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Previous Year Board Questions

3 Marks 30-S
Q28 (a). One healthcare center working for the welfare of the patients suffering from 'Dengue', recorded the following information :
Age of Patients 0 - 15 15 - 30 30 - 45 45 - 60 60 - 75 75 - 90
Number of Patients 8 5 x 16 12 9
If the modal age of the patients is 54, then find the value of x.
OR
(b) Weekly expenditure on Ayurvedic medicines of few households in a locality is recorded below.
Weekly Expenditure (in ?) 100 - 150 150 - 200 200 - 250 250 - 300 300 - 350
Number of Households 4 5 y 2 2
If the mean expenditure for this is ? 211, then find the value of the missing frequency 'y'.
(a) Modal class is 45-60 (since mode 54 lies in it).
\(l = 45, h = 15, f_1 = 16, f_0 = x, f_2 = 12\).
Mode = \(l + \frac{f_1 - f_0}{2f_1 - f_0 - f_2} \times h\)
\(54 = 45 + \frac{16 - x}{32 - x - 12} \times 15\)
\(9 = \frac{16 - x}{20 - x} \times 15 \Rightarrow 3(20 - x) = 5(16 - x)\)
\(60 - 3x = 80 - 5x \Rightarrow 2x = 20 \Rightarrow x = 10\).

(b) Mean = 211.
Midpoints (\(x_i\)): 125, 175, 225, 275, 325.
Freq (\(f_i\)): 4, 5, y, 2, 2. \(\sum f_i = 13 + y\).
\(f_i x_i\): 500, 875, 225y, 550, 650. \(\sum f_i x_i = 2575 + 225y\).
\(\frac{2575 + 225y}{13 + y} = 211\)
\(2575 + 225y = 2743 + 211y\)
\(14y = 168 \Rightarrow y = 12\).
3 Marks 30-S
Q28. The median of the following distribution is 50. Find the value of p.
Class 0-20 20-40 40-60 60-80 80-100
Frequency 17 p 32 24 19
Median = 50. Median class is 40-60.
\(l=40, h=20, f=32\).
Cumulative Frequency before class: \(cf = 17+p\).
Total frequency \(N = 17+p+32+24+19 = 92+p\).
Formula: \(Median = l + (\frac{N/2 - cf}{f}) \times h\).
\(50 = 40 + (\frac{\frac{92+p}{2} - (17+p)}{32}) \times 20\).
\(10 = (\frac{92+p - 34 - 2p}{2 \times 32}) \times 20 = (\frac{58-p}{64}) \times 20\).
\(10/20 = \frac{58-p}{64} \Rightarrow \frac{1}{2} = \frac{58-p}{64}\).
\(32 = 58 - p \Rightarrow p = 58 - 32 = 26\).
Value of p is 26.
5 Marks 30-S
Q33. Find the values of the missing frequencies p and q in the following distribution of 100 observations. The median of the distribution is given as 47.
Class 30 – 35 35 – 40 40 – 45 45 – 50 50 – 55 55 – 60 60 – 65
Frequency 12 p 17 20 q 12 8
Total = 100. So \(12 + p + 17 + 20 + q + 12 + 8 = 100\).
\(69 + p + q = 100 \Rightarrow p + q = 31\).

Median = 47. Median class is 45-50.
\(l = 45, h = 5, f = 20, N = 100, cf = 12 + p + 17 = 29 + p\).
\(Median = l + \frac{N/2 - cf}{f} \times h\)
\(47 = 45 + \frac{50 - (29 + p)}{20} \times 5\)
\(2 = \frac{21 - p}{4} \Rightarrow 8 = 21 - p \Rightarrow p = 13\).
Since \(p + q = 31\), \(q = 31 - 13 = 18\).
p = 13, q = 18
1 Mark 30-1
Q1. What is the mode of a data if median and mean of the same data are 9.6 and 10.5, respectively?
  • (A) 7.8
  • (B) 12.3
  • (C) 8.4
  • (D) 7
Mode = \(3(\text{Median}) - 2(\text{Mean}) = 3(9.6) - 2(10.5) = 28.8 - 21.0 = 7.8\).
Answer: (A)
5 Marks 30-1
Q34. The length of leaves of a plant are measured correct to nearest millimetre. Find the median length of leaves.
Length (in mm) Number of Leaves
118 - 126 3
127 - 135 5
136 - 144 9
145 - 153 12
154 - 162 5
163 - 171 4
172 - 180 2
Classes are discontinuous. Convert to continuous: 117.5-126.5, 126.5-135.5, etc.
\(N=40, N/2=20\). CF: 3, 8, 17, 29, 34, 38, 40.
Median class (cf > 20) is 144.5-153.5. (Index 145-153).
\(l = 144.5, cf = 17, f = 12, h = 9\).
Median \( = 144.5 + \frac{20-17}{12} \times 9 \) \( = 144.5 + \frac{3}{12} \times 9 \) \( = 144.5 + 2.25 = 146.75 \) mm.
5 Marks 30-3 (Case Study)
Q37. The India Meteorological Department observes 2025-30-3-QuestionNumber37.png seasonal and annual rainfall every year in different sub-divisions of our country. It helps them to compare and analyse the results. The table below shows sub-divisions wise seasonal (monsoon) rainfall (in mm) in 2023.
Rainfall (mm) No. of Sub-divisions
200 - 400 3
400 - 600 4
600 - 800 7
800 - 1000 4
1000 - 1200 3
1200 - 1400 3
Based on the information given above, answer the following questions :
(i) Write the modal class.
(ii) (a) Find the median of the given data.
OR
(ii) (b) Find the mean rainfall in the season.
(iii) If a sub-division having at least 800 mm rainfall during monsoon season is considered a good rainfall sub-division, then how many sub-divisions had good rainfall ?
(i) Max frequency 7. Class: 600-800.
(ii) (a) Total N = 24. N/2 = 12. Cumulative: 3, 7, 14... Median class 600-800.
\(l=600, h=200, f=7, CF=7\).
Median \( = 600 + \frac{12-7}{7} \times 200 \) \( = 600 + \frac{1000}{7} \) \( = 600 + 142.85 \approx 742.85 \).
(iii) \(4 + 3 + 3 = 10\).
1 Mark 30-4
Q3. The cumulative frequency for calculating median is obtained by adding the frequencies of all the :
  • (a) classes up to the median class
  • (b) classes following the median class
  • (c) classes preceding the median class
  • (d) all classes
Preceding and including current. Answer states (a) classes up to median class.
Answer: (a)
1 Mark 30-4
Q4. If mode and median of given set of observations are 13 and 11 respectively, then the value of mean is :
  • (a) 17
  • (b) 7
  • (c) 10
  • (d) 28
\(3Median = Mode + 2Mean\). \(33 = 13 + 2M \Rightarrow 20 = 2M \Rightarrow M=10\).
Answer: (c)
5 Marks 30-4
Q34. Following table shows the absentees record of 40 students in an academic year :
Number of Days Number of Students
2-6 11
6-10 10
10-14 7
14-18 4
18-22 4
22-26 3
26-30 1
Find the 'mean' and the 'mode' of the above data.
Mode: Max freq is 11 (Class 2-6).
\(l = 2, f_1 = 11, f_0 = 0, f_2 = 10, h = 4\).
\(\text{Mode} = l + \frac{f_1 - f_0}{2f_1 - f_0 - f_2} \times h\) \(= 2 + \frac{11-0}{22-0-10} \times 4\) \(= 2 + \frac{44}{12} = 5.67\).

Mean: \(x_i\): 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28.
\(f_ix_i\): 44, 80, 84, 64, 80, 72, 28. Sum = 452.
\(\text{Mean} = 452/40 = 11.3\).
1 Mark 30-5
Q7. If x median + y mean = z mode is the empirical relationship between mean, median and mode, then \(x + y + z =\)
  • (A) 6
  • (B) 3
  • (C) 2
  • (D) 1
Empirical formula: 3Median = Mode + 2Mean. Rearranging: 3Median - 2Mean = 1Mode.
Here \(x = 3, y = -2, z = 1\). \(x + y + z = 3 + (-2) + 1 = 2\).
Correct Option: (C) 2
1 Mark 30-5
Q8. Following data shows marks obtained by 100 students. The median will be the average of which two observations?
Marks 20 29 28 33 42 38 43 25
Students 6 28 24 15 2 4 1 20
Arrange in ascending order: 20(6), 25(20), 28(24), 29(28), 33(15)...
Cumulative freq: 6, 26, 50, 78...
N = 100. Median = avg of 50th and 51st observations.
50th observation is 28, 51st observation is 29.
Correct Option: (C) 28 and 29
5 Marks 30-5
Q34. The following table gives the daily income of 50 cab drivers:
Income (?) 500-600 600-700 700-800 800-900 900-1000
No. of Drivers 12 14 8 6 10
Find the mean income and the modal income.
Mean: Class marks: 550, 650, 750, 850, 950.
\(\Sigma f_i x_i = 12(550) + 14(650) + 8(750) + 6(850) + 10(950) = 36300\).
Mean = \(36300/50 = 726\).

Mode: Max freq is 14 (Class 600-700). \(l = 600, h = 100, f_1 = 14, f_0 = 12, f_2 = 8\).
Mode \( = 600 + \frac{14-12}{28-12-8} \times 100 \) \( = 600 + \frac{2}{8} \times 100 = 625 \).
5 Marks 30-6
Q34. The population of lions was noted in different regions across the world in the following table:
Number of lions Number of regions
0 - 100 2
100 - 200 5
200 - 300 9
300 - 400 12
400 - 500 X
500 - 600 20
600 - 700 15
700 - 800 9
800 - 900 y
900 - 1000 2
Total 100
If the median of the given data is 525, find the values of \(x\) and \(y\).
Total \(N = 100\). Median = 525.
Median lies in class 500-600. So \(l = 500, h = 100, f = 20\).
Cumulative Frequency (CF) preceding class = \(2+5+9+12+x = 28+x\).
Formula: \(\text{Median} = l + \left(\frac{\frac{N}{2} - CF}{f}\right) \times h\)
\(525 = 500 + \left(\frac{50 - (28+x)}{20}\right) \times 100\)
\(25 = (22-x) \times 5\)
\(5 = 22 - x \Rightarrow x = 17\).

Sum of frequencies = 100.
\(74 + x + y = 100 \Rightarrow 74 + 17 + y = 100 \Rightarrow y = 9\).
Answer: \(x=17, y=9\).
1 Mark 30-6
Q6. If the mode of some observations is 10 and sum of mean and median is 25, then the mean and median respectively are
  • (A) 12 and 13
  • (B) 13 and 12
  • (C) 10 and 15
  • (D) 15 and 10
Mode \( = 10 \).
Mean \( + \) Median \( = 25 \Rightarrow \) Median \( = 25 - \) Mean.
Empirical Formula: Mode \( = 3(\text{Median}) - 2(\text{Mean}) \).
\( 10 = 3(25 - \text{Mean}) - 2(\text{Mean}) \)
\( 10 = 75 - 3(\text{Mean}) - 2(\text{Mean}) \)
\( 10 = 75 - 5(\text{Mean}) \)
\( 5(\text{Mean}) = 65 \Rightarrow \text{Mean} = 13 \).
Median \( = 25 - 13 = 12 \).
Answer: (B)
1 Mark 30-6
Q7. If the maximum number of students has obtained 52 marks out of 80, then
  • (A) 52 is the mean of the data.
  • (B) 52 is the median of the data.
  • (C) 52 is the mode of the data.
  • (D) 52 is the range of the data.
The score obtained by the maximum number of students represents the value with the highest frequency, which is the definition of **Mode**.
Answer: (C)