Quiz Discussion

There are three categories of jobs A, B and C. The average salary of the student who got the job of A and B categories is 26 lakh per annum. The average salary of the students who got the job of B and C category is 44 lakh per annum and the average salary of those students who got the job of A and C categories is 34 lakh per annum. The most appropriate (or closet) range of average salary of all the three categories (if it is known that each student gets only one category of jobs i.e. , A, B and C):

• 1] lies between 30 and 44
• 2] lies between 28 and 34
• 3] lies between 34 and 44
• 4] lies between 27 and 44
• 5] None of these

Find the average of the following sets of scores:385, 441, 876, 221, 536, 46, 291, 428

• 1] 221
• 2] 403
• 3] 428
• 4] 536
• 5] None of these

The average of marks in Mathematics for 5 students was found to do 50. Later, it was discovered that in the case of one student the marks 48 were misread as 84. The correct average is :

• 1] 40.2
• 2] 40.8
• 3] 42.8
• 4] 48.2

The average age of the mother and her six children is 12 years which is reduced by 5 years if the age of the mother is excluded. How old is the mother ?

• 1] 40 years
• 2] 42 years
• 3] 48 years
• 4] 50 years

A train covers the first 16 km at a speed of 20 km per hour another 20 km at 40 km per hour and the last 10 km at 15 km per hour. Find the average speed for the entire journey.

• 1]

  24 km

• 2]

  26 km

• 3]

  21 km

• 4]

  km

Five years ago the average age of A, B, C, D was 45 years. By including X the present average of all the five is 49 years. Them the present age of X is-

• 1] 40 years
• 2] 45 years
• 3] 48 years
• 4] 64 years

The average monthly salary of 660 workers in a factory is Rs. 380. The average monthly salary of officers is Rs. 2100 and the average monthly salary of the other workers is Rs. 340. Find the number of other workers.

• 1] 645
• 2] 650
• 3] 640
• 4] 642

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.

• 1] 51.5 kg
• 2] 75 kg
• 3] 37.5 kg
• 4] 112.5 kg
• 5] None of these

a, b, c, d, e, f, g are consecutive even numbers. j, k, l, m, n are consecutive odd numbers. The average of all the numbers is :

• 1]

  \(3\left( {\frac{{a + n}}{2}} \right)\)

• 2]

  \(\left( {\frac{{1 + d}}{2}} \right)\)

• 3]

  \(\left( {\frac{{a + b + m + n}}{4}} \right)\)

• 4]

  \(3\left( {\frac{{j + c + n +g}}{4}} \right)\)

Five years ago, the average age of P and Q was 25. The average age of P, Q and R today is 25. Age of R after 5 years will be :

• 1] 15 years
• 2] 20 years
• 3] 40 years
• 4] 35 years