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17 16
(c) (d)
1. The mean and variance of 7 observations are 8 and 3 3
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16 respectively. If two observations are 6 and 8,
6. If the mean and variance of six observations 7, 10,
then the variance of the remaining 5 observations 20
is: 11, 15, a, b are 10 and 3
, respectively, then the
92 134 value of | 𝑎 − 𝑏 | is equal to:
(a) 5
(b) 5
536 112 (a) 9 (b) 11
(c) (d) 5
25 (C) 7 (d) 1
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2. The mean and standard deviation of 20 7. The mean of 6 distinct observations is 6.5 and their
observations were calculated as 10 and 2.5 variance is 10.25. If 4 out of 6 observations are 2, 4,
respectively. It was found that by mistake one data 5 and 7, then the remaining two observations are:
value was taken as 25 instead of 35. if 𝛼and √𝛽 are (a) 10, 11 (b) 3, 18
the mean and standard deviation respectively for (c) 8, 13 (d) 1, 20
correct data, then (𝛼, 𝛽 ) is: [JEE MAIN 2021]
(a) (11, 26) (b) (10.5, 25) 8. Let in a series of 2n observations, half of them are
(c) (11, 25) (d) (10.5, 26) equal to a and remaining half are equal to −𝑎. Also
[JEE MAIN 2021] by adding a constant b in each of these
3. If the mean and variance of the following data: 6, observations, the mean and standard deviation of
37 new set become 5 and 20, respectively. Then the
10, 7, 13, a, 12, b, 12 are 9 and 4
respectively, then
value of 𝑎2 + 𝑏 2 is equal to:
(𝑎 − 𝑏)2 is equal to:
(a) 425 (b) 250
(a) 24 (b) 12
(c) 925 (d) 650
(c) 32 (d) 16
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9. Consider three observations a, b, and c such that b
4. The first of the two samples in a group has 100
= a + c. If the standard deviation of a + 2, b + 2, c
items with mean 15 and standard deviation 3. If the
+ 2 is d, then which of the following is true?
whole group has 250 items with mean 15.6 and
(a) 𝑏 2 = 3(𝑎2 + 𝑐 2 ) + 9𝑑2
standard deviation √13.44, then the standard
(b) 𝑏 2 = 3(𝑎2 + 𝑐 2 ) − 9𝑑2
deviation of the second sample is:
(c) 𝑏 2 = 3(𝑎2 + 𝑐 2 + 𝑑2 )
(a) 8 (b) 6
(d) 𝑏 2 = 𝑎2 + 𝑐 2 + 3𝑑2
(c) 4 (d) 5
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[JEE MAIN 2021] 𝑛
10. If ∑𝑖=1(𝑥𝑖 − 𝑎) = 𝑛 and ∑𝑛𝑖=1(𝑥𝑖 − 𝑎)2 =
5. Let the mean and variance of the frequency
𝑛𝑎 (𝑛, 𝑎 > 1) then the standard deviation of n
distribution
Observations 𝑥1 , 𝑥2 , … . . , 𝑥𝑛 is:
𝑥: 𝑥1 = 2, 𝑥2 = 6, 𝑥3 = 8, 𝑥4 = 9
𝑓: 4 4 𝛼 𝛽 (a) 𝑎 − 1 (b) 𝑛√𝑎 − 1
be 6 and 6.8 respectively. If 𝑥3 is changed from 8 to (c) √𝑛(𝑎 − 1) (d) √𝑎 − 1
7, then the mean for the new data will be: [JEE MAIN 2020]
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data 3, 5, 7, a, b are 5 and 2 respectively, then a and 16. Let 𝑋 = {𝑥 ∈ 𝑁: 1 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 17} and 𝑌 = {𝑎𝑥 + 𝑏: 𝑥 ∈
b are the roots of the equation: 𝑋 and 𝑎, 𝑏 ∈ 𝑅, 𝑎 > 0}. If mean and variance of
(a) 𝑥 2 − 20𝑥 + 18 = 0 elements of Y are 17 and 216 respectively then a +
(b) 2𝑥 2 − 20𝑥 + 19 = 0 b is equal to
(c) 𝑥 2 − 10𝑥 + 18 = 0 (a) 7 (b) 9
(d) 𝑥 2 − 10𝑥 + 19 = 0 (c) – 7 (d) – 27
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12. The mean and variance of 7 observations are 8 and 17. Let the observations 𝑥𝑖 (1 ≤ 𝑖 ≤ 10) satisfy the
16, respectively. If five observations are 2, 4, 10, 12, equations, ∑10 10 2
𝑖=1(𝑥1 − 5) = 10 and ∑𝑖=1(𝑥1 − 5) =
14, then the absolute difference of the remaining 40. If 𝜇 and 𝜆 are the mean and the variance of the
two observations is: observations 𝑥1 − 3, 𝑥2 − 3, … 𝑥10 − 3, then the
(a) 2 (b) 3 ordered pair (𝜇, 𝜆) is equal to
(c) 1 (d) 4 (b) (6, 6) (b) (3, 3)
[JEE MAIN 2020] (c) (3, 6) (d) (6, 3)
13. The mean and variance of 8 observations are 10 [JEE MAIN 2020]
and 13.5, respectively. If 6 of these observations 18. The mean and variance of 20 observations are
are 5, 7, 10, 12, 14, 15, then the absolute difference found to be 10 and 4, respectively. On rechecking,
of the remaining two observations is: it was found that an observation 9 was incorrect
(a) 5 (b) 3 and the correct observation was 11. Then the
(c) 7 (d) 9 correct variance is
[JEE MAIN 2020] (a) 3.98 (b) 3.99
14. Let 𝑥𝑖 (1 ≤ i ≤ 10) be ten observations of a random (c) 4.01 (d) 4.02
variable X. If [JEE MAIN 2020]
∑10 10
𝑖=1(𝑥𝑖 − 𝑝) = 3 and ∑𝑖=1( 𝑥𝑖 − 𝑝) = 9
2
19. The mean and the standard deviation (s.d.) of 10
where 0 ≠ p ∈ R, then the standard deviation of observations are 20 and 2 resepectively. Each of
these observations is: these 10 observations is multiplied by p and then
7 9 reduced by q, where p ≠ 0 and q ≠ 0. If the new
(a) 10 (b) 10
mean and new s.d. become half of their original
4 3
(c) 5 (d) √5 values, then q is equal to
[JEE MAIN 2020] (a) 10 (b) – 20
15. For the frequency distribution (c) – 10 (d) – 5
Variate (x) : 𝑥1 𝑥2 𝑥3 … … . 𝑥15 [JEE MAIN 2020]
Frequency (f): 𝑓1 𝑓2 𝑓3……. 𝑓15 where 0 < 𝑥1 < 20. Let a random variable X have a binomial
distribution with mean 8 and variance 4. If
𝑥2 < 𝑥3 < ⋯ < 𝑥15 = 10 and ∑15 𝑖=1 𝑓𝑖 > 0, the 𝑘
standard deviation cannot be: 𝑃(𝑋 ≤ 2) = 216, then k is equal to:
(a) 6 (b) 1 (a) 17 (b) 1
(c) 4 (d) 2 (c) 137 (d) 121
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21. If the data 𝑥1 , 𝑥2 , … . , 𝑥10 is such that the mean of advertisements. Then the percentage of the
first four of these is 11, the mean of the remaining population who look into advertisement is:
six is 16 and the sum of squares of all of these is (a) 13.5 (b) 13
2,000; then the standard deviation of this data is: (c) 12.8 (d) 13.9
(a) √2 (b) 2 [JEE MAIN 2019]
(c) 2√2 (d) 4 26. If the standard deviation of the numbers -1, 0, 1, k
[JEE MAIN 2019] is √5 where k > 0, then k is equal to
22. If both the mean and the standard deviation of 50 (a) 2√6 (b) √6
observations 𝑥1 , 𝑥2 , … , 𝑥50 are equal to 16, then the 5 10
(c) 2√ (d) 2√
mean of (𝑥1 − 4)2 , (𝑥2 − 4)2 … . (𝑥50 − 4)2 is: 6 3

(a) 400 (b) 480 [JEE MAIN 2019]

(c) 380 (d) 525 27. A student scores the following marks in five tests:
[JEE MAIN 2019] 45, 54, 41, 57, 43. His score is not known for the
23. If for some 𝑥 ∈ 𝑅, the frequency distribution of the sixth test. If the mean score is 48 in the six tests,
marks obtained by 20 students in a test is: then the standard deviation of the marks in six tests
Marks 2 3 5 7 is
Frequency (𝑥 2x- 𝑥 2 x 100 10
(a) (b)
√3 √3
+ 1)2 5 − 3𝑥 10 100
(c) 3 (d) 3
Then the mean of the marks is [JEE MAIN 2019]
(a) 3.0 (b) 2.8 28. The mean and variance of seven observations are 8
(c) 2.5 (d) 3.2 and 16, respectively. If 5 of the observations are 2,
[JEE MAIN 2019] 4, 10, 12, 14, then the product of the remaining two
24. The mean and the median of the following ten observations is:
numbers in increasing order 10, 22, 26, 29, 34, x, (a) 40 (b) 48
𝑦
42, 67, 70, y are 42 and 35 respectively, then 𝑥 is (c) 49 (d) 45
equal to [JEE MAIN 2019]
7 8 29. The mean and the variance of five observations are
(a) 2 (b) 3
9 7 4 and 5.20, respectively. If three of the observations
(c) 4 (d) 3 are 3, 4 and 4 ; then the absolute value of the
[JEE MAIN 2019] difference of the other two observations, is:
25. Two newspapers A and B are published in a city. It (a) 1 (b) 7
is known that 25% of the city populations reads A (c) 3 (d) 5
and 20% reads B while 8% reads both A and B. [JEE MAIN 2019]
Further, 30% of those who read A but not B look 30. If the sum of the deviations of 50 observations from
into advertisements and 40% of those who read B 30 is 50, then the mean of these observations is:
but not A also look into advertisements, while 50% (a) 31 (b) 50
of those who read both A and B look into (c) 51 (d) 30
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ANSWER -KEY
1.C 2.D 3.D 4.C 5.C
6.D 7.A 8.A 9.B 10.D
11.D 12.A 13.C 14.B 15.A
16.C 17.B 18.B 19.B 20.C
21.B 22.A 23.B 24.D 25.D
26.A 27.B 28.B 29.B 30.A

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