Maths NCERT Exemplar Solutions Class 11th Chapter Fifteen: Overview, Questions, Preparation

Maths NCERT Exemplar Solutions Class 11th Chapter Fifteen 2025 ( Maths NCERT Exemplar Solutions Class 11th Chapter Fifteen )

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  • Statistics Short Answers Type Question
  • Statistics Long Answers Type Question
  • Statistics Objective Type Question
  • Statistics Fill in the blank Type Question
  • JEE Mains 2021
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Statistics Short Answers Type Question

1. Calculate the mean deviation about the mean of the set of first n  natural numbers when  n  is an odd number.
F i r s t n n a t u r a l n u m b e r s a r e 1 , 2 , 3 , , n . H e r e , n i s o d d . M e a n x ¯ = 1 + 2 + 3 + + n n = n ( n + 1 ) 2 n = n + 1 2 T h e d e v i a t i o n s o f n u m b e r s f r o m m e a n ( n + 1 2 ) a r e 1 n + 1 2 , 2 n + 1 2 , 3 n + 1 2 , , n n + 1 2 i . e . , n 1 2 , n 3 2 , , 2 , 1 , 0 , 1 , 2 , , n 1 2 . T h e a b s o l u t e v a l u e s o f d e v i a t i o n f r o m t h e m e a n i . e . , | x i x ¯ | a r e n 1 2 , n 3 2 , , 2 , 1 , 0 , 1 , 2 , , n 1 2 . T h e s u m o f a b s o l u t e v a l u e s o f d e v i a t i o n f r o m t h e m e a n i . e . , | x i x ¯ | a r e = 2 ( 1 + 2 + 3 + t o n 1 2 t e r m s ) = 2 . n 1 2 ( n 1 2 + 1 ) 2 = n 1 2 . n + 1 2 = n 2 1 4 . M e a n d e v i a t i o n a b o u t t h e m e a n = | x i x ¯ | n = n 2 1 4 n = n 2 1 4 n .
2. Calculate the mean deviation about the mean of the set of first n  natural numbers when  n  is an even number.
F i r s t n n a t u r a l n u m b e r s a r e 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , , n . H e r e , n i s e v e n . M e a n x ¯ = 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + + n n = n ( n + 1 ) 2 n = n + 1 2 M D = 1 n [ | 1 n + 1 2 | + | 2 n + 1 2 | + | 3 n + 1 2 | + + | n 2 2 n + 1 2 | + | n 2 n + 1 2 | + | n + 2 2 n + 1 2 | + + | n n + 1 2 | ] = 1 n [ | 1 n 2 | + | 3 n 2 | + | 5 n 2 | + + | 3 2 | + | 1 2 | + | 1 2 | + + | n 1 2 | ] = 1 n [ 1 2 + 3 2 + + n 1 2 ] ( n 2 ) t e r m s = 1 n ( n 2 ) 2 = 1 n . n 2 4 = n 4 [ S u m o f f i r s t o d d n n a t u r a l n u m b e r s = n 2 ] H e n c e , t h e r e q u i r e d M D = n 4 .
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The mean and standard deviation of a set of n1 observations are x?1 and s1 , respectively, while the mean and standard deviation of another set of n2 observations are x?2 and s2 , respectively. Show that the standard deviation of the combined set of (n1+n2) observations is given by:

S.D.=n1s12+n2s22+n1n2(x?1x?2)2n1+n2

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Calculate the mean deviation about the mean of the set of first n natural numbers when n is an odd number.

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Calculate the mean deviation about the mean of the set of first n natural numbers when n is an even number.

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Find the standard deviation of the first n natural numbers.

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The mean and standard deviation of some data for the time taken to complete a test are calculated with the following results:

Number of observations = 25, mean = 18.2 seconds, standard deviation = 3.25 seconds. Further, another set of 15 observations x1,x2,,x15 , also in seconds, is now available, and we have: i=1xi=279 i=1xi2=5524 Calculate the standard deviation based on all 40 observations.

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Two sets, each of 20 observations, have the same standard deviation 5. The first set has a mean of 17, and the second set has a mean of 22. Determine the standard deviation of the set obtained by combining the two given sets.

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The mean life of a sample of 60 bulbs was 650 hours, and the standard deviation was 8 hours. A second sample of 80 bulbs has a mean life of 660 hours and a standard deviation of 7 hours. Find the overall standard deviation.

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Mean and standard deviation of 100 items are 50 and 4, respectively. Find the sum of all the items and the sum of the squares of the items.

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If for a distribution: (x5)=3 (x5)2=43 and the total number of items is 18, find the mean and standard deviation.

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Statistics Long Answers Type Question

1. Mean and standard deviation of 100 observations were found to be 40 and 10, respectively. If at the time of calculation two observations were wrongly taken as 30 and 70 in place of 3 and 27 respectively, find the correct standard deviation.
G i v e n t h a t n = 1 0 0 , x ¯ = 4 0 , σ = 1 0 x ¯ = x i n 4 0 = x i 1 0 0 x i = 4 0 0 0 C o r r e c t e d x i = 4 0 0 0 3 0 7 0 + 3 + 2 7 = 3 9 3 0 a n d C o r r e c t e d m e a n = 3 9 3 0 1 0 0 = 3 9 . 3 N o w σ 2 = x i 2 n ( 4 0 ) 2 1 0 0 = x i 2 1 0 0 1 6 0 0 x i 2 = 1 7 0 0 × 1 0 0 x i 2 = 1 7 0 0 0 0 C o r r e c t e d x i 2 = 1 7 0 0 0 0 ( 3 0 ) 2 ( 7 0 ) 2 + ( 3 ) 2 + ( 2 7 ) 2 = 1 7 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 4 9 0 0 + 9 + 7 2 9 = 1 6 4 9 3 8 C o r r e c t S D = 1 6 4 9 3 8 1 0 0 ( 3 9 . 3 ) 2 = 1 6 4 9 . 3 8 1 5 4 4 . 4 9 = 1 0 4 . 8 9 = 1 0 . 2 4 H e n c e , t h e r e q u i r e d S D = 1 0 . 2 4
2. While calculating the mean and variance of 10 readings, a student wrongly used the reading 52 for the correct reading 25. He obtained the mean and variance as 45 and 16, respectively. Find the correct mean and variance.
G i v e n t h a t n = 1 0 , x ¯ = 4 5 , σ 2 = 1 6 x ¯ = x i n 4 5 = x i 1 0 x i = 4 5 0 C o r r e c t e d x i = 4 5 0 5 2 + 2 5 = 4 2 3 a n d C o r r e c t e d m e a n = 4 2 3 1 0 = 4 2 . 3 N o w σ 2 = x i 2 n ( x i n ) 2 1 6 = x i 2 1 0 ( 4 5 ) 2 1 6 = x i 2 1 0 2 0 2 5 x i 2 1 0 = 2 0 4 1 x i 2 = 2 0 4 1 × 1 0 x i 2 = 2 0 4 1 0 C o r r e c t e d x i 2 = 2 0 4 1 0 ( 5 2 ) 2 + ( 2 5 ) 2 = 2 0 4 1 0 2 7 0 4 + 6 2 5 = 1 8 3 3 1 a n d C o r r e c t e d v a r i a n c e σ 2 = 1 8 3 3 1 1 0 ( 4 2 . 3 ) 2 = 1 8 3 3 . 1 1 7 8 9 . 3 = 4 3 . 8 H e n c e , t h e r e q u i r e d m e a n = 4 2 . 3 a n d v a r i a n c e = 4 3 . 8
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While calculating the mean and variance of 10 readings, a student wrongly used the reading 52 for the correct reading 25. He obtained the mean and variance as 45 and 16, respectively. Find the correct mean and variance.

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Mean and standard deviation of 100 observations were found to be 40 and 10, respectively. If at the time of calculation two observations were wrongly taken as 30 and 70 in place of 3 and 27 respectively, find the correct standard deviation.

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Statistics Objective Type Question

1. Mean deviation for n  observations  x 1 , x 2 , , x n  from their mean  x ˉ  is given by

(a)  1 n i = 1 x i x ˉ

(b)  1 n i = 1 ( x i x ˉ )

(c)  1 n i = 1 ( x i x ˉ ) 2

(d)  n ( x i x ˉ ) 2 n

M D = 1 n i = 1 n | x i x ¯ | H e n c e , t h e c o r r e c t o p t i o n i s ( b ) .

2. Let x 1 , x 2 , , x n  be  n  observations and  x ˉ  be their arithmetic mean. The formula for the standard deviation is given by:

(a)  1 n i = 1 ( x i x ˉ ) 2

(b)  1 n i = 1 ( x i x ˉ ) 2

(c)  n x i 2 n x ˉ 2

(d)  i = 1 x i 2 + n x ˉ 2

T h e f o r m u l a f o r S . D . = σ = ( x i x ¯ ) 2 n H e n c e , t h e c o r r e c t o p t i o n i s ( c ) .
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The mean of 100 observations is 50 and their standard deviation is 5. The sum of all squares of all the observations is:

(a) 50000

(b) 250000

(c) 252500

(d) 255000

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The following information relates to a sample of size 60: x2=18000 , x=960 . The variance is:

(a) 6.63

(b) 16

(c) 22

(d) 44

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Mean deviation for n observations x1,x2,,xn from their mean x? is given by

(a) 1ni=1?xix??

(b) 1ni=1(xix?)

(c) 1ni=1(xix?)2

(d)  n ( x i x ? ) 2 n

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Let x1,x2,,xn be n observations and x? be their arithmetic mean. The formula for the standard deviation is given by:

(a) 1ni=1(xix?)2

(b) 1ni=1(xix?)2

(c) nxi2nx?2

(d) i=1xi2+nx?2

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Let a,b,c,d,e be the observations with mean m and standard deviation s . The standard deviation of the observations a+k,b+k,c+k,d+k,e+k is:

(a) s

(b) ks

(c) s+k

(d) SK

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Let x1,x2,x3,x4,x5 be the observations with mean m and standard deviation s . The standard deviation of the observations kx1,kx2,kx3,kx4,kx5 is:

(a) k+s

(b) s/k

(c) ks

(d) s

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Let x1,x2,,xn be n observations. Let wi=lxi+k for i=1,2,,n , where l and k are constants. If the mean of xi â€™s is 48 and their standard deviation is 12, the mean of wi â€™s is 55 and the standard deviation of wi â€™s is 15, the values of l and k should be:

(a) l=1.25,k=5

(b) l=2.5,k=5

(c) l=1.25,k=5

(d) l=2.5,k=5

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 Standard deviations for the first 10 natural numbers is:

(a) 5.5

(b) 3.87

(c) 2.97

(d) 2.87

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Consider the numbers 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 . If 1 is added to each number, the variance of the numbers so obtained is:

(a) 6.5

(b) 2.87

(c) 3.87

(d) 8.25

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Consider the first 10 positive integers. If we multiply each number by -1 and then add 1 to each number, the variance of the numbers so obtained is:

(a) 8.25

(b) 6.5

(c) 3.87

(d) 2.87

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Coefficient of variation of two distributions are 50 and 60, and their arithmetic means are 30 and 25 respectively. The difference of their standard deviations is:

(a) 0

(b) 1

(c) 1.5

(d) 2.5

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The standard deviation of some temperature data in ??C is 5. If the data were converted into ??F , the variance would be:

(a) 81

(b) 57

(c) 36

(d) 25

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Statistics Fill in the blank Type Question

1. Coefficient of variation = .........../mean × 100
G i v e n t h a t σ C = 5 C V = S D M e a n × 1 0 0 H e n c e , t h e v a l u e o f t h e f i l l e r i s S D .

2. If x ¯  is the mean of  n  values of  x  , then  i = 1 ( x i x ˉ ) .  equal to ________

If  a  has any value other than  x ˉ  , then  i = 1 ( x i a ) 2  is_______than  ( x i a ) 2

I f x ¯ i s t h e m e a n o f n o b s e r v a t i o n s o f x , t h e n i = 1 n x i x ¯ = 0 a n d i f ' a ' h a s t h e v a l u e o t h e r t h a n x ¯ , t h e n i = 1 n ( x i x ¯ ) 2 i s l e s s t h a n t h a n ( x i a ) 2 . H e n c e , t h e v a l u e o f t h e f i l l e r a r e 0 a n d l e s s .
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Coefficient of variation = ............/mean × 100.

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If x¯ is the mean of n values of x , then i=1(xix?). equal to ________. If a has any value other than x? , then i=1(xia)2 is_______than (xia)2

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If the variance of a data is 121, then the standard deviation of the data is ________

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The standard deviation of a data is ________ of any change in origin but is ________ on the change of scale.

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The sum of the squares of the deviations of the values of the variable is ________when taken about their arithmetic mean.

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The mean deviation of the data is ________ when measured from the median.

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The standard deviation is ________to the mean deviation taken from the arithmetic mean.

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Number of ways in which three distinct numbers can be selected between 1 and 20 both inclusive, whose sum is even is ____________

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A circle passes through the points (2, 2) and (9, 9) and touches the x-axis. The absolute value of the difference of possible x-coordinate of the point of contact is ______

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If a,b are any two perpendicular vectors of equal magnitude and |3a+4b| + |4a-3b| = 20, then |a| equals: ____________

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The value of ∫₀^(π/2) |xsin²x - 1/2|dx is equal to aπ/b where a, b are co-prime numbers, then a.b is ____________

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lim (x→0) (ae2x - bcosx + c)/(xsinx) = 1, then a + b + c is equal to ____________

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The value of Σi?08 8Ci(8Cr+1 - 8Cr) equals ____________

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Let A be a square matrix of order 2 such that A² – 4A + 4I = 0, where I is an identity matrix of order 2. If B = A? + 4A? + 6A³ + 4A² + A – 162 I, then det(B) is equal to

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If 1+x4-x5 = Σi=05 a?(1+x)i, for all x ∈ R, then a2 is equal to ____________

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Let g(x) = ||x+2|-3|. If a denotes the number of relative minima, b denotes the number of relative maxima and c denotes the product of the zeros. Then the value of (a+2b-c) is

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Normals of parabola y2 = 4x at P and Q meets at R(x2, 0) and tangents at P and Q meets at T(x1, 0). If x2 = 3, then find the area of quadrilateral PTQR.

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