Race and Odd Man Out
Race and Odd Man Out
1. In a 100 m race, A covers the whole distance in 36 seconds and B in 45 seconds. In this race, A beats B
by? Agg 1
2. In a kilometre race, A beats B by 100 m and B beats C by 150 m. In the same race, by how many metres
does A beat C? Agg 2 BHBFC Officer 2017
3. In a 100 metre race, A beats B by 10 m and C by 13 m. In a race of 180 m, B will beat C by? Agg 6
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4. In a 200 m race, A can beat B by 31 m and C by 18 m. In a race of 300 m, C will beat B by? Agg 7 BB
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5. In a 200 m race, A beats B by 35 m or 7 seconds. A's time over the course is? Agg 9
6. In a 500 m race, the ratio of the speeds of two contestants A and B is 3:4. If A has a start of 140 m, then
A wins by? Agg 10 BDGCL Accounts 2017
7. In a 400 m race, A gives B a start of 5 seconds and beats him by 15 m. In another race of 400 m, A beats
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B by 7 7 seconds. Their respective speeds are? Agg 14
8. A and B can cover a 200 m race in 22 seconds and 25 seconds respectively. When A finished the race,
then B is at what distance from the finishing line? Agg 17
9. In a Kilometre race, A, B and C are three participants. A can give B a start of 50 m and C a start of 69
m. The start which B can allow C, is? Agg 4
10. At a game of billiards, A can give B 15 points in 60 and A can give C 20 points in 60. How many points
can B give C in a game of 90? Agg 19
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11. In a 100 m race, A can beat B by 100 m. In a race of 400 m, B can beat C by 40 m. By how many metres
will A beat C in a race of 500 m? Agg 5
12. In a 100 m race, A can beat B by 25 m and B can beat C by 4 m. In the same race A can beat C by? Agg
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13. A runs 1 3 times as fast as B. If A gives B a start of 80 m, how far must the winning post be so that A
and B might reach it at the same time? Agg 11
14. In a 800 m race, A defeated B by 15 seconds. If A's speed was 8 km/hr, the speed of B was? Agg 16
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Answer: 11.95 m 12. 28 m 13.200 m 14. 7 km/hr
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Odd Man Out and Series
1. Find the odd man out 16, 25, 36, 72, 144, 196, 225? Agg 7
2. Find the odd man out 331, 482, 551, 263, 383, 242, 111 Agg 14
3. Find the odd man out 4, 5, 7, 10, 14, 18, 25, 32 Agg 19
4. Find out the wrong 22, 33, 66, 99, 121, 279, 594 Agg 20
6. Find out the wrong number 105, 85, 60, 30, 0, −45, −90 Agg 32
8. Find out the missing number 4, −8, 16, −32, 64, ... Agg 41
9. Find out the missing number 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, ... Agg 45
10. Find out the missing number 8, 24, 12, 36, 18, 54, ... Agg 50
11. Find out the missing number 7, 26, 63, 124, 215, 342, ... Agg 52
13. Find out the wrong number 2, 9, 28, 65, 126, 216, 344, ... Agg 61
14. Find out the wrong number 190, 166, 145, 128, 112, 100, 91, ... Agg 64
15. Find out the wrong number 3, 7, 15, 27, 63, 127, 255 Agg 69
16. Find out the wrong number 19, 26, 33, 46, 59, 74, 91 Agg 70
17. Find out the wrong number 2880, 480, 92, 24, 8, 4, 4 Agg 71
18. Find out the wrong number 445, 221, 109, 46, 25, 11, 4 Agg 72
19. Find out the wrong number 10, 26, 74, 218, 654, 1964, 5834 Agg 77
20. Find out the wrong number 2807, 1400, 697, 347, 171, 84, 41, 20 Agg 79
21. Find out the wrong number 1, 2 ,8, 33, 148, 760, 4626 Agg 82
22. Find out the wrong number 5, 8, 20, 42, 124, 246, 736 Agg 86
23. Find out the wrong number 888, 440, 216, 104, 48, 22, 6 Agg 88
24. Complete the following series 9, 11, 15, 23, 39, ? Agg 90