average problems

Muhammad Jawad
Abid
 PAST PAPER QUESTIONS
1. In decreasing price of a motor bike by 10% number of bikes
sold is increased by 10%. What is the change in overall sales?
(a) Increases
(b) decreases
(c) remains same
(d) may increase or may decrease (Answer) b

2. The radius of circle is increased by 20% its area is increased

by:
(a) 44%
(b) 40%
(c) 20%
(d) no change (Answer) a

3. A 30-ounce solution is 25% alcohol. If 60-ounces of water are

added to it what percent of the new solution is alcohol?
(a) 8%
(b) 8.33%
(c) 8.35%
(d) 8.50%(Answer) b

4. 80% of the workers working in a company wear jeans. Of

these 20% wear jeans that are black what percent of the workers
wear jeans that are not black?
(a) 30%
(b) 60.00%
(c) 60.55%
(d) 64% (Answer) d

5. Two trains travel in the same direction at 50 and 32 km/h. A

man in slower train observes that the faster train passes him in
15 seconds. The length of faster train is:
(a) 75m
(b) 100m
(c) 150m (d) 341.66m (Answer) a
6. A train 110 meters long passes a telegraph pole in 3
seconds. How long will it take to cross a platform 165 meters
long?

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(a) 4 seconds
(b) 4.5 seconds
(c) 7.5 seconds
(d) 10 seconds (Answer) c

7. Two trains for Lahore leave Rawalpindi at 8:30 AM and 9:00

AM and travel at 60 km/h and 70 km/h. How many kilometers
from Rawalpindi will the two trains be together:
(a) 100
(b) 190
(c) 210
(d) 150 (Answer) c

8. A train traveling at 36 km/h took 10 seconds to pass a

stationary man. What was the length of the train?
(a) 45m
(b) 80m
(c) 100m
(d) 110m (Answer) c

9. A train 100 meters long traveling at 48 km/h completely

crosses a bridge in 30 seconds. How long is the bridge:
(a) 100m
(b) 150m
(c) 200m
(d) 300m (Answer) d

10. If part of tank filled in one hour = 1/10 then time required to
fill the tank.
(a) 8
(b) 12
(c) 10
(d) 15 (Answer) c

11. An inlet pipe can fill a tank in 10 hrs and an outlet pipe
empties the same full tank in 20 hrs. The time required to fill the
tank when both pipes are opened.
(a) 10
(b) 20

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(c) 30
(d) 25 (Answer) b

12. The price of a book increases by 10% in June but in July it

decreases by 10%. What is its price at the end of July if its original
price was 200?
(a) 198
(b) 200
(c) 190
(d) 210 (Answer) a

13. The price of a cap is increases by 25%. By how much percent

should its price be decreased now to get the original price?
(a) 25%
(b) 22%
(c) 20%
(d) 18% (Answer) c

14. Saima gets 50% that of her brother. Her brother gets what
percent of Saima?
(a) 100%
(b) 150%
(c) 50%
(d) 200% (Answer) a

15. The population of a town increases at a rate of 15% per year.

At present population is 4000. What will it be after 2 years?
(a) 5290
(b) 5200
(c) 5431
(d) 500 (Answer) a

16. A lady spends 10% of her budget on utility bills and 75% of
remaining on food provisions. If she is left with 558 what is her
total budget?
(a) 2480
(b) 1650
(c) 5500
(d) 1650(Answer) a

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17. The population of a state annually increases at the rate of
15%. If its present population is 79350 what was its population
two years ago?
(a) 50000
(b) 55000
(c) 58000
(d) 60000(Answer) d

18. Imran got 20% increase in his salary at the end of 1st year.
At the end of 2nd year he got an increase of 10%. If his present
income is 19800 what was his income two years ago?
(a) 16000
(b) 17000
(c) 15000
(d) 18000(Answer) c

19. A train 100 meters long completely crosses a bridge 300

meters long in 45 seconds. What is the speed of the train:
(a) 32 km/h
(b) 36 km/h
(c) 40 km/h
(d) 48 km/h (Answer) a

20. A train 100 meters long completely passes a man walking in

the same direction at 6 km/h in 5 seconds and a car in the same
direction in 6 seconds. The speed of car is:
(a) 18 km/h
(b) 20 km/h
(c) 24 km/h
(d) 1/9 km/h (Answer) a

21. If As 1 days work = 1/20 then time required to finish the job
(in days)
(a) 20
(b) 10
(c) 25
(d) 30 (Answer) a

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22. Alia can complete an assignment in 5 days and Babar can
complete the same assignment is 20 days. The time taken by
both Alia and Babar to complete the assignment working together
is
(a) 3 days
(b) 5 days
(c) 4 days
(d) 2 days (Answer) c

23. Asghar can do a job in 60 days. And both Asghar and Babar
can do the same job in 20 days working together. Babar alone can
do the same job in
(a) 30 days
(b) 60 days
(c) 28 days
(d) 45 days (Answer) a

24. X can do a job in 16 days Y can do the same job in 20 days X

Y and Z can do the job in 7.5 days. Alone Z can do the same job in
(a) 100 days
(b) 120 days
(c) 80 days
(d) 48 days (Answer) d

25. Stations P and Q are situated 200 km apart. Two trains start
from stations P and Q simultaneously. The train starting from
station P goes towards station Q at 100 km per hour. The train
starting from station Q goes towards station P at 150 km per
hour. At what distance from station P will the two trains cross
each other?
(a) 20 km
(b) 40 km
(c) 30 km
(d) 80 km (Answer) d

26. The sum of two numbers is 40 and their difference is 4.The

ratio of the numbers is
(a) 21:19
(b) 22:9

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(c) 11:9
(d) 11:18(Answer) c

27. A businessman allows a discount of 5% for cash payment.

How much percent above the cost price should be marked to
make a gain of 14%?
(a) 20%
(b) 15%
(c) 18%
(d) 25% (Answer) a

28. A sum of money at simple interest doubles in 10 years. In

how many years will it amount to 4 times itself?
(a) 25 years
(b) 35 years
(c) 30 years
(d) 75 years (Answer) c

29. A military camp has provision for 50 days. If after 10 days

500 more soldiers joined the camp and the provisions lasted for
35 days only. How many men were there in the camp?
(a) 1700
(b) 3600
(c) 4000
(d) 3500(Answer) d

30. If 9 men or 15 women can do a piece of work in 25 days,

then 39 men and 10 women will complete the same work in?
(a) 4 days
(b) 6 days
(c) 5 days
(d) 7 days (Answer) c

31. A reduction of 20% in the price of rice enables a person to

buy 3.5 kg more rice for Rs.385.The original price of rice per kg
is?
(a) Rs.25
(b) Rs.22.5
(c) Rs.27.5

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(d) Rs.20 (Answer) c

32. If the position of Shaher Yar Akbar is 15th from one end and
13th from the other end in his class, what is the total number of
students in his class?
(a) 28
(b) 24
(c) 27
(d) 29 (Answer) c

33. Aslam Khan starting from a fixed point goes 15 km towards

North and then after turning to his right he goes 15 km. Then he
goes 10, 15 and 15 metres after turning to his left each time. How
far is he from his starting point?
(a) 5 metres
(b) 10 metres
(c) 20 metres
(d) 15 metres (Answer) b

34. Effat goes 12 km towards North from a fixed point and then
she goes 8 km towards South from there. In the end she goes 3
km towards east. How far and in what direction is she from her
starting point?
(a) 7 km East
(b) 5 km West
(c) 7 km West
(d) 5 km North-East (Answer) d

35. A certain distance is covered at a certain speed. If half of this

distance is covered in double the time, the ratio of the two speed
is
(a) 4:1
(b) 1:4
(c) 2:1
(d) 1:2 (Answer) a

36. Sum of the ages of A and B at present is 7 times the

difference in their age. After five years, the sum of their ages will

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be 9 times the difference in their ages. The present age of the
elder of the two is therefore …………
(a) 10 years
(b) 20 years
(c) 35 years
(d) none of these (Answer) b

37. At present, father’s age is 4 times his son’s age. If 5 years

back, father’s age was 35 years, what is son’s present age, in
years?
(a) 10
(b) 12
(c) 15
(d) 20 (Answer) a

38. Thirty men take 20 days to complete a job working 9 hours a

day. How many hour a day should 40 men work to complete the
job?
(a) 8 hrs
(b) 71/2 hrs
(c) 3. 7 hrs
(d) 9 hrs (Answer) b

39. A and B can do a piece of work in 45 days and 40 days

respectively. They began to do the work together but A leaves
after some days and then B completed the remaining work n 23
days. The number of days after which A left the work was
(a) 9
(b) 11
(c) 12
(d) 15 (Answer) a

40. On sports day, if 30 children were made to stand in a

column, 16 columns could be formed. If 24 children were made to
stand in a column, how many columns could be formed?
(a) 20
(b) 30
(c) 40
(d) 50 (Answer) a

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41. The probability that a man will be alive for 25 years is 3/5
and the probability that his wife will be alive for 25 years is 2/3.
Find the probability that only the man will be alive for 25 years.
(a) 2/5
(b) 1/5
(c) 3/5
(d) 4/5 (Answer) b

42. Average age of students of an adult school is 40 years. 120

new students whose average age is 32 years joined the school. As
a result the average age is decreased by 4 years. Find the
number of students of the school after joining of the new
students:
(a) 1200
(b) 120
(c) 360
(d) 240 (Answer) d

43. The cost of 16 packets of salt, each weighing 900 grams is

Rs.28.What will be the cost of 27 packets, if each packet weighs
1Kg?
(a) Rs.52.50
(b) Rs.56
(c) Rs.58.50
(d) Rs.64.75 (Answer) a

44. A piece of cloth cost Rs 35. If the length of the piece would
have been 4m longer and each meter cost Rs. 1 less , the cost
would have remained unchanged. How long is the piece?
(a) 10
(b) 11
(c) 12
(d) 13 (Answer) a

45. In a journey of 15 miles two third distance was travelled with

40 mph and remaining with 60 mph. How much time the journey
takes
(a) 40 min

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(b) 30 min
(c) 120 min
(d) 20 min (Answer) d

46. Find the average of first 40 natural numbers.

(a) 40
(b) 35
(c) 30.6
(d) 20.5(Answer) d

47. Two taps A and B can fill a tank in 12 minutes and 15

minutes respectively. If both the taps are opened simultaneously
and the tap A is closed after 3 minutes, then how much more time
will it take to fill the tank by tap B?
(a) 7 min & 15 sec
(b) 7 min & 45 sec
(c) 8 min & 5 sec
(d) 8 min & 15 sec (Answer) d

48. The milk and water in two vessels A and B are in the ratio
4:3 and 2:3 respectively. In what ratio, the liquids be mixed in
both the vessels so that the new liquid contains half milk and half
water?
(a) 7:5
(b) 1:2
(c) 2:1
(d) 6:5 (Answer) a

49. A car covers a distance of 715 km at a constant speed. If the

speed of the car would have been 10 km/hr more, then it would
have taken 2 hours less to cover the same distance. What is the
original speed of the car?
(a) 45 km/hr
(b) 50 km/hr
(c) 55 km/hr
(d) 65 km/hr (Answer) c

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50. A sum of Rs. 427 is to be divided among A, B and C in such a
way that 3 times A’s share, 4 times B’s share and 7 times C’s
share are all equal. The share of C is
(a) Rs. 84
(b) Rs. 147
(c) Rs. 196
(d) Rs. 240 (Answer) a

51. A house wife saved Rs. 2.50 in buying an item on sale. If she
spent Rs.25 for the item, approximately how much percent she
saved in the transaction?
(a) 8%
(b) 9%
(c) 10%
(d) 11% (Answer) b

52. A man can row upstream at 8 kmph and downstream at 13

kmph. The speed of the stream is?
(a) 2.5 kmph
(b) 4.2 kmph
(c) 5 kmph
(d) 10.5 kmph (Answer) a

53. A papaya tree was planted 2 years ago. It increases at the

rate of 20% every year. If at present, the height of the tree is 540
cm, what was it when the tree was planted?
(a) 432 cm
(b) 324 cm
(c) 375 cm
(d) 400 cm (Answer) c

54. A boy has Rs 2. He wins or loses Rs. 1 at a time If he wins he

gets Rs. 1 and if he loses the game he loses Rs. 1. He can loose
only 5 times. He is out of the game if he earns Rs 5. Find the
number of ways in which this is possible?
(a) 14
(b) 23
(c) 16
(d) 12 (Answer) c

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55. A is twice as good a workman as B and together they finish a
piece of work in 18 days. In how many days will A alone finish the
work?
(a) 27
(b) 26
(c) 25
(d) 24 (Answer) a

56. The speed of a car is 75 m/sec. What is the speed of car in

km/hr?
(a) 135 km/hr
(b) 270 km/hr
(c) 200 km/hr
(d) 250 km/hr (Answer) b

57. The least number exactly divisible by 12,15,20,54 is

(a) 532
(b) 220
(c) 540
(d) 500 (Answer) c

58. If the cost price of 10 chairs be equal to selling price of 16

chairs, then the loss percentage will be
(a) 9.6
(b) 17.5
(c) 20
(d) 37.5(Answer) d

59. The diagonals of a rhombus are 15cm and 20cm.Find its

area?
(a) 120sqcm
(b) 300sqcm
(c) 150sqcm
(d) 480sqcm (Answer) c

60. P and Q started business with Rs.15000 and Rs.10000

respectively. Find the share of P in an annual profit of Rs. 25000.
(a) Rs.8000

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(b) Rs.6000
(c) Rs.10000
(d) Rs.15000 (Answer) d

61. An amount doubles itself in 5 years with simple interest.

What is the rate of interest?
(a) 20
(b) 25
(c) 33
(d) 35 (Answer) a

62. In a cricket match five batsmen A, B, C, D and E scored an

average of 36 runs. D scored 5 more than E; E scored 8 fewer
than A; B scored as many as D and E combined; and B and C
scored 107 between them. How many runs did E score?
(a) 62
(b) 45
(c) 28
(d) 20 (Answer) d

63. If STRAY is coded as TUSBZ then how will MOURN be coded?

(a) LPVSO
(b) NPVSO
(c) NVPSO
(d) NPSVO (Answer) b

64. A lady pointing to a man in a photograph says, “The sister of

the son of this man is my mother-in-law.” How is the husband of
the lady related to the man in the photograph?
(a) Maternal grandson
(b) Nephew
(c) Son
(d) Maternal grandfather (Answer) a

65. In a group of 15 people, 7 read French, 8 read English while

3 of them read none of these two. How many of them read French
and English both?
(a) 0
(b) 3

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(c) 4
(d) 5 (Answer) b

66. Arshad’s monthly expenditures are 7500. How much he

spends in 8 months?
(a) Rs.60000
(b) Rs.70000
(c) Rs.80000
(d) Rs.90000
(Answer) a

67. A car covers 20.525 km distance in one litre petrol. How

much distance this car will cover in 15 litres petrol?
(a) 307.875
(b) 407.875
(c) 507.875
(d) 607.875
(Answer) a

68. A train covers 45½ km distance in one hour. How much

distance train will cover in 25 hours?
(a) 1437.5 km
(b) 1537.5 km
(c) 1637.5 km
(d) 1137.5 km
(Answer) d

69. A seller loses 13% by selling a book at a certain price. Had

he sold it for R.s 9.75 more, He would have gained 26%. C.P to
him was:
(a) 25
(b) 30
(c) 39
(d) 42 (Answer) a

70. A shopkeeper bought bicycle for R.s 600 and sold it for R.s
720.find the gain percent.
(a) 15%
(b) 18%

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(c) 20%
(d) 25 (Answer) c

71. Akbar sold his old gun for Rs.900, which he bought for
Rs.2500. His loss is?
(a) 64%
(b) 82%
(c) 94%
(d) 15% (Answer) a

72. The written price of a coat is Rs.275 If 15% rebate is given

on the written price, what will a customer pay?
(a) Rs. 223.75
(b) Rs. 231.75
(c) Rs. 243.75
(d) Rs. 233.75(Answer) d

73. Cost of 6 handkerchiefs is Rs.90. Find the cost of 2 dozen

handkerchiefs.
(a) Rs. 360
(b) Rs. 330
(c) Rs. 340
(d) Rs. 350 (Answer) a

74. The sum of the two digits of a two digit number is 14. The
difference between the first digit and the second digit of the two
digit number is 2. What is the product of the two digits of the two
digit number?
(a) 56
(b) 48
(c) 45
(d) 65 (Answer) b
75. There are 16 teams in a soccer tournament. If everyone
plays against everyone exactly once, how many games are there
going to be?
(a) 119
(b) 120
(c) 1278
(d) 135 (Answer) a

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76. Ayesha says, “Nasir’s grandfather is the only son of my
father.” How is Ayesha related to Nasir?
(a) Daughter
(b) Sister
(c) Niece
(d) Grandmother (Answer) d

77. A clock is so placed that at 12 noon, its minute hand points

towards North-East. In which direction does its hour hand point at
1 :30 PM?
(a) North
(b) South
(c) East
(d) West (Answer) c

78. Introducing a man, a woman says, “He is the only son of my

mother’s mother.” How is the man related to the woman?
(a) Uncle
(b) Father
(c) Maternal uncle
(d) Uncle (Answer) c

79. A train crosses a pole in 15 seconds, while it crosses 100

meter long platform in 25 seconds. The length of the train is –
(a) 125m
(b) 135 m
(c) 159 m
(d) 175 m (Answer) c

80. A house owner wants to get his house painted. He is told

that this would require 25 kg of paint. Allowing for 15% wastage
and assuming that the paint is available in 2kg tins, the number
of tins required for painting the house is –
(a) 15
(b) 12
(c) 10
(d) 20 (Answer) a

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81. The difference in selling prices of a heater at gains of 5% and
7.5% is rupees 1.25.then the cost prize of heater is:
(a) 45
(b) 50
(c) 52.50
(d) 53.75(Answer) b

82. The town ‘C’ is there in between ‘A’ and ‘B’. If Nasir travels
from A to C with a speed of 4 km/hr and C to B with 6 km/hr, what
is the average speed of Nasir from A to B?
(a) 4.8 km
(b) 4.6 km
(c) 5 km
(d) 5.2 km (Answer) a

83. A man starting at a point walks 1 km east, then 2 km north,

then 1 km east, then 1 km north, then 1 km east and then 1 km
north to arrive at his destination. What is the shortest distance
between the starting point and his destination?
(a) 8 KM
(b) 7 KM
(c) 6 KM
(d) 5 KM (Answer) d

84. What is the smallest number, which when divided by 3, 8

and 15 leaves the remainder 1, 6 and 13 respectively?
(a) 121
(b) 242
(c) 118
(d) 239 (Answer) c

85. A perfect number is defined as a number the sum of whose

divisors (excluding the number itself, but including 1) is equal to
the number itself. 6 is the lowest perfect number.Find the second
lowest number.
(a) 12
(b) 14
(c) 28
(d) 496 (Answer) c

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86. A shopkeeper sells 18 mangoes for the purchase price of 20
mangoes. The percent profit made by the shopkeeper is.
(a) 10%
(b) 11.11%
(c) 9.09%
(d) 12% (Answer) b

87. A pineapple costs Rs. 7 each a watermelon costs Rs. 5 each

Z spends Rs. 38 on these fruits. The number of pineapples
purchased is:
(a) 2
(b) 4
(c) 3
(d) 5(Answer) b

88. In a certain series, each number except the first and second
is obtained by adding the previous two numbers. If the first
number is 2 and sixth 26, what is the second number?
(a) 4
(b) 3
(c) 8
(d) 6 (Answer) a

89. The average of 13 results is 68. The average of first seven is

63 and that of the last seven is 70; the seventh result is:
(a) 73.5
(b) 94
(c) 47
(d) 69 (Answer) c

90. A ship sails out to a mark at the rate of 10 km per hour and
sails back at the rate of 15 km per hour. The average rate of
sailing is …….
(a) 12.5 km.hr
(b) 12 km/hr
(c) 7.5 km/hr
(d) 13 km/hr (Answer) b

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