GENERAL SCIENCE & ABILITY-PART II

LECTURE # 07,08,09
1.  In the first 10 overs of a cricket game, the run rate was only 3.2. What should be the run
rate in the remaining 40 overs to reach the target of 282 runs?
(a) 6.25 (b) 6.5 (c) 6.75 (d) 7

2.  A family consists of two grandparents, two parents and three grandchildren. The average
age of the grandparents is 67 years, that of the parents is 35 years and that of the
grandchildren is 6 years. What is the average age of the family?
4 5 1
(a) 28 years (b) 31 years (c) 32 years (d) none of these
7 7 7

A grocer has a sale of Rs. 6435, Rs. 6927, Rs. 6855, Rs. 7230 and Rs. 6562 for 5
3. consecutive months. How much sale must he have in the sixth month so that he gets an
average sale of Rs. 6500?
(a) Rs.4991 (b) Rs.5991 (c) Rs.6001 (d) Rs 6991

4.  The average of 20 numbers is zero. Of them, at the most, how many may be greater than zero?
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 10 (d) 19

5.  The average weight of 8 person's increases by 2.5 kg when a new person comes in place of
one of them weighing 65 kg. What might be the weight of the new person?
(a) 76kg (b) 76.5kg (c) 85kg (d) data inadequate

6.  The captain of a cricket team of 11 members is 26 years old and the wicket keeper is 3
years older. If the ages of these two are excluded, the average age of the remaining players is one
year less than the average age of the whole team. What is the average age of the team?
(a) 23years (b) 24years (c) 25 years (d) none of these

7.  The average monthly income of P and Q is Rs. 5050. The average monthly income of Q and R
is Rs. 6250 and the average monthly income of P and R is Rs. 5200. The monthly income of P is:
(a) 3500 (b) 4000 (c) 4050 (d) 5000

8.  The average age of 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) 35 years (b) 40 years (c) 50 years (d) none of these

9.  A car owner buys petrol at Rs.7.50, Rs. 8 and Rs. 8.50 per liter for three successive years.
 What approximately is the average cost per liter of petrol if he spends Rs. 4000 each year?
(a) Rs. 7.98 (b) Rs.8 (c) Rs.8.50 (d) Rs.9

10.  In Arun's opinion, his weight is greater than 65 kg but less than 72 kg. His brother doest
not agree with Arun and he thinks that Arun's weight is greater than 60 kg but less than
70 kg. His mother's view is that his weight cannot be greater than 68 kg. If all are them
are correct in their estimation, what is the average of different probable weights of Arun?
(a) 67kg (b) 68kg (c) 69kg (d) none of these

11.  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) 17kg (b) 20kg (c) 26kg (d) 31 kg

12.  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) 47.55 kg (b) 48kg (c) 48.55 (d) 49.25kg

13.  A library has an average of 510 visitors on Sundays and 240 on other days. The average
number of visitors per day in a month of 30 days beginning with a Sunday is:
(a) 250 (b) 276 (c) 280 (d) 285

14.  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) 53.33 (b) 54.68 (c) 55 (d) none of these

15.  A pupil's marks were wrongly entered as 83 instead of 63. Due to that the average marks
for the class got increased by half (1/2). The number of pupils in the class is:
(a) 10 (b) 20 (c) 40 (d) 73
1. The average attendance per week of a class of 21 during a week is 5. If the average
attendance per week of 20 of them during the week is 5.1 then the attendance of the
last one during the week will be
A.4 B. 5 C.3 D. 6

2. The average temperature of a week is 33 oC?. Average of first three days is 30 oC while
of the last three is 35 oC. What is the temperature of the fourth day?
A.33 B. 35 C.36 D.40
3.The average of goals scored for a match before final is 5. After the final this average is
decreased by 0.2. If 10 matches are played throughout the tournament then the goals
scored in final are:
A.2 B. 3 C.5 D.6

4.  The average earning of a firm for first 6 months is Rs. 2100 per month. While for the
 last two quarters is Rs. 6300 per Quarter. The net average income per month will be:
A. 1750 B. 3900

C. 25200 D. 2100

5.  The average temperature for first 4 days i.e. Monday Thursday is 37.5C?. While for
the last 4 days i.e. Thursday to Sunday is 30C?. If the temperature on Thursday is
30?C then the average for the whole week will be:
A. 34.3 B. 35

C. 36 D. 37.4
6.  A team won 5 matches with the average margin of 32 runs. In next two matches they
are defeated by an average of 10 runs. The average margin for all the matches will be
:
A. 20 B. 22

C. 25.7 D. 27
7.  The average salary of employees in a factory is Rs. 2200. All employees are divided in
two grades A and B having an average of Rs. 2450 and Rs. 1950 respectively. If grade
A has 10 employees then how many employees have grade B:
A. 12 B. 16

C. 20 D. 10
8.  In a survey the average age was found to be 40 years. After correction the age of
100 people is increased from 35 to 50 years each. The new average is 50 years. The
total number of people surveyed are:
A. 50 B. 120

C. 150 D. 200
9.  Average cost of 100 eggs is 2 rupees. It is lowered to 1.5 on buying an additional 100
eggs. What is the difference of cost of additional 100 eggs and previously purchased
100 eggs.
A. Rs. 40 B. Rs. 50

C. Rs. 150 D. Rs. 100

10.  The average income of a group of 3 men V W and X is 54 rupees. Another man Y joins
their group and the average now becomes 50 rupees. If another men Z Whose income
is 5 more than Y replaces V and average of W X Y and Z becomes 49. What is the
income of V.
A. 47 B. 50

C. 54 D. 53
11.  There were 40 members in a certain hostel. If 10 members are more admitted
the expenses of the mess was increased by Rs. 50 per month while the
average expenditure per head diminished by Rs.3. The original monthly
expenses are:
 C. Rs. 700 D. Rs. 850

12.  The average age of 6 men is increased by 3 years when two of them whose ages are
25 and 27 years are replaced by two men. The average age of two newcomers is:

A. 25 years B. 32 years

C. 30 years D. 35 years

13.  The average weight of 20 students in a class is decreased by 500 grams when one of
the students who weights 40 kg is replaced by a new boy. The weight of the new boy
is

A. 35 kg B. 40 kg

C. 30 kg D. 50 kg

14.  The average expenditure of a man for the first 7 months is Rs. 130 and for the next
5 months is Rs. 140. He withdraws a sum of Rs.110 from his bank. His average
monthly earning is

A. Rs. 125 B. Rs. 145

C. Rs. 155 D. Rs. 120

15.  The average age of a class of 60 boys which is 11.9 years is raised to 12 years by
coming of a new boy the age of the new boy is:

A. 27 years B. 23 years

C. 18 years D. 17 years

16.  The average age of a class of 40 boys is 11.95 years. The average of the class is
raised to 12 years by the coming of a new boy. How old is this new boy?

A. 7 years B. 9 years

C. 16 years D. 14 years

17.  The average weight of a group of boys and girls is 37.5 kg. The average weight of the
boys is 40 kg and that of girls is 35 kg. If the number of boys is 25 find the number
of girls.
A. 12 B.25 C. 28 D. 21

18.  Let X be the median and Y the mode of the following set of numbers: 15,60, 30, 40,
60 & 90. What is the average (arithmetic mean) of X and Y.

A. 55 B. 50

52.5
C. 60 D.
 19.  What is the average (arithmetic mean) of the positive integers from 101 to 200
inclusive?

A. 150.5 B. 155

C. 145 D. 160.5

20.  The average height of a class of 25 students is 4.4 feet. A student of height 5.7 feet
is newly enrolled. Find the new average.

A. 4.43 feet B. 4.45 feet

C. 4.31 feet D. 4.30 feet

1. . if x:y = 1:3, then find the value of (7x+3y):(2x+y)

(a) 14:5 (b) 15:5 (c) 16:5 (d) 17:5
2. If it costs $90 to feed a family of 3 for one week, how much will it cost to feed a family of
5 for one week?
(a) $180.00 (b) $30.00 (c) $120.0 (d) $150.0

3. Brandon received $50 dollars for his paper route. He spent $20 dollars at the movies, and
$10 dollars buying comic books then after buying $5 worth of popcorn, he saved the rest.
What is the ratio of the amount of money spent buying comic books and popcorn, to the
amount that saved?
(a) 10:5:15 (b) 15:15 (c) 1:1 (d) 2:1:3 (e) 1:2:3
4. In a school there are four boy scouts to every three girl scouts. If there are forty-two girl
scouts, how many boy scouts are there?
(a) 56 boy scouts (b) 56 girl scouts (c) 31.5 girl scouts (d) 31.5 boy scouts (e) 48 boys
5. On a triangle, each side measures 5 cm, 10 cm, and 30 cm, respectively. In lowest terms,
find the ratios of the lengths of the sides.
(a) 1:2:6 (b) :10:30 (c) 5:1:3 (d) 5/10/30 (e) none of
these
6. A rectangle measures 20cm at its width and 5 cm at its length. Find the ratio of the length to
the width to the perimeter of the rectangle in lowest form.
(a) 1:4:10 (b) 4:1:10 (c) 5:20:50 (d) 20:5:50 (e) none of these
7. To make green paint, Jack mixes yellow paint and blue paint in the ratio of three to two. If
he used twelve gallons of yellow paint, how much blue paint did he use?
(a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 7 (d) 8 (e) 12

8. A rectangle measures 40 cm at its length and 20 cm at its width. Find the ratio of the
width to the length in lowest form.

9. 78 children attended a trip to the fair. 60 of them were girls. Find the ratio of the number
of girls to boys.

(a) 60:18 (b) 18:60 (c) 10:3 (d) 60:78 (e) 3:10

10. Johnny has a bag full of marbles that he keeps in his desk. He has 35 red marbles and 25 green
marbles. Find the ratio of red marbles to green marbles, and put it in its simplest form.’
 (a) 35:25 (b)7:5 (c) 25:35 (d) 5:7 (e) 6:5

11. Crystal mixed orange juice, fruit punch concentrate, and ginger ale in the ratio of 2:2:4 to
make a special drink. To make 4 liters, how much of each ingredient should she use?

A
2L orange, 2L punch, 4L ginger ale
.

B.8L orange, 8L punch, 16L ginger ale

C
2L orange, 1L punch, 1L ginger ale
.

D
1L orange, 1L punch, 2L ginger ale
.