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2851.

The median of a set of nine distinct observations is 20.5 if each of the largest four observations of the set is increased by 2, then the median of the new set

A. is increased by 2.
B. is decreased by 2.
C. is two times the original median.
D. remains the same as that of the original set.
Answer» E.
2852.

Consider the following statements: I. Mode can be computed from histogram. II. Median is not independent of change of scale. III. Variance is independent of change of origin and scale. Which of these is/ are correct?

A. only I   
B. only II
C. only I and II      
D. I, II and III
Answer» D. I, II and III
2853.

The mean deviation of the data 3, 10, 10, 4, 7, 10, 5 from the mean is

A. 2                     
B. 2.57
C. 3                     
D. 3.75
Answer» C. 3                     
2854.

Let\[{{x}_{1}},{{x}_{2}},{{x}_{3}},{{x}_{4}}\]and\[{{x}_{5}}\]be the observations with mean m and standard deviation s. The standard deviation of the observations \[k{{x}_{1}},\]\[k{{x}_{2}},\]\[k{{x}_{3}},\]\[k{{x}_{4}},\]and \[k{{x}_{5}},\] is

A. \[k+s\]  
B. s/k
C. ks        
D. s
Answer» D. s
2855.

Standard deviation for first 10 natural numbers is

A. 5.5                   
B. 3.87
C. 2.97     
D. 2.87
Answer» E.
2856.

If the standard deviation of 0, 1, 2, 3, ...9 is K, then the standard deviation of 10, 11, 12, 13, ...19 is

A. K                     
B. \[K+10\]
C. \[K+\sqrt{10}\] 
D. 10 K
Answer» B. \[K+10\]
2857.

For\[\left( 2n+1 \right)\] observations \[{{x}_{1}},{}^{-}{{x}_{1}},\,\,{{x}_{2}},{}^{-}{{x}_{2}},\,\,...,\,\,{{x}_{n}},\,{{\,}^{-}}{{x}_{n}}\] and 0, where all x's are distinct, let SD and MD denote the standard deviation and median, respectively. Then which of the following is always true?

A. SD>MD
B. SD>MD
C. SD=MD
D. Nothing can be said in general about the relationship between SD and MD
Answer» C. SD=MD
2858.

The variance of the data 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 is

A. 6                     
B. 7
C. 8                     
D. None of these
Answer» D. None of these
2859.

The mean of a set of numbers is \[\bar{X}\]if each number is divided by 3, then the new mean is

A. \[\bar{X}\]        
B. \[\bar{X}+3\]
C. \[3\bar{X}\]                  
D. \[\frac{{\bar{X}}}{3}\]
Answer» E.
2860.

The following data give the distribution of heights of students: Height (in cm) 160 150 152 152 161 154 155 Name of students 12 8 4 4 3 3 7 The median of the distribution is

A. 154                  
B. 155
C. 160      
D. 161
Answer» C. 160      
2861.

If A = {2, 3, 7, 9}, B = {3, 7, 8}, then \[A\,\Delta \,B\]is

A. {3, 7}  
B. {2, 8, 9}
C. {2, 3, 7, 8, 9}
D. {3, 8, 9}
Answer» C. {2, 3, 7, 8, 9}
2862.

If A = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} and B = {2, 3, 6, 7} then the number of elements in \[(A\times B)\cap (B\times A)\] is

A. 20                    
B. 18
C. 6                     
D. 4
Answer» E.
2863.

If y =\[\left| x \right|+\left| x-1 \right|\]. then for x \[\le \] 0, y is equal to

A. 2x-l                  
B. 1
C. 1 - 2x
D. x + 1
Answer» D. x + 1
2864.

If. A={x|\[{{x}^{2}}\]-5x+6=0},B={0,3,4}, C= {x\[\in \] N and x\[\le \]3} then\[(A-B)\times (C-B)\]is

A. {(2, 1), (2, 4)}
B. {(2, 1), (2, 2)}
C. {(2, 1), (2, 2), (3, 2)}
D. {(2, 2), (3, 2)}
Answer» C. {(2, 1), (2, 2), (3, 2)}
2865.

If A= {2, 3, 5}, B = {2, 6, 9}, C = {6, 7, 8} and U= {x|x \[\in \] N and x < 10} then\[A\cup (B\cap C)\] is

A. {2, 3, 5, 6}       
B. {3, 5, 6, 9}
C. {2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9}       
D. {2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}
Answer» B. {3, 5, 6, 9}
2866.

The number of non-trivial subsets of a set with 5 elements is

A. 32                    
B. 34
C. 30        
D. 35
Answer» D. 35
2867.

The number of integral values of x if 5x-1

A. 4
B. 6
C. 2
D. 1
Answer» E.
2868.

Sum of solutions of the equation \[{{\left| x \right|}^{3}}-4{{\left| x \right|}^{2}}+3\left| x=0 \right|\] is _________.

A. 5
B. 2
C. 3
D. 0
Answer» E.
2869.

in statistical survey of 1003 families of Kolkata, it was found that 63 families has neither a radio nor a TV. 794 families has a radio and 187 has TV. The number of families in that group having both a radio and a TV is ________.

A. 40
B. 41
C. 42
D. 43
Answer» C. 42
2870.

In a town of 10,000 families, it was found that 40% families buy newspaper A, 20% buy newspaper B and 10% buy newspaper C. Also, 5% families buy newspapers A and B 3% buy newspapers B and C and 4% buy newspapers A and C. if 2% families buy all the three newspapers, then number of families which buy newspaper A only is _________.

A. 3300
B. 3200
C. 3000
D. 3400
Answer» B. 3200
2871.

If A=\[\{x|{{x}^{3}}-3{{x}^{2}}+2x=0\}\],B=\[\{x|{{x}^{2}}-2x=0\}\], then B-A is

A. {2}                  
B. {0}
C. \[\phi \] 
D. {1}
Answer» D. {1}
2872.

Let U be the universal set and \[A\cup B\cup C=U\]. Then \[[(A-B)\cup (B-C)\cup (C-A)]'\]equals

A. \[A\cup B\cup C\]                      
B. \[A\cap B\cap C\]
C. \[A\cup (B\cap C)\]                    
D. \[A\cap (B\cup C)\]
Answer» C. \[A\cup (B\cap C)\]                    
2873.

if the sets A and B are defined as A=\[\{(x,y)|y=1/x,x\ne 0,x\in R\}\]  B=\[\{(x,y)|y=-x,x\in R\}\] Then

A. \[A\cap B=A\]               
B. \[A\cap B=B\]
C. \[A\cap B=\phi \]
D. \[A\cup B=A\]
Answer» D. \[A\cup B=A\]
2874.

The set \[(A\cap B')'\cup (B\cap C)\]is equal to

A. \[A'\cup B\cup C\]          
B. \[A'\cup B\]
C. \[A'\cup C'\]       
D. \[A'\cap B\]
Answer» C. \[A'\cup C'\]       
2875.

Let \[{{F}_{1}}\]be the set of parallelograms, \[{{F}_{2}}\] the set of rectangles, \[{{F}_{3}}\] be the set of rhombuses, \[{{F}_{4}}\] be the set of squares and \[{{F}_{5}}\] be the set of trapeziums in a plane. Then \[{{F}_{1}}\] may be equal to

A. \[{{F}_{2}}\cap {{F}_{3}}\]     
B. \[{{F}_{3}}\cap {{F}_{4}}\]
C. \[{{F}_{2}}\cup {{F}_{5}}\]
D. \[{{F}_{2}}\cup {{F}_{3}}\cup {{F}_{4}}\cup {{F}_{1}}\]
Answer» E.
2876.

Number of integers satisfying the inequality, \[{{x}^{4}}-29{{x}^{2}}+100\le 0\]is

A. 2                     
B. 4
C. 6                     
D. 8
Answer» E.
2877.

If A x B = {(1, 0), (1, 2), (2, 3), (1, 3), (0, 2)}, then A and B are respectively

A. {1, 2} and {0, 2, 3}
B. {1, 2, 0} and {0, 2}
C. {1, 2, 0} and {0, 2, 3}
D. {1, 2} and {2, 3}
Answer» D. {1, 2} and {2, 3}
2878.

If A contains m elements and B contains n elements, then total number of distinct relations from a set A to a set B is

A. \[mn\]               
B. \[{{2}^{n}}\]
C. \[{{2}^{m}}\]             
D. \[{{2}^{mn}}\]
Answer» E.
2879.

If A and B have n elements in common, then the number of elements common to A x B and B x  is

A. \[n\]                 
B. \[2n\]
C. \[{{n}^{2}}\]              
D. 0
Answer» D. 0
2880.

If \[{{a}_{1}},{{a}_{2}},{{a}_{3}}....{{a}_{n}}\]are in H.P. and \[f(k)=\left( \sum\limits_{r=1}^{n}{{{a}_{r}}} \right)-{{a}_{k}}\]then \[\frac{{{a}_{1}}}{f(1)},\frac{{{a}_{2}}}{f(2)},\frac{{{a}_{3}}}{f(3)},...\frac{{{a}_{n}}}{f(n)}\]are in

A. A.P                  
B. G.P
C. H.P                 
D. none of these
Answer» D. none of these
2881.

If a, b, and c are in A.P., p, q, and r are in H.P., and ap, bq, and cr are in G.P., then \[\frac{p}{r}+\frac{r}{p}\]is equal to

A. \[\frac{a}{c}-\frac{c}{a}\]       
B. \[\frac{a}{c}+\frac{c}{a}\]
C. \[\frac{b}{q}+\frac{q}{b}\]      
D. \[\frac{b}{q}-\frac{q}{b}\]
Answer» C. \[\frac{b}{q}+\frac{q}{b}\]      
2882.

If \[{{S}_{n}}\]denotes the sum of first n terms of an A.P. whose first term is a and \[{{S}_{nx}}/{{S}_{x}}\]is independent of x, then \[{{S}_{p}}=\]

A. \[{{p}^{3}}\]             
B. \[{{p}^{2}}a\]
C. \[p{{a}^{2}}\]
D. \[{{a}^{3}}\]
Answer» C. \[p{{a}^{2}}\]
2883.

The largest term common to the sequences 1, 11, 21, 31 ,..to 100 terms and 31, 36, 41, 46,..to 100 terms is

A. 381
B. 471
C. 281                 
D. none of these
Answer» E.
2884.

If the sum of n terms of an A.P. is cn (n - 1), where \[c\ne 0\]then the sum of the squares of these term is

A.  \[{{c}^{n}}n{{(n+1)}^{2}}\]
B.  \[\frac{2}{3}{{c}^{2}}n(n-1)(2n-1)\]
C.  \[\frac{2{{c}^{2}}}{3}n(n+1)(2n+1)\]
D.  none of these
Answer» C.  \[\frac{2{{c}^{2}}}{3}n(n+1)(2n+1)\]
2885.

If \[{{a}_{1}},{{a}_{2}}....{{a}_{n}}\]are in H.P., then the expression \[{{a}_{1}}{{a}_{2}}+{{a}_{2}}{{a}_{3}}\]+...+\[{{a}_{n}}{{-}_{1}}{{a}_{n}}\]is equal to

A. \[n({{a}_{1}}-{{a}_{n}})\]      
B. \[(n-1)({{a}_{1}}-{{a}_{n}})\]
C. \[n{{a}_{1}}{{a}_{n}}\]         
D. \[(n-1){{a}_{1}}{{a}_{n}}\]
Answer» E.
2886.

If x, y, z are real and \[4{{x}^{2}}+9{{y}^{2}}+16{{z}^{2}}-6xy-12yz-8zx=0\], then x, y, z are in

A. A.P                  
B. G.P.
C. H.P.                
D. none of these
Answer» D. none of these
2887.

If a, b, c and d are in H.P. then

A.  \[{{a}^{2}}+{{c}^{2}}>{{b}^{2}}+{{d}^{2}}\]
B.  \[{{a}^{2}}+{{d}^{2}}>{{b}^{2}}+{{c}^{2}}\]
C.  \[ac+bd>{{b}^{2}}+{{c}^{2}}\]
D.  \[ac+bd>{{b}^{2}}+{{d}^{2}}\]
Answer» D.  \[ac+bd>{{b}^{2}}+{{d}^{2}}\]
2888.

The sum of the series \[\frac{x}{1-{{x}^{2}}}+\frac{{{x}^{2}}}{1-{{x}^{4}}}+\frac{{{x}^{4}}}{1-{{x}^{8}}}+...\]to infinite terms, if \[\left| x \right|

A. \[\frac{x}{1-x}\]
B. \[\frac{1}{1-x}\]
C. \[\frac{1+x}{1-x}\]                  
D. 1
Answer» B. \[\frac{1}{1-x}\]
2889.

Let \[S=\frac{4}{19}+\frac{44}{{{19}^{2}}}+\frac{444}{{{19}^{3}}}+...\]up to \[\infty \]. Then S is equal to

A. 40/9                 
B. 38/81
C. 36/171
D. none of these
Answer» C. 36/171
2890.

Sum of the series \[\frac{2}{3}+\frac{8}{9}+\frac{26}{27}+\frac{80}{81}+...\]to n terms is

A. \[n-\frac{1}{2}({{3}^{n}}-1)\]
B. \[n+\frac{1}{2}({{3}^{n}}-1)\]
C. \[n+\frac{1}{2}(1-{{3}^{-n}})\]
D. \[n+\frac{1}{2}({{3}^{-n}}-1)\]
Answer» E.
2891.

If \[{{x}_{1}},{{x}_{2}},.....{{x}_{20}}\]are in H.P. and \[{{x}_{1}},2,{{x}_{20}}\]are in G.P., then \[\sum\limits_{r=1}^{19}{{{x}_{r}}{{x}_{r+1}}}\]=

A. 76                    
B. 80
C. 84                   
D. none of these
Answer» B. 80
2892.

if a, b, c are in A.P., then\[\frac{a}{bc},\frac{1}{c},\frac{2}{b}\] will be in

A. A.P.                 
B. G.P.
C. H.P.                
D. none of these
Answer» E.
2893.

a, b, c, d,\[\in {{R}^{+}}\] such that a, b, and c are in A.P. and b, c and , d are in H.P., then

A. ab = cd
B. ac = bd
C. bc = ad          
D. None of these
Answer» D. None of these
2894.

If \[{{S}_{n}}\]denotes the sum of first n terms of an A.P. and \[\frac{{{S}_{3n}}-{{S}_{n-1}}}{{{S}_{2n}}-{{S}_{2n-1}}}=31\], then the value of n is

A. 21        
B. 15
C. 16                   
D. 19
Answer» C. 16                   
2895.

If \[f(x)\] is an invertible function and \[g\left( x \right)=2f\left( x \right)+5,\] then the value of \[{{g}^{-1}}(x)\] is

A. \[2{{f}^{-1}}(x)-5\]     
B. \[\frac{1}{2{{f}^{-1}}(x)+5}\]
C. \[\frac{1}{2}{{f}^{-1}}(x)=5\] 
D. \[{{f}^{-1}}\left( \frac{x-5}{2} \right)\]
Answer» E.
2896.

The function \[f:(-\infty ,-1)\to \left( 0,{{e}^{5}} \right]\] defined by \[f(x)={{e}^{{{x}^{3-3x+2}}}}\] is

A. many-one and onto
B. many-one and into
C. one-one and onto
D. one-one and into
Answer» E.
2897.

The range of the function \[f(x)=\left| x-1 \right|+\left| x-2 \right|,-1\le x\le 3\] is

A. \[\left[ 1,\text{ }3 \right]\]
B. \[[1\text{ },5]\]
C. \[\left[ 3,\text{ }5 \right]\]
D. none of these
Answer» C. \[\left[ 3,\text{ }5 \right]\]
2898.

The range of \[f(x)=si{{n}^{-1}}(\sqrt{{{x}^{2}}+x+1})\] is

A. \[\left( 0,\frac{\pi }{2} \right]\]     
B. \[\left( 0,\frac{\pi }{3} \right]\]
C. \[\left[ \frac{\pi }{3},\frac{\pi }{2} \right]\]           
D. \[\left[ \frac{\pi }{6},\frac{\pi }{3} \right]\]
Answer» D. \[\left[ \frac{\pi }{6},\frac{\pi }{3} \right]\]
2899.

The domain of the function \[f(x)={{\left[ {{\log }_{10}}\left( \frac{5x-{{x}^{2}}}{4} \right) \right]}^{1/2}}\]is

A. \[-\infty <x<\infty \]      
B. \[1\le x\le 4\]
C. \[4\le x\le 16\]    
D. \[-1\le x\le 3\]
Answer» C. \[4\le x\le 16\]    
2900.

Let \[R=\left\{ \left( 1,3 \right),\left( 4,2 \right),\left( 2,4 \right),\left( 2,3 \right),\left( 3,1 \right) \right\}\] be a relation on the set \[A=\left\{ 1,2,3,4 \right\}.\]The relation R is

A. a function         
B. reflexive
C. not symmetric
D. transitive
Answer» D. transitive