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MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY
SIXTH SEMESTER – BA PROGRAMME IN ECONOMICS
Model Question
Fourth Semester Core 7 for Model II (EC4V07U) and
Sixth Semester Core 11 for Model I (EC6B11U)
QUANTITATIVE ECONOMICS
(Answers may be written either in English or in Malayalam.)

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Time : 3 Hrs Total Weightage : 25
Part A – Objective Type Questions (in bunches of 4)
I.Choose the correct alphabet only.

1.The item which occurs maximum number of times in a distribution is
(A) Mode(B) Median(C) Mean(D) Dispersion

2.The median of 5, 3, 8, 11 and 2 is
(A) 11(B) 2(C) 5(D) 8

3.The sum of deviations of observations from ............ is zero.
(A) Median(B) Arithmetic mean(C) Geometric mean(D) Harmonic mean

4.The best measure of dispersion is
(A) Range(B) Standard deviation(C) Variance(D) Coefficient of variation (Weightage 1)

5.Coefficient of correlation lies between
(A) 0 & 1(B) -1 & 1(C) (D)

6.The lines of regression intersect at the point
(A) (B) (x, y)(C) (0, 0)(D) (1, 1)

7.If the ratio of change in one variable is equal to the ratio of change in other variables, correlation is said to be
(A) Linear(B) Non-linear(C) Curvi-linear(D) None of these

8.The regression coefficients of x only and y on x are given as -1.2 and -0.5 respectively. Then correlation coefficient is
(A) 0.6(B) -0.6(C) 6(D) -1.7 (Weightage 1)

9.For Meso-kurtic distribution
(A) ?2 < 3(B) ?2 > 3(C) ?2 = 3(D) All of these

10.For a positively skewed distribution which of the following inequality holds?
(A) Mean > Mode > Median(B) Mean > Median > Mode (C) Mode > Mean > Median(D) Mean < Mode < Median

11.The derivative of a constant is
(A) Constant(B) 1(C) 0(D) None of these

12. when y = e2x is
(A) e2x(B) 2e2x(C) 2ex(D) ½e2x (Weightage 1)

13.When two events cannot occur together, it is called
(A) equally likely(B) random event(C) mutually exclusive(D) None of these

14.If A and B are two independent events then is
(A) P(A).P(B)(B) (C) P(A)+P(B)(D) zero

15.Mean of a binomial variate with parameters n and p is
(A) p(B) np(C) npq(D)

16.If the probability of occurring of head in the toss of a coin is ½, then the probability of occurring of tail is
(A) 1(B) ½(C) ¼(D) None of these (Weightage 1)

Part B - Short Answer Questions
II.Answer any five out of eight, not exceeding 50 words.
17.What are the properties of Arithmetic mean?
18.Distinguish between absolute and relative measures of dispersion.
19.Discuss the different types of correlation.
20.What is regression equations and regression lines?
21.Distinguish between raw moments and central moments.
22.Define kurtosis. How is it measured?
23.Discuss Maxima and Minima of functions.
24.Briefly discuss random experiments, sample space and events. (Weightage 1 × 5 = 5)

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