JEE-MAIN SERIES Mathematics
Probability And Statistics
21 previous year questions.
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2024 Chapter Questions 21 MCQs
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PYQ 2024
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
Three balls are drawn at random from a bag containing 5 blue and 4 yellow balls. Let the random variables and respectively denote the number of blue and yellow balls. If and are the means of and respectively, then is equal to _____.
02
PYQ 2024
hard
mathematics ID: jee-main
If the mean of the following probability distribution of a random variable : is , then the variance of the distribution is:
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03
PYQ 2024
hard
mathematics ID: jee-main
From a lot of 10 items, which include 3 defective items, a sample of 5 items is drawn at random. Let the random variable denote the number of defective items in the sample. If the variance of is , then is equal to _________.
04
PYQ 2025
hard
mathematics ID: jee-main
Let be a 2 2 matrix such that for all and . Let the random variable X denote the possible values of the determinant of the matrix A. Then, the variance of X is:
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05
PYQ 2025
easy
mathematics ID: jee-main
A coin is tossed three times. Let X denote the number of times a tail follows a head. If and denote the mean and variance of X, then the value of is:
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51
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48
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32
4
64
06
PYQ 2025
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
Two numbers and are randomly chosen from the set of natural numbers. Then, the probability that the value of (where ) is non-zero equals:
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07
PYQ 2025
easy
mathematics ID: jee-main
Three defective oranges are accidentally mixed with seven good ones and on looking at them, it is not possible to differentiate between them. Two oranges are drawn at random from the lot. If denotes the number of defective oranges, then the variance of is:
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08
PYQ 2025
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
Let , and . Then the projection of on is:
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09
PYQ 2025
hard
mathematics ID: jee-main
Let be a function which is differentiable at all points of its domain and satisfies the condition , with . Then is equal to:
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10
PYQ 2025
easy
mathematics ID: jee-main
One die has two faces marked 1, two faces marked 2, one face marked 3, and one face marked 4. Another die has one face marked 1, two faces marked 2, two faces marked 3, and one face marked 4. The probability of getting the sum of numbers to be 4 or 5 when both the dice are thrown together is:
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PYQ 2025
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
Two numbers and are randomly chosen from the set of natural numbers. Then, the probability that the value of (where ) is non-zero equals:
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PYQ 2025
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
Three defective oranges are accidentally mixed with seven good ones and on looking at them, it is not possible to differentiate between them. Two oranges are drawn at random from the lot. If denotes the number of defective oranges, then the variance of is:
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3
4
13
PYQ 2025
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
Let be the solution of the differential equation
If , then is equal to:
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14
PYQ 2025
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
Let , and . Then the projection of on is:
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15
PYQ 2025
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
Let be a function which is differentiable at all points of its domain and satisfies the condition , with . Then is equal to:
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16
PYQ 2026
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
A set of four observations has mean 1 and variance 13. Another set of six observations has mean 2 and variance 1. Then, the variance of all these 10 observations is equal to:
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PYQ 2026
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
The mean and variance of observations are 8 and 16, respectively. If the sum of the first observations is 48 and the sum of squares of the first observations is 496, then the value of is:
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21
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22
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13
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7
18
PYQ 2026
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
Let the mean and the variance of seven observations , , be and respectively. Then the quadratic equation whose roots are and is :
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19
PYQ 2026
easy
mathematics ID: jee-main
Let be ‘ ’ observations such that and . If mean and variance of the distribution are 8 and 16 respectively then value of is:
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7
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9
3
8
4
12
20
PYQ 2026
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
Ram is tossing a coin. If head comes then 10 points will be given and if tail comes then 5 points will be given. If the probability of getting exactly 30 point is , then equals (Where \& are co-prime numbers).
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PYQ 2026
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
If the mean and the variance of the data 
are and 19 respectively, then the value of is
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21
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18
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19
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20