Topic Average

For PPSC/FPSC/NTS/OTS/PTS/FIA
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1. Average of First 21 Natural Nos. ?
a. 21 b. 11
c. 16 d. None of these
2. Average of first 99 Natural Nos. ?
a. 50 b. 5
c. 100 d. None of these
3. Average of First 49 Natural Nos. ?
a. 24 b. 25
c. 26 d. None of these
4. Average of First 70 Natural Nos ?
a. 35 b. 35.5
c. 36.5 d. None of these
5. Average of First 15 Natural Even Nos. ?
a. 14 b. 15
c. 16 d. None of these
6. Average of first 50 Natural Even Nos. ?
a. 50 b. 51
c. 52 d. None of these
7. Average of First 99 Natural Even Nos. ?
a. 98 b. 99
c. 100 d. None of these
8. Average of First 75 Natural Even Nos ?
a. 72 b. 73
c. 75 d. None of these
9. Average of First 45 Natural ODD Nos. ?
a. 44 b. 45
c. 46 d. None of these
10. Average of first 23 Natural ODD Nos. ?
a. 23 b. 24
c. 25 d. None of these

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11. Average of First 99 Natural ODD Nos. ?
a. 99 b. 100
c. 101 d. None of these
12. Average of First 74 Natural ODD Nos ?
a. 74 b. 75
c. 76 d. None of these
13. Find out the average of first 99 multiple of 4 natural numbers?
a. 100 b. 200
c. 300 d. None of these
14. Find out the average of first 50 multiple of 10 with natural numbers?
a. 55 b. 155
c. 255 d. None of these
15. Five years ago, the average of P and Q was 25 years. Now, Average of P, Q
and R is 30 years. How old will R be after 10 years?
a. 20 b. 30
c. 40 d. None of these
16. Find the average. 275,271,274,273,272
a. 272 b. 273
c. 274 d. None of these
17. The average of Nine consecutive numbers is 11. What is the Largest number ?
a. 12 b. 13
c. 14 d. None of these
18. The average of five consecutive numbers is 25. What is the Smallest Number ?
a. 21 b. 22
c. 23 d. None of these
19. The average of seven consecutive numbers is 19. Find difference between the
largest and smallest number.
a. 4 b. 5
c. 6 d. None of these
20. Rashid buys 3 books for Rs: 47 each and 4 books for Rs: 40 each. What will be
the average price of the books?
a. 38 b. 43
c. 48 d. None of these

Answer Key

1 B 5 C 9 B 13 B 17 D
2 A 6 B 10 A 14 C 18 C
3 B 7 C 11 A 15 C 19 C
4 B 8 D 12 A 16 B 20 B

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 Set 2
1. The average of first 10 even numbers is___________?
A. 22 B. 18
C. 9 D. 11
2. The average of first 10 odd numbers is_____________?
A. 12 B. 10
C. 11 D. 17
3. The average of first 10 natural numbers is____________?
A. 6 B. 5.5
C. 6.5 D. 5
4. The average of first ten prime numbers which are odd is____________?
A. 13.8 B. 12.9
C. 15.8 D. 17
5. The temperature at noon in LHR ,Pakistan was 6 degree on Monday ,4 degree
on Tuesday, 2 degree below zero on Wednesday, 3 degree below zero on
Thursday, 0 degree on Friday , 3 degree on Saturday , and 6 degree on Sunday.
What was the average temperature at noon for the week ?
A. -2 degree B. 14 degree
C. 2 degree D. 7 degree
6. The average of two numbers is XY. If one number is equal to X , the other
number is equal to_________?
A. 2Y B. X
C. XY-X D. 2 XY - X
7. The average weight of A, B and C is 45 kg. If the average weight of A and B be
40 kg and that of B and C be 43 kg, then the weight of B is___________?
A. 20 kg B. 17 kg
C. 26 kg D. 31 kg
8. The average of 18 observations was calculated and it was 124. Later on it was
discovered that two observations 46 and 82 were incorrect. The correct values
are 64 and 28. The correct average of 18 observations is___________?
A. 137 B. 123
C. 121 D. 122
9. If the average marks of three batches of 55, 60 and 45 students respectively is
50, 55, 60, then the average marks of all the students is__________?
A. 55 B. 54.68
C. 53.33 D. None of these

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10.The average weight of 16 boys in a class is 50.25 kg and that of the remaining 8
boys is 45.15 kg. Find the average weights of all the boys in the class.
A. 48 kg B. 47.55 kg
C. 48.55 kg D. 49.25 kg
11.The mean marks of 30 students in a class is 58.5. Later on it was found that 75
was wrongly recorded as 57. Find the correct them.
A. 57.5 B. 57.4
C. 58.9 D. 59.1
12.The average age of students of a class is 15.8 years. The average age of boys in
the class is 16.4 years and that of the girls is 15.4 years. The ration of the
number of boys to the number of girls in the class is___________?
A. 3:4 B. 2:3
C. 1:2 D. 3:5
13.The average of 11 numbers is 10.9. If the average of first six is 10.5 and that of
the last six is 11.4 the sixth number is_____________?
A. 11.3 B. 11.0
C. 11.4 D. 11.5
14.The average of 9 observations was 9, that of the 1st of 5 being 10 and that of the
last 5 being 8. What was the 5th observation?
A. 9 B. 7
C. 8 D. 6
15.The average of first five prime numbers greater than 20 is____________?
A. 31.01 B. 31.00
C. 32.00 D. 32.2
16.A cricketer has a certain average for 10 innings. In the eleventh inning, he
scored 108 runs, there by increasing his average by 6 runs. His new average
is_____________?
A. 48 runs B. 55 runs
C. 52 runs D. 60 runs
17.The average monthly income of P and Q is Rs. 5050. The average monthly
income of Q and R is 6250 and the average monthly income of P and R is Rs.
5200. The monthly income of P is____________?
A. Rs. 4050 B. Rs. 4000
C. Rs. 3500 D. Rs. 5000
18.The average age of 15 students of a class is 15 years. Out of these, the average
age of 5 students is 14 years and that of the other 9 students is 16 years. The age
of the 15th student is____________?
A. 11 years B. 15 years
C. 14 years D. 15 2/7 years

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19.The mean of 50 observations was 36. It was found later that an observation 48
was wrongly taken as 23. The corrected new mean is___________?
A. 36.1 B. 35.2
C. 36.5 D. 39.1
20.If the arithmetic mean of seventy five numbers is calculated, it is 35. If each
number is increased by 5, then mean of new number is___________?
A. 70 B. 40
C. 30 D. 90
21.In the first 10 overs of a cricket game, the run rate was only 3.2. What should be
the rate in the remaining 40 overs to reach the target of 282 runs?
A. 6.25 B. 6.75
C. 6.5 D. 7
22.The average of runs of a cricket player of 10 innings was 32. How many runs
must he make in his next innings so as to increase his average of runs by 4?
A. 4 B. 2
C. 70 D. 76
23.The average of 35 students in a class is 16 years. The average age of 21 students
is 14. What is the average age of remaining 14 students?
A. 17 years B. 15 years
C. 18 years D. 19 years
24.The average of five numbers is 27. If one number is excluded, the average
becomes 25. The excluded number is__________?
A. 27 B. 25
C. 30 D. 35
25.A library has an average of 510 visitors on Sunday and 240 on other days. The
average number of visitors per day in a month of 30 days beginning with a
Sunday is___________?
A. 276 B. 250
C. 280 D. 285
26.The average of five consecutive odd numbers is 61. What is the difference
between the highest and lowest numbers?
A. 5 B. 2
C. 8 D. Cannot be determined
27.The average of non-zero number and its square is 5 times the number. The
number is__________?
A. 9 B. 29
C. 17 D. 295

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28.The average of the two-digit numbers, which remain the same when the digits
interchange their positions, is__________?
A. 44 B. 33
C. 55 D. 66
29.The average of first five multiples of 3 is____________?
A. 12 B. 9
C. 3 D. 15
30.Find the average of all the numbers between 6 and 34 which are divisible by 5.
A. 24 B. 20
C. 18 D. 30
31.The average of 20 numbers is zero. Of them, at the most, how many may be
greater than zero?
A. 1 B. 0
C. 10 D. 19
32.Sarfaraz obtained 76, 65, 82, 67 and 85 marks (out of 100) in English,
Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology. What are his average marks?
A. 69 B. 65
C. 72 D. None of these
33.A total of 300 chocolates were distributed among 120 boys and girls such that
each boy received 2 chocolates and each girl received 3 chocolates. Find the
respective number of boys and girls?
A. 50, 70 B. 60, 60
C. 70, 50 D. 40, 80
34.The total marks obtained by a student in Mathematics and Physics is 60 and his
score in Chemistry is 20 marks more than that in Physics. Find the average
marks scored in Mathematics and Chemistry together.
A. 40 B. 25
C. 30 D. Data inadequate
35.Five years ago the average of the ages of A and B was 40 years and now the
average of the ages of B and C is 48 years. What will be the age of the B ten
years hence?
A. 56 years B. 55 years
C. 58 years D. Data inadequate
36.Aftab bought 65 books for Rs.1150 from one shop and 50 books for Rs.920 from
another. What is the average price he paid per book ?
A. Rs.22 B. Rs.18
C. Rs.20 D. Rs.16

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37.The average height of 50 pupils in a class is 150 cm. Five of them whose height
is 146 cm, leave the class and five others whose average height is 156 cm, join.
The new average height of the pupils of the class (in cm) is __________ .
A. 152 B. 151
C. 149 D. 153
38.In an exam, Amir scored 64 percent, Masood scored 36 percent and asif 44
percent. The maximum score awarded in the exam is 800. Find the average
mark scored by all the three boys?
A. 384 B. 324
C. 364 D. 404
39.A student scored an average of 80 marks in 3 subjects: Physics, Chemistry and
Mathematics. If the average marks in Physics and Mathematics is 90 and that
in Physics and Chemistry is 70, what are the marks in Physics?
A. 64 B. 60
C. 72 D. 80
40.The average of four positive integers is 69. The highest integer is 93 and the
least integer is 39. The difference between the remaining two integers is 28.
Which of the following integers is the higher of the remaining two integers?
A. 49 B. 86
C. 58 D. None of these
41.The present average age of a family of five members is 26 years. If the present
age of the youngest member in the family is ten years, then what was the
average age of the family at the time of the birth of the youngest member ?
(Assume no death occurred in the family since the birth of the youngest).
A. 14 years B. 18 years
C. 20 years D. 16 years
42.The total marks obtained by a student in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics
is 150 more than the marks obtained by him in Physics. What is the average
mark obtained by him in Chemistry and Mathematics?
A. 75 B. 50
C. 150 D. None of these
43.The average height of 35 boys in a class was calculated as 180cm. It has later
found that the height of one of the boys in the class was wrongly written as 166
cm whereas his actual height was 106 cm. Find the actual average height of the
boys in the class (Round off your answer to two decimal places)?
A. 179.38 cm B. 178.29 cm
C. 179.29 cm D. 178.39 cm

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44.The average runs scored by a batsman in 20 matches is 40. In the next 10
matches the batsman scored an average of 13 runs. Find his average in all the
30 matches?
A. 31 B. 28
C. 29 D. 30
45.The sum of five numbers is 655. The average of the first two numbers is 85 and
the third number is 125. Find the average of the two numbers?
A. 180 B. 190
C. 170 D. 175
46.Find the average of the series : 312, 162, 132, 142 and 122?
A. 162 B. 174
C. 194 D. 186
47.The average age of a group of 10 persons was decreased by 3 years when one
person, whose age was 42 years, was replaced by a new person. Find the age of
the new person?
A. 24 B. 22
C. 12 D. 8
48.The average of the marks of 12 students in a class is 36. If the marks of each
student are doubled, find the new average?
A. 72 B. 37
C. 45 D. 79
49.The average of 10 numbers is 23. If each number is increased by 4, what will the
new average?
A. 25 B. 27
C. 22 D. 29
50.The average of 35 numbers is 25. If each number is multiplied by 5, find the
new average?
A. 125 B. 170
C. 134 D. 98
51.The average salary of a person for the months of January, February, March
and April is Rs.8000 and that for the months February, March, April and May
is Rs.8500. If his salary for the month of May is Rs.6500, find his salary for the
month of January?
A. 2500 B. 3000
C. 4500 D. 5000
52.The average marks of a class of 30 students is 40 and that of another class of 50
students is 60. Find the average marks of all the students?
A. 59 B. 47.5
C. 50 D. 52.5

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53.A batsman makes a score of 64 runs in the 16th innings and thus increased his
average by 3. Find his average after the 16th inning?
A. 29 B. 17
C. 18 D. 19
54.The average of 13 numbers is 60. Average of the first 7 of them is 57 and that of
the last 7 is 61. Find the 8th number?
A. 46 B. 68
C. 32 D. 51
55.Find the average of the first 20 natural numbers?
A. 12 B. 11.5
C. 10 D. 10.5
56.The average of 11 results is 50, if the average of first six results is 49 and that of
the last six is 52. Find the sixth result?
A. 34 B. 56
C. 46 D. 57
57.The average weight of A, B and C is 45 kg. If the average weight of A and B be
40 kg and that of B and C be 43 kg, then the weight of B is___________?
A. 20 kg B. 17 kg
C. 26 kg D. 31 kg
58.The average amount with a group of seven numbers is Rs. 20. If the newly
joined member has Rs. 50 with him, what was the average amount with the
group before his joining the group?
A. Rs. 18 B. Rs. 25
C. Rs. 15 D. Rs. 22
59.The average of five results is 46 and that of the first four is 45. The fifth result
is__________?
A. 10 B. 1
C. 12.5 D. 50
60.Three years ago the average age of a family of six members was 19 years. A boy
have been born, the average age of the family is the same today. What is the age
of the boy?
A. 1 year B. 2 years
C. 1.5 years D. 2.5 years
61.The average temperature for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday was
48 degrees and for Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday was 46 degrees.
If the temperature on Monday was 42 degrees. Find the temperature on
Friday?
A. 38 degrees B. 40 degrees
C. 36 degrees D. 34 degrees

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62.A man purchased 3 blankets @ Rs.100 each, 5 blankets @ Rs.150 each and two
blankets at a certain rate which is now slipped off from his memory. But he
remembers that the average price of the blankets was Rs.150. Find the
unknown rate of two blankets?
A. Rs.225 B. Rs.150
C. Rs.250 D. None
63.A building contractor employs 20 male, 15 female and 5 child workers. To a
male worker he pays Rs.25 per day, to a female worker Rs.20 per day and a
child worker Rs.8 per day. The average wage per day paid by the contractor
is__________?
A. Rs.22 B. Rs.21
C. Rs.20 D. Rs.23
64.Visitors to show were charged Rs.15 each on the first day. Rs.7.50 on the second
day, Rs.2.50 on the third day and total attendance on the three days were in
ratio 2:5:13 respectively. The average charge per person for the whole show
is___________?
A. Rs.4.50 B. Rs.3
C. Rs.5.00 D. Rs.7.50
65.A batsman in his 17th innings makes a score of 85 and their by increasing his
average by 3. What is his average after the 17th innings?
A. 35 B. 34
C. 36 D. 37
66.The average age of a husband and a wife is 23 years when they were married
five years ago but now the average age of the husband, wife and child is 20
years(the child was born during the interval). What is the present age of the
child?
A. 2 years B. 1 year
C. 3 years D. 4 years
67.The average age of three boys is 15 years and their ages are in proportion 3:5:7.
What is the age in years of the youngest boy?
A. 18 B. 9
C. 15 D. 21
68.The average age of a husband, wife and their child 3 years ago was 27 years and
that of wife and the child 5 years ago was 20 years. The present age of the
husband is___________?
A. 19 years B. 28.5 years
C. 23 years D. 29.3 years

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69.The average age of 8 men increases by 2 years when two women are included in
place of two men of ages 20 and 24 years. Find the average age of the women?
A. 24 years B. 36 years
C. 30 years D. 18 years
70.If Mary travelled 116 miles on day 1, 130 miles on day 2, 114 miles on day 3.
How many Miles per day she traveled average?
a. 120 b. 115
c. 116 d. 114

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