| Post Name | RESEARCH OFFICER |
|---|---|
| Department | ECONOMICS & STATISTICS |
| Question Paper Code | 160/2015 |
| Date of Test | 17 November 2015 |
| Medium of Question | ENGLISH |
| Exam Type | OMR Examination |
| Total Questions | 100 |
1
Indiaâs first computer was installed at Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata in the year :
Answer
C. 1956
2
Who is the founder of âSankhyaâ, the Indian Journal of Statistics ?
Answer
D. P.C. Mahalanobis
3
Which ministry co-ordinates the census activities in India ?
Answer
A. Home Affairs
4
Which of the following measures involve nominal scale ?
Answer
D. The number on an automobile license plate
5
A random sample of 50 is picked without replacement from a population of 1000 adult
males. If the standard deviation of the distribution of their heights is known to be 3 inches,
then the standard error of the sample mean is :
v19 855 V18
3
Answer
B. TAT
6
| Which of the following statements is true ?
Answer
C. Non - sampling error is comparatively low in sample surveys
7
If a continuous random variable X has a pdf of the form f(x) = 2x/9, 0 < x < 3, and 0 otherwise, then the median of X is :
Answer
C. 3/â2
8
If X and Y are independent random variables with respective moment generating functions E(eáľËŁ) = (1/4)(eâ°áľ + ešᾠ+ e²ᾠ+ eÂłáľ) and E(eáľĘ¸) = (1/4)(eâ°áľ + eâ´áľ + eâ¸áľ + eš²áľ), then the possible values of Z = X + Y are:
Answer
D. 0, 1, 2, ......, 15
9
A couple has two children one of them is known to be a boy. What is the probability that they have two boys ?
Answer
B. 1/3
10
The expected value of the random variable X having the pdf f(x) = |x â 2|/7 for x = â1, 0, 1, 3 is :
Answer
A. 1/7
11
Which of the following cannot be a moment generating function ?
anne t ve 1 t3
Answer
B. i;
12
Which of the following methods is are used for the computation of consumer price index
numbers ?
Answer
D. Both
13
Which ministry in India is responsible for compiling Wholesale Price Index ?
Answer
B. Commerce and Industry
14
The salary of a person in the base year is = 20,000 per month and in the current year
Answer
C. .- %>45,000
15
Suppose a family spends on food, housing and clothing in the ratio 5:3: 2. If there is a rise
in prices of these heads by 40, 30 and 20 percent respectively, then the family budget for
these items will be increased by :
Answer
A. 33%
16
If the two lines of regression are x + 2y â 5 = 0 and 2x + 3y â 8 = 0 then the correlation between x and y is:
Answer
B. ââ3/2
17
Which of the following components may be ignored when a time series data is collected on
an annual basis ?
Answer
B. Seasonal
18
Crude birth rates are calculated by dividing the births during a year by :
Answer
A. Mid - year population for that year
19
The chart suitable to represent the data on blood donation of O, A, B and AB blood groups
by the students in a college during the last four years is :
Answer
C. multiple bar diagram
20
The average marks of boys in a class is 65 and that of girls is 70. The average of both the
groups combined is 67. Then the ratio of number of boys and girls is :
Answer
D. y) 3:2
21
On fitting a bivariate linear regression model to a data set (n = 10) it is found that the variance of the dependent variable (based upon a division of n) is 8.5 and the residual sum of squares is 17. Then the coefficient of determination (r²) of the fitted model is:
Answer
A. 0.80
22
Which average is suitable for finding the average of proportions ?
Answer
D. Geometric mean
23
Which of the following statements is false if multicollinearity is present ?
Answer
D. The OLS estimates of regression coefficients are no longer unbiased.
24
Fj Qu Oy Q, are the quartiles, then which of the following holds for a positively skewed
ata ?
Answer
D. Q) + Q3> 2Q)
25
The null hypothesis of Durbin - Watson test for auto correlation is :
Answer
A. random component of the regression model is independently and normally distributed
26
The arithmetic mean of a set of distinct number is 10. If each number is squared, then the
mean of the squares of the number is :
Answer
A. Greater than 100
27
For any two events A and B, P(AMBâ) is equal to :
Answer
D. P(
28
If P(E) = 0.9 and P(F) = 0.8 then which of the following is true?
Answer
A. P(E ⊠F) ⼠0.70
29
If x is an observed value of a random variable X ~ UNIF [0,10] the x divides the interval [0,10] into two subintervals. What is the probability that the ratio of lengths of the shorter to longer subinterval is less than 1/4 ?
Answer
B. 2/5
30
If the standard deviation of a normal distribution is 4 then the fourth central moment of the
distribution is :
Answer
B. 768
31
The value of the objective function at an optimal solution of the LPP min x
XâX%_= â5, xX, 2 0, x, > 0 will be:
Answer
C. 28
32
If a population has normal distribution with variance 225, then how large a sample must be drawn in order to be 95 per cent confident that the sample mean will not differ from the population mean by more than 2 units. (ZÎą/2 = Z0.025 = 1.96).
Answer
B. 216
33
Of 100 people who were given a vaccine, 80 developed immunity to a disease. Then a 98 per cent confidence interval on the true proportion of people developing immunity is : (ZÎą/2 = Z.01 = 2.33).
Answer
C. (0.707, 0.893)
34
Which of the following statements is true for a
of means of two independent populations ?
Answer
A. The two populations are independent and normally distributed with equal unknown
variances.
35
The random variable X, Y, and Z have the means Îźâ = 1, Οᾧ = 7, Οᾨ = 4, the variances Ďâ² = 8, Ďᾧ² = 10, Ďᾨ² = 9, and the covariances cov(X, Y) = 2, cov(X, Z) = â5, cov(Y, Z) = 3. If U = X â 3Y + 2Z and V = 3X â Y â 2Z the cov(U, V) is:
Answer
B. â10
36
If we use the statistic T = (1/6)(Xâ + 2Xâ + 3Xâ) for estimating the parameter θ of a Bernoulli population then T is:
Answer
C. unbiased only
37
If X is a non-negative random variable having mean Îź, distribution function F(x) and finite second moment then which of the following is false?
Answer
C. E(X²) = âŤââx[1 â F(x)] dx
38
Which of the following statements is false ?
Answer
D. =1
39
From the following price index information, what is the percentage change in prices between
2010 and 2013 ?
2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013
index | 100 [is
Answer
A. s |
Pindex2 | [|_| 100 [| 120
40
If ι and β respectively denote probabilities of type-1 and type-2 errors in testing of hypotheses then which of the following statements is false?
Answer
C. ι + β = 1
41
Who played the pioneering role in the development of National Income Accounting ? )
|
Answer
B. Simon Kuznets
42
What is the growth rate of Per Capita State Domestic Product in Kerala from 2000 - 2001 to }
2010 - 2011 (% per year) ? |
Answer
D. 7.0 |
43
Who provided a detailed set of suggestions for a three - tier system of local government in
India ?
Answer
A. Balwantrai Mehta Committee
44
Identify the components of âDebt - Dynamic Wedgeâ for making a decline in Debt - GDP
ratio,
Answer
C. Real rate of economic growth, real cost of borrowing and primary deficit
45
The growth rate of real agricultural wages in the post - reform period (1993 - 94 to
1999 - 2000) was :
Answer
A. 1.3%
46
According to the poverty estimates, head count ratio in India during 2009 - 10 was :
Answer
D. 29.8
47
Identify the strategic factor necessary for inclusive growth : |
Answer
C. Effective governance.
|
48
As per the Budget estimates of 2015 - 16, what is the fiscal deficit as a percentage of GDP
targeted ?
Answer
B. 3.9%
49
As per the DML (2013) report, the largest proportion of domestic migrant labour in Kerala |
| hail from : |
Answer
C. West Bengal
50
The most dynamic element in the employment sector in Kerala during 1999 - 2004 was :
Answer
D. Decline in the employment among women.
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51
The rate of growth of Per Capita NNP during 2004 - 2005 to 2011 - 2013 as per 1999 - 2000
prices was :
Answer
B. 6.3%
52
Physical connectivity in the PURA model aims at :
Answer
A. Grouping of 15 to 25 villages together and linking each other by road.
53
The phenomenon of price rise due to multiplicity of taxes is called :
Answer
D. Cascading effect
54
The most important economic consequences of demographic transition in Kerala in the
21% century are : |
Answer
A. Decline in the size of labour force and aging
55
Under the new inflation targeting mechanism, Government of India has mandated RBI to
bring down inflation by: | |
Answer
B. Below 6% by January 2016
56
As per the CSO estimates of 2014 Gross Domestic Savings in India as a percentage of GDP
during 2011 - 12 was : _ 33 |
Answer
C. 31.35
57
Which of the following is included in the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act of
1986 ?
Answer
D. All of the above
58
The principal objective of the MUDRA Bank is : |
Answer
B. To bring stability to micro finance system.
59
According to 2004 - 2005 prices, the growth of service sector during the first year of the |
Twelfth plan (2012 - 13) was : |
Answer
A. . 6.96%
60
Self - Employment and Talent Utilisation (SETU) mechanism established by the central
Government comes under :
Answer
C. NITI Aayog
61
The slope of the line through the points (1,
Answer
B. is :
62
If U is the universal set and Ď the empty set, then for any subset A of U, which of the following is false?
Answer
D. A ⊠AⲠ= A
63
The domain of the real valued function f(x) = â(9 â x) is:
Answer
A. ââ < x ⤠9
64
The value of lim, is:
a ox +7 xâ8
3
Answer
C. 0
65
The derivative of the function sinâťÂš(â(1 â x²)) is:
Answer
A. â1/â(1 â x²)
66
If the total cost C of making x units of a product is C = 0.03xÂł â 0.04x² + 8x + 10000 then the marginal cost at 100 units output is:
Answer
B. 900
67
The integral of
is:
loge a
a*
Answer
D. ⢠+ C
2logea
(loge
68
A dealer got a profit of 20% by selling an article for ÂĽ 144. If he wants to make a profit of
30%, the selling price should be :
Answer
A. 2156
69
Which of the following statements about any two square matrices of the same order is
| false ?
Answer
B. Multiplication is commutative
|
70
The value of log, 31728 is :
Answer
C. 6.0000
71
The supply and demand curves are respectively y = 8x and y = 20 â x². Then the equilibrium price is:
Answer
D. 16
72
Ina survey regarding the alcohol consumption of people in a village it was observed that
| 55% of the people consume liquor A, 52% liquor B, 40% liquor C, 30% liquor A and B, 25%
liquor B and C, 20% liquor A and C and 10% all the three brands. The percentage of people
in the village those who do not consume any kind of liquor of the above three kinds is :
Answer
C. 18%
73
The derivative of the function 2V7ÂĽx is: |
i 7 akg
Answer
B. Wy
74
Which of the following statements regarding the extreme values of the function f(x) = xÂł is true?
Answer
D. has neither a maximum nor a minimum
75
Ifan amount of ~ 12,540 is divided among A, B and C so that A shall receive 7 as much as
| B and C together receive, then A must get :
|
Answer
B. 3762
76
The value of 1 + 1s = + LS + Lt +...i8 :
2 2 2 2
Answer
C. 2
77
The sum of the first 20 odd natural numbers is :
Answer
A. 400
78
The sum of 11 consecutive terms of an AP is 132. Then the 6 term is :
Answer
C. y 12
79
The number of ways in which the letters of the word ACCOUNTANT can be arranged |
among themselves is : |
Answer
Question Cancelled
80
What does the range address Al : D4 in Microsoft Excel worksheet indicate ?
Answer
D. All the 16 cells from Al to D4 in the 4 rows and 4 columns
81
âKanni 10 Dayâ (Malayalam month - Kanni) was commemorated by the progressive people
of Kerala in connection with which of the following event ?
Answer
C. Deportation of Swadesabhimani K.Ramakrishna Pillai |
82
Which newspaper from Malabar was known as âThe Bible of the Tiyyasâ ?
Answer
B. Mithavadi
83
A Malayalam novel published in 1978 which depicts the story of a village around 250 years
and consists of around 380 characters; but there are no hero or heroine. It also reveals the |
transformation of the social life in Travancore. Which is that novel ? |
Answer
B. Kayar of Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai
84
The famous Muthukulam Speech was made by :
Answer
D. Mannath Padmanabhan |
85
Which among the following personalities have the credit to be jailed by the Travancore |
government for five months during the Vaikkom Satyagraha period and fifteen months |
imprisonment at the Singapore Jail during the Second World War Period ?
Answer
A. K.P. Kesava Menon
86
Match the following : ;
A B
Answer
A. SNDP
87
Who was known as âThe Father of tile industry in Keralaâ ?
Answer
C. George Plub
88
Who was the only Malayali mentioned by Gandhiji in his Autobiography ?
Answer
B. Barrister G.P. Pillai
89
âI have been touring different parts of the world. During these travels | have had good
fortune to come into contact with several saints and rishis. But I have frankly to admit that
I have not come across one who is spiritually greater than Swami Narayana Guru of
Malayalamâ. Who made the above statement ?
Answer
A. Rabindranath Tagore
90
Who wrote the work, âKaattile Jyeshtanâ ?
Answer
C. Pandit K.P. Karuppan
91
The present logo of University Grant Commission (UGC) was designed by :
Answer
B. Priya Jayanand
92
Gandhi - Irwin Pact signed on :
Answer
A. 5% March 1931
93
93.. Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) was started in the year :
Answer
B. 1969
94
Which state is the largest producer of saffron in India ?
Answer
B. Jammu and Kashmir
95
The famous E - Commerce Company FLIPKART founded by :
Answer
C. Sachin Bansal and Binny Bensal |
96
Who wrote the famous novel, âThe Rebel Generationâ ?
Answer
D. Kuller Johanna
97
Fort Pokhran is situated at :
Answer
A. Jaisalmer
98
âRAMMASUNâ a typhoon hit in the Philippines in 2014, the Thai (Siamese) word
RAMMASUN means :
Answer
A. God of Thunder
99
Which sea literally means âThe middle of the Earthâ ?
Answer
D. Mediterranean Sea |
100
Which among the following cricketers died due to injury in the field in 2014 ?
Answer
B. Philip Joel Hughes
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