Important MBA (BU) Question
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Toggle(CP-102) Quantitative Methods
I Sem, MBA (Regular, EX, ATKT)
Common for All Branches of MBA
Unit I
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Q.1 What is meant by classification of data? Explain the various types of classification with suitable examples. (BU 2024)
Q.2 Write the characteristics of ideal measures of central tendency. (BU 2024)
Q.3 A company is introducing a job evaluation scheme in which all jobs are graded by points. Following data represents the grade points and monthly pay scales (in Rs. thousand) for 8 jobs. (BU 2024)
Job A B C D E F G H
Points: 5 25 19 10 12 15 28 16
Pay 3 5 7 6 6 7 8 7
Q.4 How does statistics helps in managerial decision making process. (BU 2023)
Q.5 What are the different properties of a good average. (BU 2023)
Q.6 Calculate median and mode of the following data: (BU 2023)
Class Interval
| 0-5
| 5-10
| 10-15
| 15-20
| 20-25
| 25-30
| 30-35
|
Frequency
| 1
| 2
|
10
| 4 | 10
| 9
| 2 |
Q.7 Define ‘Statistics’ and discuss its role in managerial decision making. (BU 2022)
Q.8 Find the median of the following series. 30, 31, 36, 33, 29, 28, 35, 36. Also, give the definition of median. (BU 2022)
Q.9 Calculate mean and median from the given data. (BU 2022)

Unit II
Q.1 The sales of a product for Five consecutive days are 23000, 40000, 29000, 53000 and 39000 respectively. Calculate the mean. Deviation from mean and its coefficient. (BU 2024)
Q.2 Find the quartile deviation for the following data values, 18, 12, 7, 10, 16, 6, 1, 12, 17, 14, 19 marks.
Q.3 Calculate mean, standard deviation and coefficient of variation for the following frequency distribution and comment on the results obtained. (BU 2024)
Profit (Rs. in cruее)
| 0-10
| 10-20
| 20-30
| 30-40
| 40-50
| 50 60
|
Frequency
| 8 | 12 | 20 | 30 | 20 | 10
|
Q.4 Find the mean and standard deviation of first 10 natural numbers. (BU 2023)
Q.5 Write short notes on skewness and kurtosis. (BU 2023)
Q.6 What do you understand by dispersion? What are its different measures? (BU 2023)
Q.7 What do you understand by dispersion? What are its different measures? (BU 2022)
Q.8 Find the mean deviation of the following series. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 (BU 2022)
Q.9 Define the term ‘standard deviation’. Calculate the standard deviation of first 10 natural numbers. (BU 2022)
Unit III
Q.1 What is the probability of getting “at most 2 heads” in a single throw of 5 coins, (BU 2024)
Q.2 Write a short note on Poisson Probability Distribution. (BU 2024)
Q.3 Explain the various types of probability and non-probability sampling procedures with examples. (BU 2024)
Q.4 . A uniform die is thrown at random. Find the probability that the number on it is (BU 2023)
(a) Greater than 4
(b) Even
Q.5 Write about the importance of probability theory in business decision making. (BU 2023)
Q.6 Explain the following terms in probability with example: (BU 2023)
(a) Trial and event
(b) Sample space
(c) Independent event
(d) Equally likely event.
Q.7 Explain the term Trial and Event’ with example. (BU 2022)
Q.8 A uniform die is thrown at random. Find the probability that the number on it is: (BU 2022)
(a) 5
(b) Greater than 4
Q.9 Define the term ‘Probability’. Why and how it is important in business decision making? (BU 2022)
Unit IV
Q.1 In a partially destroyed laboratory record of an analysis of regression data, the following regression equations are found: (BU 2024)
8x-10y+660 and
40x-18y-214=0
Find the coefficient of correlation between x and y.
Q.2 Explain time series, its components and utilities with suitable examples. (BU 2024)
Q.3 Define correlation and explain various types of correlation with suitable examples. (BU 2024)
Q.4 What do you understand by correlation? What are its different types? (BU 2023)
Q.5 Find the coefficient of correlation by Karl pearson’s method. (BU 2023)
X | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 11 |
Y | 18 | 12 | 10
| 8 | 7 | 5 |
Q.6 What is Spearman’s rank correlation? Discuss its usefulness. (BU 2022)
Q.7 From the given data calculate coefficient of correlation by karl pearson’s method. (BU 2022)

Unit V
Q.1 Write a short note on index numbers and their utility. (BU 2024)
Q.2 Explain index number and its importance. (BU 2023)
Q.3 What do you understand by sampling? What are its types? (BU 2023)
Q.4 What do you understand by hypothesis? What are its two types? (BU 2022)
Q.5 What do you understand by sampling? Elaborate types of sampling. (BU 2022)
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