AVERAGES
1. The average height of 40 students in a class is 163 cm. When the school opened after the vacation,
three students were absent and the average height of the students present was found to be 162 cm.
If the heights of the two students absent were equal to each other, and the height of the third
absent student was 2 cm less than either of other two, what was the height of the third absent
student?
170 cm
171 cm
173 cm
174 cm
2. The average of three numbers is 42. The first is twice the second and the second is twice the third.
What is the difference between the largest and the smallest number?
42
48
54
59
3. If ages of three boys are in the ratio of 3 : 5 : 7 at an average of 15 years, the age of the youngest
boy is,
2 years
5 years
9 years
9 years 3 months
4. The average of first three numbers out of four numbers is 15, and that of last three is 16. If the
last number is 19 what is the first number?
12
14
15
16
5. The first number out of three is twice the second and half the third. If the average of the three
numbers is 56, than what is the largest number?
45
52
96
102
6. The average marks of 50 students in a class is 72. The average marks of boys and girls in that
subject are 70 and 75 respectively. The number of boys in the class is:
10
20
30
35
7. There are 30 students in a class. The average age of first 10 students is 12.5 years. The average
age of the remaining 20 students is 13.1 years. The average age (in years) of the students of the
whole class is:
11.5 years
12.8 years
13.4 years
12.9 years
8. Five years ago, the average age of P and Q was 25. The average age of P, Q and R today is 25. Age
of R after 5 years will be
10 years
15 years
20 years
30 years
9. The average age of 40 students of a class is 15 years. When 10 new students are admitted, the
average is increased by 0.2 years. The average age of the new students is:
15 years
16 years
17 years
18 years
10. The average of 100 numbers is 44. The average of these 100 numbers and 4 others new numbers
is 50. The average of the four new numbers will be:
100
200
300
400
AGES
11. A person's present age is two-fifth of the age of his mother. After 8 years, he will be one-half of
the age of his mother. How old is the mother at present
35
40
45
50
12. The ages of two persons differ by 16 years. 6 years ago, the elder one was 3 times as old as the
younger one. What are their present ages of the elder person
10
20
30
40
13. The total age of A and B is 12 years more than the total age of B and C. C is how many year
younger than A
10
11
12
13
14. A man is 24 years older than his son. In two years, his age will be twice the age of his son. The
present age of his son is
18 years
20 years
22 years
24 years
15. Sachin is younger than Rahul by 7 years. If the ratio of their ages is 7:9, find the age of Sachin
23.5
24.5
25.5
26.5
16. Tanya's grandfather was 8 times older to her 16 years ago. He would be 3 times of her age 8
years from now. What was ratio of ages of Tanya and her grandfather 8 years ago.
10 : 20
11 : 51
11 : 53
12 : 51
17. The averages age of a man and his son is 48 years. The ratio of their ages is 11 : 5. What will be
the ratio of their ages after 6 years?
6:5
2:1
2:3
3:1
18. The ratio between the school ages of Neeta and Samir is 5 : 6 respectively. If the ratio between
the one-third age of Neeta and half of the Samir's age is 5 : 9, then what is the school age of Samir ?
20 years
25 years
30 years
Can’t be determined
19. Sushil was thrice as old as Snehal 6 years back. Sushil will be times as old as Snehal 6 years
hence. How old is Snehal today
12
14
16
18
20. The sum of the present ages of father and his son is 60 years. Six years ago, father’s age was five
times the age of his son. After 6 years, the sum of the ages of father and his son will be
72 years
73 years
74 years
75 years
TIME AND DISTANCE
21. In a kilometer race, A beats B by 100 meters. B beats C by 100 meters. By how much meters does
A beat C in the same race?
200 meters
190 meters
180 meters
170 meters
22. Excluding stoppages, the speed of a bus is 54 kmph and including stoppages, it is 45 kmph. For
how many minutes does the bus stop per hour?
10
11
12
23. If a person walks at 14 km/hr instead of 10 km/hr, he would have walked 20 km more. The actual
distance travelled by him is:
35 km
40 km
45 km
50 km
24. A person crosses a 600 m long street in 5 minutes. What is his speed in km per hour?
1.6
3.6
7.2
25. In a flight of 600 km, an aircraft was slowed down due to bad weather. Its average speed for the
trip was reduced by 200 km/hr and the time of flight increased by 30 minutes. The duration of the
flight is:
4 hours
3 hours
2 hours
1 hour
26. The ratio between the speeds of two trains is 7 : 8. If the second train runs 400 km in 4 hours,
then the speed of the first train is:
87.5 km/hr
88.2 km/hr
83 km/hr
80 km/hr
27. A man on tour travels first 160 km at 64 km/hr and the next 160 km at 80 km/hr. The average
speed for the first 320 km of the tour is:
71.11 km/hr
71.52 km/hr
80 km/hr
85 km/hr
28. In covering a distance of 30 km, Abhay takes 2 hours more than Sameer. If Abhay doubles his
speed, then he would take 1 hour less than Sameer. Abhay's speed is:
2 kmph
5 kmph
7 kmph
10 kmph
29. It takes eight hours for a 600 km journey, if 120 km is done by train and the rest by car. It takes
20 minutes more, if 200 km is done by train and the rest by car. The ratio of the speed of the train to
that of the cars is:
2:3
3:4
4:3
1:2
30. A farmer travelled a distance of 61 km in 9 hours. He travelled partly on foot @ 4 km/hr and
partly on bicycle @ 9 km/hr. The distance travelled on foot is:
12 km
13 km
14 km
16 km