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M.C.Q (1 Marks)

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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