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1. The average marks of 32 boys of section A of class V is 60, whereas the average marks of 40 boys of
section B is 33. The average marks for both the sections together is
a. 44 b. 45 c. 46.5 d. 45.5

2. A man bought 13 articles at 70 each, 15 at 60 each and 12 at 65 each. The average price per
article is
a. 60.25 b. 64.75 c. 65.75 d. 62.25

3. The average of marks scored by the students of a class is 68. The average of marks of the girls in
the class is 80 and that of boys is 60. What is the percentage of boys in the class?
a. 40 b. 60 c. 65 d. 70

4. The average weight of 15 students in a class increases by 1.5 kg when one of the students weighing
40 kg is replaced by a new student. What is the weight of the new student?
a. 64.5 kg b. 56 kg c. 60 kg d. 62.5 kg

5. There are 50 students in a class. Their average weight is 45 kg. When one student leaves the class
the average weight reduces by 100 gm. What is the weight of the student who left the class
a. 45 kg b. 47.9 kg c. 49.9 kg d. 50.1 kg

6. The average weight of the 8 oarsmen in boat is increased by 1.5 kg when one of the crew who
weighs 60 kg is replaced by a new man. The weight of the new man is ( in kg )
a. 70 b. 68 c. 71 d. 72

7. Average age of 8 men is increased by 3 years when two of them whose age are 30 years and 34 years
are replaced by 2 persons. What is the average age of that 2 persons
a. 24 years b. 32 years c. 44 years d. 48 years

8. Out of 10 teachers of a school, one 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 is :
a. 55 years b. 65 years c. 45 years d. 75 years

9. The average age of 11 players a cricket team is increased by 2 months when two of them aged 18
years and 20 years are replaced by two new players. The average age of the new players is :
a. 19 years 1 month b. 19 years 6 months c. 19 years 11 months d. 19 years 5 months

10. In an examination, the average of marks was found to be 50. For deducting marks for
computational errors, the marks of some 100 candidates had to be changed from 90 to 60 and so the
average of marks came down to 45. The total number of candidates was :
a. 600 b. 300 c. 200 d. 150

11. The mean of 50 numbers is 30. Later on it was discovered that two entries were wrongly entered as
82 and 13 instead of 28 and 31. Find the correct mean.
a. 36.12 b. 30.66 c. 29.28 d. 38.21

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12. The average age of 11 players is 20 years. If the age of the coach is also included, the average age
increased by 10%. The age of the coach is :
a. 48 years b. 44 years c. 40 years d. 36 years

13. The average monthly salary of all the employees in an organization is 12000. The average salary
of male employees is 15000 and that of female employees is 8000. What is the ratio of male
employees to female employees
a. 5 : 2 b. 3 : 4 c. 4 : 3 d. 2 : 5

14. The average weight of first 11 persons among 12 persons is 95 kg. The weight of 12th person is 33 kg
more than the average weight of all the 12 persons. The weight of the 12th person is
a. 128.75 kg b. 131 kg c. 128 kg d. 97.45 kg

15. The average score of a class of boys and girls in an examination is A. The ratio of boys and girls in
the class is 3:1. If the average score of the boys is (A + 1), then the average score of the girls is
a. A + 1 b. A – 1 c. A + 3 d. A – 3

16. 5 years ago, the average age of A and B was 15 years. Average age of A, B and C today is 20 years.
How old will C be after 10 years
a. 35 years b. 40 years c. 30 years d. 50 years

17. 3 years ago, the average age of a family of 5 members was 17 years. A baby having been born, the
average age of the family is same today. The present age of the baby is
a. 1 year b. 1.5 years c. 2 years d. 3 years

18. Average age of 6 sons of a family is 8 years. Average age of sons together with their parents is 22
years. If the father is older than the mother by 8 years, the age of mother is :
a. 44 years b. 52 years c. 60 years d. 68 years

19. The average of 15 students is 7. If the average of the first 8 numbers be 6.5 and the average of last 8
numbers be 9.5, then the middle number is :
a. 20 b. 21 c. 23 d. 18

20. A cricket batsman had a certain average of runs for his 11 innings. In the 12th inning, he made a
score of 90 runs and thereby his average of runs was decreased by 5. His average of runs after 12th
inning :
a. 155 b. 150 c. 145 d. 140

21. The batting average for 40 innings of a cricket player is 50 runs. His highest score is 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. 165 b. 170 c. 172 d. 174

22. A cricketer, whose bowling average is 12.4 runs per wicket, takes 5 wickets for 26 runs and thereby
improves his average by 0.4. The number of wickets taken by him till the last match was :
a. 64 b. 72 c. 90 d. 85

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23. Out of nine persons, 8 persons spent 30 each for their meals. The ninth one spent 20 more than
the average expenditure of all the nine. The total money spent by all of them was :
a. 260 b. 290 c. 292.50 d. 400.50

24. The mean temperature of the first 4 days of a week is 250C, whereas the mean temperature of the
last 4 days is 25.50C. If the mean temperature of the whole week is 25.20C, then the temperature of
the 4th day is
a. 250C b. 25.20C c. 25.60C d. 25.50C

25. There were 35 students in a hostel. If the number of students is increased by 7, the average
expenditure on food increased by 42 per day, while average expenditure of students is reduced by
1, what was the initial expenditure on food per day?
a. 400 b. 432 c. 442 d. 420

26. 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 of A in kg is
a. 80 b. 72 c. 75 d. 70

27. A librarian purchased 50 story books for his library. But he saw that he could get 14 books more by
spending 76 more but per book average becomes 1 less. The average price (in ) of each book he
bought, was :
a. 15 b. 25 c. 20 d. 10

28. The average of eight numbers is 20. If the sum of first two numbers is 31, the average of the next
three numbers is 21 and the seventh and eighth numbers exceeds the sixth number by 4 and 7
respectively, then the eighth number is :
a. 20 b. 25 c. 21.6 d. 25.3

29. In a team of 10 persons, nine person spent 40 each for their meal and the remaining one spent 9
more than the average expenditure of all the 10 persons. The total expenditure for their meal was :
a. 510 b. 310 c. 610 d. 410

30. Out of 12 teachers of a school, one teacher retires and in his place, a new teacher of age 30 years
joins. As a result, average age of teachers reduces by 3 years. The age of the retired teacher is :
a. 50 years b. 55 years c. 58 years d. 66 years

31. The average age of a family of 6 members and wife is 20 years. If the age of the youngest member be
6 years, the average age of the family at the birth of youngest member, was
a. 15 years b. 16.8 years c. 17.5 years d. None of these

32. A batsman makes a score of 58 runs in the 16th innings and thus increases his average by 2.5 runs.
What is the average after 16th inning?

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33. Average age of 8 men is increased by 2.5 years when two of them whose ages are 40 and 34 years
are replaced by two persons. What is the average of the two persons?
a. 24 years b. 32 years c. 47 years d. 48 years

34. Out of 10 teachers of a school, one teacher retires and in his place, a new teacher of age 25 years
joins. As a result, average age of teachers reduces by 3 years. The age of the retired teacher is :
a. 50 years b. 55 years c. 58 years d. 60 years

35. The average marks of 100 students were found to be 50. Later on it was discovered that a score of
53 was misread as 83. Find the correct average corresponding to the correct score.
a. 38.7 b. 39 c. 49.7 d. 41

36. The average salary per head, of all the workers of an organization is 60. The average salary of 12
officers is 400; the average salary per head of the rest is 56. The total number of workers in the
organization are :
a. 1030 b. 1035 c. 1032 d. 1020

37. The average age of A and B is 20 years. If A is to be replaced by C, the average would be 19 years.
The average of C and A is 21 years. The age of A, B and C in order are :
a. 18, 22, 26 b. 18, 20, 22 c. 22, 18, 20 d. 22, 20, 18

38. Out of four numbers, the average of the first three is 15 and that of the last three is 16. If the last
number is 19, the first is :
a. 19 b. 15 c. 16 d. 18

39. The average of 5 consecutive integers staring with ‘n’ is ‘m’. What is the average of 6 consecutive
integers with (n +2)?
a. b. (m + 2) c. (m + 3) d.

40. In a school with 600 students, the average age of boys is 12 years and that of the girls is 11 years. If
the average age of the school is 11 years and 9 months, then the number of the girls in the school is
:
a. 450 b. 250 c. 150 d. 350

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