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This section includes 759 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your General Aptitude knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 201. |
The average of five numbers is 306.4. The average of the first two numbers is 431 and the average of the last two numbers is 214.5. What is the third number? |
| A. | 2 |
| B. | 08 |
| C. | 21 |
| D. | annot be determined |
| E. | one of these |
| Answer» F. | |
| 202. |
The average temperature for the first four days of a week is 40.2° C and that of the last four days is 41.3° C.If the average temperature for the whole 40.6°C, then the temperature on the fourth day is- |
| A. | 0.8° C |
| B. | 1.3° C |
| C. | 1.8° C |
| D. | 8.5° C |
| Answer» D. 8.5° C | |
| 203. |
The mean of 25 observations was found to be 78.4. But later on it was found that 96 were misread as 69. The correct means is- |
| A. | 6.54 |
| B. | 8.4 |
| C. | 9.48 |
| D. | 1.32 |
| Answer» D. 1.32 | |
| 204. |
Find the average of all the numbers between 6 and 34 which are divisible by 5 - |
| A. | 8 |
| B. | 0 |
| C. | 4 |
| D. | 0 |
| Answer» C. 4 | |
| 205. |
If the arithmetic mean of 0, 5, 4, 3 is a, that of -1, 0, 1, 5, 4, 3 is b and that of 5, 4, 3 is c, then the relation between a, b, and c is |
| A. | = b = c |
| B. | : b : c = 3 : 2 : 4 |
| C. | a = 5b = c |
| D. | + b + c = 12 |
| Answer» C. a = 5b = c | |
| 206. |
The average age of the boys in a class is 16 years and that of the girls is 15 years. The average age for the whole class is- |
| A. | 5 years |
| B. | 5.5 years |
| C. | 6 years |
| D. | annot be computed with the given information |
| Answer» E. | |
| 207. |
The average age of the mother and her six children is 12 years which is reduced by 5 years if the age of the mother is excluded. How old is the mother ? |
| A. | 0 years |
| B. | 2 years |
| C. | 8 years |
| D. | 0 years |
| Answer» C. 8 years | |
| 208. |
The average sale of car dealership was 15 cars per week. After a promotional scheme the average sale increased to 21 cars per week. The percentage increased in the sale of cars was- |
| A. | 9.33% |
| B. | 0% |
| C. | 2$$\frac{6}{7}$$% |
| D. | 40% |
| Answer» C. 2$$\frac{6}{7}$$% | |
| 209. |
The average of X1, X2 and X3 is 14. Twice the sum of X2 and X3 is 30. What is the value of X1? |
| A. | 2 |
| B. | 6 |
| C. | 0 |
| D. | 7 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 210. |
The average age of an adult class is 40 years. 12 new students with an average age of 32 years join the class, thereby decreasing the average by 4 years. The original strength of the class was- |
| A. | 0 |
| B. | 1 |
| C. | 2 |
| D. | 5 |
| Answer» D. 5 | |
| 211. |
The average weight of a class of 24 students is 35 kg. If the weight of the teacher be included, the average rises by 400 g. The weight of the teacher is - |
| A. | 5 kg |
| B. | 0 kg |
| C. | 3 kg |
| D. | 5 kg |
| Answer» B. 0 kg | |
| 212. |
If the average temperature of first four days of the week was 39°C and the average temperature of the week was 40°C, then what was the average temperature of the last three days of the week? |
| A. | 9.9°C |
| B. | 0.9°C |
| C. | 1.3°C |
| D. | 2.1°C |
| Answer» D. 2.1°C | |
| 213. |
The average of 6 observations is 45.5. If one new observation is added to the previous observations, then the new average becomes 47. The new observation is- |
| A. | 6 |
| B. | 0 |
| C. | 6 |
| D. | 8 |
| Answer» D. 8 | |
| 214. |
The average of 80 boys in a class is 15. The average age of a group of 15 boys in the class is 16 and the average age of another 25 boys in the class is 14. What is the average age of the remaining boys in the class? |
| A. | 4 |
| B. | 4.75 |
| C. | 5.25 |
| D. | annot be determined |
| E. | one of these |
| Answer» D. annot be determined | |
| 215. |
The average marks of a student in 8 subjects is 87. Of these, the highest marks are 2 more than the one next in value. If these two subjects are eliminated, the average marks of the remaining subjectsare 85. What are the highest marks now obtained by him? |
| A. | 9 |
| B. | 1 |
| C. | 4 |
| D. | 6 |
| Answer» D. 6 | |
| 216. |
The batting average for 40 innings of a cricket player is 50 runs. His highest score exceeds his lowest score by 172 runs. If these two innings are excluded, the average of the remaining 38 innings is 48 runs. The highest score of the player is |
| A. | 65 runs |
| B. | 70 runs |
| C. | 65 runs |
| D. | 74 runs |
| Answer» E. | |
| 217. |
If the average of 5 numbers is 10, the number which should be added to make the average 12 is- |
| A. | 2 |
| B. | 8 |
| C. | 2 |
| D. | 4 |
| Answer» D. 4 | |
| 218. |
In the first 10 overs of a cricket game, the run rate was only 3.2. What should be the rate in the remaining 40 overs to each the target of 282 runs? |
| A. | 0.25 |
| B. | 0.5 |
| C. | 0.75 |
| Answer» B. 0.5 | |
| 219. |
The average age of all the students of a class is 18 years. The average age of boys of the class is 20 years and that of the girls is 15 years. If the number of girls in the class is 20, then find the number of boys in the class. |
| A. | 5 |
| B. | 0 |
| C. | 5 |
| D. | 0 |
| Answer» C. 5 | |
| 220. |
A student obtained 60, 75 and85 marks respectively in three monthly examinations in Physics and 95 marks in the final examination. The three monthly examinations are equal weighted whereas the final examination is weighted twice as much as a monthly examination. His average marks in physics are- |
| A. | 8.75 |
| B. | 9 |
| C. | 2 |
| D. | 5 |
| Answer» D. 5 | |
| 221. |
If the arithmetic mean of seventy-five numbers us calculated, it is 35. If each number is increased by 5, then mean of new numbers is: |
| A. | 0 |
| B. | 0 |
| C. | 0 |
| D. | 0 |
| Answer» C. 0 | |
| 222. |
The average weight of 8 men is increased by 1.5 kg when one of the men, who weight 65 kg is replaced by a new man. The weight of the new man is- |
| A. | 0 kg |
| B. | 4 kg |
| C. | 6 kg |
| D. | 7 kg |
| Answer» E. | |
| 223. |
A batsman makes a score of 84 runs in the 21st inning and thus increases his average by 2 runs. His average after 21st inning is- |
| A. | 4 |
| B. | 4 |
| C. | 4 |
| D. | 4 |
| Answer» D. 4 | |
| 224. |
A team of 8 persons joins in a shooting competition. The best marksman scored 85 points. If had scored 92 points, the average score for the team would have been 84. The number of points, the team scored was- |
| A. | 88 |
| B. | 45 |
| C. | 65 |
| D. | 72 |
| Answer» D. 72 | |
| 225. |
The average weight of 3 men A, B, and C is 84 kg. Another man D joins the group and the average now becomes 80 kg. If another man E, whose weight is 3 kg more than that of D, replaces A, then the average weight of B, C, D and E becomes 79 kg. The weight if A is- |
| A. | 0 kg |
| B. | 2 kg |
| C. | 5 kg |
| D. | 0 kg |
| Answer» D. 0 kg | |
| 226. |
Average of ten positive numbers is $$\overline x $$. If each number is increased by 10%, then $$\overline x $$ - |
| A. | emains unchanged |
| B. | ay decrease |
| C. | ay increase |
| D. | s increased by 10% |
| Answer» E. | |
| 227. |
The average marks in Science subject of a class of 20 students is 68. If the marks of two students were misread as 48 and 65 instead of the actual marks 72 and 61 respectively, what would be the correct average? |
| A. | 6 |
| B. | 8.5 |
| C. | 9 |
| D. | 9.5 |
| E. | 0 |
| Answer» D. 9.5 | |
| 228. |
A pupil’s marks were wrongly entered as 83 instead of 63. Due to that the average marks for the class got increased by half. The number of pupils in the class is- |
| A. | 0 |
| B. | 0 |
| C. | 0 |
| D. | 3 |
| Answer» D. 3 | |
| 229. |
The average temperature of the town in the first four days of month was 58 degrees. The average for the second, third, fourth and fifth days was 60 degrees. If the temperature of the first and fifth days were in the ratio 7 : 8, then what is the temperature on the fifth day? |
| A. | 4 degrees |
| B. | 2 degrees |
| C. | 6 degrees |
| D. | one of these |
| Answer» B. 2 degrees | |
| 230. |
Four years ago, the average age of A and B was 18 years. At present the average age of A, B, and C is 24 years. What would be the age of C after 8 years? |
| A. | 5 years |
| B. | 8 years |
| C. | 2 years |
| D. | 6 years |
| Answer» E. | |
| 231. |
The average age of husband, wife and their child 3 years ago was 27 years and that of wife and the child 5 years ago was 20 years. The present age of the husband is- |
| A. | 5 years |
| B. | 0 years |
| C. | 0 years |
| D. | one of these |
| Answer» C. 0 years | |
| 232. |
When the average age of a couple and their son was 42 years, the son married and got a child after one year. When the child was 5 years old, the average age of the family became 36 years. What was the age of daughter-in- law at the time of their marriage ? |
| A. | 3 years |
| B. | 4 years |
| C. | 5 years |
| D. | 6 years |
| Answer» D. 6 years | |
| 233. |
Four years ago, the average age of a family of four persons was 18 years. During this period, a baby was born. Today if the average age of the family is still 18 years, the age of the baby is |
| A. | .2 years |
| B. | years |
| C. | .5 years |
| D. | years |
| Answer» C. .5 years | |
| 234. |
Ten years ago, the ages of the members of a joint family of eight people added up to 231 years. Three years later, one member died at the age of 60 years and a child was born during the same year. After another three years, one more member died, again at 60, and a child was born during the same year. The current average of this eight-member joint family is nearest to- |
| A. | 1 years |
| B. | 2 years |
| C. | 3 years |
| D. | 4 years |
| E. | 5 years |
| Answer» E. 5 years | |
| 235. |
If 25a + 25b = 115, what is the average ofaand b? |
| A. | 0.5 |
| B. | 0.4 |
| C. | 0.5 |
| D. | 0.6 |
| E. | one of these |
| Answer» F. | |
| 236. |
Find the average of the following sets of scores:385, 441, 876, 221, 536, 46, 291, 428 |
| A. | 21 |
| B. | 03 |
| C. | 28 |
| D. | 36 |
| E. | one of these |
| Answer» C. 28 | |
| 237. |
The average weight of a group of 75 girls was calculated as 47 kgs. It was later discovered that the weight of one of the girls was read as 45 kgs. Whereas her actual weight was 25 kgs. What is the actual average weight of the group of 75 girls? ( Rounded off to two digits after decimal). |
| A. | 4 |
| B. | 6 |
| C. | 0 |
| D. | one of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 238. |
The average monthly income of P and Q is Rs. 6000; that of Q and R is Rs. 5250; and that P and R is Rs. 5500. What is P’s monthly income? |
| A. | s. 3500 |
| B. | s. 4500 |
| C. | s. 6250 |
| D. | s. 4800 |
| Answer» D. s. 4800 | |
| 239. |
In a primary school the average weight of male students is 65.9 kg and the average weight of female students is 57 kg. If the average weight of all the students ( both male and female ) is 60.3 kg and the number of male students in the school is 66, what is the number of female students in the school? |
| A. | 62 |
| B. | 68 |
| C. | 80 |
| D. | 12 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 240. |
The average age of a husband and his wife was 23 years at the times of their marriage. After five years they have a one-year old child. The average age of the family now is- |
| A. | 9 years |
| B. | 3 years |
| C. | 8.5 years |
| D. | 9.3 years |
| Answer» B. 3 years | |
| 241. |
The average salary of all the workers in a workshop is Rs. 8000. The average salary of 7 technicians is Rs. 12000 and the average salary of the rest is Rs. 6000. The total number of workers in the workshop is- |
| A. | 0 |
| B. | 1 |
| C. | 2 |
| D. | 3 |
| Answer» C. 2 | |
| 242. |
Out of 10 teachers of a school, on teacher retires and in place of him a new teacher 25 years old joins. As a result of it average age of the teachers reduces by 3 years. Age of the retired teacher ( in years) is : |
| A. | 5 |
| B. | 0 |
| C. | 8 |
| D. | 6 |
| Answer» B. 0 | |
| 243. |
Mr. Joe’s family consists of six people-himself, his wife and their four children. It is known that the average age of the family immediately after the birth of the first, second, third and fourth child was 16, 15, 16 and 15 years respectively. Find the age of Mr. Joe’s eldest son if the present average age of the entire family is 16 years - |
| A. | years |
| B. | 2 years |
| C. | 5 years |
| D. | 6 years |
| Answer» C. 5 years | |
| 244. |
In an engineering college the average salary of all engineering graduates from Mechanical trade is Rs. 2.45 lacs per annum and that of the engineering graduates from Electronics trade is Rs. 3.56 lacs per annum. The average salary of all Mechanical and Electronics graduates is Rs. 3.12 lacs per annum. Find the least number of Electronics graduates passing out from this institute.- |
| A. | 3 |
| B. | 9 |
| C. | 7 |
| D. | annot be determined |
| Answer» D. annot be determined | |
| 245. |
A coaching institute has students in 3 batches – X, Y and Z. In a certain examination, the average marks obtained by these batches are 72, 60 and 50 respectively. The average marks of batches X and Y taken together is 69. If the ratio of the number of students in batches Y and Z is 6 : 7. What is the average score of all the three batches put together? |
| A. | 9 |
| B. | 1.6 |
| C. | 3.5 |
| D. | 4.7 |
| E. | 5 |
| Answer» E. 5 | |
| 246. |
A certain factory employed 600 men and 400 women and the average wage was Rs. 25.50 per day. If women got Rs. 5 less than a man, then what are their daily wages? |
| A. | an: Rs. 25,Woman: Rs. 20 |
| B. | an: Rs. 27.50,Woman: Rs. 22.50 |
| C. | an: Rs. 30,Woman: Rs. 25 |
| D. | an: Rs. 32.50,Woman: Rs. 27.50 |
| Answer» C. an: Rs. 30,Woman: Rs. 25 | |
| 247. |
The average age of a husband and wife at the time of their marriage was 25 years. A son was born to them two years after their marriage. The present average age of all three of them is 24 years. How many years is it since the couple got married? |
| A. | years |
| B. | years |
| C. | years |
| D. | years |
| Answer» D. years | |
| 248. |
There are 3 groups of students, each containing 25, 50 and 25 students respectively. The mean marks obtained by the first two groups are 60 and 55. The combined mean of all the three groups is 58. What is the mean of the marks scored by the third group ? |
| A. | 2 |
| B. | 7 |
| C. | 8 |
| D. | 0 |
| E. | 2 |
| Answer» F. | |
| 249. |
Of the three numbers, the average of the first and the second is greater than the average of the second and the third by 15. What is the difference between the first and the third of the three numbers? |
| A. | 5 |
| B. | 5 |
| C. | 0 |
| D. | ata Inadequate |
| E. | one of these |
| Answer» F. | |
| 250. |
Out of 9 persons, 8 persons spent Rs. 30 each for their meals. The ninth one spent Rs. 20 more than the average expenditure of all the nine. The total money spent by all of them was- |
| A. | s. 260 |
| B. | s. 290 |
| C. | s. 292.50 |
| D. | s. 400.50 |
| Answer» D. s. 400.50 | |