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Chapter - Time, Speed and Distance
Difficulty Level of Questions - 1 (Out of 3)
Q.1. Harsh and Vijay move towards Hosur starting from IIM, Bangalore, at a speed of 40 km/h and 60 km/h respectively. If Vijay reaches Hosur 200 minutes earlier than Harsh, what is the distance between IIM, Bangalore, and Hosur?
(a) 600 km
(b) 400 km
(c) 900 km
(d) 200 km
Solution:-
Q.2. Two cars started simultaneously toward each other from town A and B, that is 480 km apart. It took the first car travelling from A to B 8 hours to cover the distance and the second car travelling from B to A 12 hours. Determine at what distance from A the two cars meet.
(a) 288 km
(b) 200 km
(c) 300 km
(d) 196 km
Solution:-
Q.3. A boat sail downstream from point A to point B, which is 10 km away from A, and then returns to A. If the actual speed of the boat (in still water) is 3 km/h, the trip from A to B takes 8 hours less than that from B to A. What must the actual speed of the boat for the trip from A to B take exactly 100 minutes?
(a) 1 km/h
(b) 2 km/h
(c) 3 km/h
(d) 4 km/h
Solution:-
Q.4. In a stream, B lies in between A and C such that it is equidistant from both A and C. A boat can go from A to B and back in 6 h 30 minutes while it goes from A to C in 9 h. How long would it take to go from C to A?
(a) 3.75 h
(b) 4 h
(c) 4.25h
(d) 4.5 h
Solution:-
Q.5. In a 500 m race, the ratio of the speed of two runners Vinay and Shyam is 3: 4. If Vinay has a start of 140 m then Vinay wins by
(a) 15 m
(b) 20 m
(c) 25 m
(d) 30 m
Solution:-
Q.6. Between 5 a.m. and 5 p.m. of a particular day for how many times are the minute and the hour hands together?
(a) 11
(b) 22
(c) 33
(d) 44
Solution:-
Q.7. In a race of 600 meters, Ajay beats Vijay by 60 metres and in a race of 500 meters, Vijay beats Anjay by 25 meters. By how many meters will Ajay beat Anjay in a 400-meter race?
(a) 48 m
(b) 52 m
(c) 56m
(d) 58 m
Solution:-
Q.8. At what time are the hands of the clock together between 2 and 3 p.m.?
(a) 2/11 hours past 2 p.m.
(b) 2/9 hours past 2 p.m.
(c) 2:10 p.m.
(d) None of these
Solution:-
Q.9. Two trains pass each other on parallel lines. Each train is 100 metres long. When they are going in the same direction, the faster one takes 60 seconds to pass the other completely. If they are going in opposite directions they pass each other completely in 10 seconds. Find the speed of the slower train in km/h.
(a) 30 km/h
(b) 42 km/h
(c) 48 km/h
(d) 60 km/h
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Q.10. In a 100 m race, Shyam runs at 1.66 m/s. If Shyam gives Sujit a start of 4 m and still beats him by 12 seconds, what is Sujit's speed?
(a) 1.11 m/s
(b) 0.75 m/s
(c) 1.33 m/s
(d) 1 km/h
Solution:-
Questions Courtesy: How to prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for CAT by Arun Sharma
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2. Ace Quantitative Aptitude For Banking and Insurance
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