450 + Mcqs in Average Page 7 McqOptions

301.	Average of all even numbers between 104 and 148 is __________.
A.	128
B.	130
C.	124
D.	126
Answer» E.

Discussion

302.	Average of 31 numbers is 19. If the average of first 8 numbers is 24, then what is the average of the remaining numbers?
A.	17.26
B.	23.25
C.	26.2
D.	25.45
Answer» B. 23.25

Discussion

303.	Average of 14 numbers is 32. If the average of last 5 numbers is 26, then what is the average of the remaining numbers?
A.	35.33
B.	41.33
C.	27.5
D.	44.5
Answer» B. 41.33

Discussion

304.	Average of 10 numbers is 14. If each number is multiplied by 6, then what will be the new average?_x005F_x000D_
A.	70
B.	84
C.	56
D.	92
Answer» C. 56

Discussion

305.	Average of 11 numbers is 7. If every number is doubled, then what will be the new average of the numbers?
A.	3.5
B.	7
C.	10.5
D.	14
Answer» E.

Discussion

306.	Average marks obtained by 19 boys of a college is 56. If the highest marks and lowest marks obtained are removed, then the average reduces by 2. What is the average of the highest and lowest marks obtained?_x005F_x000D_
A.	77_x005F_x000D_
B.	69_x005F_x000D_
C.	73_x005F_x000D_
D.	75
Answer» D. 75

Discussion

307.	Average age of a team having 12 players is 23 years. If the age of the coach is also included, then the average age increases by 2 years. What is the age (inyears) of the coach?
A.	41
B.	47
C.	49
D.	51
Answer» D. 51

Discussion

308.	An engineering student has to secure 45% marks to pass. He gets 54 and fails by 36 marks. Find the maximum marks.
A.	200 marks
B.	225 marks
C.	250 marks
D.	275 marks
Answer» B. 225 marks

Discussion

309.	Average age of 20 students is 21 years. 2 students leave the group and 1 new student joins the group. The average now becomes 20 years. If age ofÂ one of the student who left the group is 26 years and the one who joined is 20 years, then what is the age (in years) of the other student who left the group?
A.	20
B.	14
C.	22
D.	16
Answer» C. 22

Discussion

310.	An engineering student has to secure 25% marks to pass. He gets 45 and fails by 45 marks. Find the maximum marks.
A.	385 marks
B.	410 marks
C.	435 marks
D.	360 marks
Answer» E.

Discussion

311.	An oil refinery buys oil at Rs 3600 per barrel. There is 10% wastage. If the refinery wants to earn 5% profit then at what price should it sell including 8% taxÂ on selling price? (in Rs per barrel)
A.	3674
B.	3711
C.	4219
D.	4536
Answer» E.

Discussion

312.	An army of 12000 consists of Europeans and Indians. The average height of a European is 5ft 10 inches and that of an Indian is 5ft 9 inches and that of the whole army is 5ft 9 3/4 inches. Then the number of Indians in the army is ?
A.	3000
B.	4000
C.	5500
D.	2700
Answer» B. 4000

Discussion

313.	Among three numbers, the first is twice the second and thrice the third. If the average of three numbers is 198, then what is the difference between the first and the third number?
A.	216
B.	297
C.	661
D.	431
Answer» B. 297

Discussion

314.	Among three numbers, the first is twice theÂ second and thrice the third, If the average of threeÂ numbers is 517, then what is the difference between theÂ first and the third number?
A.	564
B.	759
C.	485
D.	799
Answer» B. 759

Discussion

315.	Among three numbers, the first is twice the second and thrice the third. If the average of three numbers is 396, then what is the difference between theÂ first and the third number?
A.	594
B.	448
C.	432
D.	453
Answer» D. 453

Discussion

316.	Among four students sitting in a row, average age of last three students is 20 years and the average age of first three students is 21 years. If the age of first student is 26 years, then what is the age (in years) of the last student?
A.	23
B.	37
C.	24
D.	29
Answer» B. 37

Discussion

317.	Among four bags, average weight of last three bags is 18 kg and the average weight of first three bags is 19 kg. If the weight of last bag is 22 kg, then what is the weight (in kg) of first bag?_x005F_x000D_
A.	32
B.	24
C.	33
D.	25
Answer» E.

Discussion

318.	Amithab's average expenditure for the January to June is Rs. 4200 and he spends Rs.1200 in January and Rs.1500 in july.The average expenditure for the months of febraury to July is:
A.	Rs. 4250
B.	Rs. 4520
C.	Rs. 4060
D.	None of these
Answer» B. Rs. 4520

Discussion

319.	After replacing an old member by a new member, it was found that the average age of five members of a club is the same as it was 3 years ago. What is the difference between the ages of the replaced and the new member ?
A.	12
B.	13
C.	14
D.	15
Answer» E.

Discussion

320.	After replacing an old member by a new member, it was found that the average age of five members of a club is the same as it was 3 years ago. The difference between the ages of the replaced and the new members?
A.	16 years
B.	15 years
C.	14 years
D.	13 years
Answer» C. 14 years

Discussion

321.	After 10 innings the average score per innings of a batsman was 52. After 12 innings the average rose to 54. If the batsman had scored 16 more runs in the 12th innings than in the previous one, how many runs did he score in the 11th innings?_x005F_x000D_ Â _x005F_x000D_
A.	55
B.	56
C.	54
D.	53
Answer» C. 54

Discussion

322.	A team of 8 persons joins in a shooting competition. The best marksman scored 85 points. If he had scored 92 points, the average score for the teamÂ would have been 84. The number of points the team scored was
A.	672
B.	665
C.	645
D.	588
Answer» C. 645

Discussion

323.	A team of 8 persons joins in a shooting competition. The best marksman scored 85Â points. If he had scored 92 points, the average score for the team would have been 84.Â The number of points, the team scored was :
A.	665
B.	657
C.	658
D.	678
Answer» B. 657

Discussion

324.	A student's average marks in five subjects is 82. If the average marks of first two subject is 86.5 and the average marks of last two subjects is 84. Find the marks of third subject?
A.	69
B.	67
C.	71
D.	73
Answer» B. 67

Discussion

325.	A student was asked to find the arithmetic mean of the numbers 3, 11, 7, 9, 15, 13, 8, 19, 17, 21, 14 and x. He found the mean to be 12. What should be the number in place of x ?
A.	6
B.	7
C.	8
D.	9
Answer» C. 8

Discussion

326.	A student, by mistake, wrote 64 in place of 46 as a number at the time of finding the average of 10 given numbers & got the average as 50. The correctÂ average of the numbers is
A.	48.2
B.	48
C.	48.1
D.	49
Answer» B. 48

Discussion

327.	A person purchased 10 shirts costing Rs 150 per shirt. Next dayÂ he again purchased the shirts costing Rs 150 per shirt at a discount of Rs 30 per shirt and that day he spent a toal of Rs 1800. What is the average cost per shirt (in Rs)?_x005F_x000D_
A.	125
B.	132
C.	138_x005F_x000D_
D.	144
Answer» C. 138_x005F_x000D_

Discussion

328.	A motorist travels to a place 150 km away at an average speed of 50 km/hr and returns at 30 km/hr. Â His average speed for the whole journey in km/hr is :
A.	35
B.	36
C.	37.5
D.	38.2
Answer» D. 38.2

Discussion

329.	A man buys 7 shirts at Rs 300 each, 2 trousers at Rs 450 each and 1 pair of shoes at Rs 500 each. What is the average expenditure (in Rs) per article?
A.	210
B.	250
C.	320
D.	350
Answer» E.

Discussion

330.	A line cuts the xÂaxis at the point (Â3,0) and the yÂaxis at the point (0,6). What is the equation of the line?
A.	x = 2y + 6
B.	y = 2x Â- 6
C.	x = 2y -Â 6
D.	y = 2x + 6
Answer» E.

Discussion

331.	A librarian purchased 60 story books for his library. But he found that he could get 4 extra books by spending Rs 336 more and then the overall averageÂ price per book would be reduced by Re 1. The previous average price of each book was
A.	Rs 84
B.	Rs 83
C.	Rs 68
D.	Rs 100
Answer» E.

Discussion

332.	A grocer has a sale of Rs 6435, Rs. 6927, Rs. 6855, Rs. 7230 and Rs. 6562 for 5 consecutive months. How much sale must he have in the sixth month so that he gets an average sale of Rs, 6500 ?
A.	4991
B.	5467
C.	5987
D.	6453
Answer» B. 5467

Discussion

333.	A group of boys has an average weight of 36 kg. One boy weighing 42 kg leaves the group and another boy weighing 30 kg joins the group. If the average now becomesÂ 35.7 kg, then how many boys are there in the group?
A.	30
B.	32
C.	40
D.	56
Answer» D. 56

Discussion

334.	A family consists of grandparents, parents and three grandchildren. The average age of the grandparents is 67 years, that of the parents is 35 years and that of the grandchildren is 6 years. What is the average age of the family ?
A.	31( 5/7)
B.	32 (6/7)
C.	34(4/7)
D.	35(4/9)
Answer» B. 32 (6/7)

Discussion

335.	A factory buys 8 machines. 3 MachineÂA, 4 MachineÂB and rest MachineÂC. Prices of the machines are Rs 45000, Rs 25000 and Rs 35000 respectively.Â Calculate the average cost (in Rs) of these machines?
A.	33750
B.	35000
C.	36250
D.	32250
Answer» B. 35000

Discussion

336.	A factory buys 7 machines. 2 MachineÂA, 4 MachineÂB and rest MachineÂC. Prices of the machines are Rs 56000, Rs 45000 and Rs 30000 respectively.Â Calculate the average cost of these machines.
A.	46000
B.	43666.66
C.	41333.33
D.	44500
Answer» B. 43666.66

Discussion

337.	A factory buys 7 machines. 2 Machine A, 2 Machine B and rest Machine C. Prices of the machines are Rs 95000, Rs 75000 and Rs 43000 respectively.Â Calculate the average cost of these machines?
A.	71000
B.	67000
C.	75000
D.	65500
Answer» C. 75000

Discussion

338.	A factory buys 10 machines. 2 MachineÂA, 3 MachineÂB and rest MachineÂC. Prices of the machines are Rs 95000, Rs 60000 and Rs 50000 respectively.Â What is the average cost of these machines?
A.	62000
B.	68333
C.	74666
D.	60500
Answer» B. 68333

Discussion

339.	A factory buys 10 machines. 1 MachineÂA, 4 MachineÂB and rest MachineÂC. Prices of the machines are Rs 90000, Rs 40000 and Rs 40000 respectively.Â Calculate the average cost of these machines?
A.	56666.6
B.	68333.3
C.	45000
D.	43500
Answer» D. 43500

Discussion

340.	A cicketer bas a certain average for 10 innings, In the eleventh inning, he scorod 108 runs, thereby increasing his average by 6 runs. His new average is :
A.	44 runs
B.	46 runs
C.	48 runs
D.	49 runs
Answer» D. 49 runs

Discussion

341.	A certain factory employed 600 men and 400 women and the average wagerÂ wasÂ Rs. 25.50 per day, If a woman got Rs. 5 less than a man, then what are theirÂ daily wages ?
A.	m:25.50 w:27.50
B.	m:27.50 w:22.50
C.	m:26.50 w:27.50
D.	m: 24.50 w:26.50
Answer» C. m:26.50 w:27.50

Discussion

342.	A boy spends Rs 20 to purchase toffees at Rs 1 each. Next day, he purchased some toffees for Rs 40 with a discount of 50 paise per toffee. What is the average price per toffee (in paise)?
A.	45
B.	60
C.	40
D.	55
Answer» C. 40

Discussion

343.	A canteen requires 56 kgs of rice for seven days . The quantity of rice required for the months of April and May together is
A.	468 kg
B.	488 kg
C.	498 kg
D.	508 kg
Answer» C. 498 kg

Discussion

344.	A boy buys 5 pencils at Rs 3 each, 3 erasers at Rs 2 each and 3 sharpeners at Rs 5 each. What is the average expenditure (in Rs) per article?
A.	3.27
B.	3.5
C.	4
D.	5
Answer» B. 3.5

Discussion

345.	A batsman scores 98 runs in the 17thÂ match of his career. His average runs per match increased by 2.5. What is his average before the 17thÂ match?
A.	58
B.	60.5
C.	63
D.	55.5
Answer» E.

Discussion

346.	A batsman scores 87 runs in the 21st match of his career. His average runs per match increases by 2. What was his average before the 21st match.
A.	45
B.	46
C.	44
D.	43
Answer» B. 46

Discussion

347.	A batsman scores 26 runs and increases his average from 14 to 15. Find the runs to be made if he wants top increasing the average to 19 in the same match ?
A.	74
B.	79
C.	72
D.	60
Answer» B. 79

Discussion

348.	A batsman makes a score of 95 runs in the 13th match and thus increases his average runs per match by 4. What is his average after the 13th match?
A.	47
B.	43
C.	45
D.	49
Answer» B. 43

Discussion

349.	A batsman makes a score of 81 runs in the 16thÂ match and thus increases his average runs per match by 3. What is his average after the 16thÂ match?
A.	35
B.	34
C.	33
D.	36
Answer» E.

Discussion

350.	A batsman makes a score of 111 runs in the 10th match and thus increases his average runs per match by 5. What will be his average after the 10thÂ match?
A.	66
B.	61
C.	62
D.	64
Answer» B. 61

Discussion

Explore topic-wise MCQs in Arithmetic Ability.

Average of all even numbers between 104 and 148 is __________.

Average of 31 numbers is 19. If the average of first 8 numbers is 24, then what is the average of the remaining numbers?

Average of 14 numbers is 32. If the average of last 5 numbers is 26, then what is the average of the remaining numbers?

Average of 10 numbers is 14. If each number is multiplied by 6, then what will be the new average?_x005F_x000D_

Average of 11 numbers is 7. If every number is doubled, then what will be the new average of the numbers?

Average marks obtained by 19 boys of a college is 56. If the highest marks and lowest marks obtained are removed, then the average reduces by 2. What is the average of the highest and lowest marks obtained?_x005F_x000D_

Average age of a team having 12 players is 23 years. If the age of the coach is also included, then the average age increases by 2 years. What is the age (inyears) of the coach?

An engineering student has to secure 45% marks to pass. He gets 54 and fails by 36 marks. Find the maximum marks.

An engineering student has to secure 25% marks to pass. He gets 45 and fails by 45 marks. Find the maximum marks.

An oil refinery buys oil at Rs 3600 per barrel. There is 10% wastage. If the refinery wants to earn 5% profit then at what price should it sell including 8% taxÂ on selling price? (in Rs per barrel)

An army of 12000 consists of Europeans and Indians. The average height of a European is 5ft 10 inches and that of an Indian is 5ft 9 inches and that of the whole army is 5ft 9 3/4 inches. Then the number of Indians in the army is ?

Among three numbers, the first is twice the second and thrice the third. If the average of three numbers is 198, then what is the difference between the first and the third number?

Among three numbers, the first is twice theÂ second and thrice the third, If the average of threeÂ numbers is 517, then what is the difference between theÂ first and the third number?

Among three numbers, the first is twice the second and thrice the third. If the average of three numbers is 396, then what is the difference between theÂ first and the third number?

Among four students sitting in a row, average age of last three students is 20 years and the average age of first three students is 21 years. If the age of first student is 26 years, then what is the age (in years) of the last student?

Among four bags, average weight of last three bags is 18 kg and the average weight of first three bags is 19 kg. If the weight of last bag is 22 kg, then what is the weight (in kg) of first bag?_x005F_x000D_

Amithab's average expenditure for the January to June is Rs. 4200 and he spends Rs.1200 in January and Rs.1500 in july.The average expenditure for the months of febraury to July is:

After replacing an old member by a new member, it was found that the average age of five members of a club is the same as it was 3 years ago. What is the difference between the ages of the replaced and the new member ?

After replacing an old member by a new member, it was found that the average age of five members of a club is the same as it was 3 years ago. The difference between the ages of the replaced and the new members?

After 10 innings the average score per innings of a batsman was 52. After 12 innings the average rose to 54. If the batsman had scored 16 more runs in the 12th innings than in the previous one, how many runs did he score in the 11th innings?_x005F_x000D_ Â _x005F_x000D_

A team of 8 persons joins in a shooting competition. The best marksman scored 85 points. If he had scored 92 points, the average score for the teamÂ would have been 84. The number of points the team scored was

A team of 8 persons joins in a shooting competition. The best marksman scored 85Â points. If he had scored 92 points, the average score for the team would have been 84.Â The number of points, the team scored was :

A student's average marks in five subjects is 82. If the average marks of first two subject is 86.5 and the average marks of last two subjects is 84. Find the marks of third subject?

A student was asked to find the arithmetic mean of the numbers 3, 11, 7, 9, 15, 13, 8, 19, 17, 21, 14 and x. He found the mean to be 12. What should be the number in place of x ?

A student, by mistake, wrote 64 in place of 46 as a number at the time of finding the average of 10 given numbers & got the average as 50. The correctÂ average of the numbers is

A person purchased 10 shirts costing Rs 150 per shirt. Next dayÂ he again purchased the shirts costing Rs 150 per shirt at a discount of Rs 30 per shirt and that day he spent a toal of Rs 1800. What is the average cost per shirt (in Rs)?_x005F_x000D_

A motorist travels to a place 150 km away at an average speed of 50 km/hr and returns at 30 km/hr. Â His average speed for the whole journey in km/hr is :

A man buys 7 shirts at Rs 300 each, 2 trousers at Rs 450 each and 1 pair of shoes at Rs 500 each. What is the average expenditure (in Rs) per article?

A line cuts the xÂ­axis at the point (Â­3,0) and the yÂ­axis at the point (0,6). What is the equation of the line?

A librarian purchased 60 story books for his library. But he found that he could get 4 extra books by spending Rs 336 more and then the overall averageÂ price per book would be reduced by Re 1. The previous average price of each book was

A grocer has a sale of Rs 6435, Rs. 6927, Rs. 6855, Rs. 7230 and Rs. 6562 for 5 consecutive months. How much sale must he have in the sixth month so that he gets an average sale of Rs, 6500 ?

A group of boys has an average weight of 36 kg. One boy weighing 42 kg leaves the group and another boy weighing 30 kg joins the group. If the average now becomesÂ 35.7 kg, then how many boys are there in the group?

A family consists of grandparents, parents and three grandchildren. The average age of the grandparents is 67 years, that of the parents is 35 years and that of the grandchildren is 6 years. What is the average age of the family ?

A factory buys 8 machines. 3 MachineÂ­A, 4 MachineÂ­B and rest MachineÂ­C. Prices of the machines are Rs 45000, Rs 25000 and Rs 35000 respectively.Â Calculate the average cost (in Rs) of these machines?

A factory buys 7 machines. 2 MachineÂ­A, 4 MachineÂ­B and rest MachineÂ­C. Prices of the machines are Rs 56000, Rs 45000 and Rs 30000 respectively.Â Calculate the average cost of these machines.

A factory buys 7 machines. 2 Machine A, 2 Machine B and rest Machine C. Prices of the machines are Rs 95000, Rs 75000 and Rs 43000 respectively.Â Calculate the average cost of these machines?

A factory buys 10 machines. 2 MachineÂ­A, 3 MachineÂ­B and rest MachineÂ­C. Prices of the machines are Rs 95000, Rs 60000 and Rs 50000 respectively.Â What is the average cost of these machines?

A factory buys 10 machines. 1 MachineÂ­A, 4 MachineÂ­B and rest MachineÂ­C. Prices of the machines are Rs 90000, Rs 40000 and Rs 40000 respectively.Â Calculate the average cost of these machines?

A cicketer bas a certain average for 10 innings, In the eleventh inning, he scorod 108 runs, thereby increasing his average by 6 runs. His new average is :

A certain factory employed 600 men and 400 women and the average wagerÂ wasÂ Rs. 25.50 per day, If a woman got Rs. 5 less than a man, then what are theirÂ daily wages ?

A boy spends Rs 20 to purchase toffees at Rs 1 each. Next day, he purchased some toffees for Rs 40 with a discount of 50 paise per toffee. What is the average price per toffee (in paise)?

A canteen requires 56 kgs of rice for seven days . The quantity of rice required for the months of April and May together is

A boy buys 5 pencils at Rs 3 each, 3 erasers at Rs 2 each and 3 sharpeners at Rs 5 each. What is the average expenditure (in Rs) per article?

A batsman scores 98 runs in the 17thÂ match of his career. His average runs per match increased by 2.5. What is his average before the 17thÂ match?

A batsman scores 87 runs in the 21st match of his career. His average runs per match increases by 2. What was his average before the 21st match.

A batsman scores 26 runs and increases his average from 14 to 15. Find the runs to be made if he wants top increasing the average to 19 in the same match ?

A batsman makes a score of 95 runs in the 13th match and thus increases his average runs per match by 4. What is his average after the 13th match?

A batsman makes a score of 81 runs in the 16thÂ match and thus increases his average runs per match by 3. What is his average after the 16thÂ match?

A batsman makes a score of 111 runs in the 10th match and thus increases his average runs per match by 5. What will be his average after the 10thÂ match?

A line cuts the xÂaxis at the point (Â3,0) and the yÂaxis at the point (0,6). What is the equation of the line?

A factory buys 8 machines. 3 MachineÂA, 4 MachineÂB and rest MachineÂC. Prices of the machines are Rs 45000, Rs 25000 and Rs 35000 respectively.Â Calculate the average cost (in Rs) of these machines?

A factory buys 7 machines. 2 MachineÂA, 4 MachineÂB and rest MachineÂC. Prices of the machines are Rs 56000, Rs 45000 and Rs 30000 respectively.Â Calculate the average cost of these machines.

A factory buys 10 machines. 2 MachineÂA, 3 MachineÂB and rest MachineÂC. Prices of the machines are Rs 95000, Rs 60000 and Rs 50000 respectively.Â What is the average cost of these machines?

A factory buys 10 machines. 1 MachineÂA, 4 MachineÂB and rest MachineÂC. Prices of the machines are Rs 90000, Rs 40000 and Rs 40000 respectively.Â Calculate the average cost of these machines?