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MCQ 11 Mark
If the mean of the numbers $27 + x$, $31 + x$, $89 + x$, $107 + x,\,156 + x$ is $82,$ then the mean of $130 + x,\,126 + x,\,68 + x,\,50 + x,\,1 + x$ is
  • $75$
  • B
    $157$
  • C
    $82$
  • D
    $80$
Answer
Correct option: A.
$75$
a
(a) Given,

$82 = \frac{{(27 + x) + (31 + x) + (89 + x) + (107 + x) + (156 + x)}}{5}$

==> $82 \times 5 = 410 + 5x$ ==> $410 - 410 = 5x$

==> $x = 0$

Required mean is,

$\bar x = \frac{{130 + x + 126 + x + 68 + x + 50 + x + 1 + x}}{5}$

$\bar x = \frac{{375 + 5x}}{5}$

$ = \frac{{375 + 0}}{5}$$ = \frac{{375}}{5}$= $75.$

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MCQ 21 Mark
Consider the frequency distribution of the given numbersIf the mean is known to be $3$, then the value of $f$ is

Value :

$1$

$2$

$3$

$4$

Freq :

$5$

$4$

$6$

$f$

  • A
    $3$
  • B
    $7$
  • C
    $10$
  • $14$
Answer
Correct option: D.
$14$
d
(d) Mean = $\frac{{1 \times 5 + 2 \times 4 + 3 \times 6 + 4 \times f}}{{5 + 4 + 6 + f}}$

i.e., $3 = \frac{{5 + 8 + 18 + 4f}}{{15 + f}}$

==> $45 + 3f = 31 + 4f$

==> $45 - 31 = f$ ==> $f = 14$.

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MCQ 31 Mark
If the algebraic sum of deviations of $20$ observations from $30$ is $20$, then the mean of observations is
  • A
    $30$
  • B
    $30.1$
  • C
    $29$
  • $31$
Answer
Correct option: D.
$31$
d
(d) $\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{20} {({x_i} - 30) = 20} $

==> $\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{20} {{x_i} - 20 \times 30 = 20} $

==> $\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{20} {{x_i} = 620} $.

Mean = $\frac{{\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{20} {{x_i}} }}{{20}} $

$= \frac{{620}}{{20}} = 31$.

 

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MCQ 41 Mark
If the values $1,\,\frac{1}{2},\,\frac{1}{3},\,\frac{1}{4},\,\frac{1}{5},\,.....,\frac{1}{n}$ occur at frequencies $1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ….n$ in a distribution, then the mean is
  • A
    $1$
  • B
    $n$
  • C
    $\frac{1}{n}$
  • $\frac{2}{{n + 1}}$
Answer
Correct option: D.
$\frac{2}{{n + 1}}$
d
(d) Mean $ = \frac{{1.1 + \frac{1}{2}.2 + \frac{1}{3}.3 + \frac{1}{4}.4 + \frac{1}{5}.5 + ..... + \frac{1}{n}.n}}{{1 + 2 + 3 + ..... + n}}$

$ = \frac{{1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + ..... + 1}}{{\frac{{n(n + 1)}}{2}}}$

$ = \frac{n}{{\frac{{n(n + 1)}}{2}}} = \frac{2}{{n + 1}}$.

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MCQ 51 Mark
The number of observations in a group is $40$. If the average of first $10$ is $4.5$ and that of the remaining $30$ is $3.5$, then the average of the whole group is
  • A
    $\frac{1}{5}$
  • $\frac{{15}}{4}$
  • C
    $4$
  • D
    $8$
Answer
Correct option: B.
$\frac{{15}}{4}$
b
(b) $\frac{{{x_1} + {x_2} + ..... + {x_{10}}}}{{10}} = 4.5$

==> ${x_1} + {x_2} + ..... + {x_{10}} = 45$

$\frac{{{x_{11}} + {x_{12}} + ..... + {x_{40}}}}{{30}} = 3.5$

==> ${x_{11}} + {x_{12}} + ..... + {x_{40}} = 105$

${x_1} + {x_2} + ..... + {x_{40}} = 150$

$\frac{{{x_1} + {x_2} + ..... + {x_{40}}}}{{40}} $

$= \frac{{150}}{{40}}$$ = \frac{{15}}{4}$.

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MCQ 61 Mark
If the mean of the distribution is $2.6$, then the value of $y$ is

Variate $x$

$1$

$2$

$3$

$4$

$5$

Freq $f$ of $x$

$4$

$5$

$y$

$1$

$2$

  • A
    $24$
  • B
    $13$
  • $8$
  • D
    $3$
Answer
Correct option: C.
$8$
c
(c) We know that, Mean$ = \frac{{\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{f_i}{x_i}} }}{{\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{f_i}} }}$

i.e., $2.6 = \frac{{1 \times 4 + 2 \times 5 + 3 \times y + 4 \times 1 + 5 \times 2}}{{4 + 5 + y + 1 + 2}}$

or $31.2 + 2.6y = 28 + 3y$ or $0.4y = 3.2$

==> $y = 8$.

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MCQ 71 Mark
If the mean of the set of numbers ${x_1},\,{x_2},\,{x_3},\,.....,\,{x_n}$ is $\bar x$, then the mean of the numbers ${x_i} + 2i$, $1 \le i \le n$ is
  • A
    $\bar x + 2n$
  • $\bar x + n + 1$
  • C
    $\bar x + 2$
  • D
    $\bar x + n$
Answer
Correct option: B.
$\bar x + n + 1$
b
(b) We know that $\bar x = \frac{{\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{x_i}} }}{n}$ i.e., $\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{x_i}} = n\bar x$

$\frac{{\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {({x_i} + 2i)} }}{n} = \frac{{\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{x_i}} + 2\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n i }}{n} = \frac{{n\bar x + 2(1 + 2 + ...n)}}{n} = \frac{{n\bar x + 2\frac{{n(n + 1)}}{2}}}{n} = \bar x + (n + 1)$

$ = \frac{{n\bar x + 2\frac{{n(n + 1)}}{2}}}{n} = \bar x + n + 1$.

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MCQ 81 Mark
Mean of $100$ items is $49$. It was discovered that three items which should have been $60, 70, 80$ were wrongly read as $40, 20, 50$ respectively. The correct mean is
  • A
    $48$
  • B
    $82\frac{1}{2}$
  • $50$
  • D
    $80$
Answer
Correct option: C.
$50$
c
(c) Sum of 100 items $ = 49 \times 100 = 4900$

Sum of items added$ = 60 + 70 + 80 = 210$

Sum of items replaced$ = 40 + 20 + 50 = 110$

New sum $ = 4900 + 210 - 110 = 5000$

Correct mean$ = \frac{{5000}}{{100}} = 50$.

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MCQ 91 Mark
The mean of $5$ numbers is $18$. If one number is excluded, their mean becomes $16$. Then the excluded number is
  • A
    $18$
  • B
    $25$
  • $26$
  • D
    $30$
Answer
Correct option: C.
$26$
c
(c) Sum of total number = $18 × 5 = 90$

After one number excluded

Sum of total number = $16 × 4 = 64$

Then, excluded number is $90 -64 = 26.$

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MCQ 101 Mark
The mean weight per student in a group of seven students is $55\ kg$ If the individual weights of $6$ students are $52, 58, 55, 53, 56$ and $54$; then weights of the seventh student is.....$kg$
  • A
    $55$
  • B
    $60$
  • $57$
  • D
    $ 50$
Answer
Correct option: C.
$57$
c
(c) Total weight of $7$ students is = $55× 7 = 385\ kg$

Sum of weight of $6$ students

$= 52 + 58 + 55 + 53 + 56 + 54 = 328\ kg$

$\therefore $ Weight of seventh student = $385 -328 = 57\ kg.$

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MCQ 111 Mark
Mean of $100$ observations is $45$. It was later found that two observations $19$ and $31$ were incorrectly recorded as $91$ and $13$. The correct mean is...
  • A
    $44$
  • $44.46$
  • C
    $45$
  • D
    $45.54$
Answer
Correct option: B.
$44.46$
b
(b) Sum of $100$ items = $45×100 = 4500$

Sum of items added = $19 +31 = 50$

Sum of items replaced = $91+ 13 = 104$

New sum = $4500 - 104 + 50$ = $4446$

New mean$ = \frac{{4446}}{{100}}$ = $44.46$

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MCQ 121 Mark
The following data gives the distribution of height of studentsThe median of the distribution is

Height (in cm)

160

150

152

161

156

154

155

No of students

12

8

4

4

3

3

7

  • A
    $154$
  • $155$
  • C
    $160$
  • D
    $161$
Answer
Correct option: B.
$155$
b
(b)Arranging the data in ascending order of magnitude, we obtain

Height

(in cm)

$150$

$152$

$154$

$155$

$156$

$160$

$161$

Number of students

$8$

$4$

$3$

$7$

$3$

$12$

$4$

Cumulative frequency

$8$

$12$

$15$

$22$

$25$

$37$

$41$

 

Here, total number of items is $41$

$i.e.$, an odd number.

Hence, the median is $\frac{{41 + 1}}{2}^{th}$

$i.e.$, $21^{st}$ item.

From cumulative frequency table, we find that median

$i.e.$, $21^{st}$ item is $155$,

(All items from $16$ to $22^{nd}$ are equal, each $155$).

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MCQ 131 Mark
If a variable takes values $0, 1, 2, ….., n$ with frequencies ${q^n},\,\frac{n}{1}{q^{n - 1}}p,\,\frac{{n(n - 1)}}{{1.2}}{q^{n - 2}}{p^2},\,......,\,{p^n}$, where $p + q = 1$, then the mean is
  • $np$
  • B
    $nq$
  • C
    $n(p + q)$
  • D
    None of these
Answer
Correct option: A.
$np$
a
(a) The required mean is,

$\bar x = \frac{{0.{q^n} + 1.\frac{n}{1}{q^{n - 1}}p + 2.\frac{{(n)(n - 1)}}{{2!}}{q^{n - 2}}{p^2} + .....n.{p^n}}}{{{q^n} + \frac{n}{1}{q^{n - 1}}p + \frac{{n(n - 1)}}{2}{q^{n - 2}}{p^2} + ..... + {p^n}}}$

$ = \frac{{0.{^n}{C_0}{q^n}{p^0} + {{1.}^n}{C_1}\,{q^{n - 1}}p + ..... + n.{\,^n}{C_n}{q^0}{p^n}}}{{^n{C_0}{q^n}{p^0}{ + ^n}{C_1}{q^{n - 1}}{p^1} + .....{ + ^n}{C_n}{q^{n - n}}{p^n}}}$

$ = \frac{{\sum\limits_{r = 0}^n r {.^n}{C_r}{q^{n - r}}{p^r}}}{{\sum\limits_{r = 0}^n {^n{C_r}{q^{n - r}}{p^r}} }}$

$ = \frac{{\sum\limits_{r = 1}^n r .\frac{n}{r}\,{\,^{n - 1}}{C_{r - 1}}{q^{n - r}}.p.\,{p^{r - 1}}}}{{\sum\limits_{r = 0}^n {^n{C_r}{q^{n - r}}{p^r}} }}$

$ = \frac{{np\left( {\sum\limits_{r = 1}^n {^{n - 1}{C_{r - 1}}{p^{r - 1}}{q^{(n - 1) - (r - 1)}}} } \right)}}{{\sum\limits_{r = 0}^n {^n{C_r}{q^{n - r}}{p^r}} }}$

$ = \frac{{np{{(q + p)}^{n - 1}}}}{{{{(q + p)}^n}}} = np$, . $[\because q + p = 1]$

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MCQ 141 Mark
Compute the median from the following table 

Marks obtained

No. of students

$0-10$

$2$

$10-20$

$18$

$20-30$

$30$

$30-40$

$45$

$40-50$

$35$

$50-60$

$20$

$60-70$

$6$

$70-80$

$3$

  • $36.55$
  • B
    $35.55$
  • C
    $40.05$
  • D
    None of these
Answer
Correct option: A.
$36.55$
a
(a) 

Marks obtained

No. of students

Cumulative frequency

$0-10$

$2$

$2$

$10-20$

$18$

$20$

$20-30$

$30$

$50$

$30-40$

$45$

$95$

$40-50$

$35$

$130$

$50-60$

$20$

$150$

$60-70$

$6$

$156$

$70-80$

$3$

$159$

$n = \sum f = 159$. Here $n = 159$, which is odd

$\therefore $Median number$ = \frac{1}{2}(n + 1) = \frac{1}{2}(159 + 1) = 80$,

which is in the class $30-40$. (see the row of cumulative frequency $95$, which contains $80$).

Hence median class is $30-40$.

$\therefore$  We have,

$l$ = Lower limit of median class = $30$

$f$ = Frequency of median class = $45$

$C$ = Total of all frequencies preceding median class = $50$

$i$ = Width of class interval of median class = $10$

$\therefore$  Required median $ = l + \frac{{\frac{N}{2} - C}}{f} \times i$ $ = 30 + \frac{{\frac{{159}}{2} - 50}}{{45}} \times 10 = 30 + \frac{{295}}{{45}} = 36.55$.

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MCQ 151 Mark
$x_1,x_2........x_{34}$ are numbers such that $x_i = x_{i+1} = 150 \,\,\forall  i \in \,\,\{1,2,3,......9\}$ and $x_{i+1} -x_i + 2 = 0 \,\,\forall i \in \,\,\{10,11,12,......33\},$ then median of $x_1,x_2,......x_{34}$ is-
  • A
    $150$
  • B
    $140$
  • $135$
  • D
    $137$
Answer
Correct option: C.
$135$
c
$34$ terms so mean of $17^{\text {th }}$ and $18^{\text {th }}$ term is median

$\mathrm{x}_{10+\mathrm{n}}=148+(\mathrm{n}-1)(-2)=\mathrm{x}_{17}=136, \mathrm{x}_{18}=134$

hence median $=135$

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MCQ 161 Mark
The following data gives the distribution of height of students

Height (in $cm$) $160$ $150$ $152$ $161$ $156$ $154$ $155$
No of students $12$ $8$ $4$ $4$ $3$ $3$ $7$

The median of the distribution is

  • A
    $154$
  • $155$
  • C
    $160$
  • D
    $161$
Answer
Correct option: B.
$155$
b
Arranging the data in ascending order of magnitude, we obtain

Height(in cm) $150$ $152$ $154$ $155$ $156$ $160$ $161$
No of students $8$ $4$ $3$ $7$ $3$ $12$ $4$
Cf $8$ $12$ $12$ $22$ $25$ $37$ $41$

Here, total number of items is $41$ i.e., an odd number.

Hence, the median is $\frac{41+1}{2}$ th i.e., $21^{\text {st }}$ item.

From cumulative frequency table, we find that median

i.e., $21^{\text {st }}$ item is $155,$

(All items from $16$ to $22^{\text {nd }}$ are equal, each $155$ ).

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MCQ 171 Mark
Find median for the following distribution :-
Class                                     Frequency
$10-20$                                  $180$
$20-30$                                  $82$
$30-40$                                  $34$
$40-50$                                  $180$
$50-60$                                  $136$
$60-70$                                  $23$
$70-80$                                  $50$
  • $42.6$
  • B
    $43$
  • C
    $43.6$
  • D
    None of these
Answer
Correct option: A.
$42.6$
a
Interval $f$ $c.f.$
$10-20$ $180$ $180$
$20-30$ $82$ $262$
$30-40$ $34$ $296$
$40-50$ $180$ $476$
$50-60$ $136$ $612$
$60-70$ $23$ $635$
$70-80$ $50$ $685$

$\frac{685}{2}=342.5$

$40+\frac{342.5-296}{180} \times 10$

$40+\frac{46.5}{18}=40+2.8=42.6$

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MCQ 181 Mark
The mean of $10$ terms is $3$ . If the first term is increased by $1$ , second by $2$ and so on, then the new mean is
  • A
    $4$
  • $\frac{{17}}{2}$
  • C
    $8$
  • D
    $\frac{{11}}{2}$
Answer
Correct option: B.
$\frac{{17}}{2}$
b
New mean

$=\frac{\mathrm{x}_{1}+1+\mathrm{x}_{2}+2+\mathrm{x}_{3}+3+\mathrm{x}_{4}+4+\ldots+\mathrm{x}_{10}+10}{10}$

$=\frac{\sum x_{i}+\frac{10 \times 11}{2}}{10}=3+\frac{11}{2}=\frac{17}{2}$

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MCQ 191 Mark
In a given frequency distribution, the respective values of mean and median are $21$ and $22$ . The value of mode is
  • A
    $21.5$
  • B
    $22$
  • C
    $23.5$
  • $24$
Answer
Correct option: D.
$24$
d
Mode $= 3$ median $- 2$ mean
$= 66 - 42 = 24$
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MCQ 201 Mark
The mean deviation of the numbers $3, 4, 5, 6, 7$ is
  • A
    $0$
  • $1.2$
  • C
    $5$
  • D
    $25$
Answer
Correct option: B.
$1.2$
b
(b) $A.M.$ = $\frac{{3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7}}{5} = 5$

 Mean deviation$ = \frac{{\Sigma |{x_i} - \bar x|}}{n}$

$ = \frac{{|3 - 5| + |4 - 5| + |5 - 5| + |6 - 5| + |7 - 5|}}{5}$

$ = \frac{{2 + 1 + 0 + 1 + 2}}{5}$$ = \frac{6}{5} = 1.2$.

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MCQ 211 Mark
In a series of $3n$ observations, if $n$ observations are equal $a$ and remaining observations are equal $-2a$, then the mean deviation of observations about their mean will be:-
  • A
    $0$
  • B
    $\frac{a}{3}$
  • $\frac{4a}{3}$
  • D
    $4a$
Answer
Correct option: C.
$\frac{4a}{3}$
c
Here, given observatios are $a, a$ $\ldots \ldots$ $n$ times, $-$ $2 a,-2 a \ldots 2 n$ times

No. of observations $=3 \mathrm{n}$

mean $(\bar X) = \frac{{n \times a + 2n \times ( - 2a)}}{{3n}} =  - a$

$\therefore $ Mean deviation about mean $ = \frac{{\Sigma \left| {{{\rm{x}}_1} - {\rm{\bar x}}} \right|}}{{3{\rm{n}}}}$

$\frac{\mathrm{n} \times 2 \mathrm{a}+2 \mathrm{n} \times \mathrm{a}}{3 \mathrm{n}}=\frac{4 \mathrm{a}}{3}$

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MCQ 221 Mark
If mean deviations about median of $x$ , $2x$ , $3x$ , $4x$ , $5x$ , $6x$ , $7x$ , $8x$ , $9x$ , $10x$  is $30$ , then $|x|$ equals 
  • $12$
  • B
    $11$
  • C
    $10$
  • D
    $9$
Answer
Correct option: A.
$12$
a
Median is $(5.5 \mathrm{x})=\mathrm{a}$

Mean deviation $=\frac{\sum\left|\mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}-\mathrm{a}\right|}{10}=30$

$\frac{2(4.5 x+3.5 x+2.5 x+1.5 x+.5 x)}{10}=30$

$\frac{2(12.5)|\mathrm{x}|}{10}=30$

$|x|=12$

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MCQ 231 Mark
The $S.D.$ of $5$ scores $1, 2, 3, 4, 5$ is
  • A
    $\frac{2}{5}$
  • B
    $\frac{3}{5}$
  • $\sqrt 2 $
  • D
    $\sqrt 3 $
Answer
Correct option: C.
$\sqrt 2 $
c
(c) Mean $\bar x = \frac{{1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5}}{5} = 3$

$S.D.$ = $\sigma $ = $\sqrt {\frac{1}{n}\sum {x_i^2 - (\bar x} {)^2}} $

=$\sqrt {\frac{1}{5}(1 + 4 + 9 + 16 + 25) - 9} $=$\sqrt {11 - 9} = \sqrt 2 $.

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MCQ 241 Mark
The variance of the data $2, 4, 6, 8, 10$ is
  • A
    $6$
  • B
    $7$
  • $8$
  • D
    None of these
Answer
Correct option: C.
$8$
c
(c) Here, $\bar x = \frac{{2 + 4 + 6 + 8 + 10}}{5} = 6$

Hence, variance = $\frac{1}{n}\Sigma {({x_i} - \overline x )^2}$

$ = \frac{1}{5}\{ {(2 - 6)^2} + {(4 - 6)^2} + {(6 - 6)^2} + {(8 - 6)^2} + {(10 - 6)^2}\} $

$ = \frac{1}{5}\left\{ {(16 + 4 + 0 + 4 + 16} \right\}$$ = \frac{1}{5}\left\{ {40} \right\}$ $ = 8$.

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MCQ 251 Mark
If the standard deviation of $0, 1, 2, 3, …..,9$ is $K$, then the standard deviation of $10, 11, 12, 13 …..19$ is
  • $K$
  • B
    $K + 10$
  • C
    $K + \sqrt {10} $
  • D
    $10\ K$
Answer
Correct option: A.
$K$
a
As the standard deviation only depend upon total no of values and the difference between mean and each value,

Both sequence have same standard deviation.

Note:

If $1^{\text {st }}$ sequence is $x _{ i }$ and $2^{\text {nd }}$ sequence is $y _{ i }$,

$y _{ i }=10+ x _{ i } \Rightarrow \overline{ y }=10+\overline{ x }$

So, $\overline{ y }- y _{ i }=\overline{ x }- x _{ i }$

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MCQ 261 Mark
The variance of the first $n$ natural numbers is
  • $\frac{{{n^2} - 1}}{{12}}$
  • B
    $\frac{{{n^2} - 1}}{6}$
  • C
    $\frac{{{n^2} + 1}}{6}$
  • D
    $\frac{{{n^2} + 1}}{{12}}$
Answer
Correct option: A.
$\frac{{{n^2} - 1}}{{12}}$
a
(a) Variance $ = {({\rm{S}}{\rm{.D}}{\rm{.}})^2}$$ = \frac{1}{n}\Sigma {x^2} - {\left( {\frac{{\Sigma x}}{n}} \right)^2}$,$\left( {\because \;\;\bar x = \frac{{\Sigma x}}{n}} \right)$

$ = \frac{{n(n + 1)\;(2n + 1)}}{{6n}} - {\left( {\frac{{n(n + 1)}}{{2n}}} \right)^2} $

$= \frac{{{n^2} - 1}}{{12}}$.

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MCQ 271 Mark
The mean and $S.D.$ of $1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6$ is
  • $\frac{7}{2},\,\sqrt {\frac{{35}}{{12}}} $
  • B
    $3, 3$
  • C
    $\frac{7}{2},\,\sqrt 3 $
  • D
    $3,\,\frac{{35}}{{12}}$
Answer
Correct option: A.
$\frac{7}{2},\,\sqrt {\frac{{35}}{{12}}} $
a
(a) Mean $\bar x = \frac{{1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6}}{6}$

$ = \frac{{21}}{6} = \frac{7}{2}$

$S.D.$ $ = \sigma = \sqrt {\frac{1}{n}\Sigma x_i^2 - {{(\bar x)}^2}} $

$ = \sqrt {\frac{1}{6}(1 + 4 + 9 + 16 + 25 + 36) - \frac{{49}}{4}} $

$ = \sqrt {\frac{{91}}{6} - \frac{{49}}{4}} $

$ = \sqrt {\frac{{182 - 147}}{{12}}} $

$ = \sqrt {\frac{{35}}{{12}}} $.

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MCQ 281 Mark
The means of five observations is $4$ and their variance is $5.2$. If three of these observations are $1, 2$ and $6$, then the other two are
  • A
    $2$ and $9$
  • B
    $3$ and $8$
  • $4$ and $7$
  • D
    $5$ and $6$
Answer
Correct option: C.
$4$ and $7$
c
(c) Let the two unknown items be $x$ and $y$, then

Mean $ = 4 \Rightarrow \frac{{1 + 2 + 6 + x + y}}{5} = 4$

==> $x + y = 11$ .....$(i)$

and variance = $5. 2$

==> $\frac{{{1^2} + {2^2} + {6^2} + {x^2} + {y^2}}}{5} - {({\rm{mean}})^2} = 5.2$

$41 + {x^2} + {y^2} = 5[5.2 + {(4)^2}]$

$41 + {x^2} + {y^2} = 106$

${x^2} + {y^2} = 65$.....$(ii)$

Solving $(i)$ and $(ii)$ for $x$ and $y$, we get

$x = 4,y = 7$ or $x = 7,y = 4$.

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MCQ 291 Mark
The variance of $\alpha$, $\beta$ and $\gamma$ is $9$, then variance of $5$$\alpha$, $5$$\beta$ and $5$$\gamma$ is
  • A
    $45$
  • B
    $9\over5$
  • C
    $5\over9$
  • $225$
Answer
Correct option: D.
$225$
d
(d) When each item of a data is multiplied by $\lambda $, variance is multiplied by ${\lambda ^2}$.

Hence, new variance $ = {5^2} \times 9$$ = 225$.

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MCQ 301 Mark
What is the standard deviation of the following series

class

0-10

10-20

20-30

30-40

Freq

1

3

4

2

  • A
    $81$
  • B
    $7.6$
  • $9$
  • D
    $2.26$
Answer
Correct option: C.
$9$
c
(c)

$Class$

$f_i$

$y_i$

$d = {y_i} - A$

$A = 25$

$f_id_i$

$f_id_i^2$

$0-10$

$1$

$5$

$-20$

$-20$

$400$

$10-20$

$3$

$15$

$-10$

$-30$

$300$

$20-30$

$4$

$25$

$0$

$0$

$0$

$30-40$

$2$

$35$

$10$

$20$

$200$

$Total$

$10$

 

 

$-30$

$900$

 

${\sigma ^2} = \frac{{\sum {f_i}d_i^2}}{{\sum {f_i}}} - {\left( {\frac{{\sum {f_i}{d_i}}}{{\sum {f_i}}}} \right)^2}$

$= \frac{{900}}{{10}} - {\left( {\frac{{ - 30}}{{10}}} \right)^2}$

${\sigma ^2} = 90 - 9 = 81$

==> $\sigma$ = $9$.

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MCQ 311 Mark
The mean and $S.D.$ of the marks of $200$ candidates were found to be $40$ and $15$ respectively. Later, it was discovered that a score of $40$ was wrongly read as $50$. The correct mean and $S.D.$ respectively are...
  • A
    $14.98, 39.95$
  • $39.95, 14.98$
  • C
    $39.95, 224.5$
  • D
    None of these
Answer
Correct option: B.
$39.95, 14.98$
b
(b) Corrected $\Sigma x = 40 \times 200 - 50 + 40 = 7990$

Corrected $\bar x = 7990/200$$ = 39.95$

Incorrect $\Sigma {x^2} = n\,[{\sigma ^2} + {\bar x^2}] = 200[{15^2} + {40^2}] = 365000$

Correct $\Sigma {x^2} = 365000 - 2500 + 1600$$ = 364100$

Corrected $\sigma = \sqrt {\frac{{364100}}{{200}} - {{(39.95)}^2}} $

$ = \sqrt {(1820.5 - 1596)} $$ = \sqrt {224.5} = 14.98$.

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MCQ 321 Mark
One set containing five numbers has mean $8$ and variance $18$ and the second set containing $3$ numbers has mean $8$ and variance $24$. Then the variance of the combined set of numbers is
  • A
    $42$
  • $20.25$
  • C
    $18$
  • D
    None of these
Answer
Correct option: B.
$20.25$
b
(b) Here ${n_1} = 5$, ${\bar x_1} = 8$, $\sigma _1^2 = 18$, ${n_2} = 3$ ${\bar x_2} = 8$, $\sigma _2^2 = 24$

$\bar x = $ combined mean $ = \frac{{5 \times 8 + 3 \times 8}}{{5 + 3}}$ $ = \frac{{64}}{8} = 8$

Combined variance $ = \frac{{{n_1}(\sigma _1^2 + D_1^2) + {n_2}(\sigma _2^2 + D_2^2)}}{{{n_1} + {n_2}}}$,

where ${D_1} = {\bar x_1} - \bar x$, ${D_2} = {\bar x_2} - \bar x$

Now, ${D_1} = 8 - 8;\,\,{D_2} = 8 - 8 = 0$

Combined variance $ = \frac{{5(18) + 3(24)}}{{5 + 3}}$ $ = \frac{{90 + 72}}{8}$ $ = \frac{{162}}{8}$ = $20.25$.

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MCQ 331 Mark
The mean of $5$ observations is $4.4$ and their variance is $8.24$. If three observations are $1, 2$ and $6$, the other two observations are
  • A
    $4$ and $8$
  • $4$ and $9$
  • C
    $5$ and $7$
  • D
    $5$ and $9$
Answer
Correct option: B.
$4$ and $9$
b
(b) Let the two unknown items be $x$ and $y$.

Then, mean $ = 4.4 \Rightarrow \frac{{1 + 2 + 6 + x + y}}{5} = 4.4$

==> $x + y = 13$.....$(i)$

and variance $= 8.24$

==> $\frac{{{1^2} + {2^2} + {6^2} + {x^2} + {y^2}}}{5}$ -${({\rm{mean}})^2} = 8.24$

==> $41 + {x^2} + {y^2} = 5\,\{ {(4.4)^2} + 8.24\} $

==> ${x^2} + {y^2} = 97$.....$(ii)$

Solving $(i)$ and $(ii)$ for $x$ and $y$, we get

$x = 9,\,\,y = 4$ or $x = 4,y = 9$.

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MCQ 341 Mark
What is the standard deviation of the following series

class $0-10$ $10-20$ $20-30$ $30-40$
Freq $1$ $3$ $4$ $2$

 

  • A
    $81$
  • B
    $7.6$
  • $9$
  • D
    $2.26$
Answer
Correct option: C.
$9$
c
Class $f$ ${y_i}$

$d = {y_i} - A,$

$A = 25$

${f_i}{d_i}$ ${f_i}d_i^2$
$0-10$ $1$ $5$ $-20$ $-20$ $400$
$10-20$ $3$ $15$ $-10$ $-30$ $300$
$20-30$ $4$ $25$ $0$ $0$ $0$
$30-40$ $2$ $35$ $10$ $20$ $200$
Total $10$     $-30$ $900$

${\sigma ^2} = \frac{{\sum {{f_i}} d_i^2}}{{\sum {{f_i}} }} - {\left( {\frac{{\sum {{f_i}} {d_i}}}{{\sum {{f_i}} }}} \right)^2}$

$=\frac{900}{10}-\left(\frac{-30}{10}\right)^{2}$

$\sigma^{2}=90-9=81 $

$\Rightarrow \sigma=9$

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MCQ 351 Mark
The variance of $10$ observations is $16$. If each observation is doubled, then standard deviation of new data will be -
  • A
    $16$
  • B
    $32$
  • $8$
  • D
    $4$
Answer
Correct option: C.
$8$
c
$\operatorname{Var}\left(a x_{i}+b\right)=a^{2} \operatorname{var}\left(x_{i}\right)$

Variance on doubling each observation

$=2^{2} \times 16=64$

Std. deviation $=\sqrt{\operatorname{var}}=8$

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MCQ 361 Mark
Mean and variance of a set of $6$ terms is $11$ and $24$ respectively and the mean and variance of another set of $3$ terms is $14$ and $36$ respectively. Then variance of all $9$ terms is equal to
  • A
    $40$
  • $30$
  • C
    $50$
  • D
    $35$
Answer
Correct option: B.
$30$
b
$\sigma^{2}=\frac{n_{1} \sigma_{1}^{2}+n_{2} \sigma_{2}^{2}}{n_{1}+n_{2}}+\frac{n_{1} n_{2}}{\left(n_{1}+n_{2}\right)^{2}}\left(\bar{x}_{1}-\bar{x}_{2}\right)^{2}$

$\sigma^{2}=\frac{6 \times 24+3 \times 36}{6+3}+\frac{6 \times 3}{(6+3)^{2}}(11-14)^{2}$

$\sigma^{2}=\frac{144+108}{9}+\frac{18}{81} \times 9=28+2=30$

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MCQ 371 Mark
The varience of data $1001, 1003, 1006, 1007, 1009, 1010$ is -
  • $10$
  • B
    $15$
  • C
    $20$
  • D
    $50$
Answer
Correct option: A.
$10$
a
Varience remains unchanged on subtraction

varience $=\frac{1^{2}+3^{2}+6^{2}+7^{2}+9^{2}+10^{2}}{6}-\left(\frac{1+3+6+7+9+10}{6}\right)^{2}$

$=10$

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MCQ 381 Mark
The variance of $20$ observation is $5$ . If each observation is multiplied by $2$ , then the new variance of the resulting observations, is 
  • A
    $5$
  • B
    $10$
  • $20$
  • D
    $40$
Answer
Correct option: C.
$20$
c
$\frac{1}{{20}}\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{20} {{{\left( {{x_i} - \bar x} \right)}^2} = 5} $

$\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{20} {{{\left( {{x_i} - \bar x} \right)}^2} = 100} $

new observations are $2 \mathrm{x}_{1}, 2 \mathrm{x}_{2}, \ldots \ldots, 2 \mathrm{x}_{20}$

Their mean $=\overline{\mathrm{x}}_{1}=\frac{2\left(\mathrm{x}_{1}+\mathrm{x}_{2}+\ldots+\mathrm{x}_{20}\right)}{20}=2 \overline{\mathrm{x}}$

Now, variance$ = \frac{1}{{20}}\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{20} {{{\left( {2{x_i} - 2\bar x} \right)}^2}} $

$ = \frac{1}{{20}} \times 4\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{20} {{{\left( {{x_i} - \bar x} \right)}^2}} $

$ = \frac{1}{{20}} \times 4 \times 100 = 20$

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MCQ 391 Mark
The average marks of $10$ students in a class was $60$ with a standard deviation $4$, while the average marks of other ten students was $40$ with a standard deviation $6$. If all the $20$ students are taken together, their standard deviation will be
  • A
    $5$
  • B
    $7.5$
  • C
    $9.8$
  • $11.2$
Answer
Correct option: D.
$11.2$
d
$\mathrm{n}_{1}=10, \mathrm{n}_{2}=10$

average $\mathrm{m}_{1}=60, \mathrm{m}_{2}=40$

$\sigma_{1}=4, \sigma_{2}=6$

Standard deviation of combined series

$\sigma=\sqrt{\frac{n_{1} \sigma_{1}^{2}+n_{2} \sigma_{2}^{2}}{n_{1}+n_{2}}+\frac{n_{1} n_{2}\left(m_{1}-m_{2}\right)^{2}}{\left(n_{1}+n_{2}\right)^{2}}}$

$=\sqrt{\frac{10 \times 16+10 \times 36}{10+10}+\frac{10 \times 10(60-40)^{2}}{(10+10)^{2}}}$

$=\sqrt{8+18+100}=\sqrt{126}=11.2$

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MCQ 401 Mark
A student obtain $75\%, 80\%$ and $85\%$ in three subjects. If the marks of another subject are added, then his average cannot be less than.....$\%$
  • $60$
  • B
    $65$
  • C
    $80$
  • D
    $90$
Answer
Correct option: A.
$60$
a
(a) Marks obtained from $3$ subjects out of $300$

= $75 + 80 + 85$= $240$

If the marks of another subjected is added, then the marks will be $ \ge $ $240$ out of $400$

Minimum average marks $ = \frac{{240}}{4} = 60\% $,

[When marks in the fourth subject = $0$].

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MCQ 411 Mark
The mean age of a combined group of men and women is $30$ years. If the means of the age of men and women are respectively $32$ and $27$, then the percentage of women in the group is
  • A
    $30$
  • $40$
  • C
    $50$
  • D
    $60$
Answer
Correct option: B.
$40$
b
(b) The formula for combined mean is $\bar x = \frac{{{n_1}{{\bar x}_1} + {n_2}{{\bar x}_2}}}{{{n_1} + {n_2}}}$

Given, $\bar x = 30$, ${\bar x_1} = 32$, $\overline {{x_2}} = 27$

Let ${n_1} + {n_2} = 100$ and ${n_1}$ denotes men, ${n_2}$ denotes women for this ${n_2} = 100 - {n_1}$

$30 = \frac{{32{n_1} + (100 - {n_1})27}}{{100}}$

==> $30 = \frac{{32{n_1} + 2700 - 27{n_1}}}{{100}}$

==> $3000 - 2700 = 32{n_1} - 27{n_1}$

==>$300 = 5{n_1}$ ==>${n_1} = 60$

So, ${n_2} = 40$

Hence, the percentage of women in the group is $40$.

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MCQ 421 Mark
An automobile driver travels from plane to a hill station $120\ km$ distant at an average speed of $30\ km$ per hour. He then makes the return trip at an average speed of $25\ km$ per hour. He covers another $120\ km$ distance on plane at an average speed of $50\ km$ per hour. His average speed over the entire distance of $360\ km$ will be
  • A
    $\frac{{30 + 25 + 50}}{3}$ $km/hr$
  • B
    ${(30,\,25,\,50)^{\frac{1}{3}}}$ $km/hr$
  • $\frac{3}{{\frac{1}{{30}} + \frac{1}{{25}} + \frac{1}{{50}}}}$ $km/hr$
  • D
    None of these
Answer
Correct option: C.
$\frac{3}{{\frac{1}{{30}} + \frac{1}{{25}} + \frac{1}{{50}}}}$ $km/hr$
c
(c) Average speed $ = $$\frac{{120 + 120 + 120}}{{\frac{{120}}{{30}} + \frac{{120}}{{25}} + \frac{{120}}{{50}}}}$

$ = \frac{3}{{\frac{1}{{30}} + \frac{1}{{25}} + \frac{1}{{50}}}} \ km/hr$.

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MCQ 431 Mark
The average weight of students in a class of $35$ students is $40\ kg$. If the weight of the teacher be included, the average rises by $\frac{1}{2}$ $kg$; the weight of the teacher is.....$kg$
  • A
    $40.5$
  • B
    $50$
  • C
    $41$
  • $58$
Answer
Correct option: D.
$58$
d
(d) Let the weight of the teacher is $w$ $kg$ , then

$40 + \frac{1}{2} = \frac{{35 \times 40 + w}}{{35 + 1}}$

==> $36 \times 40 + 36 \times \frac{1}{2} = 35 \times 40 + w$

==> $w = 58$

Weight of the teacher = $58\ kg$.

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MCQ 441 Mark
A school has four sections of chemistry in class $XII$ having $40, 35, 45$ and $42$ students. The mean marks obtained in chemistry test are $50, 60, 55$ and $45$ respectively for the four sections, the over all average of marks per students is
  • A
    $53$
  • B
    $45$
  • C
    $55.3$
  • $52. 25$
Answer
Correct option: D.
$52. 25$
d
(d) Total number of students = $40 + 35 + 45 + 42$ = $162$

Total marks obtained

$= (40 × 50) + (35 × 60) + (45 × 55) + (42 × 45)$

$= 8465$

Overall average of marks per students ,

$ = \frac{{8465}}{{162}} = 52.25$.

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MCQ 451 Mark
The mean monthly salary of the employees in a certain factory is Rs. $500$. The mean monthly salaries of male and female employees are respectively Rs. $510$ and Rs. $460$. The percentage of male employees in the factory is
  • A
    $60$
  • B
    $70$
  • $80$
  • D
    $90$
Answer
Correct option: C.
$80$
c
(c) The formula for combined mean is $\bar x = \frac{{{n_1}{{\bar x}_1} + {n_2}{{\bar x}_2}}}{{{n_1} + {n_2}}}$

Given, $\bar x = 500$,${\bar x_1} = 510$,${\bar x_2} = 460$

Let ${n_1} + {n_2} = 100$ and ${n_1}$ denotes male, ${n_2}$ denotes female for this ${n_2} = 100 - {n_1}$

$500 = \frac{{510{n_1} + (100 - {n_1})460}}{{100}}$

==> $50000{\rm{ }} = 510{n_1} + 46000 - 460{n_1}$

==> $50000{\rm{ }} - 46000 = 50{n_1}$

==> $4000 = 50{n_1}$

==> ${n_1} = \frac{{4000}}{{50}} = 80$.

Hence, the percentage of male employees in the factory is $80$.

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MCQ 461 Mark
A car completes the first half of its journey with a velocity ${v_1}$ and the rest half with a velocity ${v_2}$. Then the average velocity of the car for the whole journey is 
  • A
    $\frac{{{v_1} + {v_2}}}{2}$
  • B
    $\sqrt {{v_1}{v_2}} $
  • $\frac{{2{v_1}{v_2}}}{{{v_1} + {v_2}}}$
  • D
    None of these
Answer
Correct option: C.
$\frac{{2{v_1}{v_2}}}{{{v_1} + {v_2}}}$
c
(c) Vav$ = \frac{{{\rm{Total}}\,{\rm{distance}}}}{{{\rm{Total time taken }}}}$

Time taken for first half journey is, ${t_1} = (d/{v_1})$ and time taken for rest half journey is, ${t_2} = (d/{v_2})$

$\therefore$ ${V_{av}} = \frac{{2d}}{{(d/{v_1}) + (d/{v_2})}}$$ = \frac{{2{v_1}{v_2}}}{{{v_1} + {v_2}}}$.

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MCQ 471 Mark
Let $x_1, x_2, \ldots, x_{11}$ be 11 distinct positive integers. If we replace the largest of these integers by the median of the other $10$ integers, then
  • A
    the median remains the same
  • B
    the mean increases
  • the median decreases
  • D
    the mean remains the same
Answer
Correct option: C.
the median decreases
c
(c)

Let the given $11$ distinct positive integers are in increasing order

$x_1, x_2, x_3, x_4, x_5, x_6, x_7, x_8, x_9, x_{10}, x_{11}$, so $x_{11}$ is largest of these integers and the median is $x_6$.

Now, median of first $10$ numbers is

$\frac{x_6+x_6}{2}=m$ (Let)

Now, we have to replace largest number $x_{11}$ by $m$ and then increasing order will be

$x_1, x_2, x_3, x_4, x_5, m, x_6, x_7, x_8, x_9, x_{10}$

$m < x_6$ as $x_5 < \frac{x_5+x_6}{2} < x_6$

So, median decreases.

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MCQ 481 Mark
A $100$ mark examination was administered to a class of $50$ students. Despite only integer marks being given, the average score of the class was $47.5$. Then, the maximum number of students who could get marks more than the class average is
  • A
    $25$
  • B
    $35$
  • C
    $45$
  • $49$
Answer
Correct option: D.
$49$
d
(d)

Total number of students $=50$

Average marks of student $=47.5$

$\therefore$ Total marks of students

$=50 \times 47.5=2375$

Now, the student get integer marks Hence, the maximum number of students we will divide total mark by $48$.

$\frac{2375}{48}=49$

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MCQ 491 Mark
The median of all $4-$digit numbers that are divisible by $7$ is
  • A
    $5797$
  • $5498.5$
  • C
    $5499.5$
  • D
    $5490$
Answer
Correct option: B.
$5498.5$
b
(b)

Four digits number which is divisible by $7$ are $1001,1008,1015, \ldots .$ $9996 .$

Hence, total number of such numbers $=1286$

$Median=\frac{\left(\frac{N}{2}\right)^{\text {th }} observatio+\left(\frac{N}{2}+1\right)^{\text {th }}\,observation}{2}$

$Median=\frac{\left(\frac{1286}{2}\right)^{\text {th }}\,observation+\left(\frac{N}{2}+1\right)^{\text {th }}\,observation}{2}$

$=\frac{643^{th}+644^{th}}{2}$

$=\frac{(1001+(642)7)+(1001)+(643)7)}{2}$

$=\frac{2(1001)+7(642+643)}{2}$

$=\frac{2(1001)+7(1285)}{2}$

$=1001+4497.5=5498.5$

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MCQ 501 Mark
The average incomes of the people in two villages are $P$ and $Q$, respectively. Assume that $P \neq Q$. A person moves from the first village to the second village. The new average incomes are $P^{\prime}$ and $Q$, respectively. Which of the following is not possible?
  • A
    $P^{\prime}>P$ and $Q^{\prime}>Q$
  • B
    $P^{\prime}>P$ and $Q^{\prime} < Q$
  • $P^{\prime}=P$ and $Q^{\prime}=Q$
  • D
    $P^{\prime} < P$ and $Q^{\prime} < Q$
Answer
Correct option: C.
$P^{\prime}=P$ and $Q^{\prime}=Q$
c
$(c)$ Let the number of people in two villages are $x$ and $y$ respectively.

Given, average income of $x$ people $=P$ and average income of $y$ people $=Q$

$\therefore$ Total income of people in two villages are $P_x$ and $Q_y$ respectively.

One person moves from first village to second village.

Then, number of people in first village

$=x-1$ and second village $=y+1$.

Average income $=P^{\prime}$ and $Q^{\prime}$

$\therefore$ Total income $=P^{\prime}(x-1)$ and $Q^{\prime}(y+1)$

Total income in both cases are same

$\therefore P x+Q y=P^{\prime}(x-1)+Q^{\prime}(y+1)$

$\Rightarrow P x-P^{\prime}(x-1)=Q^{\prime}(y+1)-Q y$

$\Rightarrow x\left(P-P^{\prime}\right)+P^{\prime}=y\left(Q^{\prime}-Q\right)+Q^{\prime}$

$\therefore P^{\prime} \neq P$ and $Q^{\prime} \neq Q$

Hence, option $(c)$ is correct.

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MCQ 511 Mark
Let $n \geq 3$. A list of numbers $x_1, x, \ldots, x_n$ has mean $\mu$ and standard deviation $\sigma$. A new list of numbers $y_1, y_2, \ldots, y_n$ is made as follows $y_1=\frac{x_1+x_2}{2}, y_2=\frac{x_1+x_2}{2}$ and $y_j=x_j$ for $j=3,4, \ldots, n$.

The mean and the standard deviation of the new list are $\hat{\mu}$ and $\hat{\sigma}$. Then, which of the following is necessarily true?

  • A
    $\mu=\hat{\mu}$ and $\sigma \leq \hat{\sigma}$
  • $\mu=\hat{\mu}$ and $\sigma \geq \hat{\sigma}$
  • C
    $\sigma=\hat{\sigma}$
  • D
    $\mu \neq \hat{\mu}$
Answer
Correct option: B.
$\mu=\hat{\mu}$ and $\sigma \geq \hat{\sigma}$
b
(b)

Given,

$\mu=\frac{\sum x_i}{n}$

$\sigma=\sqrt{\frac{\sum x_1^2}{n}-(\mu)^2}$

$\hat{\mu}=\frac{\Sigma y_i}{n}$

$=\frac{\frac{x_1+x_2}{2}+\frac{x_1+x_2}{2}+x_3+x_4+\ldots+x_n}{n}$

$\hat{\mu}=\frac{x_1+x_2+x_3 \ldots+x_n}{n}=\frac{\Sigma x_i}{n}=\mu$

$\sigma=\sqrt{\frac{\sum y_1^2}{n}-\left(\mu^{\prime}\right)^2}=\sqrt{\frac{\sum y_1^2}{n}-\mu^2}$

$\sum x_1^2=x_1^2+x_2^2+x_3^2+\ldots+x_n^2$

$\sum y_1^2=$

$\frac{\left(x_1+x_2\right)^2}{4}+\frac{\left(x_1+x_2\right)^2}{4}+x_3^2+x_4^2+\ldots+x_n^2$

$\Sigma x_1^y-\Sigma y_1^2=x_1^2+x_2^2-2 x_1 x_2=\left(x_1-x_2\right)^2 \geq 0$

$\sum x_1^2 \geq \Sigma y_1^2$

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MCQ 521 Mark
Let $n \geq 3$. A list of numbers $0 < x_1 < x_2 < \ldots < x_n$ has mean $\mu$ and standard deviation $\sigma$. A new list of numbers is made as follows: $y_1=0, y_2=x_2, \ldots, x_{n-1}$ $=x_n-1, y_n=x_1+x_n$. The mean and the standard deviation of the new list are $\hat{\mu}$ and $\hat{\sigma}$. Which of the following is necessarily true?
  • $\mu=\hat{\mu}, \sigma \leq \hat{\sigma}$
  • B
    $\mu=\hat{\mu}, \sigma \geq \hat{\sigma}$
  • C
    $\sigma=\hat{\sigma}$
  • D
    $\mu$ may or may not be equal to $\hat{\mu}$
Answer
Correct option: A.
$\mu=\hat{\mu}, \sigma \leq \hat{\sigma}$
a
(a)

We have,

$\operatorname{Mean}(\mu)=\frac{x_1+x_2+x_3+\ldots+x_n}{n}$

$\mu=\frac{\Sigma x_i}{n}$

Standard deviation $\sigma=\sqrt{\frac{\Sigma x_i^2}{n}-(\mu)^2}$

Mean of other observations

$\operatorname{Mean}\left(\mu^{\prime}\right)=\frac{y_1+y_2+y_3+\ldots+y_{n-1}+y_n}{n}$

$=\frac{0+x_2+x_3+\ldots+x_{n-1}+x_1+x_n}{n}$

$=\frac{\Sigma x_i}{n}=\mu$

$\mu^{\prime} =\mu$

$\mu^{\prime} =\sqrt{\frac{\sum y_i^2}{n}-\left(\mu^{\prime}\right)^2}$

$\sigma^{\prime}=\sqrt{\frac{0+x_2^2+x_3^2+\ldots+x_{n-1}^2}{+\left(x_1+x_n\right)^2}-\mu}$

$\quad \Sigma x_1^2=x_1^2+x_2^2+\ldots+x_n^2$
$\quad \Sigma y_1^2=0+x_2^2+\ldots+x_{n-1}^2+x_1^2+x_n^2+2 x_1 x_n$
$\text { Clearly, } \Sigma y_1^2 \geq \Sigma x_1^2$
$\therefore \quad \sigma^{\prime} \geq \sigma$
Hence, option (a) is correct.

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MCQ 531 Mark
In a city, the total income of all people with salary below $₹ 10000$ per annum is less than the total income of all people with salary above $₹ 10000$ per annum. If the salaries of people in the first group increases by $5 \%$ and the salaries of people in the second group decreases by $5 \%$, then the average income of all people
  • A
    increases
  • decreases
  • C
    remains the same
  • D
    cannot be determined from the data
Answer
Correct option: B.
decreases
b
(b)

Let total number of people whose salary less than $10000\,Rupees$ per annum $=x$ and annual salary of each person $=a$

$\therefore$ Total salary $=a x$

and total number of people whose salary more than $10000\,Rupees$ per annum $=y$ and annual salary of each person $=b$

$\therefore$ Total salary $=b x$

When $5 \%$ increase of salary of people $x$ i.e. $\quad x(a+5 \%$ of $a)=\frac{105 a x}{100}$

and $5 \%$ decrease of salary of people $y$ i.e. $y(b-5 \%$ of $b)=\frac{95 b y}{100}$

$\frac{\text { Average salary after }}{\text { Average salary before }} =\frac{105 a x+95 b y}{a x+b y}$

$=1+\frac{5}{100}\left(\frac{a x-b y}{a x+b y}\right)$

$a x-b y < 0$

$\therefore$ Average salary af ter be decreases.

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MCQ 541 Mark
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 $4 x+5 y$ is equal to :

  • A
    $43$
  • $44$
  • C
    $47$
  • D
    $46$
Answer
Correct option: B.
$44$
b
$ \mathrm{x}+\mathrm{y}=10 \ldots \ldots \ldots(1) $

$ \text { Median }=18=\mathrm{M} $

$ \text { M.D. }=\frac{\sum \mathrm{f}_{\mathrm{i}}\left|\mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}-\mathrm{M}\right|}{\sum \mathrm{f}_{\mathrm{i}}} $

$ 1.25=\frac{36+\mathrm{x}+2 \mathrm{y}}{40} $

$ \mathrm{x}+2 \mathrm{y}=14 \ldots \ldots \ldots .(1)$

$ \text { by (1) \& (2) } $

$ x=6, y=4 $

$ \Rightarrow 4 x+5 y=24+20=44$

$\operatorname{Age}\left(\mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}\right)$ $f$ $\left|\mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}-\mathrm{M}\right|$ $\mathrm{f}_{\mathrm{i}}\left|\mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}-\mathrm{M}\right|$
$15$ $5$ $3$ $15$
$16$ $8$ $2$ $16$
$17$ $5$ $1$ $5$
$18$ $12$ $0$ $0$
$19$ $X$ $1$ $X$
$20$ $Y$ $2$ $2Y$
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MCQ 551 Mark
Let $a, b \in R$. Let the mean and the variance of $6$ observations $-3,4,7,-6$, $a,\ b$ be $2$ and $23$ , respectively. The mean deviation about the mean of these $6$ observations is :
  • $\frac{13}{3}$
  • B
    $\frac{16}{3}$
  • C
    $\frac{11}{3}$
  • D
    $\frac{14}{3}$
Answer
Correct option: A.
$\frac{13}{3}$
a
$ \frac{\sum x_i}{6}=2 \text { and } \frac{\sum x_i^2}{N}-\mu^2=23 $

$ \alpha+\beta=10 $

$ \alpha^2+\beta^2=52$

solving we get $\alpha=4, \beta=6$

$\frac{\sum\left|\mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}-\overline{\mathrm{x}}\right|}{6}=\frac{5+2+5+8+2+4}{6}=\frac{13}{3}$

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MCQ 561 Mark
If the mean and variance of the data $65,68,58,44$, $48,45,60, \alpha, \beta, 60$ where $\alpha>\beta$ are $56$ and $66.2$ respectively, then $\alpha^2+\beta^2$ is equal to
  • A
    $6435$
  • B
    $6798$
  • $6344$
  • D
    $4312$
Answer
Correct option: C.
$6344$
c
$ \overline{\mathrm{x}}=56 $

$ \sigma^2=66.2 $

$ \Rightarrow \frac{\alpha^2+\beta^2+25678}{10}-(56)^2=66.2 $

$ \therefore \alpha^2+\beta^2=6344$

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MCQ 571 Mark
The variance $\sigma^2$ of the data is $ . . . . . .$
$x_i$ $0$ $1$ $5$ $6$ $10$ $12$ $17$
$f_i$ $3$ $2$ $3$ $2$ $6$ $3$ $3$
  • A
    $28$
  • $29$
  • C
    $27$
  • D
    $25$
Answer
Correct option: B.
$29$
b
$x_i$ $f_i$ $f_ix_i$ $f_ix_i^2$
$0$ $3$ $0$ $0$
$1$ $2$ $2$ $2$
$5$ $3$ $15$ $75$
$6$ $2$ $12$ $72$
$10$ $6$ $60$ $600$
$12$ $3$ $36$ $432$
$17$ $3$ $51$ $867$
 

$\sum f_i = 22$

  $\sum f_ix_i^2 = 2048$

$ \therefore \quad \sum \mathrm{f}_{\mathrm{i}} \mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}=176$

$ \text { So } \overline{\mathrm{x}}=\frac{\sum \mathrm{f}_{\mathrm{i}} \mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}}{\sum \mathrm{f}_{\mathrm{i}}}=\frac{176}{22}=8 $

$ \text { for } \sigma^2=\frac{1}{\mathrm{~N}} \sum \mathrm{f}_{\mathrm{i}} \mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}^2-(\overline{\mathrm{x}})^2 $

$ \quad=\frac{1}{22} \times 2048-(8)^2$

$ \quad=93.090964 $

$\quad=29.0909$

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MCQ 581 Mark
The mean and standard deviation of $20$ observations are found to be $10$ and $2$, respectively. On respectively, it was found that an observation by mistake was taken $8$ instead of $12$ . The correct standard deviation is
  • A
    $\sqrt{3.86}$
  • B
    $ 1.8$
  • $\sqrt{3.96}$
  • D
    $1.94$
Answer
Correct option: C.
$\sqrt{3.96}$
c
Mean $(\bar{x})=10$

$ \Rightarrow \frac{\Sigma \mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}}{20}=10 $

$ \Sigma \mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}=10 \times 20=200$

If $8$ is replaced by $12$ , then $\Sigma x_1=200-8+12=204$

$\therefore$ Correct mean $(\overline{\mathrm{x}})=\frac{\Sigma \mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}}{20}$

$=\frac{204}{20}=10.2$

$ \because$ Standard deviation $=2$

$ \therefore$ Variance $=( S.D.)^2=2^2=4 $

$ \Rightarrow \frac{\Sigma \mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}^2}{20}-\left(\frac{\Sigma \mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}}{20}\right)^2=4 $

$ \Rightarrow \frac{\Sigma \mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}^2}{20}-(10)^2=4 $

$ \Rightarrow \frac{\Sigma \mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}^2}{20}=104 $

$ \Rightarrow \Sigma \mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}^2=2080$

Now, replaced $'8'$ observations by $'12'$

$\text { Then, } \Sigma \mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}^2=2080-8^2+12^2=2160$

$\therefore$ Variance of removing observations

$ \Rightarrow \frac{\Sigma x_i^2}{20}-\left(\frac{\Sigma x_i}{20}\right)^2 $

$ \Rightarrow \frac{2160}{20}-(10.2)^2 $

$ \Rightarrow 108-104.04 $

$ \Rightarrow 3.96$

Correct standard deviation

$=\sqrt{3.96}$

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MCQ 591 Mark
If the variance of the frequency distribution is $160$ , then the value of $\mathrm{c} \in \mathrm{N}$ is
$X$ $c$ $2c$ $3c$ $4c$ $5c$ $6c$
$f$ $2$ $1$ $1$ $1$ $1$ $1$
  • A
    $5$
  • B
    $8$
  • $7$
  • D
    $6$
Answer
Correct option: C.
$7$
c
$x$ $C$ $2C$ $3C$ $4C$ $5C$ $6C$
$f$ $2$ $1$ $1$ $1$ $1$ $1$

$\bar{x}=\frac{(2+2+3+4+5+6) C}{7}=\frac{22 C}{7}$

$ \operatorname{Var}(\mathrm{x})=\frac{\mathrm{c}^2\left(2+2^2+3^2+4^2+5^2+6^2\right)}{7} $

$ -\left(\frac{22 c}{7}\right)^2 $

$ =\frac{92 c^2}{7}-\mathrm{c}^2 \times \frac{484}{49} $

$ =\frac{(644-484) c^2}{49}=\frac{160 c^2}{49} $

$ 160=\frac{160 \times c^2}{49} \Rightarrow c=7$

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MCQ 601 Mark
Let $\mathrm{M}$ denote the median of the following frequency distribution.then $20$  $M$ is equal to :
Class $0-4$ $4-8$ $8-12$ $12-16$ $16-20$
Freq $3$ $9$ $10$ $8$ $6$
  • A
    $416$
  • B
    $104$
  • C
    $52$
  • $208$
Answer
Correct option: D.
$208$
d
Class Frequency Cumulative frequency
$0-4$ $3$ $3$
$4-8$ $9$ $12$
$8-12$ $10$ $22$
$12-16$ $8$ $30$
$16-20$ $6$ $36$

$ \mathrm{M}=1+\left(\frac{\frac{\mathrm{N}}{2}-\mathrm{C}}{\mathrm{f}}\right) \mathrm{h} $

$ \mathrm{M}=8+\frac{18-12}{10} \times 4 $

$ \mathrm{M}=10.4 $

$ 20 \mathrm{M}=208$

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MCQ 611 Mark
Let the median and the mean deviation about the median of $7$ observation $170,125,230,190,210$, $a, b$ be 1$70$ and $\frac{205}{7}$ respectively. Then the mean deviation about the mean of these $7$ observations is :
  • A
    $31$
  • B
    $28$
  • $30$
  • D
    $32$
Answer
Correct option: C.
$30$
c
$\text { Median }=170 \Rightarrow 125, \mathrm{a}, \mathrm{b}, 170,190,210,230$

Mean deviation about

Median $=$ $\frac{0+45+60+20+40+170-a+170-b}{7}=\frac{205}{7}$

$\Rightarrow \mathrm{a}+\mathrm{b}=300$

Mean=$\frac{50+175-a+175-b+5+15+35+55}{7}=30$

Mean deviation

About mean $=$    $\frac{50+175-a+175-b+5+15+35+55}{7}=30$

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MCQ 621 Mark
Let $a_1, a_2, \ldots . a_{10}$ be $10$ observations such that $\sum_{\mathrm{k}=1}^{10} \mathrm{a}_{\mathrm{k}}=50$ and $\sum_{\forall \mathrm{k}<\mathrm{j}} \mathrm{a}_{\mathrm{k}} \cdot \mathrm{a}_{\mathrm{j}}=1100$. Then the standard deviation of $a_1, a_2, \ldots, a_{10}$ is equal to :
  • A
    $5$
  •  $\sqrt{5}$
  • C
    $10$
  • D
    $\sqrt{115}$
Answer
Correct option: B.
 $\sqrt{5}$
b
$ \sum_{\mathrm{k}=1}^{10} \mathrm{a}_{\mathrm{k}}=50 $

$ \mathrm{a}_1+\mathrm{a}_2+\ldots+\mathrm{a}_{10}=50$     $.........(i)$

$ \sum_{\forall \mathrm{k}<\mathrm{j}} \mathrm{a}_{\mathrm{k}} \mathrm{a}_{\mathrm{j}}=1100 $         $...........(ii)$

$ \text { If } \mathrm{a}_1+\mathrm{a}_2+\ldots+\mathrm{a}_{10}=50$ .

$ \left(\mathrm{a}_1+\mathrm{a}_2+\ldots+\mathrm{a}_{10}\right)^2=2500 $

$\Rightarrow \sum_{\mathrm{i}=1}^{10} \mathrm{a}_{\mathrm{i}}^2+2 \sum_{\mathrm{k}<\mathrm{j}} \mathrm{a}_{\mathrm{k}} \mathrm{a}_{\mathrm{j}}=2500$

$ \Rightarrow \sum_{\mathrm{i}=1}^{10} \mathrm{a}_{\mathrm{i}}^2=2500-2(1100) $

$ \sum_{\mathrm{i}=1}^{10} \mathrm{a}_{\mathrm{i}}^2=300, \text { Standard deviation ' } \sigma \text { ' } $

$ \frac{\sum^{\frac{a_i^2}{2}}}{10}-\left(\frac{\sum \mathrm{a}_{\mathrm{i}}}{10}\right)^2=\sqrt{\frac{300}{10}-\left(\frac{50}{10}\right)^2}$

$ =\sqrt{30-25}=\sqrt{5}$

 

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MCQ 631 Mark
The mean and standard deviation of $15$ observations were found to be $12$ and $3$ respectively. On rechecking it was found that an observation was read as $10$ in place of $12$ . If $\mu$ and $\sigma^2$ denote the mean and variance of the correct observations respectively, then $15\left(\mu+\mu^2+\sigma^2\right)$ is equal to$...................$
  • $2521$
  • B
    $3562$
  • C
    $1245$
  • D
    $2356$
Answer
Correct option: A.
$2521$
a
Let the incorrect mean be $\mu^{\prime}$ and standard deviation be $\sigma^{\prime}$

We have

$\mu^{\prime}=\frac{\Sigma x_i}{15}=12 \Rightarrow \Sigma x_i=180$

As per given information correct $\Sigma x_i=180-10+12$

$\Rightarrow \mu(\text { correct mean })=\frac{182}{15}$

Also

$ \sigma^{\prime}=\sqrt{\frac{\sum \mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}^2}{15}-144}=3 \Rightarrow \Sigma \mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}^2=2295 $

$\text { Correct } \Sigma \mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}^2=2295-100+144=2339 $

$ \sigma^2(\text { correct variance })=\frac{2339}{15}-\frac{182 \times 182}{15 \times 15}$

Required value

$ =15\left(\mu+\mu^2+\sigma^2\right) $

$ =15\left(\frac{182}{15}+\frac{182 \times 182}{15 \times 15}+\frac{2339}{15}-\frac{182 \times 182}{15 \times 15}\right) $

$ =15\left(\frac{182}{15}+\frac{2339}{15}\right) $

$ =2521$

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MCQ 641 Mark
If the mean and variance of five observations are $\frac{24}{5}$ and $\frac{194}{25}$ respectively and the mean of first four observations is $\frac{7}{2}$, then the variance of the first four observations in equal to
  • A
     $\frac{4}{5}$
  • B
     $\frac{77}{12}$
  •  $\frac{5}{4}$
  • D
     $\frac{105}{4}$
Answer
Correct option: C.
 $\frac{5}{4}$
c
$\bar{X}=\frac{24}{5} ; \sigma^2=\frac{194}{25}$

Let first four observation be $\mathrm{x}_1, \mathrm{x}_2, \mathrm{x}_3, \mathrm{x}_4$

Here, $\frac{x_1+x_2+x_3+x_4+x_5}{5}=\frac{24}{5}$.

Also, $\frac{\mathrm{x}_1+\mathrm{x}_2+\mathrm{x}_3+\mathrm{x}_4}{4}=\frac{7}{2}$

$\Rightarrow \mathrm{x}_1+\mathrm{x}_2+\mathrm{x}_3+\mathrm{x}_4=14$

Now from eqn $-1$

$\mathrm{x}_5$=$10$

Now, $\sigma^2=\frac{194}{25}$

$ \frac{\mathrm{x}_1^2+\mathrm{x}_2^2+\mathrm{x}_3^2+\mathrm{x}_4^2+\mathrm{x}_5^2}{5}-\frac{576}{25}=\frac{194}{25} $

$ \Rightarrow \mathrm{x}_1^2+\mathrm{x}_2^2+\mathrm{x}_3^2+\mathrm{x}_4^2=54$

Now, variance of first $4$ observations

Var $=\frac{\sum_{i=1}^4 x_i^2}{4}-\left(\frac{\sum_{i=1}^4 x_i}{4}\right)^2$

$ =\frac{54}{4}-\frac{49}{4}=\frac{5}{4}$

 

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MCQ 651 Mark
Let the mean and the variance of 6 observation $a, b$, $68,44,48,60$ be $55$ and $194 $, respectively if $a>b$, then $a+3 b$ is
  • A
    $200$
  • B
    $190$
  • $180$
  • D
    $210$
Answer
Correct option: C.
$180$
c
$\mathrm{a}, \mathrm{b}, 68,44,48,60$

Mean $=55$       $a>b$

Variance $=194$    $a+3 b$

$\frac{a+b+68+44+48+60}{6}=55$

$\Rightarrow 220+a+b=330$

$\therefore a+b=110 \ldots . .(1)$

Also,

$\sum \frac{\left(\mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}-\overline{\mathrm{x}}\right)^2}{\mathrm{n}}=194 $

$\Rightarrow(\mathrm{a}-55)^2+(\mathrm{b}-55)^2+(68-55)^2+(44-55)^2$

$+(48-55)^2+(60-55)^2=194 \times 6$

$\Rightarrow(\mathrm{a}-55)^2+(\mathrm{b}-55)^2+169+121+49+25=1164$

$\Rightarrow(\mathrm{a}-55)^2+(\mathrm{b}-55)^2=1164-364=800$

$\mathrm{a}^2+3025-110 \mathrm{a}+\mathrm{b}^2+3025-110 \mathrm{~b}=800$

$\Rightarrow \mathrm{a}^2+\mathrm{b}^2=800-6050+12100$

${a}^2+\mathrm{b}^2=6850 \ldots \ldots .(2)$

Solve $(1) \& (2);$

$a=75, b=35$

$\therefore$ $a+3 b=75+3(35)=75+105=180$

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MCQ 661 Mark
Consider $10$ observation $\mathrm{x}_1, \mathrm{x}_2, \ldots, \mathrm{x}_{10}$. such that $\sum_{i=1}^{10}\left(x_i-\alpha\right)=2$ and $\sum_{i=1}^{10}\left(x_i-\beta\right)^2=40$, where $\alpha, \beta$ are positive integers. Let the mean and the variance of the observations be $\frac{6}{5}$ and $\frac{84}{25}$ respectively. The $\frac{\beta}{\alpha}$ is equal to :
  • $2$
  • B
     $\frac{3}{2}$
  • C
     $\frac{5}{2}$
  • D
    $1$
Answer
Correct option: A.
$2$
a
$ \mathrm{x}_1, \mathrm{x}_2 \ldots \ldots . \mathrm{x}_{10} $

$ \sum_{\mathrm{i}=1}^{10}\left(\mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}-\alpha\right)=2 \Rightarrow \sum_{\mathrm{i}=1}^{10} \mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}-10 \alpha=2 $

$ \text { Mean } \mu=\frac{6}{5}=\frac{\sum \mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}}{10} $

$ \therefore \quad \sum_{\mathrm{i}}=12 $

$ \quad 10 \alpha+2=12 \quad \therefore \alpha=1 $

$ \text { Now } \sum_{\mathrm{i}=1}^{10}\left(\mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}-\beta\right)^2=40 \text { Let } \mathrm{y}_{\mathrm{i}}=\mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}-\beta $

$ \therefore \sigma_{\mathrm{y}}^2=\frac{1}{10} \sum \mathrm{y}_{\mathrm{i}}^2-(\overline{\mathrm{y}})^2 $

$ \sigma_{\mathrm{x}}^2=\frac{1}{10} \sum\left(\mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}-\beta\right)^2-\left(\frac{\sum_{\mathrm{i}=1}^{10}\left(\mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}-\beta\right)}{10}\right)^2 $

$ \frac{84}{25}=4-\left(\frac{12-10 \beta}{10}\right)^2 $

$ \therefore\left(\frac{6-5 \beta}{5}\right)^2=4-\frac{84}{25}=\frac{16}{25} $

$ 6-5 \beta= \pm 4 \Rightarrow \beta=\frac{2}{5} \text { (not possible) or } \beta=2$

Hence $\frac{\beta}{\alpha}=2$

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MCQ 671 Mark
From a lot of $12$ items containing $3$ defectives, a sample of $5$ items is drawn at random. Let the random variable $\mathrm{X}$ denote the number of defective items in the sample. Let items in the sample be drawn one by one without replacement. If variance of $X$ is $\frac{m}{n}$, where $\operatorname{gcd}(m, n)=1$, then $n-m$ is equal to..........
  • $71$
  • B
    $34$
  • C
    $72$
  • D
    $76$
Answer
Correct option: A.
$71$
a
$ \mathrm{a}=1-\frac{{ }^3 \mathrm{C}_5}{{ }^{12} \mathrm{C}_5} $

$ \mathrm{~b}=3 \cdot \frac{{ }^9 \mathrm{C}_4}{{ }^{12} \mathrm{C}_5} $

$ \mathrm{c}=3 \cdot \frac{{ }^9 \mathrm{C}_3}{{ }^{12} \mathrm{C}_5} $

$ \mathrm{~d}=1 \cdot \frac{{ }^9 \mathrm{C}_2}{{ }^{12} \mathrm{C}_5} $

$ \mathrm{u}=0 \cdot \mathrm{a}+1 \cdot \mathrm{b}+2 \cdot \mathrm{c}+3 \cdot \mathrm{d}=1.25 $

$ \sigma^2=0 \cdot \mathrm{a}+1 \cdot b+4 \cdot c+9 \mathrm{~d}-\mathrm{u}^2 $

$ \sigma^2=\frac{105}{176}$

Ans. $176-105=71$

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MCQ 681 Mark
Let $\mathrm{a}, \mathrm{b}, \mathrm{c} \in \mathrm{N}$ and $\mathrm{a}<\mathrm{b}<\mathrm{c}$. Let the mean, the mean deviation about the mean and the variance of the $5$ observations $9$,$25$, $a$, $b$, $c$ be $18$,$4$ and $\frac{136}{5}$, respectively. Then $2 \mathrm{a}+\mathrm{b}-\mathrm{c}$ is equal to ..............
  • A
    $39$
  • B
    $18$
  • C
    $35$
  • $33$
Answer
Correct option: D.
$33$
d
$ a, b, c \in N \quad a < b < c $

$ \bar{x}=\text { mean }=\frac{9+25+a+b+c}{5}=18 $

$ a+b+c=56 $

$ \text { Mean deviation }=\frac{\sum\left|x_i-\bar{x}\right|}{n}=4 $

$ =9+7+|18-a|+|18-b|+|18-c|=20 $

$ =|18-a|+|18-b|+|18-c|=4 $

$ \text { Variance }=\frac{\Sigma\left|x_i-\bar{x}\right|^2}{n}=\frac{136}{5} $

$ =81+49+|18-a|^2+|18-b|^2+|18-c|^2=136 $

$ =(18-a)^2+(18-b)^2+(18-c)^2=6 $

$ \text { Possible values }(18-a)^2=1, \quad(18-b)^2=1 \quad(18-c)^2=4 $

$ \mathrm{a}<\mathrm{b}<\mathrm{c} \quad 18-\mathrm{a}=1 \quad 18-b=-1 \quad 18-\mathrm{c}=-2 $

$ \text { so } \quad \quad \quad \mathrm{a}=17 \quad \mathrm{~b}=19 \quad \mathrm{c}=20 $

$ \mathrm{a}+\mathrm{b}+\mathrm{c}=56 \quad 2 \mathrm{a}+\mathrm{b}-\mathrm{c} \quad 34=19-20=33$

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MCQ 691 Mark
Let the mean of 6 observation $1,2,4,5, x$ and $y$ be $5$ and their variance be $10$ . Then their mean deviation about the mean is equal to $........$.
  • A
    $\frac{10}{3}$
  • B
    $\frac{7}{3}$
  • C
    $3$
  • $\frac{8}{3}$
Answer
Correct option: D.
$\frac{8}{3}$
d
$x+y=18\{\because$ mean $=5\}$

$10=\frac{1+4+16+25+ x ^2+ y ^2}{6}-25$

$x ^2+ y ^2=164 \ldots \ldots \text { (ii) }$

By solving $(i)$ and $(ii)$

$x =8, y =10$

$\text { M.D. }(\overline{ x })=\frac{\sum\left| x _{ i }-\overline{ x }\right|}{6}=\frac{8}{3}$

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MCQ 701 Mark
Let the six numbers $a_1, a_2, a_3, a_4, a_5, a_6$ be in $A.P.$ and $a_1+a_3=10$. 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
    $220$
  • $210$
  • C
    $200$
  • D
    $105$
Answer
Correct option: B.
$210$
b
$a_1+a_3=10=a_1+d \Rightarrow 5$

$a_1+a_2+a_3+a_4+a_5+a_6=57$

$\Rightarrow \frac{6}{2}\left[a_1+a_6\right]=57$

$\Rightarrow a_1+a_6=19$

$\Rightarrow 2 a_1+5 d=19 \text { and } a_1+d=5$

$\Rightarrow a_1=2, d=3$

$\text { Numbers }: 2,5,8,11,14,17$

$\text { Variance }=\sigma^2=\text { mean of squares }-\text { square of mean }$ $=\frac{2^2+5^2+8^2+(11)^2+(14)^2+(17)^2}{6}-\left(\frac{19}{2}\right)^2 ~\\ =\frac{699}{6}-\frac{361}{4}=\frac{105}{4}$

$8 \sigma^2=210$

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MCQ 711 Mark
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
    $4.04$
  • B
    $4.08$
  • $3.96$
  • D
    $3.92$
Answer
Correct option: C.
$3.96$
c
$\sum \limits_{ i =1}^{ n } x _{ i }=10\,n$

$\text { Now } \frac{\sum \limits_{ i =1}^{ n } x _{ i }^2}{20} x _{ i }-8+12=(10.2) n \quad \therefore n =20$

$\frac{\sum \limits_{ i =1}^{20} x _{ i }2-8^2+12^2}{20}-4 \Rightarrow \sum \limits_{ i =1}^{20} x _{ i }^2=2080$

$=108-104.04=3.96$

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MCQ 721 Mark
Let $X=\{11,12,13, \ldots ., 40,41\}$ and $Y=\{61,62$, $63, \ldots ., 90,91\}$ be the two sets of observations. If $\bar{x}$ and $\bar{y}$ are their respective means and $\sigma^2$ is the variance of all the observations in $X \cup Y$, then $\left|\overline{ x }+\overline{ y }-\sigma^2\right|$ is equal to $.................$.
  • $603$
  • B
    $604$
  • C
    $605$
  • D
    $606$
Answer
Correct option: A.
$603$
a
$\overline{ x }=\frac{\sum \limits_{ i =11}^{41} i }{31}=\frac{11+41}{2}=26 \quad(31 \text { elements) }$

$\overline{ y }=\frac{\sum \limits_{ j =61}^{91} j }{31}=\frac{61+91}{2}=76 \quad \text { (31 elements) }$

$\text { Combined mean, }$

$\mu =\frac{31 \times 26+31 \times 76}{31+31}$

$=\frac{26+76}{2}=51$

$\sigma^2=\frac{1}{62} \times\left(\sum_{i=1}^{31}\left(x_i-\mu\right)^2+\sum_{i=1}^{31}\left(y_i-\mu\right)^2\right)=705$

Since, $x _{ i } \in X$ are in $A.P.$ with $31$ elements and common difference $1$,same is $y _{ i } \in y$, when written 

in increasing order.

$\therefore \sum \limits_{i=1}^{31}\left(x_i-\mu\right)^2=\sum \limits_{i=1}^{31}\left(y_i-\mu\right)^2$

$=10^2+11^2+\ldots . .+40^2$

$=\frac{40 \times 41 \times 81}{6}-\frac{9 \times 10 \times 19}{6}=21855$

$\therefore \left|\bar{x}+\bar{y}-\sigma^2\right|=|26+76-705|=603$

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MCQ 731 Mark
The mean and variance of $7$ observations are $8$ and $16$ respectively. If one observation $14$ is omitted a and $b$ are respectively mean and variance of remaining $6$ observation, then $a+3 b-5$ is equal to $..........$.
  • A
    $36$
  • B
    $35$
  • C
    $34$
  • $37$
Answer
Correct option: D.
$37$
d
$\frac{x_1+x_2+\ldots .+x_7}{7}=8$

$\frac{x_1+x_2+x_3 \ldots .+x_6+14}{7}=8$

$\Rightarrow x_1+x_2+\ldots .+x_6=42$

$\therefore \frac{x_1+x_2 \ldots .+x_6}{6}=\frac{42}{6}=7=a$

$\frac{\sum x_i^2}{7}-8^2=16$

$\Rightarrow x^2=560$

$\Rightarrow x_1^2+x_2^2+\ldots+x_6^2=364$

$b=\frac{x_1^2+x_2^2+\ldots . .+x_6^2}{6}-7^2$

$=\frac{364}{6}-49$

$b=\frac{70}{6}$

$a+3 b-5=7+3 \times \frac{70}{6}-5$

$=37$

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MCQ 741 Mark
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
    $\phi$
  • B
    $\{99\}$
  • $N$
  • D
    $\{9\}$
Answer
Correct option: C.
$N$
c
let $a_1$ be any natural number

$a_1, a_1+1, a_1+2, \ldots ., a_1+99 \text { are values of } a_i ' S$

$\bar{x}=\frac{a_1+\left(a_1+1\right)+\left(a_1+2\right)+\ldots . .+a_1+99}{100}$

$=\frac{100 a_1+(1+2+\ldots . .+99)}{100}=a_1+\frac{99 \times 100}{2 \times 100}$

$=a_1+\frac{99}{2}$

$\text { Mean deviation about mean }=\frac{\sum \limits_{i=1}^{100}\left|x_i-\bar{x}\right|}{100}$

$=\frac{2\left(\frac{99}{2}+\frac{97}{2}+\frac{95}{2}+\ldots .+\frac{1}{2}\right)}{100}$

$=\frac{1+3+\ldots .+99}{100}$

$=\frac{\frac{50}{2}[1+99]}{100}$

$=25$

So, it is true for every natural no. ' $a_1{ }^{\prime}$

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MCQ 751 Mark
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 $100+ n$ students are respectively $50$ and $350$,then the sum of variances of classes $A$ and $B$ is 
  • $500$
  • B
    $650$
  • C
    $450$
  • D
    $900$
Answer
Correct option: A.
$500$
a
$A$ $B$ $A+B$
$\overline{ x }_1=40$ $\overline{ x }_2=55$ $\overline{ x }=50$
$\sigma_1=\alpha$ $\sigma_2=30-\alpha$ $\sigma^2=350$
$n _1=100$ $n _2= n$ $100+ n$

$\overline{ x }=\frac{100 \times 40+55 n }{100+ n }$

$5000+50 n =4000+55 n$

$1000=5 n$

$n =200$

$\sigma_1{ }^2=\frac{\sum x _{ i }^2}{100}-40^2$

$\sigma_2{ }^2=\frac{\sum x _{ j }^2}{100}-55^2$

$350=\sigma^2=\frac{\sum x _{ i }^2+\sum x _{ j }^2}{300}-(\overline{ x })^2$

$350=\frac{\left(1600+\alpha^2\right) \times 100+\left[(30-\alpha)^2+3025\right] \times 200}{300}-(50)^2$

$2850 \times 3=\alpha^2+2(30-\alpha)^2+1600+6050$

$8550=\alpha^2+2(30-\alpha)^2+7650$

$\alpha^2+2(30-\alpha)^2=900$

$\alpha^2-40 \alpha+300=0$

$\alpha=10,30$

$\sigma_1^2+\sigma_2^2=10^2+20^2=500$

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MCQ 761 Mark
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
  • $1072$
  • B
    $1792$
  • C
    $1216$
  • D
    $1456$
Answer
Correct option: A.
$1072$
a
$\frac{1+3+5+a+b}{5}=5$

$a+b=16 \ldots \ldots(1)$

$\sigma^2=\frac{\sum x_1^2}{5}-\left(\frac{\sum x}{5}\right)^2$ $8=\frac{1^2+3^2+5^2+a^2+b^2}{5}-25$

$a^2+b^2=130 \ldots \ldots(2)$

$b y(1),(2)$

$a=7, b=9$

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MCQ 771 Mark
Let $9 < x_1 < x_2 < \ldots < x_7$ be in an $A.P.$ with common difference $d$. If the standard deviation of $x_1, x_2 \ldots$, $x _7$ is $4$ and the mean is $\overline{ x }$, then $\overline{ x }+ x _6$ is equal to:
  • A
    $18\left(1+\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}\right)$
  • $34$
  • C
    $2\left(9+\frac{8}{\sqrt{7}}\right)$
  • D
    $25$
Answer
Correct option: B.
$34$
b
$9=x_1 < x_2 < \ldots \ldots < x_7$

$9,9+d, 9+2 d, \ldots \ldots .9+6 d$

$0, d, 2 d, \ldots \ldots \cdot 6$

$\bar{x}_{\text {new }}=\frac{21 d }{7}=3 d$

$16=\frac{1}{7}\left(0^2+1^2+\ldots \ldots+6^2\right) d^2-9 d^2$

$=\frac{1}{7}\left(\frac{6 \times 7 \times 13}{6}\right) d ^2-9 d ^2$

$16=4 d^2$

$d^2=4$

$d=2$

$\bar{x}+x_6=6+9+10+9$

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MCQ 781 Mark
If the mean and variance of the frequency distribution

$x_i$ $2$ $4$ $6$ $8$ $10$ $12$ $14$ $16$
$f_i$ $4$ $4$ $\alpha$ $15$ $8$ $\beta$ $4$ $5$

are $9$ and $15.08$ respectively, then the value of $\alpha^2+\beta^2-\alpha \beta$ is $............$.

  • A
    $24$
  • B
    $23$
  • $25$
  • D
    $22$
Answer
Correct option: C.
$25$
c
$N=\sum f_i=40+\alpha+\beta$

$\sum f_i x_i=360+6 \alpha+12 \beta$

$\sum f _{ i } x _{ i }^2=3904+36 \alpha+144 \beta$

$\operatorname{Mean}(\overline{ x })=\frac{\sum f _{ i } x _{ i }}{\sum f _{ i }}=9$

$\Rightarrow 360+6 \alpha+12 \beta=9(40+\alpha+\beta)$

$3 \alpha=3 \beta \Rightarrow \alpha=\beta$

$\sigma^2=\frac{\sum f _{ i } x _1^2}{\sum f _{ i }}-\left(\frac{\sum f _{ i } x _{ i }}{\sum f _{ i }}\right)^2$

$\Rightarrow \frac{3904+36 \alpha+144 \beta}{40+\alpha+\beta}-(\overline{ x })^2=15.08$

$\Rightarrow \frac{3904+180 \alpha}{40+2 \alpha}-(9)^2=15.08$

$\Rightarrow \alpha=5$

Now, $\alpha^2+\beta^2-\alpha \beta=\alpha^2=25$

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MCQ 791 Mark
Let the mean and variance of $8$ numbers $x , y , 10$, $12,6,12,4,8$, be $9$ and $9.25$ respectively. If $x > y$, then $3 x-2 y$ is equal to $...........$.
  • A
    $24$
  • $25$
  • C
    $23$
  • D
    $22$
Answer
Correct option: B.
$25$
b
$\frac{x+y+52}{8}=9 \Rightarrow x+y=20$

For variance

$x-9, y-9,3,3,1,-5,-1,-3$

$\bar{x}=0$

$\therefore \frac{(x-9)^2+(y-9)^2+54}{8}-0^2=9.25$

$(x-9)^2+(11-x)^2=20$

$x=7 \text { or } 13 \therefore y=13,7$

$3 x-2 y=3 \times 13-2 \times 7=25$

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MCQ 801 Mark
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 $m$ and $n$ are co-prime, then $m + n$ is equal to
  • A
    $316$
  • B
    $314$
  • $317$
  • D
    $315$
Answer
Correct option: C.
$317$
c
$\frac{\sum x }{12}=\frac{9}{2}$

$\sum x =54$

$\frac{\Sigma x ^2}{12}-\left(\frac{9}{2}\right)^2=4$

$\sum x ^2=291$

$\sum x _{\text {new }}=54-(9+10)+7+14=56$

$\sum x _{\text {new }}^2=291-(81+100)+49+196=355$

$\sigma_{\text {new }}^2=\frac{355}{12}-\left(\frac{56}{12}\right)^2$

$\sigma_{\text {new }}^2=\frac{281}{36}=\frac{ m }{ n }$

$m + n =317$

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MCQ 811 Mark
If the mean of the frequency distribution

Class: $0-10$ $10-20$ $20-30$ $30-40$ $40-50$
Frequency $2$ $3$ $x$ $5$ $4$

is $28$ , then its variance is $........$.

  • A
    $150$
  • B
    $152$
  • C
    $153$
  • $151$
Answer
Correct option: D.
$151$
d
Given mean is $=28$

$\frac{2 \times 5+3 \times 15+x \times 25+5 \times 35+4 \times 45}{14+x}=28$

$x =6$

$\text { Variance }=\left(\frac{\sum x_i^2 f_i}{\sum f_i}\right)-(\text { mean })^2$

$\text { Variance }==\frac{2 \times 5^2+3 \times 15^2+6 \times 25^2+5 \times 35^2+4 \times 45^2}{20}-(28)^2$

$=151$

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MCQ 821 Mark
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 $.........$.

  • $8$
  • B
    $7$
  • C
    $6$
  • D
    $9$
Answer
Correct option: A.
$8$
a
$\sum f _{ i }=62$

$3 k ^2+16 k -12 k -64=0$

$k =\text { or }-\frac{16}{3}(\text { rejected) }$

$\mu=\frac{\sum f _{ i } x _{ i }}{\sum f _{ i }}$

$\mu=\frac{8+2(15)+3(15)+4(17)+5}{62}=\frac{156}{62}$

$\sigma^2=\sum f _{ i } x _{ i }^2-\left(\sum f _{ i } x _{ i }\right)^2$

$=\frac{8 \times 1^2+15 \times 13+17 \times 16+25}{62}-\left(\frac{156}{62}\right)^2$

$\sigma^2=\frac{500}{62}-\left(\frac{156}{62}\right)^2$

$\sigma^2+\mu^2=\frac{500}{62}$

${\left[\sigma^2+\mu^2\right]=8}$

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MCQ 831 Mark
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 $A$ and adding 2 to each element of B. Then the sum of the mean and variance of the elements of $C$ is $.......$.
  • A
    $32$
  • $38$
  • C
    $40$
  • D
    $36$
Answer
Correct option: B.
$38$
b
$\omega A=\left\{a_1, a_2, a_3, a_4, a_5\right\}$

$B=\left\{b_1, b_2, b_3, b_4, b_5\right\}$

$\text { Given, } \sum_{ i =1}^3 ai =25, \sum_{ i =1}^3 bi =40$

$\frac{\sum_{ i =1}^5 a _{ i }^2}{5}-\left(\frac{\sum_{ i =1}^5 a _{ i }}{5}\right)^2=12, \frac{\sum_{ i =1}^5 b _{ i }^2}{5}-\left(\frac{\sum_{ i =1}^5 b _{ i }}{5}\right)^2=20$

$\sum_{ i =1}^5 a _{ i }^2=185 \quad, \quad \sum_{ i =1}^5 b _{ i }^2=420$

$\text { Now, } C =\left\{ C _1, C _2, \ldots . C _{10}\right\}$

$\text { s.f. } C_i=a_i=3 \text { or } b_i+2$

$\therefore \text { Mean of } C , \overline{ C }=\frac{\left(\sum a _{ i }-15\right)+\left(\sum b _{ i }+10\right)}{10}$

$\overline{ C }=\frac{10+50}{10}=6$

$\therefore \quad \sigma^2=\frac{\sum \limits_{ i =1}^{10} C _{ i }^2}{10}=(\overline{ C })^2$

$=\frac{\sum\left( a _{ i }-3\right)^2+\sum\left( b _{ i }+2\right)^2}{10}-(6)^2$

$=\frac{\sum a _{ i }{ }^2+\sum b _{ i }{ }^2-6 \sum a _{ i }+4 \sum b _{ i }+65}{10}-36$

$=\frac{185+420-150+160+65}{10}-36$

$=32$

$\therefore \quad$ Mean + Variance $=\overline{ C }+\sigma^2=6+32=38$

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MCQ 841 Mark
Let the mean of the data

$X$ $1$ $3$ $5$ $7$ $9$
$(f)$ $4$ $24$ $28$ $\alpha$ $8$

be $5.$ If $m$ and $\sigma^2$ are respectively the mean deviation about the mean and the variance of the data, then $\frac{3 \alpha}{m+\sigma^2}$ is equal to $..........$.

  • A
    $7$
  • B
    $6$
  • $8$
  • D
    $5$
Answer
Correct option: C.
$8$
c
$5=\bar{x}=\frac{\sum x_i f_i}{\sum f_i}=\frac{4+72+140+7 \alpha+72}{64+\alpha}$

$\Rightarrow 320+5 \alpha=288+7 \alpha \Rightarrow 2 \alpha=32 \Rightarrow \alpha=16$

$\text { M.. }(\bar{x})=\frac{\sum f _{ i }\left| x _{ i }-\overline{ x }\right|}{\sum f _{ i }} \text { where } \sum f _{ i }=64+16=80$

$\text { M.D. }(\bar{x})=\frac{4 \times 4+24 \times 2+28 \times 0+16 \times 2+8 \times 4}{80}$

$=\frac{8}{5}$

$\text { Variance }=\frac{\sum f _{ i }\left( x _{ i }-\overline{ x }\right)^2}{\sum f _{ i }}$

$=\frac{4 \times 16+24 \times 4+0+16 \times 4+8 \times 16}{80}=\frac{352}{80}$

$\therefore \frac{3 \alpha}{m+\sigma^2}=\frac{3 \times 16}{\frac{128}{80}+\frac{352}{80}}=8$

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MCQ 851 Mark
The mean and standard deviation of the marks of $10$ students were found to be $50$ and $12$ respectively. Later, it was observed that two marks $20$ and $25$ were wrongly read as $45$ and $50$ respectively. Then the correct variance is $............$.
  • A
    $265$
  • $269$
  • C
    $264$
  • D
    $289$
Answer
Correct option: B.
$269$
b
Sol. $\bar{x}=50$

$\sum x_i=500$

$\sum x_{i \text { correct }}=500+20+25-45-50=450$

$\sigma^2=144$

$\frac{\sum x_i^2}{10}-(50)^2=144$

$\sum x_{i c o r r e c t}^2=\left(144+(50)^2\right) \times 10-(45)^2-(50)^2+(20)^2+(25)^2$

$22940$

Correct variance $=\frac{\sum\left(x_{\text {icorrect }}\right)^2}{10}-\left(\frac{\sum x_{\text {icorrect }}}{10}\right)^2$

$=2294-(45)^2$

$=2294-2025=269$

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MCQ 861 Mark
The mean and standard deviation of $10$ observations are $20$ and $84$ respectively. Later on, it was observed that one observation was recorded as $50$ instead of $40$. Then the correct variance is:
  • A
    $14$
  • $13$
  • C
    $12$
  • D
    $11$
Answer
Correct option: B.
$13$
b
$\mu=20, \sigma=8$

$\mu_{\text {Corrected }}=\frac{200-50+40}{10}=19$

$\sigma^2=\frac{1}{10} \sum x_i^2-20^2$

$(64+400) 10=\sum x_i^2$

$\sigma_{\text {Corrected }}^2=\frac{1}{10}[(64+400) 10-2500+1600]-19^2$

$=374-361$

$=13$

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MCQ 871 Mark
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
    $9$
  • B
    $12$
  • C
    $11$
  • $10$
Answer
Correct option: D.
$10$
d
$\text { Combine var. }=\frac{ n _1 \sigma^2+ n _2 \sigma^2}{ n _1+ n _2}+\frac{ n _1 n _2\left( m _1- m _2\right)^2}{\left( n _1+ n _2\right)^2}$

$13=\frac{15.14+15 \cdot \sigma^2}{30}+\frac{15.15(12-14)^2}{30 \times 30}$

$13=\frac{14+\sigma^2}{2}+\frac{4}{4}$

$\sigma^2=10$

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MCQ 881 Mark
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
    $36$
  • $43$
  • D
    $60$
Answer
Correct option: C.
$43$
c
No. of observations: - $50$

mean $(\bar{x})=15$

Standard deviation $(\sigma)=2$

Let incorrect observation is $x_{1}$ and correct observation is $\left( x _{1}^{\prime}\right)$

Given $x_{1}+x_{1}^{\prime}=70$

$\bar{x}=\frac{x_{1}+x_{2}+\ldots+x_{\text {s0 }}}{50}=15(\text { given })$

$\Rightarrow x_{1}+x_{2}+\ldots . x_{50}=750$           $\ldots(i)$

Now

Mean of correct observation is $16$

$\frac{x_{1}^{\prime}+x_{2}+\ldots+x_{50}}{50}=16$

$x_{1}^{\prime}+x_{2}+x_{3}+\ldots x_{s 0}=16 \times 50$           $\ldots(ii)$

eq. $(ii)$ - eq. $(i)$

$\Rightarrow x_{1}^{\prime}-x_{1}=16 \times 50-15 \times 50$

$x_{1}^{\prime}-x_{1}=50 and  x_{1}+x_{1}^{\prime}=70$

$x_{1}^{\prime}=60$

$x_{1}=10$

$\Rightarrow 4=\frac{x_{1}^{2}+x_{2}^{2}+\ldots .+x_{50}^{2}}{50}-15^{2}$           $\ldots(iii)$

$\Rightarrow \sigma^{2}=\frac{x_{1}^{\prime 2}+x_{2}^{2}+\ldots . x_{50}^{2}}{50}-16^{2}$           $\ldots(iv)$

from $(iii)$

$\Rightarrow 4=\frac{(10)^{2}}{50}+\frac{x_{2}^{2}+x_{3}^{2}+\ldots .+x_{50}^{2}}{50}-225$

$\Rightarrow 4=2-225+\frac{\left(x_{2}^{2}+x_{3}^{2}+\ldots .+x_{90}^{2}\right)}{50}$

$\Rightarrow 227=\frac{\left(x_{2}^{2}+x_{3}^{2}+\ldots x_{50}^{2}\right)}{50}$

$\text { From }( iv )$

$\sigma^{2}=\frac{(60)^{2}}{50}+\left(\frac{x_{2}^{2}+x_{3}^{2}+\ldots+x_{90}^{2}}{50}\right)-(16)^{2}$

$\sigma^{2}=\frac{60 \times 60}{50}+227-256$

$\sigma^{2}=72+227-256$

$\sigma^{2}=43$

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MCQ 891 Mark
If the mean deviation about the mean of the numbers $1,2,3, \ldots ., n$, where $n$ is odd, is $\frac{5(n+1)}{n}$, then $n$ is equal to
  • A
    $20$
  • B
    $25$
  • C
    $23$
  • $21$
Answer
Correct option: D.
$21$
d
Mean deviation about mean of first $n$ natural numbers is $\frac{ n ^{2}-1}{4 n }$

$\therefore n =21$

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MCQ 901 Mark
Suppose a class has $7$ students. The average marks of these students in the mathematics examination is $62$, and their variance is $20$ . A student fails in the examination if $he/she$ gets less than $50$ marks, then in worst case, the number of students can fail is
  • A
    $5$
  • B
    $3$
  • C
    $4$
  • $0$
Answer
Correct option: D.
$0$
d
$20=\frac{\sum\limits_{ i =1}^{7}\left| x _{ i }-62\right|^{2}}{7}$

$\Rightarrow\left| x _{1}-62\right|^{2}+\left| x _{2}-62\right|^{2}+\ldots .+\left| x _{7}-62\right|^{2}=140$

$If$ $x _{1}=49$

$|49-62|^{2}=169$

then, $\left| x _{2}-62\right|^{2}+\ldots .+\left| x _{7}-62\right|^{2}=$ Negative Number which is not possible, therefore, no student can fail.

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MCQ 911 Mark
The mean and standard deviation of $15$ observations are found to be $8$ and $3$ respectively. On rechecking it was found that, in the observations, $20$ was misread as $5$ . Then, the correct variance is equal to......
  • A
    $7$
  • B
    $20$
  • C
    $19$
  • $17$
Answer
Correct option: D.
$17$
d
We have

$\text { Variance }=\frac{\sum\limits_{ r =1}^{15} x _{ r }^{2}}{15}-\left(\frac{\sum\limits_{ r =1}^{15} x _{ r }}{15}\right)^{2}$

Now, as per information given in equation

$\frac{\sum x _{ r }^{2}}{15}-8^{2}=3^{2} \Rightarrow \sum x _{ T }^{2}=\log 5$

Now, the new $\sum x _{ r }^{2}=\log 5-5^{2}+20^{2}=1470$

And, new $\sum x _{ r }=(15 \times 8)-5+(20)=135$

Variance $=\frac{1470}{15}-\left(\frac{135}{15}\right)^{2}=98-81=17$

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MCQ 921 Mark
The number of values of $a \in N$ such that the variance of $3,7,12 a, 43-a$ is a natural number is  (Mean $=13$)
  • $0$
  • B
    $2$
  • C
    $5$
  • D
    infinite
Answer
Correct option: A.
$0$
a
Mean $=13$

Variance $=\frac{9+49+144+ a ^{2}+(43- a )^{2}}{5}-13^{2} \in N$

$\Rightarrow \frac{2 a^{2}-a+1}{5} \in N$

$\Rightarrow 2 a^{2}-a+1-5 n=0$ must have solution as natural numbers

its $D=40 n-7$ always has $3$ at unit place

$\Rightarrow D$ can't be perfect square

So, a can't be integer.

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MCQ 931 Mark
If the mean deviation about median for the number $3,5,7,2\,k , 12,16,21,24$ arranged in the ascending order, is $6$ then the median is
  • A
    $11.5$
  • B
    $10.5$
  • C
    $12$
  • $11$
Answer
Correct option: D.
$11$
d
Median $=\frac{2 k+12}{2}=k+6$

Mean deviation $=\sum \frac{\left|x_{i}-M\right|}{n}=6$

$(k+3)+(k+1)+(k-1)+(6-k)+(6-k)$

$\frac{+(10-k)+(15-k)+(18-k)}{8}$

$\therefore \quad \frac{58-2 k}{8}=6$

$k=5$

Median $=\frac{2 \times 5+12}{2}=11$

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MCQ 941 Mark
The mean and variance of $10$ observations were calculated as $15$ and $15$ respectively by a student who took by mistake $25$ instead of $15$ for one observation. Then, the correct standard deviation is$.....$
  • A
    $4$
  • B
    $6$
  • $2$
  • D
    $8$
Answer
Correct option: C.
$2$
c
$n =10, \bar{x}=\frac{\sum x_{i}}{10}=15$

$6^{2}=\frac{\sum x_{i}^{2}}{10}-(\bar{x})^{2}=15$

$\sum_{i=1}^{10} x_{i}=150$

$\sum_{i=1}^{9} x_{i}+25=150$

$\sum_{i=1}^{9} x_{i}=125$

$\sum_{i=1}^{9} x_{i}+15=140$

Actual mean $=\frac{140}{10}=14=\bar{x}_{\text {nev }}$

$\sum_{i=1}^{9} \frac{x_{i}^{2}+25^{2}-15^{2}}{10}=15$

$\sum_{i=1}^{9} x_{i}^{2}+625=2400$

$\sum_{i=1}^{9} x_{i}^{2}=1775$

$\sum_{i=1}^{9} x_{i}^{2}+15^{2}=2000=\left(\sum x_{i}^{2}\right)_{\text {acnaal }}$

$6_{\text {actual }}^{2}=\frac{\left(\sum x_{i}^{2}\right)_{\text {actual }}-\left(\bar{x}_{\text {new }}\right)^{2}}{10}$

$=\frac{2000}{10}-14^{2}$

$=200-196=4$

$(\text { S.D })_{\text {attul }}=6=2$

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MCQ 951 Mark
The mean and variance of the data $4, 5,6,6,7,8, x$, $y$ where $x < y$ are $6$ , and $\frac{9}{4}$ respectively. Then $x^{4}+y^{2}$ is equal to
  • A
    $162$
  • $320$
  • C
    $674$
  • D
    $420$
Answer
Correct option: B.
$320$
b
mean $\bar{x}=\frac{4+5+6+6+7+8+x+y}{8}=6$

$\Rightarrow x+y=48-36=12$

Variance

$=\frac{1}{8}\left(16+25+36+36+49+64+x^{2}+y^{2}\right)-36=\frac{9}{4}$

$\Rightarrow x^{2}+y^{2}=80$

$\therefore x=4 ; y=8$

$x^{4}+y^{2}=256+64=320$

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MCQ 961 Mark
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
  • $60$
  • B
    $55$
  • C
    $50$
  • D
    $45$
Answer
Correct option: A.
$60$
a
$\sigma^{2}=\frac{\sum\limits_{i=1}^{5}\left(x_{i}-\bar{x}\right)^{2}}{n}$

Mean $=6$

$\frac{a+b+8+5+10}{5}=6$

$a+b=7$

$b=7-a$

$6.8=\frac{(a-6)^{2}+(b-6)^{2}+(8-6)^{2}+(5-6)^{2}+(10-6)^{2}}{5}$

$34=(a-6)^{2}+(7-a-6)^{2}+4+1+18$

$a^{2}-7 a+12=0 \Rightarrow a=4$ or $a=3$

$a=4 \quad a=3$

$b=3 \quad b=4$

$M=\frac{\sum\limits_{i=1}^{5}\left|x_{i}-x\right|}{n}$

$M=\frac{|a-6|+|b-6|+|8-6|+|5-6|+|10-6|}{5}$

when $a =3, b =4 \quad$ 

$M =\frac{3+2+2+1+4}{5}$

$M =\frac{12}{5}$

when $a =4, b =3$

$ M =\frac{2+3+2+1+7}{5}$

$M =\frac{12}{5}$

$25\;M =25 \times \frac{12}{5}=60$

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MCQ 971 Mark
Let the mean and the variance of $5$ observations $x_{1}, x_{2}, x_{3}, x_{4}, x_{5}$ be $\frac{24}{5}$ and $\frac{194}{25}$ respectively. If the mean and variance of the first $4$ observation are $\frac{7}{2}$ and $a$ respectively, then $\left(4 a+x_{5}\right)$ is equal to
  • A
    $13$
  • $15$
  • C
    $17$
  • D
    $18$
Answer
Correct option: B.
$15$
b
$\bar{x}=\frac{\sum x_{i}}{5}=\frac{24}{5} \Rightarrow \sum x_{i}=24$

$\sigma^{2}=\frac{\sum x_{i}^{2}}{5}-\left(\frac{24}{5}\right)^{2}=\frac{194}{25}$

$\Rightarrow \sum x_{i}^{2}=154$

$x_{1}+x_{2}+x_{3}+x_{4}=14$

$\Rightarrow x_{5}=10$

$\sigma^{2}=\frac{x_{1}^{2}+x_{2}^{2}+x_{3}^{2}+x_{4}^{2}}{4}-\frac{49}{4}=a$

$x_{1}^{2}+x_{2}^{2}+x_{3}^{2}+x_{4}^{2}=4 a+49$

$x_{5}^{2}=154-4 a-49$

$\Rightarrow 100=105-4 a \Rightarrow 4 a=5$

$4 a+x_{5}=15$

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MCQ 981 Mark
The mean and standard deviation of $40$ observations are $30$ and $5$ respectively. It was noticed that two of these observations $12$ and $10$ were wrongly recorded. If $\sigma$ is the standard deviation of the data after omitting the two wrong observations from the data, then $38 \sigma^{2}$ is equal to$.........$
  • $238$
  • B
    $239$
  • C
    $240$
  • D
    $241$
Answer
Correct option: A.
$238$
a
Wrong mean $=\mu_{1}=30$

Wrong $S.D$ $=\sigma_{1}=5$

$\frac{\sum x _{ i }}{40}=30$

$\sum x _{ i }=1200$

$\sigma_{1}^{2}=25$

$\frac{\sum x _{ i }^{2}}{40}-30^{2}=25$

$\sum x _{ i }^{2}=925 \times 40=37000$

New sum $=\sum x _{ i }^{\prime}=1200-10-12=1178$

New mean $=\mu_{1}^{\prime}=\frac{1178}{38}=31$

New $\sum x _{ i }^{2}=37000-(10)^{2}-(12)^{2}=36756$

New $S.D$, $\sigma_{1}^{\prime}=\sqrt{\frac{36756}{38}-(31)^{2}}=\sigma$

$36756-(31)^{2} \times 38=38 \sigma^{2}$

$38 \sigma^{2}=238$

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MCQ 991 Mark
Let the mean and the variance of $20$ observations $x_{1}, x_{2}, \ldots x_{20}$ be $15$ and $9 ,$ respectively. For $\alpha \in R$, if the mean of $\left( x _{1}+\alpha\right)^{2},\left( x _{2}+\alpha\right)^{2}, \ldots,\left( x _{20}+\alpha\right)^{2}$ is $178 ,$ then the square of the maximum value of $\alpha$ is equal to $...........$
  • A
    $0$
  • B
    $2$
  • C
    $3$
  • $4$
Answer
Correct option: D.
$4$
d
$\sum x_{1}=15 \times 20=300 \quad \ldots(i)$

$\frac{\sum x_{1}^{2}}{20}-(15)^{2}=9$

$\sum x_{1}^{2}=234 \times 20=4680$

$\frac{\sum\left(x_{1}+\alpha\right)^{2}}{20}=178 \Rightarrow \sum\left(x_{1}+\alpha\right)^{2}=3560$

$\Rightarrow \sum x_{1}^{2}+2 \alpha \sum x_{1}+\sum \alpha^{2}=3560$

$4680+600 \alpha+20 \alpha^{2}=3560$

$\Rightarrow \alpha^{2}+30 \alpha+56=0$

$\Rightarrow(\alpha+28)(\alpha+2)=0$

$\alpha=-2,-28$

Square of maximum value of $\alpha$ is $4$

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MCQ 1001 Mark
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:
  • $10,11$
  • B
    $8,13$
  • C
    $1,20$
  • D
    $3,18$
Answer
Correct option: A.
$10,11$
a
Let other two numbers be $a$, (21-a)

Now,

$10.25=\frac{\left(4+16+25+49+a^{2}+(21-a)^{2}\right)}{6}$

(Using formula for variance)

$\Rightarrow 6(10.25)+6(6.5)^{2}=94+a^{2}+(21-a)^{2}$

$\Rightarrow a 2+\left(21-a^{2}\right)=221$

$\therefore a=10 \text { and }(21-a)=21-10=11$

so, remaining two observations are $10,11 .$

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MCQ 1011 Mark
If the mean and variance of six observations $7,10,11,15, a, b$ are $10$ and $\frac{20}{3}$, respectively, then the value of $|a-b|$ is equal to:
  • A
    $7$
  • B
    $11$
  • C
    $9$
  • $1$
Answer
Correct option: D.
$1$
d
$10=\frac{7+10+11+15+a+b}{6}$

$\Rightarrow a+b=17$

$\frac{20}{3}=\frac{7^{2}+10^{2}+11^{2}+15^{2}+a^{2}+b^{2}}{6}-10^{2}$

$a^{2}+b^{2}=145$

Solve $(i)$ and $(ii)$ $\mathrm{a}=9, \mathrm{~b}=8$ or $\mathrm{a}=8, \mathrm{~b}=9$

$|a-b|=1$

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MCQ 1021 Mark
Consider three observations $a, b$ and $c$ such that $b = a + c .$ If the standard deviation of $a +2$ $b +2, c +2$ is $d ,$ then which of the following is true ?
  • A
    $b^{2}=3\left(a^{2}+c^{2}\right)+9 d^{2}$
  • B
    $b^{2}=a^{2}+c^{2}+3 d^{2}$
  • C
    $b^{2}=3\left(a^{2}+c^{2}+d^{2}\right)$
  • $b ^{2}=3\left( a ^{2}+ c ^{2}\right)-9 d ^{2}$
Answer
Correct option: D.
$b ^{2}=3\left( a ^{2}+ c ^{2}\right)-9 d ^{2}$
d
For $a, b, c$

mean $=\frac{a+b+c}{3}(=\bar{x})$

$b = a + c$

$\Rightarrow \quad \bar{x}=\frac{2 b}{3}$  $.....(1)$

S.D. $(a+2, b+2, c+2)=$ S.D. $(a, b, c)=d$

$\Rightarrow \quad d ^{2}=\frac{ a ^{2}+ b ^{2}+ c ^{2}}{3}-(\overline{ x })^{2}$

$\Rightarrow \quad d^{2}=\frac{a^{2}+b^{2}+c^{2}}{3}-\frac{4 b^{2}}{9}$

$\Rightarrow 9 d^{2}=3\left(a^{2}+b^{2}+c^{2}\right)-4 b^{2}$

$\Rightarrow \quad b^{2}=3\left(a^{2}+c^{2}\right)-9 d^{2}$

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MCQ 1031 Mark
Let $\mathrm{n}$ be an odd natural number such that the variance of $1,2,3,4, \ldots, \mathrm{n}$ is $14 .$ Then $\mathrm{n}$ is equal to ..... .
  • A
    $12$
  • $13$
  • C
    $23$
  • D
    $26$
Answer
Correct option: B.
$13$
b
$\frac{\mathrm{n}^{2}-1}{12}=14 \Rightarrow \mathrm{n}=13$
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MCQ 1041 Mark
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
    $\frac{92}{5}$
  • B
    $\frac{134}{5}$
  • $\frac{536}{25}$
  • D
    $\frac{112}{5}$
Answer
Correct option: C.
$\frac{536}{25}$
c
Let $8,16, \mathrm{x}_{1}, \mathrm{x}_{2}, \mathrm{x}_{3}, \mathrm{x}_{4}, \mathrm{x}_{5}$ be the observations.

Now $\frac{x_{1}+x_{2}+\ldots+x_{5}+14}{7}=8....(i)$

$\Rightarrow \sum_{i=1}^{5} x_{i}=42$

Also $\frac{x_{1}^{2}+x_{2}^{2}+\ldots x_{5}^{2}+8^{2}+6^{2}}{7}-64=16$

$\Rightarrow \sum_{i=1}^{5} x_{i}^{2}=560-100=460....(ii)$

So variance of $x_{1}, x_{2}, \ldots, x_{5}$

$=\frac{460}{5}-\left(\frac{42}{5}\right)^{2}=\frac{2300-1764}{25}=\frac{536}{25}$

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MCQ 1051 Mark
If the mean and variance of the following data:

$6,10,7,13, a, 12, b, 12$ are 9 and $\frac{37}{4}$ respectively, then $(a-b)^{2}$ is equal to:

  • A
    $12$
  • B
    $24$
  • $16$
  • D
    $32$
Answer
Correct option: C.
$16$
c
$\text { Mean }=\frac{6+10+7+13+a+12+b+12}{8}=9$

$60+a+b=72$

$a+b=12$

$\text { veriance }=\frac{\sum x_{i}^{2}}{n}-\left(\frac{\sum x_{i}}{n}\right)=\frac{37}{4}$

$\sum x_{i}^{2}=6^{2}+10^{2}+7^{2}+13^{2}+a^{2}+b^{2}+12^{2}+12^{2}$

$=a^{2}+b^{2}+642$

$\frac{a^{2}+b^{2}+642}{8}-(9)^{2}=\frac{37}{4}$

$\frac{a^{2}+b^{2}}{8}+\frac{321}{4}-81=\frac{37}{4}$

$\frac{a^{2}+b^{2}}{8}=81+\frac{37}{4}-\frac{321}{4}$

$\frac{a^{2}+b^{2}}{8}=81-71$

$\therefore a^{2}+b^{2}=80$

From $(1)$ $a^{2}+b^{2}+2 a b=144$

$80+2 a b=144 \therefore 2 a b=64$

$(a-b)^{2}=a^{2}+b^{2}-2 a b=80-64=16$

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MCQ 1061 Mark
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 the mean age of the teachers in this school now is $39$ years, then the age (in years) of the newly appointed teacher is..........
  • A
    $40$
  • $35$
  • C
    $48$
  • D
    $56$
Answer
Correct option: B.
$35$
b
$\frac{\sum x _{ i }}{25}=40 \& \frac{\sum x _{ i }-60+ N }{25}=39$

Let age of newly appointed teacher is $N$

$\Rightarrow 1000-60+ N =975$

$\Rightarrow N =35$ years

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MCQ 1071 Mark
Let the mean and variance of the frequency distribution

$\mathrm{x}$ $\mathrm{x}_{1}=2$ $\mathrm{x}_{2}=6$ $\mathrm{x}_{3}=8$ $\mathrm{x}_{4}=9$
$\mathrm{f}$ $4$ $4$ $\alpha$ $\beta$

be $6$ and $6.8$ respectively. If $x_{3}$ is changed from $8$ to $7 ,$ then the mean for the new data will be:

  • A
    $\frac{16}{3}$
  • B
    $4$
  • $\frac{17}{3}$
  • D
    $5$
Answer
Correct option: C.
$\frac{17}{3}$
c
$\text { Given } 32+8 \alpha+9 \beta=(8+\alpha+\beta) \times 6$

$\Rightarrow 2 \alpha+3 \beta=16 \quad \ldots \text { (i) }$

$\text { Also, } 4 \times 16+4 \times \alpha+9 \beta=(8+\alpha+\beta) \times 6.8$

$\Rightarrow 640+40 \alpha+90 \beta=544+68 \alpha+68 \beta$

$\Rightarrow 28 \alpha-22 \beta=96$

$\Rightarrow 14 \alpha-11 \beta=48 \quad \ldots (ii)$

from $(i)\, \, (ii)$

$\alpha=5 \, \,\beta=2$

so, new mean $=\frac{32+35+18}{15}=\frac{85}{15}=\frac{17}{3}$

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MCQ 1081 Mark
Consider the following frequency distribution :

Class: $0-6$ $6-12$ $12-18$ $18-24$ $24-30$
Frequency : $a$ $b$ $12$ $9$ $5$

If mean $=\frac{309}{22}$ and median $=14$, than value $(a-b)^{2}$ is equal to $.....$

  • A
    $5$
  • B
    $6$
  • $7$
  • D
    $11$
Answer
Correct option: C.
$7$
c
Class Frequency $X_i$ $F_i\,X_i$
$0-6$ $a$ $3$ $3a$
$6-12$ $b$ $9$ $9b$
$12-18$ $12$ $15$ $180$
$18-24$ $9$ $21$ $189$
$24-30$ $5$ $27$ $135$
  $N=(26+a+b)$   $(504+3a+9b)$

Mean $=\frac{3 a+9 b+180+189+135}{a+b+26}=\frac{309}{22}$

$\Rightarrow 66 a+198 b+11088=309 a+309 b+8034$

$\Rightarrow 243 a+111 b=3054$

$\Rightarrow 81 a+37 b=1018 ....(1)$

Now, Median $=12+\frac{\frac{a+b+26}{2}-(a+b)}{2} \times 6=14$

$\Rightarrow \frac{13}{2}-\left(\frac{a+b}{4}\right)=2$

$\Rightarrow \frac{a+b}{4}=\frac{9}{2}$

$\Rightarrow a+b=18 \rightarrow(2)$

From equation $(1)\, and\,(2)$

$a=8, b=10$

$\therefore(a-b)^{2}=(8-10)^{2}$

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MCQ 1091 Mark
Consider the following frequency distribution:

Class: $10-20$ $20-30$ $30-40$ $40-50$ $50-60$
Freq: $\alpha$ $110$ $54$ $30$ $\beta$

If the sum of all frequencies is $584$ and median is $45$ , then $|\alpha-\beta|$ is equal to $.....$

  • A
    $390$
  • $164$
  • C
    $377$
  • D
    $113$
Answer
Correct option: B.
$164$
b
$Class$ $Frequency$ $C.F.$
$10-20$ $\alpha$ $\alpha$
$20-30$ $110$ $\alpha+110$
$30-40$ $54$ $\alpha+164$
$40-50$ $30$ $\alpha+194$
$50-60$ $\beta$ $\alpha+\mathrm{b}+194=584$
 

$\mathrm{N}=\sum \mathrm{f}=584$

$\alpha+\beta=390$

 

Median $(\mathrm{m})=\ell+\left[\frac{\left(\frac{\mathrm{N}}{2}\right)-\mathrm{c}}{\mathrm{f}}\right] \times \mathrm{h}$

$\mathrm{N}=\frac{584}{2}=292$

$\mathrm{~m}=45=40+\left[\frac{292-(\alpha+164)}{30}\right] \times 10$

$45=40+\left(\frac{128-\alpha}{3}\right)$

$15=128-\alpha$

$\alpha=113$

$\beta=277$

$|\alpha-\beta|=|113-277|=164$

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MCQ 1101 Mark
Consider the statistics of two sets of observations as follows :

  Size Mean Variance
Observation $I$ $10$ $2$ $2$
Observation $II$ $n$ $3$ $1$

If the variance of the combined set of these two observations is $\frac{17}{9},$ then the value of $n$ is equal to ..... .

  • A
    $8$
  • B
    $10$
  • $5$
  • D
    $15$
Answer
Correct option: C.
$5$
c
$\sigma^{2}=\frac{ n _{1} \sigma_{1}^{2}+ n _{2} \sigma_{2}^{2}}{ n _{1}+ n _{2}}+\frac{ n _{1} n _{2}}{\left( n _{1}+ n _{2}\right)}\left(\overline{ x }_{1}-\overline{ x }_{2}\right)^{2}$

$n _{1}=10, n _{2}= n , \sigma_{1}^{2}=2, \sigma_{2}^{2}=1$

$\overline{ x }_{1}=2, \overline{ x }_{2}=3, \sigma^{2}=\frac{17}{9}$

$\frac{17}{9}=\frac{10 \times 2+ n }{ n +10}+\frac{10 n }{( n +10)^{2}}(3-2)^{2}$

$\frac{17}{9}=\frac{(n+20)(n+10)+10 n}{(n+10)^{2}}$

$17 n^{2}+1700+340 n=90 n+9\left(n^{2}+30 n+200\right)$

$8 n^{2}-20 n-100=0$

$2 n^{2}-5 n-25=0$

$(2 n+5)(n-5)=0 \Rightarrow n=\frac{-5}{2} \,(Rejected) , 5$

Hence $n =5$

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MCQ 1111 Mark
Consider a set of $3 n$ numbers having variance $4.$ In this set, the mean of first $2 n$ numbers is $6$ and the mean of the remaining $n$ numbers is $3.$ A new set is constructed by adding $1$ into each of first $2 n$ numbers, and subtracting $1$ from each of the remaining $n$ numbers. If the variance of the new set is $k$, then $9 k$ is equal to .... .
  • A
    $76$
  • $68$
  • C
    $82$
  • D
    $56$
Answer
Correct option: B.
$68$
b
Let number be $a _{1}, a _{2}, a _{3}, \ldots \ldots a _{2 n }, b _{1}, b _{2}, b _{3} \ldots b _{ n }$

$\sigma^{2}=\frac{\sum a^{2}+\sum b^{2}}{3 n}-(5)^{2}$

$\Rightarrow \sum a^{2}+\sum b^{2}=87 n$

Now, distribution becomes

$a _{1}+1, a _{2}+1, a _{3}+1, \ldots \ldots a _{2 n }+1, b _{1}-1,b_{2}-1 \ldots \ldots b_{n}-1$

Variance

$=\frac{\sum(a+1)^{2}+\sum(b-1)^{2}}{3 n}-\left(\frac{12 n+2 n+3 n-n}{3 n}\right)^{2}$

$=\frac{\left(\sum a^{2}+2 n+2 \sum a\right)+\left(\sum b^{2}+n-2 \sum b\right)}{3 n}$

$=\frac{\left(\sum a^{2}+2 n+2 \sum a\right)+\left(\sum b^{2}+n-2 \sum b\right)}{3 n}-\left(\frac{16}{3}\right)^{2}$

$=\frac{87 n+3 n+2(12 n)-2(3 n)}{3 n}-\left(\frac{16}{3}\right)^{2}$

$\Rightarrow k=\frac{108}{3}-\left(\frac{16}{5}\right)^{2}$

$\Rightarrow 9 k=3(108)-(16)^{2}=324-256=68$

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MCQ 1121 Mark
Let in a series of $2 n$ observations, half of them are equal to $a$ and remaining half are equal to $-a.$ Also by adding a constant $b$ in each of these observations, the mean and standard deviation of new set become $5$ and $20 ,$ respectively. Then the value of $a^{2}+b^{2}$ is equal to ....... .
  • $425$
  • B
    $650$
  • C
    $250$
  • D
    $925$
Answer
Correct option: A.
$425$
a
Let observations are denoted by $x _{i}$ for $1 \leq i< 2 n$

$\bar{x}=\frac{\sum x_{i}}{2 n}=\frac{(a+a+\ldots+a)-(a+a+\ldots+a)}{2 n}$

$\Rightarrow \overline{ x }=0$

and $\sigma_{ x }^{2}=\frac{\sum x _{i}^{2}}{2 n }-(\overline{ x })^{2}=\frac{ a ^{2}+ a ^{2}+\ldots+ a ^{2}}{2 n }-0= a ^{2}$

$\Rightarrow \sigma_{x}=a$

Now, adding a constant $b$ then $\overline{ y }=\overline{ x }+ b =5$

$\Rightarrow b =5$

and $\sigma_{y}=\sigma_{x}$ (No change in S.D.) $\Rightarrow a=20$

$\Rightarrow a^{2}+b^{2}=425$

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MCQ 1131 Mark
If the variance of $10$ natural numbers $1,1,1, \ldots ., 1, k$ is less than $10 ,$ then the maximum possible value of $k$ is ...... .
  • A
    $12$
  • $11$
  • C
    $14$
  • D
    $21$
Answer
Correct option: B.
$11$
b
$\sigma^{2}=\frac{\Sigma x ^{2}}{ n }-\left(\frac{\Sigma x }{ n }\right)^{2}$

$=\frac{9+ k ^{2}}{10}-\left(\frac{9+ k }{10}\right)^{2}<10$

$90+10 k^{2}-81-k^{2}-18 k < 1000$

$9 k ^{2}-18 k -991 < 0$

$k^{2}-2 k < \frac{991}{9}$

$( k -1)^{2} < \frac{1000}{9}$

$\frac{-10 \sqrt{10}}{3} <  k -1 < \frac{10 \sqrt{10}}{3}$

$k < \frac{10 \sqrt{10}}{3}+1$

$k \leq 11$

Maximum value of $k$ is $11 .$

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MCQ 1141 Mark
Let $X _{1}, X _{2}, \ldots, X _{18}$ be eighteen observations such that $\sum_{ i =1}^{18}\left( X _{ i }-\alpha\right)=36 \quad$ and $\sum_{i=1}^{18}\left(X_{i}-\beta\right)^{2}=90,$ where $\alpha$ and $\beta$ are distinct real numbers. If the standard deviation of these observations is $1,$ then the value of $|\alpha-\beta|$ is ...... .
  • $4$
  • B
    $2$
  • C
    $3$
  • D
    $5$
Answer
Correct option: A.
$4$
a
$\sum_{i=1}^{18}\left(x_{i}-\alpha\right)=36, \sum_{i=1}^{18}\left(x_{i}-\beta\right)^{2}=90$

$\Rightarrow \sum_{i=1}^{18} x_{i}=18(\alpha+2), \sum_{i=1}^{18} x_{i}^{2}-2 \beta \sum_{i=1}^{18} x_{i}+18 \beta^{2}=90$

Hence $\sum x _{ i }^{2}=90-18 \beta^{2}+36 \beta(\alpha+2)$

Given $\frac{\sum x _{ i }^{2}}{18}-\left(\frac{\sum x _{ i }}{18}\right)^{2}=1$

$\Rightarrow 90-18 \beta^{2}+36 \beta(\alpha+2)-18(\alpha+2)^{2}=18$

$\Rightarrow 5-\beta^{2}+2 \alpha \beta+4 \beta-\alpha^{2}-4 \alpha-4=1$

$\Rightarrow(\alpha-\beta)^{2}+4(\alpha-\beta)=0 \Rightarrow|\alpha-\beta|=0$ or $4$

As $\alpha$ and $\beta$ are distinct $|\alpha-\beta|=4$

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MCQ 1151 Mark
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
    $(11,25)$
  • $(10.5,26)$
Answer
Correct option: D.
$(10.5,26)$
d
Given :

Mean $(\bar{x})=\frac{\Sigma x_{i}}{20}=10$

or $\Sigma \mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}=200$ (incorrect)

or $200-25+35=210=\Sigma \mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}$ (Correct)

Now correct $\bar{x}=\frac{210}{20}=10.5$

again given $S . D=2.5(\sigma)$

$\sigma^{2}=\frac{\Sigma \mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}^{2}}{20}-(10)^{2}=(2.5)^{2}$

or $\Sigma \mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}^{2}=2125$ (incorrect)

or $\Sigma \mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}^{2}=2125-25^{2}+35^{2}$ $=2725$ (Correct)

$\therefore$ correct $\sigma^{2}=\frac{2725}{20}-(10.5)^{2}$

$\underline{\underline{\sigma}}^{2}=26$

or $\sigma=26$

$\therefore \underline{\alpha}=10.5, \beta=26$

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MCQ 1161 Mark
Let the mean and variance of four numbers $3,7, x$ and $y(x>y)$ be $5$ and $10$ respectively. Then the mean of four numbers $3+2 \mathrm{x}, 7+2 \mathrm{y}, \mathrm{x}+\mathrm{y}$ and $x-y$ is ..... .
  • A
    $10$
  • B
    $11$
  • $12$
  • D
    $48$
Answer
Correct option: C.
$12$
c
$5=\frac{3+7+x+y}{4} \Rightarrow x+y=10$

$\operatorname{Var}(x)=10=\frac{3^{2}+7^{2}+x^{2}+y^{2}}{4}-25$

$140=49+9+x^{2}+y^{2}$

$x^{2}+y^{2}=82$

$x+y=10$

$\Rightarrow(x, y)=(9,1)$

Four numbers are $21,9,10,8$

$\text { Mean }=\frac{48}{4}=12$

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MCQ 1171 Mark
Let $\mathrm{X}$ be a random variable with distribution.

$\mathrm{x}$ $-2$ $-1$ $3$ $4$ $6$
$\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{X}=\mathrm{x})$ $\frac{1}{5}$ $\mathrm{a}$ $\frac{1}{3}$ $\frac{1}{5}$ $\mathrm{~b}$

If the mean of $X$ is $2.3$ and variance of $X$ is $\sigma^{2}$, then $100 \sigma^{2}$ is equal to :

  • $781$
  • B
    $100$
  • C
    $529$
  • D
    $1310$
Answer
Correct option: A.
$781$
a
$\mathrm{x}$ $-2$ $-1$ $3$ $4$ $6$
$\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{X}=\mathrm{x})$ $\frac{1}{5}$ $\mathrm{a}$ $\frac{1}{3}$ $\frac{1}{5}$ $\mathrm{~b}$
 

$\bar{X}=2.3$

$-a+6 b=\frac{9}{10} \ldots (1)$

$\sum P_{i}=\frac{1}{5}+a+\frac{1}{3}+\frac{1}{5}+b=1$

$a+b=\frac{4}{15} \ldots (2)$

From equation $(1)$ and $(2)$

$a=\frac{1}{10}, b=\frac{1}{6}$

$\sigma^{2}=\Sigma p_{i} x_{i}^{2}-(\bar{X})^{2}$

$\frac{1}{5}(4)+a(1)+\frac{1}{3}(9)+\frac{1}{5}(16)+b(36)-(2.3)^{2}$

$=\frac{4}{5}+a+3+\frac{16}{5}+36 b-(2.3)^{2}$

$=4+a+3+36 b-(2.3)^{2}$

$=7+a+36 b-(2.3)^{2}$

$=7+\frac{1}{10}+6-(2.3)^{2}$

$=13+\frac{1}{10}-\left(\frac{23}{10}\right)^{2}$

$=\frac{131}{10}-\left(\frac{23}{10}\right)^{2}$

$=\frac{1310-(23)^{2}}{100}$

$=\frac{1310-529}{100}$

$=\frac{781}{100}$

$100 \sigma^{2}=781$

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MCQ 1181 Mark
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
    $5$
  • B
    $8$
  • $4$
  • D
    $6$
Answer
Correct option: C.
$4$
c
$n_{1}=100 \quad n=250$

$\therefore n_{2}=250-100 \Rightarrow n_{2}=150$

$\bar{x}=\frac{n_{1} \bar{x}_{1}+n_{2} \bar{x}_{2}}{n_{1}+n_{2}}$

$15.6=\frac{100(15)+(150)\left(\bar{x}_{2}\right)}{250}$

$\Rightarrow \overline{\mathrm{x}}_{2}=16$

$\overline{\mathrm{X}}_{1}=15 \quad\quad\quad\quad \Rightarrow$

$\sigma_{1}^{2}=V_{1}(x)=9 \quad \sigma^{2}=\operatorname{Var}(x)=13.44$

$\sigma^{2}=\frac{\mathrm{n}_{1} \sigma_{1}^{2}+\mathrm{n}_{2} \sigma_{2}^{2}}{\mathrm{n}_{1}+\mathrm{n}_{2}}+\frac{\mathrm{n}_{1} \mathrm{n}_{2}}{\left(\mathrm{n}_{1}+\mathrm{n}_{2}\right)}\left(\overline{\mathrm{x}}_{1}-\overline{\mathrm{x}}_{2}\right)^{2}$

$\mathrm{n}_{2}=150, \overline{\mathrm{x}}_{2}=16, \mathrm{~V}_{2}(\mathrm{x})=\sigma_{2}$

$13.44=\frac{100 \times 9+150 \times \sigma_{2}^{2}}{250}+\frac{100 \times 150}{(250)^{2}} \times 1$

$\Rightarrow \sigma_{2}^{2}=16 \Rightarrow \sigma_{2}=4$

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MCQ 1191 Mark
An online exam is attempted by $50$ candidates out of which $20$ are boys. The average marks obtained by boys is $12$ with a variance $2 .$ The variance of marks obtained by $30$ girls is also $2 .$ The average marks of all $50$ candidates is $15 .$ If $\mu$ is the average marks of girls and $\sigma^{2}$ is the variance of marks of $50$ candidates, then $\mu+\sigma^{2}$ is equal to ...... .
  • A
    $125$
  • $25$
  • C
    $60$
  • D
    $40$
Answer
Correct option: B.
$25$
b
$\sigma_{b}^{2}=2 \quad$ (variance of boys) $n_{1}=$ no. of boys

$\bar{x}_{b}=12 \quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad n_{2}=$ no. of girls

$\sigma_{\mathrm{g}}^{2}=2$

$\bar{x}_{g}=\frac{50 \times 15-12 \times \sigma_{b}}{30}=\frac{750-12 \times 20}{30}=17=\mu$

variance of combined series

$\sigma^{2}=\frac{n_{1} \sigma_{b}^{2}+n_{2} \sigma_{g}^{2}}{n_{1}+n_{2}}+\frac{n_{1} \cdot n_{2}}{\left(n_{1}+n_{2}\right)^{2}}\left(\bar{x}_{b}-\bar{x}_{g}\right)^{2}$

$\sigma^{2}=\frac{20 \times 2+30 \times 2}{20+30}+\frac{20 \times 30}{(20+30)^{2}}(12-17)^{2}$

$\sigma^{2}=8$

$\Rightarrow \mu+\sigma^{2}=17+8=25$

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MCQ 1201 Mark
Let $x _{ i }(1 \leq i \leq 10)$ be ten observations of a random variable $X .$ If $\sum \limits_{ i =1}^{10}\left( x _{ i }- p \right)=3$ and $\sum \limits_{ i =1}^{10}\left( x _{ i }- p \right)^{2}=9$ where $0 \neq p \in R ,$ then the standard deviation of these observations is 
  • A
    $\sqrt{\frac{3}{5}}$
  • B
    $\frac{7}{10}$
  • $\frac{9}{10}$
  • D
    $\frac{4}{5}$
Answer
Correct option: C.
$\frac{9}{10}$
c
Variance $=\frac{\sum\left( x _{ i }- p \right)^{2}}{ n }-\left(\frac{\sum\left( x _{ i }- p \right)}{ n }\right)^{2}$

$=\frac{9}{10}-\left(\frac{3}{10}\right)^{2}=\frac{81}{100}$

$S.D. =\frac{9}{10}$

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MCQ 1211 Mark
For the frequency distribution :

Variate $( x )$ $x _{1}$ $x _{1}$ $x _{3} \ldots \ldots x _{15}$
Frequency $(f)$ $f _{1}$ $f _{1}$ $f _{3} \ldots f _{15}$

where $0< x _{1}< x _{2}< x _{3}<\ldots .< x _{15}=10$ and

$\sum \limits_{i=1}^{15} f_{i}>0,$ the standard deviation cannot be 

  • A
    $2$
  • B
    $1$
  • C
    $4$
  • $6$
Answer
Correct option: D.
$6$
d
$\because \sigma^{2} \leq \frac{1}{4}( M - m )^{2}$

Where $M$ and $m$ are upper and lower bounds

of values of any random variable.

$\therefore \quad \sigma^{2}<\frac{1}{4}(10-0)^{2}$

$\Rightarrow 0<\sigma<5$

$\therefore \sigma \neq 6$

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MCQ 1221 Mark
If the variance of the following frequency distribution :

Class $10-20$ $20-30$ $30-40$
Frequency $2$ $x$ $2$

 then $x$ is equal to 

  • $4$
  • B
    $-2$
  • C
    $-4$
  • D
    $2$
Answer
Correct option: A.
$4$
a
Variance is independent of shifting of origin

$\Rightarrow y_{i}: 15 \quad 25 \quad 35 \;\; or\;\;-10 \quad 0 \quad 10$

$\Rightarrow f_{i}: 2 \quad \;\;\;x \quad \;2 \;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\; 2 \quad \;\;x \quad \;2$

$\Rightarrow \quad$ Variance $\left(\sigma^{2}\right)=\frac{\Sigma x _{ i }^{2} f _{ i }}{\Sigma f _{ i }}-(\overrightarrow{ x })^{2}$

$\Rightarrow \quad 50=\frac{200+0+200}{x+4}-0 \quad\{\bar{x}=0\}$

$\Rightarrow \quad 200+50 x=200+200$

$\Rightarrow \quad x=4$

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MCQ 1231 Mark
If $\sum \limits_{i=1}^{n}\left(x_{i}-a\right)=n$ and $\sum \limits_{i=1}^{n}\left(x_{i}-a\right)^{2}=n a,(n, a>1)$ then the standard deviation of $n$ observations $x _{1}, x _{2}, \ldots, x _{ n }$ is
  • A
    $n \sqrt{ a -1}$
  • $\sqrt{a-1}$
  • C
    $a-1$
  • D
    $\sqrt{n(a-1)}$
Answer
Correct option: B.
$\sqrt{a-1}$
b
$S.D =\sqrt{\frac{\sum_{i=1}^{n}\left( x _{ i }- a \right)}{ n }-\left(\frac{\sum_{i=1}^{ n }\left( x _{ i }- a \right)}{ n }\right)^{2}}$

$=\sqrt{\frac{ na }{ n }-\left(\frac{ n }{ n }\right)^{2}}$

$\left\{\right.$ Given $\left.\sum_{i=1}^{n}\left(x_{i}-a\right)=n \sum_{i=1}^{n}\left(x_{i}-a\right)^{2}=n a\right\}$

$=\sqrt{a-1}$

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MCQ 1241 Mark
Consider the data on x taking the values $0,2,4,8, \ldots, 2^{n}$ with frequencies ${ }^{n} C_{0},{ }^{n} C_{1},{ }^{n} C_{2}, \ldots$ ${ }^{ n } C _{ n }$ respectively. If the mean of this data is $\frac{728}{2^{ n }},$ then $n$ is equal to
  • A
    $8$
  • B
    $7$
  • C
    $5$
  • $6$
Answer
Correct option: D.
$6$
d
$ \begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|} \hline x & 0 & 2 & 4 & 8 & & 2^{ n } \\ \hline f & { }^{ n } C _{0} & { }^{ n } C _{1} & { }^{ n } C _{2} & { }^{ n } C _{3} & & { }^{ n } C _{ n } \\ \hline \end{array}$

Mean $=\frac{\sum x_{i} f_{i}}{\sum f_{i}}=\frac{\sum_{x=1}^{n} 2^{x}{ }^{n} C_{x}}{\sum_{x=0}^{n}{ }^{n} C_{r}}$

Mean $=\frac{(1+2)^{n}-{ }^{n} C_{0}}{2^{n}}=\frac{728}{2^{n}}$

$\Rightarrow \frac{3^{n}-1}{2^{n}}=\frac{728}{2^{n}}$

$\Rightarrow 3^{n}=729 \Rightarrow n=6$

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MCQ 1251 Mark
If the mean and the standard deviation of the data $3,5,7, a, b$ are $5$ and $2$ respectively, then $a$ and $b$ are the roots of the equation
  • A
    $2 x^{2}-20 x+19=0$
  • $x^{2}-10 x+19=0$
  • C
    $x^{2}-10 x+18=0$
  • D
    $x^{2}-20 x+18=0$
Answer
Correct option: B.
$x^{2}-10 x+19=0$
b
Mean $=5$

$\frac{3+5+7+a+b}{5}=5$

$a+b=10$

S.d. $=2 \Rightarrow \sqrt{\frac{\sum_{i=1}^{5}\left(x_{i}-\bar{x}\right)^{2}}{5}}=2$

$(3-5)^{2}+(5-5)^{2}+(7-5)^{2}+(a-5)^{2}+(b-5)^{2}=20$

$\Rightarrow 4+0+4+(a-5)^{2}+(b-5)^{2}=20$

$a^{2}+b^{2}-10(a+b)+50=12$

$(a+b)^{2}-2 a b-100+50=12$

$a b=19$

Equation is $x^{2}-10 x+19=0$

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MCQ 1261 Mark
If the mean and variance of eight numbers $3,7,9,12,13,20, x$ and $y$ be $10$ and $25$ respectively, then $\mathrm{x} \cdot \mathrm{y}$ is equal to
  • A
    $48$
  • B
    $56$
  • $54$
  • D
    $58$
Answer
Correct option: C.
$54$
c
$\frac{3+7+9+12+13+20+x+y}{8}=10$

$x+y=16$

$\frac{\Sigma x^{2}}{n}-\left(\frac{\Sigma x}{n}\right)^{2}=25$

$3^{2}+7^{2}+9^{2}+12^{2}+13^{2}+20^{2}+\mathrm{x}^{2}+\mathrm{y}^{2}=1000$

$x^{2}+y^{2}=148$

$x y=54$

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MCQ 1271 Mark
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
  • A
    $16$
  • $18$
  • C
    $24$
  • D
    $22$
Answer
Correct option: B.
$18$
b
Variance of first 'n' natural numbers $=\frac{\mathrm{n}^{2}-1}{12}=10$

$\Rightarrow n=11$

and variance of first 'm' even natural numbers

$=4\left(\frac{\mathrm{m}^{2}-1}{12}\right) \Rightarrow \frac{\mathrm{m}^{2}-1}{3}=16 \Rightarrow \mathrm{m}=7$

$m+n=18$

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MCQ 1281 Mark
The mean and variance of $20$ observations are found to be $10$ and $4,$ respectively. On rechecking, it was found that an observation $9$ was incorrect and the correct observation was $11$. Then the correct variance is
  • $3.99$
  • B
    $3.98$
  • C
    $4.02$
  • D
    $4.01$
Answer
Correct option: A.
$3.99$
a
$\frac{\sum \mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}}{20}=10 \Rightarrow \Sigma \mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}=200$

$\frac{\sum \mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}^{2}}{20}-100=4 \Rightarrow \Sigma \mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}^{2}=2080$

Actual mean $=\frac{200-9+11}{20}=\frac{202}{20}$

Variance $=\frac{2080-81+121}{20}-\left(\frac{202}{20}\right)^{2}=3.99$

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MCQ 1291 Mark
The mean and the standard deviation (s.d.) of $10$ observations are $20$ and $2$ resepectively. Each of these $10$ observations is multiplied by $\mathrm{p}$ and then reduced by $\mathrm{q}$, where $\mathrm{p} \neq 0$ and $\mathrm{q} \neq 0 .$ If the new mean and new s.d. become half of their original values, then $q$ is equal to
  • $-20$
  • B
    $10$
  • C
    $-10$
  • D
    $-5$
Answer
Correct option: A.
$-20$
a
$20 \mathrm{p}-\mathrm{q}=10\ldots(i)$

and $2|p|=1 \Rightarrow p=\pm \frac{1}{2}\ldots(ii)$

so, $\mathrm{p}=-\frac{1}{2}$ and $\mathrm{q}=-20$

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MCQ 1301 Mark
Let the observations $\mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}(1 \leq \mathrm{i} \leq 10)$ satisfy the equations, $\sum\limits_{i=1}^{10}\left(x_{i}-5\right)=10$ and $\sum\limits_{i=1}^{10}\left(x_{i}-5\right)^{2}=40$ If $\mu$ and $\lambda$ are the mean and the variance of the observations, $\mathrm{x}_{1}-3, \mathrm{x}_{2}-3, \ldots ., \mathrm{x}_{10}-3,$ then the ordered pair $(\mu, \lambda)$ is equal to :
  • A
    $(6, 6)$
  • B
    $(3, 6)$
  • C
    $(6, 3)$
  • $(3, 3)$
Answer
Correct option: D.
$(3, 3)$
d
$\sum_{i=1}^{10}\left(x_{i}-5\right)=10$

$\Rightarrow$ Mean of observation $\mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}-5=\frac{1}{10} \sum_{\mathrm{i}=1}^{3}\left(\mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}-5\right)=1$

$\Rightarrow \mu=$ mean of observation $\left(\mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}-3\right)$

$=\left(\text { mean of observation }\left(\mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}-5\right)\right)+2$

$=1+2=3$

Variance of observation

$\mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}-5=\frac{1}{10} \sum_{\mathrm{i}=1}^{10}\left(\mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}-5\right)^{2}-\left(\mathrm{Mean} \text { of }\left(\mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}-5\right)\right)^{2}=3$

$\Rightarrow \quad \lambda=$ variance of observation $\left(\mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}-3\right)$

$=$ variance of observation $\left(\mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}-5\right)=3$ $\therefore \quad(\mu, \lambda)=(3,3)$

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MCQ 1311 Mark
Let $X=\{\mathrm{x} \in \mathrm{N}: 1 \leq \mathrm{x} \leq 17\}$ and $\mathrm{Y}=\{\mathrm{ax}+\mathrm{b}: \mathrm{x} \in \mathrm{X}$ and $\mathrm{a}, \mathrm{b} \in \mathrm{R}, \mathrm{a}>0\} .$ If mean and variance of elements of $Y$ are $17$ and $216$ respectively then $a + b$ is equal to 
  • $-7$
  • B
    $7$
  • C
    $9$
  • D
    $-27$
Answer
Correct option: A.
$-7$
a
$\sigma^{2}=$ variance

$\mu=$ mean

$\sigma^{2}=\frac{\sum_{i=1}^{n}\left(x_{i}-\mu\right)^{2}}{n}$

$\mu=17$

$\Rightarrow \frac{\sum_{x=1}^{17}(a x+b)}{17}=17$

$\Rightarrow \quad 9 a+b=17$

$\sigma^{2}=216$

$\Rightarrow \quad \frac{\sum_{x=1}^{17}(a x+b-17)^{2}}{17}=216$

$\Rightarrow \frac{\sum_{x=1}^{17} a^{2}(x-9)^{2}}{17}=216$

$\Rightarrow \quad a^{2} 81-18 \times 9 a^{2}+a^{2} 3 \times(35)=216$

$\Rightarrow \quad$ From $(1), b=-10$

So, $a+b=-7$

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MCQ 1321 Mark
The mean and variance of $8$ observations are $10$ and $13.5,$ respectively. If $6$ of these observations are $5,7,10,12,14,15,$ then the absolute difference of the remaining two observations is 
  • $7$
  • B
    $3$
  • C
    $5$
  • D
    $9$
Answer
Correct option: A.
$7$
a
$\bar{x}=10$

$\Rightarrow \bar{x}=\frac{63+a+b}{8}=10 \Rightarrow a+b=17$

since, variance is independent of origin. So, we subtract 10 from each observation.

$So , \sigma^{2}=13.5=\frac{79+( a -10)^{2}+( b -10)^{2}}{8}-(10-10)^{2}$

$\Rightarrow a ^{2}+ b ^{2}-20( a + b )=-171$

$\Rightarrow a ^{2}+ b ^{2}=169 \quad \ldots(2)$

From

$(i) and (ii)$ $; a=12 \& b=5$

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MCQ 1331 Mark
The mean and variance of $7$ observations are $8$ and $16,$ respectively. If five observations are $2, 4, 10,12,14,$ then the absolute difference of the remaining two observations is 
  • $2$
  • B
    $4$
  • C
    $3$
  • D
    $1$
Answer
Correct option: A.
$2$
a
$\bar{x}=\frac{2+4+10+12+14+x+y}{7}=8$

$x+y=14$

$(\sigma)^{2}=\frac{\sum\left( x _{ i }\right)^{2}}{ n }-\left(\frac{\sum x _{ i }}{ n }\right)^{2}$

$16=\frac{4+16+100+144+196+x^{2}+y^{2}}{7}-8^{2}$

$16+64=\frac{460+x^{2}+y^{2}}{7}$

$560=460+x^{2}+y^{2}$

$x^{2}+y^{2}=100$      (ii)

Clearly by (i) and (ii), $|x-y|=2$

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MCQ 1341 Mark
If for some $x \in  R$, the frequency distribution of the marks obtained by $20$ students in a test is
Marks                $2$                $3$                $5$                  $7$
Frequency     $(x+1)^2$      $2x -5$        $x^2 -3x$       $x$
Then the mean of the marks is
  • $2.8$
  • B
    $3.2$
  • C
    $2.5$
  • D
    $3$
Answer
Correct option: A.
$2.8$
a
$\bar x = \frac{{\sum {{x_i}{f_i}} }}{{\sum {{x_i}} }}$

$\because$ $\sum {{f_i}}  = {\left( {x + 1} \right)^2} + \left( {2x - 5} \right) + \left( {{x^2} - 3x} \right) + x = 20$

$ \Rightarrow x = 3, - 4$ (rejected)

$\therefore \bar x = \frac{{\sum {{x_i}{f_i}} }}{{\sum {{x_i}} }} = 2.8$

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MCQ 1351 Mark
The mean and the median of the following ten numbers in increasing order $10, 22, 26, 29, 34, x, 42, 67, 70, y$ are $42$ and $35$ respectively, then $\frac{y}{x}$ is equal to 
  • $\frac{7}{3}$
  • B
    $\frac{9}{4}$
  • C
    $\frac{7}{2}$
  • D
    $\frac{8}{3}$
Answer
Correct option: A.
$\frac{7}{3}$
a
means $=42$

$ \Rightarrow \frac{{10 + 22 + 26 + 29 + 34 + x + 42 + 67 + 70 + y}}{{10}} = 45$

$ \Rightarrow x + y = 120\,\,\,\,......\left( i \right)$

and median $=35$

$ \Rightarrow \frac{{34 + x}}{2} = 35 \Rightarrow x = 36$

from $(i)$ $y = 84$

$\frac{y}{x} = \frac{{84}}{{36}} = \frac{7}{3}$

 

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MCQ 1361 Mark
If the sum of the deviations of $50$ observations from $30$ is $50$, then the mean of these observations is
  • A
    $30$
  • B
    $51$
  • C
    $50$
  • $31$
Answer
Correct option: D.
$31$
d
Given $\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{50} {\left( {{x_i} - 30} \right)}  = 50$

$ \Rightarrow \sum {{x_i} = 30\left( {50} \right) + 50 \Rightarrow \frac{{\sum {{x_i}} }}{{50}}}  = 31$

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MCQ 1371 Mark
A data consists of $n$ observations

${x_1},{x_2},......,{x_n}.$ If $\sum\limits_{i - 1}^n {{{({x_i} + 1)}^2}}  = 9n$ and $\sum\limits_{i - 1}^n {{{({x_i} - 1)}^2}}  = 5n,$ then the standard deviation of this data is

  • A
    $5$
  • $\sqrt 5$
  • C
    $\sqrt 7$
  • D
    $2$
Answer
Correct option: B.
$\sqrt 5$
b
${\sum {\left( {{x_i} + 1} \right)} ^2} = 9n\,\,\,\,\,\,....\left( 1 \right)$

${\sum {\left( {{x_i} - 1} \right)} ^2} = 5n\,\,\,\,\,\,....\left( 2 \right)$

$\left( 1 \right) + \left( 2 \right) \Rightarrow \sum {\left( {x_i^2 + 1} \right)}  = 7n$

$ \Rightarrow \frac{{\sum {x_i^2} }}{n} = 6$

$\left( 1 \right).\left( 2 \right) \Rightarrow 4\sum {{x_i}}  = 4n$

$ \Rightarrow \sum {{x_i} = n} $

$ \Rightarrow \frac{{\sum {{x_i}} }}{n} = 1$

$ \Rightarrow $ variance $=6-1=5$

$ \Rightarrow $standard diviation $ = \sqrt 5 $

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MCQ 1381 Mark
The mean of five observations is $5$ and their variance is $9.20$. If three of the given five observations are $1, 3$ and $8$, then a ratio of other two observations is
  • A
    $10 : 3$
  • $4 : 9$
  • C
    $5 : 8$
  • D
    $6 : 7$
Answer
Correct option: B.
$4 : 9$
b
$\mu  = \frac{{1 + 3 + 8 + x + y}}{5}$

$25 = 12 + x + y \Rightarrow x + y = 13\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,........\left( 1 \right)$

${\sigma ^2} = \frac{{\sum {{{\left( {{x_i} - \mu } \right)}^2}} }}{N}$

$9.2 = \frac{{1 + 9 + 64 + {x^2} + {y^2}}}{5} - 25$

$34.2 \times 5 = 74 + {x^2} + {y^2}$

$171 = 74 + {x^2} + {y^2}$

$97 = {x^2} + {y^2}..........\left( 2 \right)$

${\left( {x + y} \right)^2} = {x^2} + {y^2} + 2xy$

$169 - 97 = 2xy \Rightarrow xy = 36$

$T = 4,9$

So, ratio is $\frac{4}{9}$ or $\frac{9}{4}$

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MCQ 1391 Mark
If mean and standard deviation of $5$ observations $x_1 ,x_2 ,x_3 ,x_4 ,x_5$ are $10$ and $3$, respectively, then the variance of $6$ observations $x_1 ,x_2 ,.....,x_3$ and $-50$ is equal to
  • A
    $509.5$
  • B
    $586.5$
  • C
    $582.5$
  • $507.5$
Answer
Correct option: D.
$507.5$
d
$\sum {x = 50} $

${\left( 3 \right)^2} = \frac{1}{5}\left( {e{x^2} - \frac{{{{\left( {ex} \right)}^2}}}{5}} \right)$

$9 = \frac{1}{5}\left( {\sum {{x^2} - \frac{{2500}}{5}} } \right)$

$\therefore \sum {{x^2} = 545} $

New variable $ = \frac{1}{6}\left( {3045 - \frac{0}{6}} \right) = 507.5$

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MCQ 1401 Mark
The outcome of each of $30$ items was observed; $10$ items gave an outcome $\frac{1}{2} - d$ each, $10$ items gave outcome $\frac {1}{2}$ each and the remaining $10$ items gave outcome $\frac{1}{2} + d$ each. If the variance of this outcome data is $\frac {4}{3}$ then $\left| d \right|$ equals
  • A
    $\frac {2}{3}$
  • B
    $2$
  • C
    $\frac {\sqrt 5}{2}$
  • $\sqrt 2$
Answer
Correct option: D.
$\sqrt 2$
d
Variance remains some if same number is subracted from  each observation. (subtract $10$ from each observation)

$\therefore \frac{{1{{\left( { - d} \right)}^2} + 10{{\left( 0 \right)}^2} + 10{{\left( d \right)}^2}}}{{30}} - {\left( {\frac{{10\left( { - d} \right) + 10\left( 0 \right) + 10\left( d \right)}}{{30}}} \right)^2} = \frac{4}{3}$

$\frac{{20{d^2}}}{{30}} = \frac{4}{3}$

$ \Rightarrow {d^2} = 2$

$\left( d \right) = \sqrt 2 $

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MCQ 1411 Mark
The mean and the variance of five observations are $4$ and $5.20,$ respectively. If three of the observations are $3, 4$ and $4;$ then the absolute value of the difference of the other two observations, is
  • $7$
  • B
    $5$
  • C
    $1$
  • D
    $3$
Answer
Correct option: A.
$7$
a
Mean $\bar x = 4,{\sigma ^2} = 5.2,n = 5,{x_1} = 3,{x_2} = 4 = {x_3}$

$\sum {{x_i} = 20} $

${x_4} + {x_5} = 9\,\,\,\,\,\,\,........\left( i \right)$

$\frac{{\sum {x_i^2} }}{x} - {\left( {\bar x} \right)^2} = {\sigma ^2} \Rightarrow \sum {x_i^2}  = 106$

$x_4^2 + x_5^2 = 65\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,........\left( {ii} \right)$

Using $(i)$ and $(ii)$ ${\left( {{x_4} - {x_5}} \right)^2} = 49$

$\left| {{x_4} - {x_5}} \right| = 7$

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MCQ 1421 Mark
The mean and variance of seven observations are $8$ and $16$, respectively. If $5$ of the observations are $2, 4, 10, 12, 14,$ then the product of the remaining two observations is
  • A
    $40$
  • B
    $45$
  • C
    $49$
  • $48$
Answer
Correct option: D.
$48$
d
Let $7$ observation be ${x_1},{x_2},{x_3},{x_4},{x_5},{x_6},{x_7}$

$\bar x = 8 \Rightarrow \sum\limits_{i = 1}^7 {{x_i}}  = 56\,\,\,\,\,\,.......\left( 1 \right)$

Also ${\sigma ^2} = 16$

$ \Rightarrow 16 = \frac{1}{7}\left( {\sum\limits_{i = 1}^7 {x_i^2} } \right) - {\left( {\bar x} \right)^2}$

$ \Rightarrow 16 = \frac{1}{7}\left( {\sum\limits_{i = 1}^7 {x_i^2} } \right) - 64$

$ \Rightarrow \left( {\sum\limits_{i = 1}^7 {x_i^2} } \right) = 560\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,.......\left( 2 \right)$

Now, ${x_1} = 2,{x_2} = 4,{x_3} = 10,{x_4} = 12,{x_5} = 14$

$ \Rightarrow {x_6} + {x_7} = 14$ (from $(1)$) and $x_6^2 + x_7^2 = 100$ (from$(2)$)

$\therefore x_6^2 + x_7^2 = {\left( {{x_6} + {x_7}} \right)^2} - 2{x_6}{x_7} \Rightarrow {x_6}{x_7} = 48$

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MCQ 1431 Mark
If the standard deviation of the numbers $-1, 0, 1, k$ is $\sqrt 5$ where $k > 0,$ then $k$ is equal to
  • A
    $4\sqrt {\frac {5}{3}}$
  • B
    $\sqrt 6$
  • $2\sqrt 6$
  • D
    $2\sqrt {\frac {10}{3}}$
Answer
Correct option: C.
$2\sqrt 6$
c
$S.D. = \sqrt {\frac{{\sum {{{\left( {x - \bar x} \right)}^2}} }}{n}} $

$\bar x = \frac{{\sum x }}{4} = \frac{{ - 1 + 0 + 1 + k}}{4} = \frac{k}{4}$

Now $\sqrt 5 = \sqrt {\frac{{{{\left( { - 1 - \frac{k}{4}} \right)}^2} + {{\left( {0 - \frac{k}{4}} \right)}^2} + {{\left( {1 - \frac{k}{4}} \right)}^2} + {{\left( {k - \frac{k}{4}} \right)}^2}}}{4}} $

$ \Rightarrow 5 \times 4 = 2{\left( {1 + \frac{k}{{16}}} \right)^2} + \frac{{5{k^2}}}{8}$

$ \Rightarrow 18 = \frac{{3{k^2}}}{4}$

$ \Rightarrow {k^2} = 24$

$ \Rightarrow k = 2\sqrt 6 $

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MCQ 1441 Mark
If both the means and the standard deviation of $50$ observations $x_1, x_2, ………, x_{50}$ are equal to $16$ , then the mean of $(x_1 - 4)^2, (x_2 - 4)^2, …., (x_{50} - 4)^2$ is
  • $400$
  • B
    $380$
  • C
    $525$
  • D
    $480$
Answer
Correct option: A.
$400$
a
Mean $\left( \mu  \right) = \frac{{\sum {{x_i}} }}{{50}} = 16$

Standard deviation $\left( \sigma  \right) = \sqrt {\frac{{\sum {x_i^2} }}{{50}} - {{\left( \mu  \right)}^2}}  = 16$

$ \Rightarrow \left( {256} \right) \times 2 = \frac{{\sum {x_i^2} }}{{50}}$

$\Rightarrow$ New mean

$ = \frac{{\sum {{{\left( {{x_i} - 4} \right)}^2}} }}{{50}} = \frac{{\sum {x_i^2 + 16 \times 50 - 8\sum {{x_i}} } }}{{50}}$

$ = \left( {256} \right) \times 2 + 16 - 8 \times 16 = 400$

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MCQ 1451 Mark
If the data $x_1, x_2, ...., x_{10}$ is such that the mean of first four of these is $11$, the mean of the remaining six is $16$ and the sum of squares of all of these is $2,000$; then the standard deviation of this data is
  • A
    $2\sqrt 2 $
  • $2$
  • C
    $4$
  • D
    $\sqrt 2 $
Answer
Correct option: B.
$2$
b
${x_1} + ... + {x_4} = 44$

${x_5} + ... + {x_{10}} = 96$

$\bar x = 14,\sum {{x_i} = 140} $

Variance $ = \frac{{\sum {x_i^2} }}{n} - {{\bar x}^2} = 4$

Standard deviation $=2$

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MCQ 1461 Mark
$5$ students of a class have an average height $150\, cm$ and variance $18\, cm^2$. A new student, whose height is $156\, cm$, joined them. The variance (in $cm^2$) of the height of these six students is
  • A
    $16$
  • B
    $22$
  • $20$
  • D
    $18$
Answer
Correct option: C.
$20$
c
Let $5$ students are ${x_1},{x_2},{x_3},{x_4},{x_5}$

Given $\bar x = \frac{{\sum {{x_i}} }}{5} = 150\,\,\,\, \Rightarrow \sum\limits_{i = 1}^5 { = 750\,\,\,\,\,\,.....\left( 1 \right)} $

$\frac{{\sum {x_i^2} }}{5} - {\left( {\bar x} \right)^2} = 18 \Rightarrow \frac{{\sum {x_i^2} }}{5} - {\left( {150} \right)^2} = 180$

$ \Rightarrow \sum {x_i^2}  = \left( {22500 + 18} \right) \times 5\,\,\, \Rightarrow \sum\limits_{i = 1}^5 {\,x_i^2 = 112590\,\,\,\,\,.....\left( 2 \right)} $

Heght of new standent $ = 156\left( {Let\,{x_6}} \right)$

Then ${x_1} + {x_2} + {x_3} + {x_4} + {x_5} + {x_6} = 750 + 156$

${{\bar x}_{new}} = \frac{{{x_1} + {x_2} + {x_3} + {x_4} + {x_5} + {x_6}}}{6} = \frac{{906}}{6} = 151\,\,\,\,\,\,....\left( 3 \right)$

Variance (new) $ = \frac{{\sum {x_i^2} }}{6} - {\left( {{{\bar x}_{new}}} \right)^2}$

from equation $(2)$ and $(3)$

variance (new) $ = \frac{{112590 + {{\left( {156} \right)}^2}}}{6} - {\left( {151} \right)^2} = 2281 - 22801 = 20$

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MCQ 1471 Mark
A student score the following marks in five tests : $45, 54, 41, 57, 43$. His score is not known for the sixth test. If the mean score is $48$ in the six tests, then the standard deviation of the marks in six tests is:
  • A
    $\frac{10}{3}$
  • B
    $\frac{100}{3}$
  • C
    $\frac{{100}}{{\sqrt 3 }}$
  • $\frac{{10}}{{\sqrt 3 }}$
Answer
Correct option: D.
$\frac{{10}}{{\sqrt 3 }}$
d
$AM = \frac{{41 + 45 + 54 + 57 + 43 + x}}{6} = 48$

$ \Rightarrow x = 48$

${\sigma ^2} + {48^2} = \frac{1}{6}\left( {{{41}^2} + {{45}^2} + {{54}^2} + {{57}^2} + {{43}^2} + {{48}^2}} \right)$

${\sigma ^2} = \frac{{14024}}{6} - 2304$

$ = \frac{{100}}{3}$

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MCQ 1481 Mark
The mean of a set of $30$ observations is $75$. If each other observation is multiplied by a nonzero number $\lambda $ and then each of them is decreased by $25$, their mean remains the same. The $\lambda $ is equal to
  • A
    $\frac{{10}}{3}$
  • $\frac{{4}}{3}$
  • C
    $\frac{{1}}{3}$
  • D
    $\frac{{2}}{3}$
Answer
Correct option: B.
$\frac{{4}}{3}$
b
As mean is a linear operation, so if each observation is multipied by $\lambda $ and decreased by $25$ then the mean becomes $75$ $\lambda  - 25$.

According to the question,

$75\lambda  - 25 = 75 \Rightarrow \lambda  = \frac{4}{3}$.

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MCQ 1491 Mark
If $\mathop \sum \limits_{i = 1}^9 \left( {{x_i} - 5} \right) = 9$ and $\mathop \sum \limits_{i = 1}^9 {\left( {{x_i} - 5} \right)^2} = 45,$ then the standard deviation of the $9$ items  ${x_1},{x_2},\;.\;.\;.\;,{x_9}$ is :
  • A
    $4$
  • $2$
  • C
    $3$
  • D
    $9$
Answer
Correct option: B.
$2$
b
Given $\sum\limits_{i = 1}^9 {\left( {{x_i} - 5} \right)}  = 9 \Rightarrow \sum\limits_{i = 1}^9 {{x_i} = 54\,\,\,.....\left( i \right)} $

Also, $\sum\limits_{i = 1}^9 {{{\left( {{x_i} - 5} \right)}^2}}  = 45$

$\sum\limits_{i = 1}^9 {x_i^2}  - 10\sum\limits_{i = 1}^9 {{x_i} + 9\left( {25} \right)}  = 45\,\,\,\,\,...\left( {ii} \right)$

From $(i)$ and $(ii)$ we get,

$\sum\limits_{i = 1}^9 {x_i^2}  = 360$

Since, variance $ = \frac{{\sum {x_i^2} }}{9} - {\left( {\frac{{\sum {{x_i}} }}{9}} \right)^2}$

$ = \frac{{360}}{9} - {\left( {\frac{{54}}{9}} \right)^2} = 40 - 36 = 4$

Standared deviation $ = \sqrt {Variance}  = 2$

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MCQ 1501 Mark
If the mean of the data : $7, 8, 9, 7, 8, 7, \mathop \lambda \limits^. , 8$ is $8$, then the variance of this data is
  • A
    $\frac{9}{8}$
  • B
    $2$
  • C
    $\frac{7}{8}$
  • $1$
Answer
Correct option: D.
$1$
d
$\left( d \right)\,\,\bar x = \frac{{7 + 8 + 9 + 7 + 8 + 7 + \lambda  + 8}}{8} = 8$

           $ \Rightarrow \frac{{54 + \lambda }}{8} = 8 \Rightarrow \lambda  = 10$

Now variance $ = {\sigma ^2}$

$ = \frac{\begin{array}{l}
{\left( {7 - 8} \right)^2} + {\left( {8 - 8} \right)^2} + {\left( {9 - 8} \right)^2} + {\left( {7 - 8} \right)^2} + {\left( {8 - 8} \right)^2}\\
\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\, + {\left( {7 - 8} \right)^2} + {\left( {10 - 8} \right)^2} + {\left( {8 - 8} \right)^2}
\end{array}}{8}$

$ \Rightarrow {\sigma ^2} = \frac{{1 + 0 + 1 + 1 + 0 + 1 + 4 + 0}}{8} = \frac{8}{8} = 1$

Hence, the variance is $1$.

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MCQ 1511 Mark
The mean and the standard deviation $(s.d.)$  of five observations are $9$ and $0,$ respectively. If one of the observations is changed such that the mean of the new set of five observations becomes $10,$  then their $s.d.$  is?
  • A
    $0$
  • B
    $4$
  • $2$
  • D
    $1$
Answer
Correct option: C.
$2$
c
Here mean $ = \bar x = 9$

$ \Rightarrow \bar x = \frac{{\sum {{x_i}} }}{n} = 9$

$ \Rightarrow \sum {{x_i}}  = 9 \times 5 = 45$

Now, standard deviation $=0$

$\therefore $ all the five terms are same i.e.;$9$.

Now for changed observation 

${{\bar x}_{new}} = \frac{{36 + {x_5}}}{5} = 10$

$ \Rightarrow {x_5} = 14$

$\therefore {\sigma _{new}} = \sqrt {\frac{{\sum {{{\left( {{x_i} - {{\bar x}_{new}}} \right)}^2}} }}{n}} $

$ = \sqrt {\frac{{4{{\left( {9 - 10} \right)}^2} + {{\left( {14 - 10} \right)}^2}}}{5}} $

$ = 2$

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MCQ 1521 Mark
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
    $30$
  • $35$
  • D
    $40$
Answer
Correct option: C.
$35$
c
$\frac{{{x_1} + {x_2} + ... + {x_{25}}}}{{25}} = \bar x = 40$

$ \Rightarrow {x_1} + {x_2} + ... + {x_{25}} = 1000$ 

Let $A$ be the age of new teacher.

$\therefore {x_1} + {x_2} + ... + {x_{25}} - 60 + A = 39 \times 25$

$ \Rightarrow 1000 - 60 + A = 975$

$ \Rightarrow A = 975 - 940 = 35$

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MCQ 1531 Mark
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
    $8$
  • $9$
Answer
Correct option: D.
$9$
d
$\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{100} {{x_i}}  = 400$           $\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{100} {x_i^2}  = 2475$

Variance

${\sigma ^2} = \frac{{\sum {x_i^2} }}{N} - {\left( {\frac{{\sum {{x_i}} }}{N}} \right)^2}$

$ = \frac{{2475}}{{97}} - {\left( {\frac{{388}}{{97}}} \right)^2}$

$ = \frac{{2425 - 1552}}{{97}} = \frac{{873}}{{97}} = 9$

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MCQ 1541 Mark
If the standard deviation of the numbers $ 2,3,a $ and $11$ is $3.5$  then which of the following is true ?
  • A
    $3{a^2} - 34a + 91 = 0$
  • B
    $\;3{a^2} - 23a + 44 = 0$
  • C
    $3{a^2} - 26a + 55 = 0$
  • $\;3{a^2} - 32a + 84 = 0$
Answer
Correct option: D.
$\;3{a^2} - 32a + 84 = 0$
d
$\mathrm{SD}=\sqrt{\frac{\Sigma \mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}^{2}}{\mathrm{n}}-\left(\frac{\Sigma \mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}}{\mathrm{n}}\right)^{2}}$

$\frac{49}{4}=\frac{4+9+a^{2}+121}{4}-\left(\frac{16+a}{4}\right)^{2}$

$3 a^{2}-32 a+84=0$

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MCQ 1551 Mark
lf the mean deviation of the numbers $1, 1 + d, . . . ,1 + 100d$ from their mean is $255,$  then a value of $d$ is
  • $10.1$
  • B
    $5.05$
  • C
    $20.2$
  • D
    $10$
Answer
Correct option: A.
$10.1$
a
$\bar x = \frac{1}{{101}}\left[ {1 + \left( {1 + d} \right) + \left( {1 + 2d} \right).....\left( {1 + 100d} \right)} \right]$

$ = \frac{1}{{101}} \times \frac{{101}}{2}\left[ {1 + \left( {1 + 100d} \right)} \right] = 1 + 50d$

mean deviation from mean

$ = \frac{1}{{101}}[\left| {1 - \left( {1 + 50d} \right)} \right.\left|  +  \right|\left( {1 + d} \right) - $

$\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\left( {1 + 50d} \right)\left| {......} \right|\,\left. {\left[ {1 + 100d} \right] - \left( {1 + 50d} \right)} \right|]$

$ = \frac{{2\left| d \right|}}{{101}}\left( {1 + 2 + 3... + 50} \right)$

$ = \frac{{2\left| d \right|}}{{101}} \times \frac{{50 \times 51}}{2} = \frac{{2550}}{{101}}\left| d \right|$

$ = \frac{{2550}}{{101}}\left| d \right| = 225 \Rightarrow \left| d \right| = 10.1$

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MCQ 1561 Mark
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
    $2.5$
  • B
    $2.6$
  • $2.8$
  • D
    $2.4$
Answer
Correct option: C.
$2.8$
c
$n = 5$

$\bar x = 5$

variance $=124$

${x_1} = 1,{x_2} = 2,{x_3} = 6$

$\bar x = 5$

$\frac{{{x_1} + {x_2} + {x_3} + {x_4} + {x_5}}}{5} = 5$

$ \Rightarrow {x_4} + {x_5} + 9 = 25$

$ \Rightarrow {x_4} + {x_5} = 16$

$ \Rightarrow {x_4} + {x_5} + 10 - 10 = 16$

$ \Rightarrow \left( {{x_4} - 5} \right) + \left( {{x_5} - 5} \right) = 16 - 10$

$ \Rightarrow \left( {{x_4} - 5} \right) + \left( {{x_5} - 5} \right) = 6$

Mean deviation $ = \frac{{\sum {\left| {{x_i} - \bar x} \right|} }}{N}$

$ = \left| {{x_1} - 5} \right| + \left| {{x_2} - 5} \right| + \left| {{x_3} - 5} \right| + \left| {{x_4} - 5} \right| + \left| {{x_5} - 5} \right|$

$ = \frac{{4 + 3 + 1 + 6}}{5} = \frac{{14}}{5} = 2.8$

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MCQ 1571 Mark
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:
  • $14$
  • B
    $16.8$
  • C
    $16$
  • D
    $15.8$
Answer
Correct option: A.
$14$
a
Given, $\frac{x_{1}+x_{2}+x_{3}+\ldots+x_{16}}{16}=16$

$ \Rightarrow \sum\limits_{i = 1}^{16} {{x_i}}  = 16 \times 16$

Sum of new observations

$ = \sum\limits_{i = 1}^{18} {{y_i}}  = (16 \times 16 - 16) + (3 + 4 + 5) = 252$

Number of observations $=18$

$\therefore $ New mean $ = \frac{{\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{18} {{y_i}} }}{{18}} = \frac{{252}}{{18}} = 14$

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MCQ 1581 Mark
A factory is operating in two shifts, day and night, with $70$ and $30$ workers respectively . If per day mean wage of the day shift workers is $Rs. 54$ and per day mean wage of all the workers is $Rs. 60,$ then per day mean wage of the night shift workers(in $Rs. $ )is
  • A
    $69$
  • B
    $66$
  • $74$
  • D
    $75$
Answer
Correct option: C.
$74$
c
Let average wage of Night shift worker is $x$

$70 \times  54 + 30 \times  x = 60 \times100$

$x =74$

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MCQ 1591 Mark
The variance of first $50$ even natural numbers is
  • A
    $437$
  • B
    $\frac{{437}}{4}$
  • C
    $\frac{{833}}{4}$
  • $833$
Answer
Correct option: D.
$833$
d
$2,4,6,8,......,98,100$

${\sigma ^2} = \frac{{\sum x_1^2}}{n} - {\left( {\overline {.x} } \right)^2}$

$\frac{{{2^2} + {4^2} + {6^2} + .... + {{100}^2}}}{{50}}$$ - {\left( {\frac{{2 + 4 + 6 + .... + 100}}{{50}}} \right)^2}$

${i_1} = \frac{{{2^2} + {4^2} + {6^2} + .... + {{100}^2}}}{{50}}$

$ = {2^2}\frac{{{1^2} + {2^2} + {3^2} + ... + {{50}^2}}}{{50}}$

$ = \frac{{{2^2}}}{{50}} \times 50\left( {50 + 1} \right)\left( {100 + 1} \right)$

$ = 3434$

${i_2} = {\left( {\frac{{2 + 4 + 6 + ..... + 100}}{{50}}} \right)^2}$

$ = {\left( {\frac{{50 \times \frac{{2 + 100}}{2}}}{{50}}} \right)^2}$

$ = {\left( {51} \right)^2}$

${\sigma ^2} = 3434 - 2661 = 833$

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MCQ 1601 Mark
In a set of $2n$ distinct observations, each of the observations below the median of all the observations is increased by $5$ and each of the remaining observations is decreased by $3$. Then the mean of the new set of observations
  • increases by $1$
  • B
    decreases by $1$
  • C
    decreases by $2$
  • D
    increases by $2$
Answer
Correct option: A.
increases by $1$
a
There are $2n$ abservations ${{x_1},{x_2},......,{x_{2n}}}$

So, maen $ = \sum\limits_{i = 1}^{2n} {\frac{{{x_i}}}{{2n}}} $

Let these observations be divided into two parts ${{x_1},{x_2},......,{x_n}}$ and ${x_{n + 1}},......{x_{2n}}$ 

Each in ${1^{st}}$ part $5$ is added, so total of 

first part is $\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{x_i} + 5n} $.

In second part $3$ is subtracted from each 

So, total os second part is $\sum\limits_{i = n + 1}^{2n} {{x_i} - 3n} $

Total of $2n$ terms are

$\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{x_i} + 5n}  + \sum\limits_{i = n + 1}^{2n} {{x_i} - 3n}  = \sum\limits_{i = 1}^{2n} {{x_i} + 2n} $

 Mean $ = \sum\limits_{i = 1}^{2n} {\frac{{{x_i} + 2n}}{{2n}}}  = \sum\limits_{i = 1}^{2n} {\frac{{{x_i}}}{{2n}} + 1} $

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MCQ 1611 Mark
Let $\bar X$ and $M.D.$ be the mean and the mean deviation about $\bar X$ of $n$ observations $x_i,$ $i = 1, 2,........ , n.$ If each of the observations is increased by $5,$ then the new mean and the mean deviation about the new mean, respectively, are
  • A
    $\bar X,M.D.$
  • $\bar X + 5,M.D.$
  • C
    $\bar X,M.D. + 5$
  • D
    $\bar X + 5,M.D. + 5$
Answer
Correct option: B.
$\bar X + 5,M.D.$
b
Let ${{x_i}}$ be $n$ observations, $i = 1,2,...n$

Let ${\bar X}$ be the mean and $M.D.$be the mean deviation about ${\bar X}$.

If each observation is incerased by $5$

then new mean will be $\bar X + 5$ and new $M.D.$ about new mean wil be $M.D.$

($\because $ Mean $ = \sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {\frac{{{x_i}}}{n}} $)

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MCQ 1621 Mark
Let $ \bar x , M$ and $\sigma^2$ be respectively the mean, mode and variance of $n$ observations $x_1 , x_2,...,x_n$ and $d_i\, = - x_i - a, i\, = 1, 2, .... , n$, where $a$ is any number.
Statement $I$: Variance of $d_1, d_2,.....d_n$ is $\sigma^2$.
Statement $II$ : Mean and mode of $d_1 , d_2, .... d_n$ are $-\bar x -a$ and $- M - a$, respectively
  • A
    Statement $I$ and Statement $II$ are both false
  • Statement $I$ and Statement $II$ are both true
  • C
    Statement $I$ is true and Statement $II$ is false
  • D
    Statement $I$ is false and Statement $II$ is true
Answer
Correct option: B.
Statement $I$ and Statement $II$ are both true
b
$\left( b \right)\,\,\bar x = \frac{{{x_1} + {x_2} + {x_3} + ... + {x_n}}}{n}$

${\sigma ^2} = \frac{1}{n}\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{{\left( {{x_i} - \bar x} \right)}^2}} $

Mean of ${d_1},{d_2},{d_3},......,{d_n}$

$ = \frac{{{d_1} + {d_2} + {d_3} + ...... + {d_n}}}{n}$

$ = \frac{{\left( { - {x_1} - a} \right) + \left( { - {x_2} - a} \right) + \left( { - {x_3} - a} \right) + ..... + \left( { - {x_n} - a} \right)}}{n}$

$ =  - \left[ {\frac{{{x_1} + {x_2} + {x_3} + ... + {x_n}}}{n}} \right] - \frac{{na}}{n}$

$ =  - \bar x - a$

Since, ${d_i} =  - {x_i} - a$ and we multiply or subtract each observation by any number the mode remains the same. Hence mode of $ - {x_i} - a$ i.e. ${d_i}$ and ${x_i}$ are same.

Now variance of ${d_1},{d_2},......,{d_n}$

$ = \frac{1}{n}\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{{\left[ {{d_i} - \left( { - \bar x - a} \right)} \right]}^2}} $

$ = \frac{1}{n}\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{{\left[ { - {x_i} - a + \bar x - a} \right]}^2}} $

$ = \frac{1}{n}\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{{\left( { - {x_i} + \bar x} \right)}^2}} $

$ = \frac{1}{n}\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{{\left( {\bar x - {x_i}} \right)}^2}}  = {\sigma ^2}$

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MCQ 1631 Mark
Mean of $5$ observations is $7.$ If four of these observations are $6, 7, 8, 10$ and one is missing then the variance of all the five observations is
  • A
    $4$
  • B
    $6$
  • C
    $8$
  • $2$
Answer
Correct option: D.
$2$
d
Let ${5^{th}}$ observation be $x$.

Given mean $=7$

$\therefore 7 = \frac{{6 + 7 + 8 + 10 + x}}{5}$

$ \Rightarrow x = 4$ Now, Variance 

$ = \sqrt {\frac{{{{\left( {6 - 7} \right)}^2} + {{\left( {7 - 7} \right)}^2} + {{\left( {8 - 7} \right)}^2} + {{\left( {10 - 7} \right)}^2} + {{\left( {4 - 7} \right)}^2}}}{5}} $

$ = \sqrt {\frac{{{1^2} + {0^2} + {1^2} + {3^2} + {3^2}}}{5}}  = \sqrt {\frac{{20}}{5}}  = \sqrt 4  = 2$

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MCQ 1641 Mark
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
    mean
  • B
    median
  • C
    mode
  • variance
Answer
Correct option: D.
variance
d
$y = x + 10;\overline y  = \overline x  + 10$

$\sigma  = \sqrt {\frac{{\sum \left( {x - \overline {.x} } \right)}}{n}} $

$ = \sqrt {\frac{{\sum \left( {y - 10 - \overline y  + 10} \right)}}{n}} $

$ = \sqrt {\frac{{\sum \left( {y - \overline y } \right)}}{n}} $

variance does not change

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MCQ 1651 Mark
The mean of a data set consisting of $20$ observations is $40$. If one observation $53$ was wrongly recorded as $33$, then the correct mean will be
  • $41$
  • B
    $49$
  • C
    $40.5$
  • D
    $42.5$
Answer
Correct option: A.
$41$
a
Correct mean $ = \frac{{20 \times 40 - 33 + 55}}{{20}} = 41.1$

Nearest option : $(a) 41$

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MCQ 1661 Mark
If the median and the range of four numbers $\{x, y, 2x + y, x-y \}$ , where $0 < y < x < 2y$ , are $10$ and $28$ respectively, then the mean of the numbers is
  • A
    $18$
  • B
    $10$
  • C
    $5$
  • $14$
Answer
Correct option: D.
$14$
d
Since $0 < y < x < 2y$

$\therefore y > \frac{x}{2} \Rightarrow x - y < \frac{x}{2}$

$\therefore x - y < y < x < 2x + y$

Hence median $ = \frac{{y + x}}{2} = 10$

$ \Rightarrow x + y = 20\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,....\left( i \right)$

And range $ = \left( {2x + y} \right) - \left( {x - y} \right) = x + 2y$

But range $=28$

$\therefore x + 2y = 28\,\,\,\,\,\,\,.....\left( {ii} \right)$

From equation $(i)$ and $(ii)$,

$x = 12,y = 8$

$\therefore $ Mean

$ = \frac{{\left( {x - y} \right) + y + x + \left( {2x + y} \right)}}{4} = \frac{{4x + y}}{4}$

         $ = x + \frac{y}{4} = 12 + \frac{8}{4} = 14$

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MCQ 1671 Mark
In a series of $2n$ observation, half of them are equal to $'a'$  and remaining half observations are equal to $' -a'$. If the standard deviation of this observations is $2$ then $\left| a \right|$ equals
  • $2$
  • B
    $\sqrt 2 $
  • C
    $4$
  • D
    $2\sqrt 2 $
Answer
Correct option: A.
$2$
a
Clerly mean $A=0$

Now, standard deviation $\sigma  = \sqrt {\frac{{\sum {{{\left( {x - A} \right)}^2}} }}{{2n}}} $

$2 = \sqrt {\frac{{{{\left( {a - 0} \right)}^2} + {{\left( {a - 0} \right)}^2} + ... + {{\left( {0 - a} \right)}^2} + ...}}{{2n}}} $

          $ = \sqrt {\frac{{{a^2}.2n}}{{2n}}}  = \left| a \right|$

Hence, $\left| a \right| = 2$

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MCQ 1681 Mark
Let $X$ be a random variable, and let $P(X=x)$ denote the probability that $X$ takes the value $x$. Suppose that the points $(x, P(X=x)), x=0,1,2,3,4$, lie on a fixed straight line in the $x y$-plane, and $P(X=x)=0$ for all $x \in R$ $\{0,1,2,3,4\}$. If the mean of $X$ is $\frac{5}{2}$, and the variance of $X$ is $\alpha$, then the value of $24 \alpha$ is. . . . .
  • A
    $20$
  • B
    $30$
  • C
    $40$
  • $42$
Answer
Correct option: D.
$42$
d
Let equation of line is $y=m x+c$

$x$ $0$ $1$ $2$ $3$ $4$ $R -\{0,1,2,3,4\}$
$P ( x )$ $C$ $m + c$ $2 m + c$ $3 m + c$ $4 m+c$ $0$

$\sum_{ x =0}^4( mx + c )=1 \Rightarrow 10 m +5 c =1 \Rightarrow 2 m + c =\frac{1}{5}$   $. . . (1)$

$\text { mean }=\sum x _{ i } P _{ i }=\sum_{ i =0}^4\left( mx _{ i }+ c \right) x _{ i }=30 m +10 c =\frac{5}{2}$

$\therefore 3 m + c =\frac{1}{4} \ldots(2)$

$\text { from (1) and (2) m= } \frac{1}{20}, c =\frac{1}{10}$

$\sum P _{ i } x _{ i }^2=\sum_{ i =0}^4\left( mx _{ i }+ c \right) x _1^2$

$=\sum_{ i =0}^4\left( mx _{ i }^3+ cx _{ i }^2\right) \Rightarrow 100 m +30 c (\text { Now putting } m \text { and } c )$

$\Rightarrow \Sigma P _{ i }^2=5+3=8$

$\text { Variance }=\Sigma P _{ i } x _{ i }^2-\left(\Sigma P _{ i } x _{ i }\right)^2=8-\left(\frac{5}{2}\right)^2=\frac{7}{4}$

$\therefore 24 \alpha=42$

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MCQ 1691 Mark
Consider the given data with frequency distribution

$\mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}$ $\ \ 3\ \ 8\ \ 11\ \ 10\ \ 5\ \ 4$

$\mathrm{f}_{\mathrm{i}}$ $\ \ 5 \ \  2 \ \  3 \ \  2 \ \ 4 \ \  4$

Match each entry in List-$I$ to the correct entries in List-$II$.

List-$I$ List-$II$
($P$) The mean of the above data is $(1) 2.5$
($Q$) The median of the above data is $(2) 5$
($R$) The mean deviation about the mean of the above data is $(3) 6$
($S$) The mean deviation about the median of the above data is $(4) 2.7$
  $(5) 2.4$

The correct option is :

  • $(\mathrm{P}) \rightarrow(3)(\mathrm{Q}) \rightarrow(2)(\mathrm{R}) \rightarrow(4)(\mathrm{S}) \rightarrow(5)$
  • B
    $(\mathrm{P}) \rightarrow(3) (\mathrm{Q}) \rightarrow(2) (R) \rightarrow (1) (S) \rightarrow (5)$
  • C
    $(\mathrm{P}) \rightarrow(2)(\mathrm{Q}) \rightarrow(3)(\mathrm{R}) \rightarrow(4) (S) \rightarrow (1)$
  • D
    $(\mathrm{P}) \rightarrow(3)(\mathrm{Q}) \rightarrow(3)(\mathrm{R}) \rightarrow(5)(\mathrm{S}) \rightarrow(5)$
Answer
Correct option: A.
$(\mathrm{P}) \rightarrow(3)(\mathrm{Q}) \rightarrow(2)(\mathrm{R}) \rightarrow(4)(\mathrm{S}) \rightarrow(5)$
a
$\mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}$ $\ \ 3 \ \ 4\ \ 5 \ \ 8 \ \ 10 \ \ 11$

$\mathrm{f}_{\mathrm{i}}$ $\ \ 5 \ \ 4 \ \ 4 \ \ 2 \ \ 2 \ \ 3$

($P$) Mean

($Q$) Median

($R$) Mean deviation about mean

($S$) Mean deviation about median

$\mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}$ $\mathrm{f}_{\mathrm{i}}$ $\mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}$ $\mathrm{f}_{\mathrm{i}}$ $C.F$ $\mid \mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}-$ Mean $\mid$ $\mathrm{f}_{\mathrm{i}} \mid \mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}-$ Mean $\mid$ $\mid \mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}-$ Median $\mid$ $\mathrm{f}_{\mathrm{i}} \mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}$ - Median $\mid$
$3$ $5$ $15$ $5$ $3$ $15$ $2$ $10$
$4$ $4$ $16$ $9$ $2$ $8$ $1$ $4$
$5$ $4$ $20$ $13$ $1$ $4$ $0$ $0$
$8$ $2$ $16$ $15$ $2$ $4$ $3$ $6$
$10$ $2$ $20$ $17$ $4$ $8$ $5$ $10$
$11$ $3$ $33$ $20$ $5$ $15$ $6$ $18$
  $\overline{\Sigma f_1}=20$ $\Sigma \mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}} \mathrm{f}_{\mathrm{i}}=120$     $\overline{\Sigma f_i} \mid x_i-$ Mean $\mid=54$   $\Sigma f_i \mid x_i-$ Median $\mid=48$

($P$) Mean $=\frac{\Sigma x_i f_i}{\Sigma f_i}=\frac{120}{20}=6$

($Q$) Median $=\left(\frac{20}{2}\right)^{\text {th }}$ observation $=10^{\text {th }}$ observation $=5$

($R$) Mean deviation about mean $=\frac{\Sigma \mathrm{f}_{\mathrm{i}} \mid \mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}-\text { Mean } \mid}{\Sigma \mathrm{f}_{\mathrm{i}}}=\frac{54}{20}=2.70$

($S$) mean deviation about median $=\frac{\Sigma \mathrm{f}_{\mathrm{i}} \mid \mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}-\text { Median } \mid}{\Sigma \mathrm{f}_{\mathrm{i}}}=\frac{48}{20}=2.40$

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MCQ 1701 Mark
If the mean of $3, 4, x, 7, 10$ is $6$, then the value of $x$ is
  • A
    $4$
  • B
    $5$
  • $6$
  • D
    $7$
Answer
Correct option: C.
$6$
c
(c) $6 = \frac{{3 + 4 + x + 7 + 10}}{5}$

==> $30 = 24 + x$

==> $x = 6$.

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MCQ 1711 Mark
The mean of a set of numbers is $\bar x$. If each number is multiplied by $\lambda$, then the mean of new set is
  • A
    $\bar x$
  • B
    $\lambda + \bar x$
  • $\lambda \bar x$
  • D
    None of these
Answer
Correct option: C.
$\lambda \bar x$
c
(c) $\bar x = \frac{{\Sigma {x_i}}}{n}$, $\Sigma {x_i} = n\bar x$

New mean = $\frac{{\Sigma \lambda {x_i}}}{n}$

$ = \lambda \frac{{\Sigma {x_i}}}{n}$$ = \lambda \bar x$.

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MCQ 1721 Mark
The mean of a set of observation is $\bar x$. If each observation is divided by $\alpha$, $\alpha$ $\neq$ $0$ and then is increased by $10$, then the mean of the new set is
  • A
    $\frac{{\bar x}}{\alpha }$
  • B
    $\frac{{\bar x + 10}}{\alpha }$
  • $\frac{{\bar x + 10\alpha }}{\alpha }$
  • D
    $\alpha \bar x + 10$
Answer
Correct option: C.
$\frac{{\bar x + 10\alpha }}{\alpha }$
c
(c) Let ${x_1},{x_2}$ ......,${x_n}$ be n observations.

Then, $\bar x = \frac{1}{n}\Sigma {x_i}$ let ${y_i} = \frac{{{x_i}}}{\alpha } + 10$

then, $\frac{1}{n}\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{y_i}} = \frac{1}{\alpha }$ $\left( {\frac{1}{n}\Sigma {x_i}} \right) + \frac{1}{n}(10n)$

==> $\bar y = \frac{1}{\alpha }\bar x + 10$

$ = \frac{{\bar x + 10\alpha }}{\alpha }$.

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MCQ 1731 Mark
If the arithmetic mean of the numbers ${x_1},{x_2},{x_3},\,......,\,{x_n}$ is $\bar x$, then the arithmetic mean of numbers $a{x_1} + b,\,a{x_2} + b,\,a{x_3} + b,\,........,a{x_n} + b$, where $a, b$ are two constants would be
  • A
    $\bar x$
  • B
    $n\,a\bar x + nb$
  • C
    $a\bar x$
  • $a\bar x + b$
Answer
Correct option: D.
$a\bar x + b$
d
(d) Required mean $ = \frac{{(a{x_1} + b) + (a{x_2} + b) + ..... + (a{x_n} + b)}}{n}$

$ = \frac{{a({x_1} + {x_2} + ..... + {x_n}) + nb}}{n} $

$= a\bar x + b$

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MCQ 1741 Mark
The $A.M.$ of $n$ observations is $M$. If the sum of $n - 4$ observations is $a$, then the mean of remaining $4$ observations is
  • $\frac{{n\,M - a}}{4}$
  • B
    $\frac{{n\,M + a}}{2}$
  • C
    $\frac{{n\,M - A}}{2}$
  • D
    $n\ M + a$
Answer
Correct option: A.
$\frac{{n\,M - a}}{4}$
a
(a) Let the mean of the remaining $4$ observations be ${\bar x_1}$.

Then, $M = \frac{{a + 4{{\bar x}_1}}}{{(n - 4) + 4}}$

==> $\overline {{x_1}} = \frac{{nM - a}}{4}$.

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MCQ 1751 Mark
For a frequency distribution $7^{th}$ decile is computed by the formula
  • A
    ${D_7} = l + \frac{{\left( {\frac{N}{7} - C} \right)}}{f} \times i$
  • B
    ${D_7} = l + \frac{{\left( {\frac{N}{{10}} - C} \right)}}{f} \times i$
  • ${D_7} = l + \frac{{\left( {\frac{{7N}}{{10}} - C} \right)}}{f} \times i$
  • D
    ${D_7} = l + \frac{{\left( {\frac{{10N}}{7} - C} \right)}}{f} \times i$
Answer
Correct option: C.
${D_7} = l + \frac{{\left( {\frac{{7N}}{{10}} - C} \right)}}{f} \times i$
c
(c) It is a formula.
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MCQ 1761 Mark
The median of $10, 14, 11, 9, 8, 12, 6$ is
  • $10$
  • B
    $12$
  • C
    $14$
  • D
    $11$
Answer
Correct option: A.
$10$
a
(a) Arrange the items in ascending order i.e., $6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14.$

If $ n$ is odd then,

Median = value of ${\left( {\frac{{n + 1}}{2}} \right)^{th}}$ term

Median $ = {\left( {\frac{{7 + 1}}{2}} \right)^{th}}$term

$ = {4^{th}}$ term $ = 10$.

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MCQ 1771 Mark
If a variable takes the discrete values $\alpha - 4,\,\alpha - \frac{7}{2},\,\alpha - \frac{5}{2},\,\alpha - 3,\,\alpha - 2,\,\alpha + \frac{1}{2},\,\alpha - \frac{1}{2},\,\alpha + 5\,(\alpha > 0)$, then the median is
  • $\alpha - \frac{5}{4}$
  • B
    $\alpha - \frac{1}{2}$
  • C
    $\alpha - 2$
  • D
    $\alpha + \frac{5}{4}$
Answer
Correct option: A.
$\alpha - \frac{5}{4}$
a
(a) Arrange the data as

$\alpha - \frac{7}{2},\alpha - 3,\alpha - \frac{5}{2},\alpha - 2,\alpha - \frac{1}{2},\alpha + \frac{1}{2},\alpha + 4,\alpha + 5$

Median $ = \frac{1}{2}[{\rm{value\ of\ }}{{\rm{4}}^{{\rm{th}}}}{\rm{\ item}} + {\rm{value \ of\ }}{{\rm{5}}^{{\rm{th}}}}{\rm{\ item]}}$

Median $ = \frac{{\alpha - 2 + \alpha - \frac{1}{2}}}{2}$

$ = \frac{{2\alpha - \frac{5}{2}}}{2}$= $\alpha - \frac{5}{4}$.

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MCQ 1781 Mark
If in a moderately asymmetrical distribution mode and mean of the data are $6$ $\lambda$ and $9$ $\lambda$  respectively, then median is
  • $8$ $\lambda$ 
  • B
    $7$ $\lambda$ 
  • C
    $6$ $\lambda$ 
  • D
    $5$ $\lambda$ 
Answer
Correct option: A.
$8$ $\lambda$ 
a
(a) For a moderately Skewed distribution,

Mode = $3$ median -$2$ mean

==> $6\lambda $ = $3$ median -$18$ $\lambda $

==> median = $8\ \lambda $.

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MCQ 1791 Mark
The range of following set of observations $2, 3, 5, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 7, 4, 3$ is
  • A
    $11$
  • $7$
  • C
    $5.5$
  • D
    $6$
Answer
Correct option: B.
$7$
b
(b) Range $ = {X_{\max }} - {X_{\min }}$$ = 9 - 2$$ = 7$.
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MCQ 1801 Mark
The average of $n$ numbers ${x_1},\,{x_2},\,{x_3},\,......,\,{x_n}$ is $M$. If ${x_n}$ is replaced by $x'$, then new average is
  • A
    $M - {x_n} + x'$
  • $\frac{{nM - {x_n} + x'}}{n}$
  • C
    $\frac{{(n - 1)M + x'}}{n}$
  • D
    $\frac{{M - {x_n} + x'}}{n}$
Answer
Correct option: B.
$\frac{{nM - {x_n} + x'}}{n}$
b
(b) $M = \frac{{{x_1} + {x_2} + {x_3}......{x_n}}}{n}$

i.e., $\mathop {\underline {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}{nM}\\{nM - {x_n}}\\{nM - {x_n} + x'}\end{array}} }\limits_n \begin{array}{*{20}{c}} = \\ = \\ = \end{array}\mathop {\underline {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}{{x_1} + {x_2} + {x_3} + ......{x_{n - 1}} + {x_n}}\\{{x_1} + {x_2} + {x_3} + ......{x_{n - 1}}\;\;\;\;\;}\\{{x_1} + {x_2} + {x_3} + ......{x_{n - 1}} + x'}\end{array}} }\limits_n $

New average $ = \frac{{nM - {x_n} + x'}}{n}$.

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MCQ 1811 Mark
If for a slightly assymetric distribution, mean and median are $5$ and $6$ respectively. What is its mode
  • A
    $5$
  • B
    $6$
  • C
    $7$
  • $8$
Answer
Correct option: D.
$8$
d
(d) We know that,Mode = $3$ Median $-2$ Mean $= 3(6) -2(5) = 8.$
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MCQ 1821 Mark
If $\mu$ is the mean of distribution $({y_i},\,{f_i})$, then $\sum {f_i}({y_i} - \mu ) = $
  • A
    $M.D.$
  • B
    $S.D$
  • $0$
  • D
    Relative frequency
Answer
Correct option: C.
$0$
c
(c) We have, $\sum {f_i}({y_i} - \mu ) = \sum {f_i}{y_i} - \mu \sum {f_i}$,$ = \mu \sum {f_i} - \mu \sum {f_i} = 0$, .
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MCQ 1831 Mark
If mean = ($3$ median -mode) $k$, then the value of $k$ is
  • A
    $1$
  • B
    $2$
  • $1/2$
  • D
    $3/2$
Answer
Correct option: C.
$1/2$
c
(c) By the given condition,

Mean = ($2$ mean) $k$

==> $k = \frac{1}{2}$,

[ Mode = $3$ median -$2$ mean].

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MCQ 1841 Mark
In a moderately asymmetrical distribution the mode and mean are $7$ and $4$ respectively. The median is
  • A
    $4$
  • $5$
  • C
    $6$
  • D
    $7$
Answer
Correct option: B.
$5$
b
(b) For a moderately Skewed distribution,

Mode = $3$ median -$2$ mean

==> $7 = 3$ median -$2× 4$

==> $15 = 3$ median

 Median = $5$.

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MCQ 1851 Mark
The mean deviation from the mean for the set of observations $-1, 0, 4$ is
  • A
    $\sqrt {\frac{{14}}{3}} $
  • $2$
  • C
    $\frac{2}{3}$
  • D
    None of these
Answer
Correct option: B.
$2$
b
(b) Mean $ = \frac{{ - 1 + 0 + 4}}{3} = 1$.

Hence $ M.D.$ (about mean) $ = \frac{{| - 1 - 1| + |0 - 1| + |4 - 1|}}{3} = 2$.

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MCQ 1861 Mark
Consider any set of observations ${x_1},\,{x_2},\,.{x_3},.\,...,{x_{101}}$; it being given that ${x_1} < {x_2} < {x_3} < .... < {x_{100}} < {x_{101}}$; then the mean deviation of this set of observations about a point $k$ is minimum when $k$ equals..
  • A
    ${x_1}$
  • ${x_{51}}$
  • C
    $\frac{{{x_1} + {x_2} + ... + {x_{101}}}}{{101}}$
  • D
    ${x_{50}}$
Answer
Correct option: B.
${x_{51}}$
b
(b) Mean deviation is minimum when it is considered about the item, equidistant from the beginning and the end $i.e.$, the median.

In this case median is $\frac{{101 + 1}}{2}^{th}$

$i.e.$, $51^{st}$ item

$i.e.$, ${x_{51}}$.

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MCQ 1871 Mark
A batsman scores runs in $10$ innings $38, 70, 48, 34, 42, 55, 63, 46, 54, 44$ then the mean deviation is
  • $8.6$
  • B
    $6.4$
  • C
    $10.6$
  • D
    $9.6$
Answer
Correct option: A.
$8.6$
a
(a) Arrange the given data in ascending order,

We have $34, 38, 42, 44, 46, 48, 54, 55, 63, 70$

Here, median = $M$ = $\frac{{46 + 48}}{2} = 47$

$(\because n = 10,$ median is the mean of $5^{th}$ and $6^{th}$ items)

$\therefore $ Mean deviation $ = \frac{{\Sigma |{x_i} - M|}}{n}$$ = \frac{{\Sigma |{x_i} - 47|}}{{10}}$

$ = \frac{{13 + 9 + 5 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 7 + 8 + 16 + 23}}{{10}} = 8.6$.

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MCQ 1881 Mark
If $M.D.$ is $12$, the value of $S.D.$ will be
  • $15$
  • B
    $12$
  • C
    $24$
  • D
    None of these
Answer
Correct option: A.
$15$
a
(a) We know that ${\rm{Q}}{\rm{.D}}{\rm{.}} = \frac{5}{6} \times {\rm{M}}{\rm{.D}}{\rm{.}}$$ = \frac{5}{6} \times 12 = 10$

 ${\rm{S}}{\rm{.D}}{\rm{.}} = \frac{3}{2} \times {\rm{Q}}{\rm{.D}}{\rm{.}}$

$ = \frac{3}{2} \times 10$

==> ${\rm{S}}{\rm{.D}}{\rm{.}} = 15$.

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MCQ 1891 Mark
For a given distribution of marks mean is $35.16$ and its standard deviation is $19.76$. The co-efficient of variation is..
  • A
    $\frac{{35.16}}{{19.76}}$
  • B
    $\frac{{19.76}}{{35.16}}$
  • C
    $\frac{{35.16}}{{19.76}} \times 100$
  • $\frac{{19.76}}{{35.16}} \times 100$
Answer
Correct option: D.
$\frac{{19.76}}{{35.16}} \times 100$
d
(d) Coefficient of variation $ = \frac{{{\rm{S}}{\rm{.D}}{\rm{.}}}}{{{\rm{Mean}}}} \times 100$

$ = \frac{{19.76}}{{35.16}} \times 100$.

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MCQ 1901 Mark
If the variance of observations ${x_1},\,{x_2},\,......{x_n}$ is ${\sigma ^2}$, then the variance of $a{x_1},\,a{x_2}.......,\,a{x_n}$, $\alpha \ne 0$ is
  • A
    ${\sigma ^2}$
  • B
    $a\,{\sigma ^2}$
  • ${a^2}{\sigma ^2}$
  • D
    $\frac{{{\sigma ^2}}}{{{a^2}}}$
Answer
Correct option: C.
${a^2}{\sigma ^2}$
c
Varivence of $x_1 \cdot x_2 \cdot \cdots \quad x_n=6^2$

Variane of $a x_1 a x_2, \ldots a x_n=$ ?

varience $=\sigma^2=\frac{1}{n} \sum \limits_{i=1}^r y_i\left(n_i-\bar{x}\right)^2$

If each obs is weltiplied $2 y$ a the $y_i=a x_i \quad i . e \quad x_i=\frac{1}{a} y_i$

$y_i=a x_i n$

$\therefore \bar{y}=\frac{1}{n} \sum\limits_{i=1}^n y_i=\frac{1}{n} \sum\limits_{i=1}^n a x_i=\frac{a}{n} \sum\limits_{i=1}^n x_i=a \bar{x} .$

${\left[\because \bar{x}=\frac{1}{n} \sum\limits_{i=1}^n x_i\right]}$

$(1) \Rightarrow \quad \sigma^2=\frac{1}{A} \sum_{i=1}^n\left(\frac{1}{a} y_i-\frac{1}{a} \bar{y}\right)^2$

$\Rightarrow a a^2 \sigma^2=\frac{1}{n} \sum_{i=1}^n\left(y_i-\bar{y}\right)^2$

These varieme of new obs' is $a^2 \sigma^2$

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MCQ 1911 Mark
The standard deviation of $25$ numbers is $40$. If each of the numbers is increased by $5$, then the new standard deviation will be
  • $40$
  • B
    $45$
  • C
    $40 + \frac{{21}}{{25}}$
  • D
    None of these
Answer
Correct option: A.
$40$
a
(a) If each item of a data is increased or decreased by the same constant, the standard deviation of the data remains unchanged.
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MCQ 1921 Mark
The $S.D$ of $15$ items is $6$ and if each item is decreased or increased by $1$, then standard deviation will be
  • A
    $5$
  • B
    $7$
  • C
    $\frac{91}{15}$
  • $6$
Answer
Correct option: D.
$6$
d
(d) If each item of a data is increased or decreased by the same constant, the standard deviation of the data remains unchanged.
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MCQ 1931 Mark
The sum of squares of deviations for $10$ observations taken from mean $50$ is $250$. The co-efficient of variation is.....$\%$
  • A
    $50$
  • $10$
  • C
    $40$
  • D
    None of these
Answer
Correct option: B.
$10$
b
(b) ${\rm{S}}{\rm{.D}}{\rm{.}}$

$(\sigma ) = \sqrt {\frac{{250}}{{10}}} = \sqrt {25} = 5$

Hence, coefficient of variation $ = \frac{\sigma }{{{\rm{mean}}}} \times 100$

$ = \frac{5}{{50}} \times 100 = 10\%$.

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MCQ 1941 Mark
For $(2n+1)$ observations ${x_1},\, - {x_1}$, ${x_2},\, - {x_2},\,.....{x_n},\, - {x_n}$ and $0$ where $x$’s are all distinct. Let $S.D.$ and $M.D.$ denote the standard deviation and median respectively. Then which of the following is always true
  • A
    $S.D. < M.D.$
  • $S.D. > M.D.$
  • C
    $S.D. = M.D.$
  • D
    Nothing can be said in general about the relationship of $S.D.$ and $M.D.$
Answer
Correct option: B.
$S.D. > M.D.$
b
(b) On arranging the given observations in ascending order, we get

All negative terms $\underbrace {\,\,O\,\,}_{{{(n + 1)}^{th}}\ term}$ All positive terms

The median of given observations $ = {(n + 1)^{th}}$ term = $0$

$ S. D. > M .D.$

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MCQ 1951 Mark
The $S.D.$ of a variate $x$ is $\sigma$. The $S.D.$ of the variate $\frac{{ax + b}}{c}$ where $a, b, c$ are constant, is
  • A
    $\left( {\frac{a}{c}} \right)\,\sigma $
  • $\left| {\frac{a}{c}} \right|\,\sigma $
  • C
    $\left( {\frac{{{a^2}}}{{{c^2}}}} \right)\,\sigma $
  • D
    None of these
Answer
Correct option: B.
$\left| {\frac{a}{c}} \right|\,\sigma $
b
(b) Let $y = \frac{{ax + b}}{c}$ i.e., $y = \frac{a}{c}x + \frac{b}{c}$

i.e., $y = Ax + B$, where $A = \frac{a}{c}$,$B = \frac{b}{c}$

 $\bar y = A\bar x + B$

 $y - \bar y = A(x - \bar x)$ ==> ${(y - \bar y)^2} = {A^2}{(x - \bar x)^2}$

==> $\sum {(y - \bar y)^2} = {A^2}\sum {(x - \bar x)^2}$

==> $n.\sigma _y^2 = {A^2}.n\sigma _x^2$ ==> $\sigma _y^2 = {A^2}\sigma _x^2$

==> ${\sigma _y} = \,|A|{\sigma _x}$ ==> ${\sigma _y} = \,\left| {\frac{a}{c}} \right|{\sigma _x}$

Thus, new $S.D$. $ = \left| {\frac{a}{c}} \right|\,\sigma $.

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MCQ 1961 Mark
The $S.D$. of the first $n$ natural numbers is
  • A
    $\frac{{n + 1}}{2}$
  • B
    $\sqrt {\frac{{n(n + 1)}}{2}} $
  • $\sqrt {\frac{{{n^2} - 1}}{{12}}} $
  • D
    None of these
Answer
Correct option: C.
$\sqrt {\frac{{{n^2} - 1}}{{12}}} $
c
(c) $S. D.$ of first $n$ natural numbers $ = \sqrt {\frac{1}{n}\Sigma {x^2} - {{\left( {\frac{{\Sigma x}}{n}} \right)}^2}} $,

$ = \sqrt {\frac{{n(n + 1)(2n + 1)}}{{6n}} - {{\left[ {\frac{{n(n + 1)}}{{2n}}} \right]}^2}} $

$ = \sqrt {\frac{{(n + 1)(2n + 1)}}{6} - {{\left( {\frac{{n + 1}}{2}} \right)}^2}} = \sqrt {\frac{{n + 1}}{2}\left( {\frac{{2n + 1}}{3} - \frac{{n + 1}}{2}} \right)} $

$ = \sqrt {\frac{{n + 1}}{2}\left( {\frac{{4n + 2 - 3n - 3}}{6}} \right)} $

$ = \sqrt {\frac{{{n^2} - 1}}{{12}}} $.

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MCQ 1971 Mark
In any discrete series (when all values are not same) the relationship between $M.D.$ about mean and $S.D.$ is
  • A
    $M.D. = S.D.$
  • B
    $M.D.\ge S.D.$
  • C
    $M.D. < S.D.$
  • $M.D. \le S.D.$
Answer
Correct option: D.
$M.D. \le S.D.$
d
(d) Let ${x_i}/{f_i};$ $i = 1,2,......n$ be a frequency distribution.

Then,${\rm{S}}{\rm{.D}}{\rm{.}} = \sqrt {\frac{1}{N}\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{f_i}{{({x_i} - \bar x)}^2}} } $

and ${\rm{M}}{\rm{.D}}{\rm{.}} = \frac{1}{N}\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{f_i}|{x_i}} - \bar x|$

Let $|{x_i} - \bar x| = {z_i};i = 1,2,.....n$ .

Then,

$(S.D.)2 -(M.D.)2$ $ = \frac{1}{N}\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{f_i}z_i^2 - {{\left( {\frac{1}{N}\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{f_i}{z_i}} } \right)}^2}} $

$ = \sigma _z^2 \ge 0$==> S. D. $ \ge $ $M.D.$

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MCQ 1981 Mark
The mean of $n$ items is $\bar x$. If the first term is increased by $1$, second by $2$ and so on, then new mean is
  • A
    $\bar x + n$
  • B
    $\bar x + \frac{n}{2}$
  • $\bar x + \frac{{n + 1}}{2}$
  • D
    None of these
Answer
Correct option: C.
$\bar x + \frac{{n + 1}}{2}$
c
(c) Let ${x_1},{x_2},$....... ${x_n}$ be $n$ items. Then, $\bar x = \frac{1}{n}\Sigma {x_i}$

Let ${y_1} = {x_1} + 1,\;{y_2} = {x_2} + 2,\;{y_3} = {x_3} + 3,..,{y_n} = {x_n} + n$

Then the mean of the new series is $\frac{1}{n}\Sigma {y_i} = \frac{1}{n}\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {({x_i} + i)} $

$ = \frac{1}{n}\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{x_i}} + \frac{1}{n}(1 + 2 + 3 + ..... + n)$

$ = \bar x + \frac{1}{n}.\frac{{n(n + 1)}}{2}$

$ = \bar x + \frac{{n + 1}}{2}$.

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MCQ 1991 Mark
The mean of the values $0, 1, 2,......,n$ having corresponding weight $^n{C_0},{\,^n}{C_1},{\,^n}{C_2},........\,,{\,^n}{C_n}$ respectively is
  • A
    $\frac{{{2^n}}}{{n + 1}}$
  • B
    $\frac{{{2^{n + 1}}}}{{n(n + 1)}}$
  • C
    $\frac{{n + 1}}{2}$
  • $\frac{n}{2}$
Answer
Correct option: D.
$\frac{n}{2}$
d
(d) The required mean is

$\bar x = \frac{{0.1 + {{1.}^n}{C_1} + {{2.}^n}{C_2} + {{3.}^n}{C_3} + ...... + n{.^n}{C_n}}}{{1{ + ^n}{C_1}{ + ^n}{C_2} + ....{ + ^n}{C_n}}}$

$ = \frac{{\sum\limits_{r = 0}^n {r.\,{\,^{n}}{C_r}} }}{{\sum\limits_{r = 0}^n {^n{C_r}} }} = \frac{{\sum\limits_{r = 1}^n {r.\frac{n}{r}\,{\,^{n - 1}}{C_{r - 1}}} }}{{\sum\limits_{r = 0}^n {^n{C_r}} }}$= $\frac{{n\sum\limits_{r = 1}^n {^{n - 1}{C_{r - 1}}} }}{{\sum\limits_{r = 0}^n {^n{C_r}} }}$

$ = \frac{{n{{.2}^{n - 1}}}}{{{2^n}}}$ $ = \frac{n}{2}$.

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MCQ 2001 Mark
Find the mean deviation about the mean for the data.
Height in cms Number of boys
$95-105$ $9$
$105-115$ $13$
$115-125$ $26$
$125-135$ $30$
$135-145$ $12$
$145-155$ $10$
  • $11.28$
  • B
    $10.48$
  • C
    $12.64$
  • D
    $14.56$
Answer
Correct option: A.
$11.28$
a
The following table is formed.

height in cms Number of boys ${f_i}$ Mid-point ${x_i}$ ${f_i}{x_i}$ $\left| {{x_i} - \bar x} \right|$ ${f_i}\left| {{x_i} - \bar x} \right|$
$95-105$ $9$ $100$ $900$ $25.3$ $227.7$
$105-115$ $13$ $110$ $1430$ $15.3$ $198.9$
$115-125$ $26$ $120$ $3120$ $5.3$ $137.8$
$125-135$ $30$ $130$ $3900$ $4.7$ $141$
$135-145$ $12$ $140$ $1680$ $14.7$ $176.4$
$145-155$ $10$ $150$ $1500$ $24.7$ $247$

Here, $N = \sum\limits_{i = 1}^6 {{f_i}}  = 100,\sum\limits_{i = 1}^6 {{f_i}{x_i}}  = 12530$

$\therefore \bar x = \frac{1}{N}\sum\limits_{i = 1}^6 {{f_i}{x_i}}  = \frac{1}{{100}} \times 12530 = 125.3$

$M.D.\left( {\bar x} \right) = \frac{1}{N}\sum\limits_{i = 1}^6 {{f_i}\left| {{x_i} - \bar x} \right|}  = \frac{1}{{100}} \times 1128.8 = 11.28$

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MCQ 2011 Mark
If the mean of $4, 7, 2, 8, 6$ and $a$ is $7$, then the mean deviation from the median of these observations is
  • A
    $8$
  • B
    $5$
  • C
    $1$
  • $3$
Answer
Correct option: D.
$3$
d
Given observatons are $4,7,2,8,6,a$ and mean is $7$.

We know 

Mean $ = \frac{{4 + 7 + 2 + 8 + 6 + a}}{6}$

$ \Rightarrow 7 = \frac{{4 + 7 + 2 + 8 + 6 + a}}{6} \Rightarrow a = 15$

Now, given observations can be written in ascending order which is $2,4,6,7,8,15$

Since, No. of observation is even 

$\therefore $ Median 

$ = \frac{{{{\left( {\frac{6}{2}} \right)}^{th}}observation + {{\left( {\frac{6}{2} + 1} \right)}^{th}}observation}}{2}$

$ = \frac{{{3^{rd}}observation + {4^{th}}observation}}{2}$

$ = \frac{{6 + 7}}{2} = \frac{{13}}{2}$

Now, Mean deviation $ = \frac{{\sum\limits_{i = 1}^6 { \ge \left| {{x_i} - \frac{{13}}{2}} \right|} }}{6}$

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MCQ 2021 Mark
Let ${x_1}\;,\;{x_2}\;,\;.\;.\;.\;,{x_n}$ be $n$ observations, and let $\bar x$ be their arithmaetic mean and ${\sigma ^2}$ be the variance

Statement $-1$ :Variance of $2{x_1}\;,2\;{x_2}\;,\;.\;.\;.\;,2{x_n}$ is $4{\sigma ^2}$ .

Statement $-2$: Arithmetic mean $2{x_1}\;,2\;{x_2}\;,\;.\;.\;.\;,2{x_n}$ is $4\bar x$.

  • A
    Statement $-1$ is false, Statement $-2$ is true;
  • B
    Statement $-1$ is true, Statement $-2$ is true; Statement $-2$ is not acorrect explanation for Statement $-1$
  • C
    Statement $-1$ is true, Statement $-2$ is true; Statement $-2$ is  a correct explanation for Statement $-1$
  • Statement $-1$ is true, Statement $-2$ is false
Answer
Correct option: D.
Statement $-1$ is true, Statement $-2$ is false
d
$x_{1}, x_{2}, x_{3}, \ldots . x_{n}, \mathrm{A.M} .=\bar{x}, \text { Variance }=\sigma^{2}$

Statement $2 : A.M.$ of $2 x_{1}, 2 x_{2}, \ldots ., 2 x_{n}$

$=\frac{2\left(x_{1}+x_{2}+\ldots . .+x_{n}\right)}{n}=2 \bar{x}$

Given $A . M .=4 \bar{x} $

$ \therefore$ Statement $2$ is false.

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MCQ 2031 Mark
The median of $100$ observations grouped in classes of equal width is $25.$ If the median class interval is $20 - 30$ and the number of observations less than $20$ is $4 5,$ then the frequency of median class is
  • $10$
  • B
    $20$
  • C
    $15$
  • D
    $12$
Answer
Correct option: A.
$10$
a
Median is given as

$M = l + \frac{{\frac{N}{2} - F}}{f} \times C$ where

$l=$ lower limit of the median -class

$f=$ frequency of the median class

$N=$ total frequency

$F=$ cumulative frequency of the class just before the median class

$C=$ legth of median class

Now, given , $M=25,N=100,F=45,C=20-30=10,l=20$.

$\therefore $ By using formula, we have

$25 = 20 + \frac{{50 - 45}}{f} \times 10$

$25 - 20 = \frac{{50}}{f} \Rightarrow 5 = \frac{{50}}{f} \Rightarrow f = 10$

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MCQ 2041 Mark
Statement $1$ : The variance of first $n$ odd natural numbers is $\frac{{{n^2} - 1}}{3}$
Statement $2$ : The sum of first $n$ odd natural number is $n^2$ and the sum of square of first $n$ odd natural numbers is $\frac{{n\left( {4{n^2} + 1} \right)}}{3}$
  • Statement $1$ is true, Statement $2$ is false.
  • B
    Statement $1$ is true, Statement $2$ is true;
    Statement $2$ is not a correct explanation for Statement $1$.
  • C
    Statement $1$ is false, Statement $2$ is true.
  • D
    Statement $1$ is true, Statement $2$ is true,
    Statement $2$ is a correct explanation for Statement $1$.
Answer
Correct option: A.
Statement $1$ is true, Statement $2$ is false.
a
Statement $2$ : Sum of first $n$ odd natural numbers is not equal to $n^2$ So, statement $- 2$ is false.
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MCQ 2051 Mark
If the mean deviation about the median of the numbers $a,2a,3a,\;.\;.\;.\;.,50a$ is $50 $ thne $|a| $ equals
  • A
    $3$
  • $4$
  • C
    $5$
  • D
    $2$
Answer
Correct option: B.
$4$
b
Median $=25.5 \mathrm{a}$

Mean deviation about median $=50$

$\Rightarrow \frac{\Sigma\left|x_{i}-25.5 a\right|}{50}=50$

$\Rightarrow 24.5 \mathrm{a}+23.5 \mathrm{a}+\ldots . .+0.5 \mathrm{a}+0.5 \mathrm{a}+\ldots .+24.5 \mathrm{a}=2500$

$\Rightarrow a+3 a+5 a+\ldots \ldots+49 a=2500$

$\Rightarrow 25 / 2(50 a)=2500 \Rightarrow a=4$

Median $=25.5 \mathrm{a}$

Mean deviation about median $=50$

$\Rightarrow \frac{\Sigma\left|x_{i}-25.5 a\right|}{50}=50$

$\Rightarrow 24.5 \mathrm{a}+23.5 \mathrm{a}+\ldots . .+0.5 \mathrm{a}+0.5 \mathrm{a}+\ldots .+24.5 \mathrm{a}=2500$

$\Rightarrow a+3 a+5 a+\ldots .+49 a=2500$

$\Rightarrow 25 / 2(50 a)=2500 \Rightarrow a=4$

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MCQ 2061 Mark
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
  • $\frac{{11}}{2}$
  • B
    $6$
  • C
    $\frac{{13}}{2}$
  • D
    $\frac{5}{2}$
Answer
Correct option: A.
$\frac{{11}}{2}$
a
Given: $\sigma_{x}^{2}=4$ and $\sigma_{y}^{2}=5$

Also given that $\frac{\Sigma x_{i}}{5}=2$ and $\frac{\Sigma y_{i}}{5}=4$

$\Rightarrow \Sigma x_{i}=\bar{x}=10$ and $\Sigma y_{i}=\bar{y}=20$

$\sigma_{x}^{2}=\left(\frac{1}{5} \Sigma x_{i}^{2}\right)-(\bar{x})^{2}$

$=\left(\frac{1}{5} \Sigma x_{i}^{2}\right)-(2)^{2}$      ......$(i)$

$\sigma_{y}^{2}=\frac{1}{5}\left(\Sigma y_{i}^{2}\right)-(\bar{y})^{2}$

$=\frac{1}{5}\left(\Sigma y_{i}^{2}\right)-16$         ..........$(ii)$

Substituting $\sigma_{x}^{2}=4$ in $(i)$ we get

$4=\left(\frac{1}{5} \Sigma x_{i}^{2}\right)-4$

$\Rightarrow 4+4=\frac{1}{5} \Sigma x_{i}^{2}$

$\Rightarrow \Sigma x_{i}^{2}=40$

Similarly by substituting $\sigma_{y}^{2}=5$ in $(ii)$ we have

$5=\frac{1}{5} \Sigma y_{i}^{2}-16$

$\Rightarrow 5+16=\frac{1}{5} \Sigma y_{i}^{2}$

$\Rightarrow 21=\frac{1}{5} \Sigma y_{i}^{2}$

$\Rightarrow \Sigma y_{i}^{2}=105$

Combined varience $=\sigma_{z}^{2}=\frac{1}{10}\left(\Sigma x_{i}^{2}+\Sigma y_{i}^{2}\right)-\left(\frac{\bar{x}+\bar{y}}{2}\right)^{2}$

$=\frac{1}{10}(40+105)-\left(\frac{2+4}{2}\right)^{2}$

$=\frac{145-90}{10}$

$=\frac{55}{10}=\frac{11}{2}$

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MCQ 2071 Mark
If the mean deviation of the numbers  $1,1 + d,1 + 2d,\;.\;.\;.\;.,1 + 100d$ from their mean is $255$, then $d$ is equal to:
  • A
    $20$
  • $10.1$
  • C
    $20.2$
  • D
    $10$
Answer
Correct option: B.
$10.1$
b
The given series $1,1+d, 1+2 d \ldots \ldots 1+100 d$ is $A.P.$

No. of terms in this series $=101$

Mean of this series $=\bar{x}=\frac{1+(1+d)+(1+2 d)+\ldots+(1+100 d)}{101}$

$1+(1+d)+(1+2 d)+\ldots \ldots+(1+100 d)=\frac{101}{2}(2+(101-1) d)$

$=101(50 d+1)$

$\therefore \bar{x}=\frac{101(50 d+1)}{101}=1+50 d$

Therefore mean deviation from mean

$ = \frac{1}{{101}}\sum\limits_{r = 0}^{100} {\left[ {\left( {1 + rd} \right) - \left( {1 + 50d} \right)} \right]} $

$=\frac{2 d}{101}\left(\frac{50 \times 51}{2}\right)$

$\Rightarrow 255=\frac{50 \times 51 \times d}{101}$

$d=\frac{255 \times 101}{50 \times 51}$

$=10.1$

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MCQ 2081 Mark
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
    $a=1 ,b=6$
  • $a=3 ,b=4$
Answer
Correct option: D.
$a=3 ,b=4$
d
$6.80=\frac{(6-a)^{2}+(6-b)^{2}+(6-8)^{2}+(6-5)^{2}+(6-10)^{2}}{5}$

$\Rightarrow(6-a)^{2}+(6-b)^{2}+4+1+16=34$

$(6-a)^{2}+(6-b)^{2}=34-21$

$(6-a)^{2}+(6-b)^{2}=13$

$(6-a)^{2}+(6-b)^{2}=9+4$

$(6-a)^{2}+(6-b)^{2}=3^{2}+2^{2}$

$(6-a)^{2}=3^{2}(6-b)^{2}=2^{2}$

$6-a=3 \quad 6-b=2$

$-a=-3 \quad-b=-4$

$a=3$

$b=4$

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MCQ 2091 Mark
The average marks of boys in class is $52$ and that of girls is $42.$ The average marks ofboys and girls combined is $50.$ The percentage of boys in the class is 
  • $80$
  • B
    $60$
  • C
    $40$
  • D
    $20$
Answer
Correct option: A.
$80$
a
Let the number of boys and girls be $x$ and $y$

$\therefore 52 x+42 y=50(x+y)$

$52 x+42 y=50 x+50 y$

$52 x-50 x=50 y-42 y$

$2 x=8 y$

$x=4 y$

Total number of students in the class $=x+y$

$=4 y+y$

$=5 y$

Percentage of boys $=\frac{4 y}{5 y} \times 100^{20}$

$=80$

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MCQ 2101 Mark
Suppose a population $A $ has $100$ observations $ 101,102, . . .,200 $ and another population $B $ has $100$ observation $151,152, . . .,250$ .If $V_A$ and $V_B$ represent the variances of the two populations , respectively then $V_A / V_B$ is
  • $1$
  • B
    $\frac{9}{4}$
  • C
    $\frac{4}{9}$
  • D
    $\frac{2}{3}$
Answer
Correct option: A.
$1$
a
Series $A=101,102 \ldots \ldots 200$

Series $\mathrm{B}=151,152 \ldots \ldots .250$

Here series $\mathrm{B}$ can be obtained if we change the origin of $A$ by $50$ units.

And we know the variance does not change by changing the origin.

So, $\quad V_{A}=V_{B}$

$\Rightarrow \quad \frac{V_{A}}{V_{B}}=1$

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MCQ 2111 Mark
If in a frequency distribution, the mean and median are $21$ and $22$ respectively, then its mode is approximately
  • A
    $25.5$
  • $24$
  • C
    $22$
  • D
    $20.5$
Answer
Correct option: B.
$24$
b
(b) We know that,

Mode = $3$ Median -$2$ Mean = $3(22) -2(21)$

$= 66 -42 = 24.$
 

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MCQ 2121 Mark
Let ${x_1},\,{x_2},....,{x_n}$ 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
    $9$
  • B
    $12$
  • C
    $15$
  • $18$
Answer
Correct option: D.
$18$
d
(d) Since, root mean square $\ge$ arithmetic mean

 $\sqrt {\frac{{\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {x_i^2} }}{n}} \ge \frac{{\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{x_i}} }}{n} = \sqrt {\frac{{400}}{n}} \ge \frac{{80}}{n} \Rightarrow n \ge 16$

Hence, possible value of $n = 18.$

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MCQ 2131 Mark
In a series of $2n$ observations, half of them equal to $a$ and remaining half equal to $-a$. If the standard deviation of the observations is $2$, then $|a|$ equals
  • A
    $\frac{{\sqrt 2 }}{n}$
  • B
    $\sqrt 2 $
  • $2$
  • D
    $\frac{1}{n}$
Answer
Correct option: C.
$2$
c
(c) Let $a, a, ........n$ times and $-a, -a, -a, -a, ........n$ times i.e., mean = $0$ and $S.D.$ $ = \sqrt {\frac{{n{{(a - 0)}^2} + n{{( - a - 0)}^2}}}{{2n}}} $

$2 = \sqrt {\frac{{n{a^2} + n{a^2}}}{{2n}}} = \sqrt {{a^2}} = \pm a$.

Hence $|a|\; = 2$.

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MCQ 2141 Mark
The median of a set of $9$ distinct observations is $20.5$. If each of the largest $4$ observation 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
  • Remains the same as that of the original set
Answer
Correct option: D.
Remains the same as that of the original set
d
(d) Since $n = 9$, then median term $ = {\left( {\frac{{9 + 1}}{2}} \right)^{th}}$

$ = {5^{th\ }} {\rm{ term}}$.

Now, last four observations are increased by $2$.

 The median is $5^{th}$ observation, which is remaining unchanged.

 There will be no change in median.

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MCQ 2151 Mark
In an experiment with $15$ observations on $x$, the following results were available $\sum {x^2} = 2830$, $\sum x = 170$. On observation that was $20$ was found to be wrong and was replaced by the correct value $30$. Then the corrected variance is..
  • $78$
  • B
    $188.66$
  • C
    $177.33$
  • D
    $8.33$
Answer
Correct option: A.
$78$
a
(a) $\sum x = 170$, $\sum {x^2} = 2830$

Increase in $\sum x = 10$, then $\sum x' = 170 + 10 = 180$

Increase in $\sum {x^2} = 900 - 400 = 500$, then

$\sum {x'^2} = 2830 + 500 = 3330$

Variance $ = \frac{1}{n}\sum {x'^2} - {\left( {\frac{{\sum x'}}{n}} \right)^2}$

$ = \frac{{3330}}{{15}} - {\left( {\frac{{180}}{{15}}} \right)^2} = 222 - 144 = 78$.

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MCQ 2161 Mark
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 are $72$, then what are the average marks of the girls
  • A
    $73$
  • $65$
  • C
    $68$
  • D
    $74$
Answer
Correct option: B.
$65$
b
(b) Let the average marks of the girls students be $x$, then $72 = \frac{{70 \times 75 + 30 \times x}}{{100}}$ (Number of girls = $100-70$ = $30$)

i.e., $\frac{{7200 - 5250}}{{30}} = x$; 

$x = 65.$

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MCQ 2171 Mark
If in an examination different weights are assigned to different subjects. Physics $(2)$, Chemistry $(1)$, English $(1) $ Mathematics $(2)$. If a student scored $60$ in Physics, $70$ in Chemistry, $70$ in English and $80$ in Mathematics, then his weighted $A.M.$ is :-
  • A
    $60$
  • $70$
  • C
    $80$
  • D
    None of these
Answer
Correct option: B.
$70$
b
Weighted $A.M.$

$=\frac{2 \times 60+1 \times 70+1 \times 70+2 \times 80}{2+1+1+2}=70$

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MCQ 2181 Mark
Sum of the absolute deviations remains minimum with respect to
  • A
    mean
  • median
  • C
    mode
  • D
    geometric mean
Answer
Correct option: B.
median
b
Minimum deviation (MD) from mean $=\frac{\sum|X-\bar{X}|}{n}$

MD from median $=\frac{\sum \mid X-\text { median } \mid}{n}$

MD from mode $=\frac{\sum \mid X-\text { mode } \mid}{n}$

Since median $>$ mean $(\bar{X})$ and median $>$ mode.

So, It is clear that the mean deviation from median has the least value.

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MCQ 2201 Mark
If $\sum_{i=1}^{5}(x_i-10)=5$ and $\sum_{i=1}^{5}(x_i-10)^2=5$ then standard deviation of observations $2x_1 + 7, 2x_2 + 7, 2x_3 + 7, 2x_4 + 7$ and $2x_5 + 7$ is equal to-
  • A
    $8$
  • B
    $16$
  • $4$
  • D
    $2$
Answer
Correct option: C.
$4$
c
$\because \operatorname{var} .\left(2 \mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}+7\right)=4 \operatorname{var}\left(\mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}\right)=4\left(\frac{\Sigma \mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}^{2}}{5}-\left(\frac{\Sigma \mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}}{5}\right)^{2}\right)$

$=4\left(\frac{25}{5}-\left(\frac{5}{5}\right)^{2}\right)=4(5-1)=16$

$\therefore \mathrm{S} \mathrm{D}=\sqrt{16}=4$

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MCQ 2211 Mark
Variance of $^{10}C_0$ , $^{10}C_1$ , $^{10}C_2$ ,.... $^{10}C_{10}$ is 
  • A
    $\frac{{10.\,{}^{20}{C_{_{10}}} - {2^{10}}}}{{100}}$
  • B
    $\frac{{11\,{}^{20}{C_{_{10}}} - {2^{10}}}}{{11}}$
  • C
    $\frac{{10.\,{}^{20}{C_{_{10}}} - {2^{20}}}}{{100}}$
  • $\frac{{11.\,{}^{20}{C_{_{10}}} - {2^{20}}}}{{121}}$
Answer
Correct option: D.
$\frac{{11.\,{}^{20}{C_{_{10}}} - {2^{20}}}}{{121}}$
d
Variance $=\frac{\Sigma \mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}^{2}}{\mathrm{n}}-\left(\frac{\Sigma \mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}}{\mathrm{n}}\right)^{2}$

$=\frac{^{20} \mathrm{C}_{10}}{11}-\left(\frac{2^{10}}{11}\right)^{2}$

$=\frac{11 \cdot^{20} \mathrm{C}_{10}-2^{20}}{121}$

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MCQ 2221 Mark
If $x_1, x_2,.....x_n$ are $n$ observations such that $\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {x_i^2}  = 400$ and $\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{x_i}}  = 100$ , then possible value of $n$ among the following is 
  • A
    $18$
  • B
    $20$
  • C
    $24$
  • $27$
Answer
Correct option: D.
$27$
d
Use $: \sigma^{2} \geq 0$

$ \Rightarrow \frac{\sum x_{i}^{2}}{n}-\left(\frac{\sum x_{i}}{n}\right)^{2} \geq 0$

$\Rightarrow \quad \frac{400}{n}-\frac{10000}{n^{2}} \geq 0 $

$\Rightarrow n \geq 25$

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MCQ 2231 Mark
Let $x_1,x_2,.........,x_{100}$ are $100$ observations such that  $\sum {{x_i} = 0,\,\sum\limits_{1 \leqslant i \leqslant j \leqslant 100} {\left| {{x_i}{x_j}} \right|} }  = 80000\,\& $ mean deviation from their mean is $5,$ then their standard deviation, is-
  • A
    $10$
  • $30$
  • C
    $40$
  • D
    $50$
Answer
Correct option: B.
$30$
b
$\bar{x}=\frac{\sum x_{i}}{100}=0$  and 

$\frac{\sum\left|x_{i}-\bar{x}\right|}{100}=5 \Rightarrow \sum\left|x_{i}\right|=500$

$ \Rightarrow \sum {x_i^2}  + 2\sum\limits_{1 \le i < j \le 100} {\left| {{x_i}{x_j}} \right|}  = {(500)^2}$

$\Rightarrow \frac{\sum x_{i}^{2}}{100}=\frac{(500)^{2}-2 \sum\left|x_{i} x_{j}\right|}{100}=2500-1600$

$S. D.=\sqrt{\frac{\sum\left(x_{i}-\bar{x}\right)^{2}}{100}}=\sqrt{900}=30$

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MCQ 2241 Mark
If each of given $n$ observations is multiplied by a certain positive number $'k'$, then for new set of observations -
  • A
    variance will be unchanged.
  • B
    new variance will be $k$ times old variance
  • C
    standard deviation will be unchanged.
  • new standard deviation will be $k$ times old standard deviation
Answer
Correct option: D.
new standard deviation will be $k$ times old standard deviation
d
Variance will be multiplied by $k^2$.
$S.D$. will be multiplied by $k$.
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MCQ 2251 Mark
Let $v_1 =$ variance of $\{13, 1 6, 1 9, . . . . . , 103\}$ and $v_2 =$ variance of $\{20, 26, 32, . . . . . , 200\}$, then $v_1 : v_2$ is
  • A
    $1 : 2$
  • B
    $1 : 1$
  • C
    $4 : 9$
  • $1 : 4$
Answer
Correct option: D.
$1 : 4$
d
$ \mathrm{v}_{1}= \text { variance of }\{13,16,19, \ldots \ldots, 103\} $

$= \text { variance of }\{3,6,9, \ldots \ldots, 93\} $

$= 9(\text { variance of }\{1,2,3, \ldots .31\}) $

${v_2} = {\rm{variance of }}\{ 20,26,32, \ldots .,200\} $

$ = {\rm{ variance of }}\{ 6,12,18, \ldots .,186\} $

$=36 \text { (variance of }\{1,2,3, \ldots . .31\}) $

$ \therefore  \frac{\mathrm{v}_{1}}{\mathrm{v}_{2}}=\frac{1}{4} $

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MCQ 2261 Mark
Let $y_1$ , $y_2$ , $y_3$ ,..... $y_n$ be $n$ observations. Let ${w_i} = l{y_i} + k\,\,\forall \,\,i = 1,2,3.....,n,$ where $l$ , $k$ are constants. If the mean of  $y_i's$ is  is $48$ and their standard deviation is $12$ , then mean of $w_i's$ is $55$ and standard deviation of $w_i's$  is $15$ , then values of $l$ and $k$ should be
  • A
    $l = 2.5, k = 5$
  • B
    $l = 1.25, k = 5$
  • $l = 1.25, k = -5$
  • D
    $l = 2.5, k = -5$
Answer
Correct option: C.
$l = 1.25, k = -5$
c
Mean of ${\omega _i} = l$ (mean of  ${{y_i}}$) $+k$

$55 = l.48 + {\rm{k}}$          .........$(i)$

standard deviation of

${\omega _i} = l$ (standard deviation of ${{{\rm{y}}_i}}$)

$15 = l.12$             ...........$(ii)$

$l = 1.25$ and $\mathrm{k}=-5$

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MCQ 2271 Mark
If $\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{18} {({x_i} - 8) = 9} $ and $\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{18} {({x_i} - 8)^2 = 45} $ then the standard deviation of $x_1, x_2, ...... x_{18}$ is :-
  • A
    $4/9$
  • B
    $9/4$
  • $3/2$
  • D
    None of these
Answer
Correct option: C.
$3/2$
c
Varriance of observation $\left(\mathrm{x}_{1}-8\right) \forall \mathrm{i}=1,2,3, \ldots .18$

$=\frac{45}{18}-\left(\frac{9}{18}\right)^{2}=\frac{5}{2}-\frac{1}{4}=\frac{9}{4}$

then $S.D.$ of $x_{1} \forall i=1,2,3, \ldots . .18$

$=\sqrt{\frac{9}{4}}=\frac{3}{2}$

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MCQ 2281 Mark
The mean of two samples of size $200$ and $300$ were found to be $25, 10$ respectively their $S.D.$ is $3$ and $4$ respectively then variance of combined sample  of size $500$ is :-
  • A
    $64$
  • B
    $65.2$
  • $67.2$
  • D
    $64.2$
Answer
Correct option: C.
$67.2$
c
$\mathrm{x}_{1}=200 \quad \mathrm{x}_{2}=300$

$\overline{\mathrm{x}}_{1}=25 \quad \overline{\mathrm{x}}_{2}=10$

$\sigma_{1}=3 \quad \sigma_{2}=4$

combined mean $=\frac{25 \times 200+10 \times 300}{500}=16$

$\sigma_{1}^{2}=9=\frac{1}{200}\left(\sum x_{i}^{2}\right)-625$

$126800=\sum x_{i}^{2}$

$\sigma_{2}^{2}=16=\frac{1}{300} \sum y_{1}^{2}-100$

$34800=\sum y_{1}^{2}$

$\sigma^{2}=\frac{1}{500}(126800+34800)-(16)^{2}$

$=323.2-256=67.2$

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MCQ 2291 Mark
The average marks of $10$ students in a class was $60$ with a standard deviation $4$ , while the average marks of other ten students was $40$ with a standard deviation $6$ . If all the $20$ students are taken together, their standard deviation will be
  • A
    $5$
  • B
    $7.5$
  • C
    $9.8$
  • $11.2$
Answer
Correct option: D.
$11.2$
d
$\mathrm{n}_{1}=10, \mathrm{n}_{2}=10$

average $\mathrm{m}_{1}=60, \mathrm{m}_{2}=40$

$\sigma_{1}=4, \sigma_{2}=6$

Standard deviation of combined series

$\sigma=\sqrt{\frac{n_{1} \sigma_{1}^{2}+n_{2} \sigma_{2}^{2}}{n_{1}+n_{2}}+\frac{n_{1} n_{2}\left(m_{1}-m_{2}\right)^{2}}{\left(n_{1}+n_{2}\right)^{2}}}$

$=\sqrt{\frac{10 \times 16+10 \times 36}{10+10}+\frac{10 \times 10(60-40)^{2}}{(10+10)^{2}}}$

$=\sqrt{8+18+100}=\sqrt{126}=11.2$

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