Mathematics Mcqs for PPSC, FFPS, NTS

A person travels from x to y at a speed of 40Km/h and returns by increasing his speed 50%. What is his average speed for both the trips?

A. 36km/h
B. 45km/h
C. 48km/h
D. 50km/h

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. 57.4
B. 57.5
C. 58.9
D. 59.1

The average of women and child workers in a factory was 15%yr. The average age of all the 16 children was 8yr and average age of women workers was 22 yrs if ten women workers were married then the number of unmarried women workers were________?

A. 16
B. 12
C. 8
D. 6

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. 1:2
B. 2:3
C. 3:4
D. 3:5

In an examination a pupil’s average marks were 63 per paper. If he had obtained 20 more marks for his Geography paper and 2 more marks for his History paper, his average per paper would have been 65. How many papers were there in the examination?

A. 8
B. 9
C. 10
D. 11

The average salary of all the workers in a workshop is Rs. 8000. The average salary of 7 technicians is Rs. 12000 and the average salary of the rest is Rs. 6000. The total number of workers in the workshop is__________________?

A.20
B. 21
C. 22
D. 23

The arithmetic mean of the scores of a group of students in a test was 52. The brightest 20% of them secured a mean score of 80 and the dullest 25% a mean score of 31. The mean score of remaining 55% is___________?

A. 45
B. 50
C. 51.4 approx.
D. 54.6 approx.

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. 35 years
B. 30 years
C. 40 years
D. None of these

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. 52 runs
C. 55 runs
D. 60 runs

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 of the team?

A. 23 years
B. 24 years
C. 25 years
D. None of these