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EXAMDATE:2December2016 EXAMSTARTTIME:10:00:00
EXAMNAME:SSCExamination2016 EXAMDURATION:02:00Hrs
TOTALMARKS:200 TOTALNOOFQUESTIONS:100

QID:401Fordeterminationofmodeandmediangraphically,oneconsiders:


:
Options:
1) BardiagramandOgive

2) BardiagramandLinediagram

3) HistogramandLinediagram

4) HistogramandOgive

CorrectAnswer:HistogramandOgive

CandidateAnswer:BardiagramandOgive

QID:402

Options:
1) 1

2) 2

3) 3

4) 1/3

CorrectAnswer:3

CandidateAnswer:3

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QID:403Intheconstructionofcostoflivingindex,commoditiesareselectedby:


:
Options:
1)simplerandomsampling

2)stratifiedrandomsampling

3)systematicsampling

4)judgement/purposivesampling.
/

CorrectAnswer:judgement/purposivesampling.
/

CandidateAnswer:judgement/purposivesampling.
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QID:404Ifxandyareuncorrelatedvariablesthenthisimplies:

xy
Options:
1)theabsenceofanylinearrelationshipbetweenthem

2)theabsenceofanyquadraticrelationshipbetweenthem

3)theabsenceofanylogarithmicrelationshipbetweenthem

4)theabsenceofanytrigonometricrelationshipbetweenthem

CorrectAnswer:theabsenceofanylinearrelationshipbetweenthem

CandidateAnswer:theabsenceofanylinearrelationshipbetweenthem


QID:405InsimplerandomsamplingofnunitsfromapopulationofNunitsthequantity[1(n/N)]iscalledthe

Nn ,[1(n/N)] ?
Options:
1)samplingfraction

2)expansionfactor

3)finitepopulationcorrectionfactor

4)degreesoffreedom

CorrectAnswer:finitepopulationcorrectionfactor

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QID:406Thecoefficientofrangeoftheweightsof10studentsfromthefollowingdata:
41,20,15,65,73,84,53,35,71,55is

10?
41,20,15,65,73,84,53,35,71,55
Options:
1)1.433

2)0.696

3)0.675

4)1

CorrectAnswer:0.696

CandidateAnswer:0.696


QID:407ConsidersimplerandomsamplingwithreplacementfromapopulationofsizeN.Thenumberofsamplesofsizenis

N n :
Options:
1)NPn

2)NCn

3)Nn

4)Noneoftheoptions

CorrectAnswer:Nn

CandidateAnswer:Nn


QID:408

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1)141.32

2)132.78

3)153.9

4)104.24

CorrectAnswer:104.24

CandidateAnswer:[NOTANSWERED]

QID:409Ifapopulationconsistsof10unitsandSRSWORisadopted,theprobabilityofselectingaspecifiedsampleof2unitsis:

10 SRSWOR 2 :
Options:
1)1/10


2)1/45


3)1/90


4)1/100


CorrectAnswer:1/45


CandidateAnswer:1/45



QID:410IndrawingasampleofsizenunderSRSWRfromapopulationofsizeN,theprobabilitythataspecifiedmemberisincludedinthechosensampleis

NSRSWRn
Options:
1)

2)

3)

4)

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QID:411SupposeapersonwouldearnRs.10,000inbaseperiod.Supposethecostoflivingindexincreasesby20%overbaseperiod.Thentheemployersofthat
personincreasehissalarybyRs.1500.WhichofthefollowingoptionisTRUE?

10,000 20% 1500


?
Options:
1)Heisjustabletomaintainthesamestandardoflivingasinbaseperiod.


2)HeshouldclaimRs500/asDearnessAllowance.
500

3)Hecanimprovehisstandardoflivingascomparedtobaseperiod.


4)HeshouldclaimRs2,000asDearnessAllowance.
2,000

CorrectAnswer:HeshouldclaimRs500/asDearnessAllowance.
500

CandidateAnswer:HeshouldclaimRs500/asDearnessAllowance.
500


QID:412ThecorrelationcoefficientbetweentwovariablesXandYis0.4.Thecorrelationcoefficientbetween2Xand(Y)willbe:

XY0.4 2X(Y):
Options:
1)0.4

2)0.8

3)0.4

4)0.8

CorrectAnswer:0.4

CandidateAnswer:0.4


QID:413TraceouttheWRONGoptionfromthefollowing:(CLI=Costoflivingindexnumbers)

: (CLI)

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1)Ifgroupindicesincreasektimes,soalsoCLIdoes.
K

2)CLIremainsunchangedifallthegroupindicesincreasebyaconstantamount.

3)CLIhelpsdeterminingPurchasingPowerofMoney.

4)DearnessAllowanceisfixedbyconsideringCLI.

CorrectAnswer:CLIremainsunchangedifallthegroupindicesincreasebyaconstantamount.

CandidateAnswer:CLIremainsunchangedifallthegroupindicesincreasebyaconstantamount.


QID:414

Options:
1)15,25,20respectively
15,25,20:

2)12,27,21respectively
12,27,21:

3)10,30,20respectively
10,30,20:

4)5,45,10respectively
5,45,10:

CorrectAnswer:15,25,20respectively
15,25,20:

CandidateAnswer:15,25,20respectively
15,25,20:


QID:415Relationshipbetweenrealwageandmoneywageisgivenby

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1)Moneywage=Realwage
=

2)


3)


4)


CorrectAnswer:


CandidateAnswer:



QID:416Whenthecollecteddataisgroupedwithreferencetotime,wehave

?
Options:
1)Quantitativeclassification

2)Qualitativeclassification

3)Geographicalclassification

4)Chronologicalclassifications

CorrectAnswer:Chronologicalclassifications

CandidateAnswer:Chronologicalclassifications

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QID:417InSRSWORofsizenfromapopulationwithNunitsifpistheproportionofsampledunitshavingagivenattribute,thenunbiasedestimateofV(p)is

NnSWSWORp ,V(p):
Options:
1)


2)


3)


4)


CorrectAnswer:


CandidateAnswer:



QID:418

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1)Rs64crores
64

2)Rs.67crores
67

3)Rs.70crores
70

4)Rs.58crores
58

CorrectAnswer:Rs64crores
64

CandidateAnswer:[NOTANSWERED]

QID:419Whichtypeofsamplingisonewhereonlythefirstsampleunitisselectedatrandomandtheremainingunitsareautomaticallyselectedinadefinite
sequenceatequalspacingfromoneanother.Itis:

: ?
Options:
1)Multistagesampling

2)Quotasampling

3)Systematicsampling

4)Areasampling

CorrectAnswer:Systematicsampling

CandidateAnswer:Systematicsampling


QID:420

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1)

2)

3)

4)

CorrectAnswer:

CandidateAnswer:


QID:421ArandomsampleofsizenisdrawnfromapopulationofsizeNbySRSWORmethod.Thenthestandarderrorofsamplemeanwillbezeroifnis

SRSWORNn n?
Options:
1)N1

2)N

3)tendingtoinfinity


4)noneoftheoptions


CorrectAnswer:N

CandidateAnswer:tendingtoinfinity



QID:422ThecoefficientofcorrelationbetweentwovariablesXandYis0.48.Thecovarianceis36.ThevarianceofXis16.ThestandarddeviationofYis:

XY0.48 36 X16 Y :
Options:
1)10.15

2)13.32

3)16.5

4)18.75

CorrectAnswer:18.75

CandidateAnswer:18.75

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QID:423If4,5,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,7bearandomsamplefromaPoissonpopulationwithparameter,thenanunbiasedestimateofis:

4,5,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,7 , :
Options:
1)4.2


2)5


3)5.8


4)6


CorrectAnswer:5.8


CandidateAnswer:5.8



QID:424Thereare35studentsinahostel.Ifthenumberofstudentsincreasesby7,theexpensesofthehostelincreasesbyRs.42perdaywhiletheaverage
expenditureperheaddiminishesbyRe.1.Theoriginalexpenditureofthehostelis:

35 7 42 1
?
Options:
1)Rs.380

2)Rs.420

3)Rs.490

4)Rs.510

CorrectAnswer:Rs.420

CandidateAnswer:Rs.420


QID:425

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1)(19.80,20.20)

2)(18.90,21.40)

3)(18.60,21.80)

4)(18.40,21.60)

CorrectAnswer:(19.80,20.20)

CandidateAnswer:[NOTANSWERED]

QID:426

Options:
1)y=1+2.4(x1)

2)y=2+0.27(x1)

3)y=2+2.4(x1)

4)y=1+0.27(x2)

CorrectAnswer:y=2+2.4(x1)

CandidateAnswer:y=2+2.4(x1)


QID:427

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1)

2)

3)

4)

CorrectAnswer:

CandidateAnswer:[NOTANSWERED]

QID:428Whichofthefollowingisamethodofcollectionofprimarydata?

?
Options:
1)Directpersonalinterview

2)Indirectpersonalinterview

3)Schedulesthroughenumerators

4)Alloftheoptions

CorrectAnswer:Alloftheoptions

CandidateAnswer:Alloftheoptions


QID:429

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1)9

2)9

3)4/3

4)4/3

CorrectAnswer:9

CandidateAnswer:4/3


QID:430IftheregressionlineofYonXisY=300.9XandthestandarddeviationsareSx=2andSy=9,thenthevalueofthecorrelationcoefficientrxyis:

XY Y=300.9X Sx=2Sy=9 rxy?


Options:
1)0.3

2)0.2

3)0.2

4)0.3

CorrectAnswer:0.2

CandidateAnswer:0.2


QID:431Acoinistossedrepeatedlyuntilaheadappears.If'p'betheprobabilityofgettingaheadinanytossandxbethenumberoftossesrequiredtogetthe
firstheadthenwhichofthefollowingstatementistrue:

'' '' 'p' ''


,x :
Options:
1)xisanunbiasedestimatorofp
x,p

2)1/xisanunbiasedestimatorof1/p
1/x,1/p

3)xisanunbiasedestimatorof1/p
x,1/p

4)1/xisanunbiasedestimatorofp
1/x,p

CorrectAnswer:xisanunbiasedestimatorof1/p
x,1/p

CandidateAnswer:xisanunbiasedestimatorof1/p
x,1/p

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Options:
1)<1

2)>1

3)1

4)1

CorrectAnswer:>1

CandidateAnswer:<1


QID:433

Options:
1)ObservedT>t,n1
T>t,n1

2)ObservedT>2,n1
T>2,n1

3)ObservedT>2
T>2

4)ObservedT>F1,n1
T>F1,n1

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T>F1,n1

CandidateAnswer:[NOTANSWERED]

QID:434Foratrivariatedistribution,ifthecorrelationcoefficientsarer12=r13=r23=r,1<r<1,thenr12.3is:

,r12=r13=r23=r,1<r<1 r12.3:
Options:
1)(1r)/r

2)(1+r)/r

3)r/(1+r)

4)r/(1r)

CorrectAnswer:r/(1+r)

CandidateAnswer:(1r)/r


QID:435Anobservationisdrawnfromanexperimentaldistributionwithmean,iftheobservationisfoundtobe2,andwetestH0:>1againstH1:>1with
levele3then

, 2H1:>1H0:>1 e3 ,
Options:
1)H0willberejected
H0

2)H0willbeaccepted
H0

3)testwillbeofpower0.5
0.5

4)testwillbeofpower0.9
0.9

CorrectAnswer:H0willbeaccepted
H0

CandidateAnswer:[NOTANSWERED]

QID:436Theaverageof25numbersis36.Iftheaverageoffirst13numbersis32andthatofthelast13numbersis39,thenthe13thnumberis

2536 1332 1339,13 ?

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1)27

2)33

3)23

4)21

CorrectAnswer:23

CandidateAnswer:23


QID:437Inananalysisofvarianceprobleminvolving3treatmentsand10observationspertreatment,SSE=399.6TheMSEfortheanalysiswouldbe:

, 10 3,SSE=399.6 MSE
Options:
1)14.8


2)133.2


3)44.4


4)39.9


CorrectAnswer:14.8


CandidateAnswer:[NOTANSWERED]

QID:438

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1)1

2)0.5

3)0.5

4)1

CorrectAnswer:1

CandidateAnswer:1


QID:439InanANOVAproblemforonewayclassifieddata,withthreeclassesandthreeobservationsperclass,iftheFvalueis1.5andthetotalsumofsquares
is18,thenthemeansquarebetweenclassesis:

(ANOVA) , ,F1.5 18
:
Options:
1)2

2)3

3)4

4)5

CorrectAnswer:3

CandidateAnswer:[NOTANSWERED]

QID:440

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1)Aisthemostconsistent
A

2)Cisthemostconsistent
C

3)BismoreconsistentthanA
B,A

4)Both(B)and(C)
(B)(C)

CorrectAnswer:Aisthemostconsistent
A

CandidateAnswer:Aisthemostconsistent
A


QID:441Intheanalysisoftwowayclassifieddataifpandqarethenumberoflevelsofthetwofactorsthenanunbiasedestimatorfortheerrorvarianceis
givenby

pq ?
Options:
1)

2)

3)

4)

CorrectAnswer:

CandidateAnswer:


QID:442Ifadatasetcontainsnpairedvaluesontwovariablesx(independent)andy(dependent),thentheirplotiscalled:

x( )y()n ?

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1)Dendogram

2)Pointdiagram

3)Scatterdiagram

4)Correlogram

CorrectAnswer:Scatterdiagram

CandidateAnswer:Scatterdiagram


QID:443AnANOVAprocedureisusedfordataobtainedfromfivepopulations.Fivesamplesweretakenfromthe5populationseachcomprisingof20
observations.ThedegreeoffreedomassociatedwithFis:

ANOVA F :
Options:
1)5,95

2)5,99

3)4,99

4)4,95

CorrectAnswer:4,95

CandidateAnswer:4,99


QID:444Thedatatakenfromthepublication"sankhya"willbeconsideredas:

'' ?
Options:
1)primarydata

2)secondarydata

3)Either(A)or(B)
(A)(B)

4)Noneoftheoptions

CorrectAnswer:secondarydata

CandidateAnswer:secondarydata


QID:445SupposerxyisthecorrelationcoefficientbetweentwovariablesXandY

wheres.d.(X)=s.d.(Y).IfistheanglebetweenthetworegressionlinesofYonXandXonYthen:

XYrxy , s.d.(x)

=s.d.(Y)XYYX ,
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2)


3)


4)


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QID:446WhichofthesestatementsonvariationisINCORRECT?

?
Options:
1)Chancecausesvariationsarepreventable.

2)Chancecausesarebeyondthecontrolofhumanhand.

3)Assignablecausesofvariationarepreventable.

4)Assignablecausescanbedetectedandmeasured.

CorrectAnswer:Chancecausesvariationsarepreventable.

CandidateAnswer:Chancecausesvariationsarepreventable.


QID:447Intheonewayanalysisofvariancemodelwithkfactors,letMSEdenotethemeansumofsquaresduetoerror,MSTdenotethemeansumofsquares
duetofactors,MTSdenotethemeantotalsumofsquares.Fortestingandhomogeneityofthefactormeans,theteststatisticis

k ,MSE ,MST ,MTS


,, :
Options:
1)MSE/MST


2)MSE/MTS


3)MST/MTS


4)MST/MSE


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QID:448Supposetwodistributionshavethesamemean,samestandarddeviationandareequallyskewed,butthefirstdistributionismorepeakedthanthe
other.Thisfeatureofthefrequencydistributionsinwhichtheyaredifferentarecalled:

, ,
, ?
Options:
1)CentralTendency

2)Dispersion

3)Symmetry

4)Kurtosis

CorrectAnswer:Kurtosis

CandidateAnswer:Kurtosis


QID:449InANOVAfortestingtheequalityofgroupmeans,oneconducts

ANOVA , ?
Options:
1)standardnormaltest


2)chisquaretest


3)Ttest


4)Ftest


CorrectAnswer:Ftest


CandidateAnswer:Ftest



QID:450IfP(AB)=1/2,P(AcBc)=1/2and2P(A)=P(B)=p,thenthevalueofpis:

P(AB)=1/2,P(AcBc)=1/22P(A)=P(B)=pp?

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1)1/4

2)1/2

3)1/3

4)2/3

CorrectAnswer:2/3

CandidateAnswer:[NOTANSWERED]

QID:451Ratiototrendmethodforseasonalindicesprovidegoodresultsif:

,:
Options:
1)theperiodsaregivensixmonthly


2)theperiodsareofshortduration


3)theperiodsareoflongduration


4)Alloftheoptions


CorrectAnswer:theperiodsareofshortduration


CandidateAnswer:theperiodsareoflongduration



QID:452Inaclass,thereare25studentswhoseaverageagedecreasesby3monthswhenonestudentaged22yearsisreplacedbyanewstudent.Theageof
thenewstudentis:

,25 22 253 ?
Options:
1)16Yrs2months
16 2

2)20Yrs5months
20 5

3)15Yrs9months
15 9

4)18Yrs3months
18 3

CorrectAnswer:15Yrs9months
15 9

CandidateAnswer:15Yrs9months
15 9

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QID:453Basedonresultsof2wayANOVA,theSSEwascomputedtobe139.4.IfweignoreoneofthefactorsandperformonewayANOVAusingthesame
data,SSEwill:

ANOVASSE139.4
SSE ?
Options:
1)increase


2)decrease


3)remainsame


4)Either(A)or(B)
(A)(B)

CorrectAnswer:increase


CandidateAnswer:remainsame



QID:454Iftheannualtrendofproduction(Y)ofacertaincommodityinafactorywithorigin2,000andXunit=oneyearisY=148.8+7.2XThenthemonthly
trendequationis:

(Y)2,000X= Y=148.8+7.2X ?
Options:
1)Y=12.4+0.05X


2)Y=12.4+0.6X


3)Y=148.8+0.6X


4)Noneoftheoptions


CorrectAnswer:Y=12.4+0.05X


CandidateAnswer:Y=12.4+0.6X



QID:455IfA1,A2andA3arethreeindependenteventswithP(A1)=1/3,P(A2)=1/4

andP(A3)=2/5,thentheprobabilitythatexactlyoneoftheeventsoccursis:

A1,A2A3 P(A1)=1/3,P(A2)=1/4

P(A3)=2/5

?
Options:
1)3/20

2)1/10

3)9/20

4)3/10

CorrectAnswer:9/20

CandidateAnswer:3/10

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QID:456Ifthetrendlinewith2008asoriginisY=20.6+1.68X,thenthetrendlinewith2004asoriginis:

,2008Y=20.6+1.68X ,2004 ?
Options:
1)Y=34.61+1.68X

2)Y=20.6+6.72X

3)Y=13.88+1.68X

4)Noneoftheoptions

CorrectAnswer:Y=13.88+1.68X

CandidateAnswer:Y=13.88+1.68X


QID:457Momentsarestatisticalconstantsfromwhichwecanfindthedifferentfeaturesofadistribution.WhichoneofthefollowingisINCORRECT?

?
Options:
1)FirstCentralMomentisthemean.


2)SecondCentralmomentisthevariance.


3)SecondandCentralMomentsareneededtofindskewness.


4)Secondandfourthcentralmomentsareneededtofindthekurtosis.


CorrectAnswer:FirstCentralMomentisthemean.


CandidateAnswer:FirstCentralMomentisthemean.



QID:458Iftheequationofexponentialtrendwith2004asoriginisY=20(1.5)x,Thenequationoftheexponentialtrendwith2006asoriginis:

2004Y=20(1.5)x

2006?
Options:
1)Y=20(1.5)x


2)Y=45(1.5)x


3)Y=8.89(1.5)x


4)Y=20/(1.5)x


CorrectAnswer:Y=45(1.5)x


CandidateAnswer:Y=20/(1.5)x


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QID:459Aclosetcontains8pairsofshoes.If4shoesarechosenatrandom,thentheprobabilitythatallthefourshoesareofthesametype(leftorright)is:

8 4 , ()
Options:
1)1/13

2)2/13

3)3/13

4)4/13

CorrectAnswer:1/13

CandidateAnswer:[NOTANSWERED]

QID:460Demandforseatsinauniversityisatitshighestinthefalldemandalsotrendstogrowandfalloffin25yearwaves.Intimeserviceforecasting,the
formerdemandcharacteristicwouldbecalled_______andthelatterwouldbecalled___________.

,25 ,
______________
Options:
1)seasonalitycyclicality


2)cyclicalityseasonality


3)randomalityseasonality


4)seasonalityvariability


CorrectAnswer:seasonalitycyclicality


CandidateAnswer:seasonalitycyclicality



QID:461Filluptheblank:Theseculartrendisthepartoftimepointswheremoreorlessregularand_______isobservedshowingeitherthetendencyofgrowth
ordecline.

_______ ,
Options:
1)longtermmovement


2)shorttermmovement


3)oscillatorymovement


4)Noneoftheoptions


CorrectAnswer:longtermmovement


CandidateAnswer:longtermmovement


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Options:
1)34.34

2)35.42

3)37.86

4)36

CorrectAnswer:37.86

CandidateAnswer:[NOTANSWERED]

QID:463Inamultiplicativetimeseriesmodel,theseasonalindicescomputedbytheratiototrendmethod

?
Options:
1)arealternateinsign

2)addto0
0

3)addto1
1

4)multiplyto1
1

CorrectAnswer:multiplyto1
1

CandidateAnswer:addto1
1


QID:464Fortwoequallylikely,exhaustiveandindependenteventsAandB,P(AB)is:

, AB,P(AB)?

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1)0

2)1

3)0.5

4)0.25

CorrectAnswer:0.25

CandidateAnswer:0


QID:465Toremovequadratictrendfromanadditivetimeseries,differencing:

:
Options:
1)cannotbeused.

2)shouldbeusedonce.

3)shouldbeusedtwice.

4)shouldbeusedatleastthreetimes.

CorrectAnswer:shouldbeusedtwice.

CandidateAnswer:shouldbeusedonce.


QID:466Forfourobservations1,0,1,4,themeasureofkurtosisequals

1,0,1,4 ?
Options:
1)1

2)2

3)3

4)4

CorrectAnswer:2

CandidateAnswer:4


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QID:467Inmultiplicativemodeloftimeseries:
X t=T txStxCtxIt,whereT t,St,Ct,Itaretrend,seasonal,cyclicalandirregularcomponents,whatcanbesaidaboutthevaluesofIt?

:
X t=T txStxCtxIt,T t,St,Ct,It,,

It ?
Options:
1)Itisarandompositivequantity
It

2)Itisarandomnegativequantity
It

3)Itisnonrandompositiverealquantity
It

4)Itisanonrandomnegativequantity
It

CorrectAnswer:Itisarandompositivequantity
It

CandidateAnswer:Itisarandompositivequantity
It


QID:468LetAandBbethetwopossibleoutcomesofanexperimentandsupposeP(A)=0.4,P(AUB)=0.7andP(B)=p,forwhatchoiceofp,AandB
independent?

AB P(A)=0.4,P(AUB)=0.7P(B)=p pAB ?
Options:
1)0.2


2)0.3


3)0.4


4)0.5


CorrectAnswer:0.5


CandidateAnswer:0.3



QID:469

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2)4

3)5

4)6

CorrectAnswer:6

CandidateAnswer:3


QID:470Ifthearithmeticmeanis26.8andthemedianis27.9,thenthemodeis:

26.827.9?
Options:
1)27.3

2)29.3

3)30.1

4)27.4

CorrectAnswer:30.1

CandidateAnswer:30.1


QID:471Intimeseriesanalysiswhichsourceofvariationcanbeestimatedbytheratiototrendmethod:

?
Options:
1)trend

2)seasonalvariation

3)seasonalindex

4)cyclicalfluctuations

CorrectAnswer:seasonalindex

CandidateAnswer:trend


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QID:472Theprobabilitythatacontractorgetsaplumbingcontractis2/3andtheprobabilitythathewillnotgetanelectriccontractis5/9.Iftheprobabilityof
gettingatleastonecontractis4/5,thentheprobabilitythathewillgetboththecontractsis:

,2/3 5/9
4/5 ?
Options:
1)13/45

2)14/45

3)16/45

4)17/45

CorrectAnswer:14/45

CandidateAnswer:[NOTANSWERED]

QID:473

Options:
1)30,34,43

2)90,102,129

3)35,25,42

4)43,33,30

CorrectAnswer:30,34,43

CandidateAnswer:30,34,43


QID:474Iftheactualvaluesintimeseriesfrom2000to2006are77,88,94,85,91,98and90andtheequationofthetrendlinewith2003asoriginisY=89+
2X,thenincaseofmultiplicativemodel,thetrendeliminatedvaluesare:

20002006 77,88,94,85,91,98902003 :Y=89+2X ,


,?

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1)0.93,1.04,1.08,0.96,1.0,1.05,0.95

2)1.08,0.96,0.92,1.04,1.0,0.95,1.05

3)0.93,0.96,1.08,1.04,1.0,0.95,1.05

4)Noneoftheoptions

CorrectAnswer:0.93,1.04,1.08,0.96,1.0,1.05,0.95

CandidateAnswer:[NOTANSWERED]

QID:475AandBaretwoindependenteventsinagivensamplespaceandtheprobabilitythatbothAandBoccuris0.16whiletheprobabilitythatneitheroccurs
is0.36,thenP(A)andP(B),respectivelyare:

AB AB,0.16 , 0.36 P(A)


P(B)::
Options:
1)0.6,0.6

2)0.8,0.2

3)0.4,0.4

4)0.9,0.4

CorrectAnswer:0.4,0.4

CandidateAnswer:0.8,0.2


QID:476Linkrelativesinatimeseriesremovetheinfluenceof:

?
Options:
1)trend


2)cyclicvariation


3)irregularvariation


4)Alloftheoptions


CorrectAnswer:trend


CandidateAnswer:cyclicvariation


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Options:
1)2.6lacs
2.6

2)2.4lacs
2.4

3)2.5lacs
2.5

4)2.1lacs
2.1

CorrectAnswer:2.4lacs
2.4

CandidateAnswer:2.4lacs
2.4


QID:478LetEandFbetwoeventswithP(E)>0,P(F|E)=0.3andP(EFc)=0.2.ThenP(E)equals:

EF P(E)>0,P(F|E)=0.3P(EFc)

=0.2P(E) ?
Options:
1)1/7


2)2/7


3)4/7


4)5/7


CorrectAnswer:2/7


CandidateAnswer:[NOTANSWERED]

QID:479Ifthetrendequationfittedfromadataonproduction(yinkg)ofafertilizerfactoryis26y=5335+624t,wheretime(t)hasunit1year.Thenmonthly
increaseinproductionoffertilisers(inkg)is:

(y. ) 26y=5335+624t ,(t)1 , (.


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1)5335

2)5335/26

3)624

4)2

CorrectAnswer:2

CandidateAnswer:2


QID:480Theprobabilitythatanurncontaining5ballscontainsonlywhiteballsifthefirsttwoballsdrawnfromitwerefoundtobewhiteis:

5
Options:
1)1/20

2)1/10

3)1/2

4)1/4

CorrectAnswer:1/2

CandidateAnswer:[NOTANSWERED]

QID:481Supposeowingtoincreasedprices,aconsumerreducesconsumptionofallcommoditiesby10%comparedtothepreviousyear.IfILandIParethe
Laspeyres'andPaasche'spriceindicesforthecurrentyearwiththepreviousyearasbase,then

,
, 10% ILIP

Options:
1)IP=0.9XIL

2)IL=0.9XIP

3)IPXIL=0.9X(100)2

4)IP=IL

CorrectAnswer:IP=IL

CandidateAnswer:IP=0.9XIL


QID:482Thestandarddeviationofadistributionis5.Thevalueofthefourthcentralmoment,inorderthatthedistributionbemesokurtic,shouldbe:

5 ,?

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1)equalto3
3

2)greaterthan1875
1875

3)equalto1875
1875

4)lessthan1875
1875

CorrectAnswer:equalto1875
1875

CandidateAnswer:equalto1875
1875


QID:483If'I'representsacostoflivingindex,thenthepurchasingpowerofmoneyisproportionalto

'I' ?
Options:
1)I

2)I2

3)I

4)1/I

CorrectAnswer:1/I

CandidateAnswer:I


QID:484Thesystemofcombiningtwoormoreoverlappingseriesofindexnumberstoobtainasinglecontinuousseriesiscalled

?
Options:
1)Baseshifting

2)Splicing

3)Deflating

4)Noneoftheoptions

CorrectAnswer:Splicing

CandidateAnswer:Splicing

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QID:485Theformulaforcalculatinganindexnumbershouldbesuchthatitgivesthesameratiobetweenonepointofcomparisonandtheother,nomatter
whichofthetwoistakenasthebaseorputtingitanotherway,theindexnumberreckonedforwardshouldbereciprocaloftheonereckonedbackwards'whichtest
ofconsistencyofindexnumberisthis?

, ,
,, , ?
Options:
1)UnitTest

2)TimeReversalTest

3)CircularTest

4)FactorReversalTest

CorrectAnswer:TimeReversalTest

CandidateAnswer:FactorReversalTest


QID:486EventSandTareindependentwithP(S)<P(T),P(ST)=6/25andP(S|T)+P(T|S)=1.ThenP(S)is:

ST ,P(S)<P(T),P(ST)=16/25P(S|T)+P(T|S)=1, P(S)?
Options:
1)6/25

2)3/5

3)1/5

4)2/5

CorrectAnswer:2/5

CandidateAnswer:[NOTANSWERED]

QID:487Initiallythereare9workers,allbeingpaidauniformwage.Latera10thworkerisaddedwhosewagerateisRs20lessthanfortheothers.The
averagewagegets:

9 10 20
:
Options:
1)decreasedbyRs20
20

2)decreasedbyRs10
10

3)remainsunchanged


4)decreasedbyRs2
2

CorrectAnswer:decreasedbyRs2
2

CandidateAnswer:decreasedbyRs2
2

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QID:488IfL(p)andL(q)representLaspeyres'indexnumberforpricesandquantitiesandP(p)andP(q)representsPaasche'sindexnumberforpriceand
quantitiesthen:

L(p)L(q) P(p)P(q) ,:
Options:
1)


2)


3)


4)


CorrectAnswer:


CandidateAnswer:



QID:489

Options:
1)23/6

2)5

3)6

4)37/6

CorrectAnswer:5

CandidateAnswer:23/6

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QID:490Forafrequencydistributionofavariablex,mean=32,median=30.Thedistributionis:

x ,=32,=30, :
Options:
1)Positivelyskewed


2)Negativelyskewed


3)Mesokurtic


4)Platykurtic


CorrectAnswer:Positivelyskewed


CandidateAnswer:Positivelyskewed



QID:491Itisknownfrompastexperiencethatinacertainplantthereareontheaverage4industrialaccidentspermonth.Theprobabilitythatinagivenmonth
therewillbelessthan4accidentsis:(e4=0.0183)

4 4 , :(e4=0.0183)
Options:
1)0.398


2)0.433


3)0.442


4)0.465


CorrectAnswer:0.433


CandidateAnswer:0.465



QID:492Forafrequencydistributionofadiscretevariable,thediagramoflessthantypecumulativefrequencyisa

:
Options:
1)nonincreasingstepfunction

2)nondecreasingstepfunction

3)nonincreasingcontinuousfunction

4)nondecreasingcontinuousfunction

CorrectAnswer:nondecreasingstepfunction

CandidateAnswer:nondecreasingcontinuousfunction


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Options:
1)1/2

2)1/3

3)

4)

CorrectAnswer:

CandidateAnswer:[NOTANSWERED]

QID:494Inanegativelyskeweddistribution


Options:
1)Mean>Mode>Median
>>

2)Mode>Median>Mean
>>

3)Mean>Median>Mode
>>

4)Mode<Median>Mean
<>

CorrectAnswer:Mode>Median>Mean
>>

CandidateAnswer:Mode>Median>Mean
>>


QID:495Letx~Binomial(5,0.6)andY~Poisson(2)beindependent.ThenP(xy=0)equals:

x~(5,0.6)y~(2) ,P(xy=0):

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1)e2.(0.4)5

2)e2+(0.4)5

3)e2+(0.4)5e2.(0.4)5

4)e2.(0.6)5+(1e2)(0.4)5

CorrectAnswer:e2+(0.4)5e2.(0.4)5

CandidateAnswer:[NOTANSWERED]

QID:496Themeanandstandarddeviationofavariablexare36and4respectively.Thenthemeanandstandarddeviationof[50(x/4)],respectivelyare:

x:364 [50(x/4)],::
Options:
1)41,1

2)29,2

3)40,1

4)39,4

CorrectAnswer:41,1

CandidateAnswer:41,1


QID:497

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2)5/3

3)2

4)4/3

CorrectAnswer:4/3

CandidateAnswer:[NOTANSWERED]

QID:498Ifavariablehasthreevaluesk,0and3kwithcorrespondingfrequenciesas3k,2kandkrespectively,thenthevalueofcoefficientofskewnessb1is:

k,03k :3k,2kk , b1:


Options:
1)2K

2)2

3)1/2

4)K/2

CorrectAnswer:2

CandidateAnswer:K/2


QID:499

Options:
1)1

2)0

3)

4)()+1

CorrectAnswer:1

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QID:500Ifrbetherthordercentralmomentofapopulation0,1and2are:(where,=standarddeviation)

rr ,0,12:(,=)
Options:
1)0,1, 2

2)1,0, 2

3)1,1,

4)1,0,

CorrectAnswer:1,0, 2

CandidateAnswer:1,0, 2

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