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This section includes 437 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Arithmetic Ability knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 151. |
Aryan runs at a speed of 40 meters/minute. Rahul follows him after an interval of 5 minutes and runs at a speed of 50 metres/minute. Rahul's dog runs at a speed of 60 metres/minute and starts along with Rahul. The dog reaches Aryan and then comesback to Rahul, and continues to do so till Rahul reaches Aryan. What is the total distance covered by the dog ? |
| A. | 00 m |
| B. | 50 m |
| C. | 80 m |
| D. | 200 m |
| Answer» E. | |
| 152. |
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. | 0 km |
| B. | 6 km |
| C. | 0 km |
| D. | 0 km |
| Answer» B. 6 km | |
| 153. |
Mary jogs 9 km at a speed of 6 km per hour. At what speed would she need to jog during the next 1.5 hours to have an average of 9 km per hour for the entire jogging session ? |
| A. | kmph |
| B. | 0 kmph |
| C. | 2 kmph |
| D. | 4 kmph |
| Answer» D. 4 kmph | |
| 154. |
A person travels equal distance with speeds of 3 km/hr, 4 km/hr and 5 km/hr and taken a total time of 47 minutes. The total distance (in km) is : |
| A. | km |
| B. | km |
| C. | km |
| D. | km |
| Answer» C. km | |
| 155. |
A certain distance is covered by a cyclist at a certain speed. If a jogger covers half the distance in double the time, the ratio of the speed of the jogger to that of the cyclist is : |
| A. | : 2 |
| B. | : 1 |
| C. | : 4 |
| D. | : 1 |
| Answer» D. : 1 | |
| 156. |
Two cyclists, k kilometres apart, and starting at the same time, would be together in r hours if they travelled in the same direction, but would pass each other in t hours if they travelled in opposite directions. The ratio of the speed of the faster cyclist to that of the slower is : |
| A. | $\frac{{r + t}}{{r - t}}$$ |
| B. | $\frac{r}{{r - t}}$$ |
| C. | $\frac{{r + t}}{r}$$ |
| D. | $\frac{r}{t}$$ |
| Answer» B. $\frac{r}{{r - t}}$$ | |
| 157. |
A thief steals a car at 2.30 pm and drives it at 60 kmph. The theft is discovered at 3 pm and the owner sets off in another car at 75 kmph. When will he overtake the thief ? |
| A. | .30 pm |
| B. | .45 pm |
| C. | pm |
| D. | .15 pm |
| Answer» D. .15 pm | |
| 158. |
Two men start together to walk to a certain destination, one at 3 kmph and another at 3.75 kmph. The latter arrives half an hour before the former. The distance is : |
| A. | km |
| B. | .5 km |
| C. | km |
| D. | .5 km |
| Answer» C. km | |
| 159. |
A car travels the first one-third of a certain distance with a speed of 10 km/hr, the next one-third distance with a speed of 20 km/hr, and the last one-third distance with a speed of 60 km/hr. The average speed of the car for the whole journey is : |
| A. | 8 km/hr |
| B. | 4 km/hr |
| C. | 0 km/hr |
| D. | 6 km/hr |
| Answer» B. 4 km/hr | |
| 160. |
A student goes to school at the rate of $$2\frac{1}{2}$$ km/hr and reaches 6 min late. If he travels at the speed of 3 km/hr, he is 10 min early. The distance (in km) between the school and the house is : |
| A. | km |
| B. | km |
| C. | km |
| D. | km |
| Answer» C. km | |
| 161. |
A man goes from Mysore to Bangalore at a uniform speed of 40 km/hr and comes back to Mysore at a uniform speed of 60 km/hr. His average speed for the whole journey is : |
| A. | 8 km/hr |
| B. | 0 km/hr |
| C. | 4 km/hr |
| D. | km/hr |
| Answer» B. 0 km/hr | |
| 162. |
Two trains are running with speed 30 km/hr and 58 km/hr in the same direction, a man in the slower train passes the faster train in 18 sec. The length (in metres) of the faster train is : |
| A. | 0 metres |
| B. | 00 metres |
| C. | 28 metres |
| D. | 40 metres |
| Answer» E. | |
| 163. |
A is twice as fast as B and B is thrice as fast as C. The journey covered by C in $$1\frac{1}{2}$$ hours will be covered by A in : |
| A. | 5 min |
| B. | min |
| C. | 0 min |
| D. | hour |
| Answer» B. min | |
| 164. |
A train 300 meres long is running at a speed of 25 metre per second. It will cross a bridge of 200 metres long in : |
| A. | sec |
| B. | 0 sec |
| C. | 0 sec |
| D. | 5 sec |
| Answer» D. 5 sec | |
| 165. |
A boy stated from his house on bicycle at 10 am at a speed of 12 km per hour. His elder brother started after 1 hr 15 min on scooter along the same path and caughthim at 1.30 pm. The speed of the scooter will be (in km/hr) ? |
| A. | .5 km/hr |
| B. | 6 km/hr |
| C. | $18\frac{2}{3}$$ km/hr |
| D. | km/hr |
| Answer» D. km/hr | |
| 166. |
The distance between two cities A and B is 330 km. A train starts from A at 8 am and travels towards B at 60 km/hr. Another train starts from B at 9 am and travels towards A at 75 km/hr. At what time do they meet ? |
| A. | 0.00 am |
| B. | 0.30 am |
| C. | 1.00 am |
| D. | 1.30 am |
| Answer» D. 1.30 am | |
| 167. |
A train, 110 m long is running at a speed of 60 km/hr. How many seconds does it to cross another train, 170 m long standing on parallel track ? |
| A. | 5.6 seconds |
| B. | 6.8 seconds |
| C. | 7.2 seconds |
| D. | 8 seconds |
| Answer» C. 7.2 seconds | |
| 168. |
A bullock cart has to cover a distance of 120 km in 15 hours. If it covers half of the journey in $$\frac{3}{5}$$th time, the second to cover the remaining distance in the time left has to be : |
| A. | .4 km/hr |
| B. | .67 km/hr |
| C. | 0 km/hr |
| D. | 5 km/hr |
| Answer» D. 5 km/hr | |
| 169. |
A car goes 10 meters in a second. Find its speed in km/hour. |
| A. | 0 km/hr |
| B. | 2 km/hr |
| C. | 8 km/hr |
| D. | 6 km/hr |
| Answer» E. | |
| 170. |
In a race of one kilometre.A gives B a start of 100 metres and still wins by 20 seconds. But if A gives B a start of 25 seconds, B wins by 50 metres. The time taken by A to run kilometre is : |
| A. | 7 sec |
| B. | $\frac{{500}}{{29}}{\text{sec}}$$ |
| C. | $\frac{{1200}}{{29}}{\text{sec}}$$ |
| D. | $\frac{{700}}{{29}}{\text{sec}}$$ |
| Answer» C. $\frac{{1200}}{{29}}{\text{sec}}$$ | |
| 171. |
Two cars are moving with speed v1, v2 towards a crossing along two roads, If their distance from the crossing be 40 metres and 50 metres at an instant of time then they do not collide if their speeds are such that : |
| A. | 1 : v2 $$ = $$ 16 : 25 |
| B. | 1 : v2 $$ \ne $$ 4 : 5 |
| C. | 1 : v2 $$ \ne $$ 5 : 4 |
| D. | 1 : v2 $$ \ne $$ 25 : 16 |
| Answer» C. 1 : v2 $$ \ne $$ 5 : 4 | |
| 172. |
Two trains 150 m and 120 m long respectively moving from opposite direction cross each other in 10 sec. If the speed of the second train is 43.2 km/hr, then the speed of the first train is : |
| A. | 4 km/hr |
| B. | 0 km/hr |
| C. | 2 km/hr |
| D. | 1 km/hr |
| Answer» B. 0 km/hr | |
| 173. |
The distance between two places R and S is 42 km. Anita starts from R with a uniform speed of 4 km/hr towards S and at the same time Romita starts from S towards R also with some uniform speed. They meet each other after 6 hours. The speed of Romita is : |
| A. | 8 km/hr |
| B. | 0 km/hr |
| C. | km/hr |
| D. | km/hr |
| Answer» D. km/hr | |
| 174. |
A man goes to a place on bicycle at speed of 16 km/hr and comes back at lower speed. If the average speed is 6.4 km/hr in total, then the return speed (in km/hr) is : |
| A. | 0 km/hr |
| B. | km/hr |
| C. | km/hr |
| D. | km/hr |
| Answer» E. | |
| 175. |
A gun is fired from a fort. A man hears the sound 10 seconds later. If the sound travels at the rate of 330 m/sec, find the distance between the fort and the man. |
| A. | 30 km |
| B. | 3 km |
| C. | .3 km |
| D. | .33 km |
| Answer» D. .33 km | |
| 176. |
A jeep is chasing a car which is 5 km ahead. Their respective speeds are 90 km/hr and 75 km/hr. After how many minutes will the jeep catch the car ? |
| A. | 0 min |
| B. | 0 min |
| C. | 4 min |
| D. | 5 min |
| Answer» C. 4 min | |
| 177. |
2 km 5 metres is equal to ? |
| A. | .5 km |
| B. | .005 km |
| C. | .0005 km |
| D. | .05 km |
| Answer» C. .0005 km | |
| 178. |
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. | 0 km/hr |
| B. | 2 km/hr |
| C. | 8 km/hr |
| D. | 4 km/hr |
| Answer» D. 4 km/hr | |
| 179. |
The speed $$3\frac{1}{3}$$ m/sec when expressed in km/hr becomes : |
| A. | km/hr |
| B. | km/hr |
| C. | 0 km/hr |
| D. | 2 km/hr |
| Answer» E. | |
| 180. |
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 meters) is ? |
| A. | 00 meters |
| B. | 00 meters |
| C. | 50 meters |
| D. | 00 meters |
| Answer» D. 00 meters | |
| 181. |
A car travelling with $$\frac{5}{7}$$ of its usual speed covers 42 km in 1 hr 40 min 48 sec. What is the usual speed of the car ? |
| A. | $17\frac{6}{7}$$ km/hr |
| B. | 5 km/hr |
| C. | 5 km/hr |
| D. | 0 km/hr |
| Answer» C. 5 km/hr | |
| 182. |
In a race of 200 metres, B can give a start of 10 metres to A and C can give a start of 20 metres to B. The start that C can give to A, in the same race, is : |
| A. | 0 metres |
| B. | 5 metres |
| C. | 9 metres |
| D. | 7 metres |
| Answer» D. 7 metres | |
| 183. |
Gautam goes office at a speed of 12 kmph and return homes at 10 kmph. His average speed is: |
| A. | 1 km/hr |
| B. | 2 km/hr |
| C. | 0.9 km/hr |
| D. | 2.5 km/hr |
| Answer» D. 2.5 km/hr | |
| 184. |
P and Q are 27 km away. Two trains with speed of 24 km/hr and 18 km/hr respectively start simultaneously from P and Q and travel in the same direction. They meet at a point R beyond Q. Distance QR is : |
| A. | 26 km |
| B. | 1 km |
| C. | 8 km |
| D. | 6 km |
| Answer» C. 8 km | |
| 185. |
Each wheel of a car is making 5 revolutions per second. If the diameter of a wheel is 84 cm, then the speed of the car in cm/sec would be : |
| A. | 20 cm/sec |
| B. | 64 cm/sec |
| C. | 000 cm/sec |
| D. | 320 cm/sec |
| Answer» E. | |
| 186. |
A train covers a distance of 10 km in 12 minutes. If its speed is decreased by 5 km/hr, the time taken by it to cover the same distance will be : |
| A. | 0 minutes |
| B. | 3 minutes 20 seconds |
| C. | 3 minutes |
| D. | 1 minutes 20 seconds |
| Answer» C. 3 minutes | |
| 187. |
A moving train passes a platform 50 m long in 14 seconds and a lamp post in 10 seconds. The speed of the train (in km/hr) is : |
| A. | 4 km/hr |
| B. | 6 km/hr |
| C. | 0 km/hr |
| D. | 5 km/hr |
| Answer» E. | |
| 188. |
A and B run a kilometre and A wins by 25 sec. A and C run a kilometre and A wins by 275 m. When B and C run the same distance, B wins by 30 sec. The time taken by A to run a kilometre is : |
| A. | min 25 sec |
| B. | min 50 sec |
| C. | min 20 sec |
| D. | min 30 sec |
| Answer» B. min 50 sec | |
| 189. |
Two men start together to walk a certain distance, one at 4 km/hr and another at 3 km/hr. The former arrives half an hour before the latter. Find the distance : |
| A. | km |
| B. | km |
| C. | km |
| D. | km |
| Answer» D. km | |
| 190. |
The diameter of each wheel of car is 70 cm. If each wheel rotates 400 times per minutes, then the speed of the car (in km/hr) if : $$\left( {{\text{Take }}\pi= \frac{{22}}{7}} \right)$$ |
| A. | .28 km/hr |
| B. | 28 km/hr |
| C. | 2.8 km/hr |
| D. | .528 km/hr |
| Answer» D. .528 km/hr | |
| 191. |
A man covers a total distance of 100 km on bicycle. For the first 2 hours, the speed was 20 km/hr and for the rest of the journey, it came down to 10 km/hr.The average speed will be : |
| A. | $12\frac{1}{2}$$ km/hr |
| B. | 3 km/hr |
| C. | $\frac{1}{8}$$ km/hr |
| D. | 0 km/hr |
| Answer» B. 3 km/hr | |
| 192. |
A man walk a certain distance and rides back in 4 hours 30 minutes. He could ride both ways in 3 hours. The time required by the man to walk both ways is : |
| A. | hours 30 minutes |
| B. | hours 45 minutes |
| C. | hours |
| D. | hours |
| Answer» E. | |
| 193. |
A and B start at the same time with speed of 40 km/hr. and 50 km/hr respectively. If in covering the journey A takes 15 min longer than B, the total distance of the journey is : |
| A. | 0 km |
| B. | 8 km |
| C. | 0 km |
| D. | 2 km |
| Answer» D. 2 km | |
| 194. |
A train 300 m long passed a man walking along the line in the same direction at the rate of 3 km/hr in 33 sec. The speed of the train is : |
| A. | 0 km/hr |
| B. | 2 km/hr |
| C. | $32\frac{8}{{11}}$$km/hr |
| D. | $35\frac{8}{{11}}$$km/hr |
| Answer» E. | |
| 195. |
A car goes 20 metres in a second. Find its speed in km/hr. |
| A. | 0 km/hr |
| B. | 8 km/hr |
| C. | 2 km/hr |
| D. | 6 km/hr |
| Answer» D. 6 km/hr | |
| 196. |
Walking at the rate of4 km an hour, a man cover a certain distance in 3 hours 45 minutes. If he covers the same distance on cycle, cycling at the rate of 16.5 km/hour, the time taken by him is : |
| A. | 5.45 minutes |
| B. | 4.55 minutes |
| C. | 5.44 minutes |
| D. | 5.55 minutes |
| Answer» C. 5.44 minutes | |
| 197. |
Ravi and Ajay start simultaneously from a place A towards B, 60 km apart. Ravi's speed is 4 km/hr less than that of Ajay, after reaching B, Ajay turns back and meet Ravi at a place 12 km away from B, Ravi's speed is : |
| A. | 2 km/hr |
| B. | 0 km/hr |
| C. | km/hr |
| D. | km/hr |
| Answer» D. km/hr | |
| 198. |
A and B travel the same distance at speed of 9 km/hr and 10 km/hr respectively. If A takes 36 min more than B, the distance travelled by each is : |
| A. | 8 km |
| B. | 4 km |
| C. | 0 km |
| D. | 6 km |
| Answer» C. 0 km | |
| 199. |
Two trains start from a certain place on two parallel tracks in the same direction. The speed of the trains are 45 km/hr and 40 km/hr respectively. The distance between the two trains after 45 minutes will be : |
| A. | .500 km |
| B. | .750 km |
| C. | .750 km |
| D. | .25 km |
| Answer» D. .25 km | |
| 200. |
A train passes two bridges of length 500 metres and 250 metres in 100 seconds and 60 seconds respectively. The length of the train is : |
| A. | 25 metres |
| B. | 50 metres |
| C. | 20 metres |
| D. | 52 metres |
| Answer» B. 50 metres | |