1.

If x be the mid – point and 1 be the upper class limit of a class in a continuous
frequency distribution, what is the lower limit of the class?
(a) x–1
(b) 3x + 8
(c) 2x + 2
(d) 2x – 1
2. The class marks for a frequency distribution are 15, 20, 25, ….The class
corresponding to class mark 20 is:
(a) 12.5 17.5
(b) 17.5 – 22.5
(c) 18.5 – 21.5
(d) 19.5 – 20.5
3. In a frequency distribution, the mid value of a class is 12 and the width of the class is
8. The upper limit of the class is:
(a) 14
(c) 16
(b) 15
(d) 17
4. The tally marks are used to find:
(a) class intervals
(b) lower limits
(c) frequency
(d) upper limits
5. The width of each of the four continuous classes in a frequency distribution is 5 and
the class limit of the upper class is 60. The lower class limit of the lowest class is:
(a) 35
(c) 45
(b) 40
(d) 50
6. In a morning walk, I took 30 rounds of a park During this period I came across
person A person B, person C and person D; 10 times, 8 times, 7 times and 4 times
respectively. I want to represent this data graphically. Which of the following is the
best representation?
(a) Frequency polygon
(b) Bar graph
(c) Histogram with unequal widths
(d) Histogram with equal widths
7. Which one of the following is not the graphical representation of statistical data?
(a) Frequency
(b) Bar graph
(c) Histogram.
(d) Cumulative Frequency distribution
8. A frequency polygon is constructed by plotting frequency of the class interval and
the:
(a) upper limit of the class
(b) lower limit of the class
(c) mid value of the class
(d) any values of the class
9. In a histogram the area of each rectangle is proportional to:
(a) the class mark of the corresponding class interval
(b) the class size of the corresponding class interval
(c) frequency of the corresponding class interval
(d) cumulative frequency of the corresponding class interval
10. For drawing a frequency polygon of a continuous frequency distribution, we plot the
points whose ordinates are the frequencies of the respective classes and abscissa
are respectively, the:
(a) class marks of the classes
(b) upper limits of the classes
(c) lower limits of the classes
(d) upper limits of preceding classes
11. In a histogram, each class rectangle is constructed with base as:
(a) frequency
(c) range
(b) class – intervals
(d) size of the class
12. In a histogram, the class intervals or the groups are taken along:
(a) Y – axis
(b) X – axis
(c) both X – axis and Y – axis
(d) in between X and Y – axes
Q13. A histogram is a pictorial representation of the grouped data in which class intervals
and frequency are respectively taken along:
(a) vertical axis and horizontal axis
(b) vertical axis only
(c) horizontal axis only
(d) horizontal axis and vertical axis
14. Consider the following frequency distribution:
Class interval Frequency
5 – 10 6
10 – 15 12
 15 – 25 10
25 – 45 8
45 – 75 15
To draw a histogram to represent the above frequency distribution the adjusted
frequency for the class 25 – 45 is:
(a) 6
(b) 5
(c) 3
(d) 2

15. Which of the following is a measure of central tendency?

(a) Class limit
(b) Lower limit
(c) Cumulative frequency
(d) Median
16. While computing mean of grouped data, we assume that the frequencies are:
(a) centered at the class marks of the class
(b) centered at lower limits of the class
(c) centered at upper limits of the class
(d) None of these.
17. If 𝑥𝑖 ′𝑆 are the mid – points of the class intervals of grouped data, 𝑓𝑖 ′𝑆 are the
corresponding frequencies and x is the mean, then ∑ 𝑓𝑖 (𝑥𝑖 − 𝑥̅ ) is equal to:
(a) O
(b) –1
(c) 1
(d) 2
∑ 𝑓𝑖 𝑑𝑖
18. In the formula, 𝑥̅ = 𝐴 + ∑ 𝑓𝑖
for finding the mean of grouped data, 𝑑𝑖 ′𝑆 are
deviations from A of:
(NCERT EXEMPLAR)
(a) lower limits of the classes
(b) upper limits of the classes
(c) mid – points of the classes
(d) frequencies of the class marks
19. Construction of a cumulative frequency table is useful in determining the:
(NCERT EXEMPLAR)
(a) mean
(b) mode
(c) median
(d) All of these
20. The range of the following data is:
Diameter (in mm) 30 – 40 40 – 50 50 – 60 60 – 70 70 – 80
No. of screws 10 15 18 12 7
(a) 8
(b) 10
(c) 11
(d) 7
21. In the following distribution table, the preceding frequency value of modal class is:
Class 0–5 5 – 10 10 – 15 15 – 20 20 – 25
Frequency 2 5 18 14 8

(a) 8
(b) 5
(c) 18
(d) 14
22. The next class interval of modal class in the following data is:
Class Frequency
0 – 10 2
10 – 20 8
20 – 30 10
30 – 40 5
40 – 50 4
50 – 60 3
(a) 10 – 20
(b) 20 – 30
(c) 30 – 40
(d) 50 – 60
23. For the following distribution:
Marks Number of students
Below 10 3
Below 20 12
Below 30 27
Below 40 57
Below 50 75
Below 60 80
The modal class is: (NCERT EXEMPLAR)
(a) 10 – 20
(b) 20 – 30
(c) 30 – 40
(d) 50 – 60
24. Consider the following distribution:
 Marks obtained Number of students
More than or equal to 0 63
More than or equal to 10 58
More than or equal to 20 55
More than or equal to 30 51
More than or equal to 40 48
More than or equal to 50 42
The frequency of the class 30 – 40 is: (NCERT EXEMPLAR)
(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 48
(d) 51
25. Consider the following frequency distribution:
Class 0–5 6 – 11 12 – 17 18 – 23 24 – 29
Frequency 13 10 15 8 11
The upper limit of the median class is: (NCERT EXEMPLAR)
(a) 17
(b) 17.5
(c) 18
(d) 18.5
Case Study 1
The COVID – 19 pandemic, also known as Corona virus pandemic, is an ongoing pandemic
of Corona virus disease caused by the transmission of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
Corona virus 2 (SARS – CoV – 2) among humans.

The following tables shows the age distribution of cases admitted during a day in two
different hospitals.
Table for hospital – 1
Age (in years) 8 – 18 18 – 28 28 – 38 38 – 48 48 – 58 58 – 68
Number of cases 8 12 24 26 16 7
Table for hospital – 2
Age (in years) 8 – 18 18 – 28 28 – 38 38 – 48 48 – 58 58 – 68
Number of cases 10 18 8 48 28 14
Based on the above information, solve the following questions:
Refer to Table – 1
1. The difference of lower limit of median class a upper limit of modal class is:
(a) O
(b) 5
(c) 10
(d) 15
2. The average of upper limit of median class lower limit of modal class is:
(a) 38
(b) 40
(c) 42
(d) 43
3. The mean of the given data is:
(a) 26.25
(c) 33.53
(b) 32.47
(d) 38.48
Refer to Table – 2
4. The mode of the given data is:
(a) 44.67
(b) 48.2
(c) 55.3
(d) 64.6
5. The median of the given data is:
(a) 32.7
(b) 43.6
(c) 42.3
(d) 48.6
Case Study 2
A 110 m hurdle race is organized for a group of 150 athletes. The time, in seconds, taken by
the athletes to run the race are tabulate below:

Time (in sec) Number of Athletes

13.8 – 14.0 2
14.0 – 14.2 4
 14.2 – 14.4 5
14.4 – 14.6 71
14.6 – 14.8 48
14.8 – 15.0 20
Based on the above information, solve the following questions:
1. What is the class mark of class interval corresponding to frequency 48?
(a) 14.5
(b) 14.7
(c) 14.75
(d) 14.65
2. What will be the upper limit of the modal class?
(a) 14.4
(b) 14.2
(c) 14.8
(d) 14.6
3. Estimate the median time taken by an athlete to finish the race:
(a) 14.76 sec
(b) 14.58 sec
(c) 14.42 sec
(d) 14.6 sec
4. The mean time taken by an athlete is 14.6 sec, then the mode of the given data is:
(a) 14.54 sec
(c) 14.94 sec
(b) 14.64 sec
(d) 14.44 sec
5. How many athletes finished the hurdle race in less than 14.6 seconds?
(a) 71
(b) 76
(c) 82
(d) 91
Case Study 3
On Diwali, a social welfare company decided to give some gifts to the orphan children. They
visit on orphanage to determine the number of children there and to which age group they
belong. Social welfare bought gift for every children according to their age group, which is
shown in the following table:
 Age group of children (in years) 4–8 8 – 12 12 – 16 16 – 20
Number of children 5 6 10 9

Based on the above information, solve the following questions:

1. Find the maximum number of age group of children (in years).
2. Find the frequency of the class preceding the modal class.
3. Find the median class of the given data
4. Find the median of the given data
5. Find the mode of the given data