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351.

If a car runs at 40 km/h instead of 30 km/h, he would have travelled 50 km more in 5 hours. What will be the actual distance travelled by him at original speed?

A. 156 km
B. 180 km
C. 170 km
D. 150 km
Answer» E.
352.

A train covers 60 km at a uniform speed. If the speed had been 8 km/h more, it would have taken 10 hours less for the same journey. What is the speed of the train (in km/h)?

A. 4
B. 2.5
C. 5
D. 3
Answer» B. 2.5
353.

Bhanu takes a total of 6 hours 50 minutes in walking a distance and running back to same place where she started. She could walk both ways in 8 hours 30 minutes. The time taken by her to run both ways is :

A. 5 hours 25 min
B. 5 hours 15 min
C. 5 hours 10 min
D. 5 hours 45 min
Answer» D. 5 hours 45 min
354.

Given that the lengths of the paths of a ball thrown with different speeds by two boys are the same. If they take 0.6 seconds and 1 second respectively to cover the said length. What is the average speed of travel for the first throw if the same for the second is 96 km/hr?

A. 160 km/h
B. 150 km/h
C. 100 km/h
D. 200 km/h
Answer» B. 150 km/h
355.

A train of length 110 m is moving with a speed of 72 km/h and another train of length 120 m is moving with a speed of 36 km/h in opposite direction along parallel tracks. What is the time taken in seconds to cross each other?

A. \(\dfrac{23}{3}\) sec
B. 11.2 sec
C. 23 sec
D. 24 sec
Answer» B. 11.2 sec
356.

A and B start moving towards each other from places X and Y respectively, at the same time. The speed of A is 20% more than that of B. After meeting on the way, A and B take \(2\frac{1}{2}\) hours and x hours now to reach Y and X respectively. What is the value of x?

A. \(3\frac{2}{5}\)
B. \(3\frac{3}{5}\)
C. \(3\frac{1}{2}\)
D. \(3\frac{2}{3}\)
Answer» C. \(3\frac{1}{2}\)
357.

A train passes a platform in 48 seconds and a passenger standing on the platform in 30 seconds. If the speed of the train is 72 km/hr, what is the length of the platform?

A. 440m
B. 380m
C. 360m
D. 400m
Answer» D. 400m
358.

A flight covering a distance of 1200 km could reduce the travel time by 30 minutes, due to an additive tailwind that increases the average speed by 120 km/hr. What was the duration of the flight in hours?

A. 2.2 hours
B. 1.9 hours
C. 1.8 hours
D. 2 hours 30 min
Answer» E.
359.

A train 200 m long passes a platform 100 m long in 10 seconds. What is the speed of the train?

A. 40 m/s
B. 30 m/s
C. 25 m/s
D. 20 m/s
Answer» C. 25 m/s
360.

A train travels at an average speed of 50 km/h for 3 hours and then travels at a speed of 75 km/h for 2 hours. How far did the train travel in the entire 5 hours?

A. 300 kms
B. 250 kms
C. 275 kms
D. None of these
Answer» B. 250 kms
361.

A 161.5-m-long train crosses a 758.5-m-long bridge in 46 seconds. What is the speed of the train?

A. 80 km/h
B. 72 km/h
C. 75 km/h
D. 78 km/h
Answer» C. 75 km/h
362.

A motorist travels to a place 150 km away at an average speed of 50 km per hour and returns at 30 km per hour. His average speed for the whole journey in km per hour is

A. 35
B. 37
C. 37.5
D. 40
Answer» D. 40
363.

In a steady-flowing river, a boat goes a certain distance upstream at a speed of 12 km/h and comes back the same distance at 24 km/h. Find the average speed for the total journey.

A. 15 km/h
B. 16 km/h
C. 18 km/h
D. 20 km/h
Answer» C. 18 km/h
364.

Jayant covers a certain distance in \(2\frac{1}{2}\) hours at a speed of 54 km/h. how much time will Prabhu take to cover the same distance at a speed of 72 km/h?

A. \(2\frac{1}{2}\) hours
B. \(2\frac{1}{5}\) hours
C. \(1\frac{7}{8}\) hours
D. 3 hours
Answer» D. 3 hours
365.

Pranav walked at 5 km/h for certain part of the journey and then he took an auto for the remaining part of the journey travelling at 25 km/h. if he took 10 hours for the entire journey, what part of journey did he travel by auto if the average speed of the entire journey be 17 km/h?

A. 750 km
B. 100 km
C. 150 km
D. 200 km
Answer» D. 200 km
366.

How long will a boy take to run round a square field of side 35 meters, if he runs at a rate of 9 Km/hr?

A. 52 sec
B. 50 sec
C. 56 sec
D. 54 sec
Answer» D. 54 sec
367.

Jose travels from the place A to place B at a certain speed. When he comes back from place B to place A, his speed is 60 miles per hour. If the average speed for the whole journey is 72 miles per hour, find his speed when he travels from the place A to B.

A. 40 miles per hour
B. 50 miles per hour
C. 70 miles per hour
D. 90 miles per hour
E. 25.5 miles per hour
Answer» E. 25.5 miles per hour
368.

A car runs at a speed of 65 km/hr to reach its destination in 45 minutes. What should be its speed for it to reach the destination in 36 minutes?

A. 65
B. 74
C. 52
D. 81.25
Answer» E.
369.

A train passes a platform of 90 m long in 30 seconds and a man standing on the platform in 15 seconds. What is the speed of the train?

A. 5 m/s
B. 3 m/s
C. 6 m/s
D. 2 m/s
Answer» D. 2 m/s
370.

In a race of 1000 m, A beats B by 150 m, while in another race of 3000 m, C beats D by 400 m. Speed of B is equal to that of D. (Assume that A, B, C and D run with uniform speed in all the events). If A and C participate in a race of 6000 m, then which one of the following is correct?

A. A beats C by 250 m
B. C beats A by 250 m
C. A beats C by 115.38 m
D. C beats A by 115.38 m
Answer» D. C beats A by 115.38 m
371.

A motorist travels to a place 150 km away at an average speed of 50 km/hr and returns at 30 km/hr. What is the average speed of the journey?

A. 35 km/hr
B. 37 km/hr
C. 37.5 km/hr
D. 40 km/hr
Answer» D. 40 km/hr
372.

A mini-van crosses two people walking at the speed of 4.8 km/h and 6 km/h 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. 4 m
C. 2 m
D. 3 m
Answer» E.
373.

A train shuttles between stations A and B, and stops at 5 intermediate stations for 5 mins each. Assume that stations A and B are 60 km apart, and the train is moving at a speed of 50 kmph, how long will it take to reach B?

A. 97 min
B. 85 min
C. 60 min
D. 72 min
Answer» B. 85 min
374.

A train crosses a platform of length 250 m in 20 seconds and crosses a pole in 10 seconds. Find the length of train.

A. 250 m
B. 350 m
C. 450 m
D. 500 m
E. 150 m
Answer» B. 350 m
375.

Excluding stoppages, the speed of a bus is 60 km/h and including stoppages, it is 45 km/h. For how many minutes does the bus stop per hour?

A. 12
B. 9
C. 15
D. 10
Answer» D. 10
376.

A train runs at 80 kmph for the first 40 km and the next 30 km at 60 kmph. Find the average speed.A. 62 kmphB. 64 kmphC. 65 kmphD. 70 kmph

A. A
B. B
C. D
D. C
Answer» D. C
377.

A truck covers a distance of 1200 km in 40 hours. What is the average speed of the truck?

A. 30 km/hr
B. 40 km/hr
C. 60 km/hr
D. 45 km/hr
Answer» B. 40 km/hr
378.

A certain distance is covered at a certain speed. If one-third of the distance is covered in two-third of the time, then what is the ratio of the two speeds?

A. 4 : 3
B. 3 : 1
C. 2 : 3
D. 2 : 1
Answer» E.
379.

Rahul and Mithun travel a distance of 30 km. The sum of their speeds is 70 km/h and the total time taken by both to travel the distance is 2 hours 6 minutes. The difference between their speeds is:

A. 35 km/h
B. 20 km/h
C. 25 km/h
D. 30 km/h
Answer» E.
380.

A person travelled the first half of the distance from her house to her office at 24 km/h, exactly half of the remaining distance at 20 km/h and the rest at 15 km/h, Her average speed (km/h) in entire journey was:

A. 20
B. 18\(\frac{1}{3}\)
C. 19\(\frac{2}{3}\)
D. 18
Answer» B. 18\(\frac{1}{3}\)
381.

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) travelled on foot?

A. 20
B. 25
C. 15
D. 30
Answer» D. 30
382.

If a person walks at 14 km/hr instead of 10 km/hr, he would have walked 20km more. The actual distance travelled by him is

A. 50 km
B. 70 km
C. 56 km
D. 80 km
Answer» B. 70 km
383.

A boat takes 2 hrs. 36 min. to travel 20 km downstream and 10 km upstream. If it takes 3 hrs. 24 min. to travel 10 km downstream and 20 km upstream, find the speed of the stream.

A. 50/3 km/hr
B. 50/7 km/hr
C. 50/9 km/hr
D. 100/21 km/hr
E. 100/27 km/hr
Answer» E. 100/27 km/hr
384.

Karan and Arjun run a 100 metres race, where Karan beats Arjun by 10 metres. To do a favour to Arjun, Karan starts 10 metres behind the starting line in a second 100 metre race. They both run at their earlier speeds. Which of the following is true in connection with the second race?

A. Karan and Arjun reach the finishing line simultaneously
B. Arjun beats Karan by 1 metre
C. Arjun beats Karan by 11 metres
D. Karan beats Arjun by 1 metre
Answer» E.
385.

A boat travels upstream from B to A and downstream from A to B in 3 hours. If the speed of the boat in still water is 9 Km/h and the speed of the current is 3 Km/h, the distance between A and B is

A. 9 km
B. 10 km
C. 11 km
D. 12 km
Answer» E.
386.

A train 100 m long running at uniform speed crosses a station which is 500 m long in 25 seconds. How long will it take for the train to pass a station that is 380 m long?

A. 21 seconds
B. 20 seconds
C. 19 seconds
D. 22 seconds
Answer» C. 19 seconds
387.

Apurva travelled equal distances at speeds of 10 km/hr, 20 km/hr, and 6 km/hr, and took a total time of 19 minutes. Find the total distance travelled in km.

A. 3
B. 1
C. 2
D. 4
Answer» B. 1
388.

If Anita walks a certain distance at 13 km/hr. instead of 10 km/hr., she would walk 30 km more. The actual distance travelled by her is :

A. 100 km
B. 50 km
C. 60 km
D. 25 km
Answer» B. 50 km
389.

A 120 m long train takes 10 seconds to cross a man standing on a platform. What is the speed of the train (in m/sec)?

A. 20
B. 15
C. 12
D. 10
Answer» D. 10
390.

Rajneesh covers equal distances at speeds of 6 km/h, 4 km/h and 8 km/h respectively and takes a total time of 32.5 minutes. Find the total distance in km.A. 4B. 2C. 1D. 3

A. D
B. B
C. C
D. A
Answer» B. B
391.

A man leaves from P at 6 AM and reaches Q at 2 PM on the same day. Another man leaves Q at 8 AM and reaches P at 3 PM on the same day. At what time do they meet?

A. 11 : 46 AM
B. 11 : 24 AM
C. 10 : 48 AM
D. 11 : 00 AM
Answer» D. 11 : 00 AM
392.

A car travels at a speed of 25 m/s for 8 hours. What is the distance (in km) travelled by the car?

A. 360
B. 720
C. 450
D. 900
Answer» C. 450
393.

A car covers a distance of 16 km in 30 minutes. What is its average speed?

A. 16 km/hr
B. 32 km/hr
C. 24 km/hr
D. 8 km/hr
Answer» C. 24 km/hr
394.

A train covers 400 m distance in 24 sec. Its speed is:

A. 30 kmph
B. 5 kmph
C. 60 kmph
D. 45 kmph
Answer» D. 45 kmph
395.

A boy crosses a 300 meters wide road in 30 seconds. What is his speed (in km/hr)?

A. 18
B. 54
C. 36
D. 27
Answer» D. 27
396.

If it took a total of five hours to travel from home to office at 30 km/h and back at 20 km/h, what is the distance from home to office?

A. 120 kilometer
B. 60 kilometer
C. 90 kilometer
D. 100 kilometer
Answer» C. 90 kilometer
397.

If the length of a train is 150 meters and it crosses a pole in 12 seconds, then the speed of the train in km/hr is

A. 60
B. 50
C. 45
D. None of the above
Answer» D. None of the above
398.

A train is moving at the speed of 54 km/hr. how many seconds it will take to cover a distance of 450 metres?

A. 60
B. 30
C. 45
D. 36
Answer» C. 45
399.

Ram travels 4/9th of the total journey by bus, 5/18th by rail, and the remaining 10 km on foot. Find the distance of the total journey.A. 42 kmB. 90 kmC. 36 kmD. 18 km

A. B
B. A
C. D
D. C
Answer» E.
400.

Driving at 60 km/hr Indra reached the destination 3 minutes ahead of time. If he drove at 54 km/hr he would have been 2 minutes late. What is the distance that Indra drove?

A. 48 km
B. 49 km
C. 50 km
D. 45 km
Answer» E.