CBSE - Statistics

1 Statistics 

The highest score of a certain data exceeds in lowest score by 16 and coefficient of range is 1/3. The sum of the highest score and the lowest score is

(1) 36
(2) 48
(3) 24
(4) 18

2 Statistics 

The frequency distribution of marks obtained by 28 students in a test carrying 40 marks is given below

If the mean of the above data is 20, then the difference between x and y is 
(1) 3
(2) 2
(3) 1
(4) 0

3 Statistics 

The median of first 12 prime numbers is : 

(1) 13  
(2) 14 
(3) 15 
(4) 17

4 Statistics 

A family spends Rs. 6,000 p.m. to meet the monthly expenditure. The expenditure has been shown in the given pie diagram. The miscellaneous expenditure is

(1) Rs. 1,500
(2) Rs. 2,000 
(3) Rs. 1,200
(4) Rs. 3,000

5 Statistics 

A school has 20 teachers, one of them retires at the age of 60  years and a new teacher replaces him, this  change reduces the average  age of the staff by 2 years,  the age of new teacher is 

(1) 28 years
(2) 25 years
(3) 20 years
(4) 18 years

6 Statistics 

The median from the following distribution is 

(1) 19
(2) 19.5
(3) 20
(4) 18

7 Statistics 

The mean yearly salary of an employee of acompany was Rs. 20,000. If the mean yearly salaries of male and female employees were Rs. 20800 and Rs. 16800  respectively, then the percentages of males and females employed in the company respectively are

(1) 80% and 20%
(2) 70% and 30%
(3) 55% and 45%
(4) 50% and 50%

8 Statistics 

The arithmetic mean and mode of a data are 24 and 12 respectively, Then the median of the data is 

(1) 20
(2) 18
(3) 21
(4) 22

9 Statistics 

The mean age of a combined group of men and women is 25 years. If the mean age of the group of men is 26 and that of the group of women is 21, then the percentage of men and women in the group is

(1) 60, 40
(2) 80, 20
(3) 20, 80
(4) 40, 60

10 Statistics 

If y=f(x) be a monotonically increasing or decreasing function of x and M is the median of variable x, then the median of y is

(1) f(M)
(2) M/2
(3) f⁻¹(M)
(4) none of these