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1. A certain distance is covered by a train with a certain speed. If half the distance is covered in
double time, then the ratio of this speed to that of the original one is?
(a) 1 : 4 (b) 4 : 1
(c) 1 : 2 (d) 2 : 1
2. A man makes his upward journey at 16 km/h and downward journey at 28 km/h. What is his
average speed?
(a) 32 km/h (b) 56 km/h
(c) 20.36 km/h (d) 22 km/h
3. A salesman travels a distance of 50 km in 2 hours and 30 minutes. How much faster, in
kilometers 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
4. Two persons A and B started from two different places towards each other. If the ratio of their
speed be 3 : 5, then what is the ratio of distance covered by A and B respectively till the point
of meeting , if time taken is same?
(a) 1 : 2 (b) 3 : 4
(c) 3 : 5 (d) 5 : 3
5. If a man travels at 30 km/h, he reaches his destination late by 10 minutes by if he travels at
42 km/h then he reaches 10 minutes earlier. The distance travelled by him is?
(a) 30 km (b) 35 km
(c) 45 km (d) 36 km
6. Two trains each of 120 m in length, run in opposite directions with a velocity of 40 m/s and 20
m/s respectively. How long will it take for the tail ends of the two trains to meet each other
during the course of their journey?
(a) 20 s (b) 3 s
(c) 4 s (d) 5 s
7. Two trains starting at the same time from two stations, 200 km apart and going in opposite
directions, cross each other at a distance of 110 km from one of them. What is the ratio of heir
speeds?
(a) 11 : 20 (b) 9 : 20
(c) 11 : 9 (d) 19 : 20
8. Two runners start running together for a certain distance, one at 8 km/h and another at 5 km/h.
The former arrives one and half an hour, before the latter. The distance (in km) is?
(a) 12 (b) 20
(c) 25 (d) 36
9. 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
10. A and B can run 200 m in 22 seconds and 25 seconds, respectively. How far is B from the
finishing line when A reaches in?
(a) 8 m (b) 12 m
(c) 16 m (d) 24 m

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11. If a man walks at the rate of 5 kmph, he misses a train by 7 minutes. However, if he walks at
the rate of 6 kmph, he reaches the station 5 minutes before the arrival of the train. Find the
distance covered by him to reach the station?
(a) 4 km (b) 6 km
(c) 5 km (d) 7 km
12. A train is running at 36 km/hr. If it crosses a pole in 25 seconds, its length is
(a) 248 m (b) 250 m
(c) 255 m (d) 260 m
13. Two cars start at the same time from one point and move along two roads at right angles to
each other. Their speeds are 36 km/hr. and 48 km/hr. respectively. After 15 seconds the
distance between them will be
(a) 400 m (b) 150 m
(c) 300 m (d) 250 m
14. A train starts from a place A at 6 a.m. and arrives at another place B at 4.30 p.m. on the
same day. If the speed of the train is 40 km per hour, find the distance travelled by the train?
(a) 320 km (b) 230 km
(c) 420 km (d) 400 km
15. A man covers 9/20 by bus and the remaining 10 km on foot. His total journey (in km) is
(a) 15.6 (b) 24
(c) 18.18 (d) 12.8
16. An express train travelled at an average speed of 100 km/h, stopping for 3 minutes after every
75 km. A local train travelled at a speed of 50 km/hr, stopping for 1 minute after every 25 km.
If the trains began travelling at the same time. How many kilometers did the local train travel
in the time it took the express train to travel 600 km?
(a) 307.5 km (b) 317 km
(c) 317.5 km (d) 300 km
17. The speeds of three cars are in the ratio 2: 3: 4. The ratio of the times taken by these cars to
travel the same distance is-
(a) 2 : 3 : 4 (b) 4 : 3 : 2
(c) 4 : 3 : 6 (d) 6 : 4 : 3
18. A walks at a uniform rate of 4 km an hour and 4 hours after his start, B cycles after him at
the uniform rate of 10 km an hour. How far from the starting point will B catch A?
(a) 16.7 km (b) 16.8 km
(c) 21.5 km (d) 26.7 km
19. The speed of a boat along the stream is 12 km/hr and against the stream is 8 km/hr. The
time taken by the boat to sail 26 km in still water is
(a) 2 hrs (b) 3 hrs
(c) 2.6hrs (d) 1.2 hrs
20. Speed of a boat along and against the current are 12 km/hr and 8 km/hr respectively. Then
the speed of the current in km/hr is:
(a) 5 (b) 4
(c) 3 (d) 2
ANSWERS
1. A 2. C 3. A 4. C
5. B 6. C 7. C 8. B
9. B 10. D 11. B 12. B
13. D 14. C 15. C 16. A
17. D 18. D 19. C 20. D

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