RTHeldon21012017(F/N)

BasicStatistics

NumberofQuestions120 MaximumMarks100

1.
Thefrequencydistributionofwagesisgivenbelow:

Weekly 2040 4060 6080 80100 100120 120140 140160

Wages
Numberof 8 12 20 30 40 40 10
Employees

ThepercentageofworkerswhoearnedbetweenRs80andRs125is:

(a) 60%
(b) 50%
(c) 40%
(d) 30%
2.
Thefollowingdataaregivenonlength(X)incmandweight(Y)ingmof6tubes:
6 6 6 6

X i 42,
i 1
X i2 444,
i 1
Yi 18,
i 1
Y
i 1
i
2
60

Whichoneofthefollowingiscorrectinrespectofabovedata?

(a) X ismorevaryingthan Y
(b) Y ismorevaryingthan X
(c) X and Y havethesamevariance
(d) X and Y havethesamemean

3.
Let X , Y and Z denotethescoresofgolfersA,BandCrespectively,inamatch.Thefollowingdata
wereobtainedfrom50matches:

50 50 50 50 50 50

X i Yi Z i 200,
i 1 i 1 i 1
X i2 900,
i 1
Yi 2 1200,
i 1
Z
i 1
i
2
1000

Thegolferwhoismostconsistentis:

(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) Cannotbedetermined

4.
Ina2 2contingencytableifanyoftheexpectedcellfrequencyisstrictlylessthan5,theninorder
touse 2 testforgoodnessoffit,wemustapply:

(a) Gaussscorrection
(b) Sheppardscorrection
(c) Yatescorrection
(d) Besselscorrection

5.
Considerthefollowingstatements:

1. KarlPearsonscorrelationcoefficientmeasuresthedegreeoflinearrelationshipbetween
twovariables
2. KarlPearsonscorrelationcoefficientliesbetween1and1includinglimits
3. KarlPearsonscorrelationcoefficientisnotindependentofchangeoforiginandscale

Whichoftheabovestatementsis/arecorrect?

(a) 1and2only
(b) 1only
(c) 2and3only
(d) 1,2and3
6.
Considerthefollowingstatements:

1. ThevaluesofregressioncoefficientsofYonXandXonYare0.96and0.79respectively.
2. Regressioncoefficientsareindependentofchangeoforiginbutnotofscale.
3. Correlationcoefficientisthegeometricmeanbetweenregressioncoefficients.

Whichoftheabovestatementsarecorrect?

(a) 2and3only
(b) 1and3only
(c) 1and2only
(d) 1,2and3
7.
Considerthefollowingstatements:

1. Geometricmeanisusedtostudytherelativechangesofpricelevelintwotimeperiods.
2. GeometricmeangivesmoreweightagetosmallitemscomparedtoHarmonicmean.

Whichoftheabovestatementsis/arecorrect?

(a) 1only
(b) 2only
(c) Both1and2
(d) Neither1nor2

8.
Considerthefollowingstatements:

1. Quantitativedatacanbemeasuredinratioscale
2. Categoricaldatacanbemeasuredineitherordinalorintervalscale.

Whichoftheabovestatementsis/arecorrect?

(a) 1only
(b) 2only
(c) Both1and2
(d) Neither1nor2
9.
ConsiderthefollowingdataabouttheclassesA,BandC:

Class NumberofStudents AveragemarksinanExamination Highestscore Lowestscore

A 20 20 22 18
B 25 25 31 23
C 30 30 33 26

IffivestudentsaretransferredfromAtoB,thenwhatwillhappentotheaveragescoreofB?

(a) Itwillremainconstant
(b) Itwilldefinitelydecrease
(c) Itwilldefinitelyincrease
(d) Cannotsay
10.
Considerthefollowingstatements:

1. Meanisnotamenabletoalgebraictreatment.
2. Modeisnotaffectedbyextremeobservations.
3. Medianisnotamenabletoalgebraictreatment.

Whichoftheabovestatementsarecorrect?

(a) 1and2only
(b) 1and3only
(c) 2and3only
(d) 1,2and3
11.
Theunderlyingassumptionsfortheapplicationofstudentsttestforthedifferenceofmeansare:

1. Thetwosamplesarerandomandindependentofeachother.
2. Populationvariancesareequalandknown.
3. Parentpopulationfromwhichthesampleshavebeendrawnisuniform.

Whichoftheabovestatementsis/arecorrect?
(a) 1only
(b) 2only
(c) 3only
(d) 1,2and3
12.
Considerthefollowingstatementsforafrequencydistribution:

1. Mean,Meandeviationandstandarddeviationhavethesameunit.
2. HMGMAM

Whichoftheabovestatementsis/arecorrect?
(a) 1only
(b) 2only
(c) Both1and2
(d) Neither1nor2

13.
Foracontinuousfrequencydistribution,itwasfoundthatmean=50,mode=30andvariance=16.
Considerthefollowingstatements:

Statement1: Thelargertailofthedistributionliestowardsthehighervaluesofthevariate.
Statement2: KarlPearsonscoefficientofskewnessispositive.

Whichoneofthefollowingistrueinrespectoftheabovestatements?

(a) BothStatement1andStatement2arecorrectandStatement2isthecorrectexplanationof
Statement1
(b) BothStatement1andStatement2arecorrectandStatement2isNOTthecorrect
explanationofStatement1
(c) Statement1iscorrectbutStatement2isNOTcorrect
(d) Statement1isNOTcorrectbutStatement2iscorrect
14.
Considerthefollowingdata:

x: 5,4,3,2,1
y: 1,2,3,4,5

Whatistherankcorrelationcoefficientbetweenxandyfortheabovedata?

(a) 1
(b) 1
(c) 0.5
(d) 0.5
15.
Theunderlyingassumptionsfortheapplicationofstudentsttestforsinglemeanare:
Assumption1: Theparentpopulationfromwhichthesampleisdrawnisnormal
Assumption2: Thesampleobservationsareindependent
Assumption3: Thepopulationstandarddeviationisknown
Whichoftheaboveassumptionsaretrue?

(a) 1and2only
(b) 2and3only
(c) 1and3only
(d) 1,2and3

16.
Foracontinuousfrequencydistribution,itisfoundthatmean=9,variance=19, 1 =0.7and 2 =1.
Thenatureofthefrequencydistributionis:

(a) Symmetricandplatykurtic
(b) Symmetricandleptokurtic
(c) Negativelyskewedandplatykurtic
(d) Positivelyskewedandleptokurtic

17.
Let X 1 and X 2 beiidstandardnormalvariatesandlet Y X 12 X 22 . Thenmeanandstandard
deviationof Y arerespectively:

(a) 1and2
(b) 2and2
(c) 2and4
(d) 4and4
18.
Considerthefollowingstatements:

1. 2 isacontinuousdistribution
2. 2 isasymmetricdistribution

Whichoftheaboveis/arecorrect?

(a) 1only
(b) 2only
(c) Both1and2
(d) Neither1nor2
19.
Meansoftwoseriesaremandn.Leteachobservationoffirstseriesbeincreasedbyxandeach
observationofthesecondseriesbeincreasedbyy.Newmeansofthetwoseriesnowbecomepand
q.Thenconsiderthefollowingstatements:

1. p:q=m:n
2. p+q=m+n+x+y
3. pq=mn
4. (px)(qy)=mn

Whichoftheabovearecorrect?

(a) 1and2
(b) 1and3
(c) 2and4
(d) 2and3

20.
Tworandomsamplesgavethefollowingresults:

SampleNumber Size Sumofsquaresofdeviationfrommean

I 10 108
II 12 44

Totestthehypothesisofequalityofpopulationvariances,thevalueofteststatisticFis:

(a) 3
(b) 0.5
(c) 4
(d) 0.25

21.
Fivesoldiersvisitariflerangefortwoconsecutiveweeksandtheirscoreswererecordedasfollows:

Soldiier A B C D E
Firstweek 67 24 37 55 63
score
Secondweek 70 38 58 58 56
score

Theappropriatetestthatshouldbeappliedtotestifthereisanysignificantdifferenceintheir
performancebasedonscoresis:

(a) Ztestfordifferenceofmeans
(b) ttestfordifferenceofmeanswithequalvariances
(c) Pairedttest
(d) ttestfordifferenceofmeanswithunequalvariances
22.
Themedianofthedistributiongivenbelowis14.4.

Classinterval 06 612 1218 1824 2430

Frequency 4 x 5 y 1

Ifthetotalfrequencyis20,thenthevaluesofxandyrespectivelyare:

(a) 2,4
(b) 3,4
(c) 4,6
(d) 5,6

23.
ThefollowingdatagivethemeanandvarianceofthewagesofthemenworkinginthreefirmsA,B
andC:
Firm Numberofmen Averagewages(Rs) VarianceofWages
A 20 61 64
B 100 70 81
C 120 80.5 100
Thefirmthatismostconsistentis:

(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) Cannotbedetermined
24.
Itisgiventhat X 10, Y 90, X 3, Y 12 and rXY 0.8 .Thentheregressionequationof
Y on X is:

(a) Y 3.2 X 58
(b) X 3.2Y 58
(c) X 0.2Y 8
(d) Y 0.2 X 8
25.
1
Suppose X Y and Y 2 X arethelinesofregressionof X on Y
18
and Y on X respectively.If X 2 and Y 9 ,thenthevaluesof and arerespectively:

(a) 3and13
(b) 2.5and3
(c) 13and2.5
(d) 2.5and13
26.
Thefollowingdataaregivenfortwoseries:

n1 50, n 2 50, X 1 4, X 2 10, X1 2, X 2 4

Thevalueofvarianceofcombinedseriesis:

(a) 14
(b) 16
(c) 17
(d) 19
27.
Thefirstthreemomentsaboutoriginofafrequencydistributionare
n 1 / (n 1)(2n 1) / n(n 1) 2
1
/
, 2 , 3 .Thenthedistributionis:
2 6 4

(a) Negativelyskewed
(b) Symmetric
(c) Positivelyskewed
(d) Cannotbedeterminedfromthedata
28.
Itisgiventhat X Y 0, X 2
36, Y 2 44, XY 24 andn=8.Thenthevalue
ofKarlPearsonscorrelationcoefficientis:

(a) 0.4
(b) 0.5
(c) 0.6
(d) 0.7
29.
Foracontinuousfrequencydistribution,considerthefollowingstatements:
1. Mediancanbelocatedgraphicallyusinglessthancumulativefrequencycurve.
2. Modecanbelocatedgraphicallyusingthehistogram.

Whichoftheaboveis/arecorrect?

(a) 1only
(b) 2only
(c) Both1and2
(d) Neither1nor2

30.
IfY=3.2X+58andX=0.2Y8arethelinesofregressionofYonXandXonYrespectively,thenthe
valueofcorrelationcoefficientbetweenXandYis:

(a) 0.6
(b) 0.7
(c) 0.8
(d) 0.9
31.
Themeanof5observationsis5andvarianceis4.Ifthreeofthefiveobservationsare5,2and8,
thentheothertwoobservationsare:

(a) 5,5
(b) 4,6
(c) 3,7
(d) 8,2
32.
Whichofthefollowingistrueforallsetsofdata?

(a) Mean=Median=Mode
(b) MeanMedianMode
(c) MeanMedianMode
(d) Noneofthese
33.
Ifinamoderatelyskeweddistributionthevaluesofmeanandmodeare15and12respectively,
thenthevalueofmedianisapproximately:

(a) 12
(b) 13
(c) 14
(d) 15
34.
Theagesofafamilyof7membersare2,5,12,18,38,40and60years.After5yearsanewmember,
agedXyears,isadded.Itisnotedthattheaverageagenowincreasesonlyby1.5years.Thevalueof
X(inyears)willbe:

(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
35.
Theaverageturnoverof200smallenterprisesisRs.50croresandaverageturnoverof300medium
enterprisesisM.IfthecombinedmeanofalltheenterprisesisRs.56crores,thenthevalueofMis:

(a) Rs.57crores
(b) Rs.58crores
(c) Rs.59crores
(d) Rs.60crores

36.
Forafrequencydistribution,itisgiventhatmean=120,mode=123andKarlPearsonscoefficient
ofskewnessis0.3.Whatisthevalueofcoefficientofvariation?

(a) 8%
(b) 8.33%
(c) 12%
(d) 12.33%
37.
Potatoesaresoldattheratesof10,12and15rupeesperkginthreedifferentweeks.Assumingthat
equalamountisspentonpotatoesineachweek,theaveragepriceinrupeesperweekis:

(a) 10
(b) 12
(c) 12.33
(d) 15
38.
Thefirstthreemomentsofthedistributionaboutthevalue2are0.5,15and62respectively.The
valuesoffirstthreemomentsaboutthemeanarerespectively:

(a) 0,14.75,39.75
(b) 2.5,21,180
(c) 0,14.75,49.75
(d) 2.5,21,166
39.
Foranormaldistribution,theratioofStandarddeviation:Meandeviation:Quartiledeviationis:

(a) 10:12:15
(b) 12:15:10
(c) 15:12:10
(d) 12:10:15

40.
ThedataonSTDcodesofcitiescanbemeasuredin:

(a) Ratioscale
(b) Intervalscale
(c) Ordinalscale
(d) Nominalscale
41.
Themedianofasetof75observationswascalculatedas29.Itwaslaterdiscoveredthatone
observationwaswronglyreadas43insteadofcorrectvalue53.Thecorrectvalueofthemedianis:
(a) 29
(b) 39
(c) 43
(d) 53

42.
Fromapopulationof6individualsonehastodrawasimplerandomsampleofsize2without
replacement.Whatisthenumberofpossiblesamplesthatcanbedrawn?

(a) 36
(b) 12
(c) 15
(d) 4
43.
Considerthefollowingstatementsregardingarithmeticmeanandmedianofapositivelyskewed
distribution:

1. Ifthemeanis45,thenthemediancannotbe50.
2. Themeanabsolutedeviationistheleastwhencomputedfromthemean.
3. Ifthelargestvalueinthedistributionisincreasedby5,thenthemedianalsoincreasesby5.

Whichoftheabovestatementsis/arecorrect?

(a) 1only
(b) 1and2
(c) 2only
(d) 3only
44.
Twoindependentgroupsof6childrenweretestedtofindouthowmanywordstheycouldrepeat
frommemoryafterhearing10words.Theresultswereasfollows:

Group Numberofwordsrepeatedfrommemory
A 8 6 5 7 6 8
B 10 6 7 8 6 9
Themostappropriatetestthatshouldbeappliedtotestwhetherthereisanysignificantdifference
betweentheaverageperformanceofthetwogroupsAandBis:

(a) Ztest
(b) Twosamplettest
(c) Pairedttest
(d) Chisquaretest
45.
Toapply 2 testforgoodnessoffit,theobservedandtheexpectedfrequenciesaretabulatedas
below:

Observed 275 72 30 7 5 2 1
frequency
Expected 242 116 28 4 1 1 0
frequency
Thedegreesoffreedomforapplyingthe 2 testis:
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5
46.
Foranoptimumallocationinstratifiedsampling,considerthefollowingstatements:

1. Inastratum,alargersampleisselectedifthestratumislarger.
2. Asmallersampleisselectedfromastratumifthestratumislessvariableinternally.

Whichofabovestatementsis/arecorrect?

(a) 1only
(b) 2only
(c) Both1and2
(d) Neither1nor2
47.
Thestandarddeviationofthewaitingtimeofthe25personswaitinginanATMqueuewasfoundto
be4hours.Thestandarderroroftheestimatorofthepopulationmeanforasimplerandomsample
withreplacementofsize25personswillbe:

(a) 48minutes
(b) 60minutes
(c) 9.6minutes
(d) 40minutes
48.
For2000patients,asimplerandomsampleof400patientswasselected.Outoftheseselected
patients,80patientsrespondedtoaparticulardrug.Thestandarderroroftheproportionofthe
respondedpatientswillbe:

(a) 0.16
(b) 0.02
(c) 0.50
(d) 0.40
49.
ForestimatingthepopulationproportionPinaclassofapopulationhaving500units,thevariance
oftheestimatorpofPbasedonsamplesize50is:

(a) 10PQ/499
(b) PQ/499
(c) 9PQ/499
(d) 499PQ/22500
50.
Fromapopulationofsize5,thetotalnumberofpossiblesampleofsize3usingSimpleRandom
SampleWithReplacementis:

(a) 15
(b) 60
(c) 279
(d) 125

51.
Thestandarddeviationofthemarksobtainedinmathematicsby109studentsisfoundtobe12.The
standarderroroftheestimatorofthepopulationmeanforarandomsampleofsize9usingSRSWOR
is:
(a) 3.58
(b) 3.45
(c) 3.85
(d) 4.00
52.
Forstratifiedrandomsampling,considerthefollowingstatements:

1. Unitswithineachstrataareasheterogeneousaspossible
2. Thestratameanareashomogeneousaspossible

Whichoftheabovestatementsis/arecorrect?

(a) 1only
(b) 2only
(c) Both1and2
(d) Neither1nor2
53.
Thetheoryofsamplingisbasedonwhichofthefollowingimportantprinciples?

1. Statisticalregularity
2. Validity
3. Optimization

Selectthecorrectanswerusingthecodegivenbelow:

(a) 1and2only
(b) 2and3only
(c) 1and3only
(d) 1,2and3

54.
Considerthefollowingsamplingprocedures:

1. PPS
2. SRSWR
3. SRSWOR

Inwhichoftheabovesamplingprocedureseachmemberofthepopulationgetsadefinite
probabilityofbeingincludedinthesample?

(a) 1and2only
(b) 2and3only
(c) 1and3only
(d) 1,2and3

55.
Apopulationofsize800isdividedinto3strata.Followinginformationisobtained:

Number StrataI StrataII StrataIII

Size 200 300 300
Populationrootmeansquare 6 8 12

Astratifiedrandomsampleofsize120istobedrawnfromthepopulation.Thesizesofthesamples
fromthethreestrataunderproportionalallocationschemearerespectively:

(a) 30,40,50
(b) 30,45,45
(c) 20,40,60
(d) 50,40,30
56.
Apopulationofsize800isdividedinto3strata.Followinginformationisobtained:

Number StrataI StrataII StrataIII

Size 200 300 300
Populationrootmeansquare 6 8 12

Astratifiedrandomsampleofsize120istobedrawnfromthepopulation.Thesizesofthesamples
fromthethreestrataunderNeymansoptimumallocationschemearerespectively:

(a) 30,45,45
(b) 20,40,60
(c) 20,50,50
(d) 20,45,55
57.
Efficiencyofthesamplesurveytechniqueismeasuredbytheinverseofthe:

(a) Populationvariance
(b) Samplevariance
(c) Samplingvarianceoftheestimator
(d) Samplemean

58.
Everyunitofthepopulationisenumeratedin:

1. Samplesurvey
2. Census
3. Designofexperiment

Whichoftheaboveis/arecorrect?

(a) 1only
(b) 2only
(c) 1and2only
(d) 1,2and3

59.
Thefollowinginformationisobtainedforapopulationofsize100dividedintotwostrataanda
stratifiedrandomsampleofsize30wasselected.
Number I II
Populationsize 40 60
Samplesize(equal) 15 15
Samplesize(proportion) 12 18
Stratapopulationvariances 4200 250
Forthisdata,considerthefollowingstatements:

1. Thevarianceunderequalallocationismorethanthatofproportionalallocation
2. Stratifiedsamplingwithequalallocationismoreprecisethanthatofproportionalallocation

Whichofthestatementsis/arecorrect?

(a) 1only
(b) 2only
(c) Both1and2
(d) Neither1nor2
60.
Apopulationofsize5000isdividedintothreestrataintheratio2:5:3withstandarderrors5,8
and20respectively.Asampleof150unitsistobeselectedfromthepopulation.MatchListI(Sample
unitsfromstrata1,2and3respectively)withListII(methodsofallocation)andselectthecorrect
answerusingthecodegivenbelowthelists:

ListI ListII

A. 50,50and50 1. Optimum
B. 75,30and45 2. Equal
C. 30,75and45 3. Proportional

Code:

(a) A/2,B/3,C/1
(b) A/1,B/2,C/3
(c) A/2,B/1,C/3
(d) A/1,B/3,C/2
61.
Whichfertilityrateindicateshowmanyfuturemotherswouldbeborntopresentmothersaccording
tothecurrentleveloffertilityandmortality?

(a) TotalFertilityRate
(b) GeneralFertilityRate
(c) GrossReproductionRate
(d) NetReproductionRate
62.
Thedifferenceinthemortalityexperiencesoftwocommunitiescanbedonebycomparingthe
valuesof:
(a) CrudeDeathRate
(b) AgeSpecificDeathRate
(c) StandardizedDeathRate
(d) InfantMortalityRate
63.
Inthetimeperiod19811990,CrudeBirthRateis40.9andVitalIndexis186.Whatisthe
approximatevalueofCrudeDeathRate?
(a) 18
(b) 20
(c) 22
(d) 24
64.
Whichoneofthefollowingisdependentontheunitofmeasurement?
(a) CrudeBirthRate
(b) Correlationcoefficient
(c) TotalFertilityRate
(d) StandardDeviation
65.
ThestandardiseddeathrateofRegionAwasfoundtobe6.6.Itimpliesthatontheaverage66
deathsoccurper:
(a) 100personsofA
(b) 1000personsofA
(c) 10000personsofA
(d) 100000personsofA
66.
In1993,thesexratioatbirthwas105malesto100femalesinIndia.TotalFertilityRatewas3.54.
ThevalueofGrossReproductionRateisapproximately:

(a) 1.73
(b) 1.81
(c) 3.37
(d) 3.85
67.
TheMortalityRateinvolvingstillbirthsandinfantdeathswithinfirstweekis:

(a) InfantMortalityRate
(b) NeonatalMortalityRate
(c) PostNeonatalMortalityRate
(d) PerinatalMortalityRate

68.
Thenumberoflivebirthsper1000marriedfemaleinthereproductiveagegroup(1549years)gives:

(a) GeneralFertilityRate
(b) TotalFertilityRate
(c) AgeSpecificMaritalFertilityRate
(d) GeneralMaritalFertilityRate
69.
AdoptionofPLCNinCensusofIndia2001means:

(a) PopulationLocationCodeNumber
(b) PrimaryLocationCodeNumber
(c) PermanentLocationCodenumber
(d) ProvisionalLocationCodeNumber
70.
Inalifetable, p80 =0.9.ThevalueofAgeSpecificDeathRateatage80is:

(a) 0.102
(b) 0.103
(c) 0.104
(d) 0.105
71.
ThesampledesignadoptedforSampleRegistrationSystem(SRS)inIndiais:

(a) Simplerandomsamplewithoutreplacement
(b) Simplerandomsamplewithreplacement
(c) Unistagestratifiedrandomsamplewithoutreplacement
(d) Unistagestratifiedrandomsamplewithreplacement
72.
ThedifferencebetweenlanguageandmothertongueinCensusanalysisismadeonthebasisof
whichofthefollowing?

1. Phonologicallevel
2. Morphologicallevel
3. Syntacticlevel

Selectthecorrectanswerusingthecodegivenbelow:

(a) 1and2only
(b) 2and3only
(c) 1and3only
(d) 1,2and3
73.
In2001CensusofIndiaCensusMomentwas00.00hoursof:

(a) FirstJanuary2001
(b) FirstFebruary2001
(c) FirstMarch2001
(d) FirstApril2001

74.
WhichmethodisadoptedforCensusinIndia?

(a) Canvassermethodonly
(b) Householdermethodonly
(c) BothCanvasserandHouseholdermethods
(d) NeitherCanvassernorHouseholdermethods
75.
In2001Census,thetechnology/techniquethatisusedtoconverttheinformationrecordedin
Censusscheduletodigitalformis:

(a) IEE
(b) ICR
(c) ISR
(d) ICE
76.
Inalifetable, l 61 =39618and l 62 =37786.TheAgeSpecificDeathRateatage61is:

(a) 0.043
(b) 0.045
(c) 0.047
(d) 0.049
77.
Datacollectedincensusisanalysedforthestudyofwhichofthefollowing?

1. Trendsinfertilityandchildmortalityatdistrictlevel
2. Appraisalofagedata
3. Estimationofmeanandmedianageatmarriage

Selectthecorrectanswerusingthecodegivenbelow:

(a) 1and2only
(b) 2and3only
(c) 1and3only
(d) 1,2and3
78.
ComponentsofInfantMortalityare:

(a) NeonatalmortalityandPostneonatalmortality
(b) EarlyneonatalandPerinatalmortality
(c) LateneonatalandPerinatalmortality
(d) NeonatalmortalityandPerinatalmortality
79.
WhichsurveyinIndiafollowsDualRecordSystem?

(a) NSSOsurvey
(b) NFHSsurvey
(c) DLHSsurvey
(d) SRSinORGIsurvey

80.
WhatistheimplicationonthesamplesizeinasurveyifPercentageRelativeStandardErroris
decreasing?
(a) Samplesizeisdecreasing
(b) Samplesizeisincreasing
(c) Samplesizeremainsconstant
(d) Cannotbedetermined
81.
Considerthefollowingstatements:

1. Before1941CensusofIndia,thesystemofenumerationwasdejure.
2. From1941CensusofIndia,thedefactosystemofenumerationwasadopted

Whichoftheabovestatementsis/arecorrect?

(a) 1only
(b) 2only
(c) Both1and2
(d) Neither1nor2
82.
IndianCensusisbasedon:

(a) defactomethodofenumeration
(b) dejuremethodofenumeration
(c) Bothdefactoanddejuremethodsofenumeration
(d) Extendeddefactomethod
83.
Inalifetable,thenumberofpersonslivingatage63is39000andAgeSpecificDeathRateatage63
is0.05,thenthenumberofpersonslivingatage64isapproximately:
(a) 37098
(b) 37198
(c) 37298
(d) 37398
84.
InwhichCensusofIndia,thesamplingwasadoptedforthefirsttimeattheenumerationstage?
(a) 1971
(b) 1981
(c) 1991
(d) 2001
85.
Considerthefollowing:
Inpopulationstudies,apopulationdistributionissaidtobeskewedif:
1. Mean,Medianandmodefallatdifferentpoints
2. Quartilesarenotequidistantfrommedian
3. Thecurvedrawnwiththehelpofgivendataisnotsymmetricalbutstretchedmoreto
onesidethantotheother
Whichoftheabovearecorrect?
(a) 1and2only
(b) 2and3only
(c) 1and3only
(d) 1,2and3
86.
InIndianCensus,migrationdataarecollectedbased:

(a) Ontheplaceofbirth
(b) Ontheplaceoflastresidence
(c) Onboththeplaceofbirthandtheplaceoflastresidence
(d) Neitherontheplaceofbirthnorontheplaceoflastresidence
87.
WhichoneofthefollowingisNOTtrueforGrossReproductionRate(GRR)?

(a) ItisamodifiedformofTotalFertilityRate(TFR)
(b) Itexhibitstherateatwhichmotherswouldbereplacedbydaughters
(c) GRRistheTFRmultipliedbytheratioofnumberoffemalebirthstonumberofmale
births
(d) GRRisalwaysgreaterthanorequaltoNetReproductionRate(NRR)
88.
ConsiderthefollowingstatementsregardingNetReproductionRate(NRR):

1. NRRshouldnotbeusedforforecastingfuturepopulationchanges
2. NRRtakesintoaccountthefactorofmigration
3. NRRisanexcellentgaugeformeasuringthebalanceofbirthsanddeaths

Whichoftheabovestatementsarecorrect?

(a) 1and2only
(b) 2and3only
(c) 1and3only
(d) 1,2and3
89.
If N1 isthenumberofinfantdeathsof7daystostrictlylessthan29daysinayearand N 2 isthe
N1
numberoflivebirthsinayear,then Y 1000 gives:
N2
(a) EarlyNeonatalmortalityrate
(b) LateNeonatalmortalityrate
(c) PostNeonatalmortalityrate
(d) Noneofthese
90.
Considerthefollowingstatements:

1. Stablepopulationisalwaysstationarypopulation
2. Inastablepopulation,themortalityandfertilityratesareconstantateachstage
3. Astationarypopulationisofconstantsizeovertime

Whichoftheabovestatementsarecorrect?

(a) 1and2only
(b) 2and3only
(c) 1and3only
(d) 1,2and3

91.
ConsiderthefollowingstatementsinrespectofCensusanalysis:

1. Hindiisalanguageandcanalsobetreatedasamothertongue.
2. Bhojpuriisalanguageandcanalsobetreatedasamothertongue.

Whichoftheabovestatementsis/arecorrect?

(a) 1only
(b) 2only
(c) Both1and2
(d) Neither1nor2
92.
N1
ConsiderthefollowingstatementsinrespectofEarlyNeonatalMortalityRate= 1000 :
N2

1. N1 representsthenumberofinfantdeathsofstrictlylessthan29daysduringtheyear
2. N 2 representsthenumberoflivebirthsduringtheyear
Whichoftheaboveis/arecorrect?

(a) 1only
(b) 2only
(c) Both1and2
(d) Neither1nor2

93.
Considerthefollowingdata:
Agegroupofchildbearing Numberoffemales Numberofbirths
females
1524 32000 2400
2534 31000 3100
3544 30000 1200
Assumingthatproportionoffemalebirthsis45%,thevalueofGrossReproductionRate(GRR)is
approximately:

(a) 0.77
(b) 0.87
(c) 0.97
(d) 1.67

94.
Toexplainapopulationdistribution,oneshouldreferto:
1. Measuresofcentraltendency
2. Measuresofdispersion
3. Measuresofskewnessandkurtosis
Whichoftheabovearecorrect?
(a) 1and2only
(b) 2and3only
(c) 1and3only
(d) 1,2and3
95.
InhowmanylanguagesarePopulationCensusSchedulecanvassedinIndia?
(a) 22languages
(b) 16languages
(c) 14languages
(d) 12languages
96.
ExofficioCensusCommissioneris:
(a) Secretary,MinistryofHomeAffairs,GovernmentofIndia
(b) DirectorofNationalStatisticalCommission
(c) RegistrarGeneralofIndia
(d) ChairmanoftheIndianEconomicSociety
97.
Considerthefollowingdata:
Agegroupofchildbearingfemales 1519 2034 3549
Numberoffemales 16000 48000 35000
Numberofbirths 240 5472 1330
ThevalueofGeneralFertilityRateisapproximately:
(a) 69perthousand
(b) 71perthousand
(c) 73perthousand
(d) 75perthousand
98.
Considerthefollowingdata:
Agegroupofchildbearingfemales 1519 2034 3549
Numberoffemales 16000 48000 35000
Numberofbirths 240 5472 1330
ThevalueofAgeSpecificFertilityRatefortheagegroup2034is:
(a) 112
(b) 114
(c) 116
(d) 118
99.
ItisgiveninLifeTablethatthecompleteexpectationoflifeatages30and31foragroupare21.4
and20.9respectively.Thenumberofpersonslivingattheageof30is40,000.Thenthenumberof
personswhoattainedtheage31isapproximately:
(a) 33000
(b) 35000
(c) 37000
(d) 39000
100.

Itisgiveninlifetablethatthecompleteexpectationoflifeatages30and31foragroupare21.4
and20.9respectively.Thenumberofpersonslivingattheageof30is40,000.Thenthenumberof
personswhowilldiewithoutattainingtheage31isapproximately:

(a) 7000
(b) 1000
(c) 3000
(d)5000

101.
Asoftwareusedtoaccesstheinternetandwwwisknownas:

(a) WebBrowser
(b) WebPage
(c) WebServer
(d) Protocol
102.
Thenumbersystemgenerallyusedbythecomputersystemis:

(a) Decimalnumbersystem
(b) Octalnumbersystem
(c) Hexadecimalnumbersystem
(d) Binarynumbersystem
103.
Easycommunicationwitheachotherwithintheorganisationispossiblein:

(a) Internet
(b) Intranet
(c) Onlinechat
(d) Usenet
104.
Whichofthefollowingisusedasunitforprinterspeed?

(a) dpi
(b) cpi
(c) ppm
(d) lpi
105.
Whichofthefollowingaremagneticdisks?

1. Harddisk
2. Compactdisk
3. Digitalvideodisc

Selectthecorrectanswerusingthecodegivenbelow:
(a) 1only
(b) 2and3only
(c) 1and3only
(d) 1,2and3
106.
Considerthefollowingstatements:

1. Acomputerlanguageishighlevelifitisclosertohumanlanguagethanmachinelanguage
2. Acompilercandetectsyntaxerrorsbutnotlogicalerrors

Whichoftheabovestatementsis/arecorrect?
(a) 1only
(b) 2only
(c) Both1and2
(d) Neither1nor2
107.
Anonvolatilememorythatisusedtostoredatapermanentlyiscalled:

(a) Primarymemory
(b) RAM
(c) ROM
(d) StaticRAM
108.
Howmanybits(ignoringleading0s)doesadecimalnumber35haveinbinarysystem?

(a) 5
(b) 6
(c) 7
(d) 4
109.
Awebsitesmainpageiscalledits:

(a) Homepage
(b) Browserpage
(c) Searchplace
(d) Bookmark
110.
Ifacomputeronthenetworksharesresourcesforotherstouse,itiscalled:
(a) Server
(b) Client
(c) Peer
(d) Mainframe
111.
Whichoneofthefollowingisusedtobrowseandsearchforinformationontheinternet?

(a) Outlook
(b) Opera
(c) FTP
(d) TCP/IP
112.
Anemailaccountincludesastoragearea,oftencalleda(an):

(a) Attachment
(b) Hyperlink
(c) Mailbox
(d) IPaddress

113.
Considerthefollowingstatements:

1. RJ45isusedforLANconnection.
2. AbrowsercanreadbothHTMLandPDFbydefault.
3. Aninternalharddiskrunsat8000RPMorfaster.
4. 4X,8X,6Xarewritingspeedsforopticalmedia

Whichoftheabovearecorrect?

(a) 1and2
(b) 2and3
(c) 3and4
(d) 1and4
114.
TheLinuxoperatingsystemisfastgaininginpopularity.Whichofthefollowingarethemost
importantreasons?

1. Itiseasiertowriteapplications.
2. Itisuserfriendly.
3. Itcanbeadaptedtoawideclassofprocessors.
4. Itismoresecureagainstviruses.

Selectthecorrectanswerusingthecodegivenbelow:

(a) 3and4
(b) 1and3
(c) 1and4
(d) 1and2
115.
Whichofthefollowingstatementsis/arecorrect?

1. ==isarelationaloperator.
2. The%operatorappliesonlytointegers.

Selectthecorrectanswerusingthecodegivenbelow:

(a) 1only
(b) 2only
(c) Both1and2
(d) Neither1nor2

116.
Whichofthefollowingstatementsarecorrect?

1. EthernetcardisusedforLANconnection.
2. SubnetmaskcontrolstherangeofIPaddressesinanetwork.
3. ADSLmodemisusedforbroadband.
4. DVDisanexampleofopticalmedia.

Selectthecorrectanswerusingthecodegivenbelow:

(a) 1,2and3only
(b) 2,3and4only
(c) 1and3only
(d) Noneofthese
117.
Asequentialfilecanbeopenedin:

(a) Readmodeonly
(b) Readandappendmodesonly
(c) Writeandappendmodesonly
(d) Read,writeandappendmodes
118.
Adevicedriveractsasaninterfacebetween:
(a) EnduserandI/Odevice
(b) ApplicationsoftwareandI/Odevice
(c) ApplicationsoftwareandOperatingsystem
(d) OperatingsystemandI/Odevice
119.
Whichvirusspreadsinapplicationsoftware?
(a) Bootvirus
(b) Macrovirus
(c) Filevirus
(d) Antivirus
120.
Whichofthefollowingisusedtomovethecursoronthescreen?
(a) Arrowkeys
(b) Enter
(c) Shift
(d) Control