OPERATION EQUIP

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EQUIP (English and Quantitative
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1. The average age of 30 girls is 13 yr. The (a) 7 yr (b) 14 yr

average of first 18 girls is 15 yr. Find out the (c) 20 yr (d) 21 yr
average age of remaining 12 girls? 8. Nine friends have a dinner in a hotel Eight of
(a) 12 yr (b) 10 yr them spent Rs. 12 each on their meals and
(c) 16 yr (d) 10.5 yr the ninth spent Rs. 16 more than the
2. The average of 13 results is 60. If the average average expenditure of all the nine. Find out
of first 7 results is 59 and that of last 7 the total money spent by them?
results is 61, what will be the seventh (a) Rs. 126 (b) Rs. 135
result? (c) Rs. 111 (d) Rs. 141
(a) 90 (b) 50 9. The average of certain first consecutive even
(c) 75 (d) 60 number is 101. Find their sum?
3. The average of nine numbers is 50. The (a) 25,000 (b) 33.600
average of the first five numbers is 54 and (c) 10100 (d) 24.960
that of the last three numbers is 52. Then, 10. The average of certain first consecutive
the sixth number is? natural numbers is 20.5. Find their sum.
(a) 34 (b) 24 (a) 282 (b) 450
(c) 44 (d) 30 (c) 518 (d) 820
4. The average age of 30 women decreases by 3 11. If the average of m numbers is n2 and that of
months If a new person Neha is included in n numbers is m2, then the average of (m+n)
place of a 25 yr old woman. Calculate the numbers is -
age of Neha? (a) (b) m + n
(a) 17.5 yr (b) 20 yr (c) mn (d) m - n
(c) 30 yr (d) 22 yr 12. A. B, C. D & E are five consecutive even
5. The average salary per head of all workers of numbers. Average of A and E is 46. What is
an institution is Rs. 60. The average salary the largest number?
per head of 12 officers is Rs. 400. The (a) 52 (b) 42
average salary per head of the rest is Rs. 56. (c) 50 (d) 48
Then, the total number of workers in the 13. Of the three numbers whose average is 60.
institution is? the first is one-fourth of the sum of the
(a) 1030 (b) 1032 others. The first number is
(c) 1062 (d) 1060 (a) 30 (b) 36
6. A cricketer scored some runs In his (c) 42 (d) 45
continuous 9 innings. He scored 100 runs in 14. The average salary of 15 persons is Rs.
his 10th innings and this increased his 5.500. If the salary of one person is added,
average by 8 runs. What was the average of the average increase to Rs. 5.700. What is
his runs at the end of 10th innings? the salary of this one person?
(a) 20 (b) 24 (a) Rs. 8,700 (b) Rs. 9,500
(c) 28 (d) 32 (c) Rs. 7,800 (d) Rs. 8,500
7. The average age of three boys is 15 yr. If the 15. The average weight of 24 students is 35 kgs.
ratio of their ages is 3:5:7, what is the age of If the weight of teacher is added the average
the oldest boy?

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 increased by 400 gms. What is the weight of (a) 22 (b) 18
the teacher? (c) 21 (d) 20
(a) 45 (b) 36 26. The average expenditure of a man for the
(c) 54 (d) 63 first five months is Rs. 120 and for the next
16. The average of runs of a cricket player of 10 seven months is Rs. 130. His monthly
innings was 32. How many runs must he average income if he saves Rs. 290 in that
score in his next innings so as to increase year, is
his average of runs by 4? (a) Rs. 160 (b) Rs. 170
(a) 76 (b) 70 (c) Rs. 150 (d) Rs. 140
(c) 4 (d) 2 27. The average salary of 20 workers In an office
17. 10 kg of rice priced at Rs. 12 per kg is mixed is Rs. 1900 per month. If the manager's
with 6 kg or rice priced at Rs. 16 per kg. salary is added, the average becomes Rs.
Find the average price of the whole mixture? 2000 per month. The manager s annual
(a) Rs. 14 per kg (b) Rs. 14.50 per kg salary (in Rs) is:
(c) Rs. 13 per kg (d) Rs. 13.50 per kg (a) Rs. 24000 (b) Rs. 25200
18. The average of 5 quantities is 6. The average (c) Rs. 45600 (d) Rs. 48000
of three of them is 4. What is the average of 28. A club has 15 men and 25 women. The
remaining two quantities? average age of men is 10 years and the
(a) 2 (b) 5 average age of women is 12 year. What is the
(c) 9 (d) 7 average age of the whole club?
19. The average of five numbers is 6.9. If one of (a) 11.40 years (b) 11.60 years
the numbers is deleted, the average of the (c) 11.25 years (d) 12.25 years
remaining numbers is 4.4. What is the value 29. The average of 12 results is 15, and the
of the number deleted? average of the first two is 14. What is the
(a) 12.5 (b) 17.2 average of the rest?
(c) 16.9 (d) 16.8 (a) 15.2 (b) 13.2
20. The average age of Seema. Sapna, Asha, (c) 15 (d) 16
Kavita and Atrye is 40 years. The average age 30. Tlhe average speed of a cyclist who covers
of Seema and Sapna is 35 years and the first second and third km at 20.16 and 12
average age of Asha and Kavita is 42 years. km/hr respectively (in km/hr) is:
The age of Atrye is? (a) 16.24 (b) 16
(a) 48 (b) 47 (c) 15.66 (d) 15.32
(c) 46 (d) 32 31. In a class of 100 students, the mean marks
21. The average of 11 numbers is 10.9. If the obtained In a subject is 30 and in another
average of the first six is 10.5 and the class of 50 students the mean marks
average of last six is 11 4. find the middle obtained in the same subject is 60. The
(sixth) number. mean marks obtained by the students of two
(a) 11 (b) 10.6 classes taken together is:
(c) 11.5 (d) 10.45 (a) 40 (b) 45
22. The average temperature from Monday to (c) 48 (d) 50
Thursday is 48°C and from Tuesday to 32. The mean weight of 34 students of a school
Friday, the average temperature is 520C. If is 42 kg. If the weight of the teacher be
the temperature on Monday is 420C. what included, the mean rises by 400 g. Find the
was it on Friday? weight (in kg) of the teacher?
(a) 460C (b) 580C (a) 66 (b) 56
(c) 50 C
0 (d) 45°C (c) 55 (d) 57
23. Find the average of first 25 multiples of 5. 33. The average weight of 21 boys was recorded
(a) 65 (b) 60 as 64 kg. If the weight of the teacher was
(c) 75 (d) 80 added, the average increased by one kg.
24. What was the average daily expenditure of a What was the teacher s weight?
man in 1999 who spent Rs. 76535 in the (a) 86 kg (b) 64 kg
first half year and Rs. 88165 in the last? (c) 72 kg (d) 98 kg
(a) Rs. 450 (b) Rs. 451.32 34. Roshan bought 5 pants at Rs. 25 each. 10
(c) Rs. 451.23 (d) Rs. 450.23 shirts at Rs. 50 each and 15 ties at Rs. 35
25. The average of 6 numbers is 8 What is the each. Find the average price of all the
7th number so that average becomes 10? articles.

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 (a) Rs. 38.33 (b) Rs. 45 43. Average of a. b and c is 11; average of c. d
(c) Rs. 60 (d) Rs. 45.33 and e is 17; average of e and f is 22 and
35. The mean weight of 150 students in a class average of e and c is 17. Find out the average
is 60 kg. The mean weight of boys is 70 kg of a. b. c. d. e and f?
and that of girls is 55 kg. What is the (a) (b)
number of boys in the class?
(c) 21 (d)
(a) 50 (b) 60
(c) 75 (d) 100 44. The average age of a man and his two twin
36. The average of the test scores of a class of ‘m' born on the same day is 30 yr. The ratio of
students is 70 and that of 'n' students is 91. the ages of father and one son is 5:2. what is
When the scores of both the classes are the father’s age?
combined, the average is 80. What is n/m ? (a) 50 yr (b) 30 yr
(c) 45 yr (d) 20 yr
(a) (b)
45. If the average of the ages of Rakesh and
(b) (d) Mohan is 15, average of the ages of Mohan
37. The average marks of 120 students are 35. If and Ramesh is 12 and the average of the
average of passed students was 39 and failed ages of Rakesh and Ramesh is 13. then the
students was 15, then Find the number of age of Mohan, is?
students who have passed? (a) 16 (b) 13
(a) 80 (b) 100 (c) 14 (d) 12
(c) 120 (d) 140 46. The average of three numbers is 28. If first
38. Five years ago. the average age of P and Q number is half of the second and the 3rd
was 15 yr. Now. average age of P. Q and R is number is twice the second, tthen the third
20 yr. What whould be the age of R after 10 number is?
yr? (a) 48 (b) 36
(a) 35 yr (b) 40 yr (c) 24 (d) 18
(c) 30 yr (d) 50 yr 47. The average temperature from Monday to
39. The average salary of the entire staff in an Wednesday is 375C while the average
office is Rs. 500 per day. The average salary temperature from tuesday tjp thursday is
of officers is Rs. 750 and that of non-officers 34“C. The temperature of thursday is times
is Rs. 250. If the number of officers is 15.
to that of Monday. Find the temperature of
then find the number of non-officers in the
tnursday?
office?
(a) 36°C (b) 33°C
(a) 25 (b) 10
(c) 37°C (d) 34°C
(c) 15 (d) 20
48. There are 6 consecutive odd numbers in
40. Three year ago. the average age of a family of
increasing order. The difference between the
five members was 27 yr. The present average
average of squares of the last four numbers
age is also 27 yr after the inclusion of a child
and the first four numbers is 64 Then the
into the family. Find the age of the chiId?
average of all the six numbers is?
(a) 16 yr (b) 12 yr
(a) 8 (b) 7
(c) 24 yr (d) 20 yr
(c) 6 (d) 5
41. The average age of 5 sisters is 20 yr. If the
49. The averagee of marks obtained by 150
age of the youngest sister be 4 yr. what was
candidates in a certain examination is 50. If
the average age of the group of sisters at the
the average marks of passed candidates is
birth of the youngest sister?
55 and that of the failed candidates Is 25.
(a) 25 yr (b) 15 yr
what is the number of candidates who
(c) 18 yr (c) 20 yr
passed the examination?
42. The average weight of 4 men A. B. C and D.
(a) 125 (b) 120
is 67 kg. The 5th man E is included and the
(c) 140 (d) 160
average weight decreases by 2 kg. A is
50. The average age of 24 boys and their teacher
replaced by F. The weight of F is 4 kg more
is 15 years. When the teacher sage is
than E. Average weight decreases because of excluded, the average age decreases by 1
the replacement of A and now the average
year The age of the teacher is?
weight is 64 kg. Find the weight of A? (a) 38 years (b) 39 years
(a) 78 kg (b) 66 kg
(c) 40 years (d) 41 years
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51. The average age of 8 members of a group is and if 7 were to replace y. the average wouId
40 years. The age of 1 member is 55 yrs. be 21. Find the ages of x. yand z.
After his retirement a new member comes in (a) 22,18, 20 (b) 18, 22, 20
his place of age 39. What is the effect of his (c) 20, 18, 20 (d) 18, 20, 22
retirement on the average age of group? 60. The average age of a family of 6 members is
(a) 2 (b) 0 22 years. If the age of the youngest member
(c) 3 (d) 5 be 7 years, then what was the average age of
52. The average age of 11 players of a cricket the family at the birth of the youngest
team is increased by 2 months when two of member?
them aged 18 years and 20 years are (a) 18 (b) 15
replaced by two new players. The average age (c) 13 (d) 26
of the new players is? 61. The average age of 10 men is increased by 2
(a) 19 years 1 month (b) 19 years 6 months years when one of them of 25 years age, is
(c) 19 years 11 months replaced by new man. What is the age of new
(d) 19 years 5 months man?
53. In a school, the average age of students is 6 (a) 50 (b) 45
years, and the average age of 12 teachers is (c) 35 (d) 25
40 years. If the average age of the combined 62. The mean of the marks obtained by 100
group of all the teachers and students is 7 students is 60. If the marks obtained by one
years, then the number of students is? of the students was incorrectly calculated as
(a) 396 (b) 400 75, whereas the actual marks obtained by
(c) 408 (d) 416 him were 65. what is the correct mean of the
54. A batsman has a certain average in 11 marks obtained by the students?
Innings. In the 12m innings, he scores 90 (a) 59.9 (b) 59
runs and his average decreases by 5. After (c) 58.5 (d) 59.4
the 12th innings what is his average? 63. A, B. C and D are four consecutive even
(a) 145 (b) 130 numbers respectively and their average is
(c) 135 (d) 140 65. What is the product of A and D?
55. A cricketer gives 12.4 runs per wicket. He (a) 3968 (b) 4092
gives 26 runs and takes 5 wicket in a match (c) 4216 (d) 4352
after which his average becomes 12 per 64. The average weight of 36 students Is 50 kg.
wicket. How many wickets had been taken It was found later that the weight of one of
till the last match? the student was misread as 73 kg. whereas
(a) 85 (b) 90 his actual weight was 37 kg. Find the correct
(c) 65 (d) 72 average.
56. The average of a batsman after 25 innings (a) 47 (b) 49.5
was 56 runs per innings. If after the 26th (c) 49 (d) 51
inning his average increased by 2 runs, then 65. The average score of Sachin after 25 innings
find his score in the 26"' Inning? is 46 runs per innings. If after the 26th
(a) 100 (b) 102 innings, his average runs increased by 2
(c) 108 (d) 98 runs, then what is his score in the 26th
57. The average age of a class of 30 students and innings?
a teacher reduce by 0.5 years if we exclude (a) 48 (b) 84
the teacher. If the Initial average is 14 years, (c) 98 (d) 89
find the age of the class teacher? 66. 3 years ago the average age of a family of 5
(a) 29 years (b) 30 years members was 17 years, with the birth of a
(c) 31 years (d) 32 years new baby, the average age of six members
58. The average mar ks of a group of 20 students remains the same even today. Find the age of
on a test is reduced by 4 when the topper the new baby.
who scored 90 marks is replaced by a new (a) 2 years (b) 3 years
students. Find the marks of the new (c) 5 years (d) can't be determined
student. 67. The average marks of a student in four
(a) 10 (b) 51 subjects is 75. If the student obtained 80
(c) 56 (d) 86 marks in the 5 subject then the new average
59. The average age of x and y is 20 years. If z is?
were to replace x, Ihe average would be 19 (a) 80 (b) 76

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 (c) 92 (d) 95 decreases by Rs. 1. Find the original
68. The average weight of A, Band C is 84 kgs. If expenditure of the mess?
D joins, the average weight now Is 80 kgs. If (a) Rs. 420 (b) Rs. 520
another person E who is 3kgs heavier than D (c) Rs. 450 (d) Rs. 550
replaces A then the average weight of B, C. D 70. 19 persons went to a hotel for a combined
and E becomes 79kgs. what Is the weight of dinner party. 13 of them spent Rs. 79 each
A? on their dinner and the rest spent Rs. 4
(a) 70 kg (b) 75 kg more than the average expenditure of all the
(c) 65 kg (d) 55 kg 19. What was the total money spent by
69. There were 35 students in a hostel. If the them.
number of students increases by 7, the (a) 1628.4 (b) 1536.07
expenses of the mess increase by Rs. 42 per (c) 1492 (d) 1496
day while the average expenditure per head