Quiz Discussion

A cricketer whose bowling average is 12.4 runs per wicket takes 5 wickets for 26 runs and thereby decreased his average by 0.4. The number of wickets taken by him the last match was-

• 1] 64
• 2] 72
• 3] 80
• 4] 85

The average of the first 100 positive integers is-

• 1] 49.5
• 2] 50.5
• 3] 51
• 4] 100

Out of 9 persons, 8 persons spent Rs. 30 on each of their meals. The ninth one spends Rs. 20 more than the average expenditure of all the nine. The total money spent by all of them was

• 1]

  Rs 260

• 2]

  Rs 290

• 3]

  Rs 292.5

• 4]

  Rs 400.5

The average age of three boys is 15 years. If their ages are in ratio 3 : 5 : 7, the age of the youngest boy is

• 1] 21 years
• 2] 18 years
• 3] 15 years
• 4] 9 years
• 5] 12 years

The average of two numbers is XY. If one number is X, the other is-

• 1]

  Y/2

• 2]

  Y

• 3]

  2XY - X

• 4]

  X (Y - 1)

The average height of 30 boys out of a class of 50 is 160 cm. If the average height of the remaining boys is 165 cm, the average height of the whole class (in cm) is :

• 1] 161
• 2] 162
• 3] 163
• 4] 164

After replacing an old member by a new member, it was found that the average age of five members of a club is the same as it was 3 years ago. What is the difference between the ages of the replaced and the new member?

• 1] 2 years
• 2] 4 years
• 3] 8 years
• 4] 15 years

The mean high temperature of the first four days of a week is 25°C whereas the mean of the last four days is 25.5°C. If the mean of the whole week is 25.2°C then the temperature of the 4th day is :

• 1] 25°C
• 2] 25.2°C
• 3] 25.6°C
• 4] 25.5°C

The average wages of a worker during a fortnight comprising 15 consecutive working days was Rs. 90 per day. During the first 7 days, his average wages was Rs. 87/day and the average wages during the last 7 days was Rs. 92/day. What was his wage on the 8th day?

• 1] 93
• 2] 90
• 3] 92
• 4] 97

Amount five people with monthly income (in Rs.) 15000, 26000, 16000, 19000, 50000, how many will have income less than the mean income of five people?

• 1] 1
• 2] 2
• 3] 3
• 4] 4