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301. |
A car owner buys petrol at Rs 7.50, Rs. 8 and Rs. 8.50 per litre for three successive years. What approximately is the average cost per litre of petrol if he spends Rs. 4000 each year ? |
A. | 6.23 |
B. | 7.98 |
C. | 8.97 |
D. | 9.89 |
Answer» C. 8.97 | |
302. |
If the arithmetic mean of seventy-five numbers is calculated, it is 35. if each number is increased by 5, then mean of new numbers is : |
A. | 30 |
B. | 40 |
C. | 50 |
D. | 60 |
Answer» C. 50 | |
303. |
The average age of a husband and his wife was 23 years at the time of their marriage. After five years they have a one-year old child. The average age of the family now is : |
A. | 25 |
B. | 23 |
C. | 19 |
D. | 18 |
Answer» D. 18 | |
304. |
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. | Rs. 292.50 |
B. | Rs. 297.50 |
C. | Rs. 298 |
D. | Rs. 298.50 |
Answer» B. Rs. 297.50 | |
305. |
10 years ago, the average age of a family of 4 members was 24 years. Two children having been born (with age diference of 2 years), the present average age of the family is the same. The present age o |
A. | 1 |
B. | 2 |
C. | 3 |
D. | 4 |
Answer» D. 4 | |
306. |
The average monthly income of P and Q is Dollar 5050. The average monthly income of Q and R is Dollar 6250 and the average monthly income of P and R is Dollar 5200. The monthly income of P is: |
A. | Dollar 3000 |
B. | Dollar 4000 |
C. | Dollar 5000 |
D. | Dollar 6000 |
Answer» C. Dollar 5000 | |
307. |
In an examination, a pupil's average marks were 63 per paper. If he had obtained 20 more marks for his Geography paper and 2 more marks for his History paper, his average per paper would have been 65. |
A. | 8 |
B. | 9 |
C. | 10 |
D. | 11 |
Answer» E. | |
308. |
The average of 7 consecutive numbers is 20. The largest of these numbers is : |
A. | 21 |
B. | 22 |
C. | 23 |
D. | 24 |
Answer» D. 24 | |
309. |
The average weight of 8 person's increases by 2.5 kg when a new person comes in place of one of them weighing 65 kg. What might be the weight of the new person? |
A. | 80 kg |
B. | 85 kg |
C. | 90 kg |
D. | 95 kg |
Answer» C. 90 kg | |
310. |
A grocer has a sales of Euro 6435, Euro 6927, Euro 6855, Euro 7230 and Euro 6562 for 5 consecutive months. How much sale must he have in the sixth month so that he gets an average sale of Euro 6500? |
A. | Euro 4988 |
B. | Euro 4989 |
C. | Euro 4990 |
D. | Euro 4991 |
Answer» E. | |
311. |
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. | 45 kg |
B. | 46 kg |
C. | 47 kg |
D. | 48 kg |
Answer» B. 46 kg | |
312. |
The average of runs of a cricket player of 10 innings was 32. How many runs must he make in his next innings so as to increase his average of runs by 4 ? |
A. | 76 |
B. | 79 |
C. | 85 |
D. | 87 |
Answer» B. 79 | |
313. |
A family consists of two grandparents, two 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. W |
A. | 31 5/7 |
B. | 28 4/7 |
C. | 32 1/7 |
D. | None of these |
Answer» B. 28 4/7 | |
314. |
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. | 45 |
B. | 40 |
C. | 39 |
D. | 37 |
Answer» C. 39 | |
315. |
The average weight of 8 persons increases by 2.5 kg when a new person comes in place of one of them weighing 65 kg. What might be the weight of the new person ? |
A. | 70 kg |
B. | 75 kg |
C. | 80 kg |
D. | 85 kg |
Answer» E. | |
316. |
The average of five consecutive odd numbers is 61. What is the difference between the highest and lowest numbers : |
A. | 4 |
B. | 8 |
C. | 12 |
D. | 16 |
Answer» C. 12 | |
317. |
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 an |
A. | 12 |
B. | 13 |
C. | 14 |
D. | 15 |
Answer» E. | |
318. |
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 | |
319. |
The average of 20 numbers is zero. Of them, at the most, how many may be greater than zero ? |
A. | 0 |
B. | -1 |
C. | 1 |
D. | none of these |
Answer» B. -1 | |
320. |
The average age of students of a class is 15.8 years. The average age of boys in the class is 16.4 years and that of the girls is 15.4 years. The ration of the number of boys to the number of girls in |
A. | 1:2 |
B. | 2:3 |
C. | 3:4 |
D. | 3:5 |
Answer» C. 3:4 | |
321. |
The arithmetic mean of the scores of a group of students in a test was 52. The brightest 20% of them secured a mean score of 80 and the dullest 25% a mean score of 31. The mean score of remaining 55% |
A. | 45 |
B. | 50 |
C. | 51.4 approx. |
D. | 54.6 approx. |
Answer» D. 54.6 approx. | |
322. |
The average age of a 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. | 19 years |
B. | 23 years |
C. | 28.5 years |
D. | 29.3 years |
Answer» B. 23 years | |
323. |
A cricketer whose bowling average is 12.4 runs per wicket takes 5 wickets for 26 runs and there by decreases his average by 0.4. The number age of the family now is: |
A. | 64 |
B. | 72 |
C. | 80 |
D. | 85 |
Answer» E. | |
324. |
A cricketer has a certain average for 10 innings. In the eleventh inning, he scored 108 runs, there by increasing his average by 6 runs. His new average is: |
A. | 48 |
B. | 52 runs |
C. | 55 runs |
D. | 60 runs |
Answer» B. 52 runs | |
325. |
The captain of a cricket team of 11 members is 26 years old and the wicket keeper is 3 years older. If the ages of these two are excluded, the average age of the remaining players is one year less tha |
A. | 23 years |
B. | 24 years |
C. | 25 years |
D. | None of these |
Answer» B. 24 years | |
326. |
The average monthly salary of 20 employees in an organisation is Rs. 1500. If the manager's salary is added, then the average salary increases by Rs. 100. What is the manager's monthly salary? |
A. | Rs. 2000 |
B. | Rs. 2400 |
C. | Rs. 3600 |
D. | Rs. 4800 |
Answer» D. Rs. 4800 | |
327. |
The average monthly income of P and Q is Rs. 5050. The average monthly income of Q and R is 6250 and the average monthly income of P and R is Rs. 5200. The monthly income of P is: |
A. | Rs. 3500 |
B. | Rs. 4000 |
C. | Rs. 4050 |
D. | Rs. 5000 |
Answer» C. Rs. 4050 | |
328. |
The average weight of A, B and C is 45 kg. If the average weight of A and B be 40 kg and that of B and C be 43 kg, then the weight of B is: |
A. | 17 kg |
B. | 20 kg |
C. | 26 kg |
D. | 31 kg |
Answer» E. | |
329. |
A pupil's marks were wrongly entered as 83 instead of 63. Due to the average marks for the class got increased by half. The number of pupils in the class is: |
A. | 10 |
B. | 20 |
C. | 40 |
D. | 73 |
Answer» D. 73 | |
330. |
If the arithmetic mean of seventy five numbers is calculated, it is 35. If each number is increased by 5, then mean of new number is: |
A. | 30 |
B. | 40 |
C. | 70 |
D. | 90 |
Answer» C. 70 | |
331. |
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 reach the target of 282 runs? |
A. | 6.25 |
B. | 6.5 |
C. | 6.75 |
D. | 7 |
Answer» B. 6.5 | |
332. |
The average of runs of a cricket player of 10 innings was 32. How many runs must he make in his next innings so as to increase his average of runs by 4? |
A. | 2 |
B. | 4 |
C. | 70 |
D. | 76 |
Answer» E. | |
333. |
The average of 35 students in a class is 16 years. The average age of 21 students is 14. What is the average age of remaining 14 students? |
A. | 15 years |
B. | 17 years |
C. | 18 years |
D. | 19 years |
Answer» E. | |
334. |
The average of five numbers is 27. If one number is excluded, the average becomes 25. The excluded number is: |
A. | 25 |
B. | 27 |
C. | 30 |
D. | 35 |
Answer» E. | |
335. |
A library has an average of 510 visitors on Sunday and 240 on other days. The average number of visitors per day in a month of 30 days beginning with a Sunday is: |
A. | 250 |
B. | 276 |
C. | 280 |
D. | 285 |
Answer» E. | |
336. |
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 |
A. | 28 4/7 years |
B. | 31 5/7 years |
C. | 32 1/7 years |
D. | None of these |
Answer» C. 32 1/7 years | |
337. |
The average of five consecutive odd numbers is 61. What is the difference between the highest and lowest numbers? |
A. | 2 |
B. | 5 |
C. | 8 |
D. | Cannot be determined |
Answer» D. Cannot be determined | |
338. |
The average of non-zero number and its square is 5 times the number. The number is: |
A. | 9 |
B. | 17 |
C. | 29 |
D. | 295 |
Answer» B. 17 | |
339. |
The average of the two-digit numbers, which remain the same when the digits interchange their positions, is: |
A. | 33 |
B. | 44 |
C. | 55 |
D. | 66 |
Answer» D. 66 | |
340. |
The average of first five multiples of 3 is: |
A. | 3 |
B. | 9 |
C. | 12 |
D. | 15 |
Answer» C. 12 | |
341. |
Find the average of all the numbers between 6 and 34 which are divisible by 5. |
A. | 18 |
B. | 20 |
C. | 24 |
D. | 30 |
Answer» C. 24 | |
342. |
The average of 20 numbers is zero. Of them, at the most, how many may be greater than zero? |
A. | 0 |
B. | 1 |
C. | 10 |
D. | 19 |
Answer» E. | |
343. |
Dacid obtained 76, 65, 82, 67 and 85 marks (out of 100) in English, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology. What are his average marks? |
A. | 65 |
B. | 69 |
C. | 72 |
D. | None of these |
Answer» E. | |
344. |
A total of 3000 chocolates were distributed among 120 boys and girls such that each boy received 2 chocolates and each girl received 3 chocolates. Find the respective number of boys and girls? |
A. | 70, 50 |
B. | 60, 60 |
C. | 50, 70 |
D. | 40, 80 |
Answer» C. 50, 70 | |
345. |
A man is 6 times as old as his son. Three years ago, his age was 9 times his son’s age. Find the present age of man. |
A. | 45 years |
B. | 47 years |
C. | 48 years |
D. | 52 years |
Answer» D. 52 years | |
346. |
The average height of 74 students in a class is 168 cm out of which 42 students had an average height of 170 cm. Find the average height of the remaining 32 students. |
A. | 165 |
B. | 145 |
C. | 175 |
D. | 155 |
Answer» B. 145 | |
347. |
The average mark of 70 students in a class is 80. Out of these 70 students, if the average mark of 40 students is 75, what is the average mark of the remaining 30 students? |
A. | 44.45 |
B. | 58.34 |
C. | 86.67 |
D. | 71.23 |
Answer» D. 71.23 | |
348. |
The average of 8 No's is 20. The average of first two No's is 15.5 and that of next three No's is 64/3.if the 6th No be less than the seventh and eight No. by 4 and 7 respectively, then find eight No. |
A. | 24 |
B. | 25 |
C. | 26 |
D. | 27 |
Answer» C. 26 | |
349. |
Find the average of all even No's up to 100 or average of first 50 even No's. |
A. | 42 |
B. | 44 |
C. | 47 |
D. | 51 |
Answer» E. | |
350. |
Rs. 6000 is lent out in two parts. One part is lent at 7% p.a simple interest and the other is lent at 10% p.a simple interest. The total interest at the end of one year was Rs. 450. Find the ratio of |
A. | 5 : 1 |
B. | 4 : 1 |
C. | 3 : 2 |
D. | 2 : 1 |
Answer» B. 4 : 1 | |