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TYPE – I 8. If the average weight of 6 students is 50 kg; that

of 2 students is 51 kg; and that of other 2
BASICS students is 55 kg; then the average weight of all
students is
1. A student was asked to find the arithmetic mean (1) 61 kg (2) 51.5 kg
of the following 12 numbers: 3, 11, 7, 9, 15, 13, 8, (3) 52 kg (4) 51.2 kg
19, 17, 21, 14 and x He found the mean to be 12. (5) None of these
The value of x will be:
(1) 3 (2) 7 9. A man bought 13 articles at 70 each, 15 at 60
(3) 17 (4) 31 (5) None of these each and 12 at 65 each. The average price per
article is
2. Find the average of 1.11, 0.01, 0.101, 0.001, 0.11 (1) 60.25 (2) 64.75
(1) 0.2664 (2) 0.2554 (3) 65.75 (4) 62.25
(3) 0.1264 (4) 0.1164 (5) None of these (5) None of these

3. The arithmetic mean of the following number 1, 10. A library has an average number of 510 visitors
2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6 on Sunday and 240 on other days. The average
and 7, 7,7, 7, 7, 7, 7 is number of visitors per day in a month of 30 days
(1) 4 (2) 5 beginning with Sunday is :
(3) 14 (4) 20 (5) None of these (1) 285 (2) 295
(3) 300 (4) 290
4. The average of all the numbers between 6 and 50 (5) None of these
which are divisible by 5 is
(1) 27.5 (2) 30 11. The average of 8 numbers is 27. If each of the
(3) 28.5 (4) 22 (5) None of these numbers is multiplied by 8, find the average of
new set of numbers.
5. The average of the marks obtained in an (1) 1128 (2) 938
examination by 8 students was 51 and by 9 other (3) 316 (4) 216
students was 68. The average marks of all 17 (5) None of these
students was :
(1) 59 (2) 59.5 12. The average of 10 numbers is 7. If each number
(3) 60 (4) 60.5 (5) None of these is multiplied by 12, then the average of the new
set of numbers will be
6. The average income of 40 persons is 4200 and (1) 7 (2) 19
that of another 35 persons is 4000. The average (3) 82 (4) 84
income of the whole group is : (5) None of these
(1) 4100 (2) 4106 1/3
(3) 4106 2/3 (4) 4108 1/3 13. 19 persons went to a hotel for a combined dinner
(5) None of these party. 13 of them spent Rs. 79 each on their
7. If the average marks of three batches of 55, 60 dinner and the rest spent Rs. 4 more than the
and 45 students respectively is 50, 55 and 60, average expenditure of all the 19. What was the
then the average marks of all the students is total money spent by them?
(1) 54.68 (2) 53.33 (1) 1628.4 (3) 1534
(3) 55 (4) Can not be determine (2) 1492 (4) Can not be determine
(5) None of these (5) None of these
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14. Typist A can type a sheet in 6 minutes, typist B 21. A train travels with a speed of 20 m/s in the first 10
in 7 minutes and typist C in 9 minutes. The minutes, goes 8.5 km in the next 10 minutes 11 km
average number of sheets typed per hour per in the next 10, 8.5 km in the next 10 and 6 km in
typist for all three typists is the next 10 minutes. What is the average speed of
(1) 265/33 (2) 530/63 the train in kilometer per hour for the journey
(3) 655/93 (4) 530/33 described?
(5) None of these (1) 42 kmph (2) 35.8 kmph
(3) 55.2 kmph (4) 46 kmph
(5) None of these
TYPE – II
AERAGE SPEED BASED 22. With an average speed of 40 km/h, a train reaches
15. A motorist travels to a plane 150 km away at an its destination in time. If it goes with an average
average speed of 50 km/hr and returns at 30 speed of 3 km/h, it is late by 15 minutes. The length
km/hr. His average speed for the whole journey in of the total journey is:
km/hr is : (1) 40 km (2) 70 km
(1) 35 (2) 37 (3) 30 km (4) 80 km
(3) 37.5 (4) 40 (5) None of these
(5) None of these
TYPE – III
16. The speed of the train in going from Nagpur to
Allahabad is 100 km/hr while when coming back NUMBER OF OBSERVATION
from Allahabad to Nagpur, its speed is 150 km/hr. INCREASE OR DECREASE
Find the average speed during the whole journey.
(1) 125 (2) 75 23. The average age of a group of 14 persons is 27
(3) 135 (4) 120 years and 9 months. Two persons, each 42 years
(5) None of these old, left the group. What will be the average age
of the remaining persons in the group?
17. A bus goes to Ranchi from Patna at the rate of 60
(1) 26.875 years (2) 26.25 years
km per hour. Another bus leaves Ranchi for Patna
at the same time as the first bus at the rate of 70
(3) 25.375 years (4) 25 years
km per hour. Find the average speed for the (5) None of these
journeys of the two buses combined if it is known
that the distance from Ranchi to Patna is 24. The average weight of 47 balls is 4 gm. If the
420kilometers weight of the bag (in which the balls are kept) be
(1) 64.615 kmph (2) 64.5 kmph included, the calculated average weight per ball
(3) 63.823 kmph (4) 64.82 kmph increases by 0.3 gm. What is the weight of the bag?
(5) None of these (1) 14.8 gm (2) 15.0 gm
(3) 18.6 gm (4) None of these
18. A train travels 8 km in the first quarter of an hour, (5) Can not be determine
6 km in the second quarter and 40 km in the third
quarter. Find the average speed of the train per 25. There were 42 students in a hostel. Due to the
hour over the entire journey. admission of 13 new students, the expenses of the
(1) 72 km/h (2) 18 km/h mess increase by Rs. 31 per day while the average
(3) 77.33 km/h (4) 78.5 km/h expenditure per head diminished by Rs. 3. What
(5) None of these was the original expenditure of the mess?
(1) Rs. 633.23 (2) Rs. 583.3
19. A man covers half of his journey by train at 60 (3) Rs. 623.3 (4) Rs. 632
km/h, half of the remainder by bus at 30 km/h and (5) None of these
the rest by cycle at 10 km/h. Find his average
speed during the entire journey. 26. The average weight of a group of 5 friends is 60
(1) 36 kmph (2) 30 kmph
kg. If a new friend, weighing 75 kg, joins the
(3) 24 kmph (4) 18 kmph
group, what is the new average weight?
(5) None of these
(1) 63 kg (2) 65 kg
20. A man covers 1/3rd of his journey by cycle at 50 (3) 66 kg (4) 67 kg
km/h, the next 1/3 by car at 30 km/h, and the rest (5) None of these
by walking at 7 km/h. Find his average speed
during the whole journey. 27. The average of a group of 4 numbers is 15. If
(1) 14.2 kmph (2) 15.3 kmph one number is added to the group, the new
(3) 18.2 kmph (4) 12.8 kmph average becomes 18. What is the added
(5) None of these number?
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(1) 12 (2) 16 34. Average age of 11 players increases by 2
(3) 21 (4) 24 months, when two players of ages 18 years and
(5) None of these 20 years respectively, are replaced by two new
players. Find the average age of new players.
28. The average weight of a group of 5 friends is 60 (1)19 years 11 months
kg. If a new friend, weighing 75 kg, joins the (2)20 years 11 months
group, what is the new average weight? (3)19 years 10 months
(1) 62 kg (2) 63 kg (4)18 years 10 months
(3) 64 kg (4) 65 kg (5) None of these
(5) None of these
35. The average score of a cricket team's top 8
TYPE – IV batsmen is 45 runs. If a new player, scoring 60
runs, replaces one of the batsmen, what is the
NUMBER OF OBSERVATION new average score?
REPLACED (1) 46 runs (2) 47 runs
29. The average weight of 5 men is decreased by 3 (3) 48 runs (4) 49 runs
kg when one of them weighing 150 kg is (5) None of these
replaced by another person. This new person is
again replaced by another person whose weight 36. Average age of 15 players decreases by 3 months
is 30 kg lower than the person he replaced. when 5 players of average age of 23 years are
What is the overall change in the average due to replaced by 5 new players. Find the average age
this dual change? of 5 new players.
(1) 6 kg (2) 9 kg (1) 19 years 11 months
(3) 12 kg (4) 15 kg (2) 22 years 3 months
(5) None of these (3) 20 years 11 months
(4) 21 years 3 months
30. The average weight of 8 persons increases by 2.5 (5) None of these
kg when a new person comes in place of one of
them weighing 65 kg. The weight of the new TYPE – IV
person is
(1) 84 kg (2) 85 kg
MISTYPE/MISREAD
(3) 76 kg (4) 76.5 kg 37. In an exam, the average was found to be x
(5) None of these marks. After deducting computational error, the
average marks of 94 candidates got reduced
31. The average weight of 15 students in a class from 84 to 64. The average thus came down by
increases by 1.5kg when one of the students 18.8 marks. The numbers of candidates who
weighing 40 kg is replaced by a new student. took the exam were:
What is the weight (in kg) of the new student? (1) 100 (2) 90
(1) 64.5 kg. (2) 56 kg. (3) 110 (4) 105
(3) 60 kg. (4) 62.5 kg. (5) None of these
(5) None of these
38. The average of 20 numbers is calculated as 35. It
32. Average weight of 20 students increases by 0.75 is discovered later on that while calculating the
kg when one student of weight 30 kg is replaced average, one number, namely 85, was mis read
by a new student. Find the weight of the new as 45. The correct average is
student. (1) 36 (2) 36.5
(1)40 (2)45 (3) 37 (4) 37.5
(3)15 (4)35 (5) None of these
(5) None of these
39. The average of marks of 17 students in an
33. Average weight of 15 students decreases by 1 kg examination was calculated as 71. But it was
when one student of weight 40 kg is replaced by later found that the mark of one student had
a new student. Find the weight of the new been wrongly entered as 65 instead of 56 and
student. another as 24 instead of 50. The correct average
(1)25 (2)30 is
(3)40 (4)45 (1) 70 (2) 71
(5) None of these (3) 72 (4) 73
(5) None of these
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(1) 35.2 (2) 36.1
40. The average marks of a class of 35 children is (3) 36.5 (4) 39.1
35. The marks of one of the students, who got (5) None of these
35, was incorrectly entered as 65. What is the
correct average of the class? 48. While finding the average of 10 given numbers,
(1) 33.76 (2) 34.14 a student, by mistake, wrote 64 in place of a
(3) 35.24 (4) 36.50 number 46 and got his correct average 50. The
(5) None of these correct average of the given numbers is :
41. The average of 100 observations was calculated (1) 48.2 (2) 48.3
as 35. It was found later, that one of the (3) 49.1 (4) 49.3
observations was misread as 83 instead of 53. (5) None of these
The correct average is :
(1) 32.7
(3) 35.7
(2) 34.7
(4) 36.7
TYPE – V
(5) None of these AGE / INCOME / EXPENDITURE
BASED
42. The average weight of a group of 20 boys was
calculated to be 89.4 kg and it was later 49. The average age of 3 girls is 10 years. This gets
discovered that one weight was misread as 78 kg doubled if their mother’s age is also included,
instead of 87 kg. The correct average weight is then what is the age of the mother?
(1) 88.95 kg (2) 89.25 kg (1) 30 years (2) 80 years
(3) 89.55 kg (4) 89.85 kg (3) 45 years (4) 50 years
(5) None of these (5) None of these
43. The average of 18 observations is recorded as 50. The average age of the family of five members is
124. Later it was found that two observations 24. If the present age of youngest member is 8
with values 64 and 28 were entered wrongly as years, then what was the average age of the
46 and 82. Find the correct average of the 18 family at the time of the birth of the youngest
observations. member?
(1) 111 7/9 (2) 122 (1) 20 yr. (2) 16 yr.
(3) 123 (4) 137 3/9 (3) 12 yr. (4) 18 yr.
(5) None of these (5) 21 yr.
44. The mean of 50 numbers is 30. Later it was 51. Three years ago the average age of A and B was
discovered that two entries were wrongly 18 years. While C joining them now, the average
entered as 82 and 13 instead of 28 and 31. Find becomes 22 years. How old (in years) is C now?
the correct mean. (1) 24 (2) 27
(1) 36.12 (2) 30.66 (3) 28 (4) 30
(3) 29.28 (4) 38.21 (5) None of these
(5) None of these
52. The average age of Akhil, Parag and Monty is
45. The average of 25 observations is 13. It was later 24years. 2 year ago, average age of Akhil and
found that an observation 73 was wrongly Monty was 23yrs. 2yrs hence average age of
entered as 48. The new average is Parag and Monty is 26 years. Find the present
(1) 12.6 (2) 14 age of Monty?
(3) 15 (4) 13.8 (1) 26 (2) 16
(5) None of these (3) 36 (4) 46
(5) None of these
46. Mean of 10 numbers is 30. Later on it was
observed that numbers 15, 23 are wrongly taken 53. The average age of husband and his wife was 23
as 51, 32. The correct mean is yrs at the time of their marriage. After five
(1) 25.5 (2) 32 years they have a one year old child. What is the
(3) 30 (4) 34.5 average age of family now ?
(5) None of these (1) 19 yrs (2) 23 yrs
(3) 28.5 yrs (4) 29.3 yrs.
47. The mean of 50 observations was 36. It was (5) None of these
found later that an observation 48 was wrongly
taken as 23. The corrected (new) mean is

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54. When the couple was married the average of
their ages was 25 years. When their first child 61. The average monthly income of P and Q is 5,
was born, the average age of family became 18 050. The average monthly income of Q and R is
years. When their second child was born, the 6, 250 and the average monthly income of P and
average age of the family became 15 years. Find R is 5,200. The monthly income of P is
the average age of the couple now? (1) 3, 500 (2) 4, 000
(1) 31 (2) 27 (3) 4, 050 (4) 5, 000
(3) 28 (4) 29 (5) None of these
(5) 30
55. The average monthly income of A and B is
14000, that of B and C is 15600 and A and C is
14400. The monthly income of C is
TYPE – VI
(1) 16000 (2) 15000 MIXTURE AND ALLIGATION
(3) 14000 (4) 15500 BASED
(5) None of these
62. The average salary of the entire staff in an office
56. The average monthly income of X and Y is 5050. is Rs. 3200 per month. The average salary of
The average monthly income of Y and Z is 6250 officers is Rs. 6800 and that of non-officers is
and the average monthly income of X and Z is Rs. 2000. If the number of officers is 5, then
5200. The monthly income of X is find the number of non-officers in the office?
(1) 4050 (2) 3500 (1) 8 (2) 12
(3) 4000 (4) 5000 (3) 15 (4) 5
(5) None of these (5) None of these
57. The average expenditure of a man for the first 63. The average marks of 50 students in a class is
five months is 1200 and for the next seven 72. The average marks of boys and girls in that
months is 1300. If he saves 2900 in that year, his subject are 70 and 75 respectively. The number
monthly average income is : of boys in the class is
(1)1500 (2) 1600 (1) 20 (2) 35
(3) 1700 (4) 1400 (3) 25 (4) 30
(5) None of these (5) None of these
58. The average salary, per head, of all the workers 64. The average marks obtained by a class of 60
of an institution is 60. The average salary of 12 students is 65. The average marks of half of the
officers is 400; the average salary, per head, of students is found to be 85. The average marks of
the rest is 56. The total number of workers in the remaining students is
the institution is (1) 35 (2) 45
(1) 1030 (2) 1035 (3) 55 (4) 65
(3) 1020 (4) 1032 (5) None of these
(5) None of these
65. The average of marks obtained by 100
59. The average monthly expenditure of a family for candidates in a certain examination is 30. If the
the first four months is 2570, for the next three average marks of passed candidates is 35 and
months 2490 and for the last five months 3030. that of the failed candidates is 10, what is the
If the family saves 5320 during the whole year, number of candidates who passed the
the average monthly income of the family examination?
during the year is (1) 60 (2) 70
(1) 3000 (2) 3185 (3) 80 (4) 90
(3) 3200 (4) 3580 (5) None of these
(5) None of these
66. The average salary, per head, of all the workers
60. A man spends 1800 monthly on an average for of an institution is 60. The average salary of 12
the first four months and 2000 monthly for the officers is 400; the average salary, per head, of
next eight months and saves 5600 a year. His the rest is 56. The total number of workers in
average monthly income is the institution is
(1) 2000 (2) 2200 (1) 1030 (2) 1035
(3)2400 (4)2600 (3) 1020 (4) 1032
(5) None of these (5) None of these
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74. Of the three numbers, the first is twice the
67. The average monthly salary of 19 members of a second and the second is 3 times the third. If
group is Rs.16000. If one more member whose their average is 100, the largest of the three
monthly salary is Rs. 20000 joins the group, then numbers is :
the average salary of the group is (1) 120 (2) 150
(1) Rs. 18250 (2) Rs. 16200 (3) 180 (4) 300
(3) Rs. 18000 (4) Rs. 16250 (5) None of these
(5) None of these
75. Of the three numbers, the first is twice the
68. The average salary of all workers in a workshop second and the second is thrice the third. If the
is Rs.12000. The average salary of 7 technicians average of the three numbers is 10, the largest
is Rs.15000 and the average salary of the rest is number is :
Rs. 9000. The total number of workers in the (1) 12 (2) 15
workshop is : (3) 18 (4) 30
(1) 12 (2) 13 (5) None of these
(3) 14 (4) 15
(5) None of these 76. The average of first three numbers is double of
the fourth number. If the average of all the four
TYPE – VII numbers is 12, find the 4th number.
(1) 16 (2)48/7
COMPARISION BASED (3) 20 (4) 18/7
69. Of the three numbers whose average is 60, the (5) None of these
first is one fourth of the sum of the others. The
first number is : 77. Out of three numbers, the first is twice the
(1) 30 (2) 36 second and is half of the third. If the average of
(3) 42 (4) 45 the three numbers is 56, then difference of first
(5) None of these and third number is
(1) 12 (2) 20
70. Of the three numbers, second is twice the first (3) 24 (4) 48
and also thrice the third. If the average of the (5) None of these
three numbers is 44, the largest number is :
(1) 24 (2) 72 78. The average of three numbers is 28, the first
(3) 36 (4) 108 number is half of the second, the third number
(5) None of these is twice the second, then the third number is
(1) 48 (2) 36
71. The average of first three numbers is thrice the (3) 24 (4) 18
fourth number. If the average of all the four (5) None of these
numbers is 5, then find the fourth number.
(1) 4.5 (2) 5 79. The average of three numbers is 40. The first
(3) 2 (4) 4 number is twice the second and the second one is
(5) None of these thrice the third number. The difference between
the largest and the smallest numbers is
72. Of the three numbers, first is twice the second (1) 30 (2) 36
and second is twice the third. The average of (3) 46 (4) 60
three numbers is 21. The smallest of the three (5) None of these
numbers is
(1) 9 (2) 6 80. Among three numbers, the first is twice the
(3) 12 (4) 18 second and thrice the third. If the average of the
(5) None of these three numbers is 49.5, then the difference
between the first and the third number is
73. Of the three numbers, the first is 3 times the (1) 54 (2) 28
second and the third is 5 times the first. If the (3) 39.5 (4) 41.5
average of the three numbers is 57, the (5) None of these
difference between the largest and the smallest
number is 81. Out of 4 number whose average is 60, the first
(1) 9 (2) 18 one is one fourth of the sum of the last three.
(3) 126 (4) 135 The first number is
(5) None of these (1) 15 (2) 45

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(5) None of these (3) 78 (4) 95
(5) None of these
82. Of the three numbers, the first number is twice
of the second and the second is thrice of the 89. The batting average for 40 innings of a cricket
third number. If the average of these 3 numbers player is 50 runs. His highest score exceeds his
is 20, then the sum of the largest and smallest lowest score by 172 runs. If these two innings
numbers is are excluded, the average of the remaining 38
(1) 24 (2) 42 innings is 48 runs. The highest score of the
(3) 54 (4) 60 player is
(1) 170 (2) 174
TYPE – VIII (3) 165 (4) 172
(5) None of these
CRICKET BASED
90. In 1919, W. Rhodes, the Yorkshire cricketer,
83. A batsman makes a score of 270 runs in the 87th scored 891 runs for his county at an average of
inning and thus increases his average by a 34.27; in 1920, he scored 949 runs at an average
certain number of runs that is a whole number. of 28.75; in 1921, 1329 runs at an average of
Find the possible values of the new average. 42.87 and in 1922, 1101 runs at an average of
(1) 98 (2) 184 36.70. What was his county batting average for
(3) 12 (4) All of these the four years?
(5) None of these (1) 36.23 (2) 37.81
(3) 35.88 (4) 28.72
84. The average of runs of a cricket player of 10 (5) None of these
innings was 32. How many runs must he make
in his next innings so as to increase his average
of runs by 4 ?
(1) 76 (2) 79
(3) 85 (4) 87
(5) None of these

85. In a 20 over match, the required run rate to win

is 7.2. If the run rate is 6 at the end of the 15th
over, the required run rate to win the match is
(1) 13.2 (2) 12
(3) 1.2 (4) 10.8
(5) None of these

86. Sachin Tendulkar has a certain average for 11

innings. In the 12th innings he scores 120 runs
and thereby increases his average by 5 runs. His
new average is
(1) 62 (2) 66
(3) 60 (4) 65
(5) None of these

87. A cricketer has a mean score of 60 runs in 10

innings. Find out how many runs are to be
scored in the eleventh innings to raise the mean
score to 62?
(1) 82 (2) 81
(3) 83 (4) 80
(5) None of these

88. A cricketer, whose bowling average was 12.4

runs/wicket takes 5 wickets for 22 runs in a
match, thereby decreases his average by 0.4. The
number of wickets, taken by him before this
match was :
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