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1. A student was asked to find the arithmetic mean of the following 12 numbers: 3, 11, 7, 9, 15,
13, 8, 19, 17, 21, 14 and x He found the mean to be 12. The value of x will be:
(A) 3 (B) 7 (C) 17 (D) 31

2. Total weekly emoluments of the workers of a factory are INR 1534. Average weekly
emolument of a worker is INR 118. The number of workers in the factory is:
(A) 16 (B) 14 (C) 13 (D) 12

3. The average monthly expenditure of a family is 2,200 during first three months, 2,550 during
next four months and 3,120 during last five months of the year. If the total savings during the
year was 1,260, what is the average monthly income?
(A) 1,260 (B) 1,280 (C) 2,805 (D) 2,850

4. Find the average of 1.11, 0.01, 0.101, 0.001, 0.11

(A) 0.2664 (B) 0.2554 (C) 0.1264 (D) 0.1164

5. The average income of 40 persons is INR 4200 and that of another 35 persons is INR 4000.
The average income of the whole group is:
(A) INR 4100 (B) INR 4106 (C) INR 4106 (D) INR 4108

6. 12 kg of rice costing INR 30 per kg is mixed with 8 kg of rice costing INR 40 per kg. The
average per kg price of mixed rice is
(A) INR 38 (B) INR 37 (C) INR 35 (D) INR 34
7. If average of 20 observations x1, x2, ....., x20 is y, then the average of x1 – 101, x2 – 101, x3 –
101, ....., x20 –101 is
(A) y – 20 (B) y – 101 (C) 20y (D) 101y

8. A man bought 13 articles at INR 70 each, 15 at INR 60 each and 12 at INR 65 each. The
average price per article is
(A) INR 60.25 (B) INR 64.75 (C) INR 65.75 (D)
INR 62.25

9. Out of 20 boys, 6 are each of 1 m 15 cm height, 8 are of 1 m 10 cm and rest of 1 m 12 cm. The
average height of all of them is
(A) 1 m 12.1 cm (B) 1 m 21.1 cm (C) 1 m 21 cm (D) 1 m 12 cm

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10. 2. The average of the marks obtained in an examination by 8 students was 51 and by 9 other
students were 68. The average marks of all 17 students were:
(A) 59 (B) 59.5 (C) 60 (D) 60.5

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Option) Option)
1. (B) 2. (C)
3. (C) 4. (A)
5. (C) 6. (D)
7. (B) 8. (B)
9. (A) 10. (C)

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