Class XI
Statistics
Maximum Marks: 30 Duration: 75 Minutes
Instructions: Attempt all questions. Show all calculations where applicable. Use proper
labels for diagrams and graphs.
Section A: Multiple-Choice Questions (MCQs) (1 mark each)
1. Which of the following is an example of continuous data?
a) Number of students in a class b) Height of students
c) Number of books in a library d) Number of cars in a parking lot
2. Primary data is collected by:
a) Someone else for a different purpose b) Directly from the source
c) From a published report d) None of the above
3. In statistics, a population refers to:
a) A specific set of data b) A subset of data
c) The entire set of observations d) A method of data collection
4. The most suitable diagram for representing categorical data is:
a) Histogram b) Frequency polygon
c) Bar diagram d) Pie chart
5. In a frequency distribution, the range is calculated as:
a) Difference of maximum and minimum values b) The sum of all frequencies
c) The number of class intervals d) The cumulative frequency
Section B: Short-Answer Questions (3 marks each)
6. Explain the difference between descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. Give one
example of each.
7. Distinguish between qualitative and quantitative data with one example for each.
8. Classify the following data as qualitative or quantitative and state whether the variable is
discrete or continuous:
a) Number of books in a library
b) Student's performance in grades (A, B, C, etc.)
c) Daily temperature in a city
9. Draw a histogram:
| Hours Studied | Frequency | | 0–10 |4 | | 10–20 | 10 | | 20–30 | 18
| | 30–40 | 12 | | 40–50 |6 |
10. Organise the following data into a frequency distribution table with class intervals of 5:
| 12, 18, 22, 16, 25, 30, 19, 28, 24, 32, 27, 21, 15, 29, 33 |
Section C: Short-Answer Question (4 marks )
11. Convert the following raw data into a cumulative frequency distribution (less than type)
and prepare ogive:| 40, 35, 45, 50, 30, 55, 25, 60, 70, 20, 65, 75, 80, 90 |
Section D: Long-Answer Question (6 marks )
12. Draw a bar diagram and a pie diagram to present the following data:
| Items | Expense | | A | 12 ||B |8 ||C | 15 ||D |5 |
