SSC CGL Exam (Tier-I): Quantitative Aptitude: Averages: Free Online Practice Set
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- 1.The average age of a jury of 5 is 40. If a member aged 35 resigns and a man aged 25 becomes a member, then the average age of the new jury is
- A.
30 yr
- B.
38 yr
- C.
40 yr
- D.
42 yr
- 2.The average of the runs made by Raju, Shyam and Hari is 7 less than that made by Shyam, Hari and Kishore. If the number of Kishore's run is 35, what is Raju's run?
- A.
21
- B.
35
- C.
7
- D.
14
- 3.The mean of 50 numbers is 30. Later 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
- 4.One third of a certain journey is covered at the rate of 25 km/h, one-fourth at the rate of 30 km/h and the rest at 50 km/h. The average speed for the whole journey is
- A.
35 km/h
- B.
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- C.
30 km/h
- D.
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- 5.The average of 5 numbers is 140. If one number is excluded, the average of the remaining 4 numbers is 130. The excluded number is
- A.
135
- B.
134
- C.
180
- D.
150
- 6.The average weight of 5 persons sitting in a boat is 38 kg. The average weight of the boat and the persons sitting in the boat is 52 kg. What is the weight of the boat?
- A.
228 kg
- B.
122 kg
- C.
232 kg
- D.
242 kg
- 7.
- A.
45 kg
- B.
47.9 kg
- C.
49.9 kg
- D.
50.1 kg
- 8.Out of 4 numbers, whose average is 60, the first one is one fourth of the sum of the last three. The first number is
- A.
15
- B.
45
- C.
48
- D.
60
- 9.In a class, the average score of girls in an examination is 73 and that of boys is 71. The average score for the whole class is 71.8. Find the percentage of girls
- A.
40%
- B.
50%
- C.
55%
- D.
60%
- 10.The average of the first 100 positive integers is
- A.
100
- B.
51
- C.
50.5
- D.
49.5
- 11.Out of the three numbers, the first number is twice of the second and the second is thrice of the third number. If the average of these 3 numbers is 20, then the sum of the largest and smallest numbers is
- A.
24
- B.
42
- C.
54
- D.
60
- 12.The average age of 40 students of a class is 18 yr. When 20 new students are admitted to the same class, the average age of the students of the class is increased by 6 months. The average age of newly admitted students is
- A.
19 yr
- B.
19 yr 6 months
- C.
20 yr
- D.
20 yr 6 months
- 13.The average age of 40 students of a class is 15 yr. When 10 new students are admitted, the average age is increased by 0.2 yr. The average age of new students is
- A.
15.2 yr
- B.
16 yr
- C.
16.2.yr
- D.
16.4 yr
- 14.The average of 6 observations is 45.5. If one new observation is added to the previous observation, then the new average becomes 47. The new observation is
- A.
58
- B.
56
- C.
50
- D.
46
- 15.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
- 16.The average age of 30 boys in a class is 15 yr. One boy aged 20 yr, left the class but two new boys came in his place whose ages differ by 5 yr. If the average age of all the boys now in the class still remains 15 yr, the age of the younger newcomer is
- A.
20 yr
- B.
15 yr
- C.
10 yr
- D.
8 yr
- 17.Out of 10 teachers of a school, one teacher retires and in his place a new teacher of age 25 yr joins. As a result of it, the average age of the teachers is reduced by 3 yr. The age of the retired teacher is
- A.
60 yr
- B.
58 yr
- C.
56 yr
- D.
55 yr
- 18.3 yr ago, the average age of a family of 5 members was 17 yr. A baby having been born, the average age of the family is the same today. The present age of the baby is
- A.
3 yr
- B.
2 yr
- C.
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- D.
1 yr
- 19.The mean weight of 34 students of a school is 42 kg. If the weight of the teacher be included, the mean rises by 400 g. Find the weight of the teacher (in kg).
- A.
66
- B.
56
- C.
55
- D.
57
- 20.
- A.
380
- B.
400
- C.
410
- D.
420
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