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ive Questions 1(Only one correct option)

The mean and
0and 8 deviation
standard
of 10
respectively. Later on, it wasobservations
that one observation was recorded as obseryed
50 instead of 40.
Then, the correct variance is
(a)11 (b) 14 (c) 13
(2023 Main, 15 April 1)
A (d) 12
Two dice and Bare rolled. Let the
ohtained on Aand B be a andp, numbers
respectively. If the
variance ofa -Bis where pand
p q are co-prime.
then the sum of the positive divisors of p is
equal to
(2023 Main, 12 April 1)
(a) 36 (b) 72 (c) 48 (d) 31
1Let the mean of 6 observations 1, 2, 4, 5x and y
be 5
and their variance be 10. Then, their mean deviation
about the mean is equal to (2023 Main, 11 April I)
(a) 10/3 (b) 3 (c) 7/3 (d) 8/3
4. Let sets Aand B have 5 elements each. Let the mean
of the elements in sets A and B be 5 and 8
Tespectively and the variance of the elements in sets A
and Bbe 12and 20 respectively. A new set Cof 10
elements is formed by subtracting 3from each
elernent of Aand adding 2to each element of B.
Then, the Sum of the mean and variance of the
elements of Cis (2023 Main, 11 April l)
a) 36 (b) 38 (c) 40 (d) 32
S. Let be the mean and obe the standard deviation of
the distribution
1 2 3 4
S k+2 2k k-1 k-1 k +1
k-3

where
hen ju f =62. If[x] denotes the greatest integer Sx,
(2023 Main, 10 April
I1)
]isequal to
(a) & (b)9 (c) 7 (d) 6
 6. Let the mean and variance of 12 observations be 9/2
and4 respectively. Later on, it was observed that two
observations were considered as 9 and 10 instcad of 7
m
and 14 respectivcly. If the correct variance is n

where mand n are coprime. then m+ n is cqual to

(2023 Main, 8 April 11)
(a) 316 (b) 315 (c) 314 (d) 317
7. The meanand variance of aset of 15 numbers are 12
and 14 respectively. The mean and variance of
another set of 15 numbers are 14 and g' respectively.
If the variance of allthe 30 numbers in the two sets is
13. theno is equal to (2023 Main, 6 April 1)
(a)9 (b) 11 (c) 10 (d) 12
8. Let S be the set of all values of a, for which the mean
deviation about the mean of 100consecutive positive
integers aj, a;, a3, ..., ajo0 is 25. Then, S is
(2023 Main, 30 Jan )
(a) N (b) {9; (c) (d) 99;

Use Formula,
key
idea Mean deviation = x

9. Let X={11, 12, 13, ... , 40, 41} and Y= {61, 62, 63,
....90,91} be the two sets of observations. Ifx andy
are their respective means and g is the variance of
all the observations in XU Y, then | + p-o | is
equal to (2023 Main, 29 Jan |1)
(a) 603 (b) 605 (c) 601 (d) 608

key To find the solution of this type of problems.

idea Firstly find the mean, then use the value of
mean, find the variance of the given data with
2
x +y Ex, + Ey
2y,
the help of g
 The mean and variance of 7 observations are 8 and
10.
and
16, respectively. If one observation 14is omitted
a and bare respectively mean and variance of
remaining 6observations, then a +35-5 is equal to
(2023 Main, 30 Jan l)
(a) 37 (b)40 (c) 45 (d) 42
11. The mean andvariance of the marks obtained by the
students in atest are 10 and 4, respectively. ILater, the
marks of one of the students is increased from 8to l2.
If the new mean of the marks is 10.2, then their new
variance isequal to (2023 Main, 25 Jan l)
(a) 4.04 (b)4.08 (c) 3.92 (d) 3.96
12. Let the mean and standard deviation of marks of class
A of 100 students be respectively 40 and . (> 0) and
the mean and standard deviation of marks of class B of
nstudents be respectively 55 and 30-a. If the mean
and variance of the marks of the combined class of
100+ nstudents are respectively 50 and 350, then the
sum of variances of classes A and B is
(2023 Main, 31 Jan ||)
(a) 650 (b) 450 (c) 500 (d) 900
13 The mean and variance of 5observations are 5 and 8.
respectively. If 3observations are 1, 3,5, then the
sum of cubes of the remaining two observations is
(2023 Main, 1 Feb l)
(a) 1216 (b) 1072 (c) 1792 (d) 1456
 14. Let 9 =x <X, <...<X7 be in an AP with common
difference d. If the standard deviation of x,, X2 ,7
is 4 and the mean is x, then +x% is equal to
(2023Main, 1 Feb I1)
8
(a) 2\9+ (b) 18| 1+
(c) 34 (d) 25
15. If the mean deviation about median for the number 3,
5,7, 2k, 12, 16, 21, 24 arranged in the ascending
order is 6. then the median is (2022 Main, 25 July I1)
(a) 11.5 (b) 10.5 (c) 12 (d) 11
16. Let the mean and the variance of5 observations X1,
24 194
2, X3, X4, Ns beand 25 respectively. If the mean
7
and variance of the first 4 observations are and a
2
respectively, then (4a +x,) is equal to
(2022 Main, 29June l)
(a) 13 (b) 15 (c) 17 (d) 18
17 The number of values of ae N such that the variance
17.
of 3, 7, 12, a, 43 -a is a natural number is
(2022 Main, 29 June I1)
(a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) infinite
MatchtheColumns

distribution
given data with frequency
Considerthe
55. 8 11 10 5 4
3
3 2 4 4
5 2

List-I to the
the correct
Match cach entry in entries in
List-II. (2023 Adr
List-I
data is
List
(P) The mean of the above (1) 25
median of the above data is (2) 5
(0) The
deviation about the mean of (3) 6
(R) The mean
the above data is
deviation about the median of (4) 27
(S) The mean
the above data is
(5) 24

The correct option is

P Q R S
P Q R S
(a) 3 2 2 11 .5
4 5 (b) 3
(c) 2 3 3 5 5
4 1 (d) 3