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Time, Speed Distance &Work

1. If Ttravel at 10 kmph, Ireach my office 5 minutes late than the reporting time. If Itravel at 15 kmph, Ireach
office 10 minutes earlier than the reporting time.Find the distance between my office and home.
(1) 5 km 2)7.5 km (3)9 km (4) 10 km (5) 12 km
2 If the ratio of speeds of three sprinters is 3:4:5. find the ratio of time taken by the three to cover 100 mts.
(1)3:4:5 (2)5:4 :3 (3) 1:1:1 (4) 20:15: 12 (5) 12: 15: 20
3 A train starts from towards Y, which is at a distance of 55 km. First it travels at a speed of 40 kmph, but
after some time it increases its speed to 50 kmph. If it reaches Yafter 1 hr 15 mins from start, after how
much time did it increase its speed?
(1) 15 mins (2) 30 mins (3) 40 mins (4) 45 mins (5) 50mins
4 Acouple decided to go to Manali which is 650 km awayfrom their home. They traveled by train, which was
running at a speed of 100 km/hr. Then they took a bus, covered a distance of 150 km in 50 3.5 hrs- After
then they took an auto, which ran at a speed of 9 m/s for 15 min. While returning also, they took the same
route. What was their approximate average speed during the entire journey?
(1)200 km/hr (2) 157.2 km/hr (3) 88.5 km/hr (4iskm/hr (5) 60 km/hr
5 The strides of Kapil and Rahul are in the ratio 3 :4. In the same time as Kapil takes 5 steps, Rahul takes only 4
steps. If they have to respectively walk distances in the ratio 3:5, find the ratio of the time taken by them?
(1) 9:25 (2) 9:16 (3) 16:25 (4) 1:1 (5) 1:6
6 Ajay and Shivku both start from the same end of a swimming pool of length 200 mts. Ajay reaches the other
endand immediately turns back and meets ShivkU at 40 mts from the other end. What is the ratio of speeds
of Ajay and Shivku?
(1) 3:2 (2) 4:3 (3)1:9 (4) 4:5 (5) 4:1
Aman takes 7 hrs in walking toa certain place and riding back. He would have taken 2 hrs less if he would
have rode both ways. What is the time he would have taken to walk both ways?
(1)8 hrs 42) 9 hrs (3) 10 hrs (4)11 hra (5) 12 hrs
8. Chota and Rajan start traveling in the same direction at 8 km/hr and 13 km/hr. After 4 hr Chota doubled his
speed and Rajan reduced his speed by 1 km/hr and reached the destination together. How long did the
entire journey last?
(1) 5 hours (2) 6 hours (3) 8 hours (4) 9 hours (5) 11 hours
9 Adeer makes 8 leaps in the same time as a fox makes 3. The length of the leap of the deer is 1 m while that
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of fox is 2-m. How many leaps will the fox need tomake tocatchup with the deer if the b deer is 26 m away
when the two spot each other and if each start running in the same direction?
(1) 90 (2) 102 (3) 126 (4) 156 (5)175
In the movie Ghulam, Aamir starts running at speed of 18 kmph towards the approaching train as soon as he
sights it at a distance 350 mts. If the train is travelling at a speed of 54 kmph, how far should the red flag be
placed (from Aamir's end) so that he just manages to reach it before the train reaches it.
(2 87.5 meters (2) 80 meters (3) 95 meters (4) 100 meters (5) 116.66meters
11. A car driver sees a bus 60 mts ahead of it. After precisely 1.5 minutes, the car is 30 mts ahead of the
bus.
Find the speed of the car if the bus is traveling at a speed of 20 m/ s.
(1) 80 m/s (2) 60 m/s (3) 40 m/s (4) 25 m/s (5) None of these
12. Two trains are separated by 3.5 km and traveling towards each other at speeds of 54 kmph and 72
the samne moment, a bird starts flying to and fro between the train i.e. it starts from front of one
kmph. At
train, flies
towards the other train, when it reaches the front of other train, it turns back and flies towards the first
train. It keeps doing so till the two trains start crossing each other. Find the total distance
traveled by the
bird, if its speed is 90 kmph.
(1)3.5 km (2) 3 km (3) 2.5 km (4) 2 km (5) 1.5 km
13. A and B start from P and Q respectively and head for Q and P.
They meet at a point R, 180 meters from
continue on their paths. If the speeds of Aand Bare 15 m/s and 20m/s, find the difference in the time Pand
taken
by them to cover the distance PQ.
(1)5 sees (2) 6 sees (3) 7 sees (4) 8 sees (5) Cannot be determined

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express train leaves
14. kmph.An kmph. Ifthe express
A a speed of 63 speed of 90
A goods
after train leaves
station A at 9:00
a.m. and
travels
direction
at
asthe
did the
a
goods train at express train eave
A?

Some time and

Travels in the
same
what
approximatetime (5)9:45 a.m.
a.m. After traveling for

15. trajarovertakes
) 9:15a.m. the goods train
(2) 9:30 a.m.
at 9:52, at
(3) 9:36 am
Mr. Sharma left home for his office as usual at
(4) 9:38 a.m.

9 a.m. SO
that he forgot
as to reach
on
the keysto
time
his
at 9:30
office
the time he
spent at home to
back,
and hence had to go pick
he realised the office if
exactly one-fourth ofthe distance what time did he reach
pickthe keys and come to office. At (5) 10:00 a.m. at
the keys is (4) 9:52.5 a.m. the same route
negligible? a.m.
(3)9:47.5 started from Pune ontravel
(1)9:37.5 a.m. 2) 9:45 a.m. Bombay at 9:00 a.m. Sumit taken by Amit and Sumit to
to
16.
Amit started his journey from Pune 11:30 a.m., find the ratio of the time
overtook Amit at
Edm. If Sumit determined
from Pune to Bombay. (4) 3:4 (5) Cannot beChandigarh towards Delhi. A
(3) 5:3 speed of 24 km/hr
from
(1) 4:3 (2) 3:2 morning at a km/hr and in the same
traveling at 10:00 in the at a speed of 60
17.
nconga started Chandigarh at 12:15 pm what distance from
sameroute from to repair it. At
mins
Cdr started on the hour, it had a puncture and needed 45
dlrection. After half an
Chandigarh do the two meet ? (4) 180km (5) 210 km
(2) 120 km (3) 150 km the speed of A?
(1)90 km
beats B by 10 meters or 2.5 seconds. Find determined
18. In a race of 100
meters, A
(4)5 m/s (5)Cannot be simultaneously.
(3) 3.75 m/s
(1) 4 m/s (2)4.44 m/s meters and both reach the finishing point
A gives B astart of 100 meters behind the
19. In arace of 500meters, from the starting point and A from 100
simultaneously, with B of the other?
Had A and Bstarted finishing point first and how many meters ahead
starting point, who would reach the reach at same time
20 meters (4) A, 20mneters (5) Both
(1) B, 25 meters (2) A, 25
meters (3) B, crossa man sitting
length 100 mts and traveling at aspeed of 54 kmph take to
How much time will a train of kmph in the same direction
20.
another train of length 150 mts that is traveling at aspeed of 36
in
(2)15 seconds (3) 20 seconds (4) 25 seconds (5) 30seconds
(1) 10seconds traveling in opposite
of lengths 100 mts and 150 mts cross each other in 12 sees when they are
Two trains other train
21. the train of length 100 mts crosses the
direction. If they are traveling in same direction
completely in 48 seconds. Find the speeds (in m/s( 625 of both the trains.
625 375 625 375 375 5. Cannot be determined.
625 375 4. 36
1. 2 3. 36
48 48 12' 12
24 24
length 1,6 kms is 1:9, find the length of the train.
22. If the ratio of the time taken hy a train to cross a pole and abridge of
(1) 0.2 kms (2) 0.177kms (3) 0.25 kms (4)0.16kms (5)Cannot be determined
a boat row
23. If speed of boat in still water is 10 kmph and the flow of current is 2 kmph, how far can
downstream and return back to the starting point in a total of 4 hours?
(1)16 km (2) 17.6 km (3) 18 km (4) 19.2 km (5) 20 km
24. Aboat travels for 3 hours downstream and then turns back and rows for next 3 hours upstream. If the boat
is yet 30 kms away from the starting point, find the speed of the current.
(1) 4 kmph (2) 5 kmph (3) 6 kmph (4)8 kmph (5)Cannot be determined
25. Afox sights a hare at a distance of 20 leaps of his and immediately starts chasing. The hare also immediatelv
starts fleeing. If distance covered in 3 leaps of the fox is equal to the distance covered in S leaps of the hare
and if the hare takes 8 leaps in the time the fox takes 5 leaps, find the distance (in terms of leaps of fox and
from the point the fox started) at which the fox will catch the hare.
(1) 100 (2) 200 (3) 250 (4) 400 (5) 500
26. f the ratio of the time taken by a boat to cover the same distance upstream and
downstream is x:v. find
the ratio of the speed of the stream to that of the boat.
1. (xy) : (x+y) 2. (x+y) : (x-y) 3. (y-x) : (x+y) 4. (x+y) :(y-x)5. X:y
e Ab0at takes atotal of 1 1 hours to travel 12 km downstream and 18 km
27. upstream. The same boat man takoc
a total of 9 hoursto travel 18 km downstream and 12 km
upstream. Find the speed of the boat in still water
(1) 1 kmph (2) 2 kmph (3) 3 kmph (4)4 kmph (5) 5 kmph

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28. Two boats are rowing towards each other in a stream. One is going downstream from point
12 m/s and 8 m/s and tha dietaneo
other is going upstream from point Bto A. If their speed in still Water is
take them to meet?
between the points is 2 km, how long will it (5) Cannot be determined
(3) 75 sees (4) 45 sees
(1) 100 sees (2} 60 sees
m/S wnereds DTuns part of the distance at g
29. A and B run a race in which A runs at a constant speed ot 10
simultaneousiy, ind the ratio of the distances
m/s and part at 12 m/s. If both of them reach the finishing line
run by Bat speed of 8 m/s and 12 m/s.
(4) 5:6 (5)4:5
(1) 1:1 (2) 2:3 (3) 3:2
from the same p0int Aat the 1 same time
30. Two cyclists are running on acircular track of 500 m. They start
possible ratio of
If they meet for the first time at apoint 200 m from A, which of the following could be a
their speeds?
(1) 1:3 (2) 2:3 (3) 3:5 (4) 7:11 (5) 5:7
second in anti
31. On acircular track, 3 people start running, one in clockwise direction with a speed of S m/s,
clockwise direction with aspeed of 3 m/s and the third one along the diameter to the opposite end and back
all three meet
and so on with a speed of 7 m/s. Ifthe radius of the track is 14 m, after how many seconds do
for the first time?
(1)11 sec (2) 22 sec (3) 33 sec (4) 44 sec (5) 24 sec
32. Two joggers Arnav and Aryan started jogging on a circular track of 500 m from a point A at the same time in
opposite directions. Arnav runs at a speed of 4 m/s in anti-clockwise direction and Aryan runs at a speed of 1
m/s in clockwise direction. When they meet for the first time, Amav doubles his speed and Aryan halves his.
Where willthey meet again after the first meeting?
direction
(1) apprx. 106 m from point Ain the clockwise direction (2) apprx. 106 m from point A in the anti-clockwise
point A in the anti-clockwise direction
(3) apprx. 130 m from point A in the clockwise direction (4) apprx. 130m from
(5) at a point diametrically opposite A
33.
Aand B start from Pand Q respectively and head for Q and P. They meet at a point R between P and O and
continue on their paths. If it takes Aand B, 16 sec and 25 sec to reach their destination from R, what is the
ratio of speeds of Aand B.
(1)5:4 (2)4:5 (3)16:25 (4)25:16 (5) Cannot be determined
34. A
candle 26 cm longs burns at the rate of 4cm in 3hr, whereas another one of 28 cm long burns at the rate
of 3 cm in 2 hrs. What are the lengths of the candle when they are of the same length?
(1) 6 cm (2) 8cm (3) 10 cm (4) 4 cm (5) 3 cm
35. Being veryconfident of winning the 200 mracing competition. Raj started some distance behind the starting
noint, He finished therace in 18 s. He was exactly at the mid-point of the 200 mtrack 10 sees after the start.
How far behind the starling point did Raj start from?
(1) 25m (2)20m (3) 10m (4) 8m (5) Cannot be determined
36. While returning from Bombay to Pune, I travel at a speed 1.5 times the speed at which 1 went Pune to
Bombay, f the average speed for the round trip is 60 kmph, find the speed at which I travel while returning
from Bombay to Pune.
(1)50kmph (2)60 kmph (3) 75 kmph (4) 112.5 kmph (5) Cannot be determined
37. Nilay andA Nishant are two fitness fanatics on a run from Ato B. Nilay runs half the way and wlke the other
half Nishant runs half the time, and walks the other halt.. The two run at the same speed and walk at the
same speed. Who finishes first?
(1) Nilay (2)Nishant (3)Both reach at the same time (4) Data lnsufficient
38. There is a planet on which one day has 36 hours and they follow a 9 hour clock (like we follow a 12 hour
clock). In an hour there are 100 minutes and in a minute there are 200 sees. Moreover the hour and the
second hands move in clockwise direction, while minute hand mOves in anticlockwise directinn, How many
times willthe hour hand and the minute hand meet in aday?
(1)11 times (2) 10 times (3)22 times (4) 40 times (5)44 times
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39, common point P. A and B
There are two circular tracks C1 and C3 touching each
other at a
Breaches that
point at
point Pat 12:00 noon while
common point along CË and C, respectively,afterAreaches they meet each
other at P for the second time
12:10 pm, both reaching BP for the first time they start. If
point P by then?
after 2.5 hours from the start, how many times has A crossed the
(1) 10 (4) 8 (5) 18
(2) 12 (3) 15
the
Aman can walk up a up-ward moving escalator in half anminute and can walk down
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same up-Ward moving escalator in one and a half minutes.
to climb up?
40.
escalator been shut down i.e. not moving, how much time would it take for him
ie (5) 40 sees
(1) 75 sees (2) 45 sees (3) 60 sees (4) 90 sees
time would it take for him to reach the top?
ndd ne stayed still on the moving escalator, how much
41.
(1)75 sees (3) 60sees (4) 90 sees (5) 40 sees
(2) 45 sees
job; Aand Btogether can do the job in
42. Atakes 5 days more than Band 9 days more than Cto doa certain
the same time as C. How many days would Atake to do it?
(1) 5 days (2)6days (3) 8 days (4) 10 days (5) 15 days
43. Agroup of thirteen students working together continuously can finish an assignment in 6 days. Certain
remaining
number of students started the assignment and everyday one student left the group until the last
student finished the assignment on the last day. In how many days could the assignment have been finished,
if none of the students were allowed to leave?
(1)5.5 days (2) 6 days (3)6.5 days (4)7days (5) 7.5 days
44. 1 man or 2women or 3children can finish painting a room in 6days. How many days will it take if 1 man, 2
women and 3 children work simultaneously?
(1) 1 day (2) 2 days (3) 2.4 days (4) 3 days (5) 4 days

Directions for questions 45 &46: Aand Btogether take half as much time as taken by Cto complete a work. Band
Ctake one-third as much time as taken by Ato complete the same work.
45. Aand Ctogether take fc times the time taken by Balone to complete the same work. Find the value of fc
(1) 1/4 (2) 3/4 (3) 3/5 (4) 5/7 (5)1/5
46. Find the ratio of the number of days taken by A, Band Cindividually to complete the same work.
(1) 1:2:3 (2)3:5:4 (3) 20:12:15 (4) 2:3:4 (5)Cannot be determined

Directions for questions 47 &48: Atank has n inlet taps numbered as t, t2 t; .....t,Any tap, t, where 1 <isn,
can fill the entire tank in the same time as taken by all the lesser numbered taps i.e. t, t,
t ... ti to fill the tank
working simultaneously.
47. Find the ratio of the time in which the third tap t; and the fifth tap, ts, can fill
the tank working individually.
(1) 2:1 (2)4:1 (3) 4:3 (4) 7:2 (5) 5:3
48. If the eighth tap,t, takes 8 minutes to fill the tank
completelywhen working alone, find the time taken by
the first tap, t, to fill the tank when working alone.
(1) 216mins (2) 256 mins (3) 400 mins (4) 420 mins
A Consultant takes up a project that 20 (5) 512 mins
49. MTS
(Management Trainees) can complete in 10 days. The same
nroiect could be finished by 15 STs (Summer Trainees) in 20 days. The consultant decides to
and 10 STs for the project. If the daily employ 10 MTS
remuneration rates for each MT and ST are Rs, 450 and Rs. 400
respectively, the total remuneration bil for the project will be
(1) Rs. 96,000 (2) Rs. 98,500 (3) Rs. 102,000 (4) 1.08,000
Acan alone build an entire wall in 48 (5) 112,000
50. days. Balone can demolish the same wall in a
working alone. If Aand Bwork on alternate days, A total of 60 days when
ofthe wall the next day, in howmany building part of the wall one dayand B
days will the demolishing part
(1) 240days (2) 480 days (3) 479 days (4) complete wall be built for the first time?
475 days (5) 471 days

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