Statistics

141 Questions
2026 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 28th January Morning Shift

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 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 24th January Evening Shift

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 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 24th January Morning Shift

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 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 23rd January Evening Shift

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 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 23rd January Morning Shift

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 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 22nd January Evening Shift

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 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 21st January Evening Shift

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

2025 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 7th April Morning Shift

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 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 4th April Evening Shift

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 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 3rd April Evening Shift
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 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 2nd April Evening Shift
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 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 29th January Morning Shift

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 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 24th January Morning Shift

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 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 23rd January Morning Shift

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
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 9th April Evening Shift

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 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 9th April Morning Shift

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 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 6th April Morning Shift

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 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 4th April Morning Shift

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 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 1st February Evening Shift
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.
$\frac{3}{2}$
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 1st February Morning Shift
Let the median and the mean deviation about the median of 7 observation $170,125,230,190,210$, a, b be 170 and $\frac{205}{7}$ respectively. Then the mean deviation about the mean of these 7 observations is :
A.
31
B.
28
C.
30
D.
32
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 31st January Evening Shift

Let the mean and the variance of 6 observations $a, b, 68,44,48,60$ be $55$ and $194$, respectively. If $a>b$, then $a+3 b$ is

A.
180
B.
210
C.
190
D.
200
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 30th January Morning Shift

Let M denote the median of the following frequency distribution

Class 0 - 4 4 - 8 8 - 12 12 - 16 16 - 20
Frequency 3 9 10 8 6

Then 20M is equal to :

A.
104
B.
52
C.
208
D.
416
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 29th January Evening Shift

If the mean and variance of five observations are $\frac{24}{5}$ and $\frac{194}{25}$ respectively and the mean of the first four observations is $\frac{7}{2}$, then the variance of the first four observations in equal to

A.
$\frac{5}{4}$
B.
$\frac{4}{5}$
C.
$\frac{105}{4}$
D.
$\frac{77}{12}$
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 27th January Morning Shift
Let $\mathrm{a}_1, \mathrm{a}_2, \ldots \mathrm{a}_{10}$ be 10 observations such that $\sum\limits_{\mathrm{k}=1}^{10} \mathrm{a}_{\mathrm{k}}=50$ and $\sum\limits_{\forall \mathrm{k} < \mathrm{j}} \mathrm{a}_{\mathrm{k}} \cdot \mathrm{a}_{\mathrm{j}}=1100$. Then the standard deviation of $\mathrm{a}_1, \mathrm{a}_2, \ldots, \mathrm{a}_{10}$ is equal to :
A.
5
B.
$\sqrt{115}$
C.
10
D.
$\sqrt{5}$
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 15th April Morning Shift
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 :
A.
11
B.
12
C.
13
D.
14
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 11th April Evening Shift

Let the mean of 6 observations $1,2,4,5, \mathrm{x}$ and $\mathrm{y}$ be 5 and their variance be 10 . Then their mean deviation about the mean is equal to :

A.
$\frac{10}{3}$
B.
$\frac{8}{3}$
C.
$\frac{7}{3}$
D.
3
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 11th April Morning Shift

Let sets A and B have 5 elements each. Let the mean of the elements in sets A and B be 5 and 8 respectively and the variance of the elements in sets A and B be 12 and 20 respectively. A new set C of 10 elements is formed by subtracting 3 from each element of $\mathrm{A}$ and adding 2 to each element of $\mathrm{B}$. Then the sum of the mean and variance of the elements of $\mathrm{C}$ is ___________.

A.
36
B.
40
C.
38
D.
32
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 10th April Evening Shift

Let $\mu$ be the mean and $\sigma$ be the standard deviation of the distribution

${x_i}$ 0 1 2 3 4 5
${f_i}$ $k + 2$ $2k$ ${k^2} - 1$ ${k^2} - 1$ ${k^2} + 1$ $k - 3$

where $\sum f_{i}=62$. If $[x]$ denotes the greatest integer $\leq x$, then $\left[\mu^{2}+\sigma^{2}\right]$ is equal to :

A.
9
B.
8
C.
6
D.
7
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 8th April Evening Shift

Let the mean and variance of 12 observations be $\frac{9}{2}$ and 4 respectively. Later on, it was observed that two observations were considered as 9 and 10 instead of 7 and 14 respectively. If the correct variance is $\frac{m}{n}$, where $\mathrm{m}$ and $\mathrm{n}$ are coprime, then $\mathrm{m}+\mathrm{n}$ is equal to :

A.
317
B.
316
C.
314
D.
315
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 6th April Morning Shift

The mean and variance of a set of 15 numbers are 12 and 14 respectively. The mean and variance of another set of 15 numbers are 14 and $\sigma^{2}$ respectively. If the variance of all the 30 numbers in the two sets is 13 , then $\sigma^{2}$ is equal to :

A.
12
B.
11
C.
10
D.
9
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 1st February Evening Shift

Let $9=x_{1} < x_{2} < \ldots < x_{7}$ be in an A.P. with common difference d. If the standard deviation of $x_{1}, x_{2}..., x_{7}$ is 4 and the mean is $\bar{x}$, then $\bar{x}+x_{6}$ is equal to :

A.
$2\left(9+\frac{8}{\sqrt{7}}\right)$
B.
25
C.
$18\left(1+\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}\right)$
D.
34
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 1st February Morning Shift

The mean and variance of 5 observations are 5 and 8 respectively. If 3 observations are 1, 3, 5, then the sum of cubes of the remaining two observations is :

A.
1792
B.
1216
C.
1456
D.
1072
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 31st January Evening Shift
Let the mean and standard deviation of marks of class A of 100 students be respectively 40 and $\alpha(>$ 0 ), and the mean and standard deviation of marks of class $B$ of $n$ students be respectively 55 and 30 $-\alpha$. If the mean and variance of the marks of the combined class of $100+\mathrm{n}$ studants are respectively 50 and 350 , then the sum of variances of classes $A$ and $B$ is :
A.
450
B.
900
C.
650
D.
500
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 30th January Evening Shift
Let $S$ be the set of all values of $a_1$ for which the mean deviation about the mean of 100 consecutive positive integers $a_1, a_2, a_3, \ldots ., a_{100}$ is 25 . Then $S$ is :
A.
$\{9\}$
B.
$\phi$
C.
$\{99\}$
D.
N
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 29th January Morning Shift

Three rotten apples are mixed accidently with seven good apples and four apples are drawn one by one without replacement. Let the random variable X denote the number of rotten apples. If $\mu$ and $\sigma^2$ represent mean and variance of X, respectively, then $10(\mu^2+\sigma^2)$ is equal to :

A.
20
B.
30
C.
250
D.
25
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 25th January Morning Shift

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 10.2, then their new variance is equal to :

A.
3.92
B.
4.08
C.
3.96
D.
4.04
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 24th January Evening Shift

Let the six numbers $\mathrm{a_1,a_2,a_3,a_4,a_5,a_6}$, be in A.P. and $\mathrm{a_1+a_3=10}$. If the mean of these six numbers is $\frac{19}{2}$ and their variance is $\sigma^2$, then 8$\sigma^2$ is equal to :

A.
220
B.
210
C.
105
D.
200
2022 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 25th July Evening Shift

If the mean deviation about median for the numbers 3, 5, 7, 2k, 12, 16, 21, 24, arranged in the ascending order, is 6 then the median is :

A.
11.5
B.
10.5
C.
12
D.
11
2022 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 29th June Evening Shift

The number of values of a $\in$ N such that the variance of 3, 7, 12, a, 43 $-$ a is a natural number is :

A.
0
B.
2
C.
5
D.
infinite
2022 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 29th June Morning Shift

Let the mean and the variance of 5 observations x1, x2, x3, x4, x5 be ${24 \over 5}$ and ${194 \over 25}$ respectively. If the mean and variance of the first 4 observation are ${7 \over 2}$ and a respectively, then (4a + x5) is equal to:

A.
13
B.
15
C.
17
D.
18
2022 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 27th June Evening Shift

The mean and variance of the data 4, 5, 6, 6, 7, 8, x, y, where x < y, are 6 and ${9 \over 4}$ respectively. Then ${x^4} + {y^2}$ is equal to :

A.
162
B.
320
C.
674
D.
420
2022 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 26th June Evening Shift

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 :

A.
10
B.
36
C.
43
D.
60
2022 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 26th June Morning Shift

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 :

A.
60
B.
55
C.
50
D.
45
2021 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 31st August Evening Shift
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 :
A.
${{92} \over 5}$
B.
${{134} \over 5}$
C.
${{536} \over {25}}$
D.
${{112} \over 5}$
2021 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 26th August Morning Shift
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 $\alpha$ and $\sqrt \beta $ are the mean and standard deviation respectively for correct data, then ($\alpha$, $\beta$) is :
A.
(11, 26)
B.
(10.5, 25)
C.
(11, 25)
D.
(10.5, 26)
2021 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 27th July Evening Shift
Let the mean and variance of the frequency distribution

$\matrix{ {x:} & {{x_1} = 2} & {{x_2} = 6} & {{x_3} = 8} & {{x_4} = 9} \cr {f:} & 4 & 4 & \alpha & \beta \cr } $

be 6 and 6.8 respectively. If x3 is changed from 8 to 7, then the mean for the new data will be :
A.
4
B.
5
C.
${{17} \over 3}$
D.
${{16} \over 3}$
2021 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 27th July Morning Shift
If the mean and variance of the following data : 6, 10, 7, 13, a, 12, b, 12 are 9 and ${{37} \over 4}$

respectively, then (a $-$ b)2 is equal to :
A.
24
B.
12
C.
32
D.
16
2021 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 25th July Evening Shift
The first of the two samples in a group has 100 items with mean 15 and standard deviation 3. If the whole group has 250 items with mean 15.6 and standard deviation $\sqrt {13.44} $, then the standard deviation of the second sample is :
A.
8
B.
6
C.
4
D.
5
2021 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 20th July Evening Shift
If the mean and variance of six observations 7, 10, 11, 15, a, b are 10 and ${{20} \over 3}$, respectively, then the value of | a $-$ b | is equal to :
A.
9
B.
11
C.
7
D.
1
2021 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 20th July Morning Shift
The mean of 6 distinct observations is 6.5 and their variance is 10.25. If 4 out of 6 observations are 2, 4, 5 and 7, then the remaining two observations are :
A.
10, 11
B.
3, 18
C.
8, 13
D.
1, 20