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401.	A car travels a distance of x km at a speed of \(\rm5\dfrac{5}{9}m/s\) and returns at a speed of 5 m/s to the starting point. If the total time taken by the car is \(3\frac{1}{6}\) hours, then the value of x is:
A.	40
B.	30
C.	36
D.	32
Answer» C. 36

Discussion

402.	A 153 m long train crosses a 747 m long bridge in 40.5 seconds. What is the speed of the train?
A.	80 km/h
B.	70 km/h
C.	75 km/h
D.	85 km/h
Answer» B. 70 km/h

Discussion

403.	A boy goes to school from his village at 3 kmph and returns back at 2 kmph. If he takes 5 hours in all, the distance between the village and the school is
A.	6 km
B.	7 km
C.	8 km
D.	9 km
Answer» B. 7 km

Discussion

404.	A train is moving at a speed of 72 km/h. If the length of the train is 220 meters, then how long will it take to cross the 330 metre long platform?
A.	48.5 seconds
B.	11 seconds
C.	16.5 seconds
D.	27.5 seconds
Answer» E.

Discussion

405.	A train starts from a place A at 8 : 00 a.m. and arrives at another place B at 1 : 30 p.m. on the same day. If the speed of the train is 30 km/hr, then what will be the distance (in km) covered by the train?
A.	165
B.	175
C.	150
D.	135
Answer» B. 175

Discussion

406.	A motor cycle covers the distance of 140 m in 18 seconds. Find its speed per hour in kms?
A.	32 km/hr
B.	24 km/hr
C.	18 km/hr
D.	28 km/hr
Answer» E.

Discussion

407.	A train takes 10 seconds to cross a bridge of length 100 m travelling at 90 kmph. Find the length of the train in metres.
A.	140
B.	150
C.	130
D.	120
Answer» C. 130

Discussion

408.	If a person X walks from his home to the railway station at the rate of 3 km/h, then he misses the train by 8 minutes. If he walks at the rate of 4 km/h, then he reaches the railway station 7 minutes before the arrival of the train. Find the distance between his home and the railway station.
A.	6 km
B.	5 km
C.	4 km
D.	3 km
Answer» E.

Discussion

409.	A man tavelled a distance of 35 km in 5 hours. He travelled partly on foot at the rate of 4 km/h and the rest on bicycle at the rate of 9 km/h. The distance travelled on foot is:
A.	10 km
B.	8 km
C.	15 km
D.	12 km
E.	11 km
Answer» C. 15 km

Discussion

410.	A person has to travel a distance of 30 km. he finds that he has covered 5/6 of the distance in 3 hours and 20 minutes. What is his speed in km/h?
A.	6.3
B.	7.5
C.	5.4
D.	6
Answer» C. 5.4

Discussion

411.	A man travels first 50 km at 25 km/h, next 40 km at 20 km/h and then 90 km at 15 km/h. His average speed for the whole journey (m/s) is -
A.	18 m/s
B.	5 m/s
C.	10 m/s
D.	36 m/s
Answer» C. 10 m/s

Discussion

412.	A car travels for 11 hours. For the first 100 km, the car travels with a certain speed, and then it increases its speed by 15 km/h to cover the remaining 280 km. The time (in hours) it takes to travel the 100 km part is:
A.	4
B.	7
C.	10
D.	11
Answer» B. 7

Discussion

413.	If a train with a speed of 60 km/ hr crosses a pole in 30 seconds, then length of the train (in metres) is:
A.	750
B.	10000
C.	500
D.	900
Answer» D. 900

Discussion

414.	A person travels at the speed of 12 kmph, 14 kmph and 28 kmph on the surface of an equilateral triangular plane. Find her average speed? (in kmph)
A.	15.95
B.	15.65
C.	15.75
D.	15.85
Answer» D. 15.85

Discussion

415.	A train without stoppage travels with an average speed of 72 km/h and with stoppage, it travels with an average speed of 60 km/h. For how many minutes does the train stop on an average per hour?
A.	6
B.	12
C.	10
D.	8
Answer» D. 8

Discussion

416.	A bus travels 150 Km in 3 hours and then travel next 2 hours at 60 Km/hr. Then the average speed of the bus will be
A.	55 Km/hr
B.	54 Km/hr
C.	50 Km/hr
D.	60 Km/hr
Answer» C. 50 Km/hr

Discussion

417.	How much time (in minutes) will a dog take to run around a square field of side 75 m if it runs at the rate of 6 km/hr ?
A.	1.8
B.	3.6
C.	2.5
D.	3
Answer» E.

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418.	A boat goes 8 km in 1 hour along the stream and 2 km in 1 hour against the stream. The speed of the stream (in km/hr) is
A.	2
B.	3
C.	4
D.	5
Answer» C. 4

Discussion

419.	An object covers two consecutive equal distances with speeds v1 and v2. The average speed of the object is:
A.	\({V1 + V2 \over 2}\)
B.	\( {V1V2 \over 2(V1 + V2)}\)
C.	\({V1V2\over (V1 + V2)}\)
D.	\({2V1V2 \over (V1 + V2)}\)
Answer» E.

Discussion

420.	In what time will a train 100 meters long cross an electric pole, if its speed be 144 kmph?
A.	2.5 seconds
B.	12.5 seconds
C.	3 seconds
D.	5 seconds
Answer» B. 12.5 seconds

Discussion

421.	A racing car going at an average speed of 108 km/hr takes 15 minutes to complete a lap on a racing track. By how much should it increase its speed (in km/hr) to complete the lap in 12 minutes?
A.	24
B.	21
C.	27
D.	30
Answer» D. 30

Discussion

422.	\(33\frac{1}{3}\% \)of a journey was covered at the speed of 20 km/hour, one - fourth at 30 km/hour and the rest at 50 km/hour. The average speed (in km/hour) for the whole journey was:
A.	30
B.	\(40\frac{1}{3}\)
C.	32
D.	\(33\frac{1}{3}\)
Answer» B. \(40\frac{1}{3}\)

Discussion

423.	How many minutes does a car take to cover a distance of 200 m, if it runs at a speed of 60 kmph?
A.	\(\frac{1}{3} min\)
B.	\(\frac{1}{5} min\)
C.	\(\frac{1}{6} min\)
D.	\(\frac{1}{4} min\)
Answer» C. \(\frac{1}{6} min\)

Discussion

424.	A car travels at an average of 40 km/hr in the first two hours and takes totally 5 hours to cover a distance of 230 km. What was the average speed in the last 3 hours?
A.	46 km/hr
B.	63.3 km/hr
C.	50 km/hr
D.	40 km/hr
Answer» D. 40 km/hr

Discussion

425.	A person driving at a speed of 42 km/h reaches office 1 minute early, whereas if driving at a speed of 36 km/h, the person reaches office 3 minutes late. What is the distance (in km) that the person is covering?
A.	15.4
B.	16.8
C.	12.9
D.	18.2
Answer» C. 12.9

Discussion

426.	Ramesh travels a distance of 70 km in 3 hours and 20 minutes. How much faster, in km/h, on an average, must he travel to make such a trip in \(\frac{5}{{12}}\) hour less time?
A.	4 km/h
B.	5 km/h
C.	2 km/h
D.	3 km/h
Answer» E.

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427.	A 600 metre long train can cross a 1200 metre long platform in 36 seconds. In how much time (in seconds) can it cross a bridge 2200 metres long?
A.	44
B.	52
C.	56
D.	48
Answer» D. 48

Discussion

428.	A boat travels 30 km upstream in 4 hours and travels the same distance downstream in 2 hours. What will be the speed of boat and stream respectively?
A.	16 km/hr and 4 km/hr
B.	15.5 km/hr and 4.5 km/hr
C.	12.5 km/hr and 7.5 km/hr
D.	11.25 km/hr and 3.75 km/hr
Answer» E.

Discussion

429.	In racing over a distance D at uniform speed. A can beat B by 20 meters, B can beat C by 10 meters, and A can beat C by 28 meters. Then D, in meters, is
A.	50
B.	75
C.	100
D.	120
Answer» D. 120

Discussion

430.	Piyush is running at the speed of 8 km/hour and he stops for 5 minutes to take rest at the end of every third km. What will be the time taken by Piyush to cover a distance of 56 km?
A.	7 hour
B.	8 hour 20 minutes
C.	8 hour
D.	8 hour 30 minutes
Answer» E.

Discussion

431.	Raman goes office at a speed of 40 kmph and returns home at a speed of 60 kmph. What is his average speed (in km/hr)?
A.	45
B.	48
C.	50
D.	52
Answer» C. 50

Discussion

432.	In order to cover a distance of 150 km, A would take 2 hours less than what B takes. If A halved his speed, he would take 1 hour more than B to cover the same distance. What is the speed (in km/h) of B?
A.	60
B.	50
C.	30
D.	25
Answer» D. 25

Discussion

433.	If a bus can cover a distance of 271 km at the speed of \(\dfrac{18}{7}\) of its actual speed in 1 hour 30 minutes 20 seconds, find the actual speed of the bus.
A.	70 km/hr
B.	64 km/hr
C.	45 km/hr
D.	76 km/hr
Answer» B. 64 km/hr

Discussion

434.	Keerthana takes 9 hrs 20 minutes in walking a distance and riding back to same place where she started. She could walk both ways in 11 hrs 15 minutes. The time taken by her to ride back both ways is:
A.	7 hrs 25 min
B.	7 hrs 35 min
C.	7 hrs 45 min
D.	7 hrs 15 min
Answer» B. 7 hrs 35 min

Discussion

435.	A train travels at an average speed of 50 kmph, stopping for 2 min after every 75 km. How long will it take for the train to reach a destination of 600 km from its starting point?
A.	12 hr 14 min
B.	12 hr 7 min
C.	12 hr 21 min
D.	None of the above
Answer» B. 12 hr 7 min

Discussion

436.	Alok starts walking from P with a speed of 6 km/h towards Q. Raman starts time from P towards Q with a speed of 9 km/h. Raman reaches Q, turns back and starts walking towards P. He meets Alok at R. If PQ is 15 km, then what is PR?
A.	20 km
B.	12 km
C.	15 km
D.	18 km
Answer» C. 15 km

Discussion

437.	A train running at speed of 54 km/hr crosses a platform of length same as that of the train in 36 seconds. If train which is 230 meters long crosses the same platform in 25 Seconds, then find the speed of train B (in km/hr).
A.	54 km/hr
B.	88 km/hr
C.	59 km/hr
D.	72 km/hr
E.	108 km/hr
Answer» E. 108 km/hr

Discussion

438.	How many minutes does Shyam take to cover a distance of 500 m if he runs at a speed of 30 km/h?
A.	\(1 \frac{1}{2}\)
B.	\(2 \frac{1}{2}\)
C.	2
D.	1
Answer» E.

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439.	A train starts moving from X at 5:00 p.m. and move towards Y with speed of 55 km/hr. Another train starts moving from Y at 7:00 p.m. move towards X with speed of 40 km/hr. Both of them meet at 11:00 p.m. at Z. What is the ratio of distance XZ and YZ?
A.	33 : 16
B.	7 : 5
C.	29 : 27
D.	11 : 9
Answer» B. 7 : 5

Discussion

440.	A train crosses a 600 metres long platform in 50 seconds. It crosses another 900 metres long platform in 60 seconds. What is the length and speed of the train?
A.	900 metres, 108 km/h
B.	900 metres, 96 km/h
C.	600 metres, 108 km/h
D.	700 metres, 96 km/h
Answer» B. 900 metres, 96 km/h

Discussion

441.	A man can row 8 km/hr in still water. If the speed of the current is 4 km/hr, he takes 8 hours more in upstream than in the downstream. What is the distance (in km)?
A.	24
B.	48
C.	36
D.	72
Answer» C. 36

Discussion

442.	A train can cross a pole in 45 seconds. The speed of the train is 72 km/h. If the speed of the train is 54 km/h, then how much time will it take to cross pole by the train?
A.	50 sec
B.	40 sec
C.	60 sec
D.	70 sec
E.	80 sec
Answer» D. 70 sec

Discussion

443.	A train can travel 50% faster than a car. Both start from point A at the same time and reach point B, 60 km away from point A, at the same time. On the way, however, the train lost about 12.5 min while stopping at the stations. The speed of the car is:
A.	130 km/h
B.	100 km/h
C.	110 km/h
D.	96 km/h
Answer» E.

Discussion

444.	A 540 m long train, running at a uniform speed, crosses a platform in 55 seconds and crosses a man standing on the platform in 36 seconds. What is the length of the platform?
A.	325
B.	400
C.	450
D.	285
Answer» E.

Discussion

445.	A train of length 130 m crosses a bridge in 22 seconds. If the speed of train is 54 km/h. what is the length of the bridge?
A.	180 m
B.	200 m
C.	220 m
D.	150 m
Answer» C. 220 m

Discussion

446.	A man walks a speed of 3 km/hour from location A towards east for 1 hour and then turning left walks at a speed of 1.5 km/hour for 6 hours towards north to a location B. shortest distance between location A and B is
A.	10 km
B.	12 km
C.	8.54 km
D.	9.48 km
Answer» E.

Discussion

447.	Car I covers a distance in a certain time. Car II takes double the time to cover half the same distance. Find the ratio of their respective speeds.
A.	1 : 2
B.	1 4
C.	2 : 1
D.	4 : 1
Answer» E.

Discussion

448.	A man starts walking at 6.30 am. and wants to cover a distance of 30 km. 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 amB. 12.30 pmC. 11.30 pmD. 12.00 pm
A.	D
B.	A
C.	B
D.	C
Answer» D. C

Discussion

449.	A boat can cover 36 km downstream and 16 km upstream in 10 hours. It can cover 3 km downstream and 1.2 km upstream in 48 minutes. What is the speed (in km/hr of the boat when going upstream?
A.	2
B.	2.5
C.	3.5
D.	4
Answer» E.

Discussion

450.	A train is travelling at 48 km/hr completely crosses another train having half its length and travelling in opposite direction at 42 km/hr in 12 s. It also passes a railway platform in 45 s. What is the length of the platform?
A.	600 m
B.	400 m
C.	300 m
D.	200 m
Answer» C. 300 m

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