Measures of Dispersion: JEE Questions & Solutions
31 previous-year JEE Mathematics questions on Measures of Dispersion, each with a worked step-by-step solution.
Previous-year questions
- 01
If the mean deviation about the median of the numbers k, 2k, 3k,, 1000k is 500, then k^2 is equal to
MCQMediumJEE 2026 - 02
Let the mean and variance of 8 numbers -10, -7, -1, x, y, 9, 2, 16 be 2 and 2934, respectively. Then the mean of 4 numbers x, y, x+y+1,…
MCQMediumJEE 2026 - 03
Let X= x N:1 x 19 and for some a,b R, Y= ax+b:x X. If the mean and variance of the elements of Y are 30 and 750 respectively, then the sum…
MCQMediumJEE 2026 - 04
The mean and variance of 10 observations are 9 and 34.2, respectively. If 8 of these observations are 2, 3, 5, 10, 11, 13, 15, 21, then the…
MCQMediumJEE 2026 - 05
The variance of the numbers 8, 21, 34, 47,, 320, is:
NVAMediumJEE 2025 - 06
For a statistical data x1, x2,, x10 of 10 values, a student obtained the mean as 5.5 and i=1^10 xi^2 = 371. He later found that he had…
MCQEasyJEE 2025 - 07
If the mean and the variance of 6, 4, 8, 8, b, 12, 10, 13 are 9 and 9.25 respectively, then a + b + ab is equal to:
MCQMediumJEE 2025 - 08
Let the Mean and Variance of five observations xi, i = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 be 5 and 10 respectively. If three observations are x1 = 1, x2 = 3, x3…
MCQMediumJEE 2025 - 09
Let the mean and the standard deviation of the observations 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, a, b be 4 and 2 respectively. Then the mean deviation about the…
MCQMediumJEE 2025 - 10
The mean and standard deviation of 100 observations are 40 and 5.1, respectively. By mistake one observation is taken as 50 instead of 40.…
MCQMediumJEE 2025 - 11
Let a1, a2,, a10 be 10 observations with ak = 50 and (ak aj) = 1100. Find the standard deviation.
MCQMediumJEE 2024 - 12
The mean and standard deviation of 15 observations were found to be 12 and 3 respectively. On rechecking, it was found that an observation…
NVAMediumJEE 2024 - 13
The variance ^2 of the data is: xi: 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 12, 17 fi: 3, 2, 3, 2, 6, 3, 3
NVAMediumJEE 2024 - 14
Let the median and the mean deviation about the median of 7 observations 170, 125, 230, 190, 210, a, b be 170 and 2057 respectively. Then…
MCQMediumJEE 2024 - 15
If the mean and variance of the data 65, 68, 58, 44, 48, 45, 60,,, 60 where are 56 and 66.2 respectively, then ^2 + ^2 is equal to:
MCQEasyJEE 2024 - 16
The mean and standard deviation of 20 observations are found to be 10 and 2, respectively. On rechecking, an observation was mistakenly…
MCQMediumJEE 2024 - 17
If the variance of the frequency distribution is 160, then the value of c N is:
MCQMediumJEE 2024 - 18
Let the six numbers a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6 be in A.P., and a1 + a3 = 10. If the mean of these six numbers is 192 and their variance is ^2,…
MCQMediumJEE 2023 - 19
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…
MCQMediumJEE 2023 - 20
If the variance of the frequency distribution array|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c| xi & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 & 7 & 8 fi & 3 & 6 & 16 & & 9 & 5 & 6 array is…
NVAMediumJEE 2023 - 21
Let the mean and standard deviation of marks of class A of 100 students be respectively 40 and 0, and the mean and standard deviation of…
MCQMediumJEE 2023 - 22
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…
MCQMediumJEE 2023 - 23
Let 9 = x1 < x2 < < x7 be in an A.P. with common difference d. If the standard deviation of x1, x2,, x7 is 4 and the mean is x, then x + x6…
MCQMediumJEE 2023 - 24
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 ^2…
MCQMediumJEE 2023 - 25
If the mean and variance of the frequency distribution: are 9 and 15.08 respectively, then the value of ^2 + ^2 - is:
NVAMediumJEE 2023 - 26
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 3x - 2y is equal to:
NVAMediumJEE 2023 - 27
Let m be the mean and be the standard deviation of the distribution: where fi = 62. If [x] denotes the greatest integer x, then [ ^2 + ^2]…
MCQMediumJEE 2023 - 28
Let the mean of 6 observations 1, 2, 4, 5, x, and y and their variance be 10. Then their mean deviation about the mean is equal to:
MCQMediumJEE 2023 - 29
Let the positive numbers a1, a2, a3, a4, and a5 be in a G.P. Let their mean and variance be 3110 and mn, respectively, where m and n are…
NVAMediumJEE 2023 - 30
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…
NVAMediumJEE 2023 - 31
The mean and standard deviation of 10 observations are 20 and 8 respectively. Later on, it was observed that one observation was recorded…
MCQMediumJEE 2023
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