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POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN
APPLIED STATISTICS (PGDAST)
Term-End Examination
00808 June, 2015
MST-001 : FOUNDATION IN MATHEMATICS
AND STATISTICS
Time : 3 hours Maximum Marks : 50
Note :
(i) Attempt all questions. Questions no. 2 to 5 have
internal choices.
(ii) Use of scientific calculator is allowed.
(iii) Use of Formulae and Table Booklet for PGDAST is
allowed.
(iv) Symbols have their usual meaning.
1. Which of the following statements are True or
False ? Give reasons in support of your answer.
5x2=10
(a) Collection of good actors in India forms a set.
(b) In a sport event (say cricket), the numbers
allotted to the participants come under
ordinal scale.
x2 + x - 2
(c) lim = -1.
x-o. x4 - 5x + 4
(d) A demographer uses 2011 census data in his
study; it is an example of primary data.
1 1
(e) The sum 1 + + - + - + ... to is 3.
2 4 8
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2. (a) If 10th and 21st terms of an A.P. are 52 and
107, respectively, then find the A.P. 4
(b) In a group of 500 persons, 400 can speak
Hindi and 150 can speak English. How
many can speak
(i) Both Hindi and English,
(ii) Only Hindi,
(iii) Only English ? 2+2+2
OR
(a) If f(x) = I xl — 2x + 3, then evaluate f12),
f(— 2) and f(0). 3
(b) Solve (n — 2)! = 12(n — 4)! for n, where n E N.
(c) In an examination, there are 10 multiple
choice questions. The first five questions
have 4 choices each and the last five
questions have 5 choices each. How many
sequences of the answers are possible ? 4
3. (a) Find the values of a and b, if the function f
given below is continuous at x = 2. 5
7, x<2
f(x) = ax + b, x>2
a+ 5, x=2
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dy
(b) If y = u2, u = 3v, v = then find — .
x+1 dx
OR
(ax – b x )2
(a) Evaluate the integral ei 5
ax bx
6
(b) Evaluate the integral x1, /3 dx
4. The cost of 2 pens, 3 note-books and 1 book
is t 90. The cost of 1 pen, 4 note-books
and 2 books is t 120. The cost of 2 pens,
4 note-books and 5 books is t 205. Find the cost
of 1 pen, 1 note-book and 1 book by matrix
method or by Cramer's rule. 10
OR
ab 1 c(a + b)
(a) Prove that be 1 a(b + c) = 0
ca 1 b(c + a)
(without expanding). 5
[ 3
(b) If A = 5 , then show that (A – A')
–2 4 2
is skew symmetric. 5
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5. (a) Construct a continuous frequency
distribution for 50 students studying in a
class having the following heights (in cm) : 5
146, 156, 152, 167, 178, 180, 172, 162, 148,
153, 161, 173, 163, 174, 147, 179, 148, 151,
168, 172, 165, 173, 172, 180, 175, 145, 153,
154, 162, 164, 170, 172, 160, 161, 158, 152,
163, 165, 170, 168, 158, 149, 155, 160, 150,
149, 167, 176, 169, 159.
(b) Draw a pie diagram to represent the
expenditure of 100 of a family over
different budget-heads as given below : 5
Expenditure
Item
(in T)
Food 25
Clothing 15
Education 20
Transport 10
Outing 10
Miscellaneous 5
Saving 15
OR
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(a) Draw a frequency polygon for the following
frequency distribution : 3
Class Interval Frequency
40 — 50 4
50 — 60 10
60 — 70 11
70 — 80 13
80 — 90 18
90 —100 14
100 —110 11
110 —120 5
(b) Draw a box plot for the given data : 7
31, 42, 22, 27, 33, 27, 37, 28, 34, 44, 25, 39,
26, 31, 26, 33, 46, 48, 50.
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POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN
APPLIED STATISTICS (PGDAST)
Term-End Examination
003B9 December, 2015
MST-001 : FOUNDATION IN MATHEMATICS
AND STATISTICS
Time : 3 hours Maximum Marks : 50
Note :
(i) Attempt all questions. Questions no. 2 to 5 have
internal choices.
(ii) Use of scientific calculator is allowed.
(iii) Use of Formulae and Table Booklet for PGDAST is
allowed.
(iv) Symbols have their usual meaning.
1. State whether the following statements are true
or false ? Give reasons in support of your
answer. 5x2=10
(a) The rule f shown in the following figure is a
function :
(b) If A = (2, 9, 7, 5), B = (5, 2, 9, 7), then A = B.
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2
x -4
(c) lim = 4.
x-.2 x - 2
(d) Measurement of blood group comes under
nominal scale of measurement.
(e) Caption refers to the row heading, and
explains what information the row presents.
2. (a) Write the set A = x : x 2 — 4x — 21 = 0,
x2 — 49 = 0, x E N } by roster method. 5
(b) If A = { a, b, c }, then write the power set of A. 3
(c) If U= {x:x is an English alphabet ) and
A = { x : x is a vowel of English alphabet },
then write A' keeping U as universal set. 2
OR
Find the following sums : 2 +3 +5
(a) 3 + 7 + 11 + ... to 101 terms
(b) 2 + 7 + 12 + + 5002
2 2
(c) — + — + 2 + 6 + + 486
9 3
3. (a) Evaluate lira
_ 5
x-+2 x-2
(b) Find the derivative of the function
(x + 2)2 (x + 3) (x + 1). 5
OR
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Evaluate the following integrals : 2+3+5
(a) 5x 2x dx
x
(b) _ + (5x — 3) 3 + x l dx
[3
X
9
(c) J. x10 + 1 dx
4. Solve the following system of equations by the
matrix method : 10
2x + 3y = 5
4x + 6y = 10
OR
(a) List five differences between primary and
secondary data. 5
[ 3 5
(b) Express the matrix A = as the sum
—2 4
of symmetric and skew symmetric matrices.
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5. (a) A frequency distribution of marks
50 students in a subject is as given below :
Class (Marks) Frequency
0-10 6
10 — 20 10
20 — 30 14
30 — 40 18
40 — 50 2
Prepare relative and percentage frequency
distributions.
(b) Draw the multiple bar diagram for the
following data : 5
Sales Gross rofit Net Profit
Year .
(in 1000 T ) (in 1000 T ) (in 1000 T)
1990 100 30 10
1995 120 40 15
2000 130 45 25
2005 150 50 30
2010 200 70 30
OR
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(a) Draw less than ogive from the following
frequency distribution of marks of
90 students :
Marks No. of students
0 —9 7
10 —19 11
20 — 29 19
30 — 39 8
40 — 49 20
50 — 59 14
60 — 69 8
70 — 79 3
(b) Draw a stem-and-leaf display for the
following data :
31, 42, 22, 27, 33, 57, 67, 58, 64, 44, 65,
59, 46, 61, 35, 26, 63.
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POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN
APPLIED STATISTICS (PGDAST)
Term-End Examination
0094-7
June, 2016
MST-001 : FOUNDATION IN MATHEMATICS
AND STATISTICS
Time : 3 hours Maximum Marks : 50
Note :
(i) Attempt all questions. Questions no. 2 to 5 have
internal choices.
(ii) Use of scientific calculator is allowed.
(iii) Use of Formulae and Statistical Tables Booklet for
PGDAST is allowed.
(iv) Symbols have their usual meaning.
1. State whether the following statements are true
or false. Give reasons in support of your
answers. 5x2=10
(a) If A = Ix : 2x + 5 < 17, x > 4, x E NI and
B={x:x2 -11x+30=0,xE N},thenA=B.
(b) Median is a permissible statistical tool in
nominal scale data.
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(c)
i
0
X2 dX =1
(d) On the basis of ways for obtaining the data,
it may be classified as : Primary data and
Secondary data.
x2 + x - 2
(e) lim =0
x-*1 x 2 - 5x + 4
2. (a) Out of 50 students in a class, 24 play
cricket, 15 play hockey, 18 play football,
6 play cricket and hockey, 8 play cricket
and football, 5 play hockey and football and
10 students do not play any of the three
games. Then how many play
(i) all the three games,
(ii) hockey but not football, and
(iii) cricket and football but not hockey ?
(b) Show that A = 15, 25, 125, 625, ...) is an
enumerable set. 5
OR
(a) Find the sum of the series
2 2
- + - +2+6+...+486. 5
9 3
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(b) How many 5-letter words are possible using
8 letters a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h such that
(i) two letters a, b are always included
(ii) three letters a, c, d are always
excluded ? 5
3. (a) Evaluate : 5
15x - 6 - + 6
1
lim
x-*3 x2 - 9
(b) Find the local maximum and minimum values
of the function f(x) = 2x 3 - 15x2 + 36x + 9. 5
OR
(a) Evaluate :
f 2x
(1 + x2 ) log (1 + x 2 ) dx
(b) Evaluate :
2x + 7
dx
-3) (x + 1) (x - 4)
0
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4 13
4. (a) If 3X + 2Y = and
18 13
7 0
2X — 3Y = , then find the
—1 —13
matrices X and Y. 5
(b) The cost of 2 pens, 3 notebooks and 1 book is
90. The cost of 1 pen, 4 notebooks
and 2 books is t 120. The cost of 2 pens,
4 notebooks and 5 books is 205. Find the
cost of 1 pen, 1 notebook and 1 book by the
matrix method. 5
OR
(a) Explain measurement scales, namely,
nominal scale, ordinal scale, interval scale
and ratio scale. Also give one example of
each. 5
(b) Explain five points that should be taken care
of for preparing a questionnaire or a
schedule. 5
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5. (a) The frequency distribution of marks of 50
students in a subject is given below :
Class Number of
(Marks) Students
0-10 7
10 — 20 11
20 — 30 15
30 — 40 12
40 — 50
Form both types of cumulative frequency
distributions. Also prepare relative and
percentage frequency distributions. 5
(b) Represent the following data by subdivided
bar diagram :
Cost per chair
Category (in T ) year-wise
1990 1995 2000
Cost of Raw Material 15 20 30
Labour Cost 15 18 25
Polish 5 6 15
Delivery 5 6 10
Total 40 50 80
OR
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(a) Draw two ogives from the following data :
Class Frequency
0-10 3
10 — 20 6
20 — 30 10
30 — 40 13
40 — 50 20
50 — 60 18
60 — 70 15
70 — 80 9
80 — 90 6
Hence find the median. 5
(b) Draw a stem-and-leaf display for the given
data :
141, 137, 105, 139, 107, 144, 110, 135,
117, 125, 147, 113, 109, 120, 132, 110,
130, 112.
Also find sixty-seventh percentile. 5
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POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN
APPLIED STATISTICS (PGDAST)
Term-End Examination
C---11 1 94 December, 2016
MST-001 : FOUNDATION IN MATHEMATICS
AND STATISTICS
Time : 3 hours Maximum Marks : 50
Note :
(i) Attempt all questions. Questions no. 2 to 5 have
internal choices.
(ii) Use of scientific calculator is allowed.
(iii) Use of Formulae and Statistical Tables Booklet for
PGDAST is allowed.
(iv) Symbols have their usual meaning.
1. State whether the following statements are True
or False. Give reasons in support of your
answers. 5x2=10
(a) Allotment of license number plates to
different cars comes under the ordinal scale
of measurement.
(b) The 10th term of the sequence 1, 4, 7, ... is
28.
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(c) Caption refers to the row heading, and
explains what information the row presents.
(d) Number of patients visiting a hospital over a
period of seven days is an example of
discrete data.
=
(e) lim (1 + x + x2 + x3 + + x100) 101.
x
2. (a) If A = (1, 3, 5), 13 = (3, 5, 7, 91, C = (2, 6, 8, 9)
are subsets of the universal set
U = (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9),
then verify De-Morgan's laws. 5
(b) Find the domain of the function f : R R,
defined by f(x) = 1/(x — 3) (5 — x) , x E R.
Also evaluate g3), f(4) and f(5). 5
OR
2 4
(a) Find the sum of the G.P. —1+ -3- — +
up to 8 terms.
(b) How many 4-digit numbers are possible
using 9 digits 1, 2, 3, ..., 9 such that
(i) Three digits 1, 6, 8 are always included ?
(ii) Two digits 3, 8 are always excluded ? 5
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3. (a) Discuss the continuity of the function
f(x)= lx-31 atx=3. 5
11,2 , 1
(b) Find the derivative of the function — ' -. 5
x+1
OR
(a) Evaluate : 5
(ax — )2
dx
axbx
(b) Evaluate : 5
3
x — 5 o dx
j. (x + 1) (x + 2) -
0
4. (a) Using the properties of determinants
evaluate
a
b c a . 5
c a
(b) Solve the following system of equations using
the matrix method : 5
4x + 2y = 6
6x + 3y = 8
OR
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(a) Distinguish between quantitative and
qualitative data, and discrete and
continuous data. Also give an example in
each case. 5
(b) Write the five differences between primary
and secondary data. 5
5. (a) Present the following information in a
suitable tabular form : 5
In 2009, out of a total 2000 employees in a
company, 1550 were members of a trade
union. The number of women employees
was 250, of which 200 did not belong to any
trade union. In 2010, the number of union
employees was 1725, out of which 1600
were men. The number of employees who
did not belong to any trade union was 380,
of which 155 were women.
(b) A company is started by four persons A, B,
C and D and they distribute the profit or
loss among themselves in the proportion
4 : 3 : 2 : 1. In the year 2010, the company
earned a profit of 14,400. Represent the
shares of their profits in a pie chart. 5
OR
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(a) Draw a histogram for the following data :
Class Frequency
0-10 20
10 — 20 32
20 — 30 8
30 — 40 2
40 — 70 60
70 — 80 35 '
80 —100 10
(b) Draw a box plot for the following data :
31, 42, 22, 27, 33 , 27, 37, 28, 34, 44, 25, 39,
26, 31, 26, 33, 46, 48, 50.
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POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA EN
APPLIED STATISTICS (PGDAST)
Term End Examination
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IDOE322 June, 2017
MST-001 : FOUNDATION IN MATHEMATICS
AND STATISTICS
Time : 3 hours Maximum Marks : 50
Note :
(i) Attempt all questions. Questions no. 2 to 5 have
internal choices.
(ii) Use of scientific calculator is allowed.
(iii) Use of Formulae and Statistical Tables Booklet is
allowed.
(iv) Symbols have their usual meaning.
1. State whether the following statements are True
or False. Give reasons in support of your
answer. 5x2=10
(a) In exclusive method of classification, upper
limit of a class is included in the same class.
(b) (4x — 6)4 = 16x.
dx
(c) Collection of good teachers in India forms a
set.
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(d) The heading of the rows given in the first
column of a table are called captions.
(e) A researcher used 2011 census data in her
study. It is primary data for her.
15
2. (a) Find the sum of the series —
24
to 14 terms. 2
(b) If the 4th and the 7th terms of a G.P. are 24
and 192, respectively, find the G.P. 3
(c) There are 16 cricket players including
8 batsmen, 6 bowlers and 2 wicket keepers. In
how many ways can 11 players be selected
having 6 batsmen, 4 bowlers and 1 wicket
keeper ? 5
OR
(a) If A = (1, 2, 3, 4, 5), B = (4, 5, 6, 7, 8), then
find (A — B) and (A n B). 2
(b) If f(x) = 4 — I x — 3 I , then find f(2) and f(— 2). 2
(c) In a group of 400 typists, 300 can type in
English and 150 can type in Hindi. Then
how many can type in
(i) both. Hindi and English ?
(ii) only Hindi ?
(iii) only English ? 6
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3. (a) Find the local maximum and minimum
values of the function
ft) = 2x3 - 15x2 + 36x + 5.
(b) Evaluate :
2
x- 3
f(x+1)2
0
OR
x2 +2 x2
(a) Find lim fix), where f(x) =
x 2 2 - x2 x > 2
Check whether the above function is
continuous at x = 2. 5
(b) Evaluate :
f xe-ax dx
4. (a) Identify whether the following data are
discrete or continuous :
(i) Time in hours of completing the
question paper of MST-001.
(ii) Number of students present in the
examination of the paper MST-001.
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(iii) Marks of students in the paper
MST-001.
(iv) Number of students who passed in the
paper MST-001.
(b) Identify which scale is used in the
classification of the people of a society based
on : 2
(i) religion
(ii) income
(iii) education
(iv) height
(c) Prove that 6
a b c
b c a
a b
2) .
= (a + b + c) (ab + bc + ca — a 2 — b2 —
OR
(a) List any four differences between primary
and secondary data. 4
(b) Solve the following system of linear
equations using the matrix method :
4x — 3y = 5
x+y=3
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5. The marks (out of 50) of 30 students of PGDAST
programme in MST-001 are given below :
10, 15, 32, 27, 40, 36, 47, 08, 29, 10, 46, 35, 42,
07, 15, 20, 42, 49, 36, 25, 40, 40, 45, 28, 43, 05,
22, 48, 50, 19
(a) Construct a continuous frequency
distribution by taking suitable class width.
(b) Draw the histogram.
(c) Draw less than ogive. 3+3+4
OR
(a) Draw a suitable diagram for the given
monthly expenditure of a family over
different heads as given below : 6
Expenditure
Head
(in Rupees)
Food 4,000
Education 2,000
Clothing 1,000
Rent . 2,000
Miscellaneous 1,000
(b) Draw a stem-and-leaf display for the given
data :
41, 42, 22, 33, 27, 57, 64, 67, 58, 44, 65, 26,
63, 35, 61, 46, 59, 50, 42, 60
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POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN
APPLIED STATISTICS (PGDAST)
Term-End Examination
006E32 December, 2017
MST-001 : FOUNDATION IN MATHEMATICS
AND STATISTICS
Time : 3 hours Maximum Marks : 50
Note :
(i) Attempt all questions. Questions no. 2 to 5 have
internal choices.
(ii) Use of scientific calculator is allowed.
(iii) Use of Formulae and Statistical Tables Booklet for
PGDAST is allowed.
(iv) Symbols have their usual meanings.
1. State whether the following statements are True
or False. Give reasons in support of your
answer. 5x2=10
(a) The function f(x) = I x I is an even function.
(b) The ogive of less-than-type and more-than-type
of a distribution intersect at mode.
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(c) If A = 2 and B = [ 1 2 3], then
3
AB = [1 4 9].
2 2 — x, x
(d) If f(x) = , then Jim f(x) = 1.
2+x 2 , x =1
(e) The data of number of cars on the roads of
Delhi at an even date under the Even-Odd
scheme of Delhi Government, is continuous.
2. (a) How many terms are there in the sequence
1
— 1, — 1 ... 14 ?) 2
41/8 1/16
(b) Show that 4" .
4 . 00 = 2. 3
(c) If A = {2, 4, 6), B = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} are
the subsets of the universal set
U = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9), then verify
De Morgan's law (A U B)' = A' fl B'. 5
OR
(a) Find the total number of ways of selecting 11
players out of 15 players such that
(i) two particular players are always
included,
(ii) two particular players are always
excluded. 3+3
(b) Define one-one function and onto function
with examples. 2+2
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3. (a) Find the derivative of the function
y = (3x + 2) 4 (6x + 3)6 w.r.t. x. 5
(b) Evaluate : 5
1
2x + 5
5 dx
(x 2 + 5x + 7)
0
OR
(a) Check the continuity of the following
function at point x = 2 : 4
f(x) = {x2 + 1, x<_2
3 + x, x>2
(b) Find if x = 2 + 4t2, y = 9t2 + 4f + 1.
dx
(c) Find the points of local maxima or minima of
the function f(x) = 2x3 — 15x2 + 36x + 9. 3
4. (a) Draw the histogram for the following data : 6
Class Interval Frequency
0-10
10 — 20 8
20 — 30 10
30 — 50 12
50 — 70 20
70 —100 15
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(b) The marks (out of 50) of 20 students in
MST-001 are given below :
21, 02, 18, 33, 40, 06, 50, 40, 46, 15
40, 28, 17, 35, 26, 32, 21, 46, 32, 50
Draw a simple stem-and-leaf display by taking
stem width at 10. 4
OR
(a) Draw a suitable diagram for the data of
monthly expenditure (in T) of two families
given below : 6
Item Family A Family B
Food 4,000 5,000
Clothing 2,000 2,000
Education 2,800 2,000
Miscellaneous 1,200 1,000
(b) The wages (in T) per day of 25 workers in a
factory are given below :
100, 250, 120, 340, 500, 250, 150, 300, 460,
350, 400, 200, 150, 150, 180, 400, 220, 340,
160, 500, 430, 250, 300, 200, 350
(i) Construct a continuous frequency
distribution of the above data by taking
suitable class width, and 2
(ii) Prepare the relative frequency
distribution. 2
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5. (a) Identify, giving reasons, which scale is used
in the classification of soldiers of India based
on their
(i) region,
(ii) performance,
(iii) education, and
(iv) height. 4
(b) Solve the following system of equations by
using Cramer's rule : 6
3x + 5y = — 11
2x — 3y = 18
OR
(a) Show that
1 1 1
x y z = (x — y) (y — z) (z — x). 5
2
y xz 2
y2
(b) What do you mean by Primary data and
Secondary data ? Also give an example for
each. 5
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POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN
APPLIED STATISTICS (PGDAST)
Term-End Examination
June, 2018
0 1_
MST-001 : FOUNDATION IN MATHEMATICS
AND STATISTICS
Time : 3 hours Maximum Marks : 50
Note :
(i) Question no. 1 is compulsory. Questions no. 2 to 5
have internal choices.
(ii) Use of scientific calculator is allowed.
(iii) Use of Formulae and Statistical Tables Booklet for
PGDAST is allowed.
(iv) Symbols have their usual meanings.
1. State whether the following statements are True
or False. Give reasons in support of your
answers. 5x2=10
(a) Collection of intelligent students enrolled in
PGDAST programme. of IGNOU, is a set.
x3 + 1
(b) Lim =3
x-÷-1 x+1
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(c) Quarterly profit of a company for last eight
quarters is an example of cross-sectional
data.
(d) In inclusive method of classification each
upper class limit is excluded from the cla-ss
interval.
(e) If 2k + 1, 3k + 3, 5k + 2 are in A.P, then
k = 3.
2. (a) If A = {1, 3, 5, 7, 9}, B = {2, 4, 6, 8},
C = {2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23),
D = {5, 10, 15, 20, 251, then what will be the
smallest universal set ? 2
(b) If A = a,3, 5), B = {3, 5, 7, 9} are subsets of
the universal set U = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9),
then verify the De-Morgan's laws. 4
(c) Let f : N -> N be defined by
f(n) = 3n, n E N
Express the function diagrammatically. Also
write domain, range and co-domain of the
function. 4
OR
(a) Find the sum 3 + 7 + 11 + + 79. 4
(b) Find the 10th term of the G.P. 128, 32, 8, 2, ... 2
(c) How many signals can be formed by taking
at least one flag from 4 flags, each of
different colour ? 4
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3. (a) Discuss the continuity of the function at x = 0
{x
x*0
f(x) = I x I 5
0 x=0
(b) Evaluate : 5
8x dx
J. (x + 1)(x — 3) 2
OR
(a) Find local maximum and local minimum
values of the function : 5
, x x 4 3
0 2+ -ix
flX) = - + - - zx A
+5
4-3
(b) Evaluate : 5
3
.1
2
4. (a) Prove that
x y z
x2 y2 z2
1 + x3 1 + y3 1 + z3
= (x — y) -(y — z) (z — x) (1 + xyz) 5
(b) Solve the following system of equations the
using concept of matrices. • 5
3x + 6y — 4z = 3
3x — z = 0
12x — 6y = — 3
OR
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(a) Identify whether the data is discrete or
continuous in the following cases : 5
(i) Number of people present in a party
(ii) Length of the leaves of a plant
(iii) Lifetiine in hours of an electrical bulb
(iv) Number of cars standing in a showroom
over a period of 7 days
(v) Number of dengue patients who visited
a hospital on a particular day
(b) Explain any two methods of collection of
primary data with their merits and
demerits. 5
5. (a) Explain any 5 components of a good table. 5
(b) Draw a circle diagram for the following data : 5
Year 1980 1990 2000 2010
Number of
16 25 65 150
colonies in city A
OR
(a) Arrange the numbers 47, 35, 37, 20, 43, 15,
15, 26, 46, 25, 29, 12, 39, 44, 21, 24, 16, 40,
19, 46, 30, 34, 17, 39, 16, 40, 31, 21, 14, 42,
16, 43, 22,' 11, 24, 25, 31, 27, 40, 33 in a
stretched stem-and-leaf display that has
single digit starting parts and leaves, but
has stem width of 5. 5
(b) Draw a box plot for the given data : 5
31, 42, 22, 27, 33, 27, 37, 28, 34, 44, 25, 39,
26, 31, 26, 33, 46, 48, 50.
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MST-0011
POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN
APPLIED STATISTICS (PGDAST)
Term-End Examination
C.) December, 2018
MST-001 : FOUNDATION IN MATHEMATICS
AND STATISTICS
Time : 3 hours
Maximum Marks : 50
Note :
(i) Question no. 1 is compulsory. Questions no. 2 to 5
have internal choices.
(ii) Use of scientific calculator is allowed.
(iii) Use of Formulae and Statistical Tables Booklet for
PGDAST is allowed.
(iv) Symbols have their usual meanings.
1. State whether the following statements are True
or False. Give reasons in support of your
answers.
5x2=10
(a) If A = {a, b, a, b, d}, B = {5, 6, 7, 7, 9} then
A—B.
x 2 _ 25
(b) Lim = 10
x-45 x—5
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(c) The number of hits on IGNOU website on a
given day for 30 days is an example of
continuous data.
(d) In exclusive method of classification, each
upper class limit is included in the class
interval.
6
(e) 1 8 dx = 32 .
2
2. (a) In a group of 500 persons, 400 can speak
Hindi and 150 can speak English. Then how
many can speak
(i) both Hindi and English ?
5
(ii) Hindi only ?
(b) If f(x) = 5 — x — 31, then evaluate f(2), 2),
f(6), f(— 5), f(12). 5
OR
1 1 1
(a) Prove that 5 3 . 59 . 5 27 ... to 0. = .
(b) Find the number of terms in the following
series :
1 1 45 ... , 14.
—1,— —4
2
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(c) In how many ways can 3 prizes be
distributed among 5 students when
(i) No student gets more than one prize ?
(ii) No student gets all the prizes ?
(iii) A student may get any number of
prizes ? 6
3. (a) Find the relation between "a" and "b" if the
function f(x) is given to be continuous at
x = 0, where
2x — a, x>0
ftx) 5
ax + b +3, x < 0
(b) Find local maximum and minimum values of
the function
Rx) = 4x3 — 21x2 + 18x + 9 5
OR
(a) Evaluate :
xf 2 e-x dx
5
(b) Evaluate : 5
ef
3
l2xi dx
-3
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4. Solve the following system of equations by
Cramer's rule : 10
x + 3y + 2z = 6
— x + 4y + 5z = 8
2x + 5y + 3z = 10
OR
(a) Explain four levels of measurement scales in
detail with one example in each case.
(b) What are the differences between primary
and secondary data ? 4
5. (a) Draw a percentage bar diagram for the
following data : 5
Cost per unit Cost per unit
Category 1990 2000
Material 20 32
Labour 25 36
Delivery 5 12
Total 50 80
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(b) Draw a suitable diagram to represent the
expenditure of 100 over different budget
heads given as follows, of a family : 5
Item Expenditure (in )
Food 25
Clothing 15
Education 20
Transport 10
Outing 10
Miscellaneous 5
Savings 15
OR
(a) Draw a histogram to the following frequency
distribution : 5
Class
Interval Frequency
0-10 20
10 - 20 32
20 - 30 8
30 - 40
40 - 70 60
70 - 80 35
80 -100 10
(b) Draw a box plot for the given data :
17, 15, 17, 20, 13, 15, 15, 16, 16, 15, 19, 12,
19, 14, 11, 14, 16, 10, 19, 18, 20, 14, 17, 19,
16, 22, 21, 23, 14, 12, 18, 13, 12, 25, 14, 15,
31, 17, 10, 21. 5
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POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN APPLIED
STATISTICS (PGDAST)
Term-End Examination 02921
June, 2019
MST-001 : FOUNDATION IN MATHEMATICS
AND STATISTICS
Time : 3 hours Maximum Marks : 50
Note : (i) Question no.1 is compulsory.
(ii) Attempt any four questions from the remaining
questions no.-2 to 7.
(iii) Use of scientific calculator (non-programmable) is
allowed.
(iv) Use of Formulae and statistical tables booklet for
PGDAST is allowed.
(v) Symbols have their usual meanings.
1. State whether the following statements are
True or False. Give reasons in support of your
answer. 5x2=10
(a) The rule f shown in the following figure is a
function :
(b) A function f(x) is said to be continuous at
point x= a if LHL = RHL at that point.
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(c) In football game, the number allotted to a
participant comes under ordinal scale.
3-
2 2 3
(d) If A = , then (AD' =
5 6 5 6
(e) If a coordinator of PGDAST programme
classifies the data of learners in the
programme on the basis of gender of the
learners, then this classification comes under
quantitative classification.
2. (a) Find the sum of the series : 3
5, 5-1-.5, 5+2j, _ 5+20,./3-
(b) fff: N --> N defined by
f (x)= (2 + x)x -1, XE N
(i) Express the function diagrammatically,
Write domain, co-domain and range
of the function.
(iii) Is the function one to one ? If yes,
explain it. 1+2+2
(c) If A = {1, 3, 5}, B = {2, 3, 4, 5) are the subsets 2
of the universal set U= {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10},
then verify (AuB)' = A'nB'.
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3. (a) A function f(x) is defined as follows : 3
1 1
— x ; when 0 < x < —
—2 2
f(x) = 0 ; when x = 1
2
3
— — 3x ; when 1 < x <1
2 2
Is f(x) continuous at x =
2
(3) Find : f x +5 dx 5
i(x + 1) (x + 2)`
[231 [3 5
if A= 2
(c) L5 6 and B 6 4 1 , then show
that (A + B)' = A' + B'.
4. (a) Show that 5
a+b+2c a b
c b+c+2a b =2(a+b+c) 3
c a c+a+2b
(b) Find derivative of the function : 3
y = (6x +5) 4 (4x + 8) 3.
(c) Write four differences between primary data 2
and secondary data.
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5. A company has conducted a market survey with
a sample of size 50 regarding acceptability of a
new product which the company wants to
launch. The scores of the respondents on the
appropriate scale are as follows. 3+3+4
40 35 40 42 30 39 8 47 25 20
36 19 26 44 25 48 15 20 40 26
48 45 44 39 41 6 22 25 16 38
27 32 28 25 40 35 18 35 30 30
40 37 15 20 18 35 21 27 40 10
( 0 Prepare a frequency distribution with class
interval of width 10.
Draw histogram of obtained frequency
distribution.
Prepare less than and more than frequency
distributions.
6. (a) The cooking oil preferences of 100 families 5
in two regions I, and II were recorded by a
researches in the following table :
Number of families
Cooking Oil
I II
Sun flower 13 13
Soybean 15 20
Mustard 40 35
Ghee 20 22
Other 12 10
Total 100 100
Draw a suitable diagram for the above data.
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(b) Draw box plot for the following data. 5
Score of 16 boys out of 50 are given as
follows :
17, 19, 20, 24, 26, 27, 18, 25, 29, 30, 31, 28,
19, 22, 22, 27
7. (a) A cricket team of 11 players is to be formed 4
from 16 players including 4 bowlers and
2 wicket-keepers. In how many different
ways can a team he formed so that the team
contains.
(i) exactly 3 bowlers and 1 wicket-keeper
(ii) at least 3 bowlers and 2 wicket-
keepers.
(b) A researcher collected the following data 4
about different points of households survey.
Determine whether the data thus obtained
come under nominal, ordinal, interval or
ratio scale. If the data come under the
interval or ratio scale, determine whether
the data are discrete or continuous.
(i) The caste of a family.
(ii) Number of members in a family.
(iii) Age of the oldest person in a family.
(iv) Education of the family members.
(v) Monthly income of a family.
(c) Show that sum of the series : 2
n 1
./ 2, , is 2 ,[2-
2V2
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MST-001
POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN APPLIED STATISTICS (PGDAST)
Term-End Examination
December, 2019
MST-001 : FOUNDATION IN MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS
Time : 3 hours Maximum Marks : 50
Note : (i) Question no. 1 is compulsory.
(ii) Attempt any four questions from the remaining questions no. 2 to 7.
(iii) Use of Scientific calculator (non-programmable) is allowed.
(iv) Use of Formulae and Statistical Tables Booklet for PGDAST is allowed.
(v) Symbols have their usual meanings.
1. State whether the following statements are True or False. Give reasons in support of
your answers.
5x2=10
(a) The rule f shown in the following figure is a function :
(b) lim x2 +2x-15 4
x-6 x 2 -9 3
(c) The pollution level in Delhi is a discrete variable.
(d) If a coordinator of PGDAST programme of IGNOU collects the data of the
registered learners in the programme from Student Registration Division (SRD)
of IGNOU then the collected data are primary data.
(e) Stem-and-leaf display shows more information than histogram.
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2. (a) For a series 20, 19- , 18- , 17- „ obtain T100. 2
4 2 4
(b) Express the following set by roster method 2
A = {x : x2 - 4x - 21 = 0, X2 - 49=0, x E N)
(c) In a survey, conducted on 200 clerks in an office, it was found that 48% prefer to 6
Coffee, 54% like tea and 64% smoke. Of the total, 28% prefer to Coffee and tea,
32% tea and smoke and 30% Coffee and smoke. Only 6% prefer to none of these.
Find the number of clerks who prefer to
(i) all the three
(ii) tea and smoke but not Coffee.
Va+x2 - Va-x 2
3. (a) Evaluate lim 5
x2
4t2 +5 5
(b) If y= (3t +2) 2 and x - then find dY
( t+ 2) dx
4. (a) Find the solution of the following set of linear equations by matrix method : 5
x - 2y + 3z = 4
2x + y - 3z = 5
- x + y + 2z = 3
2 3 1
(b) For A = ,B= , verify the result (AB) -1 = B -1 A -1 5
-1 4
5. The following table shows life (in days) of a sample of 30 LED bulbs produced by a
company : 2+6+2
684, 1097, 620, 821, 931, 650,
859, 750, 909, 870, 1000, 1030
710, 833, 988, 1020, 945, 740
1040, 752, 890, 680, 960, 1000
910, 950, 880, 710, 890, 1010
(a) Form a frequency distribution, using the class intervals 600 - 650,
650 - 700,
(b) Form cumulative distributions and plot both cumulative frequency curves on the
graph paper.
(c) Find median of the life of LED bulbs graphically.
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6. (a) Show that A 11., —
1, , ... is a countable set. 2
2 31
48
(b) The cost C of manufacturing a certain article is given by C = 5 + — + 3x 2 4
x
Where x is the number of articles manufactured. Find Minimum value of C.
(c) Find f log xdx 4
7. (a) The Prime Minister of India calls a meeting of 15 Chief Ministers of the certain 4
states to discuss the problem of unemployment. In how many ways can they sit
on chairs around a round table if :
(i) anyone can sit on any chair ?
(ii) the Prime Minister and Gujarat Chief Minister sit together ?
(b) Identify whether the data are nominal, ordinal, interval or ratio scale in the 2
following cases : If data come under interval or ratio scale mention whether
these are discrete or continuous ?
(i) Grade obtained by a student in a subject.
(ii) Temperature in Celsius (°C).
(iii) Lifetime of an electric bulb.
(iv) Number of cars on road in a particular day.
(c) A company has conducted a market survey with a sample size 15 regarding the 4
acceptability of a new product which the company wants to launch. The scores
of the respondents on the appropriate scale are as follows :
26, 9, 24, 37, 26, 25, 32, 28
24, 30, 25, 32, 25, 8, 29
Draw a box plot for the scores of the respondents.
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POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN
APPLIED STATISTICS (PGDAST)
Term-End Examination
June, 2020
MST-001 : FOUNDATION IN MATHEMATICS AND
STATISTICS
Time : 3 Hours • Maximum Marks : 50
Note : (i) Question No. 1 is compulsory.
(ii) Attempt any four questions from the
remaining Question nos. 2 to 7.
(iii) Use of Scientific calculator (non-
programmable) is allowed.
(iv) Use of Formulae and Statistical Tables
Booklet for PGDAST is allowed.
(v) Symbols have their usual meanings.
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1. State whether the following statements are
True or False. Give reason in support of your
answer : 5 x 2 = 10
(a) If A = {0, 1, 2, 3, 4,}, B = 4), then
AUB={4), 0, 1, 2, 3, 4}.
(b) The function f(x) = x2 — 6x + 2 is minimum
at x = 3.
-
(c) If A =[45 and B = [ 4 5 6], then
6
AB = [16 25 36].
(d) The time in which an examinee completes
the MST-001 paper come under discrete
data.
(e) By using a histogram, one can find
quartiles.
2. (a) Which term of the series 12, 9, 6, is
equal to — 30 ? 2
(b) If the third term of a G. P. series is square
of the first term and the fifth term is 64,
find the series. 4
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(c) If A = (1, 2, 3), B = {2, 3, 4, 5} and
C {2, 4, 6, 8}, then verify that : 2
A n (B - C) = (A n B)- (B n C)
(d) Find domain and range of the function
Ix- 2 . 2
3. (a) Show that lim f(x) exists and is equal to
x-41
1M, where : 3
f x+1 for xs1
f(x) =
3 - x 2 for x > 1
(b) Prove that :
1 1 1
a b c = (a - b)(b - c)(c - a)
a 2 b2 c2
(c) Check the continuity of the function
x-3
x - 3 atx=3. 4
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4. (a) A company has examined its cost structure
of manufacturing a certain article and has
determined that the total cost (C) and the
number of articles (x) manufactured are
related as :
48
C=5+—+3x 2
x
Find minimum value of C 4
(b) Given the matrices A, B, and C, where : 3
A [ 2 3 —1]' n = 1 1
Li 1 andC=f1 —21
3 0 2
2
Verify that :
(AB) C = A (BC)
(c) A sample of 40 PGDAST learners
answered the following questions asked in
a survey :
(i) What is your gender ?
(ii) What is your age ?
(iii) What is your current major area of
study ?
(iv) What is your percentage of marks in
graduation ?
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(v) What is your current employment
status ?
(vi) How many different jobs have you
held in the past 10 years ?
For each of the question mentioned above
,
determine whether the data thus obtained
come under nominal, ordinal, interval and
ratio scale. Give reason in support of your
answer. 3
5. (a) Represent the following information of the
average marks . of PGDAST learners by a
suitable diagram : 4
Average marks
Year
MST-001 MST-002 MST-003 MST-004
2016 78 65 70 60
2017 82 60 72 62
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(b) The data given below represents the total
fat (in grams per serving) for a sample of
16 chicken sandwiches from fast-food
chains :
7, 8, 4, 5, 16, 20, 20, 24, 19, 30, 23, 20, 19,
30, 35, 6
Construct a box plot for the above
data. 6
6. (a) In an examination of statistics, a candidate
has to select 7 questions from three
different groups A, B and C, which
contains 3, 4, 4 questions respectively. In
how many different ways can a candidate
select at least 2 questions from each
group ? 5
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(b) How many different signals are possible
with 3 red, 4 white and 2 green flags by
using all at a time in a queue ? 3
(c) dy
Find — , where :
dx 2
x2 - 1
Y x 2 +1
7. (a) Find : rf(x)dx
4
2 +3 O5x<3
where f(x) = {x2& 3 s x
<4
e -x -2s
e -
4 sxs 6
(b) The following data represent the electricity
bill (in t) during July 2017 for a random
sample of 25 one-bedroom apartments in a
metro city :
6
696, 660, 890, 780, 1000, 1150,
900, 660,
850, 800, 1100, 700, 740, 820,
970, 900,
750, 780, 600, 700, 750, 1010, 690,
760, 800
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(i) Form a frequency distribution by
taking class intervals as 600-700,
700-800,
(ii) Construct a histogram.
(iii) Construct ogives.
(iv) Find median with the help of ogives.
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POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN
APPLIED STATISTICS (PGDAST)
Term-End Examination
December, 2020
MST-001 : FOUNDATION IN MATHEMATICS AND
STATISTICS
Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 50
Note : (i) Question No. 1 is compulsory.
(ii) Attempt any four questions from the
remaining Question nos. 2 to 7.
(iii) Use of scientific calculator (non-
programmable) is allowed.
(iv) Use of Formulae and Statistical Tables
Booklet for PGDAST is allowed.
(v) Symbols have their usual meanings.
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1. State whether the following statements are
True or False. Give reason in support of your
answer : 5 × 2 = 10
(a) 42th term of the A. P. :
1 1
20, 19 , 19, 18 , ......
2 2
is the first negative term.
x 2 − a2
(b) lim = a.
x →a x−a
(c) The rule f shown in the following figure is
a function :
(d) If a news channel collects reports through
local agents, then the collected reports
come under the secondary data.
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(e) Stem-and-leaf display is better than
histogram.
2. (a) If a learner has five routes for journey from
his/her house to the study centre, then in
how many different ways can he/she go
from his/her house to the study centre and
return, if for returning : 3
(i) any of the routes is taken.
(ii) the same route is taken.
(iii) the same route is not taken.
(b) How many terms in the following series :
80, 75, 70, ......
are required to make the sum equal to
zero ? 2
(c) A company notices that higher sales of a
particular item which it produces are
achieved by lowering the price charged. As
a result the total revenue from the sales at
first rises as the number of units sold
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increases, reaches the highest point and
then falls off. This pattern of total revenue
is described by the relation : 3+2
y = 4600000 – ( x − 2300)2
where y is the total revenue and x is the
number of units sold.
Find :
(i) what number of units sold that
maximizes total revenue ?
(ii) what is the amount of the maximum
revenue ?
3. (a) Find : 5
2x + 1
∫ ( x − 2) ( x − 4) dx
(b) Find : 2
2
∫ 0 ( x + 1) ( x − 1) dx
dy
(c) Find , if : 3
dx
=y log (1 + x 2 )
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4. Solve the following system of linear equations
using matrix method : 10
5x – 6y + 4z = 15
7x + 4y – 3z = 19
2x + y + 6z = 46.
5. A company organised a training programme.
After the first week, the company officers
evaluated the training programme. The scores
(out of 100) of 30 employees are presented
below :
32 36 31 67 65
42 39 56 78 61
34 78 75 78 61
30 65 45 48 78
43 75 64 73 87
41 56 71 81 85
(i) Construct a frequency distribution by
taking suitable width. 3
(ii) Construct histogram and stem-and-leaf
diagrams. 7
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6. (a) The following data represents the payment
method used by young adults : 4
Payment Method Percentage
Cash 32
Cheque 10
Credit Card 15
Debit Card 30
Others 13
Construct a suitable diagram of the above
data.
(b) Test scores (out of 50) of 20 students of
PGDAST programme are as follows : 4
31, 42, 22, 27, 33, 27, 37, 28, 34, 44, 50, 25,
39, 26, 31, 26, 33, 46, 48, 50
Draw a box plot of the test scores.
(c) If f (x) = 5 – |x – 4|, then find f (6) and
f ( – 2). 2
7. (a) A researcher collected the following data
about different points of mobile phone
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survey of households. Determine whether
the data thus obtained come under
nominal, ordinal, interval and ratio scale.
Give reasons in support of your answer : 3
(i) Number of members in a household.
(ii) Monthly income of a household.
(iii) Whether there is a landline telephone
in a household.
(iv) Number of mobile phones in a
household.
(v) Whether there is a high-speed internet
in a household.
(vi) Monthly mobile phone bill of a
household.
(b) Differentiate between primary and
secondary data. Provide an example of
each. 2
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(c) A question paper of statistics is divided
into two groups consisting of 3 and 4
questions respectively. In how many
different ways a candidate can select
5 questions, if he/she has to select at least
2 questions from each group ? 3
(d) If A = {1, 2, 3, 5}, B = {2, 3, 4, 6} and
C = {1, 2, 4, 5, 7} are three sets, then
verify : 2
A − (B ∪ C) = (A − B) ∩ (A − C)
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POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN
APPLIED STATISTICS (PGDAST)
Term-End Examination
June, 2021
MST-001 : FOUNDATION IN MATHEMATICS
AND STATISTICS
Time : 3 hours Maximum Marks : 50
Note :
(i) Question no. 1 is compulsory.
(ii) Attempt any four questions from the remaining
questions no. 2 to 7.
(iii) Use of scientific calculator (non-programmable) is
allowed.
(iv) Use of Formulae and Statistical Tables Booklet for
PGDAST is allowed.
(v) Symbols have their usual meaning.
1. State whether the following statements are True
or False. Give reasons in support of your
answers. 52=10
a2 3
(a) The sequence log (a), log , log a , ...
b b2
forms an A.P.
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2 – x 2 , x0
(b) If f(x) = , then lim f(x) is
2, x0 x 0
zero.
(c) If a researcher collects the data on birth
place of Chief Ministers of each State of
India, then the data thus obtained comes
under ordinal scale.
(d) If various components of a variable are to be
presented in a single diagram, then multiple
bar diagram is a suitable diagram in this
situation.
(e) The number of ways in which 4 students
stand in a queue is 24.
2. (a) If A = {1, 3, 5, 6, 7}, B = {5, 6, 7, 8} and
C = {1, 5, 7, 8} are subsets of the universal
set U = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8}, then verify the
De Morgan’s laws and Distributive laws. 4
(b) How many different number plates of vehicles
are possible using two different letters of the
English alphabet followed by four different
digits 0 to 9 such that the last digit should be
even. 2
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(c) Find the sum of the sequence for first
1001 terms. 2
5, 5 + 3 , 5 + 2 3 , 5 + 3 3 , 5 + 4 3 , ...
(d) Derive the formula for the sum of first
n terms of a G.P. 2
3. (a) Categorise each of the following as either
nominal, ordinal, interval or ratio
measurement. Justify your classification. 5
(i) Evaluation of a teacher from a scale of
one to ten.
(ii) The number of visitors of 16 local
museums were recorded on a given day.
(iii) Ten managers were asked what brand
of car they drive.
(iv) Weights of newborn babies.
(v) Categorising people according to their
national origin.
(b) Before admission in Ph.D. programme of
Statistics in IGNOU, the students have to
take Basic Skills Test in Fundamentals of
Statistics. In one such exam, 30 students
appeared in the test. Their scores are recorded
below out of a total maximum of 30 points.
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15 12 15 22 28 30 19 25 24 28
10 15 16 20 26 22 18 20 27 14
12 19 21 18 19 30 13 10 21 24
(i) Enumerate the steps you would take
to convert this data into a frequency
distribution. What class interval size
would you decide and why ?
(ii) Construct a frequency distribution for
the above data with a suitable class
interval and suitable number of
classes. Also construct less than and
more than cumulative frequency
distribution. 5
1
x 0x
2
1 1
4. (a) If f(x) = x
2 2
1 – x 1
x 1,
2
1
check the continuity of f(x) at x = . 3
2
(b) Show that
d x – 1 1
log 2 . 3
dx x 1 x –1
(c) Give an example of a function which is
continuous at a point but not differentiable
at that point. 4
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5. (a) The following data represent the amount of
insurance (in 10,000) purchased by 23 people
from an insurance company in a given week :
30, 42, 50, 33, 75, 82, 110, 55, 58, 62, 85, 45,
47, 65, 90, 95, 92, 120, 100, 105, 120, 30, 130
Construct a box plot for this data. 5
(b) A person earns a net salary of < 24,000 per
month. His family expenses are budgeted
each month as follows :
Expenditure
Item
(in <)
Rent 6,000
Food 5,000
School Fees 3,000
Clothing 3,000
Others 4,500
Savings 2,500
Construct a suitable diagram for the data. 5
6. (a) Write different methods of collecting
primary data. Describe any one of them. 3
(b) Show that matrix
2 5 8
A = 6 2 4 is not a symmetric matrix. 1
8 4 5
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(c) Solve the following system of equations
using technique of matrix : 4
x + y + 2z = 4
x – y + 3z = 3
2x + 2y + 4z = 7
(d) Without expanding, prove that
ab 1 c (a b)
bc 1 a ( b c) = 0. 2
ca 1 b (c a)
7. (a) Evaluate the following : 4
3x 2 5x – 10
(i) lim
x 8 x 2 – 3x 9
3x – 5
(ii) lim
x 2 x–2
(b) Define one-one and onto functions with
examples. 3
(c) Prove that
21/4 . 21/8 . 21/16 ..... to = 2. 1
(d) Define enumerable set and give one
example. 2
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1. State whether the following statements are
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True or False. Give reasons in support of your
POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN answer. 5×2=10
APPLIED STATISTICS (PGDAST) (a) The shaded region of the given Venn
diagram denotes A B .
Term-End Examination
December, 2021
MST-001 : FOUNDATION IN MATHEMATICS AND
STATISTICS
Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 50
(b) The value of the definite integral :
Note : (i) Question No. 1 is compulsory. 109
109 x 3 x dx
(ii) Attempt any four questions from the
is zero.
remaining Question nos. 2 to 7.
(c) A square matrix A is said to be skew-
(iii)Use of scientific calculator (non-
symmetric matrix is A A .
programmable) is allowed.
(d) If more than and less than ogives of a data
(iv) Use of Formulae and Statistical Tables cuts at a point (50, 60), then median of the
Booklet for PGDAST is allowed. data is 60.
(v) Symbols have their usual meanings. (e) The number of ways in which two friends
can sit in three vacant seats in a bus is 6.
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2. (a) Show that function f : R R given by : (c) Evaluate : 3
5
1 if x 0 x 3 dx
2
f x 0 if x 0
1 if x 0
4. (a) Solve the equations using matrix method : 7
is neither one-one nor onto. Also find x 2y z 7
domain and range of the function. 5 x 3 z 11
(b) In a town of 10,000 families, it was found 2x 3 y 1
that 40% families buy newspaper A, 20% B
(b) Write the main steps to prepare a
and 10% C respectively. It is also given
questionnaire. 3
that 5% families buy A and B, 3% buy B
and C and 4% buy A and C. If 2% families 5. (a) The following data represent the
buy all the newspapers, find the number of expenditure of the two families on various
families which buy : 5 items. Represent the data by a suitable
(i) at least one newspaper diagram : 5
(ii) only A and not C Expenditure
S.
(iii) none of A, B and C. Item Family A Family B
No.
(`) (`)
3. (a) Evaluate : 3
1. Food 12,000 17,000
x
x 1 x 2 x 3
dx 2. Clothing 5,000 8,000
3. House Rent 6,000 9,000
(b) Find local maximum and minimum values
4. Fuel and 2,500 3,000
of the function : 4 Electricity
f x 2x 3 15x 2 36x 20 5. Miscellaneous 4,500 8,000
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(b) Draw two ogives from the following data : (b) Categorise each of the following as either
Class Frequency nominal, ordinal, interval or ratio
0—10 3 measurement. Justify your classification :4
10—20 6 (i) Distance of each state of India from
20—30 10 Delhi.
30—40 13 (ii) Number of tourists coming India in
40—50 20 different years.
50—60 18 (iii) Name of the country from which
60—70 15 tourists come India.
70—80 9 (iv) Evaluating the way of teaching of
Hence find median using the ogives. 5 professors on a scale of one to five.
6. (a) The following data represent the amount of (c) Evaluate without expending : 2
insurance (in ’000) purchased by 30 people 1 1 1
from an insurance company in a given a b c
bc ca ab
week :
30, 42, 50, 33, 75, 82, 110, 55, 58, 65, 62, (d) Distinguish between discrete and
45, 47, 65, 85, 90, 95, 92, 45, 120, 125, 100, continuous data with example. 2
105, 115, 70, 77, 115, 120, 75, 80
7. (a) In an examination, a candidate has to pass
Construct a stem and leaf diagram for this
in each of the 6 subjects. In how many
data. 2
ways can he/she fail ? 2
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(b) Show that :
x 2
lim
x 2 x 2
does not exist. 3
(c) Write different components of a table and
types of classification. 2
(d) If two sets are infinite, then explain the
way of checking their equivalence.
Are the sets A = {1, 3, 5, 7, ........} and
B = {0, 8, 24, 48, ........} equivalent ? 3
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POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN
APPLIED STATISTICS (PGDAST)
Term-End Examination
June, 2022
MST-001 : FOUNDATION IN MATHEMATICS
AND STATISTICS
Time : 3 hours Maximum Marks : 50
Note :
(i) Question no. 1 is compulsory.
(ii) Attempt any four questions from the remaining
questions no. 2 to 7.
(iii) Use of scientific calculator (non-programmable) is
allowed.
(iv) Use of Formulae and Statistical Tables Booklet for
PGDAST is allowed.
(v) Symbols have their usual meanings.
1. State whether the following statements are True
or False. Give reasons in support of your
answers. 52=10
(a) If A = {x : 2x + 5 < 15, x > 3, x N} and
B = {x : x2 – 9x + 20 = 0, x N},
then A = B.
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| x |
, x0
(b) The function f (x) x
1, x0
is not continuous at the origin.
2 4 2 4 5
(c) Two matrices A = and B =
3 8 3 8 6
are comparable matrices.
(d) The average sales of 15 stores in the year
2019 is an example of chronological
classification.
1 1 1
(e) The sum of the series 1 + + + + ...
3 9 27
3
is .
2
2. (a) In a town of 10,000 families, it was found
that 40% families buy newspaper A,
20% families buy newspaper B and
10% families buy newspaper C. 5% families
buy newspapers A and B, 3% families buy
newspapers B and C, and 4% families buy
newspapers A and C. If 2% families buy all
the three newspapers, then find the number
of families which buy
(i) newspaper A only.
(ii) newspaper B only.
(iii) None of newspapers A, B or C. 7
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(b) Find the sum of the first 20 terms of an AP, in
which the 3rd term is 7 and the 7th term is two
more than thrice of its 3rd term. 3
3. (a) Determine the local maximum and
minimum values of the function
f(x) = x3 – 6x2 + 9x – 8. 6
1
(b) Evaluate dx. 4
(x 1)(x 2)
1
4. (a) A mixture is to be made of three foods A, B
and C. The foods A, B and C contain
nutrients P, Q and R as shown below :
Amount of Nutrient (mg per gram)
Food
P Q R
A 1 2 5
B 3 1 1
C 4 2 1
How can a mixture be formed which will
have 8 mg of P, 5 mg of Q and 7 mg of R ?
Use matrix approach. 7
(b) Differentiate between discrete and
continuous data, with example. 3
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5. For the following data on the weekly wages of
220 workers :
Weekly Wages Number of Workers
0 – 10 45
10 – 20 55
20 – 30 70
30 – 40 40
40 – 50 10
(a) Form both types of cumulative frequency
distributions.
(b) Prepare relative and percentage frequency
distributions.
(c) Draw Histogram and both types of ogives.
(d) Determine median graphically. 2+2+5+1
6. (a) How many four-digit numbers can be
formed with distinct digits ? 2
(b) With the help of a Venn diagram, justify the
following : 4
(i) AAB
(ii) (A B) = A B
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(c) Three types of crops : vegetables, fruits and
flowers are planted in two fields A and B.
The data for area under each crop for both
fields are given as follows :
Area under Crop (in sq. ft.)
Crops
A B
Vegetables 30 40
Fruits 35 45
Flowers 15 35
Draw the percentage bar chart to compare
the cropping patterns of both fields. 4
7. (a) Show that 4
a bc cb
ac b ca = (a + b + c) (a2 + b2 + c2).
ab ba c
(x x 2 x 3 ... x n ) n
(b) Evaluate lim . 3
x 1 x 1
(c) Differentiate between logarithm and
exponential functions, with examples. 3
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