10th class Mathematics, Chapter 11: Information Handling MCQs

1. _____ is used to get the cumulative frequencies.

1. (A) Addition ✓
2. (B) square root
3. (C) multiplication
4. (D) division

2. Second quartile represents:

1. (A) mean
2. (B) mode
3. (C) median ✓
4. (D) variance

3. First quartile divides the data into _____ equal parts.

1. (A) Two
2. (B) Three
3. (C) four ✓
4. (D) ten

4. Difference between the highest and the lowest values is called:

1. (A) mean
2. (B) variance
3. (C) range ✓
4. (D) standard deviation

5. Scatter diagram represents a relationship between _____ variables.

1. (A) five
2. (B) two ✓
3. (C) three
4. (D) four

6. _____ is a measure of dispersion:

1. (A) mean
2. (B) median
3. (C) mode
4. (D) variance ✓

7. Positive square root of variance is called:

1. (A) mean
2. (B) median
3. (C) standard deviation ✓
4. (D) range

8. _____ is not a measure of dispersion.

1. (A) range
2. (B) arithmetic mean ✓
3. (C) variance
4. (D) standard deviation

9. Variance of the data 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8 is:

1. (A) 0 ✓
2. (B) 16
3. (C) 8
4. (D) 48

10. Range of the first 20 natural numbers is:

1. (A) 20
2. (B) 10
3. (C) 19 ✓
4. (D) 30

11. The last cumulative frequency of a distribution is equal to:

1. (A) the total frequency ✓
2. (B) the largest frequency
3. (C) the mean
4. (D) the class width

12. The cumulative frequency of the first class is equal to:

1. (A) the total frequency
2. (B) zero
3. (C) its class mark
4. (D) its own frequency ✓

13. In the less than method of an ogive, the points are plotted against the:

1. (A) frequencies
2. (B) upper class boundaries ✓
3. (C) lower class boundaries
4. (D) class marks

14. An ogive is also called a:

1. (A) pie chart
2. (B) cumulative frequency polygon ✓
3. (C) histogram
4. (D) bar chart

15. The position of the median on the cumulative frequency axis is:

1. (A) n
2. (B) n/2 ✓
3. (C) n/4
4. (D) 3n/4

16. The position of the third quartile on the cumulative frequency axis is:

1. (A) n/4
2. (B) 3n/2
3. (C) n/2
4. (D) 3n/4 ✓

17. P₇₅ is the same as:

1. (A) Q₁
2. (B) D₇
3. (C) the median
4. (D) Q₃ ✓

18. D₃ is the value below which _____ of the data lies.

1. (A) 30% ✓
2. (B) 3%
3. (C) 33%
4. (D) 70%

19. The interquartile range is:

1. (A) Q₂ − Q₁
2. (B) Q₃ − Q₂
3. (C) Q₃ − Q₁ ✓
4. (D) Q₃ + Q₁

20. The percentile that equals the median is:

1. (A) P₇₅
2. (B) P₁₀₀
3. (C) P₅₀ ✓
4. (D) P₂₅