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Quantitative Aptitude.2
Reasoning.35
English.79
General Awareness.119

Quantitative Aptitude
1.

The average age of 24 students and the principal is 15 years. When the principals
age is excluded, the average age decreases by 1 year. What is the age of the
principal?
1) 38

2.

2) 40

3) 39

4) 37

5) None of these

Three years ago, the average age of A,B and C was 27 years and that of B and C 5
years ago was 20 years As present age is
1) 30 Years

3.

2) 35 Years

3) 40 Years

4) 48 Years

5) None of these

Ajit Tendulkar has a certain average for 9 innings. In the tenth inning, he scores 100
runs thereby increasing his average by 8 runs. His new average is
1) 20

4.

2) 24

3) 28

4) 32

5) None of these

The average age of a family of 6 members is 22 years. If the age of the youngest
member be 7 years, what was the average age of the family at the birth of the
youngest member?
1) 15

5.

2) 18

3) 21

4) 12

5) None of these

The average age of 8 persons in a committee is increased by 2 years when two men
aged 35 years and 45 years are substituted by two women. Find the average age of
the two women.
1) 48

6.

2) 45

3) 51

4) 42

5) None of these

The average weight of a class of 29 students is 40 kg. if the weight of the teacher be
included, the average rises by 500 gm. What is the weight of the teacher?
1) 40.5 kg

7.

2) 50.5 kg

3) 45 kg

4) 55 kg

5) None of these

The age of Shaurya and Kauravki is in the ratio 2:6. After 5 years, the ratio of their
ages will become 6:8. Find the average of their ages after 10 years.

8.

If we take four numbers, the average of the first three is 16 and that of the last
three is 15. If the last number is 18, the first number is
1) 20

9.

2) 21

3) 23

4) 25

5) None of these

The average of ten numbers is 7. If each number is multiplied by 12, then the
average of the new set of number is
1) 7

2) 19

3) 82

4) 84

5) None of these

10. The average weight of 5 men is decreased by 3 kg when one of them weighing 150
kg is replaced by another person. Find the weight of the new person.
1) 165 kg

2) 135 kg

3) 138 kg

4) 162 kg

5) None of these

11. The average age of a group of men is increased by 5 years when a person aged 18
years is replaced by a new person of aged 38 years. How many men are there in the

group?
1) 3

2) 4

3) 5

4) 6

5) None of these

12. The average score of a class of 40 students is 52. What will be the average score of
the rest of the students if the average score of 10 of the students is 61.
1) 50

2) 47

3) 48

4) 49

5) None of these

13. Out of three numbers, the first is twice the second and three time the third. The
average of the three numbers is 88. The smallest number is
1) 72

2) 36

3) 42

4) 48

5) None of these

14. The average age of A, B, C and D five years ago was 45 years. By including X, the
present average age of all the five is 49 years. The present age of X is
1) 64 years

2) 48 years

3) 45 years

4) 40 years

5) None of these

15. Three years ago, the average age of a family of 5 members was 17 years. A baby
having been born, the average of the family is the same today. What is the age of
the baby?
1) 1 year

2) 2 years

3) 6 months

4) 9 months

5) None of these

16. The average of x, y and z is 45. X is as much more than the average as y is less
than the average. Find the value of z.
1) 45

2) 25

3) 35

4) 15

5) None of these

17. The average salary per head of all the workers in a company is 95. The average
salary of 15 officers is `525 and the average salary per head of the rest in85. Find
the total number of workers in the workshop.
1) 660

2) 580

3) 650

4) 460

5) None of these

18. The average monthly expenditure of Ravi was 100 during the first 3 months. `2200
during the next 4 months and 4620 during the subsequent five months of the year.
If the total saving during the year was 2100. Find Ravis average monthly income.
1) 1858

2) 3108.33

3) 3100

4) 3133

5) None of these

19. 19 persons went to a hotel for a combined dinner party. 13 of them spent 79 each on
their dinner and the rest spent 4 more than the average expenditure of all the 19.
What was the total money spent by them?
1) 1628.4

2) 1534

3) 1492

4) 1942

5) None of these

20. There were 42 students in a hostel. Due to the admission of 13 new students, the
expenses of the mess increase by 31 per day while the average expenditure per
head diminished by 3. What was the original expenditure of the mess?
1) 633.23

2) 583.3

3) 623.3

4) 6325

5) None of these

21. A mixture of 70 litres of alcohol and water contains 10% of water. How much water