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Average MCQs

Question 1: The average score of 8 RRB NTPC aspirants in a mock test is 72 marks. What is the total score of all 8 aspirants?

A. 536  B. 576  C. 586  D. 596

Question 2: The average monthly expenditure of 6 SSC CHSL aspirants during their exam preparation is ₹4,500. What is their total monthly expenditure?

A. ₹24,000  B. ₹25,000  C. ₹27,000  D. ₹28,000

Question 3: The average score of 7 RRB ALP aspirants in a mock test is 64 marks. If the total marks of 6 aspirants are 370, what are the marks scored by the seventh aspirant?

A. 68  B. 72  C. 78  D. 82

Question 4: The average age of 5 SSC CGL aspirants is 26 years. If one more aspirant joins the group and the average age becomes 27 years, what is the age of the new aspirant?

A. 30 years  B. 31 years  C. 32 years  D. 33 years

Question 5: The average monthly salary of 8 railway employees is ₹42,500. If the salary of one employee, ₹38,500, is replaced by the salary of a new employee, what should the new employee’s salary be so that the average salary increases to ₹43,250?

A. ₹44,500  B. ₹45,500  C. ₹46,500  D. ₹47,500

Question 6: The average marks of 7 SSC CGL aspirants in a mock test is 68 marks. If each aspirant’s marks are increased by 5 marks, what will be the new average marks?

A. 70 marks  B. 72 marks  C. 73 marks  D. 75 marks

Question 7: The average age of 9 RRB Group D candidates is 24 years. If the average age of 5 of them is 22 years, what is the average age of the remaining 4 candidates?

A. 25.5 years  B. 26 years  C. 26.5 years  D. 27 years

Question 8: The average age of 6 RRB NTPC aspirants is 24 years. If one aspirant aged 30 years is replaced by another aspirant, the average age becomes 26 years. What is the age of the new aspirant?

A. 36 years  B. 38 years  C. 40 years  D. 42 years

Question 9: The average score of 15 Banking exam aspirants in a mock test is 68 marks. If another 5 aspirants, whose average score is 80 marks, join the group, what will be the new average score of all 20 aspirants?

A. 70 marks  B. 71 marks  C. 72 marks  D. 73 marks

Question 10: The average marks of 8 SSC MTS aspirants in a mock test was calculated as 45 marks. Later, it was found that one aspirant’s marks were recorded as 36 instead of 63. What is the correct average?

A. 47.25 marks  B. 48.375 marks  C. 49.25 marks  D. 50.375 marks

Question 11: The average monthly salary of 12 employees of a bank is ₹48,000. If the average salary of 5 employees is ₹40,000, what is the average monthly salary of the remaining 7 employees?

A. ₹52,714.29  B. ₹53,714.29  C. ₹54,714.29  D. ₹55,714.29

Question 12: In a MathsByNITian mock test, the number of candidates in Group A and Group B is in the ratio 3 : 5. The average score of Group A is 64 marks, while that of Group B is 76 marks. What is the combined average score of both groups?

A. 70.5 marks  B. 71 marks  C. 71.5 marks  D. 72 marks

Question 13: In an RBI Grade B mock test, the average score of 5 aspirants is 48 marks. The average score of the first 3 aspirants is 42 marks, while the average score of the last 3 aspirants is 54 marks. What is the score of the third aspirant?

A. 42 marks  B. 48 marks  C. 54 marks  D. 60 marks

Question 14: The average marks of 10 SSC CPO aspirants in a mock test is 64 marks. If the marks of one aspirant are increased by 18 marks, the average increases to 65.8 marks. What were the original marks of that aspirant?

A. 46  B. 48  C. 50  D. 52

Question 15: The average age of 8 newly recruited bank employees is 27 years. If the average age of the first 5 employees is 25 years, what is the average age of the remaining 3 employees?

A. 29 years  B. 30 years  C. 30⅓ years  D. 31 years

Question 16: The average of 11 consecutive integers is 48. If the largest integer is removed, what will be the average of the remaining 10 integers?

A. 46.5  B. 47  C. 47.5  D. 48

Question 17: The monthly expenditure to operate a food plaza at Bharatpur Railway Station is ₹6.4 lakh on average over 15 months. During 9 of these months, the average monthly expenditure was ₹5.8 lakh. What was the average monthly expenditure during the remaining 6 months?

A. ₹7.1 lakh  B. ₹7.2 lakh  C. ₹7.3 lakh  D. ₹7.4 lakh

Question 18: In an RRB Paramedical mock test, the average score of 12 aspirants is 68 marks. If the average score of the 10 aspirants after excluding the highest and lowest scores is 67.5 marks, and the highest score is 82 marks, what is the lowest score?

A. 57 marks  B. 59 marks  C. 61 marks  D. 63 marks

Question 19: The average monthly income of 8 newly recruited Assistant Accounts Officers (AAOs) is ₹18,000. If the average monthly income of 5 AAOs is ₹16,000, and the monthly income of each of the remaining 3 AAOs increases by ₹2,000, what will be the new average monthly income of all 8 AAOs?

A. ₹18,250  B. ₹18,500  C. ₹18,750  D. ₹19,000

Question 20: In a MathsByNITian SSC JE mock test, the average score of 12 SSC JE aspirants is 75 marks. The average score of the first 5 aspirants is 66 marks, while the average score of the next 4 aspirants is 75 marks. If the scores of the remaining 3 aspirants are in the ratio 2 : 3 : 4, what is the score of the highest-scoring aspirant?

A. 108 marks  B. 112 marks  C. 120 marks  D. 126 marks

Average — True/False Questions

Question 1

The average age of 8 friends in Apsara is 24 years. Their total age is therefore 192 years.

True / False

Question 2

The average age of 6 newly joined Station Masters is 28 years. If each Station Master’s age increases by 2 years, the new average age will be 30 years.

True / False

Question 3

The average monthly expenditure of 10 banking aspirants is ₹6,000. If one aspirant whose monthly expenditure is ₹5,000 is removed from the group, the average expenditure of the remaining aspirants will remain ₹6,000.

True / False

Question 4

The average score of 12 MathsByNITian toppers in a mock test is 68 marks. If the average score of 5 toppers is 72 marks, the average score of the remaining 7 toppers is 65⅐ marks.

True / False

Question 5

The average of 7 consecutive odd numbers is equal to the middle number of the sequence.

True / False

Question 6

The average score of 15 Section Controllers in a departmental assessment is 64 marks. If one Section Controller scoring 74 marks is removed, the average score of the remaining 14 Section Controllers will be approximately 63.29 marks.

True / False

Question 7

The average monthly salary of 8 newly recruited bank employees is ₹42,000. If each employee receives a salary increase of ₹3,000, the new average monthly salary will be ₹45,000.

True / False

Question 8

In a MathsByNITian SSC CGL mock test, the average score of 20 aspirants is 72 marks. If the average score of 8 aspirants is 68 marks, the total score of the remaining 12 aspirants is 880 marks.

True / False

Question 9

The average of 9 consecutive even numbers is 56. The smallest number is therefore 48 and the largest number is 64.

True / False

Question 10

The average monthly expenditure of a mess in a railway trainee hostel is ₹5,000. If the mess expenditure for one month is ₹8,000 and the expenditure for each of the remaining 5 months is ₹4,400, the average monthly expenditure is ₹5,000.

True / False

Average — Fill in the Blanks

Question 1

The average of 8 RRB NTPC aspirants is 72 marks. Therefore, their total marks are _____.

Question 2

The average age of 7 newly recruited Station Masters is 26 years. If the age of one Station Master is 32 years, the total age of the remaining 6 Station Masters is _____ years.

Question 3

In a MathsByNITian mock test, the average score of 15 SSC aspirants is 64 marks. If the average score of 5 aspirants is 70 marks, the total score of the remaining 10 aspirants is _____ marks.

Question 4

The average of 9 consecutive even numbers is 54. The largest number in the sequence is _____.

Question 5

The average monthly expenditure of a railway trainee hostel mess for 6 months is ₹48,000. If the expenditure during the first 5 months totals ₹2,25,000, the expenditure during the sixth month is ₹_____.

Question 6

The average score of 12 RRB Paramedical aspirants in a mock test is 72 marks. If the total score of 7 aspirants is 490 marks, the average score of the remaining 5 aspirants is _____ marks.

Question 7

The average monthly income of 10 newly recruited AAOs is ₹52,000. If the monthly income of one AAO is ₹61,000, the average monthly income of the remaining 9 AAOs is ₹_____.

Question 8

In a MathsByNITian SSC JE mock test, the average score of 8 aspirants is 75 marks. If one aspirant’s score of 68 marks is replaced by a score of 84 marks, the new average score of the 8 aspirants will be _____ marks.

Question 9

The average of 7 consecutive odd numbers is 51. The smallest number in the sequence is _____.

Question 10

The average monthly expenditure of a Tourist Waiting Room near the Taj Mahal is ₹7.5 lakh over 8 months. If the average expenditure during the first 5 months was ₹7.2 lakh, the total expenditure during the remaining 3 months was ₹_____ lakh.

Average — Word Problems

Question 1

An RRB Technician aspirant scored an average of 68 marks in his first 4 mock tests. In the fifth mock test, he scored 82 marks. What should he score in the sixth mock test to achieve an overall average of 72 marks across all six mock tests?

Question 2

The average age of 6 newly appointed Assistant Section Officers (ASOs) is 29 years. After one year, another ASO joins the group, and the average age of all 7 ASOs becomes 30 years. What was the age of the newly joined ASO when he joined the group?

Question 3

A railway training centre recorded the following numbers of trainees attending its morning session over 5 consecutive days: 184, 216, 205, 195 and 220. How many trainees must attend the session on the sixth day so that the average attendance over all six days becomes 205 trainees per day?

Question 4

A Banking examination aspirant spends an average of ₹2,400 per month on study materials and test series during the first 6 months of preparation. During the next 4 months, his average monthly expenditure increases to ₹3,150. What is his average monthly expenditure on study materials and test series over the entire 10-month period?

Question 5

In a MathsByNITian RRB NTPC mock-test series, an aspirant’s average score in the first 3 tests was 64 marks, while his average score in the next 2 tests was 76 marks. If he scored 82 marks in the sixth test, what was his average score across all six tests?

Question 6

At Bathinda Railway Station, the average number of passengers handled over 8 consecutive days was 18,500. After excluding the day with the highest passenger count and the day with the lowest passenger count, the average passenger count for the remaining 6 days was 18,200. If the highest passenger count was 21,600, what was the lowest passenger count?

Question 7

In a hypothetical cricket series, Virat Kohli had an average score of 72 runs after 8 innings. In his ninth innings, he scored 90 runs. What was his new batting average after the ninth innings?

Question 8

The average score of the top 6 SSC CGL toppers is 182 marks. The average score of the remaining 4 toppers is 168 marks, while the scores of the top two toppers are in the ratio 11 : 10. Find the scores of the top two toppers.

Question 9

A pantry car in a train prepares meals for passengers. The cost of preparing 350 meals is ₹42,000. It then prepares 50 additional meals at ₹100 per meal. What is the average cost of preparing each meal for all 400 meals?

Question 10

The closing prices of four companies listed on the NSE are ₹720, ₹840, ₹960 and ₹1,080 per share. The average closing price of these four shares is compared with the average closing price of another group of four NSE-listed companies, which is ₹900 per share. If the average closing price of the first group increases by 10%, what will be the difference between the two group averages?

Question 11

A samosa vendor at Unnao Railway Station sold an average of 250 samosas per day over 7 consecutive days. On the first three days, he sold 20, 15 and 30 fewer samosas, respectively, than his average daily sales. On the next three days, he sold 10, 25 and 20 more samosas, respectively, than his average daily sales. How many samosas did he sell on the seventh day?

Question 12

In a MathsByNITian mock test, the average score of 20 aspirants is 72 marks. After the scores are reviewed, it is found that the scores of two aspirants were entered as 48 and 56 instead of 68 and 76. What is the correct average score of the 20 aspirants?

Question 13

In a UP Police recruitment training batch, the average age of 15 candidates is 24 years. The average age of the male candidates is 26 years, while the average age of the female candidates is 21 years. How many male and female candidates are there in the batch?

Question 14

The average distance travelled by an electric bike on each of 6 consecutive days is 54 km. On the first 5 days, it travelled 48 km, 52 km, 61 km, 55 km and 50 km, respectively. How far did it travel on the sixth day?

Question 15

A company has three departments with 20, 30 and 50 employees respectively. Their average monthly salaries are ₹42,000, ₹48,000 and ₹56,000, respectively. What is the average monthly salary of all employees in the company?

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