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51.

Walking at
6
th of his usual speed a man
7
is 25 minutes late. His usual time to cover this distance is

A. 2 hours 30 minutes
B. 2 hours 15 minutes
C. 2 hours 25 minutes
D. 2 hours 10 minutes
Answer» B. 2 hours 15 minutes
Discussion
52.

Walking at
3
of his usual speed,
4
a man is 1
1
hours late. His usual time to
2
cover the same distance, (in hours) is

A. 4
B. 5
Answer» B. 5
Discussion
53.

By walking at
3
of his usual speed,
4
a man reaches his office 20 minutes later than his usual time. The usual time taken by him to reach his office is

A. 75 minutes
B. 60 minutes
C. 40 minutes
D. 30 minutes
Answer» C. 40 minutes
Discussion
54.

A car travelling with
5
 of its usual speed covers
7
42 km in 1 hour 40 min 48 sec. What is the usual speed of the car?

A. 35 km/hr
B. 25 km/hr
C. 30 km/hr
Answer» C. 30 km/hr
Discussion
55.

A man goes from Mysore to Bangalore at a uniform speed of 40 km/hr and comes back to
Mysore at a uniform speed of 60 km/hr. His average speed for the whole journey is

A. 48 km/hr
B. 50 km/hr
C. 54 km/hr
D. 55 km/hr
Answer» B. 50 km/hr
Discussion
56.

A car completed a journey of 400 km in 12
1
hrs.
2
The first
3
th of the journey was done at 30 km/hr.
4
Calculate the speed for the rest of the journey.

A. 45 km/hr
B. 25 km/hr
C. 40 km/hr
D. 30 km/hr
Answer» D. 30 km/hr
Discussion
57.

At an average of 80 km/hr Shatabdi Express reaches Ranchi from Kolkata in 7 hrs. The
distance between Kolkata and Ranchi is

A. 560 km.
B. 506 km.
C. 560 m.
D. 650 m.
Answer» B. 506 km.
Discussion
58.

The ratio of length of two trains is 5 : 3 and the ratio of their speed is 6 : 5. The ratio of time
taken by them to cross a pole is

A. 5 : 6
B. 11 : 8
C. 25 : 18
D. 27 : 16
Answer» D. 27 : 16
Discussion
59.

A and B run a 5 km race on a round course of 400 m. If their speed are in the ratio 5 : 4, the
number of times, the winner passes the other, is

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 5
Answer» D. 5
Discussion
60.

Three cars travelled distance in the ratio 1 : 2 : 3. If the ratio of the time of travel is 3 : 2 : 1,
then the ratio of their speed is

A. 3 : 9 : 1
B. 1 : 3 : 9
C. 1 : 2 : 4
D. 4 : 3 : 2
Answer» C. 1 : 2 : 4
Discussion
61.

A truck covers a distance of 550 metre in one minute where as a bus
covers a distance of 33 km in
3
hour.
4
Then the ratio of their speeds is :

A. 1 : 3
B. 2 : 3
C. 3 : 4
D. 1 : 4
Answer» D. 1 : 4
Discussion
62.

It takes 8 hours for a 600 km journey, if 120 km is done by train and the rest by car. It takes
20 minutes more if 200 km is done by train and the rest by car. The ratio of the speed of the train to that of the car is

A. 2 : 3
B. 3 : 2
C. 3 : 4
D. 4 : 3
Answer» D. 4 : 3
Discussion
63.

The speed of two trains are in the ratio 6 : 7. If the second train runs 364 km in 4 hours, then
the speed of first train is

A. 60 km/hr
B. 72 km/hr
C. 78 km/hr
D. 84 km/hr
Answer» D. 84 km/hr
Discussion
64.

A train running at
7
 its own speed reached a place
11
in 22 hours. How much time could be saved if the train would run at its own speed?

A. 14 hours
B. 7 hours
C. 8 hours
D. 16 hours
Answer» D. 16 hours
Discussion
65.

A man with
3
of his usual speed reaches
5
the destination 2
1
hours late.
2
Find his usual time to reach the destination.

A. 4 hours
B. 3 hours
Answer» D.
Discussion
66.

How many seconds will a 500 metre long train take to cross a man walking with a speed of 3
km/hr. in the direction of the moving train if the speed of the train is 63 km/hr ?

A. 25 sec
B. 30 sec
C. 40 sec
D. 45 sec
Answer» C. 40 sec
Discussion
67.

The lengths of a train and that of a platform are equal. If with a speed of 90 km/hr the train
crosses the platform in one minute, then the length of the train (in metres) is

A. 500
B. 600
C. 750
D. 900
Answer» D. 900
Discussion
68.

A train 270 metres long is running at a speed of 36 km per hour, then it will cross a bridge of
length 180 metres in :

A. 40 sec
B. 45 sec
C. 50 sec
D. 35 sec
Answer» C. 50 sec
Discussion
69.

A train, 110m long , is running at a speed of 60km/hr. How many seconds does it take to
cross another train, 170 m long, standing on parallel track ?

A. 15.6 sec
B. 16.8 sec
C. 17.2 sec
D. 18 sec
Answer» C. 17.2 sec
Discussion
70.

A train travelling with uniform speed crosses two bridges of lengths 300 m and 240 m in 21
seconds and 18 seconds respectively. The speed of the train is :

A. 72 km/hr
B. 68 km/hr
C. 65 km/hr
D. 60 km/hr
Answer» B. 68 km/hr
Discussion
71.

A train passes two bridges of lengths 800 m and 400 m in 100 seconds and 60 seconds
respectively. The length of the train is :

A. 80 m
B. 90 m
C. 200 m
D. 150 m
Answer» D. 150 m
Discussion
72.

The length of a train and that of a platform are equal. If with a speed of 90 km/hr the train
crosses the platform in one minute, then the length of the train (in metres) is :

A. 500
B. 600
C. 750
D. 900
Answer» D. 900
Discussion
73.

To cover a certain distance with a speed of 60 km/hr, a train takes 15 hours. If it covers the
same distance in 12 hours, what will be its speed?

A. 65 km/h
B. 70 km/h
C. 75 km/h
D. 80 km/h
Answer» D. 80 km/h
Discussion
74.

A man travels
3
 th of the distance
4

of his journey by bus,
1
 th by rickshaw
6
and 2 km on foot. The total distance travelled by the man is :

A. 12 km
B. 18 km
C. 20 km
D. 24 km
Answer» E.
Discussion
75.

Two buses travel to a place at 45 km./hr. and 60 km./hr. respectively.
If the second bus takes 5
1
 hours
2
less than the first for the journey, the length of the journey is :

A. 900 km.
B. 945 km.
C. 990 km.
D. 1350 km.
Answer» D. 1350 km.
Discussion
76.

A student goes to school at the
rate of 2
1
km/hr and reaches 6 minutes late.
2
If he travels at the speed of 3 km/hr. he is 10 minutes early. What is the distance to the school?

A. 4 km
B. 1 km
Answer» B. 1 km
Discussion
77.

A man starts from a place P and reaches the place Q in 7 hours.
He travels
1
th of the distance at 10 km/hour
4
and the remaining distance at 12 km/hour. The distance between P and Q is

A. 72 km
B. 90 km
C. 80 km
D. 70 km
Answer» D. 70 km
Discussion
78.

A student starting from his house walks at a
speed of 2
1
km/hour and reaches his
2
school 6 minutes late. Next day starting at
the same time he increases his speed by 1 km/hour and reaches 6 minutes early. The distance between the school and his house is

A. 4 km
B. 6 km
Answer» D.
Discussion
79.

A journey takes 4 hours 30 minutes at a speed of 60 km/hr. If the speed is 15 m/s, then the
journey will take

A. 5 hours
B. 5 hours 30 minutes
C. 6 hours
D. 6 hours 15 minutes
Answer» B. 5 hours 30 minutes
Discussion
80.

A student goes to school at the
rate of
5
km/hr and reaches 6 minutes late.
2
If he travels at the speed of 3 km/hr, he reaches 10 minutes earlier. The distance of the school is

A. 45 km
B. 20 km
C. 10 km
D. 4 km
Answer» E.
Discussion
81.

A truck travels at 90 km/hr for
the first 1
1
hours. After that it travels at 70 km/hr.
2
Find the time taken by the truck to travel 310 kilometres.

A. 2.5 hrs
B. 3 hrs
C. 3.5 hrs
D. 4 hrs
Answer» E.
Discussion
82.

A is twice as fast as B and B is thrice as fast as C is. The journey
covered by C in 1
1
hours will be covered by A in
2
A. 15 minutes
B. 20 minutes
C. 30 minutes
D. 1 hour
Answer» B. 20 minutes
Discussion
83.

Motor-cyclist P started his journey at a speed of 30 km/hr. After 30 minutes, motor-cyclist Q
started from the same place but with a speed of 40 km/hr. How much time (in hours) will Q take to overtake P ?

A. 1
B. 2
Answer» C.
Discussion
84.

Sarita and Julie start walking from the same place in the opposite directions. If Julie walks at a
speed of 2
1
km/hr and Sarita at a speed
2
of 2 km/hr, in how much time will they be 18 km apart ?

A. 4.0 hrs
B. 4.5 hrs
C. 5.0 hrs
D. 4.8 hrs
Answer» B. 4.5 hrs
Discussion
85.

A man covers
2
of the total journey
15
by train,
9
by bus and the remaining
20
10 km on foot. His total journey (in km) is

A. 15.6
B. 24
C. 16.4
D. 12.8
Answer» C. 16.4
Discussion
86.

The speed 3
1
m/sec when expressed
3
in km/hour becomes

A. 8
B. 9
C. 10
D. 12
Answer» E.
Discussion
87.

An aeroplane covers a certain distance at a speed of 240 km hour in 5 hours. To cover the
same distance in 1
2
hours, it must
3
travel at a speed of :

A. 300 km./hr.
B. 360 km./hr.
C. 600 km./hr.
D. 720 km./hr.
Answer» E.
Discussion
88.

A man travelled a certain distance by train at the rate of 25 kmph. and walked back at the
rate of 4 kmph. If the whole journey took 5 hours 48 minutes, the distance was

A. 25 km
B. 30 km
C. 20 km
D. 15 km
Answer» D. 15 km
Discussion
89.

A person started his journey in the morning.
At 11 a.m. he covered
3
 of the journey and on the
8
same day at 4.30 p.m. he covered
5
of the journey.
6

He started his journey at

A. 6.00 a.m.
B. 3.30 a.m.
C. 7.00 a.m.
D. 6.30 a.m.
Answer» E.
Discussion
90.

A train is travelling at the rate of 45km/hr. How many seconds it
will take to cover a distance of
4
km ?
5
A. 36 sec.
B. 64 sec.
C. 90 sec.
D. 120 sec.
Answer» C. 90 sec.
Discussion
91.

Ram travels a certain distance at 3 km/hr and reaches 15 min late. If he travels at 4 km/hr he reaches 15 min earlier. The distance he has to travel is ?

A. 4.5 km.
B. 6 km.
C. 7.2 km.
D. 12 km.
Answer» C. 7.2 km.
Discussion
92.

A train 350 m long is moving at the speed of 20 km/h. It will cross a man coming from the opposite direction at the speed of 1 km/h in ?

A. 27 sec
B. 35 sec
C. 45 sec
D. 60 sec
Answer» E.
Discussion
93.

A thief steals a car at 1:30 p.m. and drives it at 45 km an hour. The theft is discovered at 2 p.m. and the owner sets off in another car at 50 km an hour. He will overtake the thief at ?

A. 3:30 p.m.
B. 4 p.m.
C. 4:30 p.m.
D. 6 p.m.
Answer» C. 4:30 p.m.
Discussion
94.

A hunter fired two shots from the branch of a tree at an interval of 76 seconds. A tiger separating too fast hears the two shots at an interval of 83 seconds. If the velocity of the sound is 1195.2 km/h, then find the speed of tiger?

A. 112.8 km/h
B. 100.8 km/h
C. 80.16 km/h
D. none of these
Answer» C. 80.16 km/h
Discussion
95.

The length of Lucknow mail is 120m and that of punjab mail is 80 m. These two trains are running in the same direction with velocities of 40 km/h and 50 km/h respectively. The time taken by them to cross each other is ?

A. 8 sec.
B. 72 sec.
C. 11.5 sec.
D. 12.5 sec.
Answer» C. 11.5 sec.
Discussion
96.

Soniya and Priyanka started from Amethi and Bellari for Bellari and Amethi, which are 645 km apart. They meet after 15 hours. After their meeting, Sonia increased her speed by 3 km/h and priyanka reduced her speed by 3 km/h, they arrived at Bellari and Amethi respectively at the same time. What is their initial speeds?

A. 24 km/h and 30 km/h
B. 25 km/h and 18 km/h
C. 18 km/h and 21 km/h
D. 20 km/h and 23 km/h
Answer» E.
Discussion
97.

Two train start at the same time Aligarh and Delhi and processed toward each other at 16 km/hr and 21 km/hr respectively when they meet, it is found that one train has travelled 60 km more than the other. The distance between two station is ?

A. 445 km.
B. 444 km.
C. 440 km.
D. 450 km.
Answer» C. 440 km.
Discussion
98.

Akbar and Birbal setout at the same time to walk towards each other respectively from Agra and Banaras 144 km apart. Akbar walks at the constant speed of 8 km/h, while Birbal walks 4 km in the first hour, 5 km in the second hour, 6 km in the third hour and so on. Then the Akbar and Birbal will meet ?

A. In 6 hr.
B. In 8 hr.
C. Midway between Agra and Banaras
D. 80 km away from Banaras
Answer» D. 80 km away from Banaras
Discussion
99.

A tiger is 50 of its own leaps behind a deer. The tiger takes 5 leaps per minute to the deer's 4. If the tiger and the deer cover 8 m and 5 m per leap respectively, what distance will the tiger have to run before it catches the deer?

A. 600 m
B. 700 m
C. 800 m
D. 1000 m
Answer» D. 1000 m
Discussion
100.

Two boys begin together to write out a booklet containing 817 lines. The first boy start with first line, writing at rate of 200 lines an hour and the second boys start with a last line. He writes line 817 and so on backwards proceeding at the rate of 150 lines an hour. An what line will they meet ?

A. 466th
B. 465th
C. 467th
D. 468th
Answer» D. 468th
Discussion