UGC NET Measures of central tendency Previous Year Questions (Commerce)
JRFSmart holds 15 previous-year questions on Measures of central tendency from UGC NET Commerce (Paper 2), filed under Unit 5: Business Statistics and Research Methods, drawn from 11 of the 22 exam papers in the bank (2018–2025). Each question can be practised with a full explanation and shows how often NTA has returned to the same idea.
What is asked in Measures of central tendency
The questions in this topic fall under these subtopics, ordered by how many previous-year questions each has.
| Subtopic | Questions |
|---|---|
| Relation between AM, GM and HM | 2 |
| Measures of location | 1 |
| Positional averages and extreme values | 1 |
| Arithmetic mean and positional averages | 1 |
| Effect of a constant on the mean | 1 |
| Average annual growth rate | 1 |
| Median from ogives | 1 |
| Averages capable of algebraic treatment | 1 |
| Positional averages | 1 |
| Empirical relation between mean, median and mode | 1 |
| Harmonic mean | 1 |
| Robust measures with outliers | 1 |
NTA repeat analysis
Measures of central tendency appears in 11 of 22 papers (50%), which JRFSmart rates as high frequency.
2 questions in this topic have been verified as repeated in more than one paper.
Sample previous-year questions
Statement (I): The arithmetic mean is an all-purpose average. Statement (II): Median and mode are called positional averages. In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following codes is correct?
The arithmetic mean of 10 items is 50. If each item is increased by 5, then the new arithmetic mean would be:
What is the Harmonic Mean of two numbers whose Arithmetic Mean and Geometric Mean are 30 and 24 respectively?
What are the two numbers whose arithmetic mean = 18 and harmonic mean = 16?
Which among the following are the measures of Central Tendency or Measures of Location? A. Mean B. Range C. Mode D. Median E. Variance Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
While averaging rates and ratios where time factor is variable and the act being performed is constant, which one of the following measures of Central Tendency is appropriate?
In case of presence of outliers in a data set, which of the following can better measure the central tendency? a) Mode b) Trimmed Mean c) Arithmetic Mean d) Median e) Harmonic Mean Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Which one of the following measures of central tendency is not affected by the presence of extreme values in the data of the distribution?
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