Q1:
2026: 31 May Shift 2
Statistics & Applications
Inferential
Easy
Applied
Consider the following hypothesis test :
A sample of 49 provided a sample mean of 38.2 The population standard deviation is 8. The value of test-statistic is,
2026: 31 May Shift 2
Statistics & Applications
Inferential
Easy
Applied
Consider the following hypothesis test :
A sample of 49 provided a sample mean of 38.2 The population standard deviation is 8. The value of test-statistic is,
2026: 31 May Shift 2
Statistics & Applications
Inferential
Easy
Applied
A random sample consists of five observations: 2,4,5,6,8. The point estimate of the population mean is :
2026: 31 May Shift 2
Statistics & Applications
Inferential
Easy
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Match the LIST-I with LIST-II
| LIST-I | LIST-II | |
|---|---|---|
| A. | The measurable characteristic of a population is called | I. Statistic |
| B. | The measurable characteristic of a sample is called | II. Sample size |
| C. | The number of objects in a sample is called | III. Null hypothesis |
| D. | A tentative assumption about population | IV. Parameter |
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2026: 30 May Shift 2
Statistics & Applications
Inferential
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The following data are from a simple random sample: 8, 11, 13, 10, 13, 17. The point estimate of the population mean is:
2026: 30 May Shift 2
Statistics & Applications
Inferential
Hard
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If the average rainfall in a given area is 8 inches and the following table represents the average rainfall for four consecutive years, then the value of test statistic 't' is_____.
| Year | year 1 | year 2 | Year 3 | year 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall (inches) | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
2026: 30 May Shift 2
Statistics & Applications
Inferential
Easy
Applied
Match List-I with List-II
| List-I | List-II |
|---|---|
| (A) Snowball sampling | (I) Statistic |
| (B) A measurable characteristic of a sample | (II) Parameter |
| (C) Stratified sampling | (III) Non-probability sampling |
| (D) A measurable characteristic of a population | (IV) Probability sampling |
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2026: 30 May Shift 1
Statistics & Applications
Inferential
Easy
Applied
In reference to the Inferential Statistics, which of the following statements are correct?
A. The number of degrees of freedom of a statistic is the number of independent varieties used to compute the statistic.
B. A confidence interval is a range that could be expected to contain the population parameter of interest.
C. In a hypothesis test, the significance level is the probability of making wrong decision when the null hypothesis is true.
D. The confidence level of the sampling distribution of a statistic is known as its standard error.
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2026: 30 May Shift 1
Statistics & Applications
Inferential
Easy
Applied
Match the LIST-I with LIST-II
| LIST-I | LIST-II |
|---|---|
| A. The percentage of all possible samples that can be expected to include the true population parameter | I. Standard error |
| B. The statistical measures computed from the sample observations alone | II. Null hypothesis |
| C. Assumtion made about a population parameter | III. Statistic |
| D. Standard deviation of the sampling distribution of a statistic | IV. Confidence level |
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2026: 30 May Shift 1
Statistics & Applications
Inferential
Medium
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A company has been producing steel tubes of mean inner diameter of 2 cm. A sample of 10 tubes gives an inner diameter of 2.01 cm and a standard deviation of 0.063 cm. If , then which of the following is NOT correct?
2026: 29 May Shift 1
Statistics & Applications
Inferential
Medium
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Which of the following are correct?
(A) The central limit theorem (CLT) states that the sampling distribution of the sample approaches a normal distribution as the sample size gets larger, no matter what is the shape of the population distribution.
(B) The measurable characteristic of population is called parameter.
(C) The population focuses on the identification of the characteristic.
(D) The sample makes inference about the population.
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2026: 29 May Shift 1
Statistics & Applications
Inferential
Easy
Applied
Consider the following hypothesis test:
A sample of 25 provided a sample mean and a sample standard deviation . The degree of freedom is
2026: 29 May Shift 1
Statistics & Applications
Inferential
Easy
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A simple random sample of 64 items from a population with standard deviation resulted in a sample mean of 35. What is the margin of error for the population mean at a 95% confidence level? (Given )
2026: 26 May Shift 2
Statistics & Applications
Inferential
Easy
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The normal distribution is called as standard normal distribution when
2026: 26 May Shift 2
Statistics & Applications
Inferential
Easy
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If the sample size is 45, then the degree of freedom is equal to
2026: 26 May Shift 2
Statistics & Applications
Inferential
Easy
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Match the terms mentioned List I with the definitions mentioned in List II.
| LIST-I | LIST-II |
|---|---|
| A. Confidence interval | I. In a hypothesis test, the probability of making wrong decision when the null hypothesis is true. |
| B. Margin of error | II. The number of independent pieces of information on which an approximation is based. |
| C. Significance level | III. A range of values, derived from sample statistic which is likely to contain the value of an unknown population parameter. |
| D. Degree of freedom | IV. In a confidence interval, the range of values, above and below the sample statistic. |
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2026: 26 May Shift 2
Statistics & Applications
Inferential
Easy
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For the following data from the simple random sample: 4, 7, 9, 8, 11, 15, the point estimate of the population mean will be
2026: 25 May Shift 1
Statistics & Applications
Inferential
Medium
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For the data from the simple random sample as: 5, 8, 10, 7, 18, 12
The point estimate of the population standard deviation is
2026: 25 May Shift 1
Statistics & Applications
Inferential
Hard
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A company produces an item M whose mean sales per shop per month was found to be 84 dozens. After an advertisement, a sample of 26 shops was taken and mean sales was found to be 80 dozens with standard deviation of 9. Based on this data, which of the following is true?
(Given )
[t = t-test statistic]
2026: 25 May Shift 1
Statistics & Applications
Inferential
Medium
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The value of t-statistic for the following data as Population mean is 51, Sample mean is 54, Sample size is 10 and sample variance is 36, is:
2026: 25 May Shift 1
Statistics & Applications
Inferential
Medium
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A simple random sample of 49 items from a population with standard deviation 10 resulted in a sample mean of 25. Then the 95% confidence interval for population mean are :
(Given where )
2026: 22 May Shift 2
Statistics & Applications
Inferential
Easy
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The sampling distribution of the sample mean approaches a normal distribution as the sample size gets larger, no matter what is the shape of the population distribution.
The above statement is:
2026: 22 May Shift 2
Statistics & Applications
Inferential
Medium
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A company has been producing steel tubes of mean inner diameter of 3 cm. A sample of 17 tubes gives an inner diameter of 3.01 cm and a standard deviation of 0.064. Then the value of the t-test statistic is:
2026: 22 May Shift 2
Statistics & Applications
Inferential
Easy
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A sample of 100 LED TVs is taken at random. Out of 100 we found 35 TVs are of Sony, 50 are of LG and 15 are of Samsung. The point estimate of population proportion of LG is
2026: 22 May Shift 1
Statistics & Applications
Inferential
Easy
Applied
The monthly sales of a plywood shop are normally distributed with a standard deviation of ₹900. A statistical study of sales in the last nine months has found a confidence interval for the mean monthly sales with extremes ₹4663 and ₹5839. What were the average sales over the nine-month period?
2026: 22 May Shift 1
Statistics & Applications
Inferential
Easy
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In a confidence interval, the range of values above and below the sample statistic is called :
2026: 22 May Shift 1
Statistics & Applications
Inferential
Medium
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Which of the following are true ?
(A) If the mean of a normal variate is 12 and standard deviation is 4, then the Z-score of data point 20 is 2.
(B) Mean of the numbers obtained on throwing a die having '1' on three faces, '2' on two faces and '5' on one face is 3.
(C) If the variance of a Poisson's distribution is 2, then .
(D) For a binomial distribution, mean = 9 and the standard deviation is , then the number of trials is 12.
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2026: 22 May Shift 1
Statistics & Applications
Inferential
Easy
Applied
Consider the following hypothesis test
A sample of 100 provided a sample mean of and population standard derivation . What is the value of t-statistic ?
2026: 21 May Shift 1
Statistics & Applications
Inferential
Medium
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Which of the following is not a rejection rule for one sample t-test: (Where α is the level of significance)
(A) Reject null hypothesis : if .
(B) Reject null hypothesis : if .
(C) Reject null hypothesis : if .
(D) Reject null hypothesis : if or .
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2026: 21 May Shift 1
Statistics & Applications
Inferential
Easy
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As per the concept of inferential statistics, population stands for:-
2026: 21 May Shift 1
Statistics & Applications
Inferential
Medium
Applied
A sample of size 9 from a normal population with sample mean and population estimated standard deviation , then 99% confidence interval for population mean is :