Explore topic-wise MCQs in Railways.

This section includes 14 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Railways knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.

1.

A man travels three-fifths of a distance AB at a speed of 3a and remaining at the speed of 2b. If he goes from B to A and back at a speed of 5c in the same time then

A. \[\frac{1}{a}+\frac{1}{b}=\frac{2}{c}\]
B. \[\frac{1}{a}+\frac{1}{b}=2c\]
C. \[a+b=c\]
D. None of these
Answer» B. \[\frac{1}{a}+\frac{1}{b}=2c\]
Discussion
2.

A man travels 600 km by train at 80 km/hr, 800 km by ship at 40 km/hr, 500 km by aeroplane at 400 km/hr and 100 km by car at 50 km/hr. The average speed for entire distance is

A. 70 km/hr
B. \[70\frac{5}{123}km/hr\]
C. \[65\frac{5}{123}km/hr\]
D. 72 km/hr
Answer» D. 72 km/hr
Discussion
3.

The speed of a car increases by 2 kilometre after every one hour. If the distance travelled in the first one hour was 35 kilometres, then the total distance travelled in 12 hours was

A. 460 km
B. 552 km
C. 483 km
D. 572 km
Answer» C. 483 km
Discussion
4.

A car complete a journey in 10 hours. He travels first half of the journey at the rate of 21 km/hr and second half at the rate of 24 km/hr. The total journey in km is

A. 224
B. 230
C. 234
D. 220
Answer» B. 230
Discussion
5.

My mother left for Nasik from Pune at 5.20 AM. She travelled at the speed of 50 km/hr for 2 hour 15 minutes. After that the speed was reduced to 60 km/hr. If the distance between two cities is 350 km, at what time did she reach Nasik?

A. 9.25 AM
B. 9.35 AM
C. 9.20 AM
D. None of these
Answer» E.
Discussion
6.

In covering a certain distance, the speeds of A and B are in the ratio of 3 : 4. A takes 30 minutes more than B to reach the destination. The time taken by 'A' to reach the destination is

A. 1 hrs
B. 2 hrs
C. \[2\frac{1}{2}\] hrs
D. \[1\frac{1}{2}\] hrs
Answer» C. \[2\frac{1}{2}\] hrs
Discussion
7.

A car travelling with \[\frac{5}{7}\] of its actual speed covers 42 km in 1 hr 40 min 48 sec. The actual speed of car is

A. 25 km/hr
B. 28 km/hr
C. 35 km/hr
D. \[24\frac{3}{7}\]km/hr
Answer» D. \[24\frac{3}{7}\]km/hr
Discussion
8.

The jogging track in a stadium as 726 m in circumference. Rakesh and Ismail start from the same point and walk in opposite direction at 4.5 kmph and 3.75 kmph respectively. They will meet for the first time in

A. 4.7 min
B. 5.65 min
C. 5.28 min
D. 6.2 min
Answer» D. 6.2 min
Discussion
9.

If a person walks at 14 km/hr instead of 10 km/hr, he would have walked 20 km more. The actual distance travelled by him is

A. 56 km
B. 80 km
C. 70 km
D. 50 km
Answer» E.
Discussion
10.

Excluding stoppages, the speed of a bus is 54 km/hr and including stoppages, it is 45 km/hr, for how many minutes does the bus stop per hour?

A. 12 minutes
B. 8 minutes
C. 10 minutes
D. none of these
Answer» B. 8 minutes
Discussion
11.

A farmer travelled a distance of 61 km in 9 hours. He travelled partly on foot at the rate of 4 km/hr and partly on bicycle at rate of 9 km/hr. The distance travelled on foot is

A. 15 km
B. 17 km
C. 14 km
D. 16 km
Answer» E.
Discussion
12.

A man travelled from the village to post office at the rate of 25 kmph and walked back at the rate of 4 kmph. If the whole journey took 5 hr 48 min, then the distance of post office from the village is

A. 20 km
B. 22 km
C. 28 km
D. 28.5 km
Answer» B. 22 km
Discussion
13.

A boy goes to his school from his house at a speed of 3 kmph and returns at a speed of 2 kmph. If he takes 5 hours in going and coming, then the distance between his house and school is

A. 4 km
B. 4.5 km
C. 3 km
D. 6 km
Answer» E.
Discussion
14.

Starting from his house, one day a student walks at a speed of \[2\frac{1}{2}\] km/hr and reaches his school 6 minutes late. Next day he increases his speed by 1 km/hr and reaches the school 6 minutes early. How far is the school from his house?

A. 1.5 km
B. 1.75 km
C. 2.25 km
D. 2.5 km
Answer» C. 2.25 km
Discussion