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7. If each observation of a set of data distribution is

multiplied by 10,the mode of the new set of
MEASURE OF CENTRAL TENDENCY observations
a. Remains same
1. For the data distribution -1,2,3,4 and 100; the
best measure of central tendency is b. Ten times the original mode
c. is one tenth of the original mode
a. Mean
d. is increased by 10
b. Median
c. Mode 8. A bus covered the first km of its journey at a
d. All of the above speed of 30km/hr and next kilometer at speed of
45km/hr. The average speed of bus was
2. Shoe size of most of the people in Kathmandu
a. 40
valley is no.42, which measure of central
b. 36
tendency does it represent?
a. Mean c. 75/2
d. 75
b. Median
9. A measurement that corresponds to largest
c. Mode
frequency in a set of data is called:
d. All of the above
a. Mean
3. The mean proportion of 0.16 and 0.01 is:
a. 0.4 b. Median
c. Mode
b. 0.17
d. Percentile
c. 0.085
d. 0.04 10. Which of the following average cannot be
calculated for the observations 2, 2, 4, 4, 6, 6, 8,
4. If a constant value 50 is added to each
observation of set of data distribution, the mean 8, 10, 10 ?
a. Mean
is:
b. Median
a. Increased by 5
b. Decreased by 5 c. Mode
d. All of the above
c. 5 times original mean
11. A distribution with two modes is called:
d. Not affected
a. Unimodel
5. If each observation of a set of data distribution is
b. Bimodal
multiplied by 10,the mean of the new set of
observations c. Multimodal
d. Normal
a. Remains same
12. If for any frequency distribution, the median is
b. Ten times the original mean
10 and the mode is 30, then approximate value
c. is one tenth of the original mean
of mean is equal to:
d. is increased by 10
6. If each observation of a set of data distribution a. 0
b. 10
is multiplied by 10,the median of the new set of
observations c. 30
a. Remains same d. 60
13. Which of the following is correct in a positively
b. Ten times the original median
c. is one tenth of the original median skewed distribution?
a. Mean = Median = Mode
d. is increased by 10
b. Mean < Median < Mode
c. Mean > Median > Mode
d. Mean + Median + Mode

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14. The best average in percentage rates and ratios 22. The averages are affected by change of:
is: a. Origin
a. Arithmetic mean b. Scale
b. Lower and upper quartiles c. Both (a) and (b)
c. Geometric mean d. None of the above
d. Harmonic mean
15. If any value in a series is negative, then we
cannot calculate the: 23. The mean of seven observations is 8. A new
a. Mean observation 16 is added. The mean of eight
b. Median
observations is;
c. Geometric mean
a. 12
d. Harmonic mean
b. 9
16. The appropriate average for calculating the c. 8
average speed of a journey is:
d. 24
a. Median
24. For a group of 100 candidates, the mean was
b. Arithmetic mean
found to be 40. Later on it was discovered that a
c. Mode
value 45 was misread as 54. The correct mean is
d. Harmonic mean a. 40.5
17. Harmonic mean gives less weightage to:
b. 39085
a. Small values
c. 39.8
b. Large values d. 39.91
c. Positive values
25. The median of the variant values
d. Negative values 11,7,6,9,12,15,19 is
18. The harmonic mean of the values 5, 9, 11, 0, 17,
a. 9
13 is:
b. 12
a. 9.5 c. 15
b. 6.2
d. 11
c. 0
26. Middle value of the series is called
d. Impossible
a. Mean
19. For an open-end frequency distribution, it is not
b. Median
possible to find: c. Mode
a. Arithmetic mean
d. All of the above
b. Geometric mean
27. The variant value which divides the series in two
c. Harmonic mean
equal parts is
d. All of the above
a. Mean
20. If all the items in a variable are non zero and non b. Median
negative then:
c. Mode
a. A.M > G.M > H.M d. All of the above
b. G.M > A.M > H.M 28. …………. is positional average
c. H.M > G.M > A.M
a. Mean
d. A.M < G.M < H.M b. Median
21. If all the values in a series are same, then:
c. Mode
a. A.M = G.M = H.M
d. Range
b. A.M ≠ G.M ≠ H.M
c. A.M > G.M > H.M
d. A.M < G.M < H.M

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29. For grouped data the formula for median is 37. The elimination of extreme scores at the top of
based on the set has the effect of:
a. Interpolation a. Lowering the mean
b. Extrapolation b. Raising the mean
c. Both (a) and (b) c. No effect
d. None d. Difficult to tell
30. ……….. is very much affected by extreme value
a. Median
b. Mode
c. Mean
d. None

31. The most commonly observed value in a set of

data is
a. Mean
b. Median
c. Mode
d. Frequency
32. Which of the following is based on all
observations
a. Mean
b. Median
c. Mode
33. Which of the following are capable of further
mathematical treatment
a. Mean
b. Median
c. Mode
d. None
34. The arithmetic mean and geometric mean of two
observations are 4 and 8 respectively, then
harmonic mean of these two observations is:
a. 4
b. 8
c. 16
d. 32
35. Median divides the series in the ratio
a. 1:2
b. 1:4
c. 1:1
d. 1:5
36. For an open-end frequency distribution, it is not
possible to find:
a. Arithmetic mean
b. Geometric mean
c. Harmonic mean
d. All of the above
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