Andaman Nicobar Group C 2023: Directorate of Economics & Statistics and Directorate of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Services, Junior Investigator, CBT, Paper 4

1


Sangai Festival is celebrated in which state of India?


(A)
Bihar
(B)
Manipur
(C)
Karnataka
(D)
Assam


Answer: Manipur


2


Consider the following statements about Sikh Gurus:
      1. Banda Bahadur was appointed as the military leader of the Sikhs by Guru
         Tegh Bahadur.
      2. Guru Arjan Dev became the Sikh Guru after Guru Ram Das.
      3. Guru Arjan Dev gave to Sikhs their own script- Gurumukhi.
Which of the statements given is/are correct?


(A)
1 and 2
(B)
2 and 3
(C)
1 only
(D)
1 and 3


Answer: 1 and 2

3


‘Tamasha’ is the famous folk form of musical theatre in


(A)
Punjab
(B)
Bihar
(C)
Uttar Pradesh
(D)
Maharashtra


Answer: Maharashtra


4


What is the Jewish place of worship called?


(A)
Synagogue
(B)
None of these
(C)
Church
(D)
Mosque




Answer: Synagogue




5

Who laid the foundation of the ‘School of Possibilism’?


(A)
La Blache
(B)
Ratzel
(C)
Brunches
(D)
Humboldt


Answer: La Blache




6


Who composed ‘Jana Gana Mana’?


(A)
Rabindra Nath Tagore
(B)
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
(C)
Sarojini Naidu
(D)
Aurobindo Ghosh


Answer: Rabindra Nath Tagore




7


Who is the author of the book Long Walk to Freedom?

(A)
Louis Fischer
(B)
Mao Tse Tung
(C)
Nelson Mandela
(D)
Aung Sang Su Kyi


Answer: Nelson Mandela


8


The book ‘Long walk to Freedom’ is written by


(A)
Benazir Bhutto
(B)
Nawaz Sharif
(C)
Sonia Gandhi
(D)
Nelson Mandela


Answer: Nelson Mandela


9


Which of the following is different from the others?


(A)
Shaurya Chakra
(B)

Ashok Chakra
(C)
Vir Chakra
(D)
Kirti Chakra


Answer: Vir Chakra


10




Bharat Ratna is the highest Civilian Award of India which was first given in the year
and to the person.


(A)
The year 1948 - C.V. Raman
(B)
The year 1953 - V. Krishnamurthy
(C)
The year 1952 - Lata Mangeshkar
(D)
The year 1954 - Dr. Radhakrishnan


Answer: The year 1954 - Dr. Radhakrishnan




11


Consider the following statements given below regarding Arjuna Awards 2014 and
select which is/are correct?
      1. Arjuna Awards is given to sportspersons for their consistent outstanding
         performance for 5 years preceding the year of award.
      2. Arjuna Awards carry a cash prize of 7 lakh rupees, a statuette and a citation.
Choose the appropriate option from those given below:

(A)
Only 2
(B)
Both 1 and 2
(C)
Only 1
(D)
Neither 1 nor 2


Answer: Neither 1 nor 2




12


Which of the following received the outstanding Parliamentarian Award for the year
2010?


(A)
Karan singh
(B)
Arun Jaitley
(C)
Sharad Yadav.
(D)
Jaswant Singh


Answer: Arun Jaitley




13


Which of the following is used as a logo of the World Wide Fund (WWF) for Nature?

(A)
Deer
(B)
Lion
(C)
Panda
(D)
Camel


Answer: Panda



14


The UN has recently passed a resolution against human right violation in a South
Asian country. Which of the following was the country?
      1. India
      2. Pakistan
      3. Sri Lanka
Select the answer from the codes given below.


(A)
3 only
(B)
2 only
(C)
1 only
(D)
None


Answer: 3 Only

15


Which one of the following statements about NATO is not correct?


(A)
Turkey is a member of NATO.
(B)
The US is an ex-officio member of NATO.
(C)
NATO is a collective defence organization in Europe.
(D)
NATO has 28 independent member states.


Answer: The US is an ex-officio member of NATO.




16


Which country decided to join the United Nations, as a Member, on the basis of the
results of a referendum held in the country?


(A)
Switzerland
(B)
Finland
(C)
Belgium
(D)
Austria


Answer: Switzerland




17

Consider the following statements:
      1. ‘Bolt has defended 100 m, 200 m and 4 × 100 m. Gold in Beijing and London
         Olympics
      2. Michel Phelps is associated with swimming.
      3. Phelps holds world record for winning most olympic gold medals.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?


(A)
1and 3
(B)
None of these
(C)
2 and 3
(D)
1, 2 and 3


Answer: 1, 2 and 3




18


“Bull’s eye” is used in the game of


(A)
Polo
(B)
Basketball
(C)
Shooting
(D)
Boxing


Answer: Shooting

19


How far did the Indian Team reach in the Women’s Cricket World Cup Tournament
2005 held in South Africa?


(A)
Quarter-finals
(B)
Semifinals
(C)
Preliminary round
(D)
Finals


Answer: Finals




20


Who among the following Tennis players has won the Shanghai Masters Title?


(A)
Gilles Simon
(B)
Rafael Nadal
(C)
Andy Murray
(D)
Roger Federer


Answer: Roger Federer

21.


Choose the one which best expresses that the meaning of the given words.
“DILATE”


(A)
spin
(B)
weaken
(C)
widen
(D)
push


Answer: widen




22.


Choose the one which best expresses that the meaning of the given words.
“ABROGATE”


(A)
elope
(B)
gate-crash
(C)
abolish
(D)
destroy


Answer: abolish

23.


Choose the word opposite (or) ANTONYMS in meaning to the given word as your
answer.
“NOVEL”


(A)
naughty
(B)
novelist
(C)
banal
(D)
nasty


Answer: banal




24.


Choose the word opposite (or) ANTONYMS in meaning to the given word as your
answer.
“HARMONIOUS”


(A)
sonorous
(B)
discordant
(C)
concordant
(D)
balanced


Answer: discordant

25.


In the following questions, four words have been written out of which three are
correctly spelt and one is wrongly spelt. find out the misspelt word from among the
groups of four words.




(A)
personel
(B)
personnel
(C)
notional
(D)
nationalist


Answer: personel




26


In the following questions, four words have been written out of which three are
correctly spelt and one is wrongly spelt. find out the misspelt word from among the
groups of four words.




(A)
prefer
(B)
defer
(C)
difer
(D)

refer


Answer: difer




27.


Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given
words/sentence
“Action that is likely to make people very angry”


(A)
inflationary
(B)
inflammable
(C)
commensurable
(D)
inflammatory


Answer: inflammatory




28.


Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given
words/sentence
“A humorous drawing dealing with current events or politics.”


(A)
sketch
(B)
illustration
(C)

cartoon
(D)
skit


Answer: cartoon




29.




In each of the following questions four words are given of which two are most nearly
the same or opposite in meaning. Find the two words which are most nearly the
same or opposite in meaning, From the below given options which has the letters
represents its meanings with combination.


(A) Effeminacy      (B) Effrontery
(C) Effervescence   (D) Impertinence




(A)
B-D
(B)
C-D
(C)
A-D
(D)
A-B




Answer: B-D




30

In the following questions, one part of the sentence may have an error.
They will (1)/ leave the office at six and (2)/ reach at home by seven. (3)/ No error (4)


(A)
They will
(B)
leave the office at six and
(C)
reach at home by seven.
(D)
No error


Answer: reach at home by seven.




31.


Select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active voice.
“We waste much time on trifles.”


(A)
Much time was wasted on trifles.
(B)
Much time will be wasted on trifles.
(C)
Much time is wasted by us on trifle’s.
(D)
Much time is wasted on trifles.


Answer: Much time is wasted by us on trifle’s.

32.


Select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.
Mother told me that I should listen to her first and then do anything as I
pleased.


(A)
Mother said to me, “He should listen to her first and then do anything he pleases.
(B)
Mother said to me, “You should listen to me first and then do anything I pleased.
(C)
Mother said to me, “You should listen to me first and then do anything as you please.
(D)
Mother said to me, “I should listen to me first and then do anything I please.


Answer: Mother said to me, “You should listen to me first and then do anything
as you please.




33.




You must ensure the correctness of the information before________ to conclusion.


(A)
drawing
(B)
enabling
(C)
leaning
(D)
jumping

Answer: jumping




34.


Do you remember his phone number I “don’t suspect” so.


(A)
don’t think
(B)
don’t thing
(C)
may think
(D)
No improvement


Answer: don’t think




35.


She is _____ tired and cannot walk anymore.


(A)
so
(B)
too
(C)
such
(D)
so such

Answer: too




36.


Tania is older _____ Sara, while Rebecca is _____ oldest.


(A)
than, an
(B)
from, the
(C)
then, the
(D)
than, the


Answer: than, the




37.


If Emma _____ earlier, she would always be on time.


(A)
get up
(B)
got up
(C)
had get up
(D)
had got up


Answer: got up

38.


She was watching the television, when he _____ in.


(A)
walk
(B)
walks
(C)
walked
(D)
was walking


Answer: walked




39.


Love is not love/ Which alters when it alterations ______


(A)
seen
(B)
sees
(C)
finds
(D)
meets


Answer: finds

40


Choose the one which conveys the meaning of the sentence correctly.


(A)
Yesterday to collect the pas book I went to the bank.
(B)
To collect the pass book yesterday, I went to the bank.
(C)
I went yesterday to the bank to collect the pass book.
(D)
I went to the bank yesterday to collect the pass book.


Ans: I went to the bank yesterday to collect the pass book.




41


The runs scored by a batsman in 5 ODIs are 31,97,112, 63, and 12. The standard
deviation is


(A)
24.79
(B)
23.79
(C)
25.79
(D)
26.79


Answer: 25.79

42


Find the mode of the call received on 7 consecutive day 11,13,13,17,19,23,25


(A)
11
(B)
13
(C)
17
(D)
23


Answer: 13




43


Find the median of the call received on 7 consecutive days 11,13, 17, 13, 23,25,19


(A)
13
(B)
23
(C)
25
(D)
17


Answer: 17




44

If K is the Mean of Poisson distribution, then the standard deviation is given by


(A)
√k
(B)
K2
(C)
K
(D)
k/2


Answer: √k




45


Find the arithmetic mean of the set of data: 6,1,5,8, and 10


(A)
4
(B)
5
(C)
6
(D)
7


Answer: 6




46


Calculate the geometric Mean of 1,3,9,3

(A)
1
(B)
2
(C)
3
(D)
4


Answer: 3




47


Which type of data is categorical and can be divided into different categories, but has
no inherent order?


(A)
Nominal data
(B)
Ordinal data
(C)
Interval data
(D)
Ratio data


Answer: Nominal data




48


What is the formula for the arithmetic mean (average) of a set of numbers?

(A)
Sum of numbers divided by the count of numbers
(B)
Product of numbers divided by the count of numbers
(C)
Difference of numbers divided by the count of numbers
(D)
Ratio of numbers divided by the count of numbers


Answer: Sum of numbers divided by the count of numbers




49


Consider a dice with the property that that probability of a face with n dots showing
up is proportional to n. The probability of face showing 4 dots is?


(A)
17
(B)
542
(C)
121
(D)
421


Answer: 421




50


Runs scored by batsman in 5 one day matches are 50, 70, 82, 93, and 20. The
standard deviation is ______

(A)
25.79
(B)
25.49
(C)
25.29
(D)
25.69


Answer: 25.79




51


Find median and mode of the messages received on 9 consecutive days 15, 11, 9, 5,
18, 4, 15, 13, 17.


(A)
13, 6
(B)
13, 18
(C)
18, 15
(D)
15, 16


Answer: 13, 18




52


A coin is tossed up 4 times. The probability that tails turn up in 3 cases is ______


(A)

12
(B)
13
(C)
14
(D)
16


Answer: 12




53


If E denotes the expectation the variance of a random variable X is denoted as?


(A)
(E(X))2
(B)
E(X2)-(E(X))2
(C)
E(X2)
(D)
2E(X)


Answer: E(X2)-(E(X))2




54


X is a variate between 0 and 3. The value of E(X2) is ______


(A)
8
(B)

7
(C)
27
(D)
9


Answer: 9


55


The skewness of a random variable measures its:


(A)
Symmetry
(B)
Dispersion
(C)
Kurtosis
(D)
Shape of the distribution


Answer: Shape of the distribution




56


Which of the following is true about a positively skewed distribution?


(A)
The mean is greater than the median
(B)
The median is greater than the mean
(C)
The mean and median are equal

(D)
The distribution is symmetric


Answer: The mean is greater than the median




57


For geographically base data, the bars are used:


(A)
Vertical
(B)
Zigzag
(C)
Horizontal
(D)
Diagonal


Answer: Horizontal




58


A circle in which sectors represents various quantities is called


(A)
Histogram
(B)
Frequency Polygon
(C)
Pie chart
(D)
Component bar chart

Answer: Pie chart
59


A graphical method of representing the sample points of a multiple-step experiment
is


(A)
A frequency polygon
(B)
A histogram
(C)
An ogive
(D)
A tree diagram


Answer: A tree diagram




60


Which of the following graphical representations uses rectangular bars to represent
the frequencies of different classes?


(A)
Bar diagram
(B)
Pie diagram
(C)
Line diagram
(D)   Frequency polygon


Answer: Bar diagram

61


In a bar diagram, the height of each bar represents:


(A)
The mean of the data
(B)
The median of the data
(C)
The mode of the data
(D)
The frequency of the corresponding class


Answer: The frequency of the corresponding class




62


The histogram is a graphical representation of the:


(A)
Frequency distribution of ungrouped data
(B)
Frequency distribution of grouped data
(C)
Relative frequency distribution of ungrouped data
(D)
Relative frequency distribution of grouped data


Answer: Frequency distribution of grouped data




63

The width of each rectangle in a histogram corresponds to the:


(A)
Frequency of the corresponding class
(B)
Relative frequency of the corresponding class
(C)
Upper boundary of the corresponding class
(D)
Lower boundary of the corresponding class


Answer: Upper boundary of the corresponding class




64


Which of the following graphical representations is obtained by joining the midpoints
of the upper boundaries of each class in a histogram?


(A)
Bar diagram
(B)
Pie diagram
(C)
Line diagram
(D)
Frequency polygon


Answer: Frequency polygon




65

Which measure of central tendency includes the magnitude of scores?


(A)
Mean
(B)
Mode
(C)
Median
(D)
Range


Answer: Mean




66


Mode refers to the value within a series that occurs ________ number of times.




(A)
Maximum
(B)
Minimum
(C)
Zero
(D)
Infinite


Answer: Maximum




67


_________ is not a measure of central tendency.

(A)
Mode
(B)
Mean
(C)
Range
(D)
Median


Answer: Range




68


If a data set is symmetrical, what does it mean?


(A)
True distribution
(B)
FALSE
(C)
True skew
(D)
True symmetry


Answer: FALSE




69


What is an assumption when a data set is normally distributed?


(A)

The central tendency of populations is always equal to or greater than some
constant.


(B)


Data points in a data set are, on average, equally spaced.


(C)


It has a standard deviation equal to 1.


(D)


All of the above


Answer: Data points in a data set are, on average, equally spaced.




70


What is the Central Limit Theorem?


(A)
A statement about the distribution of scores in samples
(B)
A statement about the mean of scores from random samples
(C)
A statement about the distribution of scores from a normal population
(D)
A statement about the distribution of scores for any sample


Answer: A statement about the distribution of scores for any sample

71


Which of the following measures is used to find the middle value of a data set?


(A)
Mean
(B)
Median
(C)
Mode
(D)
Range


Answer: Median




72


"The relationship between number of beers consumed (x) and blood alcohol content
(y) was studied in 16 male college students by using least squares regression. The
following regression equation was obtained from this study:
!= -0.0127 + 0.0180x
The above equation implies that:"


(A)
each beer consumed increases blood alcohol by 1.27%
(B)
on average it takes 1.8 beers to increase blood alcohol content by 1%
(C)
each beer consumed increases blood alcohol by an average of amount of 1.8%
(D)
each beer consumed increases blood alcohol by exactly 0.018

Answer: each beer consumed increases blood alcohol by an average of
amount of 1.8%




73


SSE can never be


(A)
larger than SST
(B)
smaller than SST
(C)
equal to 1
(D)
equal to zero


Answer: larger than SST




74


In regression analysis, the variable that is being predicted is the


(A)
response, or dependent, variable
(B)
independent variable
(C)
intervening variable
(D)
is usually x

Answer: response, or dependent, variable




75


"If the correlation coefficient is 0.8, the percentage of variation in the response
variable explained by the variation in the explanatory variable is"


(A)
0.80%
(B)
80%
(C)
0.64%
(D)
64%


Answer: 64%




76


If the correlation coefficient is a positive value, then the slope of the regression line


(A)
must also be positive
(B)
can be either negative or positive
(C)
can be zero
(D)

cannot be zero


Answer: must also be positive




77


A residual plot:


(A)


displays residuals of the explanatory variable versus residuals of the response
variable.


(B)


displays residuals of the explanatory variable versus the response variable.


(C)


displays explanatory variable versus residuals of the response variable.


(D)


displays the explanatory variable versus the response variable.


Answer: displays explanatory variable versus residuals of the response
variable.




78


When the error terms have a constant variance, a plot of the residuals versus the
independentvariable x has a pattern that

(A)
fans out
(B)
funnels in
(C)
fans out, but then funnels in
(D)
forms a horizontal band pattern


Answer: forms a horizontal band pattern


79


If the values of two variables move in the same direction, ___________


(A)
The correlation is said to be non-linear
(B)
The correlation is said to be linear
(C)
The correlation is said to be negative
(D)
The correlation is said to be positive


Answer: The correlation is said to be positive




80


What is the first difference of temperature / precipitation variable?


(A)
38.17

(B)
-46.11
(C)
-4.98
(D)
14.29


Answer: -46.11




81


Consider the following set of data: {23.32 32.33 32.88 28.98 33.16 26.33 29.88
32.69 18.98 21.23 26.66 29.89} What is the lag-one sample autocorrelation of the
time series?


(A)
0.26
(B)
0.52
(C)
0.13
(D)
0.07


Answer: 0.13




82


Which of the following cross-validation techniques is better suited for time series
data?

(A)
k-Fold Cross Validation
(B)
Leave-one-out Cross Validation
(C)
Stratified Shuffle Split Cross Validation
(D)
Forward Chaining Cross Validation


Answer: Forward Chaining Cross Validation




83


Use the estimated exponential smoothing given above and predict temperature for
the next 3 years (1998-2000)


(A)
0.2, 0.32, 0.6
(B)
0.33, 0.33, 0.33
(C)
0.27, 0.27, 0.27
(D)
0.4, 0.3, 0.37


Answer: 0.33, 0.33, 0.33


84


Which of the following is not a necessary condition for weakly stationary time series?

(A)


Mean is constant and does not depend on time


(B)


Autocovariance function depends on s and t only through their difference |s-t| (where
t and s are moments in time)


(C)


The time series under considerations is a finite variance process


(D)


Time series is Gaussian


Answer: Time series is Gaussian


85


Which of the following is not a technique used in smoothing time series?


(A)
Nearest Neighbour Regression
(B)
Locally weighted scatter plot smoothing
(C)
Tree based models like (CART)
(D)
Smoothing Splines


Answer: Tree based models like (CART)

86


If the demand is 100 during October 2016, 200 in November 2016, 300 in December
2016, 400 in January 2017. What is the 3-month simple moving average for
February 2017?


(A)
300
(B)
350
(C)
400
(D)
Need more information


Answer: 300


87


What is the probability of an impossible event?


(A)
1
(B)
0
(C)
Insufficient data
(D)
Not defined


Answer: 0


88

Two unbiased coins are tossed. What is the probability of getting at most one head?


(A)
3/4
(B)
1/6
(C)
1/3
(D)
1/2


Answer: 1/2


89


Which of the following mentioned standard Probability density functions is applicable
to discrete Random Variables?


(A)
Rayleigh Distribution
(B)
Exponential Distribution
(C)
Poisson Distribution
(D)
Gaussian Distribution


Answer: Poisson Distribution


90


In a discrete probability distribution, the sum of all probabilities is always?

(A)
1
(B)
0
(C)
Undefined
(D)
Infinite


Answer: 1


91


If the probability of hitting the target is 0.3, find mean and variance.


(A)
0.3, 0.16
(B)
0.3, 0.21
(C)
0.6, 0.16
(D)
0.6, 0.24


Answer: 0.3, 0.21


92


Find the number of ways of arranging the letters of the words DANGER, so that no
vowel occupies an odd place.


(A)
144
(B)

96
(C)
36
(D)
48


Answer: 144


93


If the probability that a bomb dropped from a place will strike the target is 70% and if
10 bombs are dropped, find the mean and variance.


(A)
4, 1.6
(B)
0.4, 0.16
(C)
7, 2.1
(D)
0.7, 0.21


Answer: 0.7, 0.21


94


What is an index number?


(A)
A statistical measure that represents the changes in a variable over time.
(B)
A fixed number used for comparison purposes.
(C)
A method for calculating probabilities.

(D)
A measure of central tendency.


Answer: A statistical measure that represents the changes in a variable over
time.


95


What are the types of index numbers?


(A)
Simple index numbers and aggregate index numbers.
(B)
Positive index numbers and negative index numbers.
(C)
Weighted index numbers and unweighted index numbers.
(D)
Base index numbers and current index numbers.


Answer: Simple index numbers and aggregate index numbers.


96


What is deflating in index number construction?


(A)
Adjusting the index for changes in the general price level
(B)
Applying a weighted average to the index
(C)
Removing seasonal variations from the data
(D)
Comparing the index to a base year

Answer: Adjusting the index for changes in the general price level


97


What is the Consumer Price Index (CPI)?


(A)


An index that measures changes in the prices of goods and services purchased by
consumers.


(B)


An index that measures changes in the prices of goods and services purchased by
businesses.


(C)


An index that measures changes in the prices of financial assets.


(D)


An index that measures changes in the prices of imports and exports.


Answer: An index that measures changes in the prices of goods and services
purchased by consumers.


98


What is deflating in the construction of index numbers?


(A)
Adjusting an index number series for the effects of inflation
(B)

Adjusting an index number series for seasonal variations
(C)
Removing outliers from an index number series
(D)
Changing the base year of an index number series


Answer: Adjusting an index number series for the effects of inflation


99


Which index number is used to measure changes in the overall cost of living for a
specific group of consumers?


(A)
Consumer Price Index (CPI)
(B)
Producer Price Index (PPI)
(C)
Wholesale Price Index (WPI)
(D)
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Deflator


Answer: Consumer Price Index (CPI)




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Which type of index number uses a fixed set of weights based on a specific year?




(A)
Fixed Base Index
(B)
Chain Base Index

(C)
Weighted Index
(D)
Unweighted Index


Answer: Fixed Base Index