SKILL DEVELOPMENT CELL

QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE
RACES
Level Based Questions

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 RACES
LEVEL-1:

1. In a kilometer race, A can give B a start of 100 m or 15 seconds. How long does A take to
complete the race?
a. 135 sec
b. 110 sec
c. 100 sec
d. 150 sec
2. A can give B a start of 15 m in a 100m race. B can give C a start of 10m in a 100m race. How
much start can A give C in a 100m race?
a. 33.5 m
b. 25 m
c. 23.5 m
d. 28.5 m
3. A takes 4 minutes and 30 seconds to run a kilometer race. B takes 5 minutes to complete the
same 1 km track. If A and B were to participate in a race of 5 kms, how much start can A give
B in terms of distance?

a. 100 m
b. 111.11 m
c. 500 m
d. 555.55 m

4. A runs 7/6th as fast as B and gives him a start of 25 metres in a race. How long is the race in
terms of distance so that A and B finish in a dead heat?
a. 150 m
b. 125 m
c. 175 m
d. None of these
5. A gives B a start of 50m in a 1000m race. A can give C a start of 75m in a 500m race. How
much start can B give C in a km race?
a. 26.31 m
b. 76.52 m
c. 105.25 m
d. None of these
6. In a 200m race, A runs at the speed of 8 m/sec. He gives B a start of 20m and still beats him
by 5 seconds. What is the speed of B?
a. 6.66 m/sec
b. 6 m/sec
c. 9 m/sec
d. 7.2 m/sec
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 7. A can give B a start of 20m in a 200m race and C a start of 50m in the same race. If B can
give C a start of 10/3 secs in the race, how long does C take to complete 200m?
a. 10 seconds
b. 18 seconds
c. 16.66 seconds
d. 20 seconds

8. In a km race, A gives B a start of 40 seconds and beats him by 50m. However, when he gives
B a start of 50 seconds they finish the race in a dead heat. What is A’s speed in m/sec?
a. 6.67 m/sec
b. 5 m/sec
c. 3.33 m/sec
d. 6.25 m/sec

9. A can run a 1200m race in 60 second, while B takes 75 seconds to complete it. If B has a
240m start in the race, by how many seconds will B win the race?
a. 10 seconds
b. 6 seconds
c. 15 seconds
d. None of these

10. A and B start simultaneously from the same point along a circular track of length 1 km in the
same direction at 6 m/sec and 10 m/sec speed. When will they meet for the first time?
a. 250 seconds
b. 200 seconds
c. 500 seconds
d. 1000 seconds

LEVEL-2:
11. A and B start on a circular track of length 500m simultaneously from the same point in
opposite directions running at 6m/sec and 4 m/sec speeds respectively. How many times
would they have met before they meet for the first time at the starting point again?
a. 5 times
b. 10 times
c. 4 times
d. None of these
12. A can run half a kilometer in 2 minutes and 30 seconds. B can run the same distance in 3
minutes. How much start, measured in terms of distance, can A give B in a kilometer race?
a. 133.33 metres
b. 166.66 metres
c. 100 metres
d. 83.33 metres

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13. P and Q run a kilometer and P wins by 60 seconds. P and R run a kilometer and P wins by
360 metres. Q and R run a kilometer and Q wins by 30 seconds. Find the time taken by P to
run a kilometer.
a. 250 seconds
b. 333.33 sec
c. 160 seconds
d. 190 seconds
14. A and B run around a circular track of length 700 metres starting from the same point
simultaneously in opposite directions. If the speed of A is 8 m/sec and that of B is 6 m/sec,
when will they meet at the starting point again?
a. 50 sec
b. 140 sec
c. 350 sec
d. None of these
15. A and B run around a circular track 98 meters starting from the same point simultaneously
and in the opposite direction. If A runs at the speed of 23 m/min and B runs at the speed of 31
m/min, when will they meet again for the first time?
a. 55 sec
b. 77 sec
c. 108 sec
d. 42 sec
16. A takes 10 seconds lesser to run a 400 metre race than B does. If B gets a start of 40 metres in
the race, he loses the race by 40 metres. How long will A take to complete the course?
a. 80 seconds
b. 50 seconds
c. 20 seconds
d. 40 seconds
17. A runs at the rate of 6 km/hr. He gives B a start of 100 m in a kilometer race and still beats
him by two minutes. What is the relative speed between A and B?
a. 40 m/min
b. 25 m/min
c. 50 m/min
d. 33.33 m/min
18. A and B start on a circular track of length 750m simultaneously from the same point in-
opposite direction running at 7m/sec and 3 m/sec speeds respectively. When they meet for the
first time at what point with respect to the starting point will they meet when measured in the
direction in which A runs?
a. 475 metres
b. 525 metres
c. 225 metres
d. 375 metres

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19. A runs twice as fast as B. If A gives B a start of 275 metres in a race, how far must be the
winning post, so that they finish the race in a dead heat?
a. 825 metres
b. 550 metres
c. 1100 metres
d. 275 metres

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