Arithmatic Mean Q.7 The mean of a set of numbers is x .

If each
number is increased by , the mean of the
Q.1 Mean of first n natural numbers is- net set is-
(A) x (B) x + 
n (n  1) n (n  1)
(A) (B) (C)  x (D) None of these
2 2

(n  1) n 1 Q.8 The mean of a set of numbers is x . If such

(C) (D) number is multiplied by , then the mean of
2n 2
the new set is-
(A) x (B)  + x
Q.2 Following table shows the weight of 12
(C)  x (D) None of these
students:

Weight (in kgs.) 67 70 72 73 75 Q.9 The mean of the squares of first n natural
numbers is-
No. of students 4 3 2 2 1 1 2 1
(A) n (B) n (n + 1)
then mean weight is- 2 8
(A) 70.25 kg. (B) 70.50 kg. 1 1
(C) 70.75 kg. (D) None of these (C) n (2n + 1) (D) (n + 1) (2n+ 1)
6 6

Q.3 A factory employs 100 workers of whom 60 Q.10 For a continuous series the mean is
work in the first shift and 40 work in the computed by the following formula-
second shift. The average wage of all the 100
(A) Mean = A + f (B) Mean = A +
d
workers is Rs.38. If the average wage of 60
workers of the first shift is Rs.40, then the
n f
average wage of the remaining 40 workers of
(C) Mean = A +
 f (D) Mean = A+  fd
the second shift is- d f
(A) 35 (B) 40
(C) 45 (D) None of these Q.11 If the mean of first n natural numbers is equal
n7
to , then n is equal to-
Q.4 If x is the mean of a set of n observations x1, 3
(A) 10 (B) 11
n
x2, x3,.....,xn then  ( x i  x) is equal to (C) 12 (D) None of these
i 1
Q.12 The mean of discrete observations y1 ,
(A) M.D. about mean (B) S.D. y2,....yn is given by-
(C) 0 (D) None of these
n n
 yi  yi
i 1
Q.5 If the mean of 3, 4, x , 7, 10 is 6, then the (A)
i 1
(B) n
value of x is- n i
(A) 4 (B) 5 i 1
n n
(C) 6 (D) 7  y i fi
i 1
 y i fi
i 1
(C) n (D) n
Q.6 Weighted mean is computed by the formula
 fi
i 1
 xi  wi
(A) (B)
 wi  xi
Q.13 If the mean of numbers 27, 31, 89, 107, 156 is
 xiw i  w i xi 82, then the mean of 130, 126, 68, 50, 1 is-
(C) (D)
 wi  xi (A) 75 (B) 157 (C) 82 (D) 80

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Q.14 If di is the deviation of a class mark yi from Median
‘a’, the ‘ assumed mean’ and f i is the
frequency, then Q.22 In an arranged series of n observations (n
being an odd number) , the median is the
1 value of -
Mg = x + (  fi di ), then x is-
 fi
(A) lower limit n  n  1
(A)   th term (B)   th term
(B) assumed mean 2  2 
(C) number of observations n   1
(C)   1 th term (D)  n   th term
(D) class size 2   2

Q.15 The mean of first three terms is 14 and mean of next

Q.23 The median of 10, 14, 11, 9, 8, 12, 6 is
two terms is 18. The mean of all the five terms is-
(A) 10 (B) 12 (C) 14 (D) 11
(A) 14.5 (B) 15.0 (C) 15.2 (D) 15.6
Q.24 If a variable takes the discrete values  + 4,
Geometric Mean & Harmonic Mean 7 5 1 1
– , – , – 3,  – 2,  + , – ,
Q.16 Geometric mean of 3, 9 and 27 is- 2 2 2 2
(A) 18 (B) 6  + 5 ( > 0), then the median is-
(C) 9 (D) None of these 5 1
(A)  – (B)  –
4 2
Q.17 Geometric mean of the numbers 2, 22, 23, 5
....,2n is (C)  – 2 (D)  +
4
n 1 n 1

(A) 22/n (B) 2n/2 (C) 2 2

(D) 2 2 Q.25 In an arranged discrete series in which total
number of observations ‘n’ is even, median is
Q.18 The geometric mean of n observations x1,
x2, x3,.....,xn is n
(A) th term
n 2
 xi
i1 n n 
(A)
n
(B)
n (B)   1 th term
2 
  1 
i1 x i
  n 
(C) (x1x2x3.....xn)1/n (D) None of these n
(C) the mean of th and   1 th term
2 2 
Q.19 The geometric mean of the numbers 4, 8, 16 is-
(D) None of these
(A) 28 (B) 8 (C) 48 (D) None
3 7 Q.26 The median of the items 6, 10, 4, 3, 9, 11,
Q.20 The harmonic mean of 4, 8, 16 is- 22, 18 is-
(A) 6.4 (B) 6.7 (C) 6.85 (D) 7.8 (A) 9 (B) 10 (C) 9.5 (D) 11
Q.21 The harmonic mean of 3, 7, 8, 10, 14 is-
Mode
3  7  8  10  14
(A)
5 Q.27 The mode of the following items is 0, 1, 6, 7,
1 1 1 1 1 2, 3, 7, 6, 6, 2, 6, 0, 5, 6, 0 is-
(B) + + + + (A) 0 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 2
3 7 8 10 14
1 1 1 1 1
   
(C) 3 7 8 10 14 Q.28 Mode of the distribution
5 Marks 4 5 6 7 8
Number 3 5 10 6 1
5
(D) 1 1 1 1 of students is
1
    (A) 6 (B) 10
3 7 8 10 14
(C) 8 (D) None of these
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Q.29 For a normal distribution, we have Q.37 The variance of 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 is
(A) mean = median
(B) median = mode (A) 8 (B) 8
(C) mode = mean (C) 6 (D) None of these
(D) mean = median = mode
Q.38 The S.D. of 7 scores 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 is
Q.30 If median = (mode + 2 mean) M, then M is
equal to- (A) 4 (B) 2
(A) 3 (B) 1/3
(C) 7 (D) None of these
(C) 2 (D) None of these

Q.31 The relationship between mean, median and Q.39 If the standard deviation of 1, 2, 3, 4,....., 10
mode for a moderately skewed distribution is- is , then the standard deviation of 11, 12,
(A) mode = median – 2 mean 13, 14,...., 20 is
(B) mode = 2 median – mean
(A)  + 10 (B) 10 
(C) mode = 2 median – 3 mean
(D) mode = 3 median – 2 mean (C)  (D) None of these
Q.40 S.D. of n observations a1, a2, a3,....,an is ,
Q.32 If the mode of a data is 18 and the mean is
then the S.D. of the observations a1, a2,
24, then median is-
(A) 18 (B) 24 (C) 22 (D) 21 a3, an is-
(A)  (B) –
Dispersion (C) ||  (D) 

Q.33 The scores of a batsman in ten innings are:

38, 70, 48, 34, 42, 55, 63, 46, 54, 44, then Q.41 If each observation of a raw data whose
mean deviation about the median is: variance is 2, is increased by , then the
(A) 8.4 (B) 8.5 variance of the new set is-
(C) 8.6 (D) 8.8
(A) 2 (B) 2 2
Q.34 If the Standard Deviation of a variate is , (C)  + 2 (D) 2 + 2
then the S.D. of 3x + 2 is:
(A)  (B) 3 Q.42 Let  be the standard deviation of n
(C) 3 + 2 (D) None of these observations. Each of the n observations is
multiplied by a constant c. Then the standard
Q.35 For a frequency distribution, the mean deviation of the resulting numbers is-
deviation about mean is computed by (A)  (B) |c|
 di (C)  c (D) None of these
(A) M.D. =
 fi Q.43 For a frequency distribution standard
 fi di deviation is computed by-
(B) M.D. =
 fi  f (x  x)
 fi | di | (A)  =
(C) M.D. = f
 fi
 f ( x  x )2
 fi (B)  =
(D) M.D. =
 fi | di | f
 f ( x  x )2
Q.36 Mean deviation from the mean for the (C)  =
f
observations –1, 0, 4 is
 f ( x  x)
14 2 (D) =
(A) (B)
3
f
3
(C) 2 (D) None of these

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Q.1 Which of the following is not a measure of Q.8 The mean of 50 observations is 36. If two
central tendency : observations 30 and 42 are deleted, then the
(A) Mean (B) Median mean of the remaining observations is-
(C) Mode (D) Range (A) 48 (B) 36
(C) 38 (D) None of these

Q.2 If the mean of the first n odd natural numbers

Q.9 The weighted mean of first n natural numbers,
be n itself, then n is-
whose weights are equal to the squares of
(A) 1 corresponding numbers, is
(B) 2
n 1 3n  n  1
(C) 3 (A) (B) 2 (2n  1)
2
(D) any natural number
 n  1(2n  1) n  n  1
(C) (D)
Q.3 The A.M. of the series 1, 2, 4, 8, 16,...., 2n 6 2
is-
Q.10 A group of 10 items has mean 6. If the mean
2n  1 2n1  1 of 4 of these items is 7.5, then the mean of
(A) (B)
n n 1 the remaining items is-
2n  1 2n  1 (A) 6.5 (B) 5.5 (C) 4.5 (D) 5.0
(C) (D)
n n 1
Q.11 The mean of a set of observations is x . If
each observation is divided by   0, and
Q.4 If the mean of the set of numbers x1, x2,
then is increased by 10 then the mean of the
x3,....,xn is x , then the mean of the numbers new set is-
xi + 2i, 1  i  n, is-
x x  10
(A) x + 2n (B) x + n + 1 (A) (B)
 
(C) x + 2 (D) x + n x  10
(C) (D) a x + 10

Q.5 Mean of the first n terms of the A.P.
Q.12 The geometric mean of the first n terms of
a + (a + d) + (a + 2d) + ...... is
the G.P. a + ar + ar2 +... is-
nd (n  1) d (A) arn/2 (B) arn
(A) a + (B) a + (n–1)/2
2 2 (C) ar (D) arn–1
(C) a + (n – 1) d (D) a + nd
Q.13 The geometric mean of the observations 2,
4, 8, 16, 32, 64 is-
Q.6 If  is the mean of a distribution, then
(A) 25/2 (B) 27/2
 fi (yi – ) is equal to (C) 33 (D) None of these
(A) M.D. (B) S.D.
(C) 0 (D) None of these
Q.14 A boy goes to school from his home at a
speed of x km/hr. and comes back at a speed
Q.7 If the mean of n observations 12, 22, 32,...., of y km/ hr. then the average speed of the
46 n boy is given by-
n2 is , then n is equal to
11 xy
(A) 11 (B) 12 (A) km/hr.. (B) xy km/hr
2
(C) 23 (D) 22
2xy
(C) km/hr.. (D) Any of these
xy
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Q.15 Ram spends equal amounts on purchasing Q.20 For a continuous series, the mode is
three kinds of pens being sold at Rs.5, Rs.10, computed by the formula
Rs.15 per piece. Average cost of each pen is- fm1
(A)  + × c
fm  fm1  fm1
90
(A) Rs.10 (B) Rs. fm  fm 1
11 (B)  + × c
(C) Rs.9 (D) None of these fm  fm1  fm1

fm  fm1
(C)  + × c
Q.16 An automobile driver travels from plain to a 2fm  fm1  fm 1
hill station 120km distant at an average speed
2fm  fm1
of 30 km.per hour. He then makes the return (D)  + × c
fm  fm1  fm2
trip at an average speed of 25 km. per hour.
He covers another 120 km. distance on plane Q.21 If mean = (3 median – mode) x, then the
value of x is-
at an average speed of 50 km. per hour. His
(A) 1 (B) 2
average speed over the entire distance of (C) 1/2 (D) 3/2
360 km. will be-
Q.22 Which of the following is not a measure of
30  25  50 dispersion?
(A) km/hr..
3 (A) variance (B) mean deviation
(C) standard deviation (D) mode
(B) (30 × 25 × 50)1/3
Q.23 Which of the following is not a measure of
3
(C) km/hr.. dispersion ?
1 1 1 (A) Mean (B) Variance
 
30 25 50 (C) Mean deviation (D) Range
(D) None of these
Q.24 The standard deviation of a variate x is .
ax  b
Q.17 If a, b, c are any three positive numbers, then The standard deviation of the variable ;
c
 1 1 1 a, b, c are constants, is-
the least value of (a + b + c)     is-
a b c a a
(A) 3 (B) 6 (A)    (B) 
c c
(C) 9 (D) None of these
 a2 
 
(C)  2   (D) None of these
Q.18 Product of n positive numbers is unity.The c 
sum of these numbers can not be less than-
Q.25 The S.D. of 15 items is 6 and if each item
(A) 1 (B) n is decreased by 1, then standard deviation
(C) n2 (D) None of these will be-
(A) 5 (B) 7
(C) 91/25 (D) 6
Q.19 The median of the data 13, 14, 16, 18, 20,
22 is- Q.26 The S.D of the first n natural numbers is-
(A) 17 (B) 16 n 1 n (n  1)
(C) 18 (D) None of these (A) (B)
2 2
n2  1
(C) (D) None of these
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Questions based on statements (Q. 1 - 5)
Each of the questions given below consist Q.4 StatementI : The mean deviation by mean of
of Statement – I and Statement – II. Use the 2, 3, 5, 6, 9 is 3.
following Key to choose the appropriate StatementII : Mean deviation calculated by
answer.
(A) If both Statement - I and Statement - II n
are true, and Statement - II is the correct 1

n i 1
| xi  x | .
explanation of Statement- I.
(B) If both Statement-I and Statement - II
are true but Statement - II is not the
correct explanation of Statement-I. Q.5 StatementI : Standard deviation of 15, 22, 27,
(C) If Statement-I is true but Statement - II 11, 9, 21, 14, 9 is 6.22
is false. StatementII : Standard deviation = Variance
(D) If Statement-I is false but Statement - II
is true. Passage based Questions (Q. 6 - 8)
Q.1 StatementI : The median from the following data A frequency distribution is given :
45, 25, 50, 60, 70, 80, 92 is 60.
Mark : 4 5 6 7 8
StatementII : Arrange the data either in
increasing or decreasing order of magnitude so No. of students : 6 7 10 8 3
the middle observation is called medium.
Q.6 Mode of the given distribution is:
Q.2 StatementI : The mean of first n natural (1) 5 (2) 6 (3) 8 (4) 10
n 1 Q.7 Mean of the given distribution is :
numbers is .
2
190 198
StatementII : If we increase or decrease in (1) (2)
34 34
every observation by a non zero number then
mean will remain same. 199
(3) (4) None of these
Q.3 StatementI : The mean of group of 8 34

observations is 9. Two new observations 10 and

Q.8 Mean deviation from median is :
13 are added to the group. So the mean of 10
30 33
observations is 9.5 (1) (2)
34 34
StatementII : It cannot be computed unless
35
all the items are known. (3) (4) None of these
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 SECTION - A
Q.6 If in a frequency distribution, the mean and
Q.1 If G1, G2 are the geometric means of two series median are 21 and 22 respectively, then its mode
of observations and G is the geometric mean of is approximately [AIEEE-2005]
the ratios of the corresponding observations, (A) 22.0 (B) 20.5
then the value of G- [AIEEE-2002] (C) 25.5 (D) 24.0
G1 log G1 Q.7 Let x1, x2, ..... xn be n observations such that
(A) G (B) log G
2 2
x 2
i= 400 and 
x i = 80. Then a possible
(C) log (G1. G2) (D) log G1 – log G2 value of n among the following is -
[AIEEE-2005]
Q.2 The median of a set of 9 distinct observations is (A) 15 (B) 18
20.5 If each of the largest 4 observations of the (C) 9 (D) 12
set is increased by 2, then the median of the
new set - [AIEEE 2003] Q.8 Suppose a population A has 100 observations
(A) remains the same as that of the original set 101, 102,.... 200, and another population B has
(B) is increased by 2 100 observations 151, 152,.....250. If VA and VB
(C) is decreased by 2 represent the variances of the two populations,
(D) is two times the original median VA
respectively, then V is– [AIEEE 2006]
B
Q.3 In an experiment with 15 observations on x, the
following results were available : [AIEEE 2003] 9 4
(A) (B)
4 9
 x 2  2830 ,  x  170 (C) 2 (D) 1
One observation that was 20 was found to be
Q.9 The average marks of boys in a class is 52
wrong and was replaced by the correct value
and that of girls is 42. The average marks of
30. Then the corrected variance is
boys and girls combined is 50. The
(A) 8.33 (B) 78.00
percentage of boys in the class is-
(C) 188.66 (D) 177.33
[AIEEE 2007]
Q.4 Consider the following statements: (A) 40 (B) 20
[AIEEE 2004] (C) 80 (D) 60
(a) Mode can be computed from histogram
(b) Median is not independent of change of scale Q.10 The mean of the numbers a, b, 8, 5, 10 is 6 and
(c) Variance is independent of change of origin the variance is 6.80. Then which one of the
and scale.
following gives possible values of a and b ?
Which of these is/ are correct ?
(A) only (a) (B) only (b) [AIEEE 2008]
(C) only (a) and (b) (D) (a), (b) and (c) (A) a = 5, b = 2 (B) a = 1, b = 6

Q.5 In a series of 2n observations, half of them equal (C) a = 3, b = 4 (D) a = 0, b = 7

a and remaining half equal – a. If the standard
Q.11 If the mean deviation of the numbers 1, 1 + d,
deviation of the observations is 2, then |a|
equals- [AIEEE 2004] 1+ 2d, …..1 +100d from their mean is 255, then
(A) 1/n (B) 2 the d is equal to - [AIEEE 2009]
(A) 10.0 (B) 20.0
2
(C) 2 (D) (C) 10.1 (D) 20.2
n
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Q.12 Statement – 1 : (A) Statement -1 is true, Statement -2 is true;
The variance of first n even natural numbers is Statement -2 is a correct explanation for

n2  1 Statement -1
4 (B) Statement -1 is true, Statement -2 is true;
Statement – 2 : Statement -2 is not a correct explanation
The sum of first n natural numbers is
for Statement -1.
n(n  1)
and the sum of squares of first n natu- (C) Statement -1 is true, Statement -2 is false.
2
n(n  1)(2n  1) (D) Statement -1 is false, Statement -2 is ture.
ral numbers is
6

Q.No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Ans. D A A C C C B C D D B A A B D C D C B C
Q.No. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
Ans. D B A A C C C A D B D C C B C C A B C C
Q.No. 41 42 43
Ans. A B C

Q.No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Ans. D D B B B C A B B D C C B C B C C B A C
Q.No. 21 22 23 24 25 26
Ans. C D A B D C

Q.No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Ans. A C C D C B C B

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Q.No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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