SECTION-A (all the questions are compulsory)
Q1. Find the median of the following distribution: [3]
MARKS 5 10 15 20 25 30
NUMBER 4 6 10 12 13 5
OF
STUDENTS
Q2. When a die is rolled, find the probability of occurrence of: [2]
a) An even number
b) A number less than 5
Q3. Find the mean by short-cut method for the following distribution: [4]
CLASS-INTERVAL 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60
NUMBER OF 5 8 3 7 4 3
CANDIDATES
Q4. What sum of money will amount to Rs.9261 in 3 years at 5% per annum compound
Interest [3]
Q5. A bag contains 5 red and 7 black balls. Find the probability that a ball drawn is black in
Colour [1]
Q6. Draw a histogram to represent the following distribution and hence find the mode from the
histogram [4]
CLASS-INTERVAL 0-6 6-12 12-18 18-24 24-30 30-36 36-42
FREQUENCY 5 8 10 12 6 7 2
Q7. Calculate the rate percent when Rs.2,304 amounts to Rs.2,500 in 2 years at compound
interest [3]
SECTION-B
Q8.
a) The monthly income of a group of 320 employees in a company is given below:
MONTHLY INCOME NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES
6000-7000 20
7000-8000 45
8000-9000 65
9000-10000 95
10000-11000 60
11000-12000 30
12000-13000 5
Draw an ogive of the given distribution on a graph sheet taking 2cm=Rs.1000 on one axis and
2cm=50 employees on the other axis. From the graph determine
1) The median wage
2) The number of employees whose income is below Rs.8500
3) If the salary of a senior employee is above Rs.11,500, find the number of senior employees
in the company
4) The upper quartile
[6]
b) Rohit borrows Rs.86,000 from Arun for two years at 5% per annum simple interest. He
immediately lends out this money to Akshay at 5% compound interest compounded
annually [4]
Q9.
(a) The distribution given below shows the marks obtained by 25 students in an aptitude test.
Find the mean, median and mode of the distribution [4]
MARKS 5 6 7 8 9 10
OBTAINED
NUMBER 3 9 6 4 2 1
OF
STUDENTS
b) Cards marked with numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, ........... , 20 are well shuffled and a card is drawn at
random. What is the probability that the number on the card is: [3]
1) A prime number
2) Divisible by 3
3) A perfect square
c) Find the compound interest on Rs.8000 for 1½ years at 10% per annum, interest payable
half-yearly [3]
Q10.
a) Find the mean of the following frequency distribution by step-deviation method: [5]
CLASS 0-5 5-10 10-15 15-20 20-25 25-30 30-35 35-40
FREQUENCY 4 3 2 1 6 5 4 5
b) If two die are thrown simultaneously, find the probability of getting: [5]
1) 9 as a sum
2) A doublet
3) Sum of numbers greater then 10
4) Even numbers on both the die
5) Sum of numbers greater than 12
Q11.
a) The median of the following observations, arranged in ascending order is 24, find x. 11, 12,
14, 18,x+2, x+4, 30, 32, 35, 41 [2]
b) Nikita invests Rs.6000 for two years at a certain rate of interest compounded annually. At
the end of first year, it amounts to Rs.6720, calculate: [4]
1) The rate of interest
2) The amount at the end of second year
c) If the mean of the following distribution is 7.5, find the missing frequency f of the following
data: [4]
Variable(x) 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Frequency(f 20 17 F 10 8 6 7 6
)
