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Chapter Questions
75 MCQs

01
PYQ 2013
easy
mathematics ID: jee-main
All the students of a class performed poorly in Mathematics. The teacher decided to give grace marks of to each of the students. Which of the following statistical measures will not change even after the grace marks were given?
1
Mean
2
Median
3
Mode
4
Variance
02
PYQ 2015
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
The mean of the data set comprising of observations is . If one of the observatio three new observations valued and added to the data, then the mean of the resultant data is
1
16.8
2
16
3
15.8
4
14
03
PYQ 2019
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
If the sum of the deviations of observations from is , then the mean of these observation is :
1
50
2
51
3
30
4
31
04
PYQ 2019
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
A student scores the following marks in five tests : . His score is not known for the sixth test. If the mean score is 48 in the six tests, then the standard deviation of the marks in six tests is
1
2
3
4
05
PYQ 2020
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
The mean and variance of observations are found to be 10 and 4, respectively. On rechecking, it was found that an observation 9 was incorrect and the correct observation was . Then the correct variance is :
1
2
3
4
06
PYQ 2021
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
Let the mean and variance of the frequency distribution be 6 and 6.8 respectively.
x :
f :
If is changed from 8 to 7, then the mean for the new data will be:

1

2
5
3

4
4
07
PYQ 2021
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
If the mean and variance of the following data : 6, 10, 7, 13, a, 12, b, 12 are 9 and respectively, then is equal to :
1
16
2
12
3
24
4
32
08
PYQ 2021
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
An online exam is attempted by 50 candidates out of which 20 are boys. The average marks obtained by boys is 12 with a variance 2. The variance of marks obtained by 30 girls is also 2. The average marks of all 50 candidates is 15. If is the average marks of girls and is the variance of marks of 50 candidates, then is equal to _________.
09
PYQ 2021
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
Let the mean and variance of four numbers 3, 7, x and y ( ) be 5 and 10 respectively. Then the mean of four numbers 3+2x, 7+2y, x+y and x-y is ___________.
10
PYQ 2021
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
The mean and standard deviation of 20 observations were calculated as 10 and 2.5 respectively. It was found that by mistake one data value was taken as 25 instead of 35. If and are the mean and standard deviation respectively for correct data, then is :
1

2

3

4
11
PYQ 2021
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
Let n be an odd natural number such that the variance of 1, 2, 3, 4, ..., n is 14. Then n is equal to _________.
12
PYQ 2021
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main

The mean of 10 numbers is ___________

13
PYQ 2021
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
The mean and variance of 7 observations are 8 and 16 respectively. If two observations are 6 and 8, then the variance of the remaining 5 observations is :
1

2

3

4
14
PYQ 2021
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
Let in a series of 2n observations, half of them are equal to a and remaining half are equal to -a. Also by adding a constant b in each of these observations, the mean and standard deviation of new set become 5 and 20, respectively. Then the value of a² + b² is equal to :
1
925
2
425
3
650
4
250
15
PYQ 2021
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main

Consider the following frequency distribution:

If the sum of all frequencies is 584 and median is 45, then is equal to __________

16
PYQ 2021
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
If the variance of 10 natural numbers 1, 1, 1, ......., 1, k is less than 10, then the maximum possible value of k is ______
17
PYQ 2021
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
The mean age of 25 teachers in a school is 40 years. A teacher retires at the age of 60 years and a new teacher is appointed in his place. If the mean age of the teachers in this school now is 39 years, then the age (in years) of the newly appointed teacher is __________.
18
PYQ 2022
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
Suppose a class has 7 students. The average marks of these students in the mathematics examination is 62, and their variance is 20. A student fails in the examination if he/she gets less than 50 marks, then in worst case, the number of students can fail is __________.
19
PYQ 2022
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main

The mean and standard deviation of 40 observations are 30 and 5 respectively. It was noticed that two of these observations 12 and 10 were wrongly recorded. If σ is the standard deviation of the data after omitting the two wrong observations from the data, then 38σ2 is equal to ______.

20
PYQ 2022
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
Let the mean and the variance of 20 observations be 15 and 9, respectively. For a ∈ R, if the mean of is 178, then the square of the maximum value of is equal to ___________.
21
PYQ 2022
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main

Let X have a binomial distribution B(n, p) such that the sum and the product of the mean and variance of X are 24 and 128 respectively. If

then k is equal to :

1
528
2
529
3
629
4
630
22
PYQ 2022
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main

The mean and variance of a binomial distribution are α and α/3, respectively.
If P(X = 1) = 4/243 then P(X = 4 or 5) is equal to :

1

2

3

4

23
PYQ 2022
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
The mean and standard deviation of 50 observations are 15 and 2 respectively. It was found that one incorrect observation was taken such that the sum of correct and incorrect observations is 70. If the correct mean is 16, then the correct variance is equal to :
1

10

2

36

3

43

4

60

24
PYQ 2022
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
The mean and standard deviation of 15 observations are found to be 8 and 3, respectively. On rechecking, it was found that, in the observations, 20 was misread as 5. Then, the correct variance is equal to _______.
25
PYQ 2022
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
The mean of the numbers a, b, 8, 5, 10 is 6 and their variance is 6.8. If M is the mean deviation of the numbers about the mean, then 25 M is equal to:
1

60

2

55

3

50

4

45

26
PYQ 2022
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
The mean and variance of 10 observation were calculated as 15 and 15 respectively by a student who took by mistake 25 instead of 15 for one observation. Then, the correct standard deviation is ________.
27
PYQ 2022
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
The number of values of aN such that the variance of 3, 7, 12, a, 43 – a is a natural number is :
1

0

2

2

3

5

4
Infinite
28
PYQ 2023
easy
mathematics ID: jee-main

The mean and variance of the marks obtained by the students in a test are 10 and 4 respectively Later, the marks of one of the students is increased from 8 to 12 If the new mean of the marks is , then their new variance is equal to :

1
2
3
4
29
PYQ 2023
easy
mathematics ID: jee-main
Let mean and variance of the data 1, 2, 4, 5, x, y are 5 and 10 then the mean deviation about mean is?
30
PYQ 2023
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
The mean and variance of the marks obtained by the students in a test are 10 and 4 respectively Later, the marks of one of the students is increased from 8 to 12 If the new mean of the marks is , then their new variance is equal to :
1
2
3
4
31
PYQ 2023
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main

The mean and standard deviation of 10 observations are 20 and 8 respectively. Later on, it was observed that one observation was recorded as 50 instead of 40. Then the correct variance is:

1

2
3
118
4
96
32
PYQ 2023
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
The mean of the data
0-1010-2020-3030-4040-50
525x6
is 26 , then variance of the data is?
33
PYQ 2023
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
Let the mean and variance of 8 numbers be and respectively. If , then is equal to:
1
25
2
1
3
24
4
13
34
PYQ 2023
hard
mathematics ID: jee-main
If the mean deviation about median for the number arranged in the ascending order, is 6 then the median is
1
2
3
12
4
11
35
PYQ 2023
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
Consider the following statements : : Ramu is intelligent Ramu is rich : Ramu is not honest The negation of the statement "Ramu is intelligent and honest if and only if Ramu is not rich" can be expressed as :
1
2
3
4
36
PYQ 2023
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main

The mean and variance of 7 observations are 8 and 16, respectively. If one observation 14 is omitted and a and b are respectively the mean and variance of the remaining 6 observations, then is equal to

37
PYQ 2023
hard
mathematics ID: jee-main
Let and be the two sets of observations. If and are their respective means and is the variance of all the observations in , then is equal to ____ .
38
PYQ 2023
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
The mean and standard deviation of the marks of 10 students were found to be 50 and 12 respectively. Later, it was observed that two marks 20 and 25 were wrongly read as 45 and 50 respectively. Then the correct variance is _______.
39
PYQ 2023
easy
mathematics ID: jee-main
Positive numbers a1, a2, .... a5 are in geometric progression. Their mean and variance are and respectively. The mean of the reciprocals is , then m + n is?
40
PYQ 2023
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main

In a given data set mean of 40 observations is 50 and standard deviation is 12. Two readings which were 20 and 25, were mistakenly taken as 40 and 45. Find correct variance of data set

1

169

2

150

3

178

4

180

41
PYQ 2023
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
Mean & Variance of 7 observations are 8 & 16 respectively, if number 14 is omitted then a & b are new mean & variance. The value of a + b is
42
PYQ 2024
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
The frequency distribution of the age of students in a class of 40 students is given below:
151617181920
No. of Students58512xy

If the mean deviation about the median is 1.25, then is equal to:
1
43
2
44
3
47
4
46
43
PYQ 2024
easy
mathematics ID: jee-main
Let M denote the median of the following frequency distribution.

0 - 42
4 - 84
8 - 127
12 - 168
16 - 206
Then 20M is equal to:
44
PYQ 2024
hard
mathematics ID: jee-main
For the following data table

0 - 42
4 - 84
8 - 127
12 - 168
16 - 206

Find the value of 20M (where M is median of the data)

45
PYQ 2024
easy
mathematics ID: jee-main
Three rotten apples are accidently mixed with fifteen good apples. Assuming the random variable x to be the number of rotten apples in a draw of two apples, the variance of x is
1
2
3
4
46
PYQ 2024
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
The mean and standard deviation of 15 observations were found to be 12 and 3 respectively. On rechecking it was found that an observation was read as 10 in place of 12. If and denote the mean and variance of the correct observations respectively, then is equal to
47
PYQ 2024
easy
mathematics ID: jee-main
Let be 10 observations such that . Then the standard deviation of is equal to:
1
2
3
4
48
PYQ 2024
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
Consider 10 observations such that where are positive integers. Let the mean and the variance of the observations be and , respectively. The value of is equal to:
1
2
2
3
4
1
49
PYQ 2024
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
Let the mean and the variance of 6 observation a,b, 68, 44, 48, 60 be 55 and 194, respectively if a > b, then a + 3b is
1
200
2
190
3
180
4
210
50
PYQ 2024
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
If the variance of the frequency distribution is 160, then the value of is:
1
5
2
8
3
7
4
6
51
PYQ 2024
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
Let the median and the mean deviation about the median of 7 observation 170, 125, 230, 190, 210, a, b be 170 and respectively. Then the mean deviation about the mean of these 7 observations is :
1
31
2
28
3
30
4
32
52
PYQ 2025
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
Marks obtained by all the students of class 12 are presented in a frequency distribution with classes of equal width. Let the median of this grouped data be 14 with median class interval 12-18 and median class frequency 12. If the number of students whose marks are less than 12 is 18, then the total number of students is:
1
48
2
44
3
40
4
52
53
PYQ 2025
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main

Let the Mean and Variance of five observations , be 5 and 10 respectively. If three observations are and with , then the Variance of the observations for is

1
17
2
16.4
3
17.4
4
16
54
PYQ 2026
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
Suppose that the mean and median of the non-negative numbers 21, 8, 17, , 51, 103, , 13, 67, , are 40 and 21, respectively. If the mean deviation about the median is 26, then is equal to:
1
109
2
117
3
161
4
131
55
PYQ 2026
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
A data consists of 20 observations . If and , then the ratio of mean to standard deviation of this data is:
1
2:1
2
3:1
3
3:2
4
4:1
56
PYQ 2026
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
If and \( \sumᵢ=1¹0 (xᵢ - 1)² = 90 , then the Standard Deviation is equal to
1

2

3

4
57
PYQ 2026
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
Let mean and median of 9 observations 8, 13, a, 17, 21, 51, 103, b, 67 are 40 and 21 respectively where a > b. If mean deviation about median is 26 then 2a is :-
1
130
2
131
3
51
4
40
58
PYQ 2026
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
A and B play a tennis match which will not result in a draw. The player who wins 5 rounds first will be the winner of the match. The number of ways such that A can win the match is:
1
126
2
252
3
63
4
216
59
PYQ 2026
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
If be 25 observations such that and . Then, the ratio of Mean and Standard deviation of the given observations is:
1

2

3

4
60
PYQ 2026
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
Consider the differential equation with . Let If is the radius of the circle then the number of integral values of is:
1
11
2
12
3
13
4
15
61
PYQ 2026
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
For 10 observations , if and , then their standard deviation is:
1
2
2

3

4
3
62
PYQ 2026
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
If the mean and variance of observations and 16 respectively where , then the value of is
1
18
2
20
3
22
4
24
63
PYQ 2026
hard
mathematics ID: jee-main
If the mean deviation about the median of the numbers is , then is equal to
1
2
3
4

64
PYQ 2026
hard
mathematics ID: jee-main
The mean and variance of a data of 10 observations are 10 and 2, respectively. If an observation in this data is replaced by , then the mean and variance become and , respectively. Then equals
1
10
2
15
3
20
4

5

65
PYQ 2026
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
Let and respectively be the maximum and the minimum values of the function . Then is equal to :
1
4
2
3
3
5
4
6
66
PYQ 2026
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
Consider the 10 observations and such that the mean of observations is and variance is . Then the mean deviation about median is:
1
2
3
4
67
PYQ 2026
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
The mean and variance of the observations x, y, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15 are 10 and 20 respectively. If x y, then the value of x - y is:
1
2
2
4
3
6
4
8
68
PYQ 2026
hard
mathematics ID: jee-main
The mean and variance of 10 observations are 9 and 34.2, respectively. If 8 of these observations are , then the mean deviation about the median of all the 10 observations is:
1
2
3
4
69
PYQ 2026
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
If dataset and dataset . If mean of is and variance of is , then sum of possible values of is
1
30
2
90
3
20
4
60
70
PYQ 2026
easy
mathematics ID: jee-main
Mean deviation about median for is 500, then the value of is:
1

2

3

4
71
PYQ 2026
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
If dataset and dataset . If mean of is and variance of is , then sum of possible values of is
72
PYQ 2026
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
Variates are given as . If the mean and variance = , find the mean of :
1
16
2
19
3
11
4
13
73
PYQ 2026
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
The following table gives a frequency distribution:
The mean and variance of the above data are and 19 respectively, where is an integer. Find the value of :
1
19
2
20
3
13
4
17
74
PYQ 2026
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
If the mean and variance of observations is and respectively, where , then the value of is:
1
2
3
4
75
PYQ 2026
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
Let the mean and variance of 10 numbers be and respectively. If one number is replaced by another number , then the new mean and variance are and respectively. Find .
1
20
2
19
3
18
4
17