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Q1.

The mean and the standard deviation of 10 observations are 20 and 2 respectively. Each of these 10 observations is multiplied by p and then reduced by $q$, where $p \neq 0$ and $q \neq 0$. If the new mean and new standard deviation (s.d.) become half of the original values, then q is equal to

(A)
$\quad-20$
(B)
5
(C)
10
(D)
10
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Q2.

The mean and variance of seven observations are 8 and 16 respectively. If 5 of the observations are $2,4,10,12,14$, then the square root of product of remaining two observations is

(A)
$4 \sqrt{3}$
(B)
$3 \sqrt{3}$
(C)
$2 \sqrt{3}$
(D)
$5 \sqrt{3}$
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