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Mathematics

Mean Deviation

12 previous year questions.

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Chapter Questions
12 MCQs

01
PYQ 2016
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
The mean of observations is and their variance is . If three of the observations are and ; then the mean deviation from the mean of the data is :
1
2.4
2
2.8
3
2.5
4
2.6
02
PYQ 2019
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
The mean of five observations is and their variance is If three of the given five observations are and , then a ratio of other two observations is :
1
4:09
2
6:07
3
5:08
4
10:03
03
PYQ 2019
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
The mean and the median of the following ten numbers in increasing order are and respectively, then is equal to :
1
44745
2
44808
3
44744
4
44776
04
PYQ 2020
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
The mean and variance of 7 observations are 8 and respectively. If five observations are then the absolute difference of the remaining two observations is :
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2
2
4
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3
4
1
05
PYQ 2022
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
If the mean deviation about the mean of the numbers 1, 2, 3, …. n, where n is odd, is , then n is equal to ______.
06
PYQ 2023
hard
mathematics ID: jee-main

Let the mean and standard deviation of marks of class A of students be respectively and (> 0 ), and the mean and standard deviation of marks of class B of students be respectively and 30 . If the mean and variance of the marks of the combined class of students are respectively and , then the sum of variances of classes and is :

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500
2

450

3

650

4

900

07
PYQ 2023
hard
mathematics ID: jee-main

Let m be the mean and σ be the standard deviation of the distribution

xi012345
fik+22kk2-1k2-1k2+1k-3

where ∑fi = 62. if [x] denotes the greatest integer ≤ x, then [μ2 + σ2] is equal

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6
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08
PYQ 2023
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
A coin is biased so that the head is 3 times as likely to occur as tail. This coin is tossed until a head or three tails occur. If X denotes the number of tosses of the coin, then the mean of X is
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<
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3
4
09
PYQ 2023
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
Let the mean and variance of the frequency distribution
xi246810121416
fi44α158β45
are 9 and 15.08 respectively, then the value of α22-αβ is ____.
10
PYQ 2023
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
A fair n (n>1) faces die is rolled repeatedly until a number less than n appears. If the mean of the number of tosses required is , then n is equal to_____.
11
PYQ 2024
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
Let and . Let the mean, the mean deviation about the mean and the variance of the 5 observations be and , respectively. Then is equal to _______.
12
PYQ 2025
easy
mathematics ID: jee-main
Let the mean and variance of the observations be 4 and 2, respectively. Then, the mean deviation about the mode of the observation is:
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