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101.	Ram swims in a 95 m long pool. He covers 190 m in one minute by swimming from one end to the other and back along the same straight path. Find his average speed.
A.	3.10 ms-1
B.	3.17 ms-1
C.	2.05 ms-1
D.	2.00 ms-1
Answer» C. 2.05 ms-1

Discussion

102.	Mohit goes to his office at the speed of 10 m/s and returns to his home at the speed of x km/hr. If the average speed of Mohit for the whole journey is 12 m/s, then what is the value of x?
A.	25 km/hr
B.	15 km/hr
C.	36 km/hr
D.	54 km/hr
Answer» E.

Discussion

103.	If speed of boat in still water is 10 km/hr and the speed of stream is 2 km/hr, then what is the upstream and downstream speeds (in km/hr) of the boat?
A.	12, 16
B.	6, 12
C.	8, 12
D.	6, 14
Answer» D. 6, 14

Discussion

104.	In a 100 meter race, A beats D by 10 meters or 1 second. In the second race on the same track, A and B start running at the same speed from one end. While D starts running from the opposite end. How many meters will A have covered by the time D meets B if the speed of D is 10/9 m/s more than B?
A.	0.05882 km
B.	47 km
C.	0.473 km
D.	4.73 km
Answer» B. 47 km

Discussion

105.	If a person had walked at the speed of 15 km/h instead of 10 km/h, he would have walked 25 km more.The actual distance travelled by him was:
A.	70 km
B.	56 km
C.	50 km
D.	80 km
Answer» D. 80 km

Discussion

106.	Ramesh travels from "A" to "B" at a speed of 40 km/hr and returns back from "B" to "A" by same route at a speed of 60 km/hr. Total time taken by him is 10 hours. How far is "A" from "B"?
A.	120 km
B.	240 km
C.	480 km
D.	180 km
Answer» C. 480 km

Discussion

107.	Pranav went to the bank at the speed of 60 km/h while returning for his home he covered the half of the distance at the speed of 10 km/h, but suddenly he realised that he was getting late so he increased the speed and reached the home by covering rest half of the distance at the speed of 30 km/h. The average speed of the Pranav in the whole length of journey is?
A.	24 km/h
B.	14 km/h
C.	16 km/h
D.	10 km/h
Answer» B. 14 km/h

Discussion

108.	A boat goes upstream at 36 km/h and downstream at 40 km/h. The distance covered in each trip being the same, find the speed of the boat in still water.
A.	45 km/h
B.	34 km/h
C.	38 km/h
D.	2 km/h
Answer» D. 2 km/h

Discussion

109.	A car covers one-fourth of the distance at 25 km/h and the remaining distance at double the speed. If the total time taken is 10 hrs, then find the total distance.
A.	400 km
B.	300 km
C.	200 km
D.	100 km
Answer» B. 300 km

Discussion

110.	A man rows a boat at 13 km/hr against the stream and 26 km/hr with the stream. Find the speed of the stream.
A.	1 km/hr
B.	2.5 km/hr
C.	6.5 km/hr
D.	2 km/hr
Answer» D. 2 km/hr

Discussion

111.	A hare spots a dog 100 m away and starts running away from it at 12 km/h. One minute later, the dog gives a chase at 16 km/h speed. At what distance from the spot where the hare took to flight will the dog catch the hare?
A.	1100 m
B.	950 m
C.	900 m
D.	1000 m
Answer» B. 950 m

Discussion

112.	How much time will be taken by a 100 metre long train, moving at a speed of 30 km/hr, to pass a man standing at a station ?
A.	14 sec.
B.	12 sec.
C.	10 sec.
D.	16 sec.
Answer» C. 10 sec.

Discussion

113.	Ram drives from A to B by car at 90 km/h. He goes to C from B by bike at 60 km/h. The distance between A and C is 200 km, while the average speed between A and C is 75 km/h. What is the distance traveled by car?
A.	90 km
B.	80 km
C.	75 km
D.	120 km
E.	60 km
Answer» E. 60 km

Discussion

114.	If a man covers \(\dfrac{4}{5}^{\rm th}\) part of a circular track in m minutes, at the same rate, how many minutes does he take to complete one revolution around the entire track?
A.	\(\dfrac{4 m}{4}\) minutes
B.	\(\dfrac{4 m}{5}\) minutes
C.	\(\dfrac{5m }{4}\) minutes
D.	\(\dfrac{m}{4}\) minutes
Answer» D. \(\dfrac{m}{4}\) minutes

Discussion

115.	How much less is 28.8 km than 42.3 km.
A.	13.5 km
B.	1.354 km
C.	1.25 km
D.	12.5 km
Answer» B. 1.354 km

Discussion

116.	A train passes a 360 metre long platform in 40 seconds and a man standing on the platform in 16 seconds. The speed of the train is:
A.	40 kmph
B.	50 kmph
C.	38 kmph
D.	54 kmph
Answer» E.

Discussion

117.	A car takes 4 h 30 min to finish a journey at 60 km/h. How much time will it save if it travels at a speed of 72 km/h?
A.	30 min
B.	55 min
C.	75 min
D.	45 min
Answer» E.

Discussion

118.	A thief drives his motorcycle at a speed of x km/hr. The policemen started following him in a jeep after 4 hours and catches in 4 hours. If the average speed of jeep of policemen is 40 km/hr, then calculate the speed in km/hr for the thief’s motorcycle?A. 30B. 36C. 45D. 20
A.	C
B.	D
C.	A
D.	B
Answer» C. A

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119.	A boat can go 30 km downstream and 24 km upstream in 2 hours 27 minutes. Also, it can go 10 km downstream and 4 km upstream in 37 minutes. What is the speed of the boat upstream (in km/h)?
A.	22
B.	18
C.	20
D.	24
Answer» D. 24

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120.	An object travels 15 m in 4s and then another 16 m in 2s. What is the average speed of the object?
A.	5.17 s-1
B.	5.17 ms-1
C.	6.17 ms-1
D.	5.17 m
Answer» C. 6.17 ms-1

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121.	A car covers a distance of 690 kms in 30 hours. What will be the average speed of the car?
A.	21 kmph
B.	25 kmph
C.	23 kmph
D.	20 kmph
Answer» D. 20 kmph

Discussion

122.	A train runs at a speed of 36 km/hour including the stops at stations. Excluding the stopping, the speed of the train is 48 km/hour. Then what is the total time taken at the stops per hour?
A.	15 minutes
B.	12 minutes
C.	30 minutes
D.	18 minutes
Answer» B. 12 minutes

Discussion

123.	One person moves from P towards Q with a speed of 60km/h and at the same time another person moves from Q towards P with a speed of 80km/h. when they met the second person travelled 100 kms more than the first person. what was the distance between P and Q?
A.	600
B.	700
C.	300
D.	350
Answer» C. 300

Discussion

124.	A man walks 'a' km. in 'b' hours. The time taken by him to walk 200 metres is-
A.	\(\frac{b}{a}\) hours
B.	\(\frac{b}{5a}\) hours
C.	\(\frac{5b}{a}\) hours
D.	\(\frac{200b}{a}\) hours
Answer» C. \(\frac{5b}{a}\) hours

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125.	A man walks to a place at the rate of 4 kmph, and comes back on a bicycle at 16 kmph. the average speed for the entire journey is?
A.	6.2
B.	6.4
C.	6.6
D.	6
Answer» C. 6.6

Discussion

126.	Rakesh covers 12 km at 6 km/hr, 36 km at 9 km/hr and then 32 km at 4 km/hr. Find the approximate average speed in covering the whole distance.
A.	4.2 km/hr
B.	5.52 km/hr
C.	5.71 km/hr
D.	5 km/hr
Answer» D. 5 km/hr

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127.	A 250 metre long train takes 30 seconds to cross a 350 metres long bridge. How much time train will take to cross a 550 metre long bridge?
A.	38 seconds
B.	42 seconds
C.	40 seconds
D.	35 seconds
Answer» D. 35 seconds

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128.	A man can row a boat in still water at a speed of 5 m/s. He covers a stretch of 200 m in a river downstream during high and low tides in 10 s and 25 s respectively. What is the ratio of the speed (in m/s) of the water flowing in the river during high and low tides?
A.	3 : 2
B.	5 : 3
C.	4 : 3
D.	5 : 1
Answer» E.

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129.	A train covers a distance of 435 km in 2 hours 30 minutes. Find its speed in meters per second.A. 47.4B. 45.8C. 43.5D. 48.3
A.	C
B.	B
C.	A
D.	D
Answer» E.

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130.	A train 250 meters long passes a pole in 12 seconds. The speed of train is∶
A.	25 km/hr
B.	68 km/hr
C.	72 km/hr
D.	75 km/hr
Answer» E.

Discussion

131.	How many times, the speed of the minutes hand is more than that of the hours hand in a clock?
A.	30
B.	24
C.	12
D.	8
Answer» D. 8

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132.	A man on a tour travels the first 120 km at 60 km/h and the next 12 km at 80 km/h. What is the average speed of the journey?
A.	61.39 km/h
B.	68.57 km/h
C.	71.11 km/h
D.	69.23 km/h
Answer» B. 68.57 km/h

Discussion

133.	A boat can travel 88.2 km downstream in 4 hrs 12 mins. The speed of the stream is 2.5 km/hr. If the speed of stream reduces by 50% then find the distance travelled by boat upstream in 4 hrs?
A.	69 km
B.	64 km
C.	84 km
D.	79 km
E.	71 km
Answer» B. 64 km

Discussion

134.	A tourist covers half of his journey by train at 60 km/h, half of the remainder by bus at 30 km/h and the rest by cycle at 10 km/h. Average speed of the tourist during the journey is
A.	36 km/h
B.	33 km/h
C.	24 km/h
D.	18 km/h
Answer» D. 18 km/h

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135.	A person crosses a road of length 1200 m in 10 minutes. What is the speed of the person?.
A.	3 km/h
B.	5 km/h
C.	8.5 km/h
D.	7.2 km/h
Answer» E.

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136.	A person in a car drives along a straight road from point A to point B at a speed of 60 km/hour for 15 minutes and then from point B to point C at a speed of 90 km/hour for 10 minutes. The average speed of his travel from point A to C is
A.	75 km/hr
B.	72 km/hr
C.	68 km/hr
D.	78 km/hr
Answer» C. 68 km/hr

Discussion

137.	A and B start moving from a place X and Y and Y to X, respectively, at the same time on the same day. After crossing each other, they complete their remaining journey in \(5\frac{4}{9}\) hours and X hours, respectively. If the ratio of the speeds (in km/h) of A and B is 9 : 7, then what is the value of x?
A.	\(8\frac{1}{2}\)
B.	9
C.	7
D.	\(7\frac{1}{2}\)
Answer» C. 7

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138.	A man divided his journey into three parts of distances of 18 km, 20 km, and 27 km. He travelled the distances at the speeds of 6 km/h, 5 km/h, and 9 km/h, respectively. What was his average speed during the entire journey?
A.	7.5 km/h
B.	5.5 km/h
C.	6.5 km/h
D.	4.5 km/h
Answer» D. 4.5 km/h

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139.	Consider an equilateral triangle ABC of side 30 km as given in the following diagram:Two people start at the same time from points A and B with speeds 30 km per hour and 20 km per hour respectively and move on the sides of the triangle in the clockwise direction. They meet each other for the first time at
A.	Point C
B.	A point between C and A
C.	A point between A and B
D.	Point A
Answer» E.

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140.	A train takes 73 seconds to cross the bridge of 448 meters. If this train takes 41 seconds to cross the sign board then ﬁnd out the length of the train.
A.	484 m
B.	574 m
C.	563 m
D.	624m
Answer» C. 563 m

Discussion

141.	A boat covered a distance of 15 km upstream in 5 hours and a distance of 42 km downstream in 6 hours. The speed of the stream in km/h is:
A.	3
B.	1.5
C.	2
D.	2.5
Answer» D. 2.5

Discussion

142.	A man travels first 50 km at 25 kmph, next 40 km at 20 kmph and then 90 km at 15 kmph. His average speed for the whole journey (in Kmph) is:
A.	25
B.	20
C.	18
D.	40
Answer» D. 40

Discussion

143.	In a 900 metres race, Sathish beats Kiran by 270 metres and Rahul by 340 metres. By how many metres does Kiran beat Rahul in the same race?
A.	70
B.	100
C.	20
D.	140
Answer» C. 20

Discussion

144.	A 220 metres long train takes 33 seconds to cross a 440 metres long bridge. How much time (in seconds) will the train take to cross a 350 metres long bridge?
A.	28.5
B.	17.5
C.	23.5
D.	27.5
Answer» B. 17.5

Discussion

145.	If a man walks at the rate of 4 km/hr, he misses a train by only 6 minutes. However, if he walks at the rate of 5 km/hr, he reaches the station 6 minutes before the arrival of the train. The distance covered by him to reach the station is:
A.	4 km
B.	7 km
C.	9 km
D.	5 km
Answer» B. 7 km

Discussion

146.	A started running towards north direction at 6:00 a.m. B also started running towards north direction at 10:00 a.m. At what time will they meet if the speeds of A and B are in the ratio 3 : 7 and they started from the same point?
A.	1 p.m.
B.	2 p.m.
C.	1:30 p.m.
D.	12:30 p.m.
Answer» B. 2 p.m.

Discussion

147.	A thief steals a car at 10 a.m. and drives it at 60 kmph. The theft is discovered at 11 a.m. and the owner sets off immediately in another car at 75 kmph. When will he be able to catch up with the thief?
A.	1:00 pm
B.	12:00 noon
C.	3:00 pm
D.	2:45 pm
Answer» D. 2:45 pm

Discussion

148.	A train takes 56 seconds to cross 238 m long bridge. If the same train takes 22 seconds to cross a signboard, then find the length of the train? (in m)
A.	151
B.	154
C.	153
D.	152
Answer» C. 153

Discussion

149.	A person takes 40 minutes more than his usual time when he covers a distance of 20 km at 5 km/h. If he covers the same distance at 10 km/h, he takes x minutes less than the usual time. What is the value of x ?
A.	120
B.	80
C.	100
D.	60
Answer» C. 100

Discussion

150.	A man travelling by bus finds that the bus crosses 35 electric poles in 1 minute and the distance between 2 poles is 50 metres. Find the speed of the bus.
A.	112 km/hr.
B.	102 km/hr.
C.	110 km/hr.
D.	120 km/hr.
Answer» C. 110 km/hr.

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