1.

TIME,SPEED,CLOCKS
Mitali goes to office at a speed of 9 km/hr and returns to her home at a speed of 6 km/hr. If she takes 15 hours in all,
what is the distance between her office and her home?
a. A]
38 km
B]
45 km
C]
52 km
D]
54 km

2.

A boat travels for 3 hours with the current (whose speed is 5 mph) and then returns the same distance against the
current in 8 hours. Find the speed of the boat in still water.
a. A]
9 mph
B]
11 mph
C]
13 mph
D]
15 mph

3.

By decreasing his usual speed by 10 km/hr, a bus driver increases his time on a 50 km trip by 15 minutes. What is his
usual speed?
a. A]
50 km/hr B]
55 km/hr C]
58 km/hr D]
None of these

4.

Zubin travels a certain distance in his car and takes 5 hours to complete it. Had he travelled at a speed that was 66.67%
more than his earlier speed, then he would have covered the same distance in 3 hours. The distance covered by Zubin
could be
a. A]
200 km
B]
120 km
C]
60 km
D]
Any of
these

5.

Nilesh participates in a triathlon event in the Olympics in which he has to complete the race using three modes of travel
running, biking and swimming. He swims for half of the total distance at a speed of 4 kmph. He then bikes at a speed
of 12 kmph for one-third of the total distance. He finally completes the race by running the remaining distance at a
speed of 9 kmph. He finally completes the race in 7 hours and 24 minutes. The total distance covered by him during the
race is nearly
a. A]
61.6 km B]
43.2 km C]
24.8 km D]
56 km

6.

An airplane takes 5 minutes for taking off and flies 30 minutes with a speed of 720 km/hr and takes 7 minutes to land
with an average speed of 360 km/hr. If the average speed of airplane is 720 km/hr during the whole journey, what will
be the average speed of airplane during taking off?
a. A]
340 m/s
B]
540 m/s
C]
400 m/s
D]
420 m/s
7. A train with 90 km/hr crosses a bridge in 36 seconds. Another train 100 m shorter crosses the bridge at 45 km/hr. What
is the time taken by the second train to cross the bridge?
A]61 seconds
B]
63 seconds
C]
62 seconds
D]
64 seconds
8. Two times the downstream speed is equal to 3 times the upstream speed. Find the ratio of the speed of the boat in still
water to the speed of the current.
a. A]
1:3
B]
5:1
C]
1:5
D]
2:3
9. In a 500 m race, A beats B by 100 m. In a 2 km race, A beats C by 150 m. In a km race between B and C, who wins the
race and by how much distance?
A]C, 135.14 m
B]
C, 125.2 m
C]
B, 114.24 m
D]
B, 215.3 m
10. A man in a speed boat, which could travel only at 50 km/hr, was driving his boat up a river (at the maximum possible
speed) which flowed with a constant speed. As he was driving, his spare life jacket fell off the boat. Twenty minutes
later, the man noticed that his jacket was gone, and he turned to get it back as soon as possible. He found it 3 km
downstream from where he lost it. How fast was the river flowing?
a. A]
4.5 km/hr B]
4.13 km/hr
C]
4.8 km/hr D]
5 km/hr
11. Ajay fires two bullets from the same place at an interval of 12 minutes but Radhika sitting in a train approaching the
place where Ajay is standing, hears the second report 11 minutes 30 seconds after the first. What is the approximate
speed of train (if sound travels at the second of 330 m/s per second)?
A]

23 m/sec B]

330
m/sec
11.5

C]

330
m/sec
23

D]

330
m/sec
12

12. What is the angle between the two hands of a clock when the time shown by the clock is 6.30 p.m. ?
a)00
b)50
c)30
d)150
13. At what time between 3 and 4 oclock will the minute hand and the hour hand are on the same straight line but facing
opposite directions.
a. a)3:49 b)3:15 c)3:39 1/11 d)3:49 1/11
14. By how many degrees does the minute hand move in the same time, in which the hour hand move by 280 ?
a. a)168
b)336
c)196
d) 376
15. At what time, between 3 oclock and 4 oclock, both the hour hand and minute hand coincide each other?
a. a)3:30
b)3:16 4/11
c) 3:16 11/4
d) 3:16 7/11
16. How many degrees will the minute hand move, in the same time in which the second hand move 480 degrees?
a)60
b)90 c)40 d)80

17. Two stations A and B are 200 km apart from each other. Trains from these 2 stations start at the same time towards each
other unfortunately on the same track. The speeds of both the trains is 40 kmph each. As the train starts from A,a bird
starts flying from from the engine of train A, flies to the train from B,touch sit and comes back to Train A. The bird
moves to and fro in this way till both the trains collide. What is the distance travelled by the bird before the trains
collide,given that the bird fles with a Uniform speed of 50kmph?
a) 100 b) 125 c) 80 d) 25
18. Two swimmers start from the 2 ends at the different speeds. They meet for the first time at 40 m from one of the
ends.They cross each other amd rest for some time at the other end. And start swimming again. This time they meet at
23 m from the other end. The total length of the swimming pool is
a) 63 b) 97 c) 86 d) 57
19. A ship develops a leak 12 km from the shore. Despite the leak, the ship is able to move towards the shore at a speed of
8 km/hr. However, the ship can stay afloat only for 20 minutes. If a rescue vessel were to leave from the shore towards
the ship and it takes 4 minutes to evacuate the crew and passengers of the ship, what should be the minimum speed of
the rescue vessel in order to be able to successfully rescue the people aboard the ship?
a) 53 kmph b)37kmph c) 28kmph d) 44kmph
20. P and Q walk from A to B, a distance of 27 km at 5 km/hr and 7 km/hr respectively. Q reaches B and immediately
turns back meeting P at T. What is the distance from A to T?
a) 25 b) 20 c) 22.5 d) 24
21. Two friends A and B run around a circular track of length 510 metres, starting from the same point, simultaneously and
in the same direction. A who runs faster laps B in the middle of the 5th round. If A and B were to run a 3 km race long
race, how much start, in terms of distance, should A give B so that they finish the race in a dead heat?
a) 545.45 b) 666.67 c) 857.14 d) 1333.33
22. Tim and Elan are 90 km from each other, they start to move each other simultaneously, Tim at speed 10 and Elan
5kmph, if every hour they double their speed what is the distance that Tim will pass until he meet Elan?
A. 45
B. 20
C. 60
D. 80
23. 16 meters per minute and rest for 2 minutes.If take has to reach the top in exactly two hours. What is the maximum
number of rests that he can take?
A. 60
B. 70
C. 40
D. 50
24. The climb from foot to top of a hill 800 meters, Jack can climb at 16 meters per minute and rests for two minutes or
20meters per 2 minutes and rest for one minute. Paul can climb at 10 meters per one minute and rest for one minute
or16 meters per minute and rest for 2 minutes. If he has to reach the top in exactly two hours, What is the maximum
number of rests that he can take?
A. 40
B. 60
C. 20
D. 80
25. A dog taken four leaps for every five leaps of hare but three leaps of the dog is equal to four leaps of the hare. Compare
speed?
A. 16 : 15
B. 13 : 17
C. 3 : 4
D. 6 : 17
26. The ratio between the rates of walking of A and B is 7:5. If the time taken by B to cover a certain distance is 49
minutes, the time taken (in minutes) by A to cover that distance is,
A. 25 minutes
B. 35 minutes
C. 5 minutes
D. 7 minutes
27. Find the time taken by a car of length 12m running at the speed 65km/hr to cross another Truck of length 35m running
at a speed of 50km/hr in the same direction.
A. 10.2 sec
B. 9.2 sec
C. 11.2 sec
D. 3.4 sec
28. A man started 15 minutes late and by traveling at a speed which is 5/4th of his usual speed reached his office 20 mins
early. What is the usual time of the journey?
A. 105 mins
B. 135 mins
C. 125 mins
D. 175 mins
29. The speed of a boat in still water is 15 km/hr and the rate of current is 3 km/hr. The distance traveled downstream in 12
minutes is
A. 3.6 km
B. 5.4 km
C. 7.2 km
D. 4.8 km
30. A ship sails to a certain city at the speed of 15 knots/hr and sails back to the same point at the rate of 30 knots/hr. What
is the average speed for whole journey?
A. 12
B. 20
C. 15
D. 24
31. A train running at the speed of 60 km/hr crosses a pole in 9 seconds. What is the length of the train?
A. 120 metres
B. 180 metres
C. 324 metres
D. 150 metres
22. C

23. C

a.

ANSWER KEY
24. A

25. A

26. B

27. C

28. D

29. A

30. B

31. D