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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 thea
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.