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Basic numerical skills 2021 November

This document is an examination paper for a B.Sc. course on Basic Numerical Skills, consisting of three sections: Section A with short answer questions, Section B with paragraph questions, and Section C with essay questions. The exam covers topics such as power sets, time series analysis, moving averages, and matrix operations. Students are required to answer a specified number of questions from each section within a time limit of two and a half hours.

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Basic numerical skills 2021 November

This document is an examination paper for a B.Sc. course on Basic Numerical Skills, consisting of three sections: Section A with short answer questions, Section B with paragraph questions, and Section C with essay questions. The exam covers topics such as power sets, time series analysis, moving averages, and matrix operations. Students are required to answer a specified number of questions from each section within a time limit of two and a half hours.

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THIRD SEMESTER (CBCSS—UG) DEGREE EXAMINATION
NOVEMBER 2021

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Common Course [B.Sc. LRP (Alternate Pattern)]

A11—BASIC NUMERICAL SKILLS

(2019—2020 Admissions)

Time : Two Hours and a Half Maximum : 80 Marks

Section A

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Answer at least ten questions.
Each question carries 3 marks.
All questions can be attended.

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Overall Ceiling 30.

1. What is power set ?

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2. Find the power set of A = {1, 2, 3} .

3. what are the methods used for measuring seasonal variations ?

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4. Represent the following frequency table by histogram :

Marks : 10–15 15–20 20–25 25–30 30–35

Number of students : 5 20 50 40 10

5. What is analysis of time series ?

6. Find the product of first five terms of GP, if the third term is 3.

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7. What do you understand by classification of data ?

8. Solve x2 − 7 x + 6 = 0 by using quadratic formula.

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9. Explain Kurtosis.

10. Find the product of first 9 terms of GP, if the 5th term is 2.

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11. Find the mean of the following data.

4, 40, 60, 20, 80, 10, 26, 12, 24, 12, 50

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12. Explain Skewness.

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13. What is a pie diagram ?

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1 0 0
4 4 2 .
14. Find the value of the determinant
2 1 3

15. What is an index number ?

(10 × 3 = 30 marks)

Section B (Paragraph)

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Answer at least five questions.
Each question carries 6 marks.

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All questions can be attended.
Overall Ceiling 30.

16. If the fifth and the tenth terms of a G.P are 32 and 1024 respectively, find the first term and the

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common ratio.

17. Give 3 yearly moving averages for the following series :

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Year : 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Production (lakh tons) : 12.2 12.3 13.7 14.9 13.2 11.3 15.1 15.2 15.3 14.9

18. Find the sum of first 20 terms of the sequence 3, 6, 9, 12,....

 1 1 2
 0 1 3 .
19. Find the adjoint of the matrix  
0 0 1 

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20. Find the central tendencies for given series :

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28, 36, 34, 28, 48, 22, 35, 27, 19,41

1 2  0 1 

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21. Find AB, where A =   and B =  .
0 1   3 1

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22. If A = {1, 2} and B = {a, b, c} , find A × B and B × A. Are they equal ?

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23. What are the different aspects to be considered in planning a statistical enquiry ?

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(5 × 6 = 30 marks)

Section C (Essay)

Answer any two questions.


Each question carries 10 marks.

24. Find the sum of n terms of the series 8 + 88 + 888 + 8888 + ...

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 1 1 2
 
25. Find the inverse of the matrix 0 2 3 .

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0 0 1 

26. Solve the following by matrix method :

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2 x + 3 y + 3z = 5

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x − 2y + z = − 4
3 x − y − 2 z = 3.

27. Find the quartile deviation for the following data :

Marks Frequency

20–30 4

30–40 12

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40–50 18

50–60 28

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60–70 19

70–80 14

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80–90 5

(2 × 10 = 20 marks)

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