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I am not quite sure my approach whether is right, but here it is:

It was easy to eliminate I. and III. choices
as I. choice is +20 to all elements to the initial set (so their SD will be same)
III. choice is -2 to all elements to the initial set (so their SD will be same)

II. Choice:
the negative sign is a trap, SD>=0
We can observe that the second set has all the elements of set Y (with negative sign) plus one element -10, which is far away from the mean
So the SD of the second set will be more than that of set Y

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Set Y contains elements {2, 4, 6, 8} which of the following sets have smaller standard deviation than set Y?

I. {22, 24, 26, 28}
II. {-4, -2, -8, -6, -10}
III. {0, 2, 4, 6}

A. I only
B. II only
C. III only
D. I and III
E. None of above

Set Y and all the sets in the options have exact difference of 2 between its elements. So the standard deviation will the the same for all. IMO Option E


You are not quite right in your approach
SD (2, 4, 6) is not equal to SD (2, 4, 6, 8), though both have 2 point difference between elements
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