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1. Which among the following is NOT involved in analyzing the gathered information data?
A) Use of statistical methods for analysis
B) Sorting of data/information
C) Examining the information for accuracy and gaps
D) Fabricating data to arrive at the desired conclusion
Option D) Fabricating data to arrive at the desired conclusion
2. What is the polynomial passing through (1, 2) and (4, 5)?
A) X + 1
B) X – 1
C) 2X + 3
D) X + 2
3. Calculate crude marriage rate when the marriages registered were 1,74,062 and the estimated population in the mid-year were 4,59,29,000
A) 0.0038
B) 263.86
C) 0.038
D) 236.68
4. Three coins are tossed together. What is the probability of getting neither 3 heads nor 2 tails?
A) 5/8
B) 1/4
C) 1/2
D) 3/8
5. If the probability of rain on any given day in Delhi is 1/2, then what is the probability that it rains on exactly 4 days in a six-day period?
A) May-32
B) 15/64
C) May-64
D) 15/32
6. A/An ______ questionnaire attempts to hide the purpose of the study
A) undisguised
B) disguised
C) unbalanced
D) balanced
7. If the data values are recorded in chronological order, then data is called _
A) cross sectional data
B) time series data
C) uni-variate data
D) bi-variate data
8. What is the value of P(3) corresponding to the polynomial P(x) passing through the points (1, 2) and (2, 5)?
A) 7
B) 6
C) 5
D) 8
9. If median is 145.35 and mean is 144.917, then calculate the value of mode
A) 140.5
B) 146.69
C) 147.91
D) 146.216
10. The variable we are trying to predict is called the ___
A) Positive variable
B) Negative variable
C) Dependent variable
D) independent variable
11. Accounting statements are the ______ of secondary data.
A) external source
B) international source
C) internal source
D) other source
12. When data is collected from report on currency and finance, then this is a ______ source of secondary data
A) international organisations
B) internal
C) national organisations
D) external
13. Calculate harmonic mean of numbers 10, 20, 25, 40 and 50
A) 21.3
B) 47
C) 74
D) 28.21
14. The non probability sampling method is used in case of ______.
A) Exploratory research
B) Conclusive research
C) Productive research
D) Census research
15. Which of the following tests holds that the product of a price index and the quantity index should be equal to the corresponding value index?
A) Circular test
B) Unit test
C) Factor reversal test
D) Time reversal test
16. Anything in a table which the reader may find difficult to understand from the title, captions and stubs should be explained in ______
A) title of the bottle
B) caption
C) footnotes
D) headnotes
17. Financial and manufacturing records are the ______ source of secondary data.
A) internal
B) external
C) primary
D) other
18. Census is conducted at regular intervals of time, usually ______ years.
A) 15
B) 10
C) 12
D) 18
19. Gross reproduction rate is approximately ______ the total fertility rate
A) twice
B) equal
C) half
D) thrice
20. If any quality is measured in terms of its presence or absence, then it is termed as
A) manifold data
B) nominal data
C) ordinal data
D) binary data
21. In statistics, the term ______ is used to represent the data which is measured in terms of some quality or qualities.
A) regression
B) demography
C) attribute
D) correlation
22. The ______ is defined as the chance of dying of a newly born infant within a year of its life, under the given mortality conditions
A) infant death rate
B) standardised death rate
C) specific death rate
D) crude death rate
23. For dichotomous attributes the presence of attribute is termed as the ____
A) Positive class
B) Negative class
C) Pleural class
D) Singular class
24. A patient in a hospital may have a 102-degree Celsius fever, this is an example of ______.
A) interval scale
B) ratio scale
C) ordinal scale
D) nominal scale
25. Which of the following is a disadvantage of secondary data?
A) it is complicated, difficult to collect
B) It may not be always as latest as the decision maker wishes them to be
C) It is not economical in nature
D) It take more efforts
26. The coefficient of correlation is independent of change of scale and __
A) origin
B) multiple
C) linear
D) error
27. Two dices are thrown together, what is the probability of getting a sum 6?
A) 01-Sep
B) 01-Jun
C) Jul-36
D) May-36
28. Two cards are drawn from a well shuffled pack of 52 cards without replacement. What is the probability that one card is a club and other card is a king of red colour?
A) Jan-26
B) Jan-52
C) Feb-51
D) 1/102
29. What is the polynomial passing through points (1, 5) and (2, 7)?
A) 2x + 3
B) x + 8
C) 8x + 9
D) 3x + 5
30. Which method is based on homogeneous and heterogeneous categorization of items?
A) Stratified sampling
B) Quota sampling
C) snow ball sampling
D) Simple random sampling
31. In ______ data, attribute under study cannot be measured
A) Bi-variate
B) Uni-variate
C) Quantitative
D) Qualitative
32. In a series of values if one value is zero, then geometric mean is ____
A) infinite
B) one
C) two
D) zero
33. While preparing questionnaire, words and language used in questions should be ___
A) Confidential and simple
B) Complex and confidential
C) Complex and clear
D) Simple and clear
34. In dichotomous type of questionnaire __
A) respondent can use any style of the language
B) there are option like yes/no or good/bad
C) respondent has full freedom
D) question contain multiple answer
35. Age, marriage and migration affects __
A) crude fertility rate
B) general fertility rate
C) total fertility rate
D) specific fertility rate
36. Geographical classification means classification of data according to ___
A) location
B) attributes
C) time
D) class-intervals
37. The mean of 99 items is 55. The value of 100th item is 99 more than the mean of 100 items. What is the value of 100th item?
A) 155
B) 99
C) 100
D) 56
38. _____ relates a geographical area to the population living in it
A) Population survey
B) Population census
C) Population density
D) Population redistribution
39. If somebody uses the data collected by you for a similar study, then it becomes __
A) Territory data
B) Secondary data
C) Primary data
D) Irrelevant data
40. The median of 36, 72, 49, 45, 60, 33, 61, 72, 52 is __
A) 52
B) 60
C) 45
D) 33
41. Regression analysis reveals average relationship between ______ variables
A) one
B) Three
C) zero
D) two
42. The circular test will be satisfied if ______.
A) P01× P12 × P20 = 1
B) P01× P21 × P02 = 1
C) P01× P12 × P20 = 0
D) P01× P21 × P02 = 0
43. ___ are conventional numerical records of marriages, births, sickness and deaths by which the health and growth of a community may be studied
A) Vital statistics
B) Business statistics
C) Analytical statistics
D) Economic statistics
44. While preparing questionnaire, questions should be ______.
A) complex
B) long
C) logically arranged
D) sensitive in nature
45. Which method results in biasness because of researcher perception?
A) Simple random sampling
B) Stratified sampling
C) Snow ball sampling
D) Judgemental sampling
46. If the order of recording is not chronological, then data set is ______.
A) Time series
B) Uni-variate
C) Cross sectional
D) Bi-variate
47. The ______ is defined as the chance of dying of a newly born infant within a year of its life, under the given mortality conditions.
A) standardised death rate
B) specific death rate
C) crude death rate
D) infant mortality rate
48. The ______ should be clearly defined and placed at the middle of the column.
A) headnote
B) footnote
C) caption
D) stub
49. What is the polynomial passing through the points (0, 3), (1, 4) and (2, 5)?
A) x + 3
B) 2×2 + x + 3
C) 2.5×2 + 2x + 4
D) 5x + 4
50. What is the value of P(2) corresponding to the polynomial P(x) passing through the points (0, 2) and (1, 5)?
A) 9
B) 4
C) 5
D) 8
51. Which of the following helps in assessing the suitability of questions, clarity of instructions, performance of enumerators and the cost and time involved in the actual survey?
A) Technical survey
B) Pilot survey
C) Post survey
D) Unit survey
52. A card is drawn at random from a well shuffled pack of 52 cards. What is the probability that it is either a spade or a king?
A) Jan-52
B) Apr-13
C) Jan-13
D) 17/52
53. For India, Statistical year book of united nation is a/an ______ source of secondary data
A) other
B) primary
C) external
D) internal
54. There are fifteen numbers: 6, 7, 10, 8, 7, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 6, 10, 7, 11 and 2. Calculate their median.
A) 7
B) 10
C) 11
D) 6
55. The formula for crude migration rate is equal to ______.
A) (number of immigrants during the same period/average population during the period)
B) (net migration rate/gross migration rate)
C) (average population during the period/number of immigrants during the same period)
D) (gross migration rate/net migration rate)
56. The class-frequencies of higher order are called ______.
A) hard class frequency
B) superior class frequency
C) ultimate class frequency
D) level class frequency
57. Gopal wants to visit five cities P, Q, R, S and T on a trip. What is the probability that he visits P just before T?
A) 04-May
B) 01-May
C) 03-May
D) 02-May
58. The arithmetic mean of two numbers is 10 and geometric mean is 8. Find the numbers.
A) 12 and 6
B) 8 and 10
C) 4 and 16
D) 10 and 12
59. The mean of 200 items was 50. Later on, it was discovered that two items were misread as 92 and 8 instead of 192 and 88. Calculate correct mean.
A) 50.8
B) 50.9
C) 50.7
D) 50.6
60. When data are observed over a period of time, then this type of classification is known as ______ classification.
A) time-series
B) qualitative
C) cross-sectional
D) chronological
61. If with a rise of 10 percent in prices the wages are increased by 20 percent, then the real wage increase is ______.
A) more than 20 percen
B) less than 10 percent
C) by 10 percent
D) by 20 percent
62. The out-migrants are also known as ______.
A) emigrants
B) de facto
C) de jure
D) immigrants
63. ______ is a modified form of total fertility rate.
A) Net Reproduction Rate
B) Crude Birth Rate
C) General Fertility Rate
D) Gross Reproduction Rate
64. The ______ is defined as the sum of age-specific fertility rates calculated from female births for each year of reproductive period.
A) net reproduction rate
B) general fertility rate
C) gross reproduction rate
D) specific fertility rate
65. (ABC), (XBC) etc., are the frequencies of ____
A) second-order
B) zero-order
C) third-order
D) one-order
66. A/An ______ questionnaire contains questions with multiple answers
A) Open-ended
B) Dichotomous
C) Close-ended
D) Multiple-choice
67. A fair coin is tossed repeatedly. If tail appears on the first three tosses, then what is the probability of appearance of tail on the fourth toss?
A) 01-May
B) 01-Feb
C) 01-Jun
D) 01-Mar
68. Which of the following divide(s) the distribution into four parts?
A) Deciles
B) Median
C) Percentiles
D) Quartiles
69. Calculate the value of correlation with the help of following data: ?xy = –283.84, ?x2 = 152.48 and ?y2 = 617.56
A) –0.925
B) 0.925
C) –0.238
D) 0.238
70. What is the polynomial passing through the points (1, 3), (2, 5) and (3, 6)?
A) 2X2 – 3.5X
B) –0.5X2 + 3.5X
C) 0.5X2 – 3.5X
D) X2 – 0.5X
71. Population ______ refer(s) to how the population is dispersed in geographic space at a given point of time.
A) distribution
B) composition
C) determinants
D) size
72. In ratio scale, zero is also mentioned and it has a meaning indicating ___
A) positive
B) negative
C) infinity
D) nil
73. Simple table is also known as __
A) two-way table
B) three-way table
C) one-way table
D) high order table
74. The method of weighted relatives is also known as ___
A) chain index method
B) aggregate expenditure method
C) circular test method
D) family budget method
75. What is the value of P(1) corresponding to the polynomial P(x) passing through the points (2, 4) and (3, 5)?
A) 2
B) 4
C) 3
D) 6
76. The death rate specific to age and sex overcomes the drawback of __
A) Total Mortality Rate
B) Crude Death Rate
C) Standardised Mortality Rate
D) Infant Mortality Rate
77. The given set of class frequencies is said to be consistent if none of them is ___
A) positive
B) one
C) negative
D) zero
78. If a researcher studies the association between religion, then the data collected for this study will be ____
A) quantitative data
B) qualitative data
C) cross-sectional data
D) continuous data
79. A contractor employs three type of workers – A, B and C. To A he pays Rs. 300/- per day, to B Rs. 250/- per day and to C Rs. 140/- per day. Calculate the average wage per day paid by the contractor.
A) Rs. 345/- per day
B) Rs. 435/- per day
C) Rs. 320/- per day
D) Rs. 230/- per day
80. In collection and tabulation of data, common sense is the ___
A) chief requisite
B) pilot requisite
C) pilot teacher
D) chief teacher
81. A box contains 3 footballs, 4 cricket balls and 5 volley balls. Three balls are drawn in succession with replacement. What is the probability that all are volley balls?
A) 225/1331
B) 125/1728
C) 05-Dec
D) 25/144
82. In a moderately skewed distribution, the average monthly income from interest for a housewife is Rs. 810/- and the related median is Rs. 795/-. Calculate modal interest income.
A) Rs. 804
B) Rs. 765
C) Rs. 756
D) Rs. 840
83. If both the data sets move in the same direction, then it is a case of __
A) negative correlation
B) positive correlation
C) balanced correlation
D) unbalanced correlation
84. ______ result from a certain segment of the population being missed from the data collection
A) Processing errors
B) Sampling errors
C) Coverage errors
D) Response errors
85. In which method, each observation in population has unequal chance of selection?
A) Probability sampling
B) Non probability sampling
C) Census method
D) Attribute sampling
86. The person conducting the survey must introduce himself and state the objectives of the survey at ____
A) headnote
B) footnote
C) covering letter
D) instructions
87. A survey, which includes every element of the population is known as the method of ______.
A) partial enumeration
B) non-random sampling
C) random sampling
D) complete enumeration
88. The nominal and ordinal type of qualitative data are also termed as ______ classified
A) manifold
B) contingent
C) dichotomous
D) associative
89. If Birth rate is greater than Death rate, then there is a/an ______ trend
A) constant
B) horizontal
C) decreasing
D) increasing
90. If Birth rate > Death rate, then there is a/an ______ trend
A) constant
B) horizontal
C) decreasing
D) increasing
91. ___ refers to the sum of all variables divided by the number of variables
A) Mode
B) Median
C) Geometric mean
D) Arithmetic mean
92. In a pyramid representation, male bars are usually on the __
A) upward direction
B) right side
C) left side
D) downward direction
93. X can hit a target 3 times in 4 shots. Y, 2 times in 3 shots and Z, 5 times in 6 shots. What is the probability that none of them will hit the target?
A) Jan-72
B) 05-Dec
C) May-24
D) Jan-36
94. In a moderately asymmetrical distribution, the mode and mean are 32.1 and 35.4 respectively. Calculate median.
A) 32.1
B) 31.4
C) 34.3
D) 33.2
95. If r = 0.6, then r2 will be __
A) 0.306
B) 0.36
C) 0.036
D) 0.06
96. In which type of questionnaire, questions are answered in one of the two options?
A) Dichotomous
B) Multiple choice
C) Open-ended
D) Close-ended
97. Laspeyre`s index gives a/an ______ bias
A) downward
B) horizontal
C) upward
D) diagonal
98. Which of the following is a source of primary data?
A) National organisation
B) External source
C) Observation
D) Internal source
99. Telephonic interviews are used for ____
A) Complex interviews
B) Large interviews
C) Observing gestures and body language
D) Small or repetitive interviews
100. Marshall Edgeworth`s method satisfied the ___
A) unit test
B) circular test
C) time reversal test
D) complex test
101. To measure the strength of relationship among two attributes, the measures of ______ are used.
A) correlation
B) deviations
C) regression
D) associations
102. Which of the following questionnaires are simple to administer and easy to tabulate and analyse?
A) Unstructured undisguised
B) Unstructured disguised
C) Structured disguised
D) Structured undisguised
103. _____ are the designations of the rows or row headings
A) Captions
B) Footnotes
C) Headnotes
D) Stubs
104. If the data have been collected and processed by some other agency, then it is called ___
A) secondary data
B) ordinary data
C) primary data
D) nominal data
105. What is the value of P(0) corresponding to polynomial P(x) passing through (0, 1) and (1, 5)?
A) 1
B) 32
C) 2
D) 4
106. The letters K, L, B, C and A are rearranged to form the word BLACK. What is its probability?
A) 1/120
B) 01-May
C) 1/180
D) Jan-30
107. Schedules contain questions which are asked by enumerators from respondents but the answers are filled in by the ____
A) respondents
B) enumerators
C) government
D) employees
108. Regression line of Y on X is Y = 11.9 – 0.65X. Calculate the value of Y, when X = 2
A) –5.4
B) 10.6
C) 5.4
D) –10.6
109. In chronological classification, data are classified on the basis of ____
A) time
B) location
C) attributes
D) class-interval
110. If an attribute possesses more than two categories which can be arranged in ascending/descending order, then it is termed as ____
A) nominal data
B) internal data
C) ordinal data
D) binary data
111. Theoretically, the best average in the construction of index number is _____
A) harmonic mean
B) median
C) mode
D) geometric mean
112. ______ is/are the lowest and the highest values that can be included in the class
A) Class intervals
B) Class mark
C) Class limits
D) Class frequency
113. What is the value of P(1) corresponding to polynomial P(x) passing through the points (0, 3) and (1, 5)?
A) 5
B) 3
C) 8
D) 6
114. Both the regression coefficients cannot exceed ______.
A) two
B) three
C) one
D) zero
115. Time reversal test is satisfied when ______.
A) P01 × P20 > 0
B) P02 × P10 < 1
C) P01 × P10 = 1
D) P01 × P10 = 0
116. ______ refers to the middle value in a distribution
A) Median
B) Harmonic mean
C) Mode
D) Arithmetic mean
117. If five coins are tossed together, then what is the probability of getting at least one head?
A) 31/32
B) Jan-64
C) Jan-32
D) 63/64
118. Four balls are drawn at random from a bag containing 5 white and 4 black balls. What is the probability that 2 black and 2 white balls are drawn?
A) May-21
B) Oct-21
C) Oct-19
D) 05-Jul
119. ______ classification refers to the classification of data according to some characteristics that can be quantified or measured.
A) Cross-sectional
B) Qualitative
C) Uni-variate
D) Quantitative
120. ______ measures the extent to which mothers produce female infants who survive to replace them.
A) Net Reproduction Rate
B) General Fertility Rate
C) Total Fertility Rate
D) Gross Reproduction Rate
121. In ______, data are arranged on the basis of their ranks or quality.
A) nominal scale
B) ratio scale
C) ordinal scale
D) interval scale
122. ______ questionnaire refers to the degree of standardisation imposed on the questionnaire
A) Unstructured
B) Structured
C) Balanced
D) Unbalanced
123. Data collected originally for the present investigation are referred to as ______
A) confidential data
B) primary data
C) secondary data
D) present data
124. If a particular question needs clarification, then it should be marked or lettered and the explanation should be provided in ______
A) subject
B) headnotes
C) footnotes
D) covering letter
125. Calculate the value of mode from the following data. 3, 5, 8, 5, 4, 5, 9, 3, 9, 4
A) 3
B) 5
C) 9
D) 4
126. Persons who are enumerated at a place other than their birth place are termed as ______.
A) movers
B) transferers
C) lifetime migrants
D) shifters
127. ______ is/are those in which an interviewer obtains information from respondents in face-to-face meetings.
A) Questionnaire
B) Mails
C) Telephonic call
D) Personal interview
128. ______ of data constitutes the first step in a statistical investigation
A) Organization
B) Collection
C) Presentation
D) Interpretation
129. Calculate the rank score of 5 with the following data: 8, 2, 5, 11, 9, 5, 8, 7, 2, 4
A) 4
B) 4.5
C) 2
D) 2.5
130. Which of the following approaches would follow the fertility rates diagonally?
A) Progression approach
B) Cross-sectional approach
C) Standardized approach
D) Longitudinal approach
131. The categories of the attributes are termed as class and their frequencies are termed as ______.
A) distributive frequencies
B) average frequencies
C) total frequencies
D) class frequencies
132. The mean marks of 100 students were found to be 40. Later on, it was discovered that a score of 53 was misread as 83. Calculate correct mean corresponding to correct score.
A) 38.7
B) 37.7
C) 39.7
D) 40.7
133. What is the value of P(0) corresponding to the polynomial P(x) passing through the points (1, 2) and (2, 4)?
A) zero
B) 1
C) 2
D) 3
134. Special purpose tables are also known as ______.
A) pilot tables
B) two-way tables
C) one-way tables
D) summary tables
135. Which data type is used to measure the temperature of the city?
A) Interval scale
B) Ordinal Scale
C) Nominal scale
D) Ratio scale
136. ______ refers to the degree of standardisation imposed on the questionnaire.
A) Undisguised
B) Unstructured
C) Disguised
D) Structure
137. Female crude death rate generally ______ male crude death rate.
A) is more than
B) is less than
C) does not affect
D) affects
138. The child-woman ratio relates the number of children aged ______ to woman in their reproductive period at a given point of time.
A) more than 20 years
B) not more than 3 year
C) less than 5 years
D) more than 35 years
139. If r = 0.6, ?x = 4 and bxy = 0.8, then Calculate ?y .
A) 4
B) 3
C) 2
D) 1
140. (AB), (AY) etc, are class frequencies of ______.
A) two-order
B) three-order
C) zero-order
D) one-order
141. The coefficient of determination is denoted by ______.
A) ?r
B) r2
C) r3
D) r
142. Calculate median from the following data: 230, 876, 980, 458, 566, 349, 735 and 682
A) 566
B) 624
C) 349
D) 876
143. The purchasing power of money is the reciprocal of the ______.
A) link relative
B) money wage
C) price index
D) price relative
144. The necessary and sufficient condition for the consistency of a set of independent class frequencies is that no ultimate class frequency is ______.
A) zero
B) infinite
C) positive
D) negative
145. A card is drawn at random from a pack of 52 cards. What is the probability that it is a club?
A) 01-Apr
B) Jan-13
C) Jan-52
D) 01-Feb
146. Closed-ended questions are also known as ______ questions.
A) structured
B) unstructured
C) appropriate
D) one-way
147. In which method, sampling frame is required to collect data?
A) Judgemental sampling
B) Simple random sampling
C) Quota sampling
D) Snow ball sampling
148. What is the polynomial passing through the points (1, 0), (2, 5) and (3, 8)?
A) –2×2 + 7x + 8
B) –2×2 + 8x + 10
C) –x2 + 4x + 9
D) –x2 + 8x – 7
149. Which of the following scale is used for qualitative phenomena?
A) Ordinal scale
B) Nominal scale
C) Interval scale
D) Ratio scale
150. ______ consists in relating the total number of live births to the number of females in the reproductive or child bearing ages.
A) Crude Fertility Rate
B) General Fertility Rate
C) Total Fertility Rate
D) Specific Fertility Rate
151. When the data to be collected are very large in volume, then it is possible to draw reasonably accurate conclusions from the study of a small portion of the group. This is called as ______.
A) questionnaire
B) observation
C) population
D) sample
152. Given the zero growth of the life table, population is also known as a ______ population.
A) moving
B) dispersed
C) stationary
D) skewed
153. Which of the following tables serve as repository of information and are arranged for easy reference?
A) Simple tables
B) Complex tables
C) General purpose tables
D) Specific purpose tables
154. A boy is known to speak truth 2 out of 3 times. He throws a dice and reports that it is a three. What is the probability that it is actually a three?
A) 01-Jul
B) 01-May
C) 02-Jul
D) 02-May
155. Which of the following reveals average relationship between two variables?
A) Regression analysis
B) Measures of dispersion
C) Correlation analysis
D) Measures of central tendency
156. ______ questionnaire is the one in which the purpose of the research is obvious from the questions posed.
A) Close-ended
B) Open
C) Disguised
D) Undisguised
157. In a ______, two or more characteristics are shown
A) simple table
B) special purpose table
C) general purpose table
D) complex table
158. Data, which were collected earlier for purposes other than the present investigation, are known as ______.
A) confidential data
B) nominal data
C) secondary data
D) primary data
159. If the measurements are taken over two different attributes for same set of individuals, then to represent the data ______ are used.
A) distributive tables
B) compiled tables
C) contingency tables
D) dependent tables
160. ______ refers to a set of printed questions along-with space for answers.
A) Personal interview
B) Observation
C) Telephonic interview
D) Questionnaire
161. The ______ is that value in a series of observation which occurs with greatest frequency.
A) mode
B) geometric mean
C) median
D) arithmetic mean
162. What is the polynomial passing through the points (0, 2) and (1, 6)?
A) 3x + 5
B) 2x + 8
C) 4x + 2
D) 8x + 3
163. Which of the following tests is satisfied when Pab × Pbc × Pca = 1?
A) Factor reversal test
B) Unit test
C) Circular test
D) Time reversal test
164. In correlation analysis, coefficient of determination is defined as ______.
A) r2
B) 1 – r3
C) 1 – r2
D) r3
165. Fisher`s ideal index is ______.
A) median of laspeyre`s and paasche`s index
B) average of laspeyre`s and paasche`s index
C) geometric mean of laspeyre`s and paasche`s index
D) harmonic mean of laspeyre`s and paasche`s index
166. The number of observations corresponding to a particular class is known as the ______.
A) class marks
B) class frequency
C) class intervals
D) class limits
167. ______ include such sources that belong to the organization with which the decision maker is associated.
A) External sources
B) Internal sources
C) International organisation
D) National organisations
168. Time and motion study is the example of ______.
A) observation
B) interview
C) mailing
D) questionnaire
169. If the mean of 3, 5, 6, 10, 12 and x is 7, then calculate the value of x.
A) 7
B) 8
C) 6
D) 9
170. ______ is broadly thought of as the movement by individuals, groups or populations seeking to make relatively permanent changes of residence.
A) Fertility
B) Migration
C) Mortality
D) Transfer
171. Under primary data, ______ enquiries have to be conducted to gather the data.
A) old
B) confidential
C) irrelevant
D) fresh
172. ______ leads to fallacious conclusion as it inflates the number of potential mothers.
A) General Fertility Rate
B) Gross Reproduction Rate
C) Specific Fertility Rate
D) Net Reproduction Rate
173. X and Y are independent events such that P (Y) = 0.3 and P (X?Y) = 0.6, then what is the value of P (X)?
A) 02-Jul
B) 01-Mar
C) 01-Jun
D) 03-Jul
174. Binary type qualitative data is also termed as ______ classified.
A) contingent
B) manifold
C) dichotomous
D) cross-sectional
175. If there were 1,96,413 students in the final year of a secondary school in 2020, then the number of that cohort of students that started first year of secondary school was 2,62,960. Calculate retention rate.
A) 47.7 percent
B) 74.7 percent
C) 44.7 percent
D) 77.4 percent
176. What is the value of P(3) corresponding to polynomial P(x) passing through the points (0, 5), (1, 6) and (2, 8)?
A) 10
B) 15
C) 11
D) 8
177. Which of the following is an advantage of general fertility rate?
A) It give a heterogeneous figure
B) It is simple
C) It is comparable
D) It is a probability rate
178. In which of the following scales, we conclude that one category is superior to the other?
A) Ratio scale
B) Ordinal scale
C) Interval scale
D) Nominal scale
179. Calculate mode for the following data. 1, 3, 5, 9, 11, 5, 13, 5, 11, 9, 12, 5, 3, 1, 8
A) 9
B) 5
C) 11
D) 3
180. The regression line of Y on X passes through the plotted points in such a manner that ______.
A) ?(XC – X) = 0
B) ∑(YC – Y) = 0
C) ∑(Y – YC) = 0
D) ∑(X – XC) = 0
181. The pre-test should be done by the ______ regardless of the actual mode of administration that will be used.
A) telephonic interview
B) mailing
C) observation
D) personal interview
182. Which of the following scales is the highest level of scale?
A) internal scale
B) ratio scale
C) ordinal scale
D) nominal scale
183. What is the polynomial passing through the points (1, 3) and (2, 4)?
A) 2X + 3
B) X + 2
C) X + 5
D) 3X + 2
184. Two cards are drawn at random from a pack of 52 cards. What is the probability that both are queens?
A) 1/221
B) Jan-13
C) Feb-13
D) Jan-28
185. Bowley`s Index is an average of Laspeyre`s Index and ______.
A) Kelly`s Index
B) Fisher`s Index
C) Marshall-Edgeworth`s Index
D) Paosche`s Index
186. In a pyramid representation, female bars are usually on the ______.
A) upward direction
B) right side
C) downward direction
D) left side
187. Death rate computed for a particular specified section of the population is termed as ______.
A) standardised death rates
B) infant death rates
C) crude death rates
D) specific death rates
188. ______ can be measured in terms of presence or absence of certain characteristic or level of the quality present.
A) Avoidable data
B) Qualitative data
C) Quantitative data
D) Relevant data
189. The ______ achieves condensation of data by blurring the value of the data.
A) discrete variable
B) class mark
C) frequency distribution
D) class frequency
190. Which of the following is a method of gathering information from individuals?
A) Survey
B) Testing
C) Sampling
D) Investigation
191. In a moderately asymmetrical distribution, the mode and mean are 32.1 and 35.4 respectively. Calculate the median.
A) 33.4
B) 34.3
C) 44.3
D) 43.4
192. The relationship between three or more variables is studied with the help of ______ correlation.
A) Single
B) Zero
C) Multiple
D) Double
193. A single letter is selected at random from the word RELATION. What is the probability that it is a vowel?
A) 04-Sep
B) 03-Jul
C) 01-Feb
D) 01-Mar
194. If an attribute possesses more than two categories which cannot be arranged in any order, then it is termed as ______.
A) nominal data
B) ordinal data
C) binary data
D) ratio data
195. Primary data is collected from ______.
A) newspaper
B) first hand investigation
C) magazines
D) internet
196. Which of the following rate completely ignores the age and sex distribution of the population?
A) Standardised Death Rate
B) Specific Death Rate
C) Crude Death Rate
D) Infant Death Rate
197. Mid-point of class is equal to ______.
A) (upper limit – lower limit)/2
B) (upper limit + lower limit)/2
C) upper limit + lower limit
D) upper limit – lower limit
198. In questionnaire, respondents do not like a/an ______ question.
A) easy
B) lengthy
C) simple
D) short
199. What is the Maternal Mortality Rate:
A) Women`s death occurred before 9th month of pregnancy
B) The annual number of female deaths per 100,000 live births due to pregnancy
C) The death of women occurred within 2 year of childbirth
D) None of the above
200. The rise and fall of a time series over periods longer than one year is called:
A) Secular trend
B) Seasonal Movement
C) Cyclical variation
D) Irregular variations
201. A Time Series has:
A) Two Components
B) Three Components
C) Four Components
D) Five Components
202. Which of the following terms best describes data that were originally collected at an earlier time by a different person for a different purpose:
A) Primary data
B) Secondary data
C) Experimental data
D) Field notes
203. Open-ended questions provide primarily ______ data:
A) Confirmatory data
B) Qualitative data
C) Predictive data
D) None of the above
204. When a random sample is drawn from each stratum, it is known as:
A) Simple random sampling
B) Stratified random sampling
C) Probability sampling
D) Purposive sampling
205. Sampling error can be reduced by:
A) Non-probability sampling
B) Probability sampling
C) Decreasing the sample size
D) Increasing the sample size
206. The value of piloting a questionnaire is that it helps you to
A) Test out your questions on some of the people who will be in final sample
B) Identify and amend any problems in the question wording, order and format
C) Find out what a trained pilot would think of the subject matter
D) All of the above
207. You should avoid using double barrelled questions in a survey
A) They rely too much a respondent`s memory
B) They make questions too long, so respondents lose interest
C) They are too abstract and general in scope
D) They confuse respondents by asking about two different things
208. Leading questions should be avoided because
A) They suggest ways of answering and so may bias the results
B) They create a mismatch between the question and its possible answers
C) They involve negative terms and unnecessary jargon
D) They ask about several different things at the same time
209. Which of the following is an interviewer administered questionnaire?
A) Telephone questionnaire
B) Postal questionnaire
C) Delivery and collection questionnaire
D) Online questionnaire
210. A researcher is interested in studying the prospects of a particular political party in an urban area. So, what tool should he prefer for study?
A) Rating Scale
B) Interview
C) Questionnaire
D) Schedule
211. Interview is an example of which data?
A) Primary
B) Secondary
C) Both a and b
D) None of the above
212. Main drawback of primary data is?
A) Biasness
B) Sample Design
C) Research Problem
D) All of the above
213. Which one is the advantage of secondary data?
A) May be outdated
B) Expensive
C) Already Exist
D) May not be accurate
214. The mistake when using secondary data effectively is
A) To evaluate its usefulness
B) To assume it is right
C) To locate it via people
D) To combine it with other data
215. Secondary data cannot help
A) To create research instruments
B) To decide on sampling
C) To give direction to primary data collection
D) To observe retail behaviour
216. Secondary data are least helpful to
A) Interpret tables
B) Formulate hypotheses
C) Evaluate new products
D) Develop questionnaire
217. Which of the following is true concerning observations?
A) It takes less time than self report approaches
B) It cost less money than self report approaches
C) It is often not possible to determine exactly why the people behave as they do
D) All of the above
218. Secondary/existing data may include which of the following
A) Official documents
B) Personal documents
C) Archived research data
D) All of the above
219. Which of these is not method of data collection
A) Questionnaire
B) Interviews
C) Experiments
D) Observations
220. Which of the following methods has highest response rate?
A) Online
B) Personal
C) Phone
D) Postal
221. Which of the following the most expensive method for collecting data, per respondant?
A) Online
B) Personal
C) Phone
D) Postal
222. Which one of the following methods is the fastest way to collect data?
A) Online
B) Personal
C) Phone
D) Postal
223. Mystery shopping is a form of
A) Questionnaire
B) Observation
C) Analysis
D) Postal Survey
224. A primary data collection method that involves tracking behavior over a period of time is called
A) Browsing
B) Observation
C) Sampling
D) Testing
225. Wrong questionnaire is an example of
A) Primary data collection problem
B) Secondary collection problem
C) both a & b
D) None of the above
226. Data in the population census reports are
A) Ungrouped
B) Secondary Data
C) Primary Data
D) Arrayed Data
227. Data that are collected by anybody for some specific purpose and use are called
A) Qualitative Data
B) Primary Data
C) Secondary Data
D) Continuous Data
228. General tables of data used to show data in an orderly manner are called as
A) Double characteristic tables
B) Manifold tables
C) Repository tables
D) Single characteristics table
229. In a tabular presentation, the summary and presentation of data with different non-overlapping classes are defined as
A) Frequency Distribution
B) Ordinal Distribution
C) Chronological Distribution
D) Nominal Distribution
230. The table where the variables are subdivided with interrelated features are known as
A) two way table
B) one way table
C) subparts of table
D) order level table
231. Tabulation form exercises
A) Gates
B) Demorgan`s postulates
C) Matching process cycle
D) Venn Diagram
232. In table, unchecked term is known as
A) Prime Implications
B) Old Implications
C) Even implicant
D) None of the above
233. Which function does the tabulation origin spot specify?
A) The list of integers
B) The list of max terms
C) The list of min terms
D) None of the above
234. When the quantitative and qualitative data are arranged according to a single feature, then tabulation is known as
A) One way
B) Bivariate
C) Manifold division
D) Dichotomy
235. In ____ tablet data are converted into ratios then presented
A) Original
B) Derived
C) Complex
D) Simple Table
236. In spatial classification ____ becomes the classifying factor
A) Quantity
B) Time
C) Place
D) Quality
237. Which of the following is called reference table
A) General Purpose Table
B) Special Purpose Table
C) Complex Table
D) All of the above
238. Heading should generally be written in the ____ form
A) Plural
B) Singular
C) Tabulation
D) All of the above
239. Zero should be used only to indicate the
A) Non availability of data
B) Quantity of variable
C) Quality of variable
D) All of these
240. Which of the following completes the information in the title of table
A) Head Note
B) Caption
C) Stub
D) Body
241. Table is consequence of
A) Classification
B) Organization
C) Presentation
D) Tabulation
242. In temporal classification data are classified on the basis of
A) Locality
B) Time
C) Originality
D) Purpose
243. Complex table may be classified as
A) General and special purpose
B) Original and derived
C) Double, treble and manifold
D) None of these
244. Which of the following are the titles of the rows of a table?
A) Title
B) Stub
C) Caption
D) None of the above
245. Which of the following is a basis of classification of a table?
A) Purpose
B) Construction
C) Originality
D) All of these
246. The principal component of table is
A) Table number
B) Title
C) Head note
D) All of these
247. The process of presenting data in the form of a table is called
A) Organisation
B) Classification
C) Presentation
D) Tabulation
248. Demographers use the crude birth rate as a indicator of
A) Crude Birth rate
B) Crude Death rate
C) Fertility Rate
D) Mortality rate
249. How many types of hypothesis are there?
A) One
B) Two
C) Three
D) Four
250. What is sampling error? It is
A) Population parameter
B) Sample statistic
C) Population parameter=Sample Statistic
D) The difference between population parameter and sample statistic
251. Counting of population is referred as
A) Growth rate
B) A census
C) Total Fertility rate
D) Total mortality rate
252. The number of live births per thousand population in a given yea
A) Crude birth rate
B) Total Fertility Rate
C) Mortality rate
D) Morbidity rate
253. The geometric mean of L and P indices is:
A) Fisher ideal index
B) Bowley Index
C) Marshall & Edgeworth Index
D) Kelly Index
254. According to whom population increase in Geometric progression while food production increase in arithmetic progression
A) Malthus
B) Keynes
C) Robbins
D) Bowley
255. How many methods are employed to measure the seasonal variations?
A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4
256. The level of reproduction in the society is known as
A) Mortality
B) Fertility
C) Migration
D) Morbidity
257. The Crude birth rate is
A) The average number of child in a society
B) Based on the women between the age of 14 to 40(Child bearing age?)
C) The average number of live births in a year on 1000 women population
D) The average number of live births in a year on 1000 People of total population
258. The number of degree of freedom for a 4X5 contingency table in a chi square test is
A) 3
B) 6
C) 9
D) 12
259. What stage of demographic transition theory depicts the onset of Industrialization?
A) Stage 1
B) Stage 2
C) Stage 3
D) Stage 4
260. As per the 2011 Census data, in which of the following union territories the female population outnumbers the male population?
A) Chandigarh
B) Lakshadweep
C) Andaman and Nicobar
D) Puducherry
261. One of the options given below represents a state with the highest negative decadal population growth based on the census data of india 2011. Which of the options is correct?
A) Kerela
B) Goa
C) Nagaland
D) Tamil Nadu
262. What happens to the shape of a frequency polygon when the number of observations and classes increase?
A) Tends to become jagged
B) Remains the same
C) Trends to become increasingly smooth
D) Varies if data becomes more reliable
263. Which of the following is a method used for collecting secondary data?
A) Experiments
B) Personal interview
C) Questionnaire
D) Government Publications
264. Which of the following is true about the sampling error?
A) it decreases as sample size increases
B) it does not depend on population size under study
C) it cannot be reduced by an appropriate sampling size
D) it cannot be measured and controlled in probability sample suvey
