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/ 1.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, 65007 A) 4991 B) 5467C) 5987) 6453 2. The average of runs of a cricket player of 10 innings was 32. How many runs must he make in his next innings 50 a8 to increase his average of runs by 4 ? A)76 B)79C)85 DD) 87 3. 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)70kg BY 75 keC)80kg iD) 8S kg 4. 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 inthe class is A)45 B)40C)39D)37 5. The average of five consecutive odd numbers is 61 ‘What is the difference between the highest and lowest numbers : A)4 B)8C)I2— Dy 16 6. A library has an average of 510 visitors on Sundays and 240 on other days. The average number of visitors per day in a month of 30 days beginning with a Sunday is ‘A) 285 B)290C)297_D)305 7. The average temperature for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday was 48 degrees and for Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday was 46 degrees. If the temperature on Monday was 42 degrees. Find the temperature on Friday ? A)34 B)36C)38D)40 8. 10 years ago, the average age of a family of 4 members was 24 years. Two children having been born (with age difference of 2 years), the present average age of the family is the same. The present age of the youngest child is: A)I B)2C)3. D4 9. 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) 7.98C) 8.97 D) 9.89 10. 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 team would have been 84. The number of points, the team scored was : ‘A) 665 B)657C) 658D) 678 11. 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)I2 B)13C) 14D) 15 12, After replacing an old member by a new member, it was found that the average age of five members ofa 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)I2 B)IBC) 14D) IS 13. 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 {otal number of workers in the workshop is : A)20.B)2IC)23.—_D)24 14, The average temperature of the town in the first four days of a month was 58 degrees, The average for the second, third, fourth and fifth days was 60 degrees. Ifthe ‘temperatures of the first and fifth days were in the ratio 7 +8 then what is the temperature on the fifth day ? A) 62 degreesB) 64 degreesC) 65 degreesD) 66 degrees 15, 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 than the average age of the whole team. What is the average age of the team ? ‘A) 20 yearsB) 21 yearsC) 23 years D)25 years 16. In Arun's opinion, his weight is greater than 65 kg but leas than 72 kg. His brother does not agree with Arun and he thinks that Arun's weight is greater than 60 kg but less than 70 ke. His mother’s view is that his weight cannot be seater than 68 kg. If all of them are correct in their estimation, what is the average of different probable weights of Arun? A)555kg — B)66.5kgC)77.5kg D) 88.5 kg 17, Without any stoppage, a person travels a certain distance at an average speed of 42 km/h, and with stoppages he covers the same distance at an average speed of 28 km/h. How many minutes per hour does he stop? A) 15 minutesB) 20 minutesC) 18 minutesD) 22 minutes 18. The average marks of 32 boys of section A of class X is 60 where as the average marks of 40 boys of section B of class X is 33. The average marks for both the sections combined together is (44 45 3)46 (4) 45, 19. The average monthly expenditure of a family is 2,200 during first three months, 2,550 during next four months and 3,120 during last five months of the year. If the total savings during the year was 1,260, what is the average monthly income ? (1) 1,260 (2) 1,280 (3) 2,805 (4) 2,850 20. There are 100 students in 3 sections A, B and C of a class. The average marks of all the 3 sections was 84, The average of B and C was 87.5 and the average marks of A is 70. The number of students in A was (1)302)35_ (3) 20 (4) 25, 21. The average weight of first Ipersons among 12 persons is 9Skg. The weight of 12th person is33 kg more than the averageweight of all the 12 persons. Theweight of the 12th person is (1) 128.75 kg (2) 128 kg(3) 131 kg (4) 97.45 ke 22. The average weight of 3 men A,B and C is 84 kg, ‘Another man Djoins the group and the averagenow becomes 80 kg. If anotherman E whose weight is 3 kg ‘morethen that of D, replaces A, thenthe average weight of B,C, D andE becomes 79 kg. Then weightof A is (1) 72 kg, (2) 74 kg.(3) 75 kg. (4) 76 kg, 23. A librarian purchased 50 story-books for his library, But he sawthat he could geti4 more booksby spending Rs, 76 more and theaverage price per book would bereduced by Re. 1. The averageprice (in Rs.) of each book hebought, was (1) 15 @) 103) 25(4) 20 tes in a 24, The average of marks obtainedby eee jae ceranexamination is 30° aed candidates 10, fs is 3Sand that of i vara te numberof candidates who passed the exami- nation? 30(4)90 70(3 : 2 fe pea ‘of marks of 17 students in 7 ‘examination was calculated as 71. But it was Jaterfounc that the mark of one student had been wrongly enteredas 65 instead of 56 and anotheras 24 instead of 50, The correctaverage is (1) 02) 1G) 2 (4) 73 4 26. In a certain year, the averagemonthly income of a person was3,400. For the first eightmonths of the year, his averagemonthly income was 3,160 andfor the last five months, it was4,120, His income in the eighthmonth of ‘the year was (1) 3,160 (2) 5,080(3) 15,520 (4) 5,520 27. The average of 6 consecutive natural numbers is K. If the next twonatural numbers are also included, how much ‘more than K willthe average of these 8 numbersbe? (113 Q)1G)2@) 18 28. The average salary, per head, ofall the workers of an institutionis 60. The average salary of12 officers is 400; the averagesalary, per head, of the rest isS6. The total ‘number of workers in the institution is (1) 1030 (2) 1035(3) 1020 (4) 1032 29. The average monthly expenditure of a family for the firstfour months is 2570, for thenext three months 2490 andfor the last five months3030. If the family saves5320 during the whole year,the average monthly income ofthe family during the year is (1) 3000 (2) 3185(3) 3200 (4) 3580 30. The average salary of all workersin a workshop is Rs.12000. Theaverage salary of 7 technicians isRs.15000 and the average salaryof the rest is Rs. 9000. The totalnumber of workers in the workshop is : (1) 12 Q) 1363) 14 (4) 15 31. In an exam, the average marksobtained by the students wasfound to be 60. After omission ‘ofcomputational errors, the average marks of 100 candidates hadto be changed from 60 to 30 andthe average with respect to all theexaminees came down to 4Smarks. The total number of candidates who took the exam, was (1) 200 (2) 210(3) 240 (4) 180 32. A cricketer whose bowling average is 24.85, runs per wicket,takes $ wickets for 52 runs andthereby decreases his averageby 0.85. The number of wickets taken by him the lastmatch was : (1) 64 2) 72) 80 (4) 96 35. The batting average for 40 inningsof a cricket player is 50 runs. Hishighest score exceeds his lowestscore by 172 runs. If these twoinnings are excluded, the average of the remaining 38 inningsis 48 runs, The highest score ofthe player is 1) 165 run (2) 170s) 172 runs (4 174 rns batting average for 40 inningsof a cri is 50 runs, Hishighest score exceeds his een '72 runs. If these twoinnings are excluded, the average of the remaining 38 inningsis 48 runs. The highest score ofthe player is (2) 170(3) 172 (4) 174 8 tee wa % ae mn he ie see | 2 isincreased : noun by 42 per daywhile the average Pogo ofstudents is reduced ty 1. Whatwas the inital expenditure on Rode day f 0 (2) 437 i $¢ eee ‘eight ‘of 40 children of a class is 36.2 ‘Then three more childrenwith weight 42.3 kg, 39.7 ke and 39.5 kg join the class, theaverage weight of the 43 children inthe class is, (1) 39.2 kg (2) 36.5 kg(3) 38.35 kg (4) 37.3 kg. 37. The average age of 30 boys in aclass is 15 years. One boy, aged20 years, left the class, but twonew boys came inhis place whoseage differ by 5 years. If theaverage age of all the boys nowin the class becomes 15 years, the age of the younger newcomer is: (1) 20 years (2) 15 years(3) 10 years (4) 8 years 38, 33. When the average age of a husband and wife and ‘their son was42 years, the son got married anda child was born just one yearafter the marriage. When childturned to bbe five years then theaverage age of family became 36 years. What was the age of daughter-in-law at the time of marriage ? (1) 26 years (2) 25 years(3) 24 years (4) 23 years is 380per month ‘of40 due on 1-10-83, 1-10-84 and 1-10-85, ‘on 1-1-86, what pension doeshe draw per me (1) 205 (2) 215(3) 225 (4) 230 40. Ram aims to score an average of80 and halfyearly exams. But ‘more than his aim. Thedifference between both the examsis 25. Total marks is :(1) 400 (2) 410(3) 420 (4) 380 41. 30. A man purchases milk forthree co In thefirst year, he purchases milkat the litrein the second year, at the rateof 8.00 thethird year, at 8.50 per litreIf he pu 4,080 each year, the average the three years is (1) 7.68 (2) 7.98(3) 7.54 (4) 7.83 42. Ina school 40% of the students play football and 50% play cricket. If 18% of the students neither play football nor cricket, the percentage of the students playing both (1) 40% (2) 32% 6) 22% (4) 8% 43. Ina big garden 60% of the trees ‘are coconut trees, 25% of the a umber of coconut trees are mango trees and 20% of the aumber of mango tees ar apple tres Ifthe numer of apple trees are 1500, then the number of trees in the garden i (1) 48000 (2) 50000 ne (3) $1000 (4) 45000 44. A number is divided into two pasts in such a way that 80% of Ist partis 3 more than 60% of 2nd part and 80% of 2nd partis 6 imore than 90% ofthe Ist part. ‘Then the number is (1) 125 @)130 @) 135 4) 145 45: Ina college, 40% ofthe students were alloted group 75% of the remaining were remaining 12 students were given group CC. Then the number of students who applied forthe group is (1) 100 @) 60 G)80 (4) 92 46. Abox has 100 blue balls, 50 red balls, 50 black balls. 25% of blue balls and 50% of red balls ae taken away. Percentage of black balls at present is (1) 80% (2) 25% @)331 3 (4) 40% 47. The sum of the numbers of boys and gils ina school is 150. If the number of boys is x, the number of girls becomes x¥% of the total number of students. The number of boys is : (1) 902) 50 G)40(4)60 48. The sum of the numbers of boys and girls ina school is 150. If the number of boys is x, the number of girls becomes x% of the total number of students. The riumber of boys is: (1) 90.2) 50 (3) 404) 60 49, Asupply of juice lass for 35 days. If it use is increased by 40% the number of days would the same amount of juice lasts, is (1) 25 days (2) 30 days (3) 24 days (4) 27days 50.Die to 25% fall in the rate of. eg, one can buy 2 dozen eggs more than before by investing Rs.162. Then the original rate per dozen of the eggs is (ARs. 22 (2) Rs, 24 fen group B and the (3)Rs.27 (4) Rs. 3 51.A person gave 20% of his income to his elder son, 30% of the remaining to the younger son and 10% of the balance, he donated to a trust. He is left with 10080. His income was : (1) 50000 (2) 40000 (3) 30000 (4) 20000 ® A eee 40% of his monthly salary on food and ‘one-third of the remaining on transport. If he saves 4,500 per month, which is equal to half the balance after spending on food and transport, his monthly salary is (2) 11,250 (2) 22,500 (3) 25,000 (4) 45,000 '53. Arbind spends 75% of his income and saves the rest. His income is increasesd by 20% and he increases his expenditure by 10%. Then the increase in savings in percentage is (1) 55% (2) 5296 (3) 5036 (4) 48% 54, The average monthly salary of all the employees in a factory is Rs. 8840. If the average salary of all the officers is Rs. 15000 and that of the remaining employees is Rs. ‘2000, then what is the percentage of the officers among the employees? (1) 10% (2) 1296 (3) 8 1 396 (4) 119% '55, The ratio of the number of boys to that of girls ina school is 4 : 1. If 75% of boys and 70% of the girls are scholarship-holders, then the percentage of students ‘who do not get scholarship is (1) 50% (2) 28% (3) 75% (4) 26% 56. The bus fare and train fare of a place from Kolkata were 20 and 30 respectively. Train fare has been increased by 20% and the bus fare has been increased by 110%. The ratio of new train fare to new bus fare is (1) 11 : 18 (2) 18:11 (3) 5:3 (4) 3:5 57. The price of sugar is increased by 20%. If the expenditure on sugar has to be kept the same as the ratio between the reducti original consumption is (1) 1: 58. The ratio of two num! increased by 20% and the the ratio of the resulting nur 6(4)6:5 59. . A sample of 50 litres adulterated to the extent slycerine should be added percentage of impurity to 5 (3) 150.4 litres (4) 149 litres 60... If 4 litres of water is (2) 11.5% (3) 1256 (a) 13% 61. A vessel has 60 litres litres (3) 36 litres (4) None. 62. 75 gm of sug Quantity of sugar make the quant 125 gm (2) 100, 63. An ore contains 25% of an alloy that has 90% iron. Other than this, in the remaining 75% of the ore, there is no iron. To obtain 60 kg of pure iron, the quantity of the ore needed (in kgs) is approximately : (3) 250.57 (2) 266.67 (3) 275.23 (4) 300 64, water and the second type of liquid contains 35% of water. A glass is filled with 10 parts of first liquid and 4 parts of second liquid. The water in the new mixture in the glass is (1) 3736 (2) 46% (3) 121.7% (4) 2827 % 65. .In-an examination, 60% of the candidates passed in English and 70% of the candidates passed in Mathematics, but 20% falled in both of these subjects. f 2500 candidates passed in both the subjects, the number of candidates who appeared at the examination was (1) $3000 (2) 3500 (3) 4000 (4) $000 66. . In an examination 80% candidates passed in English ‘and 85% candidates passed in Mathematics. If 73% candidates passed in both these subjects, then what per cent of candidates failed in both the subjects ? (1) 8% (2) 15% (3) 2796 (4) 35% 67. . 8% of the voters in an election did not cast their votes. In this election, there were only two candidates. ‘The winner by obtaining 48% of the total votes defeated his contestant by 1100 votes. The total number of voters in the election was : (1) 21000 (2) 23500 (3) 22000 (4) 27500 68. In an election between two candidates, 75% of the voters cast their votes, out of which 2% votes were declared invalid. A candidate got $261 votes which were 75% of the valid votes. The total number of voters enrolled in that election was (2) 16000 (2) 16400 (3) 116800 (4) 18000 69, . In an election 10% of the voters on the voters’ list did not cast thelr votes and 60 voters cast their ballot papers blank. There were only two candidates. The winner was supported by 47% of all the voters in the lst and he got 308 votes more than his rival. The number of voters on the list was (1) 3600 (2) 6200 (3) 4575 (4) 6028 70. The value of an equipment depreciates by 20% each year. How much less will the value of the equipment be after 3 years? (1) 48.8% (2) 51.2% (3) 54% (4) 60% 71. The valve of a machine is 6,250. It decreases by 10% during the first year, 20% during the second year and 130% during the third year. What willbe the value of the ‘machine after 3 years? (1) 2,650 (2) 3,050 (3) 3,150 (4) 3,510 72. A reduction of 10% in the price of sugar enables a hhousewife to buy 6.2 kg more for 1116. The reduced price per kgis (1) 12 (2) 14 (3) 16 (4) 18 73, Due to an increase of 20% nthe price of eggs, 2 eggs less are available for 24, The present rate of eggs per dozen is: (1) 25.00 (2) 26.20 (3) 27.80 (4) 28.80 74, Fresh fruit contains 68% water and dry fruit contains 20% water. How much dry fruit can be obtained from 100 gs of fresh fruits ? (1) 32 kgs, (2) 40 kgs. (3) 52 kgs. (4) BO Kgs 75. In the expression xy2, the values of both variables x and y are decreased by 20%. By this, the value of the expression Is decreased by (1) 40% (2) 180% (3) 48.8% (4) 51.2% 76, If 24-carat gold is cons cent pure gold, the carat gold is : (1) 9 902/3% 77, Tickets forall but 100 seats In @ 10,000 seat stadlurn were sold. Of the tickets sold, 20% were sold at half price snd the remaining tickets were sold at the full price of 30. The total revenue from the ticket sales, in was (1) 1158400 (2) 178200 (3) 180000 (4) 198000 78. The number of seats in a cinema hall Is increased by 2586, The cost of each ticket is also Increased by 10%, The ‘effect of these changes on the revenue collection will be ‘an increase of (1) 37.5% (2) 45.5% (3) 47.5% (4) 49.5% 79. Anumber is divided into two parts in such a way that 80% of 1st partis 3 more than 60% of 2nd part and 60% of 2nd partis 6 more than 90% of the 1st part, Then the ‘number is (1) 125 (2) 130 (3) 135 (4) 145 80. Aman bought some eggs of which 10% are rotten. He fives 80% of the remainder to his neighbours. Now he is left out with 36 eggs. How many eggs he bought ? (1) 40 (2) 100 (3) 200 (4) 72 81. A businessman's earning increases by 25% in one ‘year but decreases by 4% in the next year. Going by this pattern, after 5 years, his total earnings would be s.72000. What is his present earning ? (1) RS. 10000 (2) Rs. 80000 (3) Rs. 40000 (4) Rs. 54000 82. The red blood cells in a blood sample grows by 10% pper hour in first two hours, decreases by 10% in next one hour, remains constant in next one hour and agai increases by 5% per hour in next two hours. if the ‘original count of the red blood cells in the sample is 40000, find the approximate red blood cell count at the tend of 6 hours. (1) 40000 (2) 45025 (3) 48025 (4) 50025 83. . ASet A consists of integers 27, 28, 30, 32, and 33. If integer k is included in the average of set A will increase bby 30%. What is the value of integer K ? (1) 68 (2) 79 (3) 84 (4) 92 84. .On a certain date, Pakistan has a success rate against India in all the ODIs played betwee idered to be hundred per 2 ‘en the percentage of pure gold In 13/4 % (2) 91. 2/3 % (3) 91 1/3 % (4) ‘number of ODIs played between the two '50 (2) 45 (3) 60 (4) 30 8s.

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