
ANSWER: A