Quiz Discussion

The mean of 100 observations was calculated as 40. It was founder later on that one of the observation was misread as 83 instead of 53. The correct mean is :

• 1] 39
• 2] 39.7
• 3] 40.3
• 4] 42.7

In Arun's opinion, his weight is greater than 65 kg but less than 72 kg. His brother does 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] Data inadequate

A student finds the average of 10, 2 digits numbers. If the digits of one of the numbers interchanged, the average increases by 3.6. The difference between the digits of the 2 digits number is :

• 1] 4
• 2] 3
• 3] 2
• 4] 5

A batsman makes a score of 87 runs in the 17th inning and thus increases his average by 3. Find his average after 17th inning.

• 1] 40
• 2] 39
• 3] 52
• 4] 55

Mukesh has twice as much money as Soham. Soham has 50% more money than Pankaj. If the average money with them is Rs. 110, then Mukesh has :

• 1] Rs. 155
• 2] Rs. 160
• 3] Rs. 180
• 4] Rs. 175

Distance between two stations A and B is 778km. A train covers the journey from A to B at 84 km per hour and returns back to A with a uniform speed of 56 km per hour. Find the average speed of train during the whole journey.

• 1]

  60 km/hr

• 2]

  30.5 km/hr

• 3]

  57 km/hr

• 4]

  67.2 km/hr

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 score of a class of boys and girls in an examination is A. The ratio of boys and girls in the class is 3 : 1. If the average score of the boys is A + 1, the average score of the girls is-

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

The average age of four boys A, B, C and D is 5 years and the average age A, B, D, E is 6 years. C is 8 years old. The age of E is (in years) :

• 1] 12
• 2] 13
• 3] 14
• 4] 15

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