Chapter 15

Statistics

1. Statement-1 : The variance of first n even natural 5. Let x1, x2 …, xn be n observations, and let x be
n2 – 1 their arithmetic mean and 2 be their variance.
numbers is .
4 Statement-1: Variance of 2x1, 2x2, …, 2xn is 4 2.
Statement-2 : The sum of first n natural numbers Statement-2: Arithmetic mean of 2x1, 2x2, …, 2xn
n (n  1) is 4 x . [AIEEE-2012]
is and the sum of squares of first n
2 (1) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true;
n (n  1) (2n  1) statement-2 is a correct explanation for
natural numbers is .
6 statement-1.
[AIEEE-2009]
(2) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true,
(1) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true; statement-2 is not a correct explanation for
Statement-2 is not a correct explanation for statement-1.
Statement-1
(3) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is false.
(2) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is false (4) Statement-1 is false, statement-2 is true.
(3) Statement-1 is false, Statement-2 is true 6. All the students of a class performed poorly in
(4) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true; Mathematics. The teacher decided to give grace
Statement-2 is a correct explanation for marks of 10 to each of the students. Which of the
Statement-1 following statistical measures will not change even
after the grace marks were given?
2. If the mean deviation of the numbers 1, 1 + d, 1 + [JEE (Main)-2013]
2d, ....., 1 + 100d from their mean is 255, then the
d is equal to [AIEEE-2009] (1) Mean (2) Median
(1) 20.0 (2) 10.1 (3) Mode (4) Variance
7. The variance of first 50 even natural numbers is
(3) 20.2 (4) 10.0
[JEE (Main)-2014]
3. For two data sets, each of size 5, the variances are
given to be 4 and 5 and the corresponding means 437
(1) 437 (2)
are given to be 2 and 4, respectively. The variance 4
of the combined data set is 833
(3) (4) 833
[AIEEE-2010] 4
5 11 8. The mean of the data set comprising of 16
(1) (2) observations is 16. If one of the observation valued
2 2
16 is deleted and three new observations valued 3,
13 4 and 5 are added to the data, then the mean of
(3) 6 (4)
2 the resultant data, is [JEE (Main)-2015]
4. A scientist is weighing each of 30 fishes. Their (1) 16.8 (2) 16.0
mean weight worked out is 30 gm and a standard
deviation of 2 gm. Later, it was found that the (3) 15.8 (4) 14.0
measuring scale was misaligned and always under 9. If the standard deviation of the number 2, 3, a and
reported every fish weight by 2 gm. The correct
11 is 3.5, then which of the following is true?
mean and standard deviation (in gm) of fishes are
respectively [AIEEE-2011] [JEE (Main)-2016]

(1) 28, 2 (2) 28, 4 (1) 3a2 – 32a + 84 = 0 (2) 3a2 – 34a + 91 = 0

(3) 32, 2 (4) 32, 4 (3) 3a2 – 23a + 44 = 0 (4) 3a2 – 26a + 55 = 0

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 9 9 16. If the sum of the deviations of 50 observations from
10. If  ( xi  5)  9 and  ( xi  5) 2
 45 , then the 30 is 50, then the mean of these observations is
i 1 i 1 [JEE (Main)-2019]
standard deviation of the 9 items x1, x2, ...., x9 is (1) 31 (2) 30
[JEE (Main)-2018] (3) 50 (4) 51
(1) 9 (2) 4 17. The mean and the variance of five observations are
(3) 2 (4) 3 4 and 5.20, respectively. If three of the observations
11. 5 students of a class have an average height 150 are 3, 4 and 4; then the absolute value of the
cm and variance 18 cm2. A new student, whose difference of the other two observations, is
height is 156 cm, joined them. The variance (in [JEE (Main)-2019]
cm2) of the height of these six students is (1) 5 (2) 7
[JEE (Main)-2019] (3) 3 (4) 1
(1) 18 (2) 20 18. The mean and variance of seven observations are
(3) 22 (4) 16 8 and 16, respectively. If 5 of the observations are
12. A data consists of n observations x1, x2, ..., xn. If 2, 4, 10, 12, 14, then the product of the remaining
two observations is [JEE (Main)-2019]
n n
  xi  1
2
  xi  1
2
 9n and  5n, then the (1) 45 (2) 40
i 1 i 1
(3) 48 (4) 49
standard deviation of this data is
[JEE (Main)-2019] 19. A student scores the following marks in five tests
: 45, 54, 41, 57, 43. His score is not known for the
(1) 7 (2) 5 sixth test. If the mean score is 48 in the six tests,
then the standard deviation of the marks in six
(3) 5 (4) 2 tests is [JEE (Main)-2019]
13. The mean of five observations is 5 and their
variance is 9.20. If three of the given five 100 10
(1) (2)
observations are 1, 3 and 8, then a ratio of other 3 3
two observations is [JEE (Main)-2019]
(1) 4 : 9 (2) 6 : 7 100 10
(3) (4)
3 3
(3) 10 : 3 (4) 5 : 8
14. If mean and standard deviation of 5 observations 20. If the standard deviation of the numbers –1, 0, 1,
x1, x2, x3, x4, x5 are 10 and 3, respectively, then k is 5 , where k > 0, then k is equal to
the variance of 6 observations x 1, x 2 , ..., x 5
and –50 is equal to [JEE (Main)-2019] [JEE (Main)-2019]

(1) 586.5 (2) 582.5 (1) 6 (2) 2 6

(3) 509.5 (4) 507.5
15. The outcome of each of 30 items was observed; 10 5
(3) 2 (4) 4
1 3 3
10 items gave an outcome – d each, 10 items
2 21. The mean and the median of the following ten
1 numbers in increasing order
gave outcome each and the remaining 10 items
2 10, 22, 26, 29, 34, x, 42, 67, 70, y are 42 and 35
1
gave outcome  d each. If the variance of this y
2 respectively, then is equal to
4 x
outcome data is then |d| equals
3 [JEE (Main)-2019]
[JEE (Main)-2019]
7 8
5 (1) (2)
(1) 2 (2) 3 3
2
2 7 9
(3) (4) 2 (3) (4)
3 2 4
22. If for some xR, the frequency distribution of the 28. Let X = {x  N : 1  x 17} and Y {ax + b : x X
marks obtained by 20 students in a test is : and a, b R, a > 0}. If mean and variance of
elements of Y are 17 and 216 respectively then
Marks 2 3 5 7 a + b is equal to [JEE (Main)-2020]

2
(1) 7 (2) –27
Frequency (x + 1) 2x – 5
2
x – 3x x
(3) 9 (4) –7
Then the mean of the marks is 29. For the frequency distribution :
[JEE (Main)-2019] Variate (x) : x1 x2 x3 ... x15
(1) 3.2 (2) 3.0 Frequency (f) : f1 f2 f3 ... f15
(3) 2.5 (4) 2.8 where 0 < x1 < x2 < x3 < ... < x15 = 10 and
23. If both the mean and the standard deviation of 50 15

observations x1, x2, ... x50 are equal to 16, then  fi > 0, the standard deviation cannot be
i 1
the mean of (x1 – 4)2, (x2 – 4)2, ... (x50 – 4)2 is
[JEE (Main)-2020]
[JEE (Main)-2019]
(1) 1 (2) 6
(1) 380 (2) 480
(3) 2 (4) 4
(3) 400 (4) 525
30. Let xi (1  i  10) be ten observations of a random
24. If the data x1, x2, ...., x10 is such that the mean of
10
first four of these is 11, the mean of the remaining 10

six is 16 and the sum of squares of all of these is

variable X. If  ( xi  p )  3 and  ( x i  p )2  9
i 1 i 1
2,000; then the standard deviation of this data is
where 0  0 p  R, then the standard deviation of
[JEE (Main)-2019] these observations is [JEE (Main)-2020]
(1) 2 2 (2) 4 7 9
(1) (2)
(3) 2 (4) 2 10 10
25. The mean and the standard deviation (s.d.) of 10 3 4
observations are 20 and 2 respectively. Each of (3) (4)
5 5
these 10 observations is multiplied by p and then
reduced by q, where p  0 and q  0. If the new 31. The mean and variance of 8 observations are 10
mean and new s.d. become half of their original and 13.5, respectively. If 6 of these observations are
values, then q is equal to [JEE (Main)-2020] 5, 7, 10, 12, 14, 15, then the absolute difference
of the remaining two observations is
(1) –10 (2) –20
[JEE (Main)-2020]
(3) –5 (4) 10
(1) 9 (2) 3
26. The mean and variance of 20 observations are
found to be 10 and 4, respectively. On rechecking, (3) 7 (4) 5
it was found that an observation 9 was incorrect 32. The mean and variance of 7 observations are 8 and
and the correct observation was 11. Then the 16, respectively. If five observations are 2, 4, 10,
correct variance is [JEE (Main)-2020] 12, 14, then the absolute difference of the
(1) 3.98 (2) 4.02 remaining two observations is
(3) 3.99 (4) 4.01 [JEE (Main)-2020]
27. Let the observations x i(1  i  10) satisfy the (1) 2 (2) 4
10 10 (3) 3 (4) 1
equations,  ( xi  5)  10 and  ( xi  5)2  40. 33. If the mean and the standard deviation of the data
i 1 i 1
If  and  are the mean and the variance of the 3, 5, 7, a, b are 5 and 2 respectively, then a and
observations, x1 – 3, x2 – 3, …, x10 – 3, then the b are the roots of the equation
ordered pair (, ) is equal to [JEE (Main)-2020] [JEE (Main)-2020]
(1) (6, 3) (2) (3, 6) (1) x2 – 20x + 18 = 0 (2) 2x2 – 20x + 19 = 0
(3) (3, 3) (4) (6, 6) (3) x2 – 10x + 18 = 0 (4) x2 – 10x + 19 = 0
 n n 43. Consider the statistics of two sets of observations
34. If  ( xi – a )  n and  ( xi – a)2  na , (n, a > 1) as follows:
i 1 i 1
Size Mean Variance
then the standard deviation of n observations x1, x2,
...., xn is [JEE (Main)-2020] Observation I 10 2 2
Observation II n 3 1
(1) a – 1 (2) n a –1
If the variance of the combined set of these two
(3) n(a – 1) (4) a –1 17
observations is , then the value of n is equal to
9
35. If the variance of the first n natural numbers is 10 ________.
and the variance of the first m even natural
numbers is 16, then m + n is equal to ________. [JEE (Main)-2021]
44. Consider a set of 3n numbers having variance 4. In
[JEE (Main)-2020]
this set, the mean of first 2n numbers is 6 and the
36. If the mean and variance of eight numbers 3, 7, 9, mean of the remaining n numbers is 3. A new set
12, 13, 20, x and y be 10 and 25 respectively, then is constructed by adding 1 into each of first 2n
x.y is equal to __________. numbers, and subtracting 1 from each of the
[JEE (Main)-2020] remaining n numbers. If the variance of the new set
is k, then 9k is equal to ______.
37. If the variance of the terms in an increasing A.P.,
b 1 , b 2 , b 3 , ..., b 11 is 90, then the common [JEE (Main)-2021]
difference of this A.P. is ________. 45. The mean age of 25 teachers in a school is
[JEE (Main)-2020] 40 years. A teacher retires at the age of 60 years
and a new teacher is appointed in his place. If the
38. If the variance of the following frequency distribution mean age of the teachers in this school now is
Class : 10–20 20–30 30–40 39 years, then the age (in years) of the newly
Frequency : 2 x 2 appointed teacher is ____. [JEE (Main)-2021]

is 50, then x is equal to ________. 46. Let in a series of 2n observations, half of them are
equal to a and remaining half are equal to –a. Also
[JEE (Main)-2020]
by adding a constant b in each of these
39. Consider the data on x taking the values 0, 2, 4, observations, the mean and standard deviation of
8, ..., 2n with frequencies nC0, nC1, nC2, ..., nCn new set become 5 and 20, respectively. Then the
728 value of a2 + b2 is equal to : [JEE (Main)-2021]
respectively. If the mean of this data is , then
2n (1) 925 (2) 650
n is equal to _________ . [JEE (Main)-2020]
(3) 425 (4) 250
40. If the variance of 10 natural numbers
47. Consider the following frequency distribution :
1, 1, 1, ..., 1, k is less than 10, then the maximum
possible value of k is ________. Class : 10  20 20  30 30  40 40  50 50  60
[JEE (Main)-2021] Frequency :  110 54 30 

41. Let X1, X2, ....., X18 be eighteen observations such

18
If the sum of all frequencies is 584 and median is
18
that  (Xi   )  36 and  (Xi  ) 2
 90 , 45, then | – | is equal to _______.
i 1 i 1 [JEE (Main)-2021]
where  and  are distinct real numbers. If the
standard deviation of these observations is 1, then 48. The first of the two samples in group has 100
the value of | – | is _________. items with mean 15 and standard deviation 3. If the
[JEE (Main)-2021] whole group has 250 items with mean 15.6 and
42. Consider three observations a, b and c such that standard deviation 13.44, then the standard
b = a + c. If the standard deviation of a + 2, b +
deviation of the second sample is
2, c + 2 is d, then which of the following is true?
[JEE (Main)-2021] [JEE (Main)-2021]
(1) b2 = a2 + c2 + 3d2 (2) b2 = 3(a2 + c2) – 9d2 (1) 5 (2) 6

(3) b2 = 3(a2 + c2) + 9d2 (4) b2 = 3(a2 + c2 + d2) (3) 4 (4) 8

49. Let the mean and variance of the frequency 55. Consider the following frequency distribution :
distribution
Class : 0  6 6  12 12  18 18  24 24  30
x : x1  2 x2  6 x3  8 x 4  9 Frequency : a b 12 9 5
f: 4 4  

be 6 and 6.8 respectively. If x3 is changed from 8 to 309

7, then the mean for the new data will be : If mean  and median = 14, then the value
22
[JEE (Main)-2021]
(a – b)2 is equal to _______. [JEE (Main)-2021]
(1) 5 (2) 4
56. If the mean and variance of the following data :
17 16 6, 10, 7, 13, a, 12, b, 12
(3) (4)
3 3
37
50. The mean and standard deviation of 20 are 9 are respectively, then (a – b)2 is equal to
4
observations were calculated as 10 and 2.5
respectively. It was found that by mistake one data [JEE (Main)-2021]
value was taken as 25 instead of 35. If  and  (1) 32 (2) 12
are the mean and standard deviation respectively (3) 24 (4) 16
for correct data, then (, ) is 57. An online exam is attempted by 50 candidates out
[JEE (Main)-2021] of which 20 are boys. The average marks obtained
(1) (11, 25) (2) (11, 26) by boys is 12 with a variance 2. The variance of
(3) (10.5, 25) (4) (10.5, 26) marks obtained by 30 girls is also 2. The average
marks of all 50 candidates is 15. If  is the average
51. Let the mean and variance of four numbers 3, 7, x marks of girls and 2 is the variance of marks of
and y (x > y) be 5 and 10 respectively. Then the 50 candidates, then  + 2 is equal to _______.
mean of four numbers 3 + 2x, 7 + 2y, x + y and x [JEE (Main)-2021]
– y is ________. [JEE (Main)-2021] 58. If the mean deviation about the mean of the numbers
52. The mean and variance of 7 observations are 8 and
5(n  1)
16 respectively. If two observations are 6 and 8, 1, 2, 3, …. n, where n is odd, is , then n is
n
then the variance of the remaining 5 observations is
[JEE (Main)-2021] equal to ___________. [JEE (Main)-2022]

536 134 59. The mean of the numbers a, b, 8, 5, 10 is 6 and

(1) (2)
25 5 their variance is 6.8. If M is the mean deviation of
the numbers about the mean, then 25 M is equal to:
112 92
(3) (4) (1) 60 (2) 55
5 5

53. The mean of 6 distinct observations is 6.5 and their (3) 50 (4) 45
variance is 10.25. If 4 out of 6 observations are 2, [JEE (Main)-2022]
4, 5 and 7, then the remaining two observations
are : [JEE (Main)-2021]
60. The mean and standard deviation of 50 observations
(1) 1, 20 (2) 10, 11 are 15 and 2 respectively. It was found that one
(3) 3, 18 (4) 8, 13 incorrect observation was taken such that the sum
54. If the mean and variance of six observations 7, 10, of correct and incorrect observations is 70. If the
20 correct mean is 16, then the correct variance is equal
11, 15, a, b are 10 and , respectively, then the
3 to : [JEE (Main)-2022]
value of |a – b| is equal to [JEE (Main)-2021]
(1) 7 (2) 1 (1) 10 (2) 36
(3) 11 (4) 9 (3) 43 (4) 60
61. The mean and variance of the data 4, 5, 6, 6, 7, 8, 65. The number of values of a  N such that the variance
of 3, 7, 12, a, 43 – a is a natural number is :
9
x, y, where x < y, are 6 and respectively. Then (1) 0 (2) 2
4

x4 + y2 is equal to [JEE (Main)-2022] (3) 5 (4) Infinite

[JEE (Main)-2022]
(1) 162 (2) 320

(3) 674 (4) 420 66. The mean and standard deviation of 40 observations
are 30 and 5 respectively. It was noticed that two of
62. The mean and standard deviation of 15 observations these observations 12 and 10 were wrongly recorded.
are found to be 8 and 3 respectively. On rechecking If  is the standard deviation of the data after omitting
it was found that, in the observations, 20 was the two wrong observations from the data, then 382
misread as 5. Then, the correct variance is equal to is equal to ______. [JEE (Main)-2022]
_______. [JEE (Main)-2022] 67. The mean of 6 distinct observations is 6.5 and their
63. Suppose a class has 7 students. The average marks variance is 10.25. If 4 out of 6 observations are 2,
4, 5 and 7, then the remaining two observations
of these students in the mathematics examination are : [JEE (Main)-2022]
is 62, and their variance is 20. A student fails in the
(1) 1, 20 (2) 10, 11
examination if he/she gets less than 50 marks, then (3) 3, 18 (4) 8, 13
in worst case, the number of students can fail is
68. Let the mean and the variance of 20 observations x1,
__________. [JEE (Main)-2022]
x2,…., x20 be 15 and 9, respectively. For a  R, if the
mean of (x1 + )2, (x2 + )2,….,(x20 + )2 is 178, then
64. Let the mean and the variance of 5 observations x ,
1 the square of the maximum value of  is equal to
___________. [JEE (Main)-2022]
24 194
x , x , x , x be and respectively. If the 69. If the mean deviation about median for the number
2 3 4 5 5 25
3, 5, 7, 2k, 12, 16, 21, 24 arranged in the
ascending order, is 6 then the median is
7 [JEE (Main)-2022]
mean and variance of the first 4 observation are
2 (1) 11.5 (2) 10.5
and a respectively, then (4a + x ) is equal to (3) 12 (4) 11
5
70. The mean and variance of 10 observation were
(1) 13 (2) 15
calculated as 15 and 15 respectively by a student
(3) 17 (4) 18 who took by mistake 25 instead of 15 for one
[JEE (Main)-2022] observation. Then, the correct standard deviation is
________. [JEE (Main)-2022]


Statistics

1. Answer (3)
50d  49d  48d  .....d  0  d  2d  .....50d
=
Statement (2) is true. 101

2
 xi2   xi   50  51
2d 
var x = –   2 
n  n  =
101

4 n ( n  1) (2n  1) 50  51  d
= – (n + 1)2   255
6n 101

2  d = 10.1
= (n + 1) (2n + 1) – (n + 1)2
3 3. Answer (2)
E(X2) – (E(X))2 = 4
(n  1)
= {4n + 2 – 3n – 3)  E(X2) = 4 + 4 = 8
3

(n  1) (n – 1)
 X i2  40
=
3 E(Y2) – (E(Y))2 = 5
E(Y2) = 5 + 16 = 21
2
n –1
=
3  Yi 2  105
 Statement (1) is false.
 X i  10, Yi  20
Statement (2) is true.
2. Answer (2)
  ( Xi  Yi )  30

x
1  (1  d )  (1  2d )  .....(1  100d )  ( X i2  Yi 2 )  145
101
145 55 11
 Variance(combined data) = 9  
101  d (1  2  3  .....100) 10 10 2
x
101 4. Answer (3)
Since weight of each fish is measured 2 gm lesser
100  101
101  d 
2  actual mean : 30 + 2 = 32
x
101 But standard deviation will remain unaffected as
each data has been decreased by a constant.
x  1  50d
5. Answer (3)
Mean deviation
6. Answer (4)
|1 50d 1|  |1 50d  1 d | .....|1 50d 1100d | With increase in data, mean will also increase by
=
101 the same, hence variance will remain unchanged.
 Variance = N
N
 xi2
– 150 
2
2  18 
2 22  42  ...  1002  2  4  ...  100  5
    
50  50 
  xi2  112590
4(12  22  32  ....  502 )
=  (51)2 112590  156 
2
 750  156 
2
50 VNew  – 
6  6 
 50  51 101  2
= 4
50  6   (51) = 22821 – 22801
 
= 20
= 3434 – 2601
12. Answer (3)
 2 = 833
2
8. Answer (4) 1 n 2 1 n 
2   x i   n  xi 
n i 1
Mean = 16  i 1 
Sum = 16 × 16 = 256 1 1
New sum = 256 – 16 + 3 + 4 + 5 = 252 2  A  2 B2 ...(i)
n n
252 n
  xi  1
2
Mean =
18
= 14   9n
i 1
9. Answer (1)
 A + n + 2B = 9n  A + 2B = 8n ...(ii)
x12
 
2 n
Var = 2 =  x
  xi  1
2
n   5n
i 1
Standard Deviation =
 A + n – 2B = 5n  A – 2B = 4n ...(iii)
2
2 2 2 2
2  3  a  11  2  3  a  11  From (ii) and (iii),
   3.5
4  4  A = 6n, B = n
2 1 1
134  a2  16  a   2   6n  2  n 2  6  1  5
   = (3.5)2 n n
4  4 
  5

4 134  a 2   16 2
 a 2  32a  = (3.5)2 13. Answer (1)
16 16
x1 + x2 + x3 + x5 = 25
536 + 4a2 – 256 – a2 – 32a = 196
x1 + x2 + x3 = 1 + 3 + 8 = 12
3a2 – 32a + 84 = 0
 x4 + x5 = 25 – 12 = 13 ...(1)
10. Answer (3)
5
Standard deviation of xi – 5 is
 xi2 5
9  
 ( xi  5)   ( xi  5) 
2
9 2 i 1
5
 (5)2  9.2   xi2  5(25  9.2)
i 1
i 1  i 1 
   = 125 + 46 = 171
9 9
 
   (1)2  (3)2  (8)2  x42  x52  171
 

   5 1  2  x42  x52  97 ...(2)

As, standard deviation remains constant if
 24 x5  132  97  72  x4 x5  36 ...(3)
observations are added/subtracted by a fixed
quantity. 4 9
(1) and (3)  x4 : x5  or
So,  of xi is 2 9 4
  i  i
x1  x2  3  4  4
i 1 i 1  4
5
5
 xi 2 5
 x1 + x2 = 9 ...(i)
i 1
 (10)  3  9   xi  545
2 2 2
5 i 1 Variance =
 xi 2  ( x )2
N
6
  xi 2  545  ( 50)2  3045 9  16  16  x12  x22
i 1 5 · 20 =  16
5
2
6  6 
 xi 2
  xi 
2 2
(21 · 20)5 = 41 + x1  x2
i 1
  i 1 
Variance = 6  6  x12  x22 = 65 ...(ii)
 
  From (i) and (ii);
3045 x1 = 8, x2 = 1
=  0  507.5
6 | x1 – x2 | = 7
15. Answer (1) 18. Answer (3)
1  1  Let the remaining numbers are x and y.
Outcomes are  – d  ,  – d  , ..., 10 times,
2  2 
1 1 1 1 Mean  x  
x i

2  4  10  12  14  x  y
8
, , ..., 10 times,  d ,  d , ..., 10 times N 7
2 2 2 2
x + y = 14 ...(i)
1 1  1
  N
 30  
30  2
Mean = 2
x
 2 Variance 2 
i
  x   16
2

1
2  xi2 – ( x )2
30 22  42  102  122  142  x 2  y 2
  8   16
2

7
1  1  1
2 2 2
  1 1 
=  – d   10     10    d   10  – x2 + y2 = 100 ...(ii)
30  2  2 2   4
From (i) and (ii),
4 1  1  1 (x, y) = (6, 8) or (8, 6)
   30   20d 2  –
3 30  4  4 xy = 48
4 1 2 2 1 19. Answer (2)
   d –
3 4 3 4 41  45  54  57  43  x
x  48
6
 d2 = 2  |d| = 2
x + 240 = 288
 Option (1) is correct.
x = 48
16. Answer (1)
1  48  41   48  45    48  54  
2 2 2
Given, x i – 30   50 2
   
6    48  57 2   48  43 2   48  48 2 
 
x i – 50  30   50
1
 x i  1550 
6
 49  9  36  81  25 

Mean, x 
x i

200 100

N 6 3
1550 10
 = 31 
50 3
 Mean of given observation =  16
4 50
 2 = 5(given) ...(i)
x12  x22 ... x50
2
Also, 162  – 162
50
2 2 2 2
k  k  k   3k  2 16  50  x12  x22  ... x50
2 2
  1      – 1   
2
   4   4   4   4 
...(ii)
4 Required mean

 From (i) and (ii),  x1 – 4 2   x2 – 4 2  ... x50 – 4 2

=
50
12k 2
2 162 100   42  50  – 8 16  50 
16 5 =
4 50

= 162(2) + 16 – 8(16)
2
12k
  18 = 400
16
24. Answer (3)
 k2 = 24
x1  x2  x3  x 4
 k 2 6  11 and x1  x2  x3  x4  44
4
21. Answer (1)
x5  x6  ...  x10
 16  x5  x6  ...  x10  96
Mean 
 xi 
x  y  300
 42  x  y  120
6
n 10
x12  x22  ...  x10
2
 2000
T5  T6 34  x
Median   35   x  36 & y  84 xi2 2
2 2 2 =  x
N

y 84 7 2000  140 
2
Hence,   
x 36 3 =  4
10  10 
22. Answer (4)  =2
Number of students 25. Answer (2)
 (x + 1)2 + (2x – 5) + (x2 – 3x) + x = 20  = 20, 2 = 2
 2x2 + 2x – 4 = 20
20
and p – q =  20p – q = 10
x2 + x – 12 = 0 2
(x + 4) (x – 3) = 0 and also
x=3
1
| p |2 = | p |.2 = 1  p = 
2
Marks 2 3 5 7
So,
No. of students 16 1 0 3 1
if p=  q = 0 (rejected)
2

32  3  21 56 1
Average marks =   2.8
20 20 & p=   q = –20
2
 2
  xi – p    xi – p 
2
So S.D.  – 
200  11  9 202 n  n
Now Actual Mean =   
20 20
9 9 90 – 9 9
2  –  
2080  81  121  202  10 100 100 10
 Actual variance =  
20  20  31. Answer (3)
Let the two remaining observations be x and y.
106 – (10.1)2 = 106 - 102.01 = 3.99
5  7  10  12  14  15  x  y
27. Answer (3)  x  10 
8
Let (xi – 5) = yi  x + y = 17 ...(1)

So y 
 yi 
10
1
25  49  100  144
10 10 196  225  x 2  y 2
 var( x )  13.5   (10)2
8
and Var( y ) 
 y i2  ( y )2  3
10  x2 + y2 = 169 ...(2)
From (1) and (2)
Now mean of (xi – 3) = (yi + 2) is y  2, which is 3. (x, y) = (12, 5) or (5, 12)
And variance remains same. So |x – y| = 7
32. Answer (1)
28. Answer (4)
Let two remaining observations are x, y
17
r 17  18 So x 
2  4  10  12  14  x  y
 8 (given)
 x r 1
 9 7
17 17  2  x + y = 14 …(1)
 y  ax  b  17  9a  b  17 …(1) xi2  xi 
2
2
Now also      16 (given)
17
N  N 
r 2 17  18  35 4  16  100  144  196  x 2  y 2
 Var ( x )  r 1
 ( x )2   92  24   64  16
17 17  6 7
 460 + x2 + y2 = (16 + 64) × 7
and Var(y) = [Link](x)  24a2 = 216  a = 3
 x2 + y2 = 100 …(2)
…(2)
Now (x + y)2 = x2 + y2 + 2xy  xy = 48 …(3)
Clearly b = –10
Now (x – y)2 = (x + y)2 – 4xy = 196 – 192 = 4
hence a + b = –7
 x – y = 2  |x – y| = 2
29. Answer (2) 33. Answer (4)
If variate varries from a to b then variance
357ab
Mean   5  a  b  10
ba
2 5
var( x )   
 2  3 2  5 2  72  a 2  b 2
 5  4
2
Variance 
2
5
 10  0   a2 + b2 = 62
 var( x )   
 2 
 (a + b)2 – 2ab = 62
 var(x) < 25  ab = 19
 standard deviation < 5 So a and b are the roots of the equation
Clearly standard deviation cann’t be 6. x2 – 10x + 19 = 0
 Standard deviation =
 xi –
 xi   11
11 
N  N   bi2
  bi
Variance  i 1   i 1


 
11  11 
2
  xi  a     xi  a  
2
= – 
N  N 
2
10  10 
  b1  rd     b1  rd  
2

  r 0 
2 r 0
na  n   
= –  11  11 
n n

= a 1
 10  11  2  10  11 21 
11 b12  2b1d  d  
35. Answer (18)
  2   6 
11
 xi2
 x
2
As 2 
N
2
 10  11 
2  11 b1  2 d 
12  22  ...n 2  n  n  1   
 10      11 
n  2n 

  b12  10b1 d  35d 2    b1  5d   10d 2

2
 n  1 2n  1  n  1 2
 10  
6 4  Variance = 90
Solving, n = 11  10d2 = 90
 d=3
22  42  ...  2m 
2
  m  1
2
Also, 16  38. Answer (4)
m

xi 15 25 35
2  m  1 2m  1
  m  1
2
 16  fi 2 x 2
3

 m2 = 49
 m=7 x
 fi xi 
30  70  25 x
 25
 m + n = 18
 fi 4x

36. Answer (54)

2  fi xi 2   x 2
x  y  64 Given   50 
8
 10  fi
 x + y = 16 …(1)
450  625 x  2450
 50   625
4 x
xi2
Also 25   100
8
2900  625 x
 675 
 xi2  1000 4x

x2 + y2 = 148 …(2)  50x = 200

From (1) & (2);  xy = 54  x=4
 fi
2
a2  b 2  c 2  a  b  c 
0.nC0  2.nC1  22.nC2    [Link] d2   
 n 3  3 
C0  nC1    nCn
For finding sum of numerator consider  9d2 = 3(a2 + b2 + c2) – 4b2
(1 + x)n = nC0 + nC1x + nC2x2 + … + nCnxn  b2 = 3(a2 + c2) – 9d2
…(1)
43. Answer (5)
Put x = 2  3n – 1 = 2.nC1 + 22.nC2 + … + [Link]
For sum of denominator 3n  20
x1  2, x2  3, x 
Put x = 1 in (1) n  10
2n = nC0 + nC1 + … nCn n2
    100
2 2
d12  x  x1  , d22  x  x 2 
2
n
3 1 728  n  10   n  10 2
   3n  729  n  6
2n 2n 17
12  2, 22  1, 2 
40. Answer (11) 9

9  k2  9  k 
2
n1  n2  2  n1  12  d12   n2  22  d22 
2  –   10
10  10 
10(k2 + 9) – (k2 + 18k + 81) < 1000    
17 n2   n  1  100 
9k2 – 18k + 9 < 1000 n  10    10  2 
9  n  10 2    n  10 2 

9(k – 1)2 < 1000
 10n2  100n 
10 10 10  3.162 n  10 17  20  n  9
| k – 1|   10.54
3 3  n  10 2 

–10.54 < k – 1 < 10.54 (8n – 10)(n+10)2 = 90n2 + 900n
–9.54 < k < 11.54 (8n – 10)(n2 + 20n + 100) = 90n2 + 900n
But k  N,  kmax = 11
1 (4n – 5)(n2 + 20n + 100) = 45n2 + 450n
2n3 + 15n2 – 75n – 250 = 0
41. Answer (4)
(n – 5)(n + 10)(2n + 5) = 0
18
n=5
  (xi  )2  90
i1 44. Answer (68)
18 18 Let x1,x2,............. x3n be the given numbers.
and  (xi  )   (xi  )  18     6·2n  3·n
i1 i1 x 5
3n
= 36 + 18 ( – )
So  xi2  xi2
4  25   29 .....(i)
2 2 3n 3n
Var  xi   Var  xi   
(xi  )  (xi  ) 
  Let yi = xi+1 for 1  i  2n
18  18
  and yi = xi–1 for 2n  1  i  3n
90 2  yi  xi  n 1 16
 1  2     So y    5 
18 3n 3n 3 3
 2    2  2n 
 yi2  16   xi2   xi
2 
     0,–4 Now k      2  i1 
3n  3  3n  3n 
  and are distinct, so     4  
 
  3n  9 i
 
  ...(i)
256 256 68 xi2fi 16  144  64  81
k  29  8  2  1   36   2  – ( x )2   42.8
9 9 9 fi 8
45. Answer (35)
x1 + x2 + ..... + x25 = 25 × 40 ...(i)  106 + 191 = 912 ...(ii)
Let age of new teacher is A from (i) and (ii),  = 5 and  = 2
then (x1 + x2 + .... + x25) – 60 + A = 25 × 39 8  24  35  18 17
Now, correct mean = 
 A = 975 + 60 – 1000 = 35 years 15 3
46. Answer (3) 50. Answer (4)

Old mean = 0
 xi xi2 2
n x  10   x   2.5
20
New mean = 0 + b = 5
 b=5 x i2 2
 10   6.25  x i2  20  106.25
20
Old S.D =
 (xi – x)2 
 a2 a = 2125
n n
New S.D = old S.D = a = 20 xi2(actual)  2125  252  352
a2 + b2 = 425
= 2125 + 600 = 2725
47. Answer (164)
x
C.I. xi fi xifi C.F. For x(actual)   10  x  200
n
10-20 15  15 
20-30 25 110 2750 110 + 
x(actual)  200  25  35  210
30-40 35 54 1890 164 + 
210
40-50 45 30 1350 194 +  x(actual)   10.5
20
50-60 55  55 194 +  + 
194++ 5990+15 +55 median class 2725 2
S.D.   10.5   136.25  110  5  26
20
  +  = 584 – 194
51. Answer (12)
  +  = 390 ...(1)
Numbers 3, 7, x, y
 194    292 
and median = 40   10  45 x  5, 2  10
 30 
  = 113 ...(2) 37 x y
5  x  y  10 ...(i)
So  = 277 4

48. Answer (3) 1

10  ((3)2  (7)2  ( x )2  ( y )2 ) – (5)2
n1 = 100, n2 = 150, 4
140 = 58 + x2 + y2  x2 + y2 = 82 ...(ii)
(n1  n2 )x  n1x1  n2 x2
(x + y)2 = x2 + y2 + 2xy  100 = 82 + 2xy
250  15.6  100  15  150  x2 xy = 9
x2  16 d12  ( x  x1 )2  0.36 9 9 x  1 or 9
y  x   10 
x x y  9 or 1
(n1  n2 )2  n1(12  d12 )  n2 (22  d22 )
Given x > y  x = 9, y = 1
250  13.44  100(9.36)  150 22  0.16   Now, 3 + 2x, 7 + 2y, x + y, x – y = 21, 9, 10, 8
21  9  10  8 48
x   12
22  16 4 4
 X old  8   X old  56 Class xi fi x ifi C.F.
Interval
0–6 3 a 3a a
2
 X old 6 – 12 9 b 9b a+b
 ( X old )2  16   X old
2
 560
7 12 – 18 15 12 180 12 + a + b Median
Class
18 – 24 21 9 189 21 + a + b
Sum of remaining 5 observation 24 – 30 27 5 135 26 + a + b
a+b+26 3a+9b+504
=  X  56  14  42

Sum of squares of 5 observation = 560 – 62 – 82

xi fi 3a  9b  504 309
x    81a  37b  1018
= 460 fi a  b  26 22

…(1)
2
460  42  536
Variance =   
5  5  25 ab
13   (a  b)
Median  12  2  6  14  a  b  18
12
53. Answer (2)
…(2)
Let the observations be 2, 4, 5, 7, x and y
From (1) and (2), a = 8 and b = 10
18  x  y
x  6.5  x  y  21 ...(i) 56. Answer (4)
6
6 + 10 + 7 + 13 + 12 + 12 + (a + b) = 72
22  4 2  5 2  7 2  x 2  y 2
and 2  – (6.5)2  10.25  a + b = 12
6

 x2 + y2 = 221 ...(ii) and

From (i) and (ii), we get a2  b2  36  100  49  169  144  144 37


8 4
(x, y) = (10, 11) or (11, 10)
a2 + b2 + 642 – 648 = 74
54. Answer (2)
a2 + b2 = 80
7  10  11  15  a  b  (a + b)2 = a2 + b2 + 2ab  2ab = 64
Given  10
6
(a – b)2 = a2 + b2 – 2ab = 16
 a + b = 17 ...(i)
57. Answer (25)
72  102  112  152  a2  b2 20 Sum of marks of boys  X B  240
&  102 
6 3
Total marks   X  750
4095  a2  b2 320

6 3 So, sum of marks of girls = 510   XG
 a2 + b2 = 145 ...(ii)
 X B2  XG2
 a2 + b2 + 2ab = 289   (12)2  2 and  ( XG )2  2
20 30
 2ab = 144
 X B2
(a – b)2 = 145 – 144  X B2  2920 and  (17)2  2
30
 (a – b) = 1
  X B2  XG2
(variance)overall =  ( X )2 observation
50
then a + b = 70
2920  8730
=  (15)2  8 750  b  a
50 and 16 
50
 = 17, 2 = 8
 a – b = 50  a = 60, b = 10
58. Answer (21)
50  229  602  102
 Correct variance =  256
(n  1) 50
n
Mean = 2  n 1
n 2 = 43
61. Answer (2)
 n 1 n  3 n  5 
2    ...0  456678x y
M.D. =  2 2 2   5(n  1) Mean = 6
8
n n
 x + y = 12 …(i)
 ((n – 1) + (n – 3) + (n – 5) + … 0) = 5(n + 1)
And variance
 n  1
   · (n – 1)  5(n  1) 22  12  02  02  12  22  ( x  6)2  ( y  6)2
 4  =
8
So, n = 21
9
59. Answer (1) =
4
a  b  8  5  10  (x – 6)2 + (y – 6)2 = 8 …(ii)
 x6 ab 7 …(i)
5 From (i) and (ii)
x = 4 and y = 8
2a2  b 2  82  52  102
And   – 62  6.8  x4 +y2 = 320
5
62. Answer (17)
 a2 + b2 = 25 …(ii)

From (i) and (ii) (a, b) = (3, 4) or (4, 3) xi2

 82  9  xi2  15  73  1095
15
Now mean deviation about mean
Let xc be corrected mean xc  9
1 12
M  (3  2  2  1  4) 
5 5 xc2  1095 – 25 + 400 = 1470

 25 M  60 1470 2
Correct variance    9   98  81  17
15
60. Answer (3)
63. Answer (0)
Given x  15,   2  2  4
According to given data
 x2 + x2 + …… + x50 = 15 × 50 = 750
7

x12  x22  ....  2

x50  ( xi  62)2
4  225 i 1
 20
50 7
 So, a cannot be natural number
So for any xi , (xi – 62)  140 2
 Number of values = 0
 xi > 50  i = 1, 2, 3, …7
66. Answer (238)
So no student is going to score less than 50.

64. Answer (2) 

 xi  30   xi  1200
40
5
 xi  24 …(i)  x 2i 2
i 1 2    30   25   x 2  37000
40 i

5 After omitting two wrong observations

 xi2 2
 24  194
i 1
5
–  
 5  25
 yi  1200  12  10  1178

 y i2  37000  144  100  36756

  xi2  1154 ...(ii)
2
2  y i2    y i 
4
Now  
 38 
 xi  14 38  
i 1

 x = 10 2
36756  1178  2
5 =    31
38  38 
4
 xi2 49 54 – 49 5
382 = 36756 – 36518 = 238
i 1
a –   67. Answer (2)
4 4 4 4
Let the observations be 2, 4, 5, 7, x and y
 x + 4a = 10 + 5 = 15
5
18  x  y
65. Answer (1) x  6.5  x  y  21 ...(i)
6
3  12  7  a  43  a
Mean =  13
5 22  4 2  5 2  7 2  x 2  y 2
and 2  – (6.5)2  10.25
6
Variance
 x2 + y2 = 221 ...(ii)
9  49  144  a2  (43  a )2 From (i) and (ii), we get
=  132  Natural number
5
(x, y) = (10, 11) or (11, 10)
68 Answer (4)

2a2  a  1 20 20
 Natural number
5 Given  xi  15   x i  300 …(1)
i 1 i 1
20
2a2 – a + 1 = 5n [n  N]
2a2 – a + 1 – 5n = 0 20
 xi2   x 
2 20

D = 1 – 4(1 – 5n)2
and
i 1
9   xi2  4680 …(2)
i 1
20
= 40n – 7
  xi 10
= 178 Given i 1
 15 …(1)   xi  150
i 1
10
20 20
 xi2  2 xi  20 2

 i 1 i 1
 178 10
20  xi2 10
and i 1 2
 15  15   xi2  2400
 4680 + 600 + 202 = 3560 10 i 1

 2 + 30 + 56 = 0
Replacing 25 by 15 we get
 2 + 28 + 2 + 56 = 0
 ( + 28)( + 2) = 0 9 9
 xi  25  150   xi  125
2 i 1 i 1
max = – 2  max  4.

69. Answer (4) 9

2k  12
 xi  15 125  15
k 6  Correct mean  i 1
  14
Median =
2 10 10

| xi  M |
Mean deviation =  6 2
n Similarly,  xi2  2400  252  1775
i 1

(k  3)  (k  1)  (k  1)  (6  k )  (6  k )
  (10  k )  (15  k )  (18  k ) 9

8  xi2  152
 correct variance  i 1
 142
10
58  2k
 6
8
1775  225
k = 5 =  142  4
10

2  5  12
Median =  11  correct S.D = 42
2
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