UGC NET Measures of central tendency Previous Year Questions (Paper 1)
JRFSmart holds 6 previous-year questions on Measures of central tendency from UGC NET Paper 1 (Teaching and Research Aptitude), filed under Unit 7: Data Interpretation, drawn from 6 of the 87 exam papers in the bank (2024–2025). 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 |
|---|---|
| Mean of a transformed data set | 2 |
| Geometric mean | 1 |
| Excel statistical functions | 1 |
| Median, mean and mode | 1 |
| Finding missing frequencies from the median | 1 |
NTA repeat analysis
Measures of central tendency appears in 6 of 87 papers (7%), which JRFSmart rates as low frequency.
Sample previous-year questions
Match the LIST-I with LIST-II LIST-I (Statistical functions in MS-Excel) A. Average B. Count C. Median D. Mode LIST-II (Return value) I. Returns the number of entries in a selected range II. Returns the value in the middle of the range III. Returns the value…
Match the LIST-I with LIST-II LIST-I A. Median of 4, 4, 5, 7, 6, 7, 7, 12, 3 B. Mean of 7, 5, 9, 8, 15, 3, 8, 9 C. Mode of 2, 3, 7, 1, 3, 2, 3 D. Value of x, if mean of x, x+2, x+4, x+ 6, x+8 is 11 LIST-II I. 3 II. 7 III. 6 IV. 8 Choose the correct answer…
If the mean of x, y and z is K, then the mean of x/y, 1, z/y is
The median of the distribution given below is 14.4. The values of x and y, if the total frequency is 20 are respectively : Class | 0-6 | 6-12 | 12-18 | 18-24 | 24-30 Frequency | 4 | x | 5 | y | 1
If X-bar is the mean of x1, x2, x3, ...xn, then for a not equal to 0, the mean of (ax1, ax2, ax3, ...axn, x1/a, x2/a, x3/a, ... xn/a) is :
The geometric mean of the number 9, 12 and 16 is:
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