Quiz Discussion

There are two sections A and B of a class, consisting of 36 and 44 students' respectively. If the average weight of section A is 40kg and that of section B is 35kg, find the average weight of the whole class.

• 1] 30 kg
• 2] 35 kg
• 3] 42.5 kg
• 4] 37.25 kg

The average age of a class is 15.8 years. The average age of the boys in the class is 16.4 years while that of the girls is 15.4 years. What is the ratio of boys to girls in the class?

• 1]

  1:2

• 2]

  2:3

• 3]

  3:4

• 4]

  3:5

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 reduction in the speed of an engine is directly proportional to the square of the number of bogies attached to it. The speed of the train is 100 km/hr when there are 4 bogies and 55 kmph when there are 5 bogies. What is the maximum number of bogies that can be attached to the train so that it can move?

• 1]

  4

• 2]

  5

• 3]

  6

• 4]

  7

The average age of A, B, C, D and E is 40 years. The average age of A and B is 35 years and the average of C and D is 42 years. Age of E is :

• 1] 48 years
• 2] 46 years
• 3] 42 years
• 4] 45 years

Average of two numbers is 8 and average of other three numbers is 3; the average of the five numbers is :

• 1] 2
• 2] 3
• 3] 5
• 4] 6

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

There were 35 students in a hostel. Due to the admission of 7 new students the expenses of the mess were increased by Rs.42 per day while the average expenditure per head diminished by Re 1. What was the original expenditure of the mess?

• 1] Rs. 450
• 2] Rs. 320
• 3] Rs. 550
• 4] Rs. 420

Sachin Tendulkar has a certain average for 11 innings. In the 12th innings he scores 120 runs and thereby increases his average by 5 runs. His new average is :

• 1] 60
• 2] 62
• 3] 65
• 4] 66

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