Statistical quiz – week 7

1. Who can use the research room of HCSO?

• 1 – Everyone interested
• 2 – Researchers with doctoral degree
• X – Only HCSO staff

2. What was the average price of 1 kg of white bread in Hungary in 1996?

• 1 – HUF 86
• 2 – HUF 102
• X – HUF 120

3. There were 2.8 million internet subscriptions in Hungary in 2009. How many of these were for mobile internet?

• 1 – 173,000
• 2 – 933,000
• X – 1,402,000

4. In which main commodity group of goods was the HUF value of imports the highest in Hungary in 2008?

• 1 – Food, beverages, tobacco
• 2 – Fuels, electric energy
• X – Machinery and transport equipment

5. In 2009 the Hungarian Post Office handled 881.6 million letter post consignments. In addition, what was the number of parcels and parcels of monetary value?

• 1 – 1.4 million
• 2 – 94.0 million
• X – 163.1 million

6. The average price of an egg was HUF 31 in 2009. What was this value in 1996?

• 1 – HUF 5
• 2 – HUF 13
• X – HUF 19

7. How long have statistical yearbooks of counties been regularly published in Hungary?

• 1 – Since the 1950s
• 2 – Since the 1960s
• X – Since the 1970s

8. When was HCSO's Demographic Research Institute established?

• 1 – 1920
• 2 – 1949
• X – 1962

9. When was the first National Statistical Council established?

• 1 – 1867
• 2 – 1868
• X – 1871

10. What is one of the primary tasks of the National Statistical Council at present?

• 1 – To express an opinion on the calculation of current bank interest rates
• 2 – To express an opinion on the National Programme for Statistical Data Collection
• X – To disclose the results of Hungarian GDP calculations

11. How many volumes have been published in the series of HCSO's detailed historical statistical gazetteers?

• 1 – 15
• 2 – 19
• X – 23

12. What was the name of the independent statistical office from 1929 to 1945?

• 1 – Hungarian National Statistical Office
• 2 – Hungarian Royal Central Statistical Office
• X – Hungarian National Royal Statistical Office

13. Which detailed gazetteer is simultaneously a publication of population census, devoting a separate chapter to data on the mother tongue and religion of population by settlements?

• 1 – The one published in 1873
• 2 – The one published in 1890
• X – The one published in 1926

+1. Among the detailed gazetteers issued by HCSO which was the one that was published in 1000 numbered copies, was declared confidential, while its quality is shown by a standard prize?

• 1 – The one published in 1944
• 2 – The one published in 1951
• X – The one published in 1957