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A batsman has a certain average score in 16 innings. In the 17th inning, he scores 85 runs. Thereby, his average score increases by 3 runs. What was the average score of the batsman after 16 innings?

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Important Questions on Measures of Central Tendency

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General Studies Paper II (CSAT)>Chapter 11 - Measures of Central Tendency>Practice Exercise>Q 3
A person applies for immigration to country Z. Country Z evaluates a visa application of a person on the basis of four parameters namely, educational qualification, work experience, wealth owned and future prospects. For each parameter, a score is given from 0 to 10 and the parameters are given weights of 2, 2, 1, and 3, respectively. The visa is stamped if the weighted average score of the person is more than 5. The score of the person on the various parameters is 5, 6, 8 and 4, respectively. What is the weighted average score of the person?
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General Studies Paper II (CSAT)>Chapter 11 - Measures of Central Tendency>Practice Exercise>Q 4
The academic grade of a student of class 10th is based on an average score of five tests. The maximum marks in each of the five subjects are 100. A score an average of 88 marks in the first three tests. What is the average marks scored by A in the next two tests if the overall average of his marks is 90?
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General Studies Paper II (CSAT)>Chapter 11 - Measures of Central Tendency>Practice Exercise>Q 5
The monthly average rainfall of a district for the first 7 months is 1.1 inches less than the monthly average rainfall of the district for the whole year. The rainfall for the next 4 months is 20.8 inches and the rainfall in the last month is 0.4 inches. Find the monthly average rainfall of the district for the whole year?
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General Studies Paper II (CSAT)>Chapter 11 - Measures of Central Tendency>Practice Exercise>Q 6
The average of two numbers increases by 30, when one of the numbers is doubled and increases by 25, when the other number is doubled. What is the average of the two numbers?
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General Studies Paper II (CSAT)>Chapter 11 - Measures of Central Tendency>Practice Exercise>Q 7
A student takes four tests. The average of the first two tests is 50. The average of the second and the third tests is 60 and the average of the third and the fourth test is 70. What is the average of the first and the fourth tests?
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General Studies Paper II (CSAT)>Chapter 11 - Measures of Central Tendency>Practice Exercise>Q 8
A person purchases 1 kg onions from four different places at the rate of Rs.1/kg, Rs.2/kg, Rs.3/kg and Rs.4/kg, respectively. On average, how many kgs of onions per rupee were purchased by the person?
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General Studies Paper II (CSAT)>Chapter 11 - Measures of Central Tendency>Practice Exercise>Q 9

Consider the following statements:

1. Mean is an appropriate measure to equally distribute a number of items among a number of people.

2. Median is used to find the middle value of a distribution.

3. Mode is used to determine an item which is in maximum demand.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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General Studies Paper II (CSAT)>Chapter 11 - Measures of Central Tendency>Practice Exercise>Q 10

Consider the following information regarding the scores obtained by 100,000 students in four different tests:

Tests I II III IV
Average Marks 50 50 70 80
Range of marks 35-65 30-70 65-75 60-100

If a student scores 64 marks in each of the four tests, in which one of the following tests is her performance the best?