Quantitative Aptitude & Business Statistics

INDEX NUMBERS
 Index Numbers
 An index number is a specialized average
designed to measure the changes in a
variable with respect to time
,geographical location or characteristics
such as income, profession etc.

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Features of Index numbers

 specialized averages .
 measure the net change in a group of
related variables.
 measures the effect of changes over a
period of time.

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Uses of Index Numbers

1. A guide to business policy.

2. Indices of industrial production are
useful as they are the indicators of
business environment .
3. At times, index numbers can be
combined into one series that may be
relevant to one’s own business.

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4. Very helpful in finding out whether a
business firm’s sales are increasing in
physical volume as opposed to rupee
value.
5. Used to adjust wages or salaries on
account of rising prices or inflation.
6. 6.Index numbers can be used for
providing incentive to efficient
workers.
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Problems in Index Number Construction

1. Selection of a Base Year

2. Type of Formula

3. Selection of Weights

4. The Data for Index Numbers

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Types of Price Index Numbers
 Simple Index Numbers

 Composite Index Numbers

 Simple Average of Price Relatives

 Weighted Relative Price Index Numbers

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 Price Relatives

 Price relatives are helpful in

understanding and interpreting
changing economic and business
conditions over time.

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Price Relatives
 A price relative shows how the current
price per unit for a given item
compares to a base period price per
unit for the same item.
 A price relative expresses the unit
price in each period as a percentage
of the unit price in the base period.

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 Price in period t
Price relative in period t = (100 )
Base period price

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Aggregate Price Indexes

 An aggregate price index is developed

for the specific purpose of measuring
the combined change of a group of
items.

 An unweighted aggregate price index

in period t,

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 It 
 Pit
(100 )
 P i0
Where,
Pit = unit price for item i in period t
Pi 0 = unit price for item i in the base period

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Laspyre’s Price index number

P01 
 pq 1 0
 100
p q 0 0
Where
 P1=Price of the current year
 P0=Price of the base year
 qo=Quantity of the base year

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Paachee’s Price index number

P01 
 pq 1 1
 100
p q 0 1
 Where
 P1=Price of the current year
 P0=Price of the base year
 q1=Quantity of the current year

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Dorbish-Bowley’s Price index number

pq 1 0

 pq 1 1

LP p q p q
   100
0 0 0 1
P01
2 2
Where,
L=Laspyre’s Price index number
P=Paachee’s Price index number

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Marshall-Edgewoths’s Price index
number

 q  q1   p1
  100
0
P01
 q 0  q1   p 0
 Where
 P1=Price of the current year
 P0=Price of the base year
 qo=Quantity of the current year
 q1=Quantity of the current year

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Fisher's Price index number

P01  L  P

p01 
pq pq 1 0 1 1
 100
p q p q 0 0 0 1

 Where
 L = Laspyre’s Price Index number
 P = Paachee’s Price Index number

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Kelly’s Price index number

P01 
 pq
 100
1
q1  q 2
p q 0 q
2
 Where
P1=Price of the current year
P0=Price of the base year
q=Quantity of the current/base year

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Weighted Price index number
 If Arithmetic Mean is used

P01 
 PV
 100
V
p1 V=P0q0
P  100
 Where p0
 P1=Price of Current Year
 P0=Price of base year

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Weighted Price index number

 If Geometric Mean is used

  V log P 
P01  Anti log   100
  V 
 Where
 P1=Price of Current Year
 P0=Price of base year
 V=P0q0

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Quantity Indexes
 An index that measures changes in
quantity levels over time is called a
quantity index.
 Probably the best known quantity
index is the Index of Industrial
Production.

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 A weighted aggregate quantity index is
computed in much the same way as a
weighted aggregate price index.

It  Q w it i
(100)
Q w i0 i

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Tests of adequacy of Index numbers

1.Unit test
2.Time reversal test
3.Factor reversal test
4.Circular test

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Unit test

 The unit test requires that the formula

for constructing an index should be
independent of the units in which ,or
for which ,prices and quantities are
quoted. All formulae except the simple
(unweighted )aggregate index formula
satisfy this test.

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Time Reversal Test

 A method satisfies time reversal test if

it gives P01 * P10 = 1 where P01 is the
price index number for the current
year with the base year 100 and P10 is
the index number of the base year,
taking current year as the base, both
the indices without the factor 100.

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Methods which satisfy
the time reversal test
 The Fisher’s ideal index number.
 Simple geometric mean of price
relatives.
 Aggregate with fixed weights.
 Marshal-Edge worth Price index
number.

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 Factor Reversal Test
 A method satisfies factor reversal test if
it gives

p 01  q 01 
 p q 1 1

p q 0 0
 where P01 is the price index for the
current year (without the factor 100)
and Q01 is the quantity index for the
current year (without the factor 100).

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 Fishers index number only satisfies the
factor reversal test.

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Circular Test
 There is another test with respect to
index numbers. This is known as the
circular test. It is an extension of the
time reversal test. Symbolically, the
circular test may be written as
P01 .P12 . P23 … Pn-1n .Pn0 = 1
Circular test satisfies the simple
geometric mean of price relatives and
weighted aggregate of fixed weights.

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Chain base index numbers

 Chain base index numbers is one in

which the figures for each are first
expressed as percentage of the
preceding year. The percentage are
chained together by successive
multiplication to form a series of chain
index, in chain base year index method
the base year changes from year to
year .

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 Link relative= X100

Current Year Price index

Immediate preceding previous
Year Price relative

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Advantages of Chain Base Index
Numbers
1. The chain base index numbers
facilitate the introduction of new items
as also the deletion of absolute items
in a smooth manner.
2. In business, often, comparisons are
made in the current period with the
immediately preceding period rather
than any distant period in the past.

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Limitations of Chain Base Index
Numbers
1. If the data for any one year are not
available, the chain index number for
subsequent period cannot be
computed.
2. If an error in the computation of any
link relative takes place, then such an
error gets compounded and the entire
series gives a distorted picture.

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3)to splice two overlapping indices
together;
4) construct a chain index and
5)facilitate comparison with some date
of special interest.

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Splicing and Shifting the Base of Index
Numbers
When two or more overlapping
series of index numbers are combined
into one series, then this process is
known as splicing.

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Splicing

 Splicing is a technique of linking two

or more index number series with the
same items and a common
overlapping year but with different
base period in order to form a
continuous series. Splicing may be
forward or backward

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Splicing Index no. of old Index
series no. of
New
series

Forward ={100/Overlapping No
Splicing index number of old change
series }*Given index
of No .of old series

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Splicing Index Index no. of New
no. of series
old
series
Backward No ={Index number of
Splicing change old
series/100}*Given
index No.of new
series

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Shifting the Base Year

At times it is preferable to shift the

base of an existing index on account
of several reasons.

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These reasons are:
1) to make the base more recent, which
will increase its utility;
2) to ensure better comparison with
some other index that is available on
some other base;

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 New index Number using new base=
X100
Old Index number using old base
Index number Corresponding new base
year

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Deflating Prices and Incomes

The process of adjusting prices and

incomes by a price index and
expressing them in terms of base-year
rupees is called deflating prices and
income. 1
Purchasing power of Money =
Price index
number
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 Moneywage
 Money wage= 100
Pr ice' index

 Money wage index = Re alwage

 100
Moneywage ' ofthe ' baseyear '

 Real Wage index = Moneywage' index

100
Pr ice' index

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Caution in using Index Numbers

 If the index numbers are defective on

account of one or more reasons, their
interpretation will lead to drawing of
wrong inferences from them. Even if
index numbers are constructed on
sound statistical principles, but we
interpret them in the wrong manner,
our conclusions will be wrong.
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 As far as construction of index
numbers is concerned, it is the domain
of the statistician who has to ensure
that the index numbers are based on
sound statistical principles. As regards
proper use of index numbers, it is the
user who should ensure that he
interprets index numbers properly
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 Limitations of Index Numbers

Index numbers are based on sample data.

In case sample size is extremely limited
and its selection is faulty in the sense
that the sample units have not been
selected randomly, index numbers will
give wrong figures.

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At times, index numbers can be
manipulated by those who are in
authority. This is purposely done to
support their viewpoint.

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A number of formulae can be used in
index number construction. These will
give different results. One who is using
the index should know a little more about
different formulae and their effect on the
magnitude of the index.

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Limitations of Index Numbers

Index numbers with the same base and

items are useful for a short period. One
has, therefore, to ensure that index does
not use a very remote year as the base.
One who is interpreting an index must be
familiar with general aspects of the
economy and the factors relevant in this
regard.

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As we know, our indices are of prices and
quantities. The question is: does our
index reflect a change in the quality of a
product or item?
Apart from quality changes, there are
other aspects, that are pertinent while
we are interpreting index numbers. We
have to ask whether the weights
assigned to different items are
appropriate.

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Some Important Price Indexes
 Consumer Price Index (CPI)
 Primary measure of the cost of living .
 Based on 985 items including food,
housing, clothing, transportation, and
medical items.
 Weighted aggregate price index with fixed
weights derived from a usage survey.
 Published monthly by the Bureau of
Statistics.
 Its base period is 2001-02 with an index of
100.

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Methods of Constructing Consumer
Price index
 Aggregate Expenditure method
 Family budget method
 Aggregate expenditure method is a
weighted aggregated price index
where weights are the base period
quantities. (Laspyre’s Index number)

CPI 
 p q 1 0
 100
p q 0 0

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 Family budget method is a weighted
aggregated of price relatives method
where index is obtained by taking the
average of weighted price relatives and
the value weights are (P0q0) are used
P1
 100
CPI 
 PV P0
V V  P0 .Q 0
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Some Important Price Indexes
 Producer Price Index (PPI)
 Measures the monthly changes in prices in
primary markets .
 Used as a leading indicator of the future
trend of consumer prices and the cost of
living.
 Covers raw, manufactured, and processed
goods at each level of processing.

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 Includes the output of manufacturing,
agriculture, forestry, fishing, mining, gas and
electricity, and public utilities.
 Weighted average of price relatives using the
Laspeyres method.

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Problem
 From the following data compute the
Fisher’s Price index number.
Commodity Base Year Current Year
Price Quantity Price Quantity
A 1 6 5 8
B 2 7 4 7
C 3 8 3 6
D 4 9 2 5

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Fisher’s Index number is calculated by

P01  L  P

p 01 
p q  p q
1 0 1 1
 100
p q p q0 0 0 1

100 96
   100
80 60
9600
  100
4800
 2  100
 141.42
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Problem
 Calculate chain indices and fixed
base indices with 2000 as base from
the following data

Year 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

Price of item 20 25 30 45 63
Per .Kg

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Year Price of
Rice
(Rs. per Kg) FBIN
2000 20 100

2001 25 (25/20)*100=125
2002 30 (30/20)*100=150
2003 45 (45/20)*100=225
2004 63 (63/20)*100=315

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Problem
 Convert the following Link relatives
in to price relatives taking 2000 as
base

Year 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

Link 80 125 120 150 140

Relative

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Year Link Price Relatives
relatives (PR’s)
(LR’s)

2000 80 100

2001 125 (125/100)*100=125

2002 120 (120/100)*125=150
2003 150 (150/100)*150=225
2004 140 (140/100)*225=315
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Problem
 From the following data compute the
Consumers Price index number.
(Aggregate Expenditure method

Commodity Base Year Current Year

Price Quantity Price Quantity
A 1 6 5 8
B 2 7 4 7
C 3 8 3 6
D 4 9 2 5

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 Price Relative= PV
V  p 0q 0 P1
 100
P0
6 500 3000
14 200 2800
24 100 2400
36 50 1800

80 10000

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 CPI 
 PV
V
1000

80
 125
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Problem
 From the following data compute the
Consumers Price index number.
(Family budget method

Commodity Base Year Current Year

Price Quantity Price Quantity

A 1 6 5 8
B 2 7 4 7
C 3 8 3 6
D 4 9 2 5

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CPI 
 pq 1 0
 100
p q 0 0

100
  100
80
 125

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1. The best average in the construction
of index number is
(a) median
(b) geometric mean
(c) mode
(d) arithmetic mean

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1. The best average in the construction
of index number is
(a) median
(b) geometric mean
(c) mode
(d) arithmetic mean

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2.The paaschee’s index number is based
on
(a) base year quantities
(b) current year quantities
(c) average of current and base years
(d) none of these

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2.The paaschee’s index number is based
on
(a) base year quantities
(b) current year quantities
(c) average of current and base years
(d) none of these

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3.Fisher’s ideal index is the
(a) arithmetic mean of Laspyre’s and
Paasche’s index
(b)median of Laspyre’s and Paasche’s
index
(c) geometric mean of Laspyre’s and
Paasche’s index
(d) none of these

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3.Fisher’s ideal index is the
(a) arithmetic mean of Laspyre’s and
Paasche’s index
(b) median of Laspyre’s and Paasche’s
index
(c) geometric mean of Laspyre’s and
Paasche’s index
(d) none of these

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4.The circular test is satisfied by

(a) simple aggregate index

(b) Paasche’s index
(c) Laspyre’s index
(d) Fisher’s index

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4.The circular test is satisfied by

(a) simple aggregate index

(b) Paasche’s index
(c) Laspyre’s index
(d) Fisher’s index

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5.The index used to measure changes in
total money value called
(a) price index
(b) quantity index
(c) value index
(d) none of these

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5.The index used to measure changes in
total money value called
(a) price index
(b) quantity index
(c) value index
(d) none of these

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6.Fisher’s ideal index number satisfied by

(a) circular test

(b) time reversal
(c) factor reversal test
(d) both (b) and (c)

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6.Fisher’s ideal index number satisfied by

(a) circular test

(b) time reversal
(c) factor reversal test
(d) both (b) and (c)

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7.The weights used in quantity index are

(a) percentage of total quantity

(b) average quantity
(c) prices
(d) none of these

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7.The weights used in quantity index are

(a) percentage of total quantity

(b) average quantity
(c) prices
(d) none of these

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8.Symbolically Pon x P no = 1 stands for

(a) circular test

(b) factor reversal test
(c) time reversal test
(d) none of these

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8.Symbolically P on x P no = 1 stands for

(a) circular test

(b) factor reversal test
(c) time reversal test
(d) none of these

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9.Fixed base index numbers and chain
indexes are
(a) same
(b) different
(c) equal to 100
(d) none of these

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9.Fixed base index numbers and chain
indexes are
(a) same
(b) different
(c) equal to 100
(d) none of these

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10.Weighted average of price relatives
index using base year value as weighted
is called
(a) Laspyre’s index
(b) Paasche’s index
(c) Bowley’s index
(d) Fisher’s index

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10.Weighted average of price relatives
index using base year value as weighted
is called
(a) Laspyre’s index
(b) Paasche’s index
(c) Bowley’s index
(d) Fisher’s index

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11. A time series is deflated
current value
by
using the following formulae
price index of current year
(b) Deflated value = current value
price index of base year
(a) Deflated value =
(c) Deflated value = current value
price index of previous year
(d) none of these

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11. A time series is deflated by
current value
using the following formulae
price index of current year
current value
(b) Deflated value =
price index of base year
(a) Deflated value current
= value
(c) Deflated value =
price index of previous yea
(d) none of these

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12. Shifted price index is calculated as
original price index
(a) *100
price index of year on which it is to obtain
price index of year on which it is to be shifted
(b) x 100
original price index
(c) original price index  chain index of current year
x 100
price index of year on which it is to be obtained
(d) none of these

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12.Shifted priceoriginal
indexprice
is calculated
index as 100
(a)
price index of year on which it is to obtain
(b) price index of year on which it is to be shifted
x 100
original price index

(c) original price index  chain index of current year

x 100
price index of year on which it is to be obtained
(d) none of these

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13.Atechnique to link two or
more index number Series
is known as
A) Splicing
B) Base shifting
C) Deflating
D) None of these
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13.Atechnique to link two or more index
number Series is known as
A) Splicing
B) Base shifting
C) Deflating
D) None of these

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14.The Cost of Living index always
A) Weighted index
B) Price index
C) Quantity index
D) None of these

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14.The Cost of Living index always
A) Weighted index
B) Price index
C) Quantity index
D) None of these

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15.Marshall -Edge worth Formula does
satisfy ----test

a) Time reversal test

b) Factor reversal test
c) Circular test
d) none

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15.Marshall -Edge worth Formula does
satisfy ----test

a) Time reversal test

b) Factor reversal test
c) Circular test
d) none

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16. If the old series is connected, with the
new series of index numbers it is know
as
A) Backward splicing
B) Base shifting
C) Forward splicing
D) None of the above

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16. If the old series is connected, with the
new series of index numbers it is know
as
A) Backward splicing
B) Base shifting
C) Forward splicing
D) None of the above

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 17.If with a rise of 10% in prices the
salaries are increased by 20%, the real
salary increases by
A) 10%
B) More than 10%
C) 20%
D) Less than 10%

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 17.If with a rise of 10% in prices the
salaries are increased by 20%, the real
salary increases by
A) 10%
B) More than 10%
C) 20%
D) Less than 10%

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 18. The ______ is satisfied when
P ab  P bc  Pca = 1
 A) Time reversal test
 B) Factor reversal test
 C) Circular test
 D) Unit test

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 18. The ______ is satisfied when
P ab  P bc  Pca = 1
 A) Time reversal test
 B) Factor reversal test
 C) Circular test
 D) Unit test

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 19. The total sum of the values of a given
year divided by the sum of the values of
the base year is
 A) Price index.
 B) Quantity index
 C) Value index.
 D) None of these.

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 19. The total sum of the values of a given
year divided by the sum of the values of
the base year is
 A) Price index.
 B) Quantity index
 C) Value index.
 D) None of these.

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 20. Fisher's Ideal formula does not
satisfy_________ test.
 A) Circular test
 B) Unit test
 C) Time Reversal test
 D) None of these

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 20. Fisher's Ideal formula does not
satisfy_________ test.
 A) Circular test
 B) Unit test
 C) Time Reversal test
 D) None of these

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 21. If with rise of 10% in prices the
wages are increased by 20%. Find the
percentage of real wage increase
 A) 109.29%
 B) 9.09%
 C) 9.29%
 D) None of these

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 21. If with rise of 10% in prices the
wages are increased by 20%. Find the
percentage of real wage increase
 A) 109.29%
 B) 9.09%
 C) 9.29%
 D) None of these

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 22. The price level of a country in a
certain year has increased 20% over the
base period. The Index number is
_____________
 A) 20
 B) 120
 C) 220
 D) None of these

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 22. The price level of a country in a
certain year has increased 20% over the
base period. The Index number is
_____________
 A) 20
 B) 120
 C) 220
 D) None of these

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 23. The consumer price index is an
example of a
 A) Laspeyre’s index
 B) Paasche’s index
 C) Simple aggregate price index
 D) Base year price

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 23. The consumer price index is an
example of a
 A) Laspeyre’s index
 B) Paasche’s index
 C) Simple aggregate price index
 D) Base year price

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 24. The base year is
 A) Is the reference year from which
changes in the index are measured
 B) Is always last year
 C) Is the first year the index is created
 D) Is the current year the index is created

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 24. The base year is
 A) Is the reference year from which
changes in the index are measured
 B) Is always last year
 C) Is the first year the index is created
 D) Is the current year the index is created

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