Statistics

Question Bases on Arithmetic Mean

1. If the mean of 3, 4, x, 7, 10 is 6, then the value of x is

(a) 4 (b) 5
(c) 6 (d) 7
2. The mean of a set of numbers is x . If each number is multiplied by , then the mean of new set is
(a) x (b) x
(c) x (d) None of these
3. The mean of discrete observations y1 , y 2 , ......, yn is given by
n n

i 1
yi y
i 1
i

(a) (b) n

i
n

i 1
n n

y f
i 1
i i y f
i 1
i i

(c) (d) n

f
n
i
i 1

1
4. d i is the deviation of a class mark y i from ‘a’ the assumed mean and fi is the frequency, if M g  x  ( fidi ) , then x is
 fi
(a) Lower limit (b) Assumed mean
(c) Number of observations (d) Class size
5. The mean of a set of observation is x . If each observation is divided by ,   0 and then is increased by 10, then the
mean of the new set is
x x  10
(a) (b)
 
x  10 
(c) (d) x  10

6. 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
(a) 75 (b) 157
(c) 82 (d) 80
7. Consider the frequency distribution of the given numbers
Value : 1 2 3 4
Frequency : 5 4 6 f
If the mean is known to be 3, then the value of f is
(a) 3 (b) 7
(c) 10 (d) 14
8. If the arithmetic mean of the numbers x1, x 2 , x 3 , ......, x n is x , then the arithmetic mean of numbers
ax1  b, ax2  b, ax3  b, ........, axn  b , where a, b are two constants would be
(a) x (b) n ax  nb
(c) ax (d) ax  b
9. The G.M. of the numbers 3, 3 2 , 3 3 , ......, 3 n is
(a) 32 / n (b) 3(n 1) / 2
(c) 3 n/2
(d) 3(n 1) / 2
10. The reciprocal of the mean of the reciprocals of n observations is their
(a) A.M. (b) G.M.
(c) H.M.(d) None of these
11. The harmonic mean of 3, 7, 8, 10, 14 is
3  7  8  10  14 1 1 1 1 1
(a) (b)    
5 3 7 8 10 14
1 1 1 1 1
   
3 7 8 10 14 5
(c) (d)
4 1 1 1 1 1
   
3 7 8 10 14
12. 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 (d) 31
13. The weighted mean of first n natural numbers whose weights are equal to the squares of corresponding numbers is
n 1 3 n(n  1)
(a) (b)
2 2(2n  1)
(n  1)(2n  1) n(n  1)
(c) (d)
6 2
1 1 1 1 1
14. If the values 1, , , , , ....., occur at frequencies 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ….,n in a distribution, then the mean is
2 3 4 5 n
(a) 1 (b) n
1 2
(c) (d)
n n 1
15. 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
1 15
(a) (b)
5 4
(c) 4 (d) 8
16. 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
(a) 60% (b) 65%
(c) 80% (d) 90%
17. 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 (b) 40
(c) 50 (d) 60
18. The A.M. of a 50 set of numbers is 38. If two numbers of the set, namely 55 and 45 are discarded, the A.M. of the remaining
set of numbers is
(a) 38.5 (b) 37.5
(c) 36.5 (d) 36
19. 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
1
30  25  50
(a) km/hr (b) (30 , 25 , 50 ) 3
3
3
(c) km/hr (d) None of these
1 1 1
 
30 25 50
20. 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
1
by kg; the weight of the teacher is
2
(a) 40.5 kg (b) 50 kg
(c) 41 kg (d) 58 kg
21. If x 1 and x 2 are the means of two distributions such that x1  x 2 and x is the mean of the combined distribution, then
 (a) x  x1 (b) x  x 2
x1  x 2
(c) x  (d) x1  x  x 2
2
22. 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
n M a nM a
(a) (b)
4 2
nMA
(c) (d) n M + a
2
23. If the mean of the distribution is 2.6, then the value of y is
Variate x 1 2 3 4 5
Frequency f of x 4 5 y 1 2
(a) 24 (b) 13
(c) 8 (d) 3
24. 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 (b) 65
(c) 68 (d) 74
25. If the mean of the set of numbers x1, x 2 , x 3 , ....., xn is x , then the mean of the numbers x i  2i , 1  i  n is
(a) x  2n (b) x  n  1
(c) x 2 (d) x  n
26. The harmonic mean of 4, 8, 16 is
(a) 6.4 (b) 6.7
(c) 6.85 (d) 7.8
27. 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
1
(a) 48 (b) 82
2
(c) 50 (d) 80
28. 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 (d) 52. 25
29. 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
(c) 26 (d) 30
30. 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
(a) 55kg (b) 60kg
(c) 57kg (d) 50kg
31. The class marks of a distribution are 6,10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 30 then the class size is
(a) 4 (b) 2
(c) 5 (d) 8
32. Let x1 , x 2 ,...., x n be n observations such that  x i2  400 and  x i  80 . Then a possible value of n among the following
is
(a) 9 (b) 12
(c) 15 (d) 18
 Answer Key
1 c 2 c 3 a 4 b 5 c

6 a 7 d 8 d 9 d 10 c

11 d 12 d 13 b 14 d 15 b

16 a 17 b 18 b 19 c 20 d

21 d 22 a 23 c 24 b 25 b

26 c 27 c 28 d 29 c 30 c

31 a 32 d