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751.

A runner starts running from a point at 6:00 am with a speed of 8 km/hr. Another racer starts from the same point at 8:30 am in the same direction with a speed of 10 km/hr. At what time of the day (in p.m.) will the second racer will overtake the other runner?

A. 8:00
B. 4:00
C. 6:30
D. 5:30
Answer» D. 5:30
752.

A man covered a distance of 2000 km in 18 hours partly by bus at 72 kmph and partly by train at 160 kmph. The distance covered by bus is

A. 1280 km
B. 720 km
C. 860 km
D. 640 km
Answer» C. 860 km
753.

A person goes from point A to B and comes back. His average speed for the whole journey is 65 km/hr. If his speed while coming back from B to A is 40 km/hr, then what will be the speed of the person (in km/hr) while going from A to B?

A. 190.66
B. 173.33
C. 194.33
D. 162.33
Answer» C. 194.33
754.

A man on a tour travels first 360 km by train at 72 km/h, the next 160 km on a motor cycle at 12.80 km/h, and the last 200 km by a bicycle at 16 km/h. Ignoring the buffer times between the different modes of travel, what is the average speed (in m/s) of his tour?

A. 4.33
B. 5.67
C. 6.67
D. 7.33
Answer» D. 7.33
755.

A train 150 metres long passes a telegraph post in 12 seconds Find the speed of the train ?

A. 10 m/sec
B. 15 m/sec
C. 12.5 m/sec
D. 12 m/sec
Answer» D. 12 m/sec
756.

A boat can go 15 km upstream and 21 km downstream in 3 hours. It can go 25 km upstream and 7 km downstream in 3 hours. What is the speed of stream in km/h?

A. 4
B. 3
C. 5
D. 2
Answer» E.
757.

A boat can travel 10 km upstream and 20 km downstream in 7 hours. It can travel 20 km upstream and 10 km downstream in 11 hours. What is the speed of the boat in still water?

A. 8 km/h
B. 6 km/h
C. 4 km/h
D. 2 km/h
Answer» C. 4 km/h
758.

A train travelling at the speed of 66 km/h crosses a 300 m long platform in 24 seconds. How long was the train?

A. 160 m
B. 240 m
C. 140 m
D. 180 m
Answer» D. 180 m
759.

A man riding on a bicycle at a speed of 15 km/h crosses a bridge in 5 min. Find the length of the bridge.

A. 1 km
B. 2 km
C. 2(1/2) km
D. 1(1/4) km
Answer» E.
760.

A train x running at 74 km/h crosses another train y running at 52 km/h in the opposite direction in 12 seconds. If the length of y is two-thirds that of x, then what is the length of x (in m)?

A. 200
B. 168
C. 210
D. 252
Answer» E.
761.

A car running at a uniform speed covers a distance of 198 km in 4.5 hr. Speed of the car is

A. 60 km/hr
B. 45 km/hr
C. 44 km/hr
D. 36 km/hr
Answer» D. 36 km/hr
762.

A train 120 m long crosses a platform of length 100 m in 10 seconds. What is its speed?

A. 72 km/h
B. 79.2 km/h
C. 100 km/h
D. 80 km/h
Answer» C. 100 km/h
763.

A train 100 meters long passes a platform 200 meters long in 20 seconds. Find the speed of the train.

A. 50 km/hr
B. 52 km/hr
C. 56 km/hr
D. 54 km/hr
Answer» E.
764.

A train leaves Kazipet at 5 a.m. and reaches Bangalore at 3 p.m. Another B train leaves Bangalore at 7 a.m. and reaches Kazipet at 5 p.m. When do the two trains meet? Assume that the trains travels at equal uniform speeds.

A. 1 p.m.
B. 12 noon
C. 11 a.m.
D. 10 a.m.
Answer» D. 10 a.m.
765.

Jatin goes to a place at a speed of 5 km/hr and returns home at the speed of 10 km/hr. What is his average speed (in km/hr)?

A. 6.5
B. 6.8
C. 6.67
D. 8
Answer» D. 8
766.

A train takes 57 seconds to cross the 204 m long bridge. If the same train takes 23 seconds to cross a signal board, tell the length of the train. (In meters)

A. 138
B. 128
C. 118
D. 148
Answer» B. 128
767.

A boy walks to his school from his village at 5 km/h and returns back at 7 km/h. If he takes 3 hours in all, then the distance between the village and the school is:

A. 8.75 km
B. 6.5 km
C. 9.25 km
D. 11 km
Answer» B. 6.5 km
768.

A person travels at the speed of 16 kmph, 24 kmph, and 12 kmph on the surface of an equilateral triangle on the ground. Find the average speed of the entire journey. (In Kmph)

A. 16
B. 17
C. 15
D. 18
Answer» B. 17
769.

A and B started traveling towards each other at the same time, from places X to Y and Y to X, respectively. After crossing each other, A and B took 2.45 hours and 4.05 hours to reach Y and X, respectively. If the speed of B was 8.4 km/h, then what was the speed (in km/h) of A?

A. 10.8
B. 9.9
C. 11.7
D. 12.6
Answer» B. 9.9
770.

A leaves his school at the same time every day. If the travels at 18 km/h, he arrives home at 5∶30 p.m. If he travels at 8 km/h, he arrives home at 6∶15 p.m. At what speed (in km/h) must he travel to arrive home at 6∶00 p.m.?

A. \(8\frac{2}{3}\)
B. \(9\frac{1}{3}\)
C. \(9\frac{7}{{11}}\)
D. \(9\frac{9}{{11}}\)
Answer» E.
771.

A can travelling at a speed of 40 km/h can complete a journey in 9 hours. How long will it take to travel the same distance at 60 km/h?

A. 6 hours
B. 5 hours
C. 4 hours
D. 3 hours
Answer» B. 5 hours
772.

A dealer marks his goods at 35% above the cost price & allows a discount of 20% on the marked price. Find his gain or loss percent?

A. 8%
B. 7%
C. 6%
D. 5%
Answer» B. 7%
773.

A boat covers 63 km upstream in 9 hours and covers the same distance downstream in 7 hours. What is the speed (in km/hr) of the boat in still water?

A. 8.7
B. 8.5
C. 7
D. 8
Answer» E.
774.

An athlete runs 4 km in 50 mins and further 6 km in 1h 30 mins. Find his average speed.

A. 4.5 kmph
B. 4 kmph
C. 4.75 kmph
D. 4.29 kmph
Answer» E.
775.

A tyre of a truck has a diameter of 0.5 m. How many revolutions would it make, if it travels 275 m?

A. 175
B. 450
C. 225
D. 550
Answer» B. 450
776.

If a person walks at 15 km/hr instead of 9 km/hr, he would have walked 3 km more in the same time. What is the actual distance (in kms) travelled by him?

A. 5.5
B. 6.5
C. 4.5
D. 7.5
Answer» D. 7.5
777.

A starts walking at 4 kmph and after 4 hours, B starts cycling from the same point as that of A, in the same direction at 10 kmph. After how much distance from the starting point will B catch up with A (Correct to two decimal places)?

A. 25.67 km
B. 24.67 km
C. 23.67 km
D. 26.67 km
Answer» E.
778.

A 250 meter long train crosses a person in 20 seconds, moving in the same direction at a speed of 10 km/h. Find the speed of the train.

A. 198 km/h
B. 188 km/h
C. 55 km/h
D. 60 km/h
Answer» D. 60 km/h
779.

Paulson belongs to Town A and Robson belongs to Town B. They start their journey towards each other’s towns following the same route at the same time. They meet somewhere on the way and continue with their journey. After meeting Robson, Paulson takes another 2 hours to reach the destination while Robson takes another 4.5 hours to reach Paulson’s town. If Robson travelled at the speed of 30 Km/h, find Paulson’s speed in km/h.

A. 45
B. 42.5
C. 47.5
D. 40
Answer» B. 42.5
780.

A jet ski goes upstream at a speed of 48 km/hr and comes back the same distance at 80 km/hr. Find the average speed (in km/hr) for the total journey.

A. 64
B. 62
C. 66
D. 60
Answer» E.
781.

A particle moves towards east from a point A to a point B at the rate of 4 km/h and then towards north from B to C at the rate of 5 km/h. If AB = 12 km and BC = 5 km, then its average speed for its journey from A to C and resultant average velocity direct from A to C are respectively

A. \(\frac{{17}}{4}km/h\) and \(\frac{{13}}{4}km/h\)
B. \(\frac{{13}}{4}km/h\) and \(\frac{{17}}{4}km/h\)
C. \(\frac{{17}}{9}km/h\) and \(\frac{{13}}{9}km/h\)
D. \(\frac{{13}}{9}km/h\) and \(\frac{{17}}{9}km/h\)
Answer» B. \(\frac{{13}}{4}km/h\) and \(\frac{{17}}{4}km/h\)
782.

A boy can cover a certain distance in 1 hour 24 minutes by covering two-third of the distance at 4 km/h and the rest at 5 km/h. Find the total distance.

A. 5 km
B. 6 km
C. 8 km
D. 7 km
Answer» C. 8 km
783.

A bus covers some distance at a certain speed. If a person covers one third of that distance in triple time, then the ratio of the speed of the person to the speed of the bus is:A. 1 : 3B. 3 : 1C. 1 : 9D. 9 : 1

A. B
B. D
C. A
D. C
Answer» E.
784.

A man covers the first 210 km of a journey at 60 km/h and the next 198 km at 66 km/h. The average speed for the whole journey is:

A. 64 km/h
B. 63 km/h
C. 62.8 km/h
D. 68.5 km/h
Answer» D. 68.5 km/h
785.

A person reaches the hospital with a speed of 15 kmph at a delay of 4 minutes from the hostel. If he used to ride a bike at a speed of 20 kmph then it would reach 4 minutes early. Find the distance between the hostel and the college? (in km)

A. 6
B. 8
C. 5
D. 7
Answer» C. 5
786.

A person travels from the hostel to the college with a speed of 15 kmph from the bicycle and arrives at a delay of 2.5 minutes. If he runs a bike with a speed of 20 kmph then it reaches at 2.5 minutes early. Describe the distance between hostel and college. (In km)

A. 3
B. 4
C. 2
D. 5
Answer» E.
787.

A Boat goes 15 km upstream and \(10\frac{1}{2}\) km downstream in 3 hours 15 minutes. It goes 12 km upstream and 14 km downstream in 3 hours. What is the speed of the boat in still water?

A. 4
B. 6
C. 10
D. 14
Answer» D. 14
788.

A boat takes 3 hours and 36 minutes more to travel 20 km upstream than 14 km downstream. If the speed of the boat is 20 kmph then the speed of the stream is -

A. 25 kmph
B. 21 kmph
C. 10 kmph
D. 5 kmph
E. 15 kmph
Answer» F.
789.

A person divides the route of his journey into three equal parts and decides to travel the parts at the speeds of 40 km/h, 30 km/h and 15 km/h, respectively. What is his average speed during the whole journey?

A. 24 km/h
B. 15 km/h
C. 12 km/h
D. 20 km/h
Answer» B. 15 km/h
790.

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
791.

A boat covers a distance from A to B downstream and B to A upstream in 4 hours If the speed of the stream is 2 km/hr and the speed of the boat in still water is 4 km/hr, then the distance between A and B is :

A. 8 km
B. 9 km
C. 4 km
D. 6 km
Answer» E.
792.

A boat can go 30 km downstream and 24 km upstream in 2 hours 27 minutes. Also, it can go 20 km downstream and 8 km upstream 74 minutes. What is the speed of the boat in still water in km/h?

A. 18
B. 20
C. 24
D. 22
Answer» E.
793.

A car moves at the speed of 80 km/hr. what is the speed of the car in metres per second?

A. \(20\frac{1}{9}\;m/sec\)
B. 8 m/sec
C. \(21\frac{1}{9}m/sec\)
D. \(22\frac{2}{9}m/sec\)
Answer» E.
794.

A thief is noticed by a policeman from a distance of 200 m. The thief starts running and the policeman chases him. The thief and policeman run at the rate of 10 kmph and 11 kmph respectively. At what distance will the policeman catches the thief?

A. 2.4 km
B. 2.2 km
C. 2 km
D. 2.6 km
Answer» C. 2 km
795.

Places A and B are 144 km apart. Two cars start simultaneously, one from A and the other from B. If they move in the same direction, they meet after 12 hours, but if they move towards each other they meet after 9/8 hours. The speed (in km/h) of the car moving at a faster speed is:

A. 70
B. 64
C. 60
D. 72
Answer» B. 64
796.

A train running with a speed of 18 km/hr, crosses an electric pole. If the length of train is 540 metre, then what is the time taken (in seconds) by the train to cross the pole?

A. 110
B. 100
C. 108
D. 105
Answer» D. 105
797.

A man rows 24 km upstream in 6 hours and a distance of 35 km downstream in 7 hours. Then the speed of the man in still water is

A. 3 km/hr
B. 5 km/hr
C. 5.5 km/hr
D. 4 km/hr
E. 4.5 km/hr
Answer» F.
798.

A man is walking at a speed of 12 km/h. After every km, he takes rest for 3 minutes. How much time will he take to cover a distance of 6 km?

A. 42 minutes
B. 40 minutes
C. 48 minutes
D. 45 minutes
Answer» E.
799.

A boat takes 0.5 h more to travel a distance of 45 km upstream than to travel the same distance downstream. If the speed of the boat in still water is 4 times the speed of the stream, then in what time will it cover a distance of 72 km downstream?

A. \(1 \frac{2}{5}\)h
B. \(2 \frac{1}{6}\)h
C. \(2 \frac{1}{3}\)h
D. \(1 \frac{1}{5}\)h
Answer» E.
800.

A car travels at a speed of 75 m/s for 2 hours. What is the distance (in km) travelled by the car?

A. 500
B. 525
C. 540
D. 550
Answer» D. 550