Quiz Discussion

From a class of 42 boys, a boy aged 10 years goes away and in his place, a new boy is admitted. If on account of this change, the average age of the boys in that class increases by 2 months, the age of the newcomer is :

• 1] 19 years
• 2] 17 years
• 3] 10 years 6 months
• 4] 12 years 2 months

The average marks of four subjects is 120. If 33 was misread as 13 during the calculation, what will be the correct average?

• 1] 122
• 2] 120
• 3] 125
• 4] 121

The average weight of 8 men is increased by 1.5 kg when one of the men, who weight 65 kg is replaced by a new man. The weight of the new man is-

• 1] 70 kg
• 2] 74 kg
• 3] 76 kg
• 4] 77 kg

A librarian purchased 50 storybooks for his library. But he saw that he could get 14 books more by spending Rs. 76 more but per book average becomes Rs. 1 less. The average price (in Rs.) of each book he bought, was :

• 1] 15
• 2] 25
• 3] 20
• 4] 10

The average weight of 47 balls is 4 g. if the weight of the bag (in which the balls are kept) be included; the calculated average weight per ball increases by 0.3 g. What is the weight of the bag?

• 1] 14.8 g
• 2] 14.4 g
• 3] 15 g
• 4] 18.6 g
• 5] None of these

If the average of 5 consecutive integers is x then, find the average of next to next 5 consecutive integers.

• 1] x + 5
• 2] x - 5
• 3] x + 10
• 4] x + 25

The average of six numbers is 3.95. The average of two of them is 3.4, while the average of the other two is 3.85. The average of the remaining two numbers is :

• 1] 4.6
• 2] 4.8
• 3] 4.5
• 4] 4.7

The average of the ages of Sumit, Krishna and Rishabh is 43 and the average of the ages of Sumit, Rishabh and Rohit is 49. If Rohit is 54 years old, what is Krishna’s age?

• 1] 24 years
• 2] 36 years
• 3] 45 years
• 4] Cannot be determined
• 5] None of these

If the average of x and 1/x(X\( \ne \)0) is M, then the average of x2 and 1/x² is :

• 1] 1 - M2
• 2] 1 - 2M2
• 3] 2M2 - 1
• 4] 2M2 + 1

A shop of electronic goods is closed on Monday. The average daily sales for remaining six days of a week is Rs. 15,640 and the average sale of Tuesday to Saturday is Rs. 14,124. The sales on Sunday is -

• 1] Rs. 20,188
• 2] Data inadequate
• 3] Rs. 23,220
• 4] Rs. 21,704