Average CUET General Test MCQs

Question: The average of 10, 12, 16, 20, p and 26 is 17. Find the value of p.
a) 17
b) 18
c) 15
d) 16

Answer: b

Question: The average wage of workers in a factory is Rs 6000. There are 12 officers having an average wage of Rs 14000, while the average wage of the remaining persons is Rs 5600, the number of the workers is that factory is
a) 242
b) 252
c) 240
d) 230

Answer: b

Question: A motorist travels to a place 150 km away at an average speed of 50 km/h and returns at 30 km/h. His average speed for the whole journey (in km/h) is
a) 35
b) 37
c) 37.5
d) 40

Answer: c

Question: The average of 5 numbers is 20 and 4 of the numbers are 10, 15, 20 and 25. If the number are arranged in ascending order, then the average of the last three i
a) 25
b) 18.75
c) 24
d) 22.33

Answer: a

Question: The population of a town increased from 175000 to 262500 in a decade. The average per cent increase of population per year is
a) 4.37%
b) 5%
c) 6%
d) 8.75%

Answer: b

Question: In a class, the average score of girls in an examination is 73 and that of boys is 71. The average score for the whole class is 71.8. Find the percentage of girls.
a) 40%
b) 50%
c) 55%
d) 60%

Answer: a

Question: The average of 6 numbers is 30. If first four numbers average is 25 and last three numbers average is 35, then fourth number will be
a) 25
b) 30
c) 35
d) 40

Answer: a

Question: A grocer has a sale of Rs 6435, Rs 6927, Rs 6855, Rs 7230 and Rs 6562 for 5 consecutive months. How much sale must he have in the sixth month, so that he gets an average sale of Rs 6500?
a) Rs 4991
b) Rs 5991
c) Rs 6001
d) Rs 6991

Answer: a

Question: The average of 11 results is 60 marks. If the average of first six results is 59 marks and that of the last six is 62 marks, then the sixth result contains
a) 65 marks
b) 66 marks
c) 60 marks
d) 61 marks

Answer: b

Question: The average of the even numbers from 1 to 30 is
a) 15
b) 17
c) 19
d) 16

Answer: d

Question: The average of 5 consecutive numbers is 18. The highest of these numbers will be
a) 24
b) 18
c) 20
d) 22

Answer: c

Question: The average of five numbers is 42 while the average of another eight numbers is 81. What is the combined average of all numbers together?
a) 66
b) 60.5
c) 68.5
d) 64

Answer: a

Question: The average of marks of a student in 7 subjects is 75. His average in 6 subjects excluding Science is 72. How many marks did he get in Science?
a) 72
b) 90
c) 93
d) None of these

Answer: c

Question: The average of three numbers is 135. The largest number is 195 and the difference between the other two is 20. The smallest number is
a) 65
b) 95
c) 105
d) 115

Answer: b

Question: The average age of a class is 15.8 yr. The average age of the boys in the class is 16.4 yr while that of the girls is 15.4 yr. What is the ratio of boys to girls in the class ?
a) 1 : 2
b) 3 : 4
c) 3 : 5
d) None of these

Answer: d

Question: Three years ago, the average age of a family of 5 members was 17 yr. A baby having been born, the average age of the family is the same today. The present age of the baby is
a) 2 yr
b) 2.4 yr
c) 3 yr
d) 1.5 yr

Answer: a

Question: In the first 10 overs of a cricket game, the run rate was only 3.2. What should be the run rate in the remaining 40 overs to reach the target of 282 runs?
a) 6.25
b) 6.5
c) 6.75
d) 7

Answer: a

Question: Five years ago, the average age of P and Q was 15 yr. Average age of P, Q and R today is 20 yr. How old will R be after 10 yr?
a) 35 yr
b) 40 yr
c) 30 yr
d) 50 yr

Answer: c

Question: The average of two numbers is M. If one number is N, then the other number is
a) 2N
b) 2M
c) M − N
d) 2M − N

Answer: d

Question: The average of 11 observations is 60. If the average of first five observations is 58 and that of last five is 56, the sixth observation is
a) 90
b) 110
c) 85
d) 100

Answer: a

Question: The average of 50 numbers is 38. If two numbers, namely 45 and 55 are discarded, the average of remaining numbers is
a) 36.5
b) 37
c) 37.5
d) 37.52

Answer: c

Question: The average of first five multiple of 3 is
a) 3
b) 9
c) 12
d) 15

Answer: b

Question: A cricketer has completed 14 innings and his average is 30 runs. How many runs must he make in his next innings so as to raise his average to 32?
a) 60
b) 55
c) 65
d) 50

Answer: a

Question: Find the average of four numbers 2 3/4, 5 1/3, 4 1/6 , 8 1/2
a) 5 3/16
b) 3 3/16
c) 16 5/3
d) 3 16/3

Answer: a

Question: The average of the fractions 1 1/2, 2 1/3, 3 1/3, and 4 5/6 is:
a) 2
b) 2 1/2
c) 3
d) 4

Answer: c

Question: An establishment is permitted an average monthly contingency expenditure of Rs 500 per month during the financial year. When a trial check was made at the end of the first nine months of the year it was found that the average monthly contingency expenditure worked out to be Rs 511. What average monthly expenditure for the next three months should be aimed at in order to attain the permissible average of Rs 500 per month for the whole year?
a) Rs 567
b) Rs 467
c) Rs 367
d) Rs 667

Answer: b

Question: The average of 13 numbers is 68, the average of first 7 numbers is 63 and the average of last 7 numbers is 70. What is the 7th number?
a) 43
b) 45
c) 47
d) 49

Answer: c

Question: The average of marks obtained by 120 candidates was 35. If the average of marks of passed candidates was 39 and that of failed candidates was 15, the number of candidates who passed the examination is
a) 100
b) 110
c) 120
d) 150

Answer: a

Question: Nine men went to a hotel. Eight of them spent Rs 3 for each over their meals and the ninth spent Rs 2 more than the average expenditure of all the nine. What is the total money spent by them?
a) Rs 29.25
b) Rs 29.50
c) Rs 29
d) Rs 30

Answer: a

Question: Average age of 8 persons increased by 2 years, when two men whose ages are 20 and 24 years are replaced by two women. What is the average age of women?
a) 30 years
b) 31 years
c) 28 years
d) 33 years

Answer: a

Question: The average of first nine multiples of 3 is
a) 12.0
b) 12.5
c) 15.0
d) 18.5

Answer: c

Question: A man had seven children. When their average age was 12 years, the child who was 6 years of age died) What was the average of the surviving children 5 years after the death of the child?
a) 15 years
b) 16 years
c) 17 years
d) 18 years

Answer: d

Question: One-third of a certain journey was covered at the rate of 25 km per hour, one-fourth at the rate of 30 km per hour and the rest at the 50 km per hour. What is the average speed per hour for whole journey?
a) 33 1/3 kmph
b) 44 1/4 kmph
c) 22 1/2 kmph
d) 33 kmph

Answer: a

Question: The weight of a body, calculated as the average of seven different experiments is 53.735 grams. The average of the first three is 54.005 grams, the fourth was greater than the fifth by 0.004 gram, while the average of the sixth and seventh was 0.010 gram less than the average of the first three. What is the weight of the body as obtained by the fourth experiment?
a) 53.068 gm
b) 53.078 gm
c) 53.086 gm
d) 53.072 gm

Answer: d

Question: The average of 50 numbers is 38. If two numbers namely 45 and 55 are discarded, the average of the remaining numbers is
a) 36.5
b) 37
c) 37.5
d) 37.52

Answer: c

Question: A man whose bowling average is 12.4 takes 5 wickets for 26 runs and thereby decreases his average by 0.4. The number of wickets, taken by him, before his last match, is
a) 85
b) 78
c) 72
d) 64

Answer: a

Question: A batsman has a certain average of runs for 16 innings. In the 17th innings, he makes a score of 85 runs thereby increasing his average by 3. What is the average after the 17th inning?
a) 33 runs
b) 34 runs
c) 37 runs
d) 36 runs

Answer: c

Question: The average of three numbers is 42. The first is twice the second and the second is twice the third) The difference between the largest and the smallest number is
a) 18
b) 36
c) 54
d) 72

Answer: c

Question: The average of 6 observations is 12. A new seventh observation is included and the new average is decreased by 1. The seventh observation is
a) 1
b) 3
c) 5
d) 6

Answer: c