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Q1:

2025: 30 May Shift 2

Inferential

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In reference to Inferential Statistics, if xˉ\bar{x} is a sample mean of random data {xi}i=1n\{x_i\}_{i=1}^n and nn is the sample size, then the formula 1n−1∑i=0n(xi−xˉ)2\frac{1}{n-1}\sum_{i=0}^n(x_i - \bar{x})^2 represents

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Explanation for 2025: 30 May Shift 2 MAT question 1

Q2:

2025: 30 May Shift 2

Inferential

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Match List-I with List-II

List-IList-II
(A) The measurable characteristic of a population is called(i) Sample
(B) The measurable characteristic of a sample is called(ii) Alternative hypothesis
(C) A smaller group of a population selected to represent a population is called(iii) Parameter
(D) The assumption made opposite to the null hypothesis is called(iv) Statistic

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Explanation for 2025: 30 May Shift 2 MAT question 2

Q3:

2025: 30 May Shift 2

Inferential

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A random sample of 100 individuals provides 25 positive responses.

Then the point estimate of the population proportion with "positive" responses is:

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Explanation for 2025: 30 May Shift 2 MAT question 3

Q4:

2025: 30 May Shift 1

Inferential

Medium

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Match List-I with List-II

List-IList-II
(A) The chance of observing a specific outcome in an experiment(I) Parameter
(B) A method used to estimate the population parameters(II) Estimation
(C) A value that describes an entire population(III) Statistic
(D) A measurable characteristic of a sample(IV) Probability distribution

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Explanation for 2025: 30 May Shift 1 MAT question 4

Q5:

2025: 30 May Shift 1

Inferential

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In a survey for a sample of 300 individuals, 180 persons gave responses 'Yes' and 100 gave responses 'No' and 20 gave "No response". Then point estimate of proposition in the population who responded "Yes" is

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Option 3
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Explanation for 2025: 30 May Shift 1 MAT question 5

Q6:

2025: 30 May Shift 1

Inferential

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In reference to Inferential Statistics, for 20 degrees of freedom, the least statistical t-value among the given below is:

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Option 4
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Explanation for 2025: 30 May Shift 1 MAT question 6

Q7:

2025: 29 May Shift 2

Inferential

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If a sample has 'n' observation x1x_1, x2x_2 ............. xnx_n with 'm' constraints on these values then degree of freedom of sample statistic is:

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Option 4
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Explanation for 2025: 29 May Shift 2 MAT question 7

Q8:

2025: 29 May Shift 2

Inferential

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A 95% confidence interval for a population mean was reported to be 152 to 160. If standard deviation σ=15\sigma = 15 . Then the sample size is : (Z0.025Z_{0.025}=1.96)

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Explanation for 2025: 29 May Shift 2 MAT question 8

Q9:

2025: 29 May Shift 2

Inferential

Medium

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Consider the following hypothesis test:-

H₀: μ = 20

H₁: μ ≠ 20

A sample of 40 provided a sample mean of 19. The standard deviation is 3. Then the value of the t-test statistic is:

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Option 2
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Explanation for 2025: 29 May Shift 2 MAT question 9

Q10:

2025: 27 May Shift 1

Inferential

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Consider the following hypothesis test:

H0:μ≤3432H_0: \mu \leq 3432

Ha:μ>3432H_a: \mu > 3432

A sample of 96 provided a sample mean xˉ=3648\bar{x} = 3648 and sample standard deviation s=802s=802 then the degree of freedom of t-distribution is:

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Q11:

2025: 27 May Shift 1

Inferential

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In a survey question for a sample of 250 individuals, 120 persons gave response 'yes', 80 persons gave response 'no' and 50 gave 'no response'. The point estimate of the proportion in the population who responded 'yes' is:

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Q12:

2025: 27 May Shift 1

Inferential

Medium

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Consider the following hypothesis test.

H0:μ≤12H_0: \mu \leq 12

Ha:μ>12H_a: \mu > 12

If a sample of 25 is taken with sample mean 15 and a sample standard deviation of 6, then the value of t-test statistic is:

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Q13:

2025: 26 May Shift 2

Inferential

Easy

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Match List-I with List-II

List-IList-II
Termsdefinition
(A) POPULATION(I) Measurable characteristics of the population such as mean, variance, standard deviation etc. of population
(B) SAMPLE(II) Measurable characteristics of the sample such as mean, variance, standard deviation etc. of a sample
(C) PARAMETER(III) Finite set of statistical individuals drawn from a population for investigation.
(D) STATISTIC(IV) Collection of objects having the same characteristics

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Q14:

2025: 26 May Shift 2

Inferential

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With reference to sampling, which of the following are correct?

(A) Simple random sampling is probability sampling

(B) Snow-ball sampling is non-probability sampling

(C) Stratified sampling is probability sampling

(D) Cluster sampling is non-probability sampling

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Q15:

2025: 26 May Shift 2

Inferential

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The point estimate of the population standard deviation as per the below mentioned data from a simple random sample 6,10,15,12,9,8 will be :-

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Q16:

2025: 26 May Shift 2

Inferential

Medium

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Consider the following test:

H₀: μ ≤ 12

H₁: μ > 12

A sample of 36 provided a sample mean xˉ=16\bar{x} = 16 and a sample standard deviation S=4.2. Then the value of the t- test statistic is:

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Q17:

2025: 22 May Shift 2

Inferential

Medium

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Rajesh calculated 95% confidence level. What does he mean by that?

(A) He can be 95% confident that his sample will include the population parameter.

(B) He can be 95% confused that his sample will include the population parameter.

(C) He can be 5% confident that his sample will not include the population parameter.

(D) He can be 5% confident that his sample will include the population parameter.

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Q18:

2025: 22 May Shift 2

Inferential

Medium

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Which of the following are correct about t-test statistics?

(A) The mean of t-test distribution is 0.

(B) It depends on the degrees of freedom.

(C) It depends on population standard deviation.

(D) With more degrees of freedom, it closely resembles standard normal distribution.

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Q19:

2025: 22 May Shift 2

Inferential

Medium

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A 95% confidence interval for a population mean was reported to be 152 to 160. If sample standard deviation σ=15\sigma=15, then sample size used in this study is (Given Z0.025=1.96Z_{0.025}=1.96)

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Q21:

2025: 22 May Shift 1

Inferential

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The following data are from a simple random sample: 6,8,11,9,15,176, 8, 11, 9, 15, 17, then the point estimate of the population mean is

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Q22:

2025: 22 May Shift 1

Inferential

Medium

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Consider the following hypothesis test:

H0:μ≤16H_0: \mu \leq 16

Ha:μ>16H_a: \mu > 16

A sample of 25 provided a sample mean xˉ=17\bar{x} = 17 and a sample standard deviation s=3.5s = 3.5, then the value of the test statistic in tt-test is:

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Q23:

2025: 22 May Shift 1

Inferential

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Which one of the following statement is not correct?

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Q24:

2025: 21 May Shift 2

Inferential

Medium

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Consider a random sample of 10 students having 116 cm as mean height and standard deviation as 9.798 cm. If the suggested mean height of the students population is 110 cm then the t-test statistic of the sample is:

[given 109.798=0.3227\frac{\sqrt{10}}{9.798} = 0.3227]

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Q25:

2025: 21 May Shift 2

Inferential

Medium

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If the following data is obtained from a simple random sample:

6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 17

Then the point estimate of population standard deviation is:

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Q26:

2025: 21 May Shift 2

Inferential

Medium

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Which of the following statements are correct about the "Central Limit Theorem"?

(A) The sampling distribution of the sample mean approaches the normal distribution as the sample size gets larger.

(B) A sample size of 30 or more is considered to be sufficient to hold the "Central Limit Theorem".

(C) As the sample size becomes larger, the prediction of characteristics of the population becomes more accurate.

(D) The sampling distribution of the sample mean approaches a bell shaped curve as the sample size gets larger.

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Q27:

2025: 21 May Shift 1

Inferential

Medium

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Consider the following hypothesis test,

H0:μ=15H_0: \mu = 15

Ha:μ≠15H_a: \mu ≠ 15

A sample of 50 provided a sample mean of 14.15. If the sample standard deviation is 3, then the value of the test statistic t0-test is

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Q28:

2025: 21 May Shift 1

Inferential

Medium

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Which of the following are correct?

(A) The probability curve in t-distribution is symmetric about the line t=0.

(B) t-axis is an asymptote of the curve.

(C) The variable t of t-distribution ranges from −∞-\infty to ∞\infty

(D) As the number of degrees of freedom increases, the t-distribution curve moves closer to the binomial distribution.

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Q29:

2025: 21 May Shift 1

Inferential

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If we reject the null hypothesis when it is true, we might be making

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Q30:

2025: 19 May Shift 1

Inferential

Medium

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If 95% confidence interval for the population mean was reported to be 140 to 150 and σ=25\sigma = 25, then size of the sample used in this study is:

[Given: Z0.025=1.96Z_{0.025} = 1.96]

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