TIME AND DISTANCE

FORTUNE

Academy for career and competitive exams
Try to solve these questions. Answers are shown at the bottom.

1.       Express a speed of 18 km per hour in meters per second

a.       6 m/sec

b.      5 m/sec

c.       9 m/sec

d.      24 m/sec

e.      none

2.       The speed of a cycle is 12 km per hour. The distance traveled in 4 hours is

a.       48km

b.      24km

c.       36km

d.      96km

e.      none

3.       A cyclist covers a distance of 91 km in 6½hours. The speed of the cyclist is

a.       16 km/hour

b.      13½ km/hour

c.       14km/hour

d.      12km/hour

e.      none

4.       A walks thrice as fast as B. The time taken by A to travel a certain distance is 6 hours. The time taken by B to travel the same distance is

a.       12 hours

b.      18 hours

c.       16 hours

d.      21 hours

e.      none

5.       Walking at ¾ of one’s usual rate, a man is 1½ hours late. Find his usual time

a.       4½ hours

b.      2½ hours

c.       16 hours

d.      12¼ hours

e.      none

6.       Mr.Goel reaches his office 30 minutes late if he walks from his house at a speed of 3 km/hour and reaches 40 minutes early if he walks at 4km/hour. How far is his office from his house.?

a.       12 km

b.      14 km

c.       6 km

d.      9 km

e.      none

7.       A is twice as fast as B and B is thrice as fast as C. C covers a journey in 54 minutes. A will cover the same journey in

a.       4½ minutes

b.      18 minutes

c.       27 minutes

d.      9 minutes

e.      none

8.       A motor car does journey in 10 hours, first half at 21 km per hour and the rest at 24km per hour. Find the distance

a.       248 km

b.      225 km

c.       250 km

d.      325 km

9.       A train travelling at 25 km an hour leaves Kollam at 9am and another train travelling at 35 km an hour starts at 2pm in the same direction from the same place. How many km away from Kollam will they be together?

a.       600 km

b.      427½ km

c.       435¼ km

d.      437½ km

e.      none

10.   How many seconds will a train 100 meters long running at rate of 36km an hour take to pass a certain telegraph post?

a.       8 sec

b.      10 sec

c.       16 sec

d.      21 sec

e.      none

11.   A monkey ascends a greased pole 12 metres high. He ascends 3 metres in the first minute and slips down 1 metre in the alternate minute. In which minute will he reach the top of the pole?

a.       16^th minute

b.      10^th minute

c.       12^th minute

d.      11^th minute

e.      none

12.   A train travels a distance of 52 km/hour on an average with stoppages. without stoppages its speed is 60 km/hour. How much time on average does it stop?

a.       16 min

b.      12 min

c.       8 min

d.      10 min

e.      none

13.   Two girls begin together to write out a booklet containing 819 lines. The first girls starts with the first line, writing at rate of 200 lines an hour; and second girl starts with the last line and backwards, proceeding at the rate of 150 lines an hour. At what line will they meet?

a.       496 th line

b.      467 th line

c.       501 th line

d.      336 th line

e.      none

14.   A person has to make a journey of 72 km. He rides a cycle at 12 km/hour. After going a certain distance, the cycle is punctured and he walks the remaining distance at 4½km/hour. How many hours from the start is the cycle punctured if the total time for the journey is 8½ hours.

a.       48 km

b.      36 km

c.       84 km

d.      54 km

e.      none

15.   Two guns were fired from the same place at an interval of 13 min. but a person in a train approaching the place hears the second sound 12 minutes 30 sec after the first. Find the speed of the train, supposing that sound travels 330 metres per second.

a.       47.52 km/hr

b.      38.68 km/hr

c.       40 km/hr

d.      36km/hr

e.      none

Answers

Previous- Time and work        Next Questions on AREA