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151.	The ratio between the speeds of two buses is 5 : 3. If the 1st bus runs 400 km in 8 h, then find the speed of the 2nd bus.?
A.	30 km/h
B.	15 km/h
C.	27 km/h
D.	37 km/h
Answer» B. 15 km/h

Discussion

152.	The speeds of three cars are in the ratio of 2 : 3 : 5 find the ratio of the time taken by the above cars to travel the same distance.?
A.	15 : 10 : 6
B.	6 : 10 : 15
C.	10 : 15 : 6
D.	10 : 6 : 15
Answer» B. 6 : 10 : 15

Discussion

153.	Nilu covers a distance by walking for 6 h. While returning, his speed decreases by 2km/h and he takes 9 h to cover the same distance. What was her speed while returning?
A.	2 km/h
B.	5 km/h
C.	4 km/h
D.	7 km/h
Answer» D. 7 km/h

Discussion

154.	A bullock cart has to cover a distance of 80 km in 10 h. If it covers half of the journey in 3/5th time, what should be its speed to cover the remaining distance in the left time?
A.	5 km/h
B.	10 km/h
C.	15 km/h
D.	18 km/h
Answer» C. 15 km/h

Discussion

155.	Two men A and B travel from point P to Q, a distance of 84 km at 12 km/h and 16 km/h, respectively. B reaches Q and returns immediately and meet A at R. Find the distance form P to R.
A.	72 km
B.	76 km
C.	78 km
D.	68 km
Answer» B. 76 km

Discussion

156.	The current of a stream runs at 1 km/h. A motorboat goes 35 km upstream and back again at the starting point in 12 h. What is the speed of motorboat in still water ?
A.	7 km/h
B.	4 km/h
C.	6 km/h
D.	5 km/h
Answer» D. 5 km/h

Discussion

157.	The speed of a motorboat is 30 km/h. It starts from Mumbai at 6 am and reaches Goa at 8 am. Same day, it starts from Goa at 12 pm and reaches Mumbai at 4 pm. Find the the speed of stream.
A.	8.5 km/h
B.	12 km/h
C.	10 km/h
D.	11.5 km/h
Answer» D. 11.5 km/h

Discussion

158.	A person riding a bike crosses a bridge with a speed of 54 km/h. What is the length of the bridge, if he takes 4 min to cross the bridge?
A.	3600 m
B.	2800 m
C.	3500 m
D.	4500 m
Answer» B. 2800 m

Discussion

159.	The ratio between the speed of Menna and Tenna is 2 : 3. Meena takes 20 min more than Tenna to walk from A to B. If Menna had walked at double the speed, find the time she would take to from A to B. ?
A.	30 min
B.	60 min
C.	45 min
D.	110 min
Answer» B. 60 min

Discussion

160.	The average speed of a train in the onward journey is 25% more than that of the return journey. The train halts for one hour on reaching the destination. The total time taken for the complete to and fro journey is 17 h covering a distance of 800 km. The speed of the train in the onward journey, is ?
A.	45 km/h
B.	47.06 km/h
C.	50.00 km/h
D.	56.25 km/h
Answer» E.

Discussion

161.	One local and another express train were proceeding in the same direction on parallel tracks at 29 km/h and 65 km/h, respectively. The driver of the former noticed that it took exactly 16 s for the faster train to pass by him. What is the length of the faster train ?
A.	60 m
B.	120 m
C.	160 m
D.	240 m
Answer» D. 240 m

Discussion

162.	Starting from his house, one day a student walks at a speed of 3 km/h and reaches his school 5 min late. Next day he increases his speed by 1 km/h and reaches the school 3 min early. How far is the school from his house ?
A.	1.6 km
B.	1.24 km
C.	1.36 km
D.	1.8 km
Answer» B. 1.24 km

Discussion

163.	A thief running at 8 km/h is chased by a policeman whose speed is 10 km/h. If the thief is 100 m ahead of the policeman, then the time required for the policeman to catch the thief will be
A.	2 min
B.	3 min
C.	4 min
D.	6 min
Answer» C. 4 min

Discussion

164.	A person can row 7
A.	2 km/h
B.	2.2 km/h
C.	2.5 km/h
D.	2.7 km/h
Answer» D. 2.7 km/h

Discussion

165.	A streamer goes downstream from one port to another in 4 h. It covers the same distance upstream in 5 h. If the speed of the stream is 2 km/h , find the distance between the two ports ?
A.	50 km/h
B.	60 km/h
C.	70 km/h
D.	80 km/h
Answer» E.

Discussion

166.	Ram and Sita are walking towards each other with the speed of 8 km/h and 2 km/h, respectively over a road 160 km long. How soon will they meet ?
A.	16 h
B.	8 h
C.	10 h
D.	20 h
Answer» B. 8 h

Discussion

167.	A car driver covers a distance between two cities at a speed of 60 km/h and on the return his speed is 40 km/h. He goes again from the 1st to the 2nd city at twice the original speed and returns at half the original return speed. Find his average speed for entire journey ?
A.	55 km/h
B.	50 km/h
C.	48 km/h
D.	40 km/h
Answer» E.

Discussion

168.	A man performs 2/25 of his total journey by bus, 21/50 by car and the remaining 2 km on foot. Find the total distance covered in the whole journey. ?
A.	4 km
B.	2.7 km
C.	3.4 km
D.	3.8 km
Answer» B. 2.7 km

Discussion

169.	A man in car notices that he can count 25 telephone posts in 1 min. If they are known to be 40 m apart, then at what speed is the car travelling ?
A.	52.4 km/h
B.	57.6 km/h
C.	48.2 km/h
D.	44.9 km/h
Answer» C. 48.2 km/h

Discussion

170.	Walking 5/7 of his usual rate, a boy reaches his school 6 min late. Find his usual time to reach the school ?
A.	10 min
B.	12 min
C.	15 min
D.	18 min
Answer» D. 18 min

Discussion

171.	A car during its journey travels 30 min at a speed of 40 km/h, another 45 min at a speed of 60 km/h and 2 h at a speed of 70 km/h. Find its average speed ?
A.	58 km/h
B.	63 km/h
C.	67 km/h
D.	71 km / h
Answer» C. 67 km/h

Discussion

172.	A man covers half of his journey at 6 km/h and the remaining half at 3 km/h. Find his average speed.
A.	3 km/h
B.	4 km/h
C.	4.5 km/h
D.	9 km/h
Answer» C. 4.5 km/h

Discussion

173.	Two train leaves New Delhi at the same time. One travels towards North at 60 km/h and the other travels towards South at 40 km/h . After how many hours will the trains be 150 km apart ?
A.	3/2 h
B.	4/3 h
C.	3/4 h
D.	15/2 h
Answer» B. 4/3 h

Discussion

174.	A person sets out to cycle from A to B and at the same time another person starts from B to A. After passing each other, they complete their journeys in 16 h and 25 h, respectively. Find the ratio of speeds of the 1st man to that of the 2 nd man.
A.	5 : 4
B.	5 : 3
C.	4 : 5
D.	3 : 5
Answer» B. 5 : 3

Discussion

175.	A thief is spotted by a policeman from a distance of 200 m. When the policeman starts chasing, the thief also starts running. If the speed of the thief be 16 km/h and that of the policeman be 20 km/h, how far the thief will have run before he is overtaken?
A.	800 m
B.	850 m
C.	700 m
D.	650 m
Answer» B. 850 m

Discussion

176.	A certain distance is covered at a certain speed. If half of this distance is covered in 4 times of the time, then find the ratio of the two speeds.?
A.	1 : 8
B.	1 : 4
C.	4 :1
D.	8 : 1
Answer» E.

Discussion

177.	Amit walks at a uniform speed of 4 km/h and 4 h after his start, Brijesh cycles after him at the uniform rate of 20 km/h. How far from the starting point will Brijesh catch Amit?
A.	15 km
B.	18 km
C.	13d km
D.	20 km
Answer» E.

Discussion

178.	If Sohail walks from his home to office at 16 km/h, he is late by 5 min. If he walks at 20 km/h, he reaches 10 min before the office time. Find the distance of his office from his house.
A.	22 km
B.	20 km
C.	18 km
D.	16 km
Answer» C. 18 km

Discussion

179.	Walking with 3/4 of his usual speed, Sachin covers a certain distance in 2 h more than the time he takes to cover the distance at his usual speed. Find the time taken by him to cover this distance with usual speed.
A.	5 h
B.	6 h
C.	9 h
D.	4 h
Answer» C. 9 h

Discussion

180.	A car covers a distance of 200 km in 2 h 40 min whereas a jeep covers the same distance in 2 h. What is the ratio of their speeds?
A.	3 : 4
B.	4 : 3
C.	4 : 5
D.	5 : 4
Answer» B. 4 : 3

Discussion

181.	A takes 4 h more than the time taken by B to walk D km. If A doubles his speed, he can make it in 2 h less than that of B. How much time does B require for walking D km?
A.	8 h
B.	4 h
C.	6 h
D.	9 h
Answer» B. 4 h

Discussion

182.	A bus covers a certain distance in 16 h. It covers half the distance at 40 km/h and the rest at 60 km/h. Find the length of the journey.?
A.	520 km
B.	448 km
C.	384 km
D.	768 km
Answer» E.

Discussion

183.	A bullock cart has to cover a distance of 120 km. in 15 hours. If it covers half of the
A.	6.4 km/hr
B.	6.67 km/hr
C.	10 km/hr
D.	15 km/hr
Answer» D. 15 km/hr

Discussion

184.	The distance between two station 'X' and 'Y' is 450 km. A train L starts at 6:00 pm from X and moves towards Y at an average speed of 60 km/h. Another train M starts from Y at 5:20 pm
A.	170 km, 8 : 50 pm
B.	150 km, 7 : 50 pm
C.	170 km, 6 : 50 pm
D.	150 km, 9 : 50 pm
Answer» B. 150 km, 7 : 50 pm

Discussion

185.	Two cars A and B are running towards each other from two different place 88 km apart. If the ratio of the speeds of the cars A and B is 5:6 and the speeds of the cars B is 90 km/h, after what time will they meet each other ?
A.	38 min
B.	39 min
C.	45 min
D.	32 min
Answer» E.

Discussion

186.	An express train travelled at an average speed of 100 km/h, stopping for 3 min after every 75 km. A local train travelled at a speed of 50 km/h, stopping for 1 min after every 25 km. If the trains began travelling at the same time, how many kilometres did the local train travel in the time in which the express train travel 600 km ?
A.	400 km
B.	405 km
C.	307.25 km
D.	415.5 km
Answer» D. 415.5 km

Discussion

187.	A student goes to his school from his house walking at 4 km/h and reaches his school 10 min late. Next day, starting at the same time he walks as 6 km/h and reaches his school 5 min earlier than the scheduled time. Find the distance between school and home ?
A.	2 km
B.	3 km
C.	4 km
D.	5 km
Answer» C. 4 km

Discussion

188.	Two train of length 250 m and 140 m are running on parallel lines in the same direction at 58 km/h and 32 km/h, respectively. Find the time taken by the slower train to pass the driver of the faster one ?
A.	58 s
B.	54 s
C.	52 s
D.	48 s
Answer» C. 52 s

Discussion

189.	A person travelled a distance of 50 km in 8 h. He covered a part of the distance on foot at the rate of 4 km/h and a part on a bicycle at the rate of 10 km/h. How much distance did he travel on foot ?
A.	10 km
B.	20 km
C.	30 km
D.	40 km
Answer» C. 30 km

Discussion

190.	Total time taken by a person in going to a place by walking and returning on cycle is 5 h 45 min. He would have gained 2 h by cycling both ways. The time taken by him to walk both ways, is ?
A.	6 h 45 min
B.	7 h 45 min
C.	8 h 15 min
D.	8 h 30 min
Answer» C. 8 h 15 min

Discussion

191.	Amit start from a point A and walks to another point B and then return from B to A by his car and thus takes a total time of 6 h 45 min. If he had driven both ways in his car, he would have taken 2 h less. How long would it take for him to walk both ways ?
A.	7 h 45 min
B.	8 h 15 min
C.	8 h 30 min
D.	8 h 45 min
Answer» E.

Discussion

192.	The ratio between the rates of travelling of A and B is 2 : 3 and therefore A takes 20 min more than time taken by B to reach a destination. If A had walked at double the speed, how long would he have taken to cover the distance?
A.	30 min
B.	35 min
C.	20 min
D.	45 min
Answer» B. 35 min

Discussion

193.	A car travels a distance of 75 km at the speed of 25 km/h. It covers the next 25 km of its journey at the speed of 5 km/h and the last 50 km of its journey at the speed of 25 km/h. What is the average speed of the car?
A.	40 km/h
B.	25 km/h
C.	15 km/h
D.	12.5 km/h
Answer» D. 12.5 km/h

Discussion

194.	A car runs at the speed of 50 km/h when not serviced and runs at 60 km/h, when serviced. After servicing, the car covers a certain distance in 6 h. How much time will the car take to cover the same distance when serviced?
A.	8.2 h
B.	6.5 h
C.	8 h
D.	7.2 h
Answer» E.

Discussion

195.	A and B are two station 1000 km apart. A train starts from A and moves towards B at 40 km/h. Another train starts from B at the same time and moves towards A at 60 km/h. How far from A will they cross each other ?
A.	350 km
B.	400 km
C.	525 km
D.	300 km
Answer» C. 525 km

Discussion

196.	A truck covers a distance of 368 km at a certain speed in 8 h. How much time would a car take at an average speed which is 18 km/h more than that of the speed of the truck to cover a distance which is 16 km more than that travelled by the truck ?
A.	7 h
B.	5 h
C.	6 h
D.	8 h
Answer» D. 8 h

Discussion

197.	Two cars X and Y starts from two places A and B respectively which are 700 km apart at 9 am. Both the cars run at an average speed of 60 km/h, Car X stops at 10 am and again starts at 11 am, while the other car Y continues to run without stopping. When do the two cars cross each other ?
A.	2 : 40 pm
B.	3 : 20 pm
C.	4 : 10 pm
D.	4 : 20 pm
Answer» C. 4 : 10 pm

Discussion

198.	Two cars A and B start simultaneously from a certain place at the speed of 30 km/h and 45 km/h, respectively.The car B reaches the destination 2 h earlier than A. What is the distance between the starting point and destination?
A.	90 km
B.	180 km
C.	270 km
D.	360 km
Answer» C. 270 km

Discussion

199.	A car covers a distance from town A to town B at the speed of 58 km/h and covers the distance from town B to town A at the speed of 52 km/ h. What is the Approximate average speed of the car?
A.	55 km/h
B.	52 km/h
C.	48 km/h
D.	60 km/h
Answer» B. 52 km/h

Discussion

200.	A car reached Raipur from sonagarh in 35 min with an average speed of 69 km/h. If the average speed is increased by 36 km/h, how long will it take to cover the same distance?
A.	24 min
B.	27 min
C.	23 min
D.	29 min
Answer» D. 29 min

Discussion

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