1. 5 members of a team are
weighed consecutively and their
average weight calculated after
each member is weighed. If the
average weight increases by
one kg each time, how much
heavier is the last player than
the first one ?
(1) 4 kg (2) 20 kg
(3) 8 kg (4) 5 kg
(SSC Graduate Level Tier-II
Exam.16.09.2012)
2. Out of nine persons, 8 persons
spent 30 each for their meals.
The ninth one spent 20 more
than the average expenditure of
all the nine. The total money
spent by all of them was
(1) 260 (2) 290
(3) 292.50 (4) 400.50
(SSC Graduate Level Tier-II
Exam.16.09.2012)
3. In the afternoon, a student read
100 pages at the rate of 60 pages per hour. In the evening, when
she was tired, she read 100 more
pages at the rate of. 40 pages per
hour. What was her average rate
of reading, in pages per hour ?
(1) 60 (2) 70
(3) 48 (4) 50
(SSC CHSL DEO & LDC
Exam. 21.10.2012 (Ist Sitting)
4. Ram aims to score an average of
80 marks in quarterly and half
yearly exams. But his average in
quarterly is 3 marks less than his
target and that in half yearly is 2
marks more than his aim. The
difference between the total
marks scored in both the exams
is 25. Total marks aimed by Ram
is :
(1) 400 (2) 410
(3) 420 (4) 380
(SSC CHSL DEO & LDC
Exam. 21.10.2012 (IInd Sitting)
5. On mixing two classes A and B
of students having average marks
25 and 40 respectively, the overall average obtained is 30. Find
the ratio of the students in the
classes A and B.
(1) 2 : 1 (2) 5 :8
(3) 5 : 6 (4) 3 : 4
(SSC CHSL DEO & LDC
Exam. 04.11.2012, IInd Sitting)
6. A man purchases milk for
three consecutive years. In the
first year, he purchases milk
at the rate of 7.50 per litre,
in the second year, at the rate
of 8.00 per litre and in the
third year, at 8.50 per litre.
If he purchases milk worth
4,080 each year, the average price of milk per litre for
the three years is
(1) 7.68 (2) 7.98
(3) 7.54 (4) 7.83
(SSC Delhi Police S.I.
(SI) Exam. 19.08.2012)
7. A fruit seller sold big, medium
and small sized apples for 15,
10 and 5 respectively. The
total number of apples sold were
in the ratio 3 : 2 : 5. Find the
average cost of an apple.
(1) 8 (2) 10
(3) 9 (4) 7
(SSC CHSL DEO & LDC
Exam. 21.10.2012, IInd Sitting)
8. A man purchased 7 bags of rice
at the rate of 800 each, 8 bags
of rice at 1000 each and 5
bags of rice at the rate of 1200
each. What is the average cost of
one bag of rice ?
(1) 1000 (2) 980
(3) 1120 (4) 1050
(SSC CHSL DEO Exam. 02.11.2014
(Ist Sitting)
9. In a team of 10 persons, nine
persons spent 40 each for their
meal and the remaining one spent
9 more than the average expenditure of all the 10 persons.
The total expenditure for their
meal was
(1) 510 (2) 310
(3) 410 (4) 610
(SSC CGL Tier-II Exam,
2014 12.04.2015 (Kolkata Region)
TF No. 789 TH 7)
10. In an examination average marks
obtained by the girls of a class is
85 and the average marks obtained by the boys of the same
class is 87. If the girls and boys
are in the ratio 4 : 5, average
marks of the whole class (approximately) is closest to
(1) 85.9 (2) 86.1
(3) 86.4 (4) 86.5
(SSC CGL Tier-II Exam,
25.10.2015, TF No. 1099685)
11. A shop of electronic goods is
closed on Monday. The average
sales per day for remaining six
days of a week is 15640 and
the average sale on Tuesday to
Saturday is 14124. The sales
on Sunday is
(1) 21704 (2) Data inadequate
(3) 23220 (4) 20188
(SSC CHSL (10+2) LDC, DEO & PA/SA
Exam, 01.11.2015, IInd Sitting)
12. Fifteen movie theatres average
600 customers per theatre per
day. If six of the theatres close
down but the total theatre attendance stays the same, then the
average daily attendance per theatre among the remaining theatres is
(1) 900 (2) 1000
(3) 1100 (4) 1200
(SSC CGL Tier-II Online
Exam.01.12.2016)
13. Last year, 5 companies had an
average of 16 non working days
each. This year, 3 companies had
10 more non working days each,
and 2 companies had 5 fewer non
working days each. What was the
average number of non working
days given by the same companies this year ?
(1) 12 (2) 18
(3) 20 (4) 22
(SSC CPO SI & ASI, Online
Exam. 06.06.2016) (IInd Sitting)
14. On 24th May, 2008 the maximum temperature of Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai were recorded
as 35°C, 33°C and 34°C respectively. What was the maximum
temperature of Chennai so that
the average maximum temperature of those cities would be 35°?
(1) 34° C (2) 35° C
(3) 36° C (4) 38° C
(SSC CGL Tier-I (CBE)
Exam. 03.09.2016) (IInd Sitting)
15. Eight members of a club donate
Rs. 100 each towards a Relief
Fund and the President of the
club donates Rs. 50 more than
the average donation of all (including President) of them. Then the
contribution of the president is
(1) Rs.106.25 (2) Rs. 156.25
(3) Rs. 56.25 (4) Rs. 206.25
(SSC CGL Tier-I (CBE)
Exam. 02.09.2016) (IInd Sitting)
