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201.

The speed of 90 km per hour is same as :

A. m/s
B. 0 m/s
C. 5 m/s
D. 8 m/s
Answer» D. 8 m/s
202.

A man crosses a road 250 metres wide in 75 seconds. His speed in km/hr is :

A. 0 km/hr
B. 2 km/hr
C. 2.5 km/hr
D. 5 km/hr
Answer» C. 2.5 km/hr
203.

A thief is noticed by a policeman from a distance of 200 metres the thief starts running and the policeman chases him. The thief and the policeman run at the rate of 10 km/hr and 11 km/hr respectively. What is the distance between them after 6 minutes ?

A. 00 m
B. 90 m
C. 00 m
D. 50 m
Answer» B. 90 m
204.

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. 0 seconds
B. 5 seconds
C. 0 seconds
D. 5 seconds
Answer» C. 0 seconds
205.

A train is moving with the speed of 180 km/hr. Its speed (in metres per second) is :

A. m/s
B. 0 m/s
C. 0 m/s
D. 0 m/s
Answer» E.
206.

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. 5 seconds
B. 0 seconds
C. 0 seconds
D. 5 seconds
Answer» C. 0 seconds
207.

A man covers $$\frac{9}{20}$$ distance by bus and the remaining 10 km on foot. His total journey (in km) is :

A. 5.6 km
B. 4 km
C. 8.18 km
D. 2.8 km
Answer» D. 2.8 km
208.

A man can reach a certain place in 30 hours. If he reduces his speed by $$\frac{1}{15}$$th, he comes 10 km less in that time. Find his speed in km per hour.

A. km/hr
B. $5\frac{1}{2}$$ km/hr
C. km/hr
D. km/hr
Answer» E.
209.

A train, 150 m long, passes a pole in 15 seconds and another train of the same length travelling in the opposite direction in 12 seconds. The speed of the second train is :

A. 5 km/hr
B. 8 km/hr
C. 2 km/hr
D. 4 km/hr
Answer» E.
210.

Due to inclement weather, an Aeroplane reduce its speed by 300 km/hr and reached the destination of 1200 km late by 2 hours. Then the schedule duration of the flight was :

A. hour
B. .5 hours
C. hours
D. .5 hours
Answer» D. .5 hours
211.

Four people are running around a circular ground from a point on the circumference at 9.00 am. For one round, these four persons take respectively 40, 50, 60 and 30 minutes. At what time will they meet together again ?

A. .30 pm
B. .00 pm
C. .00 pm
D. .30 pm
Answer» C. .00 pm
212.

A car travels from P to Q at a constant speed. If its speed were increased by 10 km/hr, it would have taken one hour lesser to cover the distance. It would have taken further 45 minutes lesser if the speed was further increased by 10 km/hr. The distance between two cities is :

A. 40 km
B. 20 km
C. 00 km
D. 20 km
Answer» C. 00 km
213.

One third of a certain journey is covered at the rate of 25 km/hr, one forth at the rate of 30 km/hr and the rest at 50 km/hr. The average speed for the whole journey is :

A. 5 km/hr
B. $33\frac{1}{3}$$ km/hr
C. 0 km/hr
D. $37\frac{1}{12}$$ km/hr
Answer» C. 0 km/hr
214.

A train 300 m long is running with a speed of 54 km/hr. In what time it cross a telephone pole ?

A. 0 seconds
B. 5 seconds
C. 7 seconds
D. 8 seconds
Answer» B. 5 seconds
215.

A train passes two persons walking in the same direction at a speed of 3 km/hr and 5 km/hr respectively in 10 seconds and 11 seconds respectively. The speed of the train is :

A. 8 km/hr
B. 7 km/hr
C. 5 km/hr
D. 4 km/hr
Answer» D. 4 km/hr
216.

A truck covers a distance of 550 metres in 1 minute whereas a bus covers a distance of 33 kms in 45 minutes. The ratio of their speed is :

A. : 3
B. : 5
C. : 4
D. 0 : 3
Answer» D. 0 : 3
217.

A man travels the distance of his journey $$\frac{3}{4}$$ by bus, $$\frac{1}{6}$$ by rickshaw and remaining 2 km on foot. The total distance travelled by the man is :

A. 2 km
B. 8 km
C. 0 km
D. 4 km
Answer» E.
218.

A man walks a certain distance in certain time, if he had gone 3 km per hour faster, he would have taken 1 hour less than the scheduled time. If he had gone 2 km per hour slower, he would have taken one hour longer on the road. The distance (in km) is :

A. 0
B. 5
C. 5
D. 0
Answer» B. 5
219.

A bus covers three successive 3 km stretches at speed of 10 km/hr, 20 km/hr and 60 km/hr respectively. Its average speed over this distance is :

A. 0 km/hr
B. 5 km/hr
C. 8 km/hr
D. 0 km/hr
Answer» D. 0 km/hr
220.

A bus moving at a speed of 45 km/hr catches a truck 150 metres ahead going in the same direction in 30 seconds. The speed of the truck is :

A. 7 km/hr
B. 4 km/hr
C. 5 km/hr
D. 8 km/hr
Answer» B. 4 km/hr
221.

If a distance of 50 m is covered in 1 minute, 90 m in 2 minutes and 130 m 3 minutes. Find the distance covered in 15th minute.

A. 10 minutes
B. 50 minutes
C. 000 minutes
D. 50 minutes
Answer» B. 50 minutes
222.

A moving train crosses a man standing on a platform and the platform 300 metres long in 10 seconds and 25 seconds respectively. What will be the time taken by the train to cross a platform 200 metre long ?

A. $16\frac{2}{3}$$ seconds
B. 8 seconds
C. 0 seconds
D. 2 seconds
Answer» D. 2 seconds
223.

A passenger train 150 m long is travelling with a speed of 36 km/hr. If a man is cycling in the direction of train at 9 km/hr, the time taken by the train to pass the man is :

A. 0 seconds
B. 5 seconds
C. 8 seconds
D. 0 seconds
Answer» E.
224.

If a person travels from a point L towards east for 12 km and then travels 5 km towards north and reached a point M, then the shortest distance from L to M is :

A. 2 km
B. 4 km
C. 7 km
D. 3 km
Answer» E.
225.

A man travels 50 km at speed 25 km/hr and next 40 km at 20 km/hr and there after travel 90 km at 15 km/hr. His average speed is :

A. 8 km/hr
B. 5 km/hr
C. 0 km/hr
D. 5 km/hr
Answer» B. 5 km/hr
226.

A can give 40 metres start to B and 70 metres to C in a race of one kilometre how many metres starts can B give to C in a race of one kilometre ?

A. 0 mitres
B. $\frac{700}{29}$$ metres
C. $31\frac{1}{4}$$ metres
D. 2 metres
Answer» D. 2 metres
227.

From two places, 60 km apart A and B start towards each other at the same time and meet each other after 6 hours. If A travelled with $$\frac{2}{3}$$ of his usual speed and B travelled with double of his speed they would have meet after 5 hours. The speed of A is :

A. km/hr
B. km/hr
C. 0 km/hr
D. 2 km/hr
Answer» C. 0 km/hr
228.

A man walking at the rate of 5 km/hr crosses a bridge in 15 min. The length of the bridge (in metres) is :

A. 00 metres
B. 50 metres
C. 000 metres
D. 250 metres
Answer» E.
229.

A car travels at a speed of 60 km/hr and covers a particular distance in one hour. How long will it take for another car to cover the same distance at 40 km/hr ?

A. $\frac{5}{2}$$ hours
B. hours
C. $\frac{3}{2}$$ hours
D. hour
Answer» D. hour
230.

A 75 metres long train is moving at 20 kmph. It will cross a man standing on the platform in :

A. 2 seconds
B. 4 seconds
C. 3.5 seconds
D. 5.5 seconds
Answer» D. 5.5 seconds
231.

Points 'A' and 'B' are 70 km apart on a highway and two cars start at the same time. If they travel in the same direction, they meet in 7 hours, but if they travel towards each other they meet in one hour. Find the speed of the two cars (in km/hr).

A. 0, 30
B. 0, 30
C. 0, 50
D. 0, 40
Answer» C. 0, 50
232.

A train is 250 m long. If the train takes 50 second tocross a tree by the railway line, then the speed of the train on Km /hr is :

A. km/hr
B. km/hr
C. 8 km/hr
D. 0 km/hr
Answer» D. 0 km/hr
233.

The average speed of a train is 20% less on the return journey than on onward journey. The train halts for half an hour at the destination station before starting on the return journey. If the total time taken for the to and fro journey is 23 hours, covering a distance of 1000 km, the speed of the train on the return journey is:

A. 0 km/hr
B. 0 km/hr
C. 0 km/hr
D. 5 km/hr
Answer» D. 5 km/hr
234.

The area of square park is 25 sq. Km. Time taken to complete a round of the field once, at a speed of 3 kmph is:

A. hours 60 minutes
B. hours 50 minutes
C. hours 40 minutes
D. hours 40 minutes
Answer» D. hours 40 minutes
235.

A is twice fast as B and B is thrice fast as C is. The journey covered by C in $$\frac{3}{2}$$ hours will be covered by A is:

A. 5 minutes
B. 0 minutes
C. 0 minutes
D. hour
Answer» B. 0 minutes
236.

A man covers the journey from station A to station B at a uniform speed of 36 kmph and returns to A with a uniform speed of 45 kmph, his average speed for the whole journey is:

A. 0 kmph
B. 0.5 kmph
C. 1 kmph
D. 2 kmph
Answer» B. 0.5 kmph
237.

A 6 × 6 grid is cut from an 8 × 8 chessboard. In how many ways can we put two identical coins, one on the black square and one on a white square on the grid, such that they are not placed in the same row or in the same column?

A. 16 ways
B. 24 ways
C. 44 ways
D. 08 ways
Answer» B. 24 ways
238.

A car travels 50% faster than a bike. Both start at the same time from A to B. The car reaches 25 minutes earlier than the bike. If the distance from A to B is 100 km, find the speed of the bike.

A. 20 kmph
B. 00 kmph
C. 0 kmph
D. 5 kmph
Answer» D. 5 kmph
239.

A starts 3 Minutes after B for a place 4.5 km distant. B, on reaching his destination, immediately returns and after walking a km meets A. If A can walk 1 Km in 18 minutes,then what is B's speed?

A. km/h
B. km/h
C. km/h
D. km/h
Answer» E.
240.

The ratio between the speed of a bus and train is 15 : 27 respectively. Also, a car covered a distance of 720 km in 9 hours. The speed of the Bus is three-fourth the speed of the car. How much distance will the train cover in 7 hours?

A. 60 km
B. 56 km
C. 40 km
D. one of these
Answer» C. 40 km
241.

A thief seeing a policeman at a distance of 150 metres starts running at 10 kmph and the policeman gives immediate chase at 12 kmph. When the thief is overtaken the thief has traveled a distance of:

A. 50 m
B. 00 m
C. 00 m
D. km
Answer» B. 00 m
242.

Two persons A and B start simultaneously from P and Q respectively. A meets B at a distance of 60m from P. After A reaches Q and B reaches P, they turn around and start walking in opposite direction, now B meets A at a distance of 40m from Q. Find distance between P and Q?

A. 60 m
B. 00 m
C. 40 m
D. 05 m
E. one of These
Answer» D. 05 m
243.

Mr A started half an hour later than usual for the marketplace. But by increasing his speed to $$\frac{3}{2}$$ times his usual speed he reached 10 minutes earlier than usual. What is his usual time for this journey?

A. hours
B. hours
C. hours
D. 5 minutes
E. one of these
Answer» C. hours
244.

If two incorrect watches are set at 12:00 noon at correct time, when will both watchesshow the correct time for the first time given that the first watch gains 1 min in one hour and second watch looses 4 min in two hours.

A. PM, 25 days later
B. 2 noon, 30 days later
C. 2 noon, 15 days later
D. AM, 45 days later
E. one of these
Answer» C. 2 noon, 15 days later
245.

Sabarmati express takes 18 seconds to pass completely through a station162 m long and 15 seconds through another station 120 m long. The length of the train is :

A. 32 m
B. 00 m
C. 0 m
D. 0 m
Answer» E.
246.

A car traveled first 36 km at 6 km/h faster than the usual speed, but it returned the same distance at 6 km/h slower than usual speed. I the total time taken by car is 8 hours, for how many hours does it traveledat the faster speed ?

A. hours
B. hours
C. hours
D. hours
Answer» D. hours
247.

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 shotsat an interval of 83 seconds. If the velocity of the sound is 1195.2 km/h, then find the speed of the tiger.

A. 12.8 km/h
B. 00.8 km/h
C. 0.16 km/h
D. 5.16 km/h
E. one of these
Answer» C. 0.16 km/h
248.

A car after traveling 18 km from a point A developed some problem in the engine and the speed became $$\frac{4}{5}$$ th of its original speed. As a result, the car reached point B 45 minutes late. If the engine had developed the same problem after traveling 30 km from A, then it would have reached 36 minutes late. The original speed of the car (in km/h) is:

A. 5 kmph
B. 0 kmph
C. 0 kmph
D. 5 kmph
E. one of these
Answer» D. 5 kmph
249.

A train without stopping travels 60 km/h and with stoppage 40 km/h. What is the time taken for stoppage on a route 300 km?

A. 0 hours
B. 0 hours
C. hours
D. .5 hours
Answer» E.
250.

Without stoppage, a train travels a certain distance with an average speed of 60 km/h, and with stoppage it covers the same distance with an average speed of 40 km/h. On an average, how many minutes per hour does train stop during the journey ?

A. 0 min/hour
B. 5 min/hour
C. 0 min/hour
D. 2 min/hour
Answer» B. 5 min/hour