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Statistics JEE Main PYQs, 2020 to 2025

Statistics has 86 questions in JEE Main papers from 2020 to 2025, about 14 per year across all shifts. The most asked topic is Variance and Standard Deviation (60 questions), followed by Measures of Central Tendency (13) and Measures of Dispersion (13).

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86Total PYQs
6Years covered
3Topics
2025 Apr S1Latest paper

Statistics questions per year

YearQuestions
20258
202414
202319
202212
202120
202013

Topic-wise weightage

TopicQuestionsShare of chapterLast asked
Variance and Standard Deviation6070%2025
Measures of Central Tendency1315%2025
Measures of Dispersion1315%2025

Sample questions from recent papers

JEE Main 2025 · 7 Apr · Shift 1 · Variance and Standard Deviation

The mean and standard deviation of 100 observations are 40 and 5.1 , respectively. By mistake one observation is taken as 50 instead of 40 . If the correct mean and the correct standard deviation are μ\mu and σ\sigma respectively, then 10(μ+σ)10(\mu+\sigma) is equal to

  1. (A)447
  2. (B)445
  3. (C)449
  4. (D)451

Answer: (C)

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JEE Main 2025 · 4 Apr · Shift 2 · Measures of Dispersion

Let the mean and the standard deviation of the observation 2,3,3,4,5,7,a,b2,3,3,4,5,7, a, b be 4 and 2\sqrt{2} respectively. Then the mean deviation about the mode of these observations is :

  1. (A)12\frac{1}{2}
  2. (B)34\frac{3}{4}
  3. (C)1
  4. (D)2

Answer: (C)

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JEE Main 2025 · 23 Jan · Shift 1 · Measures of Central Tendency

Marks obtains by all the students of class 12 are presented in a freqency distribution with classes of equal width. Let the median of this grouped data be 14 with median class interval 12-18 and median class frequency 12. If the number of students whose marks are less than 12 is 18 , then the total number of students is :

  1. (A)52
  2. (B)44
  3. (C)40
  4. (D)48

Answer: (B)

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Frequently asked

How many questions come from Statistics in JEE Main?

86 questions from 2020 to 2025, about 14 per year. In 2025 it had 8.

Which Statistics topics are most important for JEE Main?

By past papers: Variance and Standard Deviation (70%), Measures of Central Tendency (15%) and Measures of Dispersion (15%) of all Statistics questions.

Is the Statistics PYQ PDF free?

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