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

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

The average annual income (in Rs.) of certain agricultural workers is S and that of other workers is T. The number of agricultural workers is 11 times that of other workers. Then the average monthly income (in Rs.) of all the workers is 

• 1]

  (S+T)/2

• 2]

  (S+11T)/2

• 3]

  (1/11S)+T

• 4]

  (11S+T)/12

The average temperature for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday was 40°C. The average for Thursday, Friday and Saturday was 41° C. If temperature on Saturday was 42° C, what was the temperature on Wednesday?

• 1] 39° C
• 2] 44° C
• 3] 38° C
• 4] 41° C

David obtained 76, 65, 82, 67 and 85 marks (out of 100) in English, mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology. What are his average marks?

• 1] 65
• 2] 69
• 3] 75
• 4] None of these

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

In Arun's opinion, his weight is greater than 65 kg but less than 72 kg. His brother doest not agree with Arun and he thinks that Arun's weight is greater than 60 kg but less than 70 kg. His mother's view is that his weight cannot be greater than 68 kg. If all are them are correct in their estimation, what is the average of different probable weights of Arun?

• 1]

  67 Kg

• 2]

  68 Kg

• 3]

  69 Kg

• 4]

  None Of These

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:

• 1] 36, 18, 9
• 2] 24, 12, 6
• 3] 20, 10, 5
• 4] 16, 8, 4

The mean weight of 100 students in a class is 46 kg. The mean weight of boys is 50 and of girls is 40 kg. Therefore, the number of boys is:

• 1] 50
• 2] 60
• 3] 70
• 4] 65

Four years ago, the average age of a family of four persons was 18 years. During this period, a baby was born. Today if the average age of the family is still 18 years, the age of the baby is

• 1] 1.2 years
• 2] 2 years
• 3] 2.5 years
• 4] 3 years