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Three years ago the average age of the family of $5$ members was $17$ years A baby having been born the average age of the family is the same today What is the baby today$?$
  • A
    $4$ years
  • B
    $3$ years
  • $2$ years
  • D
    $1$ year

Answer: C.

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There are $7$ observations in the data and their mean is $11$. If each observation is multiplied by $2,$ then the mean of new observations is:
  • A
    $11$
  • B
    $13$
  • $22$
  • D
    $55$

Answer: C.

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If the mean of $x$ and $\frac{1}{\text{x}}$ is $M,$ then the mean of $x^2$ and $\frac{1}{\text{x}{^{2}}}$​ is:
  • A
    $M^2$
  • B
    $2M^2+ 1$
  • $2M^2 -1$
  • D
    $\frac{\text{m}^{2}}{4}$

Answer: C.

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Directions: In the following questions, the Assertions $(A)$ and Reason$(s)$ $(R)$ have been put forward. Read both the statements carefully and choose the correct alternative from the following:
Assertion: The median of a set of data is the middlemost number in the set.
Reason: If $I < m < n$ then the median of the list $i, m, n$ is $n$.
  • A
    Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion.
  • B
    Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion.
  • Assertion is true but the reason is false.
  • D
    Both assertion and reason are false.

Answer: C.

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Directions: In the following questions, the Assertions $(A)$ and Reason$(s)$ $(R)$ have been put forward. Read both the statements carefully and choose the correct alternative from the following:
Assertion: Mean is one of the numbers in data.
Reason: The data $6, 4, 3, 8, 9, 12, 13, 9$ has mean $9$.
  • A
    Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion.
  • B
    Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion.
  • C
    Assertion is true but the reason is false.
  • Both assertion and reason are false.

Answer: D.

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Directions: In the following questions, the Assertions $(A)$ and Reason$(s)$ $(R)$ have been put forward. Read both the statements carefully and choose the correct alternative from the following:
Assertion: The median of the distribution $2, 3, 4, 7, 5, 1, 6$ is $4$.
Reason: The middle most observation of a data series is called the median of the series.
  • Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion.
  • B
    Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion.
  • C
    Assertion is true but the reason is false.
  • D
    Both assertion and reason are false.

Answer: A.

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Directions: In the following questions, the Assertions $(A)$ and Reason$(s)$ $(R)$ have been put forward. Read both the statements carefully and choose the correct alternative from the following:
Assertion: Mode is the term which appears maximum number of times.
Reason: Mode of $2, 3, 4, 5, 0, 1, 3, 3, 4, 3$ is $3.$
  • Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion.
  • B
    Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion.
  • C
    Assertion is true but the reason is false.
  • D
    Both assertion and reason are false.

Answer: A.

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Directions: In the following questions, the Assertions $(A)$ and Reason$(s)$ $(R)$ have been put forward. Read both the statements carefully and choose the correct alternative from the following:
Assertion: Mode is a simple and popular average.
Reason: Mode is the possible value of the distribution.
  • A
    Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion.
  • Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion.
  • C
    Assertion is true but the reason is false.
  • D
    Both assertion and reason are false.

Answer: B.

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Read the bar graph (Fig) which shows the number of books sold by a bookstore during five consecutive years and answer the question: Can you explain how you would estimate the number of books sold in $1989?$
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Read the bar graph (Fig) which shows the number of books sold by a bookstore during five consecutive years and answer the question: In which years were fewer than $250$ books sold?
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Read the bar graph (Fig) which shows the number of books sold by a bookstore during five consecutive years and answer the question: In which year about $475$ books were sold? About $225$ books sold?
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Read the bar graph (Fig) which shows the number of books sold by a bookstore during five consecutive years and answer the question: About how many books were sold in $1989? 1990? 1992?$
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The scores in mathematics test (out of $25$) of $15$ students is as follows :$19, 25, 23, 20, 9, 20, 15, 10, 5, 16, 25, 20, 24, 12, 20$. Find the mode and median of this data. Are they same?
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The enrolment of a school during six consecutive years was as follows: $1555, 1670, 1750, 2013, 2540, 2820$. Find the mean enrolment of the school for this period.
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Take the data giving the minimum and the maximum temperature of various cities given in Table. Plot a double bar graph using the data and answer the question: Name the city which has the least difference between its minimum and the maximum temperature.
Temperatures of Cities as on $20.6.2006$
City Max. Min.
Ahmedabad $38^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$ $29^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$
Amritsar $37^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$ $26^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$
Banglore $28^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$ $21^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$
Chennai $36^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$ $27^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$
Delhi $38^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$ $28^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$
Jaipur $39^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$ $28^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$
Jammu $41^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$ $26^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$
Mumbai $32^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$ $27^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$
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Take the data giving the minimum and the maximum temperature of various cities given in Table. Plot a double bar graph using the data and answer the question: Name two cities where maximum temperature of one was less than the minimum temperature of the other.
Temperatures of Cities as on $20.6.2006$
City Max. Min.
Ahmedabad $38^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$ $29^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$
Amritsar $37^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$ $26^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$
Banglore $28^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$ $21^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$
Chennai $36^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$ $27^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$
Delhi $38^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$ $28^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$
Jaipur $39^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$ $28^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$
Jammu $41^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$ $26^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$
Mumbai $32^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$ $27^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$
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Take the data giving the minimum and the maximum temperature of various cities given in Table. Plot a double bar graph using the data and answer the question: Which is the hottest city and which is the coldest city?
Temperatures of Cities as on $20.6.2006$
City Max. Min.
Ahmedabad $38^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$ $29^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$
Amritsar $37^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$ $26^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$
Banglore $28^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$ $21^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$
Chennai $36^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$ $27^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$
Delhi $38^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$ $28^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$
Jaipur $39^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$ $28^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$
Jammu $41^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$ $26^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$
Mumbai $32^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$ $27^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$
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Take the data giving the minimum and the maximum temperature of various cities given in Table. Plot a double bar graph using the data and answer the question: Which city has the largest difference in the minimum and maximum temperature on the given date?
Temperatures of Cities as on $20.6.2006$
City Max. Min.
Ahmedabad $38^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$ $29^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$
Amritsar $37^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$ $26^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$
Banglore $28^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$ $21^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$
Chennai $36^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$ $27^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$
Delhi $38^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$ $28^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$
Jaipur $39^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$ $28^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$
Jammu $41^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$ $26^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$
Mumbai $32^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$ $27^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$
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Consider this data collected from a survey of a colony.
Favourite Sport Cricket Basket Ball Swimming Hockey Athletics
Watching $1240$ $470$ $510$ $423$ $250$
Participating $620$ $320$ $320$ $250$ $105$
Which is more preferred, watching or participating in sports?
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During the $HC$ game, players can spin the wheel to earn points.
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$1.$ What is the probability that she earns $6$ points$?$
  • A
      $0$
  • B
      $\frac{1}{12}$
  • C
     $\frac{1}{5}$
  •  $\frac{1}{2}$

Answer: D.

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The graph below shows the percentage of new and existing active users of the games.Image
$1.$ In which game the number of existing active users is more than $1.5$ million$?$
$A. KC$
$B. RJ$
$C. CM$
$D. CR$
$2. $ For which game(s) the number of new users is more than the number of existing users$?$
$3.$ It has been observed that $50\%$ of the new $RJ$ game users play online with friends.
For existing users, this percentage is $36\%.$
What is the number of people (in millions) playing $RJ $ game online with friends$?$
$A. 1.39$ millions
$B. 4.975$ millions
$C. 8.557$ millions
$D. 9.95$ millions
$4.$ Mary played $10\ HC$ matches. She scored $45, 36, 50, 27, 36, 52, 50, 43, 50$ and $47$ points in them. What is the most frequent score point$?$
$A. 27$
$B. 36$
$C. 47$
$D. 50$
$5. $ Are the mean and median of Mary’s scores equal? Justify your answer.
$6.$ Mary scored 56 points in her $11th$ match. What is the change in her mean score after the $11th$ match$?$
$A.$ Increases by $1.13$
$B.$ Increases by $5.6$
$C.$ Decreases by $4$
$D.$ Decreases by $3$
$7.$ What is the probability of Mary scoring $60$ points in her $12th$ match$?$
The highest score in the match is $60$ points.
$A. 0$
$B. \frac{1}{12}$
$C.\frac{1}{5}$
$D. \frac{1}{2}$
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Gaming apps allow users to download and play games in online or ofline mode. A play store data
shows $20$ million downloads of $6$ popular games. The table below shows the number of daily active users of the games:
Game Active users (in millions)
$KC$ $2.07$
$RJ$ $1.99$
$CM$ $1.82$
$SN$ $1.56$
$CR$ $1.34$
$HC$ $1.20$
$1.$ Around $50\%$ of those who downloaded the games are active users.
Is the statement correct? Give reason to justify your answer.
$2.$ Every fourth person who downloaded the games spends more than an hour a day playing them.
What percentage of active players play more than an hour a day?
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Q 393 Marks Question3 Marks
The weights (in kg.) of $15$ students of a class are $:38, 42, 35, 37, 45, 50, 32, 43, 43, 40, 36, 38, 43, 38, 47. (i) $ Find the mode and median of this data.$(ii)$ Is there more than one mode$ ?$
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Q 403 Marks Question3 Marks
The runs scored in a cricket match by $11$ players is as follows: $6, 15, 120, 50, 100, 80, 10, 15, 8, 10, 15.$ Find the mean, mode and median of this data. Are the three same$?$
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Q 413 Marks Question3 Marks
The margins of victory in the football matches of a league are:
$1, 3, 2, 5, 1, 4, 6, 2, 5, 2, 2, 2, 4, 1, 2, 3, 1, 1, 2, 3, 2, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1, 1, 4, 2, 1, 5, 3, 3, 2, 3, 2, 4, 2, 1, 2$
Find the mode of this data.
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