Quiz Discussion

A cricketer has a certain average for 9 innings, In the tenth inning he scores 100 runs there by increasing his average by 8 runs. His new average is 

• 1]

  28 runs

• 2]

  24 runs

• 3]

  32 runs

• 4]

  20 runs

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 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

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 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

A man has 'n' magical eggs whose average weight is 'k' gm. Each of the 'n' eggs produces 'n' eggs next day such that the average weight of 'n' eggs produced is same as that of the parental egg for each 'n' groups individually i.e. each egg produces 'n' eggs of next generation and average weight of all the 'n' eggs of next generation is same as the weight of the mother egg. This process is continued without any change in pattern. What is the total weight of all the eggs of rth generation, where the initial number of eggs with man are considered as the eggs of first generation.

• 1] rnk
• 2] rnk
• 3] nkr
• 4] nrk
• 5] None of these

The average pocket money of 3 friend A, B, C is Rs. 80 in a particular month. If B spends double and C spends triple of what A spends during that month and if the average of their unspent pocket money is Rs. 60, then A spends (in Rs.)-

• 1] Rs. 10
• 2] Rs. 20
• 3] Rs. 30
• 4] Rs. 40

The average age of P, Q and R is 15 years more than R's age. If the total age of P and Q together is 39 years, then R's age is ?

• 1] 12 years
• 2] 24 years
• 3] 16 years
• 4] 14 years

One-fourth of certain journey is covered at the rate of 25 km/h, one-third at the rate of 30 km/h and the rest at 50 km/h. Find the average speed for the whole journey.

• 1]

  600/53 km/h

• 2]

  1200/53 km/h

• 3]

  1800/53 km/h

• 4]

  1600/53 km/h

• 5]

  None of these

10 years ago, the average age of a family of 4 members was 24 years. Two children having been born (with age difference of 2 years), the present average age of the family is again 24 years. Then the present age of the youngest child is:

• 1]

  1 years

• 2]

  2 years

• 3]

  3 years

• 4]

  4 years