Statistics

2026 Q1 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

The mean and variance of 10 observations are 9 and 34.2 , respectively. If 8 of these observations are $2,3,5,10,11,13,15,21$, then the mean deviation about the median of all the 10 observations is

A.

7

B.

4

C.

5

D.

6

2026 Q2 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

Let $\mathrm{X}=\{x \in \mathrm{~N}: 1 \leq x \leq 19\}$ and for some $a, b \in \mathbb{R}, \mathrm{Y}=\{a x+b: x \in \mathrm{X}\}$. If the mean and variance of the elements of Y are 30 and 750 , respectively, then the sum of all possible values of $b$ is

A.

20

B.

100

C.

80

D.

60

2026 Q3 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

The mean and variance of a data of 10 observations are 10 and 2 , respectively. If an observations $\alpha$ in this data is replaced by $\beta$, then the mean and variance become 10.1 and 1.99 , respectively. Then $\alpha+\beta$ equals

A.

15

B.

10

C.

5

D.

20

2026 Q4 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

If the mean and the variance of the data

$ \begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|c|} \hline \text { Class } & 4-8 & 8-12 & 12-16 & 16-20 \\ \hline \text { Frequency } & 3 & \lambda & 4 & 7 \\ \hline \end{array} $

are $\mu$ and 19 respectively, then the value of $\lambda+\mu$ is :

A.

21

B.

19

C.

18

D.

20

2026 Q5 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

Let the mean and variance of 8 numbers $-10,-7,-1, x, y, 9,2,16$ be $\frac{7}{2}$ and $\frac{293}{4}$, respectively.

Then the mean of 4 numbers $x, y, x+y+1,|x-y|$ is :

A.

11

B.

9

C.

10

D.

12

2026 Q6 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

If the mean deviation about the median of the numbers $\mathrm{k}, 2 \mathrm{k}, 3 \mathrm{k}, \ldots ., 1000 \mathrm{k}$ is 500 , then $\mathrm{k}^2$ is equal to :

A.

1

B.

16

C.

9

D.

4

2026 Q7 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

A random variable X takes values 0, 1, 2, 3 with probabilities $\frac{2a+1}{30}$, $\frac{8a-1}{30}$, $\frac{4a+1}{30}$, $b$ respectively, where $a, b \in \mathbb{R}$.

Let $\mu$ and $\sigma$ respectively be the mean and standard deviation of $X$ such that $\sigma^2 + \mu^2 = 2$.

Then $\frac{a}{b}$ is equal to:

A.

12

B.

60

C.

30

D.

3

2026 Q8 JEE Advanced Numerical
28 May 2026
Consider a data consisting of 10 observations $x_1, x_2, \ldots, x_{10}$, whose mean is 5 and variance is 7 . If the mean and the variance of the first 8 observations $x_1, x_2, \ldots, x_8$ are 4 and 3.5 , respectively, and $x_9 < x_{10}$, then the value of $3 x_9+2 x_{10}$ is $\_\_\_\_$ .
2026 Q9 JEE Mains MCQ
03 Jul 2026

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 :

A.

5.96

B.

6.14

C.

6.04

D.

6.24

2026 Q10 JEE Mains MCQ
03 Jul 2026

Let the mean and the variance of seven observations $2,4, \alpha, 8, \beta, 12,14, \alpha<\beta$, be 8 and 16 respectively. Then the quadratic equation whose roots are $3 \alpha+2$ and $2 \beta+1$ is :

A.

$x^2-35 x+306=0$

B.

$x^2-41 x+420=0$

C.

$x^2-45 x+506=0$

D.

$x^2-37 x+342=0$

2026 Q11 JEE Mains MCQ
03 Jul 2026

A data consists of 20 observations $x_1, x_2, \ldots, x_{20}$. If $\sum\limits_{i=1}^{20}\left(x_i+5\right)^2=2500$ and $\sum\limits_{i=1}^{20}\left(x_i-5\right)^2=100$, then the ratio of mean to standard deviation of this data is :

A.

2 : 1

B.

3 : 1

C.

3 : 2

D.

4 : 1

2026 Q12 JEE Mains MCQ
03 Jul 2026

A variable $X$ takes values $0,0,2,6,12,20, \ldots, n(n-1)$ with frequencies ${ }^n C_0,{ }^n C_1,{ }^n C_2,{ }^n C_3,{ }^n C_4,{ }^n C_5, \ldots,{ }^n C_n$, respectively. If the mean of this data is 60 , then its median is :

A.

56

B.

42

C.

72

D.

90

2026 Q13 JEE Mains MCQ
03 Jul 2026

The mean deviation about the mean for the data

$ \begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|} \hline x_i & 5 & 7 & 9 & 10 & 12 & 15 \\ \hline f_i & 8 & 6 & 2 & 2 & 2 & 6 \\ \hline \end{array} $

$ \text { is equal to: } $

A.

$ \frac{40}{13} $

B.

$ \frac{42}{13} $

C.

$ \frac{44}{13} $

D.

$ \frac{46}{13} $

2026 Q14 JEE Mains MCQ
03 Jul 2026

For 10 observations $x_1, x_2, \ldots, x_{10}$, if $\sum\limits_{i=1}^{10}\left(x_i+2\right)^2=180$ and $\sum\limits_{i=1}^{10}\left(x_i-1\right)^2=90$, then their standard deviation is :

A.

2

B.

$ \sqrt{3} $

C.

$ 2\sqrt{2} $

D.

3

2026 Q15 JEE Mains MCQ
03 Jul 2026

Suppose that the mean and median of the non-negative numbers $21,8,17, a, 51,103, b, 13,67,(a>b)$, are 40 and 21 , respectively. If the mean deviation about the median is 26 , then $2 a$ is equal to :

A.

109

B.

117

C.

161

D.

131

2026 Q16 JEE Mains MCQ
03 Jul 2026

The mean and variance of n observations are 8 and 16, respectively. If the sum of the first (n − 1) observations is 48 and the sum of squares of the first (n − 1) observations is 496, then the value of n is :

A.

21

B.

16

C.

13

D.

7

2026 Q17 JEE Mains MCQ
03 Jul 2026

If the mean of the data

Class5-1010-1515-2020-2525-3030-35
Frequency2k2854k + 15

is 21, then $k$ is one of the roots of the equation:

A.

$2x^2 - 23x - 10 = 0$

B.

$4x^2 - 35x + 24 = 0$

C.

$2x^2 - 19x - 10 = 0$

D.

$2x^2 - 35x + 98 = 0$

2025 Q18 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

The mean and standard deviation of 100 observations are 40 and 5.1 , respectively. By mistake one observation is taken as 50 instead of 40 . If the correct mean and the correct standard deviation are $\mu$ and $\sigma$ respectively, then $10(\mu+\sigma)$ is equal to

A.
447
B.
445
C.
449
D.
451
2025 Q19 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

Let the mean and the standard deviation of the observation $2,3,3,4,5,7, a, b$ be 4 and $\sqrt{2}$ respectively. Then the mean deviation about the mode of these observations is :

A.
$\frac{1}{2}$
B.
$\frac{3}{4}$
C.
1
D.
2
2025 Q20 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
Let the Mean and Variance of five observations $x_1=1, x_2=3, x_3=a, x_4=7$ and $x_5=\mathrm{b}, a>\mathrm{b}$, be 5 and 10 respectively. Then the Variance of the observations $n+x_n, n=1,2, \ldots, 5$ is
A.
17
B.
16
C.
16.4
D.
17.4
2025 Q21 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
If the mean and the variance of $6,4, a, 8, b, 12,10,13$ are 9 and 9.25 respectively, then $a+b+a b$ is equal to :
A.
103
B.
106
C.
100
D.
105
2025 Q22 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

Let $x_1, x_2, ..., x_{10}$ be ten observations such that $\sum\limits_{i=1}^{10} (x_i - 2) = 30$, $\sum\limits_{i=1}^{10} (x_i - \beta)^2 = 98$, $\beta > 2$, and their variance is $\frac{4}{5}$. If $\mu$ and $\sigma^2$ are respectively the mean and the variance of $2(x_1 - 1) + 4\beta, 2(x_2 - 1) + 4\beta, ..., 2(x_{10} - 1) + 4\beta$, then $\frac{\beta\mu}{\sigma^2}$ is equal to :

A.

100

B.

90

C.

120

D.

110

2025 Q23 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

For a statistical data $\mathrm{x}_1, \mathrm{x}_2, \ldots, \mathrm{x}_{10}$ of 10 values, a student obtained the mean as 5.5 and $\sum_{i=1}^{10} x_i^2=371$. He later found that he had noted two values in the data incorrectly as 4 and 5 , instead of the correct values 6 and 8 , respectively. The variance of the corrected data is

A.
5
B.
7
C.
9
D.
4
2025 Q24 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

Marks obtains by all the students of class 12 are presented in a freqency 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 :

A.
52
B.
44
C.
40
D.
48
2025 Q25 JEE Mains Numerical
14 Mar 2026

The variance of the numbers $8,21,34,47, \ldots, 320$ is _______.

2025 Q26 JEE Advanced MCQ
14 Mar 2026

Consider the following frequency distribution:

Value458961211
Frequency5$f_1$$f_2$2113

Suppose that the sum of the frequencies is 19 and the median of this frequency distribution is 6.

For the given frequency distribution, let $\alpha$ denote the mean deviation about the mean, $\beta$ denote the mean deviation about the median, and $\sigma^2$ denote the variance.

Match each entry in List-I to the correct entry in List-II and choose the correct option.

List – I List – II
(P) 7 f1 + 9 f2 is equal to (1) 146
(Q) 19 α is equal to (2) 47
(R) 19 β is equal to (3) 48
(S) 19 σ2 is equal to (4) 145
(5) 55
A.

(P) → (5)    (Q) → (3)    (R) → (2)    (S) → (4)

B.

(P) → (5)    (Q) → (2)    (R) → (3)    (S) → (1)

C.

(P) → (5)    (Q) → (3)    (R) → (2)    (S) → (1)

D.

(P) → (3)    (Q) → (2)    (R) → (5)    (S) → (4)

2025 Q27 TS-EAMCET MCQ
20 May 2026

The mean deviation about median of the numbers $3 x, 6 x, 9 x, \ldots .81 x$ is 91 , then $|x|=$

A.

4

B.

$\frac{5}{2}$

C.

$\frac{9}{2}$

D.

8

2025 Q28 TS-EAMCET MCQ
20 May 2026

$ \text { The coefficient of variation for the following data is } $

$ \begin{array}{llllll} \hline \text { Class interval } & 0-2 & 2-4 & 4-6 & 6-8 & 8-10 \\ \hline \text { Frequency } & 2 & 3 & 5 & 3 & 2 \\ \hline \end{array} $

A.

$\frac{8 \sqrt{22}}{3}$

B.

$\frac{8 \sqrt{110}}{\sqrt{3}}$

C.

$\frac{4 \sqrt{110}}{\sqrt{3}}$

D.

$\frac{4 \sqrt{22}}{3}$

2025 Q29 TS-EAMCET MCQ
20 May 2026

The mean deviation from the mean of the discrete data $2,3,5,7,11,13,17,19,22$ is

A.

8

B.

7.5

C.

5.5

D.

6

2025 Q30 TS-EAMCET MCQ
20 May 2026

The probability distribution of a random variable $X$ is given below. Then, the standard deviation of $X$ is

$ \begin{array}{llllll} \hline \boldsymbol{X}=\boldsymbol{x}_1 & 2 & 3 & 5 & 7 & 12 \\ \hline \boldsymbol{P}\left(\boldsymbol{X}=\boldsymbol{x}_1\right) & 3 k & k & k & 2 k & k \\ \hline \end{array} $

A.

5

B.

11

C.

$\sqrt{11}$

D.

$\sqrt{5}$

2025 Q31 TS-EAMCET MCQ
20 May 2026

The variance of the discrete data $3,4,5,6,7,8,10,13$ is

A.

7.5

B.

8

C.

9.5

D.

9

2025 Q32 TS-EAMCET MCQ
20 May 2026

If a possion variate $X$ satisfies the relation $P(X=3)=P(X=5)$, then $P(X=4)=$

A.

$\frac{50}{3 e^{\sqrt{20}}}$

B.

$\frac{20000}{3 e^{20}}$

C.

$\frac{125}{3 e^{10}}$

D.

$\frac{25}{3 e^{\sqrt{20}}}$

2025 Q33 TS-EAMCET MCQ
20 May 2026

If the variance of the numbers $9,15,21, \ldots,(6 n+3)$ is $P$, then the variance of the first $n$ even numbers is

A.

$9 P$

B.

$3 P$

C.

$\frac{P}{9}$

D.

$\frac{P}{3}$

2025 Q34 TS-EAMCET MCQ
20 May 2026

The mean deviation from the median for the following data is

$ \begin{array}{cllllll} x_i & 2 & 9 & 8 & 3 & 5 & 7 \\ \hline f_i & 5 & 3 & 1 & 6 & 6 & 1 \\ \hline \end{array} $

A.

2

B.

$\frac{8}{3}$

C.

$\frac{9}{2}$

D.

9

2025 Q35 TS-EAMCET MCQ
20 May 2026

If three dice are thrown, then the mean of the sum of the numbers appearing on them is

A.

58.5

B.

76.66

C.

71.75

D.

10.5

2025 Q36 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026

Variance of the following continuous frequency distribution is

$ \begin{array}{cc} \hline \text { Class Interval } & \text { Frequency } \\ \hline 0-4 & 1 \\ \hline 4-8 & 2 \\ \hline 8-12 & 2 \\ \hline 12-16 & 1 \\ \hline \end{array} $

A.

16

B.

$\frac{44}{3}$

C.

23

D.

$\frac{22}{3}$

2025 Q37 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026

If $\sum_{i=1}^9\left(x_i-5\right)=9$ and $\sum_{i=1}^9\left(x_i-5\right)^2=45$, then the standard deviation of the nine observations $x_1, x_2, \ldots, x_9$ is

A.

2

B.

4

C.

3

D.

9

2025 Q38 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026

The mean deviation from the median for the following data is

$ \begin{array}{llllll} \hline x_1 & 9 & 3 & 7 & 2 & 5 \\ \hline f_1 & 1 & 6 & 2 & 8 & 4 \\ \hline \end{array} $

A.

$\frac{94}{21}$

B.

$\frac{12}{7}$

C.

$\frac{10}{7}$

D.

$\frac{100}{21}$

2025 Q39 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026

The mean deviation about the mean for the following data is

$ \begin{array}{llllll} \hline \text { Class Interval } & 0-2 & 2-4 & 4-6 & 6-8 & 8-10 \\ \hline \text { Frequency } & 1 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 \\ \hline \end{array} $

A.

3

B.

$\frac{20}{11}$

C.

$\frac{40}{11}$

D.

2

2025 Q40 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026

Let $x_1, x_2, \ldots, x_{11}$ be the observations satisfying $\sum\limits_{i=1}^{11}\left(x_i-4\right)=22$ and $\sum\limits_{i=1}^{11}\left(x_i-4\right)^2=154$. If the mean and variance of the observations are $\alpha$ and $\beta$, then the quadratic equation having the roots $\frac{\alpha}{\beta}$ and $\frac{\beta}{\alpha}$ is

A.

$15 x^2-16 x+15=0$

B.

$15 x^2-34 x+15=0$

C.

$x^2-16 x+60=0$

D.

$12 x^2-25 x+20=0$

2025 Q41 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026

The mean and variance of the observations $x_1, x_2, x_3 \ldots x_{15}$ are respectively 2 and 4 . If the mean and variance of the observations $y_1, y_2 \ldots, y_{10}$ are respectively 2 and 5 , then the variance of the observations $x_1, x_2 \ldots, x_{15}, y_1, y_2 \ldots, y_{10}$ is

A.

6.5

B.

5.3

C.

3.4

D.

4.4

2025 Q42 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026

Variance of the following discrete frequency distribution is

$ \begin{array}{llllll} \hline \text { Class Interval } & 0-2 & 2-4 & 4-6 & 6-8 & 8-10 \\ \hline \text { Frequency } & 2 & 3 & 5 & 3 & 2 \\ \hline \end{array} $

A.

$\frac{463}{15}$

B.

$\frac{838}{15}$

C.

$\frac{44}{5}$

D.

$\frac{88}{15}$

2025 Q43 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026

The following data represents the frequency distribution of 20 observations

$ \begin{array}{ccccccc} \hline x_i & 3 & 4 & 5 & 8 & 10 & 11 \\ \hline f_i & \alpha+2 & (\alpha-1)^2 & 4 & \alpha-1 & 2 & \alpha \\ \hline \end{array} $

Then, its mean deviation about the mean is

A.

3

B.

2.4

C.

2.7

D.

2.9

2025 Q44 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026

If the variance of the first $n$ natural numbers is 10 and the variance of the first $m$ even natural numbers is 16 , then $n: m=$

A.

$9: 5$

B.

$7: 3$

C.

$11: 7$

D.

$5: 8$

2025 Q45 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026

The variance of ungrouped data $2,12,3,11,5,10,6,7$, is

A.

11.875

B.

11

C.

12

D.

10.765

2024 Q46 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

If the variance of the frequency distribution

$x$ $c$ $2c$ $3c$ $4c$ $5c$ $6c$
$f$ 2 1 1 1 1 1

is 160, then the value of $c\in N$ is

A.
5
B.
8
C.
6
D.
7
2024 Q47 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

The frequency distribution of the age of students in a class of 40 students is given below.

Age 15 16 17 18 19 20
No of Students 5 8 5 12 $x$ $y$

If the mean deviation about the median is 1.25, then $4x+5y$ is equal to :

A.
43
B.
46
C.
44
D.
47
2024 Q48 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

The mean and standard deviation of 20 observations are found to be 10 and 2 , respectively. On rechecking, it was found that an observation by mistake was taken 8 instead of 12. The correct standard deviation is

A.
1.94
B.
$\sqrt{3.96}$
C.
$\sqrt{3.86}$
D.
1.8
2024 Q49 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

Let $\alpha, \beta \in \mathbf{R}$. Let the mean and the variance of 6 observations $-3,4,7,-6, \alpha, \beta$ be 2 and 23, respectively. The mean deviation about the mean of these 6 observations is :

A.
$\frac{16}{3}$
B.
$\frac{11}{3}$
C.
$\frac{14}{3}$
D.
$\frac{13}{3}$
2024 Q50 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
Consider 10 observations $x_1, x_2, \ldots, x_{10}$ such that $\sum\limits_{i=1}^{10}\left(x_i-\alpha\right)=2$ and $\sum\limits_{i=1}^{10}\left(x_i-\beta\right)^2=40$, where $\alpha, \beta$ are positive integers. Let the mean and the variance of the observations be $\frac{6}{5}$ and $\frac{84}{25}$ respectively. Then $\frac{\beta}{\alpha}$ is equal to :
A.
2
B.
1
C.
$\frac{5}{2}$
D.
$\frac{3}{2}$