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This section includes 1801 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your General Aptitude knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1251. |
Sound is said to travel in air at about 1100 feet per second. A man hears the axe striking the tree, 11/5 seconds after he sees it strike the tree. How far is the man from the wood chopper? |
| A. | 2197 ft |
| B. | 2420 ft |
| C. | 2500 ft |
| D. | 2629 ft |
| Answer» C. 2500 ft | |
| 1252. |
A train travels at an average of 50 miles per hour for 5/2 hours and then travels at a speed of 70 miles per hour for 3/2 hours. How far did the train travel in the entire 4 hours? |
| A. | 120 miles |
| B. | 150 miles |
| C. | 200 miles |
| D. | 230 miles |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1253. |
The ratio between the speeds of two trains is 7:8. If the second train runs 400 kms in 4 hours, then the speed of the first train is |
| A. | 70 km/hr |
| B. | 75 km/hr |
| C. | 84 km/hr |
| D. | 87.5 km/hr |
| Answer» B. 75 km/hr | |
| 1254. |
A truck covers a distance of 550 metres in 1 minute whereas a bus covers a distance of 33 kms in 45 minutes. The ratio of their speeds is |
| A. | 3:4 |
| B. | 4:3 |
| C. | 3:5 |
| D. | 50:3 |
| Answer» B. 4:3 | |
| 1255. |
One of the two buses completes a journey of 300 km in 15/2 hours and the other a journey of 450 km in 9 hours. The ratio of their average speeds is |
| A. | 2:3 |
| B. | 3:4 |
| C. | 4:5 |
| D. | 8:9 |
| Answer» D. 8:9 | |
| 1256. |
A farmer travelled a distance of 61 km in 9 hours. He travelled partly on foot at 4 km/hr and partly on bicycle at 9 km/hr. The distance travelled on foot is |
| A. | 14 km |
| B. | 15 km |
| C. | 16 km |
| D. | 17 km |
| Answer» D. 17 km | |
| 1257. |
A person travels equal distances with speeds of 3 km/hr, 4 km/hr and 5 km/hr and takes a total time of 47 minutes. The total distance (in km) is |
| A. | 2 |
| B. | 3 |
| C. | 4 |
| D. | 5 |
| Answer» C. 4 | |
| 1258. |
A can complete a journey in 10 hours. He travels first half of the journey at the rate of 21 km/hr and second half at the rate of 24 km/hr. Find the total journey in km. |
| A. | 220 km |
| B. | 224 km |
| C. | 230 km |
| D. | 234 km |
| Answer» C. 230 km | |
| 1259. |
A person has to cover a distance of 6 km in 45 minutes. If he covers one-half of the distance in two-thirds of the total time; to cover the remaining distance in the remaining time, his speed (in km/h |
| A. | 6 |
| B. | 8 |
| C. | 12 |
| D. | 15 |
| Answer» D. 15 | |
| 1260. |
A salesman travels a distance of 50 km in 2 hours and 30 minutes. How much faster, in kilometres per hour, on an average, must he travel to make such a trip in 5/6 hour less time? |
| A. | 10 |
| B. | 20 |
| C. | 30 |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. 20 | |
| 1261. |
The ratio of the speeds of 'A' and 'B' is 3 : 7. If 'A' takes 16 hours more than 'B' to cover a distance, what is the actual time taken by 'B' ? |
| A. | 10 hrs |
| B. | 12 hrs |
| C. | 14 hrs |
| D. | 16 hrs |
| Answer» C. 14 hrs | |
| 1262. |
A boy goes to his school from his house at a speed of 3 km/hr and returns at a speed of 2 km/hr. If he takes 5 hours in going and coming, the distance between his house and school is |
| A. | 5 km |
| B. | 5.5 km |
| C. | 6 km |
| D. | 6.5 km |
| Answer» D. 6.5 km | |
| 1263. |
A person travels from P to Q at a speed of 40 kmph and returns by increasing his speed by 50%. What is his average speed for both the trips? |
| A. | 36 kmph |
| B. | 45 kmph |
| C. | 48 kmph |
| D. | 50 kmph |
| Answer» D. 50 kmph | |
| 1264. |
A bike travels a distance of 450 km in 5 hours, partly at a speed of 100 kmhr1 and partly at 75 kmh1. What is the distance travelled at speed of 100 kmh1 ? |
| A. | 600 km |
| B. | 500 km |
| C. | 400 km |
| D. | 300 km |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1265. |
A is faster than B. A and B each walk 24 km. The sum of their speeds is 7 km/hr and the sum of times taken by them is 14 hours. Then, A’s speed is equal to |
| A. | 3 km/hr |
| B. | 4 km/hr |
| C. | 5 km/hr |
| D. | 7 km/hr |
| Answer» C. 5 km/hr | |
| 1266. |
A car travelling with 5/7 of its actual speed covers 42 km in 1 hr 40 min 48 sec. Find the actual speed of the car |
| A. | 125/7 km/hr |
| B. | 25 km/hr |
| C. | 30 km/hr |
| D. | 35 km/hr |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1267. |
Three persons A, B and C run along a circular path with speeds of 6 kmh"1,4 kmh"1, 8 kmh"1 respectively. If they start their race from the same point and at the same time and the length of circular pa |
| A. | 6 hrs |
| B. | 8 hrs |
| C. | 10 hrs |
| D. | 12 hrs |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1268. |
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 av |
| A. | 18 km/hr |
| B. | 24 km/hr |
| C. | 30 km/hr |
| D. | 36 km/hr |
| Answer» B. 24 km/hr | |
| 1269. |
A man travels 600 km by train at 80 km/hr, 800 km by ship at 40 km/hr, 500 km by aeroplane at 400 km/hr and 100 km by car at 50 km/hr. What is the average speed for the entire distance? |
| A. | 60 km/hr |
| B. | 62 km/hr |
| C. | 8000/123 km/hr |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 1270. |
A boy rides his bicycle 10 km at an average speed of 12 km/hr and again travels 12 km at an average speed of 10 km/hr. His average speed for the entire trip is approximately |
| A. | 10.4 km/hr |
| B. | 10.8 km/hr |
| C. | 11 km/hr |
| D. | 12.2 km/hr |
| Answer» C. 11 km/hr | |
| 1271. |
In covering a certain distance, the speeds of A and B are in the ratio of 3:4. A takes 30 minutes more than B to reach the destination. The time taken by A to reach the destination is |
| A. | 1 hour |
| B. | 3/2 hours |
| C. | 2 hours |
| D. | 5/2 hours |
| Answer» D. 5/2 hours | |
| 1272. |
Robert is travelling on his cycle and has calculated to reach point A at 2 P.M. if he travels at 10 kmph; he will reach there at 12 noon if he travels at 15 kmph. At what speed must he travel to reach |
| A. | 8 kmph |
| B. | 11 kmph |
| C. | 12 kmph |
| D. | 14 kmph |
| Answer» D. 14 kmph | |
| 1273. |
A train when moves at an average speed of 40 kmph, reaches its destination on time. When its average speed becomes 35 kmph, then it reaches its destination 15 minutes late. Find the length of journey. |
| A. | 30 km |
| B. | 40 km |
| C. | 70 km |
| D. | 80 km |
| Answer» D. 80 km | |
| 1274. |
Starting from his house one day, a student walks at a speed of 5/2 kmph and reaches his school 6 minutes late. Next day he increases his speed by 1 kmph and reaches the school 6 minutes early. How far |
| A. | 1 km |
| B. | 3/2 km |
| C. | 7/4 km |
| D. | 2 km |
| Answer» D. 2 km | |
| 1275. |
A man can reach a certain place in 30 hours. If he reduces his speed by 1/15th, he goes 10 km less in that time. Find his speed |
| A. | 4 km/hr |
| B. | 5 km/hr |
| C. | 11/2 km/hr |
| D. | 6 km/hr |
| Answer» D. 6 km/hr | |
| 1276. |
A thief steals a car at 2.30 p.m. and drives it at 60 kmph. The theft is discovered at 3 p.m. and the owner sets off in another car at 75 kmph. When will he overtake the thief? |
| A. | 4:30 p.m. |
| B. | 4:45 p.m. |
| C. | 5 p.m. |
| D. | 5:15 p.m. |
| Answer» D. 5:15 p.m. | |
| 1277. |
A walks around a circular field at the rate of one round per hour while B runs around it at the rate of six rounds per hour. They start in the same direction from the same point at 7.30 a.m. They shel |
| A. | 7:42 a.m. |
| B. | 7:48 a.m. |
| C. | 8:10 a.m. |
| D. | 8:30 a.m. |
| Answer» B. 7:48 a.m. | |
| 1278. |
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. | 50 km |
| B. | 56 km |
| C. | 70 km |
| D. | 80 km |
| Answer» B. 56 km | |
| 1279. |
With a uniform speed a car covers the distance in 8 hours. Had the speed been increased by 4 km/hr, the same distance could have been covered in 15/2 hours. What is the distance covered? |
| A. | 420 km |
| B. | 480 km |
| C. | 640 km |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. 640 km | |
| 1280. |
In covering a distance of 30 km, Abhay takes 2 hours more than Sameer. If Abhay doubles his speed, then he would take 1 hour less than Sameer. Abhay’s speed is |
| A. | 5 kmph |
| B. | 6 kmph |
| C. | 6.25 kmph |
| D. | 7.5 kmph |
| Answer» B. 6 kmph | |
| 1281. |
A man has to reach a place 40 km away. He walks at the rate of 4 km/hr for the first 16 km and then travels in a cart for the rest of the journey. Had he teavelled by cart for the first 16 km and cove |
| A. | 10 km/hr |
| B. | 12 km/hr |
| C. | 6 km/hr |
| D. | 8 km/hr |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1282. |
A person covers the distance from P to Q at the speed of 3 km/hr. From Q to P he covers the distance at 6 km/hr. What is the average speed per hour? |
| A. | 3.5 km/hr |
| B. | 4.5 km/hr |
| C. | 5 km/hr |
| D. | 4 km/hr |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1283. |
Two trains start from P and Q respectively and travel towards each other at a speed of 50 km/hr and 40 km/hr respectively. By the time they meet, the first train has travelled 100 km more than the sec |
| A. | 500 km |
| B. | 630 km |
| C. | 660 km |
| D. | 900 km |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1284. |
The jogging track in a sports complex is 726 metres in circumference. Deepak and his wife start from the same point and walk in opposite directions at 4.5 km/hr and 3.75 km/hr respectively. They will |
| A. | 4.9 min |
| B. | 5.28 min |
| C. | 5.5 min |
| D. | 6 min |
| Answer» C. 5.5 min | |
| 1285. |
In how much time will a train of length 100 m, moving at 36 kmph cross an electric pole? |
| A. | 22 sec |
| B. | 15 sec |
| C. | 18 sec |
| D. | 10 sec |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1286. |
What distance will be covered by a bus moving at 72 kmph in 30 seconds? |
| A. | 250 m |
| B. | 600 m |
| C. | 750 m |
| D. | 400 m |
| Answer» C. 750 m | |
| 1287. |
A train 150 m long running at 72 kmph crosses a platform in 25 sec. What is the length of the platform? |
| A. | 300 m |
| B. | 500 m |
| C. | 350 m |
| D. | 250 m |
| Answer» D. 250 m | |
| 1288. |
A train 100 m long crosses a platform 125 m long in 15 sec; find the speed of the train? |
| A. | 45 kmph |
| B. | 50 kmph |
| C. | 54 kmph |
| D. | 60 kmph |
| Answer» D. 60 kmph | |
| 1289. |
Two trains are moving at 50 kmph and 70 kmph in opposite directions. Their lengths are 150 m and 100 m respectively. The time they will take to pass each other completely is? |
| A. | 3 sec |
| B. | 4 ½ sec |
| C. | 5 sec |
| D. | 7 ½ sec |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1290. |
In a 1000 m race, A can beat B by 20 m, While in a 500 m race B can beat C by 15 m. By what distance will A beat C in a 100 m race? |
| A. | 4.92 m |
| B. | 4.94 m |
| C. | 4 m |
| D. | 4.90 m |
| Answer» C. 4 m | |
| 1291. |
A car after covering half of a distance of 100 km develops some engine trouble and later travels at half its original speed. As a result it arrives 2 hours later than its normal time. What was the ori |
| A. | 40 km/hr |
| B. | 25 km/hr |
| C. | 30 km/hr |
| D. | 35 km/hr |
| Answer» C. 30 km/hr | |
| 1292. |
Two trains are traveling in the same direction with speed of 30 km/hr and 58 km/hr respectively. A man in the slower train passes the faster train in 18 seconds. Find the length of the faster train. |
| A. | 120 km |
| B. | 140 km |
| C. | 100 m |
| D. | 70 km |
| Answer» C. 100 m | |
| 1293. |
A man walks at the speed of 4 km/hr and runs at the speed of 8 km/hr. How much time will the man require to cover a distance of 24 kms, if he completes half of his journey walking and half of his jour |
| A. | 12 hours |
| B. | 5 hours |
| C. | 4 1/2 hours |
| D. | 3 hours |
| Answer» D. 3 hours | |
| 1294. |
A motorist covers the distance of 60 km from A to B at a speed of 20 km/hr and return journey from B to A at a speed of 30 km/hr. His average speed of entire journey is |
| A. | 22 km/hr |
| B. | 24 km/hr |
| C. | 26 km/hr |
| D. | 25 km/hr |
| Answer» C. 26 km/hr | |
| 1295. |
Lamp posts are placed 30 meters apart along a road. How long will a car traveling at 45 km/hr take to pass 6 lamp posts, not counting the first of them? |
| A. | 13 seconds |
| B. | 11 seconds |
| C. | 10 seconds |
| D. | 12 seconds |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1296. |
Ram started from his house and walked 2 km North, then 3 km West and finally 6 km South. How far is he from his house? |
| A. | 11 km |
| B. | 4 km |
| C. | 7 m |
| D. | 5 km |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1297. |
In a race of 1 km, A beats by 1 minute, while B beats C by 40 seconds. If A beats C by 500 metres, What is the speed of C? |
| A. | 18 kmph |
| B. | 20 kmph |
| C. | 24 kmph |
| D. | 36 kmph |
| Answer» B. 20 kmph | |
| 1298. |
A car travels at the speed of 85 km/hr and reaches its destination in 5hours. What is the distance covered by the car? |
| A. | 425 km |
| B. | 485 km |
| C. | 325 km |
| D. | 450 km |
| Answer» B. 485 km | |
| 1299. |
A plane takes 4 hours to go 3600 km with the wind. The return flight takes 6 hours. Assuming that the wind speed and direction have not changed, calculate the speed of the plane. |
| A. | 700 km/hr |
| B. | 600 km/hr |
| C. | 750 km/hr |
| D. | 150 km/hr |
| Answer» D. 150 km/hr | |
| 1300. |
Walking at the rate of 4 kmph a man cover certain distance in 2 hr 45 min. Running at a speed of 16.5 kmph the man will cover the same distance in. |
| A. | 40 min |
| B. | 18 min |
| C. | 48 min |
| D. | 14 min |
| Answer» B. 18 min | |