Nadia drives 120 km to her parents’ house at 40 km/h and returns along the same road at 60 km/h. What is her average speed for the whole trip?
Correct answer A. 48 km/h
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A cyclist rides at 18 km/h. How far will she travel in 25 minutes?
Correct answer B. 7.5 km
A sprinter runs at a steady 15 m/s. What is this speed in km/h?
Correct answer B. 54 km/h
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A motorbike is moving at 72 km/h. What is its speed in metres per second?
Correct answer B. 20 m/s
A car covers 270 km in 4 hours 30 minutes. What is its average speed?
Correct answer A. 60 km/h
How much time did X take to reach the destination? I. The ratio between the speed of X and Y is 3: 4. II. Y takes 36 minutes to reach the same destination.
Correct answer B. II alone sufficient while I alone not sufficient to answer
Two cars pass each other in opposite direction. How long would they take to be 500 km apart? I. The sum of their speeds is 135 km/hr. II. The difference of their speed is 25 km/hr.
Correct answer B. II alone sufficient while I alone not sufficient to answer
The towns A, B and C are on a straight line. Town C is between A and B. The distance from A to B is 100 km. How far is A from C? I. The distance from A to B is 25% more than the distance from C to B. II. The distance from A to C is of the distance C to B.
Correct answer B. II alone sufficient while I alone not sufficient to answer
Two towns are connected by railway. Can you find the distance between them? I. The speed of the mail train is 12 km/hr more than that of an express train. II. A mail train takes 40 minutes less than an express train to cover the distance.
Correct answer B. II alone sufficient while I alone not sufficient to answer
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A man covered a certain distance at some speed. Had he moved 3 kmph faster, he would have taken 40 minutes less. If he had moved 2 kmph slower, he would have taken 40 minutes more. The distance (in km) is:
Correct answer D. 40
A farmer travelled a distance of 61 km in 9 hours. He travelled partly on foot @ 4 km/hr and partly on bicycle @ 9 km/hr. The distance travelled on foot is:
Correct answer C. 16 km
It takes eight hours for a 600 km journey, if 120 km is done by train and the rest by car. It takes 20 minutes more, if 200 km is done by train and the rest by car. The ratio of the speed of the train to that of the cars is:
Correct answer C. 3 : 4
Robert 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.?
Correct answer C. 12 kmph
In covering a distance of 30 km, Abhay takes 2 hours more than Sameer. If Abhay doubles his speed, then he would take 1 hour less than Sameer. Abhay’s speed is:
Correct answer A. 5 kmph
A car travelling with of its actual speed covers 42 km in 1 hr 40 min 48 sec. Find the actual speed of the car.
Correct answer D. 35 km/hr
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A man on tour travels first 160 km at 64 km/hr and the next 160 km at 80 km/hr. The average speed for the first 320 km of the tour is:
Correct answer C. 71.11 km/hr
The ratio between the speeds of two trains is 7: 8. If the second train runs 400 km in 4 hours, then the speed of the first train is:
Correct answer D. 87.5 km/hr
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.
Correct answer B. 224 km
In a flight of 600 km, an aircraft was slowed down due to bad weather. Its average speed for the trip was reduced by 200 km/hr and the time of flight increased by 30 minutes. The duration of the flight is:
Correct answer A. 1 hour
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?
Correct answer B. 10