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Mathematics - Statistics

Practise 8 KVPY previous year questions on Statistics, compiled from papers spanning 2011 to 2019. Each question is pulled directly from the actual exam paper it appeared in, so you're practising in the exact style and difficulty KVPY tests.

  1. 1Let x 1 , x 2 , , x 11 be 11 distinct positive integers. If we replace the largest of these integers by the median of the other 10 integers,2019 (SA)
  2. 2The median of all 4 - digit numbers that are divisible by 7 is2018 (SA)
  3. 3A 100 mark examination was administered to a class of 50 students. Despite only integer marks being given, the average score of the class wa2018 (SA)
  4. 4The average incomes of the people in two villages are and , respectively. Assume that . A person moves from the first village to the second 2015 (SA)
  5. 5Let .A list of numbers has mean and standard deviation A new list of numbers is made as follows: and for . The mean and the standard deviati2014 (SB/SX)
  6. 6In a city, the total income of all people with salary below per annum is less than the total income of all people with salary above per annu2013 (SA)
  7. 7Let . A list of numbers has mean and standard deviatiion . A new list of numbers is made as follows : . The mean and the standard deviation 2013 (SB/SX)
  8. 8There are 30 questions in a multiple -choice test. A student gets 1 mark for each unattempted question, 0 mark for each wrong answer and 4 m2011 (SA)

Frequently Asked Questions

1.How many questions are available for Statistics?

This chapter includes 8 questions compiled from KVPY papers spanning 2011 to 2019.

2.Are these questions only from KVPY, or from other exams too?

These are KVPY questions specifically for the Statistics chapter. Questions from other exams like JEE Main or NTA Abhyas (JEE Main) are organised separately under their respective exam sections.

3.Is Statistics an important chapter for KVPY Mathematics?

Statistics has appeared in 6 of the 11 years of KVPY papers covered here, with 8 questions across 7 papers - about one per paper it appears in.