Mock Test on Mean, Mode and Median



1.The mean of 30 given number, when it is given that the mean of 10 of them is 12 and the mean of the remaining 20 is 9, is equal to
(a) 11         (  ) 10                   (c) 9           (d) 5

2. If n = 20, x = 50 and Σx pow  2 = 84000 , then the variance is equal to
(a) 1500     (  ) 1700    (c) 1750     (d) 1800

3. If the pth, qth and rth terms of a G.P. are again in G.P., then which one of the following is correct?
(  ) p, q, r are in A.P.             (b) p, q, r are in G.P.
(c) p, q, r are in H.P.              (d) p, q, r are neither in A.P. nor in G.P. nor in H.P.

4. Which one of the following statistical measures cannot be determined graphically?
(a) Median          (b) Mode   (  ) Harmonic Mean     (d) Arithmetic Mean

5. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
List I                                                                              List II
A. Average shoe size                                                   1. Geometric Mean

B. Average speed for equal distances covered          2. Harmonic Mean

C. Average speed for equal times spent           3. Arithmetic Mean

D. Average rate of population growth                       4. Mode
Codes :
A B C D
(a) 1 2 3 4
(b) 1 3 2 4
(  ) 4 2 3 1
(d) 4 2 1 3

6. The median of 19 observations is 30. Two more observations are made and their values are 8 and 32. The median of the 21 observations taken together is equal to
(a) 28         (  ) 30                   (c) 32         (d) 34

7. If X follows binomial distribution with mean 3 and variance 2, then P (X > 8) is equal to
(a) 17/ (3 pow 9 )           (b) 18/ (3 pow9)             (  ) 19/ (3pow9)              (d) 20/ (3pow9)

8. If the mean of numbers 27, 31, 89, 107, 156 is 82, then the mean of 130, 126, 68, 50, 1 is
(a) 80         (b) 82         (c) 157       (  ) 75

9. The coefficient of xn in the series
(1+x)/1!+ ((1+x)pow2)/2!+ ((1+x)pow3)/2!+ _______is
(a) 2e/n!     (b) 4e/n!    (  ) e/n!       (d) None of these

10. The sum of the series (log base 4, 2) (log base 8, 2) + (log base 16, 2) _ _ _is
(a) e pow2           (b) (log base 2) + 1      (c) (log base e ,2) – 1             (  ) (1 – log base 2)

11. If the coefficients of x7 and x8 in {2+x/3} pow n are equal, then the value of n is:
(a) 56         (  ) 63                   (c) 64         (d) None of these

12. If A and B are coefficients of xn in the expansions of (1+x) pow 2n &
(1+x) pow (2n-1) respectively, then
(a) A = B             (b) 2A = B          (  ) A = 2B                    (d) None of these

13. If in an A.P. the sum of 10 items, is 11 and the sum to 11 terms is 19 then the sum of 30 terms is:
(a) -20        (b) 20        (c) 30         (  ) -30

14. If 9th terms of an A.P. is zero, and 29th term is n times, the 19th term, then value of n is:
(  ) 2           (b) 3           (c) 4           (d) 5

15. An A.P. consists of 60 items. If the first and the last term be 7 and 125 respectively its 32nd term is:
(a) 64         (b) 65         (c) 66         (  ) 69

16. Let Sn = denote the sum of first n terms of an A.P.. If S base 2n=3S base n then the ratio S base 3n/ S base n is equal to
(a) 4           (  ) 6           (c) 8           (d) 10

17. The sum of the first four terms of an A.P. is 56. The sum of the last four terms is 112. If its first term is 11, the number of terms is:
(a) 10         (  ) 11                   (c) 12         (d) None of these

18. The sum of 20 arithmetic means between 7 and 43 is:
(a) 360       (b) 400       (  ) 500       (d) 440

19. In an A.P. of 81 terms, the 41th term is 10. Then the sum of series is
(a) 10 × 41       (b) (10* 41)/2     (  ) 10 × 81       (d) 41 × 81

20. If the nth term of a series is (3+n)/4, then the sum of 105 terms is
(  ) 1470              (b) 1360             (c) 1530              (d) None of these

21. If a, b, c, d, e, f are in A.P., then e – c is equal to
(a) 2(c a)   (  ) 2(d c)  (c) 2(f d)   (d) d c

22. If the sum of three numbers in A.P. is 12 and the sum of their cubes is 288, then the numbers are
(  ) 2, 4, 6   (b) 1, 4, 7  (c) 1, 3, 5   (d) None of these

23. The sixth term of a HP is 1/61 and the 10th term is 1/105. The first term of the H.P. is
(a) 1/39               (b) 1/28               (c) 1/17               (  ) 1/6

24. Let Sn denote the sum of first n terms of an A.P.. If S2n = 3Sn, then the ratio S3n / 5n is equal to
(a) 4           (  ) 6            (c) 8            (d) 10