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Mean

Asked 2 times in EPFO over 10 years (2015–2025), peaking in 2015.
2
PYQs
1
Exams
2
Years active
2015–2025
Span
2015
Peak
1/2
Answers
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Key insights

  • Most tested in EPFO — 2 of 2 PYQs
  • Most asked in 2015
  • Recurs across 2 years (2015–2025)

Across exams

EPFO · 2

How the concept evolved

115
125
Long-running — most appearances (1 of 2) predate 2016, and it still returns.

Sample questions

You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
EPFO2025
The scores of 16 students in a test are as follows : 19, 4, 17, 7, 15, 2, 18, 11, 15, 17, 19, 4, 3, 2, 6, 9. What is the difference between their arithmetic mean and the median ?
  1. A 1.0
  2. B 0.8
  3. C 0.5
  4. D 0.2
Answer key not yet available (pending official release)
Quantitative Aptitude › Data Sufficiency
EPFO2015
The mean and standard deviation of a set of 16 non-zero positive numbers in an observation are 26 and 3·5 respectively. The mean and standard deviation of another set of 24 non-zero positive numbers without changing the circumstances of both sets of observations, are 29 and 3, respectively. The mean and standard deviation of their combined set of observations will respectively be
  1. A 27·8 and 3·21 ✓
  2. B 26·2 and 3·32
  3. C 27·8 and 3·32
  4. D 26·2 and 3·21
✓ Correct answer: (A)
Quantitative Aptitude › Data Sufficiency

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