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I Com Part II
Roll No. _________
Time: Minutes Marks: 10

Note: Write your Roll Number in space provided. Overwriting, Cutting, Erasing, and using lead pencil will result in
loss of marks.
(1 10) = 10
The information collected by NADRA on registration forms to issue computerized ID cards constitute
a. Primary data b. Secondary data
c. Grouped data d. Un-official data
If the arithmetic mean of 10 numbers is 8 then sum of these numbers is
a. 10 b. 70
c. 80 d. 90
Which of the following is not an example of compressed data?
a. A frequency curve b. Frequency distribution
c. Histogram d. Data array
Sum of deviations of observations from their mean is
a. zero b. less than zero
c. more than zero d. minimum
Base year quantities are used as weights in
a. Laspeyres index b. Paasches index
c. Fishers ideal index d. Marshals Index
The concept of equally likely is associated with:
a. Classical probability b. Empirical probability
c. Subjective probability d. None of these
Probability of an event can never be
a. 0 b. 1
c. 0.5 d. Negative
If A and B are equally likely events then
a. P(A) < P(B) b. P(A) > P(B)
c. P(A) = P(B) d. P(A) P(B)
If A and B are mutually exclusive events with P(A) = 0.4 and P(B) = 0.5 then P(A B) is
a. 0.0 b. 0.2
c. 0.7 d. 0.9
If A and B are two independent events with P(A) = 0.3 and P(B) = 0.5, then
a. 0 b. 0.15
c. 0.20 d. 0.30
Time: Hours Subjective Marks: 40

Note: Attempt any twelve questions from section I and any two questions from section II.

(12 2 = 24)
Differentiate between a variable and a constant.

Briefly describe the difference between primary and secondary data?

What is meant by a frequency distribution?
Define histogram
What is a statistical average?
Define arithmetic mean.
Write any two properties of the arithmetic mean.
If the sum of deviations from for 15 values is 72. Find the arithmetic mean.
If for a moderately skewed distribution, mode = 15 and median = 12 then find the value of mean.
How is the median defined?
Distinguish between simple and composite index numbers.
Differentiate between weighted and unweighted index numbers.
Distinguish between fixed base and chain base methods of constructing index numbers?
Define sample space?
What are mutually exclusive events? Give one example.
If , and . Find .
What is meant by conditional probability?

(8 2 = 16)

The number of items rejected daily by a manufacturer because of defects was recorded for last 25 days. The
results are given below. Construct a frequency distribution for these data. Use five classes, with the lower
limit of the first class being five items.
21 8 17 22 19 18 19 14 17 11 6 21 25
19 9 12 16 16 10 29 24 6 21 20 25
Compute simple aggregative index numbers of prices from the following data taking 1981 as base.
Prices
Year A B C
1981 18 85 52
1982 22 76 60
1983 28 80 66
1984 31 95 80
Thirty automobiles were tested for fuel efficiency (in miles per gallon). The following frequency distribution
was obtained. Find the arithmetic mean.
Fuel consumption 8 12 13 17 18 22 23 27 28 32
Number of cars 3 5 15 5 2
The mean score of 20 female students on a statistics test is 77 and the mean score of 15 male students on the
same test is 74. Find the combined mean score.
Compute the index numbers by Laspeyres formula for given data using 1990 as base:
1990 1995
Commodity Price Quantity Price Quantity
A 6 12 5 10
B 8 29 7 27
C 6 15 4 13
A box contains 10 items, of which 2 are defective and 8 are good. If two items are selected at random what is
the probability that both are defective?