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1. A man takes 5 hours 45 min in walking to a certain place and riding back. He would have gained 2 hours by riding both ways. The time he would take to walk both ways is_________?
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A. 7 hrs 45 min

B. 8 hrs 45 min

C. 11 hrs

D. 9 hts 20 min

2. A man 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.
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A. 112 km

B. 242 km

C. 121 km

D. 224 km

3. A person crosses a 600 m long street in 5 minutes. What is his speed in km per hour?
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A. 7.2

B. 4.2

C. 6.1

D. 8.2

4. If a boat is rowed downstream for 50 km in 5 hours and upstream for 24 km in 6 hours, what is the speed of the boat and the river?
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A. (10 , 4) km/hr

B. (7 , 3) km/hr

C. None of these

D. (6 , 4) km/hr

5. A man covers a distance of 20 km in 3.5 hours partly by running and partly by walking. If he walks at 4 kmph and runs at 10 kmph, find the distance he covers by walking.
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A. 9 km

B. 8 km

C. 12 km

D. 10 km

6. Rayan crosses a 400m bridge in 3 minutes. What is speed?
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A. 1.33 kmph

B. 133.33 kmph

C. 8 kmph

D. 4 kmph

7. If a man walks at 6 kmph, he can reach his destination at 9:00 am. However, he walks a little slower and reaches only at 10:00 am. If the distance to his destination was 12 km, at what speed did he walk?
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A. 5 kmph

B. 4 kmph

C. 4.5 kmph

D. 3 kmph

8. Excluding stoppages, the average speed of a bus is 54 kmph and including stoppages, it is 45 kmph. For how many minutes does the bus stop per hour?
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A. 10

B. 9

C. 20

D. 12

9. Walking at 80% of his usual speed, a man is 10 mins late to his office. Find the usual time taken by hime to reach his office.
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A. 20 minutes

B. 30 minutes

C. 40 minutes

D. 50 minutes

10. A Man travelled a distance of 61 km in 9 hours. He travelled partly on foot at 4 km/hr and partly on bicycle at 9 km/hr. What is the distance travelled on foot?
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A. 18 km

B. 14 km

C. 16 km

D. 12 km

11. A train 240 m long passes a pole in 24 seconds. How long will it take to pass a platform 650 m long?
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A. 80 Sec

B. 90 Sec

C. 95 Sec

D. 89 Sec

12. A person walking at 5/6th of his usual speed is 40 minutes late to his office. What is his usual travel time to his office?
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A. 3 hours 30 minutes

B. 3 hours

C. 3 hours 20 minutes

D. 3 hours 15 minutes

13. A cyclist covers a certain distance in 50 minutes at a speed of 24 kmph. To cover the same distance in 40 minutes, he should travel at a speed of__________?
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A. 27 kmph

B. 25 kmph

C. 30 kmph

D. 20 kmph

14. At 10 a.m. two trains started traveling toward each other from stations 287 miles apart. They passed each other at 1:30 p.m. the same day. If the average speed of the faster train exceeded the average speed of the slower train by 6 miles per hour, which of the following represents the speed of the faster train, in miles per hour?
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A. 38

B. 48

C. 40

D. 44

15. A car travels first 160 km at 64 km/hr and the next 160 km at 80 km/hr. What is the average speed for the first 320 km of the tour?
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A. 74. 24 km/hr

B. 71.11 km/hr

C. 70.24 km/hr

D. 72.21 km/hr

16. Walking 6/7th of his usual speed, a man is 12 minutes too late. What is the usual time taken by him to cover that distance?
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A. 1 hr 42 min

B. 2 hr

C. 1 hr 12 min

D. 1 hr

17. A man rows at a speed of 6 km/hr in still water. If the time taken to row a certain distance upstream is 4 times the time taken to row the same distance downstream, what is the speed of the river?
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A. 3 km/hr

B. 3.6 km/hr

C. 4 km/hr

D. 1.8 km/hr

18. If the ratio of the speeds of A and B to cover a distance of 200 m is 3:4, then the ratio of the time taken to cover the same distance is________?
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A. 3:07

B. 5:04

C. 4:3

D. 6:08

19. There are 21 poles with a constant distance between each pole. A car takes 30 seconds to reach the 16th pole. How long does it take to reach the last pole?
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A. 39 seconds

B. 39.38 seconds

C. 40 seconds

D. 39.5 seconds

20. A man travels a distance of 2 km by walking at a speed of 6 km/hr. He returns back at a speed of 4 km/hr. What is his average speed?
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A. 5.1 kmph

B. 4.5 kmph

C. 4.8 kmph

D. 5 kmph

21. Taimoor left for his school at 6 am by foot and walked at the rate of 2 kmph. After reaching his school he found it was closed and immediately turned back and started walking back to his home at 3 kmph. If he reached his home at 9 am, find the distance between his school and his home.
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A. 2.5 km

B. 7 km

C. 7.2 km

D. 3.6 km

22. A man goes to his office from his house at a speed of 3 km/hr and returns at a speed of 2 km/hr. If he takes 5 hours in going and coming, what is the distance between his house and office?
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A. 5 km

B. 6 km

C. 4 km

D. 3 km

23. Two trains 140 metres and 120 metres are running in the same direction with speeds 40 kmph and 60 kmph respectively. In what time will the faster train pass the slower one?
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A. 0.42 minutes

B. 0.36 minutes

C. 0.60 minutes

D. 0.78 minutes

24. A and B go cycling in the same direction with speeds of 6 km/hr and 12 km/hr. A car from behind passes them in 9 and 10 seconds respectively. What is the speed of the car?
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A. 66 km/hr

B. 33 km/hr

C. 44 km/hr

D. 22 km/hr

25. Two boys starts from the same place walking at the rate of 5 kmph and 5.5 kmph respectively in the same direction. What time will they take to be 8.5 km apart?
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A. 14 hr

B. 17 hr

C. 12 hr

D. 19 hr

26. If Afnan drives at 4/5th of his usual speed to his office, he is 6 minutes late. What is his usual time to reach his office?
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A. 30

B. 36

C. 24

D. 18

27. Three towns X, Y, and Z are on a river which flows uniformly. Y is equidistant from X and Z. If a boats man rows from X to Y and back in 10 hours and X to Z in 4 hours, find the ratio of speed of the boats man in still water to the speed of the current.
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A. 5:3

B. 2:05

C. 3:05

D. 1:02

28. Yalmaz can cover a distance of 400 metres in 2 minutes. Rayan can cover 1 km in 300 seconds. Find the ratio of their speeds.
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A. 4:03

B. 1:02

C. 1:1

D. 2:05

29. Two bikes start at the same time from two destination 300 km apart and travel towards each other. If they cross each other at a distance of 130 km from one of the destination, what is the ratio of their speeds?
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A. 17:13

B. 17:30

C. None of these

D. 13:30

30. A car can travel 360km with a full tank. How many km can it travel with a 2/3 full tank?
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A. 240

B. 400

C. 300

D. 320

31. A jogger running at 9 kmph alongside a railway track in 240 metres ahead of the engine of a 120 metres long train running at 45 kmph in the same direction. In how much time will the train pass the jo??er?
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A. 72 sec

B. 3.6 sec

C. 18 sec

D. 36 sec

32. In a journey of 24 miles, two thirds of the distance was travelled with a speed of 40 mph and the remaining with 60 mph. How much time did the journey take?
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A. 32 minutes

B. 14.4 minutes

C. 20 minutes

D. 28.8 minutes

33. Excluding stoppages, the speed of a bus is 54 kmph and including stoppages, it is 45 kmph. For how many minutes does the bus stop per hour?
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A. 12

B. 9

C. 11

D. 10

34. A train can travel 50% faster than a car. Both start from point A at the same time and reach point B 75 kms away from A at the same time. On the way, however, the train lost about 12.5 minutes while stopping at the stations. What is the speed of the car?
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A. 120 kmph

B. 102 kmph

C. 80 kmph

D. 140 kmph

35. A train passes a station platform in 36 seconds and a man standing on the platform in 20 seconds. If the speed of the train is 54 km/hr, what is the length of
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A. 240

B. 120

C. 220

D. 260

36. How much time does a train 125 metres long running at 60 km/hr take to pass a pole?
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A. 7.5s

B. 2.08s

C. 8s

D. 6s

37. A and B walk around a circular track. A and B walk at a speed of 2 rounds per hour and 3 rounds per hour respectively. If they start at 8 a.m. from the same point in opposite directions, how many times shall they cross each other before 9.30 a.m.?
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A. 5

B. 8

C. 7

D. 6

38. A boats man can row in still water at speed of 7 km/hr. It takes 6 hours more to travel the same distance in upstream than in downstream if the speed of the river is 3 km/hr. what is the distance between the two destinations?
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A. 30 km

B. 40 km

C. 20 km

D. 10 km

39. Two trains are moving in opposite directions 60 km/hr and 90 km/hr. Their lengths are 1.10 km and 0.9 km respectively. The time taken by the slower train to cross the faster train in seconds is_________?
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A. 45

B. 48

C. 36

D. 49

40. A train covers a distance of 10 km in 12 minutes. If its speed is decreased by 5 km /hr, the time taken by it to cover the same distance will be :__________?
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A. 13 min

B. 11 min 20 sec

C. 13 min 20 sec

D. 10 min

41. 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.
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A. 230 km

B. 224 km

C. 220 km

D. 234 km

42. Asghar traveled from his house to his office at 10 km/hr and returned at rate of 9 km/hr. Rohit travelled through the same path both ways at 12 km/hr and took 10 minutes less than Asghar. What is the distance between Asghars house and his office?
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A. 3000m

B. 3750m

C. 7000m

D. 7500m

43. A car traveling with 5/7 of its actual speed covers 42 km in 1 hr 40 min 48 sec. What is the actual speed of the car?
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A. 40 km/hr

B. 25 km/hr

C. 35 km/hr

D. 30 km/hr

44. In a race, a car travelled at a speed of 150 kmph. If it had travelled at 180 kmph, it would have completed the race before 3 minutes. Find the length of the track.
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A. 45 km

B. 30 km

C. 50 km

D. 40 km

45. A man travels from A to B at a speed of 30 kmph and returns with a speed of 60 kmph. What is the average speed of the man?
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A. 40

B. 47.5

C. 45

D. 50

46. Barkat is travelling on his cycle and has calculated to reach point A at 2 P.M. if he travels at 10 kmph; he will reach there at 12 noon if he travels at 15 kmph. At what speed must he travel to reach A at 1 P.M. ?
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A. 8 kmph

B. 11 kmph

C. 12 kmph

D. 14 kmph

47. A man rides his bicycle 10 km at an average speed of 12 km/hr and again travels 12 km at an average speed of 10 km/hr. What is his average speed for the entire trip approximately?
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A. 10.2 kmph

B. 10.8 kmph

C. 10 kmph

D. 11.2 kmph

48. A train when moves at an average speed of 40 kmph, reaches its destination on time. When its average speed becomes 35 kmph, then it reaches its destination 15 minutes late. Find the length of journey.
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A. 40 km

B. 80 km

C. 30 km

D. 70 km

49. Two trains 120 miles apart travel towards each other. The 1st train travels at 70 mph while the 2nd at 50 mph. A bird starts flying from the location of the faster train towards the other train at 85 mph and when it reaches the slower train it turns back and flies in the other direction at the same speed. When it reaches the faster train it again turns around and repeats the same procedure again and again. When the train collide, how far will the bird have flown?
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A. 50 miles

B. 70 miles

C. 120 miles

D. 85 miles

50. A walks around a circular field at the rate of one round per hour while B runs around it at the rate of six rounds per hour. They start in the same direction from the same point at 7.30 a.m. They shall first cross each other at :___________?
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A. 7.42 a.m.

B. 7.48 a.m.

C. 8.30 a.m.

D. 8.10 a.m.

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