chapter - 13

Statistics
Previous Years Questions

13.1 Introduction

MCQ
1. If the value of each observation of a statistical data is increased by 3, then the mean of the data
(a) remains unchanged
(b) increase by 3
(c) increases by 6
(d) increase by 3𝑛
(2023)

VSA (1 mark)
2. If the mean of the first 𝑛 natural number, is 15, then find 𝑛.
(2020)

3. If mean of 5 observations 𝑥, 𝑥 + 2, 𝑥 + 4, 𝑥 + 6 and 𝑥 + 8 is 11, then find the value of 𝑥.

(Board Term I, 2015)

SA II (3 marks)
4. The mean weight of 150 students in a class is 60 kg. The mean weight of boys is 70 kg while that of
girls is 55 kg. Find the number of boys and girls in the class. (Board Term I, 2016) An

13.2 Mean of Grouped Data

VSA (1 mark)
∑𝑓𝑖 𝑢𝑖
5. In the formula 𝑥‾ = 𝑎 + ( ) × ℎ, 𝑢𝑖 =
∑𝑓𝑖

(NCERT Exemplar, 2020)

SA I (2 marks)
6. Find the mean of the following distribution:
Class 3−5 5−7 7−9 9 − 11 11 − 13
Frequency 5 10 10 7 8
 (2020)

7. If the mean of the following frequency distribution is 10.8, then find the value of 𝑝 :
Class 0−4 4−8 8 − 12 12 − 16 16 − 20
Frequency 3 𝑝 5 8 2

(Term II, 2021-22 C)

8. Data of 'missed catches' for the 40 matches played by a player is as follows:

Number of missed catches in a 0 3 6 9 12

match −3 −6 −9 − 12 − 15

Number of matches 15 16 3 4 2

Calculate the mean number of catches missed by him.

(Board Term I, 2016)

SA II (3 marks)
9. Find the mean of the following frequency distribution:
Class Frequency
0 − 10 12

10 − 20 18

20 − 30 27

30 − 40 20

40 − 50 17

50 − 60 6

(Term II, 2021-22)

10. The weights (in kg ) of 50 wild animals of a National Park were recorded and the following data was
obtained:
 Weight (in kg) Number of animals
100 − 110 4
110 − 120 12
120 − 130 23
130 − 140 8
140 − 150 3

Find the mean weight (in kg ) of animals, using assumed mean method.

(Term II, 2021-22)

11. The mean of the following frequency distribution is 25. Find the value of 𝑓.

10 20 30 40
Class 0 − 10
− 20 − 30 − 40 − 50

Frequency 5 18 15 𝑓 6

(Term II, 2021-22)

12. Find the mean of the following data using assumed mean method.

10 15 20
Class 0−5 5 − 10
− 15 − 20 − 25

Frequency 8 7 10 13 12

(Term II, 2021-22)

13. The arithmetic mean of the following frequency distribution is 53. Find the value of 𝑘.

20 40 60 80
Class 0 − 20
− 40 − 60 − 80 − 100

Frequency 12 15 32 𝑘 13

(Delhi 2019)

14. Find the mean of the following frequency distribution:

20 40 60 80
Class 0 − 20
− 40 − 60 − 80 − 100
 Frequency 17 28 32 24 19

(AI 2019)

15. If the mean of the following distribution is 54, find the missing frequency 𝑥 :

20 40 60 80
Class 0 − 20
− 40 − 60 − 80 − 100

Frequency 16 14 24 26 𝑥

(Board Term-I, 2017)

16. Find the mean of the following distribution:

12 18 24
Class 0−6 6 − 12
− 18 − 24 − 30

Frequency 7 5 10 12 2

(Board Term I, 2017)

17. Find the mean of the data by step deviation method:

15 25 35 45 55 65 75 85
Class
− 25 − 35 − 45 − 55 − 65 − 75 − 85 − 95

Frequency 6 11 7 4 4 2 1 10

(Board Term I, 2017)

18. Find the mean of the following data:

Class intervals Frequency

0 − 20 6

20 − 40 8

40 − 60 10
 60 − 80 12

80 − 100 6

100 − 120 5

120 − 140 3

(Board Term I, 2017)

19. Calculate the mean for the following frequency distribution:

10 30 50 70 90
Class
− 30 − 50 − 70 − 90 − 110

Frequency 15 18 25 10 2

(Board Term I, 2016)

20. The following table gives the literacy rate (in %) in 40 cities. Find the mean literacy rate.

Literacy
45 55 65 75 85
− 55 − 65 − 75 − 85 − 95
rate (in %)

Number of
4 11 12 9 4
cities

(Board Term I, 2015)

LA (4/5 / 6 marks)
21. If the mean of the following frequency distribution is 62.8, then find the missing frequency 𝑥 :
Class 0 − 20 20 − 40 40 − 60 60 − 80 80 − 100 100 − 120
Frequency 5 8 𝑥 12 7 8

(2019 C)

22. The mean of the following distribution is 18. Find the frequency 𝑓 of the class 19-21.
 Class 11 − 13 13 − 15 15 − 17 17 − 19 19 − 21 21 − 23 23 − 25

Frequency 3 6 9 13 𝑓 5 4

(2018)

13.3 Mode of Grouped Data

MCQ
23. The distribution below gives the marks obtained by 80 students on a test:

Less Less Less Less Less Less

Marks than than than than than than
10 20 30 40 50 60

Number of
Students 3 12 27 57 75 80

The modal class of this distribution is:

(a) 10 - 20
(b) 20 − 30
(c) 30 − 40
(d) 50 − 60

(2023)

SA I (2 marks)
24. The mode of a grouped frequency distribution is 75 and the modal class is 65 − 80. The frequency of
the class preceding the modal class is 6 and the frequency of the class succeeding the modal class is 8
. Find the frequency of the modal class. (Term II, 2021-22) Ap

25. Find the missing frequency ' 𝑥 ' of the following data, if its mode is 240:

Daily household
100 200 300 400
expenditure 0 − 100
− 200 − 300 − 400 − 500
(in ₹)
 Number of
140 230 270 𝑥 150
families

(Term II, 2021-22 C)

26. Find the mode of the given frequency distribution.

15 25 35 45 55 65
Class
− 25 − 35 − 45 − 55 − 65 − 75

Frequency 6 11 22 23 14 5

(Term II, 2021-22)

27. If mode of the following frequency distribution is 55, then find the value of 𝑥.

15 30 45 60 75
Class 0 − 15
− 30 − 45 − 60 − 75 − 90

Frequency 10 7 x 15 10 12

(Term II, 2021-22)

28. Find the mode of the following distribution :

10 15 20 25 30 35
Class
− 15 − 20 − 25 − 30 − 35 − 40

Frequency 45 30 75 20 35 15

(2020 C)

29. Find the mode of the following distribution:

10 20 30 40 50
Marks 0 − 10
− 20 −0 − 40 − 50 − 60

Number of
Students 4 6 7 12 5 6
30. Find the mode of the following data:

Class 0 − 20 20 − 40 40 − 60 60 − 80 80 − 100 100 − 120 120 − 140

Frequency 6 8 10 12 6 5 3

(2020)

31. Find the mode of the following data:

0
Marks 10 − 20 − 30 − 40 − 50 − 60 − 70 −
−

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80

Frequency 7 14 13 12 20 11 15 8

(Board Term I, 2015)

SA II (3 marks)
32. The weights of tea in 70 packets is given in the following table:

Weight (in g.) Number of packets

200 − 201 12

201 − 202 26

202 − 203 20

203 − 204 9

204 − 205 2

205 − 206 1

Find the modal weight.

(2019 C)
33. The following table gives the literacy rate of 40 cities:

Literacy 30 40 50 60 70 80
rate (in %) − 40 − 50 − 60 − 70 − 80 − 90

Number of
6 7 10 6 8 3
cities

Find the modal literacy rate.

(Board Term I, 2017)

34. The mode of the following data is 36. Find the missing frequency 𝑥 in it.

10 20 30 40 50 60
Class 0 − 10
− 20 − 30 − 40 − 50 − 60 − 70

Frequency 8 10 𝑥 16 12 6 7

(Board Term I, 2017)

LA (4/5 / 6 marks)
35. In a village, number of members in 50 families are given in the following frequency distribution:

Number
of 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17
−3 −5 −7 −9 − 11 − 13 − 15 − 17 − 19
members

Number
of 2 8 6 10 5 5 7 4 3
families

Find the mode and mean of the above data.

(Board Term I, 2016)

13.4 Median of Grouped Data

MCQ
36. For the following distribution:

10 15 20
Class 0−5 5 − 10
− 15 − 20 − 25

Frequency 10 15 12 20 9

The sum of lower limits of median class and modal class is

(a) 15
(b) 25
(c) 30
(d) 35

(2023)

37. The mean and median of a distribution are 14 and 15 respectively. The value of mode is
(a) 16
(b) 17
(c) 13
(d) 18
(2020C)

VSA (1 mark)
38. Write the empirical relationship between the three measures of central tendency.
(2021 C, Board Term I, 2017)

39. In a certain distribution, mean and median are 9.5 and 10 respectively. Find the mode of the
distribution, using an empirical relation. (Board Term-I, 2017)

40. Find the mean of the data, using an empirical formula, when it is given that mode = 50.5 and median
= 45.5.

(Board Term I, 2017)

41. Find the sum of upper limit and lower limit of the class interval in which the 20th observation of the
following data lies:

Class 0 100 200- 300 400 500 600

interval − 100 − 200 300 − 400 − 500 − 600 − 700
Frequency 5 7 6 3 20 4 8

(Board Term I, 2016)

 SA I (2 marks)
42. In a class test, 50 students obtained marks are as follows. Find the modal class and the median class.

20 40 60 80
Marks 0 − 20
− 40 − 60 − 80 − 100

Number 4 6 25 10 5

(Board Term I, 2017)

43. The following table gives the literacy rate (in %) of 25 cities. Find the median class and modal class.

50 60 70 80
Literacy rate (in percent)
− 60 − 70 − 80 − 90

Number of cities 9 6 8 2

(Board Term I, 2017)

SA II (3 marks)
44. For the following frequency distribution, find the median:

1400 1550 1700 1850

Class
− 1550 − 1700 − 1850 − 2000

Frequency 6 13 25 10

(Term II, 2021-22)

45. Heights of 50 students in class 𝑋 of a school are recorded and following data is obtained:

Height 130 135 140 145 150 155

(in cm) − 135 − 140 − 145 − 150 − 155 − 160
Number 4 11 12 7 10 6
of students
 Find the median height of the students.

(Term II, 2021-22)

46. The table below shows the salaries of 280 persons:

Salary (In thousand) No. of Persons

5 − 10 49

10 − 15 133

15 − 20 63

20 − 25 15

25 − 30 6

30 − 35 7

35 − 40 4

40 − 45 2

45 − 50 1

Calculate the median salary of the data.

(NCERT Exemplar, 2018)

47. Find the median of the following data:

Class 10 20 30 40
0 − 10 Total
Interval − 20 − 30 − 40 − 50

Frequency 8 16 36 34 6 100

(Board Term I, 2015)

LA (4/5 / 6 marks)
48. India meteorological department observe seasonal and annual rainfall every year in different
subdivisions of our country.
It helps them to compare and analyse the results. The table given below shows sub-division wise
seasonal (monsoon) rainfall (mm) in 2018:

Rainfall (mm) Number of Sub-divisions

200 − 400 2

400 − 600 4

600 − 800 7

800 − 1000 4

1000 − 1200 2

1200 − 1400 3

1400 − 1600 1

1600 − 1800 1

Based on the above information, answer the following questions.

(I) Write the modal class.

(II) Find the median of the given data.

OR

Find the mean rainfall in this season.

 (III) If sub-division having at least 1000 mm rainfall during monsoon season, is considered good
rainfall sub-division, then how many sub-divisions had good rainfall?

(2023)

49. The monthly expenditure on milk in 200 families of a Housing Society is given below:

Monthly
Number of Students
Expenditure (in ₹)

1000 − 1500 24

1500 − 2000 40

2000 − 2500 33

2500 − 3000 𝑥

3000 − 3500 30

3500 − 4000 22

4000 − 4500 16

4500 − 5000 7

Find the value of 𝑥 and also, find the median and mean expenditure on milk.

(2023)

50. Health insurance is an agreement whereby the insurance company agrees to undertake a guarantee of
compensation for medical expenses in case the insured falls ill or meets with an accident which leads
to hospitalisation of the insured. The government also promotes health insurance by providing a
deduction from income tax.
An SBI health insurance agent found the following data for distribution of ages of 100 policy holders.
The
health insurance policies are given to persons having age 15 years and onwards but less than 60
years.

Age (in years) Number of Policy Holders

15 − 20 2
 20 − 25 4

25 − 30 18

30 − 35 21

35 − 40 33

40 − 45 11

45 − 50 3

50 − 55 6

55 − 60 2

(i) Find the modal age of the policy holders.

(ii) Find the median age of the policy holders.

(Term II, 2021-22 C)

51. During the annual sports meet in a school, all the athletes were very enthusiastic. They all wanted to
be the winner so that their house could stand first. The instructor noted down the time taken by a
group of students to complete a certain race. The data recorded is given below:
Time (in sec) 0 − 20 20 − 40 40 − 60 60 − 80 80 − 100

Number of 1 4 3 7 5
students

Based on the above, answer the following questions:

(i) What is the class mark of the modal class?

(a) 60
(b) 70
(c) 80
(d) 140

(ii) The mode of the given data is

(a) 70.33
(b) 71.33
(c) 72.33
(d) 73.33
 (iii) The median class of the given data is
(a) 20 − 40
(b) 40 − 60
(c) 80 − 100
(d) 60 − 80

(iv) The sum of the lower limits of median class and modal class is 1
(a) 80
(b) 140
(c) 120
(d) 100

(v) The median time (in seconds) of the given data is

(a) 65 ⋅ 7
(b) 85 ⋅ 7
(c) 45 ⋅ 7
(d) 25.7

(2021C)

52. The distribution given below shows the number of wickets taken by bowlers in one-day cricket
matches. Find the mean and the median of the number of wickets taken.

Number of wickets Number of bowlers

20 − 60 7

60 − 100 5

100 − 140 16

140 − 180 12

180 − 220 2

220 − 260 3

53. The median of the following data is 525. Find the values of 𝑥 and 𝑦, if total frequency is 100.
Class Frequency
0 − 100 2
100 − 200 5

200 − 300 𝑥
 300 − 400 12

400 − 500 17

500 − 600 20

600 − 700 𝑦

700 − 800 9

800 − 900 7

900 − 1000 4

(NCERT, 2020)

54. If the median of the following frequency distribution is 32.5, find the values of 𝑓1 and 𝑓2 .
Class Frequency
0 − 10 𝑓1

10 − 20 5

20 − 30 9

30 − 40 12

40 − 50 𝑓2

50 − 60 3

60 − 70 2

Total 40

(Delhi 2019)

55. Find the values of frequencies 𝑥 and 𝑦 in the following frequency distribution table, if 𝑁 = 100 and
median is 32.
Marks No. of students
0 − 10 10

10 − 20 𝑥
 20 − 30 25

30 − 40 30

40 − 50 𝑦

50 − 60 10

Total 100

(AI 2019)

56. In an apple orchard, the number of apples on 80 trees are as follows:

Number 40 − 60 − 80 − 100 − 120 − 140 − 160 −
of apples 60 80 100 120 140 160 180

Number 12 11 14 16 13 9 5
of trees

Find the mode and median of the above data.

(Board Term I, 2017)

57. If the median of the following distribution is 46, find the missing frequencies 𝑝 and 𝑞.
Class 10 − 20 − 30 − 40 − 50 − 60 − 70 − Total
interval
20 30 40 50 60 70 80

Frequency 12 30 𝑝 65 𝑞 25 18 230

(Board Term I, 2017)

58. If the median of the distribution given below is 27. Find the value of 𝑥 and 𝑦.

Class Interval 0 10 20 30 40 50 Total

− 10 − 20 − 30 − 40 − 50 − 60
Frequency 5 𝑥 20 14 𝑦 8 68

(Board Term I, 2015)