CA Foundation Paper 3

Statistical Description of Data and Measures of Central Tendency MCQ

Chapter 13 • 154 Questions from ICAI Study Material

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Sample Questions: Statistical Description of Data and Measures of Central Tendency

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1. Which of the following statements is false?

A) Statistics is derived from the Latin word 'Status'
B) Statistics is derived from the Italian word 'Statista'
C) Statistics is derived from the French word 'Statistik' ✓
D) None of these.

2. Statistics is defined in terms of numerical data in the

A) Singular sense
B) Plural sense ✓
C) Either (a) or (b)
D) Both (a) and (b).

3. Statistics is applied in

A) Economics
B) Business management
C) Commerce and industry
D) All these. ✓

4. Statistics is concerned with

A) Qualitative information
B) Quantitative information
C) (a) or (b)
D) Both (a) and (b). ✓

5. An attribute is

A) A qualitative characteristic ✓
B) A quantitative characteristic
C) A measurable characteristic
D) All these.

6. Annual income of a person is

A) An attribute
B) A discrete variable ✓
C) A continuous variable
D) (b) or (c).

7. Marks of a student is an example of

A) An attribute
B) A discrete variable ✓
C) A continuous variable
D) None of these.

8. Nationality of a student is

A) An attribute ✓
B) A continuous variable
C) A discrete variable
D) (a) or (c).