Quantitative Techniques II

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Mizoram University

Economics

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Munni Doshi

CBCS
VI SEMESTER;
DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS;
OBJECTIVES
NAME OF THE PAPER: QUANTITATIVE TECHNIQUES -II
PAPER – X

SECTION –A
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (200X1=200)

MODULE-I
Choose one from the following :
1. The graph of the normal distribution depends on:
(a) Mean and standard deviation
(b) Harmonic and standard deviation
(c) Harmonic mean
(d) Standard deviation
2. ____________use the division of a circle into different sectors.
(a) Conversion graphs
(b) Frequency polygon
(c) Sector graph
(d) Line graph
3. Dividing upper and lower limits of a particular class we get:
(a) Class interval
(b) Class frequency
(c) Class boundary
(d) Class mark
4. Graph of time series is called
(a) Polygon
(b) Histogram
(c) Ogive
(d) Historigram
5. Cumulative Frequency is _____________frequency.
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(a) Increasing
(b) Decreasing
(c) Fixed
(d) None of these
6. Total angles in Pie Chart
(a) 360
(b) 90
(c) 180
(d) 45
7. A Histogram is a set of adjacent
(a) Rectangles
(b) Triangles
(c) Squares
(d) Lines
8. The process of systematic arrangement of data in rows and columns is called
(a) Array
(b) Tabulation
(c) Classification
(d) None of these
9. While constructing frequency distribution, the number of classes used
depends upon
(a) Number of observation
(b) Size of class
(c) Range of data
(d) None of these
10. The graph of frequency distribution is called
(a) Curve
(b) Histogram
(c) Cumulative Frequency Polygon
(d) Ogive
11. Data which have been arranged in ascending or descending order is
called_______ data?
(a) Grouped data
(b) Classified
(c) Array
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(d) Ungrouped data
12. The graph of a cumulative frequency distribution is called
(a) Frequency polygon
(b) Histogram
(c) Cumulative frequency polygon
(d) Ogive
13. In constructing a histogram, if the class interval size of one class is double
than others, then the width of that bar should be?
(a) Doubled
(b) Half
(c) One
(d) Quarter
14. Component bar charts are used when data is divided into
(a) Parts
(b) Groups
(c) Circles
(d) None of these
15. In pie- chart, the arrangement of the angles of the different sectors is
generally?
(a) Anti-clockwise
(b) Arrayed
(c) Clock-wise
(d) Alternative
16. The graphs of the symmetrical distribution are?
(a) J-shaped
(b) U-shaped
(c) Bell-shaped
(d) None of these

17. For a given class 30-44, the midpoint will be ______?
(a) 30
(b) 34
(c) 37
(d) 35
18. Class mark is the value which divides a class into______ equal parts?
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(a) Four
(b) One
(c) Three
(d) Two
19. A frequency touches the axis
(a) Yes
(b) No
(c) Sometimes
(d) None of these
20. Graphical and numerical methods are specialized process utilized in
(a) Education statistics
(b) Descriptive statistics
(c) Business statistics
(d) Social statistics
21. Individual respondents, focus groups, and panels of respondents are
categorized as
(a) Primary data sources
(b) Secondary data sources
(c) Itemized data sources
(d) Pointed data sources
22. The variables whose calculation is done according to the height, length, and
weight are categorized as
(a) Discrete variables
(b) Flowchart variables
(c) Measuring variables
(d) Continuous variables
23. Statistics branches include
(a) Applied statistics
(b) Mathematical statistics
(c) Industry statistics
(d) Both A & B
24. When each member of a population has an equally likely chance of being
selected
(a) Non-random sampling method
(b) Quota sample
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(c) Snowball sample
(d) An equal probability selection method

25. Which of the following is not a form of non-random sampling?
(a) Snowball sampling
(b) Quota sampling
(c) Purposive sampling
(d) All of the above
26. Which of the following will give a more accurate representation of the
population from which a sample has been taken?
(a) A large sample based on the convenience sampling technique
(b) A small sample based on simple random sampling
(c) A small cluster sample
(d) A large sample based on simple random sampling
27. The process of drawing a sample from a population is known as
____________.
(a) Sampling
(b) Census
(c) Survey research
(d) None of the above
28. A _____ is a numerical characteristic of a sample and a _____ is a numerical
characteristic of a population.
(a) Sample, population
(b) Population, sample
(c) Statistic, parameter
(d) Parameter, statistic
29. A graph that uses vertical bars to represent data is called a_____-
(a) Line graph
(b) Bar graph
(c) Scatter-plot
(d) Vertical graph
30. The goal of _____ is to focus on summarizing and explaining a specific set
of data.
(a) Inferential statistics
(b) Descriptive statistics
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(c) Both a & b
(d) None of the above
31. Which of these is not a method of data collection?
(a) Questionnaires
(b) Interviews
(c) Experiments
(d) Observations
32. A census taker often collects data through which of the following ?
(a) Standardized tests
(b) Interviews
(c) Secondary data
(d) Observations
33. The mean of a sample is
(a) Always equal to the mean of the population
(b) Always smaller than the mean of the population
(c) Computed by summing the data values and dividing the sum by (n-1)
(d) Computed by summing all the data values and dividing the sum by the
number of items
34. Which of these represent qualitative data?
(a) Height of a student
(b) Liking or disliking of (500) persons of a product
(c) The income of a government servant in a city
(d) Yield from a wheat plot
35. Population census is conducted through
(a) Sample survey
(b) Accounting
(c) Investigation
(d) Complete enumeration
36. Data classified by many ______are said to be quantitative.
(a) Characteristics
(b) Categories
(c) Affinities
(d) Attributes
37. A graph consists of _______ lines.
(a) Parallel line
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(b) Smooth curve
(c) Curve
(d) Straight
38. The Normal distribution is ___________________?
(a) Platykurtic
(b) Mesoukurtic
(c) Leptokurtic
(d) None of these
39. A distribution is called ______ distribution if it has two modes.
(a) Uni-modal
(b) Bi-modal
(c) Tri-modal
(d) None of these
40. Statistics are _____________expressed.
(a) Descriptive
(b) Ability
(c) Qualitatively
(d) Quantitatively

KEYANSWER - UNIT I-QUANTITATIVE TECHNIQUE-II

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30
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SECTION-B
FILL IN THE BLANKS
1. _______ is the difference between two class limit.
2. Technical & trade journals are the source of _______ __data.
3. A time series is an arrangement of data according to __________.
4. The graph obtained by joining the mid-points of tops of adjacent rectangles
in histogram is called________.
5. The lower class boundary of 25 -35 will be______.
6. Any data collected by the investigator personally from the informants are
called ______ data.
7. A circle in which sectors represents various quantities is called
____________.
8. ________ is a set of elements taken from a larger population according to
certain rules.
9. Data which have not been arranged in systematic order is called
_______data.
10. Total area under the normal curve is ____________.
11. Normal distribution is ______ shaped.
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12. Village Patwari collecting the data about cotton crops is the example of
________ Data.
13. Proportion becomes percentage when multiplied by___________.
14. _______ statistics is a branch of statistics that deals with the techniques that
are used to organize, summarize, and present the data.
15. Statistics laws are true for _______run.
16. The study that deals with the methods to make decisions about population
based on sample results is called _________________ statistics.
17. A _______ is the periodic collection of information from the entire
population.
18. _____is a presentation of information using lines on two or three axes such
as x, y nd z.
19. _______is a form of diagrammatic presentation of data by joining mid-
points of the tops of all rectangles in a histogram.
20. ________sampling is that method of sampling in which each and every item
of the universe has equal chance of being selected in the sample.

Question
No
Answer
1.
Class interval
2
secondary
3
Time
4
Frequency polygon
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5
25
6
Primary
7
Pie-chart
8
Sample
9
Raw
10
1
11
Bell
12
Primary
13
100
14
Descriptive
15
Long
16
Inferential
17
Census
18
Graph
19
Polygon
20
Random

PAPER- X (QUANTITATIVE TECHNIQUE-II)
Module - II
1. Which of the following is not a pre-requisite for a good measure of central
tendency?
(a) It should not be rigidly defined
(b) It should be based on all observations
(c) It should not be affected by fluctuation of sampling
(d) None of the above
2. Which one of the following is a pre-requisite for a good measure of
dispersion?
(a) It should be affected by fluctuation of sampling
(b) It should be easy to calculate
(c) It should not be based on all observations
(d) All of the above
3. In an open ended frequency distribution:
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