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1. Bolt completed a 100 m sprint in 9s. What was his speed in km/hr?

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If a train crosses a man in 10 sec and a 150 m long plateform in 22 sec, then its speed and length are
(1) 12.5 m/sec, 125 m

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(2) 12 m/sec, 120 m
(3) 13.5 m/sec, 135 m

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(4) 13 m/sec, 130 m

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Two boats, traveling at 5 and 10 kms per hour, head directly towards each other. They begin at a distance of

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20 kms from each other. How far apart are they (in km) one minute before they collide.

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4. A Porsche has to cover 928 km in 10 hrs. If it covers first half of the journey in th of the total time, what should be

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its speed for the remaining journey so as it covers the entire journey in a specified time?
(1) 124 km/hr

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(2) 164 km/hr
(3) 116 km/hr

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(4) 120 km/hr

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A wheel rotates 10 times in a minute and moves 20 ft forward in each rotation. How much time does the wheel take
if it moves 970 ft forward?

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(1) 2 min
(2) 4.85 min
(3) 48.5 min
(4) 9.7 min
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diesel at a speed of 70 km/hr?

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A truck travelling at 70 km/hr uses 30% more diesel to travel a certain distance than it does when it travels at a
speed of 50 km/hr. If the truck can travel 19.5 km/L of diesel at 50 km/hr, how far can the truck travel on 10 L of
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(1) 130 km

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(2) 140 km
(3) 150 km

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A can cover a certain distance in 30 minutes and B can cover the same distance in 70 minutes. In how much time
can C cover the same distance, if his speed is the sum of the speeds of A and B?

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(1) 35 minutes
(2) 28 minutes
(3) 21 minutes
(4) 42 minutes
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Rajiv reaches city B from city A in 4 hours, driving at speed of 35 kmph for the first two hour and at 45 kmph for the
next two hours. Aditi follows the same route, but drives at three different speeds: 30, 40 and 50 kmph, covering an
equal distance in each speed segment. The two cars are similar with petrol consumption characteristics (km per
litre) shown in the figure below.

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Speed km per hour

Zoheb would like to drive Aditi's car over the same route from A to B and minimize the petrol consumption for the
trip. What is the quantity of petrol required by him?
(1) 6.67 l
(2) 7 l
(3) 6.33 l
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time taken by each of the vehicle is:

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The speeds of a scooter, a car and a train are in the ratio 1 : 4 : 16. If all of them cover equal distance, the ratio of
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(1) 256 : 16 : 1
(2) 1 : 4 : 16
(3) 16 : 4 : 1
(4) 16 : 1 : 4
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taken by the man to reach office?

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10. By walking at 4/5th of his usual speed, a man reaches office 10 minutes later than usual. What is the usual time
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(1) 30 min
(2) 40 min
(3) 35 min
(4) 50 min
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for it to arrive on time?

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11. A train travelling 100 km at x km/hr, arrives at its destination 1 hr late. What should have been the speed (in km/hr)

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5 minutes early. Then the distance from his house to the office is

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12. If a man walks from his house at 5 km/ hr, he reaches office 5 minutes late. If he walks at 6 km/hr, he reaches

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(1) 3 km
(2) 4km
(3) 5 km
(4) 6km
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13. A train travels at a uniform speed of 15 km/hr. If the speed had been 10 km/hr more, it would have taken 8 hours
less to cover the distance between stations A and B. What is the distance (in km) between A and B?

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(1) 100
(2) 300
(3) 250
(4) 200
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14. Ramya and Arjun started off simultaneously from Bengaluru and Chennai at constant speeds. After they crossed
each other on the way, Ramya took 4 hours, where as Arjun took 2 hrs and 15 min to reach their respective
destinations
(a) What fraction of the distance had Ramya, covered when they crossed each other?

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(b) What is the ratio of their speeds?

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speed of the car?

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15. A car travels from A to B in 46 min. If the distance between A and B is 52.8 km, what is the (approximate) average

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(1) 1.14 km/hr
(2) 40.5 km/hr
(3) 68.86 km/hr
(4) 84.2 km/hr
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16. A car travels first 45 km of a journey at a speed of 15 km/hr. It covers the next 50 km at a speed of 25 km/hr and
the rest 25 km at a speed of 15 km/hr. What is the average speed (in km/hr) of the car during the journey?

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17. A person covers 180 km, 240 km and 300 km by car, train and bus respectively. Find the average speed of the
whole journey if the speed of car, train and bus is 60 km/hr, 80 km/hr and 50 km/hr respectively.

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many minutes does the bus stop per hour?

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18. Excluding stoppages, the average speed of a bus is 54 km/hr, and including stoppages it is 45 km/hr. For how

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19. A man travels three-fifths of the total distance from A to B at a speed 3a, and the remaining at a speed 2b. If he
goes from B to A and returns at a constant speed 5c in the same time, then which of the following is true

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20. The distance between Ankit's house and office is 60 km. One day, he covers half of the distance at twice of his
usual speed and the rest of the distance at half of his usual speed. If he took 75 minutes more than the usual time,
find the usual speed (in km/hr).
(1) 12

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(3) 20

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21. Ram, Shyam and Hari went out for a 100 km journey. Ram and Hari started the journey in Ram’s car at the rate of
25 kmph, while Shyam walked at 5 kmph. After sometime, Hari got off and started walking at the rate of 5 kmph and
Ram went back to pick up Shyam. All three reached the destination simultaneously. The number of hours required
for the trip was:

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22. A certain race is made up of three stretches: A, B and C, each 2 km long, and to be covered by a certain mode of
transport. The following table gives these modes of transport for the stretches, and the minimum and maximum
possible speeds (in km/hr) over these stretches. The speed over a particular stretch is assumed to be constant.
The previous record for the race is 10 min.

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C Bicycle 10 20

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Mr Tortoise completes the race at an average speed of 20 km/hr. His average speed for the first two stretches is
four times that for the last stretch. Find the speed over stretch C.

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(1) 15 km/hr
(2) 12 km/hr
(3) 10 km/hr
(4) This is not possible
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23. A train approaches a tunnel AB. Inside the tunnel is a cat located at a point that is 3/8 of the distance AB measured
from the entrance A. When the train whistles the cat runs. If the cat moves to the entrance of the tunnel A, the train
catches the cat exactly at the entrance. If the cat moves to the exit B, the train catches the cat at exactly the exit.
What is the ratio of the speed of the train to that of the cat?
(1) 3 : 1

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(2) 4 :1
(3) 5 : 1
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24. If a man cycles at 10 km/hr, then he arrives at a certain place at 1 p.m. If he cycles at 15 km/hr from the same
starting point, he will arrive at the same destination at 11 a.m. At what speed must he cycle to get there at noon?

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(1) 11 km/hr
(2) 12 km/hr
(3) 13 km/hr
(4) 14 km/hr
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25. After travelling for 30 minutes, a train met with an accident and was stopped there for 45 minutes. Due to the

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accident, its speed reduced to rd of its initial speed and the train reached its destination 90 minutes late. Had the

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accident occurred 60 km after the point it occurred earlier, the train would have reached 30 minutes earlier than it

(1) 90 km

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(3) 60 km

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26. A man leaves his home and walks at a speed of 12 km per hour, reaching the railway station 10 minutes after the
train had departed. If instead he had walked at a speed of 15 km per hour, he would have reached the station
10 minutes before the train's departure. The distance (in km) from his home to the railway station is

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27. Nikhil reaches school everyday at 5 p.m. to pick up his children. On a Saturday, the school got over at 4 p.m. and
the children started walking towards home. Nikhil met them on their way and returned home 30 min earlier. How
long did the children walk?
(1) 50 min

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28. Only a single rail track exists between stations A and B on a railway line. One hour after the north- bound super fast
train N leaves station A for station B, a south-bound passenger train S reaches station A from station B. The speed
of the super fast train is twice that of a normal express train E, while the speed of a passenger train S is half that of

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E. On a particular day, N leaves for B from A, 20 min behind the normal schedule. In order to maintain the
schedule, both N and S increased their speeds. If the super fast train doubles its speed, what should be the ratio

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(approximately) of the speeds of passenger train to that of the super fast train so that the passenger train S reaches
exactly at the scheduled time at A on that day?

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(3) 1 : 5
(4) 1 : 6

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A and B start from two locations P and Q respectively at the same time and meet every day at X on the way.
Uniform speeds of A and B are 20 km/hr and 15 km/hr respectively.

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One day B starts t min late and meets A, 5 km ahead of X at Y. Find t.

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30. In a 1 km race, A beats B by 40 m and B beats by C by 25 m. By how many meters A beats C in the same race?

(2) 60
(3) 64

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31. In a 500 m race, the ratio of the speeds of two contestants A and B is 2 : 3. If A has a start of 170 m, then A wins by

(2) 10 m
(3) 15 m

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32. Karan and Arjun run a 100-meter race, in which 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?
(1) Karan and Arjun reach the finishing line simultaneously.

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(2) Arjun beats Karan by 10 metres
(3) Arjun beats Karan by 11 metres.

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33. Neeta loses to Divya by 10 m in a 100 m race. Preeta loses to Divya by 15 m in a 100 m race. By how many
metres will Neeta beat Preeta in a 400 m race if their speed remains constant in all the races?

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(2) 20 m
(3) 25.33 m
(4) 22.23 m
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34. Three runners A, B and C run a race, with runner A finishing 12 m ahead of runner B and 18 m ahead of runner C,

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while runner B finishes 8 m ahead of runner C. Each runner travels the entire distance at a constant speed. What
was the length of the race? (CAT)
(1) 36 m

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If A beats B by 1 km and B beats C by 1 km, then by how many metres does A beat C?

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35. In a 10 km race. A, B, and C, each running at uniform speed, get the gold, silver, and bronze medals, respectively.

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