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Topic: Average & Allegation

1. The average weight of 3 men A, B and C is 84 kg. Another man D joins the group and the average now becomes
80 kg. If another man F, whose weight is 3 kg more than that of D, replaces A then the average weight of B, C, D
and E becomes 79 kg. The weight of A is:
a) 70 kg
b) 75 kg
c) 72 kg
d) 80 kg
2. The average of all odd numbers upto 100 is:

a) 51

b) 48.5

c) 50

d) 49.2

3. In a cricket eleven, the average of eleven players is 28 years. Out of these, the average ages of three groups of
three players each are 25 years, 28 years and 30 years respectively. If in these groups, the captain and the youngest
player are not included, and the captain is eleven years older than the youngest player, what is the age of the
captain?
a) 33 years
b) 35 years
c) 34 years
d) 36 years
4. There are three sections of a class in a school. The number of students in the three sections is 38, 32 and 40 and
the average age of the students in these sections separately is 15.3 years, 16.5 years and 15.9 years respectively.
What is the average age of the class?
a) 15.9 yrs
b) 15.96 yrs
c) 15.92 yrs
d) 15.86 yrs
5. The average salary per month of 30 employees in a company is Rs.4000. If the managers salary is added, the
average salary increases to Rs.4300, what is the salary of the manager.
a) Rs 10000
b) Rs 12000
c) Rs 13000
d) Rs 13300
6. 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) 23 years
b) 24 years
c) 25 years
d) None of these
7. Three students start studying together for CAT. They observe their reading speeds as: A: 2 pages in a minute B:
3 pages in 2 minutes C: 6 pages in 4 minutes. The average number of pages read per student per hour is x. Find x.
a) 100
b) 200
c) 320
d) 460
8. The average monthly income of P and Q is Rs. 5050. The average monthly income of Q and R is Rs. 6250 and
the average monthly income of P and R is Rs. 5200. The monthly income of P is:
a) 3500
b) 4000
c) 4050
d) 5000
9. 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. 6500?
a) Rs. 4991
b) Rs. 5991
c) Rs. 6001
d) Rs. 6991
10. A library has an average of 510 visitors on Sundays and 240 on other day. The average number of visitors in a
month of 30 days starting with Sunday is
a) 280
b) 285
c) 290
d) 295
11. A motorist travel to a place 150 km away at an average speed of 50 km/hr and returns at 30 km/hr. His average
speed for the whole journey in km/hr is
a) 36.5 km/hr b) 37.5 km/hr c) 35.5 km/hr d) 34.5 km/hr
12. When a student weighing 45 kgs left a class, the average weight of the remaining 59 students increased by
200g. What is the average weight of the remaining 59 students
a) 55
b)56
c)57
d)58
13. 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) Rs. 7.98
b) Rs. 8
c) Rs. 7.98
d) Rs. 9
14. The average price of 10 books is Rs. 12 while the average price of 8 of these books is Rs. 11.75. Of the
remaining two books, if the price of one book is 60% more than the price of the other, what is the price of each of
these two books?
a) Rs.5, Rs.7.50 b) Rs.8, Rs.12 c) Rs.10, Rs.16 d) Rs.12, Rs.14

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15. The average age of students of a class is 15.8 years. The average age of boys in the class is 16.4 years and that
of the girls is 15.4 years. The ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls in the class is:
a) 1 : 2
b) 2 : 3
c) 3 : 4
d) 3 : 5
16. When 9 litres of mixture are drawn off and the can is filled with B, the ratio of A and B becomes 7 : 9. How
many litres of liquid A was contained by the can initially?
a) 10
b) 20
c) 21
d) 25
17. 8 litres are drawn from a cask full of wine and is then filled with water. This operation is performed three more
times. The ratio of the quantity of wine now left in cask to that of the water is 16 : 65. How much wine the cask
hold originally?
a) 18 litres
b) 24 litres
c) 32 litres
d) 42 litres
18. How many kilograms of sugar costing Rs. 9 per kg must be mixed with 27 kg of sugar costing Rs. 7 per Kg so
that there may be a gain of 10 % by selling the mixture at Rs. 9.24 per Kg ?
a) 36 Kg
b) 42 Kg
c) 54 Kg
d) 63 Kg
19. In what ratio must rice at Rs.9.30 per Kg be mixed with rice at Rs. 10.80 per Kg so that the mixture be worth
Rs.10 per Kg ?
a) 8 : 7
b) 8 : 9
c) 7 : 8
d) 9 : 8
20. Two vessels A and B contain milk and water mixed in the ratio 8 : 5 and 5 : 2 respectively. The ratio in which
these two mixtures be mixed to get a new mixture containing milk and water in the ratio 9 : 4?
a) 2 : 7
b) 5 : 2
c) 1 : 2
d) 2 : 1
21. Milk and water are mixed in the ratio 4 : 1 to form solution A and in the ratio of 3 : 2 to form solution B. A
man takes equal quantities of solutions A and B and mixes them together. What is the ratio of quantities of milk to
that of water in the mixture so formed?
a) 3:7
b) 1:1
c) 7:3
d)3:2
22. A sum of Rs. 312 was divided among 100 boys and girls in such a way that each boy gets Rs. 3.60 and each
girl Rs. 2.40. The number of girls is :
a) 40
b) 60
c) 35
d) 65
23. A milk vendor has 2 cans of milk. The first contains 25% water and the rest milk. The second contains 50%
water. How much milk should he mix from each of the containers so as to get 12 litres of milk such that the ratio
of water to milk is 3 : 5 ?
a) 4litres, 8 litres
b) 6litres, 6 litres
c) 5litres, 7 litres
d) 7litres, 4 litres
24. A sum of Rs. 36.90 is made up of 180 coins which are either 10 paise coins or 25 paise coins. The number of
10 paise coins is :
a) 126
b) 54
c) 120
d) 60
25. A trader has 1600Kg of sugar. He sells a part at 8% profit and the rest at 12% profit. If he gains 11% on the
whole , find the quantity sold at 12%.
a) 1200 Kg
b) 1400 Kg
c) 1600 Kg
d) 800 Kg
26. 180 kg of mixture of milk and water contains 5% water. How much more water should be added to it so that
water may be 10% in the mixture?
a) 20
b) 10
c) 15
d) 32
27. John bought 20 kg of wheat at the rate of Rs.8.50 per kg and 35 kg at the rate of Rs.8.75 per kg. He mixed the
two. Approximately at what price per kg should he sell the mixture to make 40% profit as the cost price?
a) Rs.12
b) Rs.8
c) Rs.16
d) Rs.20
28. In what ratio must a person mix three kinds of wheat costing him Rs. 1.20, Rs. 1.44 and Rs. 1.74 per kg., so
that the mixture may be worth Rs. 1.41 per kg?
a) 11 : 6
b) 11 : 7
c) 12 : 6
d) 12 : 7
29. A butler stole wine from a butt of sherry which contained 40% of spirit and he replaced what he had stolen by
wine containing only 16% spirit. The butt was then of 24% strength only. How much of the butt did he steal?
a) 2 : 3
b) 4 : 6
c) 1 : 2
d) 2 : 4
30. Three types which cost Rs. 81 per kg. Rs. 84 per kg and Rs. 75. 60 per kg are blended together to make 18 kg
new blend, in which there are 5 kg, 6 kg and 7 kg of the respective types of quantity. What will be the price per kg
of the new quantity?
a)Rs. 79.90
b) Rs. 65.32
c) Rs. 72.92
d)Rs. 85.67