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This section includes 368 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Arithmetic Ability knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 101. |
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 10Â km/hr. The average speed will be |
| A. | 12.5 km/hr |
| B. | 13Â km/hr |
| C. | 15.5Â km/hr |
| D. | 20Â km/hr |
| Answer» B. 13Â km/hr | |
| 102. |
A man is riding a bike with front and back wheel circumference of 40 inches and 70 inches respectively. If the man rides the bike on a straight road without slippage, how many inches will the man have travelled when the front wheel has made 15 revolutions more than the back wheel? |
| A. | 1100 |
| B. | 1300 |
| C. | 1400 |
| D. | 1200 |
| Answer» D. 1200 | |
| 103. |
A man makes four trips of equal distances. His speed on first trip was 60 km/hr and in each subsequent trip his speed was half of the previous trip. What is the average speed (in km/hr) of the man in these four trips? |
| A. | 16 |
| B. | 30 |
| C. | 28.125 |
| D. | 27.5 |
| Answer» B. 30 | |
| 104. |
A man is running at the speed of 20 km/hr. What is time (in seconds) taken by man to cover one round of a circular garden of radius 350 metres? |
| A. | 412 |
| B. | 336 |
| C. | 396 |
| D. | 376 |
| Answer» D. 376 | |
| 105. |
A man starts running from point P at 11:00 a.m. with a speed of 10 km/hr. He runs for 2 hours and then takes a 1 hour rest. He continues this till he is caught by another man who starts at 2:00 p.m. from point P and runs non-stop at a speed of 15 km/hr towards the first man. At what time (in p.m.) will the first man be caught? |
| A. | 0.26388888888889 |
| B. | 0.19444444444444 |
| C. | 0.25 |
| D. | 0.22916666666667 |
| Answer» C. 0.25 | |
| 106. |
A man starts walking at 6.30 a.m. and wants to cover a distance of 30km. His initial speed is 6 kmph and after covering three-fifth distance, he reduces his speed by 2 kmph. At what time will he complete his walk? |
| A. | 11.00 am |
| B. | 12.30 pm |
| C. | 11.30 pm |
| D. | 12.00 pm |
| Answer» C. 11.30 pm | |
| 107. |
A man starts walking from a place X and reaches the place Y in 12 hours. He travels 3/7th of the total distance at the speed of 3 km/hr and the remaining distance at the speed of 4 km/hr. What is the distance (in km) between X and Y?_x005F_x000D_ |
| A. | 28 |
| B. | 36 |
| C. | 40 |
| D. | 42 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 108. |
A man reaches his office 20 min late, if he walks from his home at 3 km per hour and reaches 30 min early if he walks 4 km per hour. How far is his office from his house ? |
| A. | 20 km |
| B. | 16 km |
| C. | 14 km |
| D. | 10 km |
| Answer» E. | |
| 109. |
A man takes 6 hours 15 minutes in walking a distance and riding back to the starting place. He could walk both ways in 7 hours 45 minutes. The time taken by him to ride both ways, is |
| A. | 4 hours |
| B. | 4 hours 30 minutes |
| C. | 4 hours 45 minutes |
| D. | 5 hours |
| Answer» D. 5 hours | |
| 110. |
A man traveled from the village to the post-office at the rate of 25 kmph and walked back at the rate of 4 kmph. If the whole journey took 5 hours 48 minutes, find the distance of the post-office from the village ? |
| A. | 40 km |
| B. | 30 km |
| C. | 20 km |
| D. | 10 km |
| Answer» D. 10 km | |
| 111. |
A man travelled a distance of 61 km. in 9 hours , partly by walking at speed of 4 km / hr and partly on bicycle at speed of 9 km / hr. The distance covered by walking is |
| A. | 16 Km |
| B. | 12 Km |
| C. | 15 Km |
| D. | 17 Km |
| Answer» B. 12 Km | |
| 112. |
A man travelled a distance of 50 km in 8 hours. He travelled partly on foot at 5 km/hr and partly on bicycle at 7 km/hr. What is the distance (in kms)Â travelled on foot? |
| A. | 20 |
| B. | 25 |
| C. | 15 |
| D. | 30 |
| Answer» D. 30 | |
| 113. |
A man travelled a distance of 60 km in 7 hours. He travelled partly on foot @ 6 km/hr and partly on bicycle @ 12 km/hr. What is the distance (in kms)Â travelled on foot? |
| A. | 15 |
| B. | 9 |
| C. | 48 |
| D. | 24 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 114. |
A man travelled a distance of 99 km in 9 hours. He travelled partly on foot @ 9 km/hr and partly on bicycle @ 18 km/hr. What is distance (in kms) travelled on foot? |
| A. | 36 |
| B. | 54 |
| C. | 63 |
| D. | 45 |
| Answer» D. 45 | |
| 115. |
A man travelled at 40 kmph. Had he increased his speed by 16 kmph, he would have covered 80 km more in the same time. Find the actual distance travelled? |
| A. | 40 km |
| B. | 20 km |
| C. | 30 km |
| D. | 48 km |
| Answer» C. 30 km | |
| 116. |
A man travelled at 40 kmph. Had he increased his speed by 16 kmph, he would have covered 870 km more in the same time. Find the actual distance travelled? |
| A. | 40 km |
| B. | 20 km |
| C. | 30 km |
| D. | 48 km |
| Answer» C. 30 km | |
| 117. |
A man travels 3â„4th of the distance of his journey by bus, 1â„6th by Rickshaw and 2 km on foot. Then total distance travelled by the man is |
| A. | 12 km |
| B. | 18 km |
| C. | 20 km |
| D. | 24 km |
| Answer» E. | |
| 118. |
A man travels 400 km in, partly by rail and partly by steamer. He spends 9 hours more time on steamer. If the velocity of the steamer is 30 km/hr and the velocity of rail is 70 km/hr, how much distance does he cover by steamer? |
| A. | 309 km |
| B. | 371 km |
| C. | 464 km |
| D. | 556 km |
| Answer» B. 371 km | |
| 119. |
A man travels 401 kilometres in, partly by rail and partly by steamer. He spends 6 hours more time on steamer. If the velocity of the steamer is 21Â km/hr and the velocity of rail is 56 km/hr, how much distance does he cover by steamer? |
| A. | 241 km |
| B. | 302 km |
| C. | 201 km |
| D. | 362 km |
| Answer» D. 362 km | |
| 120. |
A man travels 404 kilometres in partly by rail and steamer. He spends 10 hours more time on steamer. If the speed of the steamer is 30 km/hr and the velocity of rail is 50 km/hr, how much distance does he cover by steamer? |
| A. | 407 km |
| B. | 509 km |
| C. | 610 km |
| D. | 339 km |
| Answer» E. | |
| 121. |
A man travels 430 kilometres in, partly by rail and partly by steamer. He spends 10 hours more time on steamer. If the velocity of the steamer is 25Â km/hr and the velocity of rail is 65 km/hr, how much distance does he cover by steamer? |
| A. | 360 km |
| B. | 300 km |
| C. | 450 km |
| D. | 540 km |
| Answer» C. 450 km | |
| 122. |
A man travels 420 kilometres in, partly by rail and partly by steamer. He spends 8 hours more time on steamer. If the velocity of the steamer is 35 km/hr and the velocity of rail is 65 km/hr, how much distance does he cover by steamer? |
| A. | 395 km |
| B. | 329 km |
| C. | 494 km |
| D. | 592 km |
| Answer» C. 494 km | |
| 123. |
A man travels 50 km at speed 25 km/h and next 40 km at 20 km/h and there after travel 90km at 15 km/h. His average speed is |
| A. | 18 |
| B. | 25 |
| C. | 20 |
| D. | 15 |
| Answer» B. 25 | |
| 124. |
A man travels 480 km in 4 hours, partly by air and partly by train. If he had travelled all the way by air, he would have saved 4/5 of the time he would have taken to travel by train and would have arrived at his destination 2 hours early. Find the distance he covered by travelling by train. |
| A. | 80 km |
| B. | 120 km |
| C. | 110 km |
| D. | 90 km |
| Answer» C. 110 km | |
| 125. |
A man travels 800 km in partly by rail and partly by steamer. He spends 7 hours more time on steamer. If the velocity of the steamer is 20 km/hr and the velocity of rail is 55 km/hr, how much distance does he cover by steamer? |
| A. | 316 km |
| B. | 379 km |
| C. | 474 km |
| D. | 569 km |
| Answer» B. 379 km | |
| 126. |
A man travels some distance at a speed of 12 km/hr and returns at a speed of 9 km/hr. If the total time taken by him is 2 hrs 20 min, the distance is |
| A. | 35 Km |
| B. | 21 Km |
| C. | 9 Km |
| D. | 12 Km |
| Answer» E. | |
| 127. |
A man travels from point A to B at 40 km/hr and returns from B to A at 60 km/hr. What is his average speed during the whole journey?_x005F_x000D_ |
| A. | 55 km/hr |
| B. | 45 km/hr |
| C. | 48 km/hr |
| D. | 50 km/hr |
| Answer» D. 50 km/hr | |
| 128. |
A man walks 1 km on 1st day , 2 km on 2nd day , 3 km on 3rd day and so on . The total distance the man covers in 10 days is |
| A. | 40 Km |
| B. | 50 Km |
| C. | 55 Km |
| D. | 58 Km |
| Answer» D. 58 Km | |
| 129. |
A man walks at a certain speed and reaches his destination which is 6 km in 1hr 40 minutes.If he runs the same distance in 1 hour 20 minutes what is the difference in speed?_x005F_x000D_ |
| A. | 1 km/hr |
| B. | O.9 km/hr |
| C. | 1.5 km/hr |
| D. | 1.9 km/hr |
| Answer» C. 1.5 km/hr | |
| 130. |
A man walks at a speed of 2 km/hr and runs at a speed of 6 km/hr. How much time will the man require to cover a distance of 20 1/2 km, if he completes half of the distance, i.e., (10 1/4) km on foot and the other half by running ? |
| A. | 12.4 hrs |
| B. | 11.9 hrs |
| C. | 10.7 hrs |
| D. | 9.9 hrs |
| Answer» C. 10.7 hrs | |
| 131. |
A man whose speed is 4.5 kmph in still water rows to a certain upstream point and back to the starting point in a river which flows at 1.5 kmph, find his average speed for the total journey ? |
| A. | 5 kmph |
| B. | 7 kmph |
| C. | 3 kmph |
| D. | 4 kmph |
| Answer» E. | |
| 132. |
A man walks at a speed of 3 kmph. He doubles his speed after reaching exactly half way. He walks for 5 hours in all. What is the total distance travelled by him? |
| A. | 19 km |
| B. | 15 km |
| C. | 12 km |
| D. | 20 km |
| Answer» E. | |
| 133. |
A map is drawn at a scale of 2 mm for 500 kms. Two places are marked at the distance of 3.6 mm; calculate the distance (in kms) between these two places? |
| A. | 900 |
| B. | 800 |
| C. | 750 |
| D. | 960 |
| Answer» B. 800 | |
| 134. |
A missile travels at 1260 km/h. How many metres does it travel in one second? |
| A. | 322 metres |
| B. | 369 metres |
| C. | 384 metres |
| D. | 350 metres |
| Answer» E. | |
| 135. |
A missile travels at 1422 km/h. How many metres does it travel in one second? |
| A. | 395 metres |
| B. | 400 metres |
| C. | 364 metres |
| D. | 319 metres |
| Answer» B. 400 metres | |
| 136. |
A mini-van crosses two people walking at the speed of 4.8 kmph and 6 kmph in the same direction as that in which the mini-van is heading in 4.5 s and 9 s, respectively. What is the length of the mini-van? |
| A. | 3.5 m |
| B. | 3 m |
| C. | 4 m |
| D. | 2 m |
| Answer» C. 4 m | |
| 137. |
A missile travels at 1116 km/h. How many metres does it travel in one second? |
| A. | 360 metres |
| B. | 368 metres |
| C. | 310 metres |
| D. | 348 metres |
| Answer» D. 348 metres | |
| 138. |
A missile travels at 1206 km/h. How many metres does it travel in one second? |
| A. | 355 metres |
| B. | 318 metres |
| C. | 302 metres |
| D. | 335 metres |
| Answer» E. | |
| 139. |
A person clapped his hands near a cliff and heard echo after 6 s. The distance of the cliff from the personis: [take v = 346 m/s] |
| A. | 1038 m |
| B. | 1083 m |
| C. | 2076 m |
| D. | 2706 m |
| Answer» B. 1083 m | |
| 140. |
A missile travels at 1440 km/h. How many metres does it travel in one second? |
| A. | 374 metres |
| B. | 385 metres |
| C. | 394 metres |
| D. | 400 metres |
| Answer» E. | |
| 141. |
A person driving at the speed of 40 kmph reaches office 1 minute early while he reaches 3 minutes late if driving at 36 kmph. What is the distance in km that she is covering? |
| A. | 24 |
| B. | 28 |
| C. | 32 |
| D. | 30 |
| Answer» B. 28 | |
| 142. |
A person crosses a 900 metres wide road in 120 seconds. What is his speed (in km/hr)? |
| A. | 24 |
| B. | 21 |
| C. | 36 |
| D. | 27 |
| Answer» C. 36 | |
| 143. |
A person goes to his office at 1/3rd of the speed at which he returns from his office. If the average speed during the whole trip is 12 m /h . what is the speed of the person while he was going to his office? |
| A. | 10 |
| B. | 6 |
| C. | 8 |
| D. | can't be determined |
| Answer» D. can't be determined | |
| 144. |
A person takes 20 minutes more to cover a certain distance by decreasing his speed by 20%. What is the time taken to cover the distance at his original speed ? |
| A. | 1hr |
| B. | 1 hr 20 min |
| C. | 1 hr 10 min |
| D. | 50 min |
| Answer» C. 1 hr 10 min | |
| 145. |
A person driving at the speed of 45 kmph reaches office 1 minute early while she reaches 3 minutes late if driving 40 kmoh. What is the distance (in Km) that she is covering?_x005F_x000D_ |
| A. | 24 |
| B. | 28 |
| C. | 32 |
| D. | 30 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 146. |
A person goes from point N to P and comes back. His average speed for the whole journey is 60 km/hr. If his speed while going from N to P is 40 km/hr, then what will be the speed of the person (in km/hr) while coming back from P to N? |
| A. | 80 |
| B. | 100 |
| C. | 120 |
| D. | 140 |
| Answer» D. 140 | |
| 147. |
A person travels from K to L a speed of 50 km/hr and returns by increasing his speed by 50%. What is his average speed for both the trips ? |
| A. | 55 kmph |
| B. | 58 kmph |
| C. | 60 kmph |
| D. | 66 kmph |
| Answer» D. 66 kmph | |
| 148. |
A Person X started at 3 hours earlier  at 40km/h from a place P, then another person Y followed him at 60km/h. Started his journey at 3 O'clock, afternoon. What is the diference in time when X was30 km ahead of Y and when Y was 30 km ahead of X? |
| A. | 2h |
| B. | 3h |
| C. | 3.5h |
| D. | 4.25h |
| Answer» C. 3.5h | |
| 149. |
A plane flies a distance of 1800 km in 5 hours. What is its average speed in meters/second? |
| A. | 200 |
| B. | 10 |
| C. | 20 |
| D. | 100 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 150. |
A race has three parts. The speed and time required to complete the individual parts for a runner is displayed on the following chart:            _x005F_x000D_              Part I   Part II    Part III_x005F_x000D_ Speed (kmph)    9      8       7.5_x005F_x000D_ Time (minutes)   50     80       100_x005F_x000D_ What is the average speed of this runner? |
| A. | 8.17 kmph |
| B. | 8.00 kmph |
| C. | 7.80 kmph |
| D. | 7.77 kmph |
| Answer» C. 7.80 kmph | |