Statistics

2017 Q201 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
The sum of 100 observations and the sum of their squares are 400 and 2475, respectively. Later on, three observations, 3, 4 and 5, were found to be incorrect. If the incorrect observations are omitted, then the variance of the remaining observations is :
A.
8.25
B.
8.50
C.
8.00
D.
9.00
2017 Q202 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
The mean age of 25 teachers in a school is 40 years. A teacher retires at the age of 60 years and a new teacher is appointed in his place. If now the mean age of the teachers in this school is 39 years, then the age (in years) of the newly appointed teacher is :
A.
25
B.
30
C.
35
D.
40
2016 Q203 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
The mean of 5 observations is 5 and their variance is 124. If three of the observations are 1, 2 and 6 ; then the mean deviation from the mean of the data is :
A.
2.4
B.
2.8
C.
2.5
D.
2.6
2016 Q204 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
If the mean deviation of the numbers 1, 1 + d, ..., 1 +100d from their mean is 255, then a value of d is :
A.
10.1
B.
20.2
C.
10
D.
5.05
2016 Q205 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
If the standard deviation of the numbers 2, 3, a and 11 is 3.5, then which of the following is true?
A.
3$a$2 - 26$a$ + 55 = 0
B.
3$a$2 - 32$a$ + 84 = 0
C.
3$a$2 - 34$a$ + 91 = 0
D.
3$a$2 - 23$a$ + 44 = 0
2015 Q206 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
The mean of the data set comprising of 16 observations is 16. If one of the observation valued 16 is deleted and three new observations valued 3, 4 and 5 are added to the data, then the mean of the resultant data, is :
A.
15.8
B.
14.0
C.
16.8
D.
16.0
2014 Q207 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
The variance of first 50 even natural numbers is
A.
833
B.
437
C.
${{437} \over 4}$
D.
${{833} \over 4}$
2013 Q208 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
All the students of a class performed poorly in Mathematics. The teacher decided to give grace marks of 10 to each of the students. Which of the following statistical measures will not change even after the grace marks were given?
A.
median
B.
mode
C.
variance
D.
mean
2012 Q209 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
Let x1, x2,........., xn be n observations, and let $\overline x $ be their arithematic mean and ${\sigma ^2}$ be their variance.

Statement 1 : Variance of 2x1, 2x2,......., 2xn is 4${\sigma ^2}$.
Statement 2 : : Arithmetic mean of 2x1, 2x2,......, 2xn is 4$\overline x $.
A.
Statement 1 is false, statement 2 is true
B.
Statement 1 is true, statement 2 is true; statement 2 is a correct explanation for statement 1
C.
Statement 1 is true, statement 2 is true; statement 2 is not a correct explanation for statement 1
D.
Statement 1 is true, statement 2 is false
2011 Q210 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
If the mean deviation about the median of the numbers a, 2a,........., 50a is 50, then |a| equals
A.
4
B.
5
C.
2
D.
3
2010 Q211 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
For two data sets, each of size 5, the variances are given to be 4 and 5 and the corresponding means are given to be 2 and 4, respectively. The variance of the combined data set is
A.
${5 \over 2}$
B.
${11 \over 2}$
C.
6
D.
${13 \over 2}$
2009 Q212 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
If the mean deviation of number 1, 1 + d, 1 + 2d,........, 1 + 100d from their mean is 255, then the d is equal to
A.
20.0
B.
10.1
C.
20.2
D.
10.0
2009 Q213 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
Statement - 1 : The variance of first n even natural numbers is ${{{n^2} - 1} \over 4}$

Statement - 2 : The sum of first n natural numbers is ${{n\left( {n + 1} \right)} \over 2}$ and the sum of squares of first n natural numbers is ${{n\left( {n + 1} \right)\left( {2n + 1} \right)} \over 6}$
A.
Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true; Statement-2 is a correct explanation for Statement-1
B.
Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true; Statement-2 is not a correct explanation for Statement-1
C.
Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is false
D.
Statement-1 is false, Statement-2 is true
2008 Q214 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
The mean of the numbers a, b, 8, 5, 10 is 6 and the variance is 6.80. Then which one of the following gives possible values of a and b?
A.
a = 0, b = 7
B.
a = 5, b = 2
C.
a = 1, b = 6
D.
a = 3, b = 4
2007 Q215 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
The average marks of boys in a class is 52 and that of girls is 42. The average marks of boys and girls combined is 50. The percentage of boys in the class is
A.
80
B.
60
C.
40
D.
20
2006 Q216 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
Suppose a population A has 100 observations 101, 102,........, 200, and another population B has 100 observations 151, 152,......., 250. If VA and VB represent the variances of the two populations, respectively, then ${{{V_A}} \over {{V_B}}}$ is
A.
1
B.
${9 \over 4}$
C.
${4 \over 9}$
D.
${2 \over 3}$
2005 Q217 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
If in a frequency distribution, the mean and median are 21 and 22 respectively, then its mode is approximately :
A.
20.5
B.
22.0
C.
24.0
D.
25.5
2005 Q218 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
Let x1, x2,...........,xn be n observations such that

$\sum {x_i^2} = 400$ and $\sum {{x_i}} = 80$. Then a possible value of n among the following is
A.
18
B.
15
C.
12
D.
9
2004 Q219 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
Consider the following statements:
(a) Mode can be computed from histogram
(b) Median is not independent of change of scale
(c) Variance is independent of change of origin and scale.
Which of these is/are correct?
A.
only (a)
B.
only (b)
C.
only (a) and (b)
D.
(a), (b) and (c)
2004 Q220 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
In a series of 2n observations, half of them equal $a$ and remaining half equal $–a$. If the standard deviation of the observations is 2, then $|a|$ equals
A.
2
B.
$\sqrt 2 $
C.
${1 \over n}$
D.
${{\sqrt 2 } \over n}$
2003 Q221 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
The median of a set of 9 distinct observations is 20.5. If each of the largest 4 observations of the set is increased by 2, then the median of the new set :
A.
is increased by 2
B.
is decreased by 2
C.
is two times the original median
D.
remains the same as that of the original set
2003 Q222 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
In an experiment with 15 observations on $x$, then following results were available:
$\sum {{x^2}} = 2830$, $\sum x = 170$
One observation that was 20 was found to be wrong and was replaced by the correct value 30. Then the corrected variance is :
A.
188.66
B.
177.33
C.
8.33
D.
78.00
2002 Q223 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
In a class of 100 students there are 70 boys whose average marks in a subject are 75. If the average marks of the complete class is 72, then what is the average marks of the girls?
A.
73
B.
65
C.
68
D.
74