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Q 1.
In 2011, the arithmetic mean of the annual incomes of Ramesh and Suresh was Rs. 3800. The arithmetic mean of the annual incomes of Suresh and Pratap was Rs. 4800, and the arithmetic mean of the annual incomes of Pratap and Ramesh was Rs. 5800. What is the arithmetic mean of the incomes of the three ?
A)  Rs. 4000
B)  Rs. 4200
C)  Rs. 4400
D)  Rs. 4800
Q 2.

The average of five different positive numbers is 25. x is the decrease in the average when the smallest number among them is replaced by 0. What can be said about x ?

A)  x is less than 5
B)  x is greater than 5
C)  x is equal to 5
D)  Cannot be determined
Answer & Explanation Answer: x is less than 5

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Q 3.

The average monthly salary of 12 workers and 3 managers in a factory was Rs. 600. When one of the manager whose salary was Rs. 720, was replaced with a new manager, then the average salary of the team went down to 580. What is the salary of the new manager ?

A)  420
B)  570
C)  640
D)  690
Q 4.

Of the three numbers, the first is twice the second and the second is twice the third. The average of the reciprocal of the numbers is 7/72. The numbers are :

A)  16, 8, 4
B)  20, 10, 5
C)  24, 12, 6
D)  36, 18, 9
Answer & Explanation Answer: 24, 12, 6

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Q 5.

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

A) 
B)  1498
C)  1469
D)  None of these
Answer & Explanation Answer: None of these

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Q 6.

A school has only four classes that contain 10, 20, 30 and 40 students respectively. The pass percentage of these classes are 20%, 30%, 60% and 100% respectively. Find the pass % of the entire school

A)  34%
B)  56%
C)  66%
D)  76%
Q 7.

There are five boxes in cargo hold. The weight of the first box is 200 kg and the weight of the second box is 20% higher than the weight of the third box, whose weight is 25% higher than the first box’s weight. The fourth box at 350 kg is 30% lighter than the fifth box. Find the difference in the average weight of the four heaviest boxes and the four lightest boxes

A) 
B)  75 kg
C)  37.5 kg
D)  112.5 kg
Q 8.

A batsman makes a score of 270 runs in the 87th inning and thus increase his average by a certain number of runs that is a whole number. Find the possible values of the new average

A)  12
B)  98
C)  184
D)  All of these
Answer & Explanation Answer: All of these

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Q 9.

One-fourth of certain journey is covered at the rate of 25 km/h, one-third at the rate of 30 km/h and the rest at 50 km/h. Find the average speed for the whole journey

A) 
B)  1200/53 km/h
C) 
D)  1600/53 km/h
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Q 10.

Find the average increase rate, if increase in the population in the first year is 30% and that in the second year is 40%

A)  40
B)  41
C)  42
D)  44