IRF – SIT PROGRAM

RACES
LINEAR RACES 12. An athlete runs an 800 m race in 96 seconds. His speed
1. In a race of 200 metres, B can give a start of 10 metres (in km/h) is :
to A and C can give a start of 20 metres to B. The start a) 30 km/h b) 25 km/h c) 40 km/h d)20 km/h
that C can give to A, in the same race, is 13. Atul gives Vishu a head -start of 20 seconds in a 900 m
a) 30 metres b) 25 metres c) 29 metres d) 27 metre race and beats him by 135 m. While running the same
2. In a race of 1000m, A beats B by 50m or 5 seconds. race again Atul gives a start of 189 m and beats him by
Find A's speed? 8 seconds. In how much time can Vishu complete the
10 10 10 full race of 900 m?
a) 10 m/s b) 10 m/s c) 8 m/s d) 6 m/s
19 19 19 a) 3 min 30 seconds b) 2 min 50 seconds
3. In 1 km linear race, P beats Q by 120 metres or 30sec. c) 3 min 20 seconds d) 3 min 10 seconds
What is the time taken by P to cover the race? 14. In a 800 m race, the ratio of the speed of two
a) 220 b) 240 c) 250 d) 235 6. contestants Ankur and Neha is 5 : 6. If Ankur has a
4. In a 100 m race A runs at a speed of 5/3 m/s. If A give head-start of 200 m, then Ankur will win by _______
a start of 4 m to B and still beats him by 12 meters, a) 76 m b) 80 m c) 69 m d) 89 m
what is speed of B? 15. In a 2 km linear race, if P competes the race in 200
a) 5/4 m/s b) 7/5 m/s seconds and Q in 220 seconds, then the distance by
c) 4/3 m/s d) 6/5 m/s which P beats Q is :
2
5. Ashok runs 2 3 times as fast as Bharat. If Ashok gives 9
a) 181 meter
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b) 173 meter
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Bharat a head start of 160m, then how far must the 7 6
winning post be so that Ashok and Bharat can reach it c) 191 11 meter d) 167 11 mete
at the same time? 16. Arun and Bhaskar run a race of 3 km. First, Arun gives
a) 225m b) 200m c) 240m d) 256m Bhaskar a head start of 400 m and beats him by 30
6. In a race of 150 m, R beats S by 9 m. If S takes a head seconds. While coming back, Arun gives Bhaskar a
start of 15 m, how long (in m) should the race be to lead of 2.5 minutes and gets beaten by 500m. What is
have a tie between them? the difference between the times in minutes in which
a) 250 b) 210 c) 180 d) 270 Arun and Bahskar can run the race for one side
7. In a 400-metre race, A runs at a speed of 16 m/ sec. If separately?
A gives B a start of 15 meters and still beats him by 10 a) 2 mins b) 3 mins c) 1.5 mins d) 2.5 mins
sec, then what is the speed of B? 17. In a 3000 m race, if vehicle A gives vehicle B a start of
a) 10 b) 13 c) 9 d) 11 400 m, then vehicle A wins the race by 10 s. If vehicle
8. In a 200m linear race, if A gives B a start of 25m, then A gives vehicle B a start of 750 m, then the race ends
A wins the race by 10 seconds. Alternatively, if A in a dead heat. How long does vehicle A take to run
gives B a start of 45m, the race ends in a dead heat. 3000 m?
How long does A take to run 200m? a) 90.5 s b) 92.5 s c) 100 s d) 64.3 s
a) 78.5 b) 78 c) 77 d) 77.5 18. In a 150-m race, if R gets a 5-metre head start, then he
9. In a 400m race, A gives B a start of 20/7 seconds and would beat S by 35 metres. If S gets a 25- metre head
beat B by 15 meter. In another race of 400m, A beats B start in a 100-metre race, then _______ would win the
1 race by ________ metres.
by 7 7 seconds. Their respective speeds are
a) R; 4.44 b) S; 5.44 c) S; 4.44 d) R; 5.44
a) 56/15 m/s, 7/2 m/s b) 10 m/s, 12 m/s 19. Two racers run at a speed of 100m/min and 120m/min
c) 15 m/s, 20 m/s d) 5 m/s, 6 m/s respectively. If the second racer takes 10 minutes less
10. In racing over a distance X at uniform speed, A can than the first to complete the run, then how long is the
beat B by 20m. B can beat C by 10m and A can beat C race?
by 29m. Then find X in metres a) 4 km b) 6 km c) 1 km d) 2 km
a) 100m b) 200m c) 150m d) 90m 20. Farhan and Aman are going from Delhi to Haryana.
11. Three runners A, B and C run a race, with runner A The difference and sum of their speeds are 40 km/hr
finishing 6 meters ahead of runner B and 19 meters and 60 km/hr respectively. If in a race Farhan can
ahead of runner C. In another same race runner B finish 8 minutes earlier than Aman, then find the
finished 14.5 meters ahead of runner C. Each runner distance they should cover.
travels the entire distance at a constant speed. The a) 5/3 km b) 8/3 km c) 3/5 km d) 3/8 km
length of the race is 21. In a race of 100 m, A beat B by 20 m. then by how
a) 38m b) 48m c) 58m d) 68m many meters A beat B in a race of 400m?
a) 40 b) 80 c) 60 d) 100
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22. In a one-kilometre race A, B and C are the three 29. Ram & Shyam start running on a circular track from
participants. A can give B a start of 50 m, and C start same point, in the opposite direction. If the length of
of 69 m. The start, which B can allow C is the track is 1800 metres and their speeds of 40m/s &
a) 17 m b) 20 m c) 19 m d) 18 m 50m/s respectively. Find how many times they would
23. In a 100 -m race, A beats B by 20 m and B beats C by have met each other before meeting at the starting
5 m. In the same race, find the distance by which A point?
beats C. a) 9 times b) 8 times c) 10 times d) 7 time
a) 25 m b) 22 m c) 24 m d) 26 m 30. Two persons started running on a circular track
simultaneously with speeds of 20 m/s and 30 m/s in
CIRCULAR RACES opposite directions. If the circumference of the circular
24. A and B start running at the same time and from the track is 100 m, then find at how many distinct points
same point around a circle. If A can complete one they will cross each other?
round in 75 seconds and B can complete the same a) 10 b) 5 c) 2 d) 3
round in 60 seconds. How many seconds will they take 31. An athlete runs 8 times around a circular field of radius
to reach the starting point simultaneously. 7 m in 3 minutes 40 seconds. His speed (in km/ h) is (
I. If they move in the same direction Take 𝜋 =22/7)
72 118 144 108
II. If they move in the opposite direction a) b) c) d)
25 25 25 25
a) 300sec, 200sec b) 600sec, 300sec 32. Seema walks around a circular field at the rate of 3
c) 300sec ,300sec d) 200sec, 300se rounds per hour, while Priya runs around it at the rate
25. Three friends A, B and C starts walking around a of 8 rounds per hour. They start in the same direction
circular path in the same direction whose from the same point at 11 : 54 p.m. they shall first
circumference is 36 km, with speeds of 5 km/h, 7 km/h cross each other at:
and 11 km/h. Then in how much time they will meet a) 12 :00 a.m. b) 11 : 59 p.m.
I. For the first time c) 12:06 p.m. d) 12:06 a.m.
II. At the starting point 33. M and N walk along a circular track. They start at 5:00
a) 18hrs, 13hrs b) 18hrs, 36hrs a.m. from the same point in the opposite directions. M
c) 9hrs, 26hrs d) 13hrs,18hr and N walk at a speed of 5 rounds per hour and 2
26. A, B and C run simultaneously, starting from a point, rounds per hour, respectively. how many times will
around a circular track of length 1200m, at respective they cross each other before 6.30 am. on the same day?
speeds of 2m/s, 4m/s and 6m/s. A and B run in the a) 10 b) 3 c) 5 d) 7
same direction, while C runs in the opposite direction 34. Arvind and Chetan started running simultaneously
to the other two. After how much time will they meet from the same point in the same direction on a circular
for the first time? track of length 210 m. If Arvind takes 180 seconds to
a) 9 min b) 10 min c) 11 min d) 12 min complete one round, and Chetan takes 420 seconds to
27. Racer A and racer B run a race of 18 km on a circular complete one round, after how much time will they
track of length 800 m. Both complete one round in 200 meet for the first time at the starting point on the track?
sec and 350 sec, respectively. How many times from a) 21 min b) 10 min c) 28 min d) 15 min
the start will the faster person crosses the slower 35. In a circular path of 619 m, Preeti and Rani start
person? walking in opposite directions from the same point at
a) 10 b) 12 c) 9 d) 8 the speed of 2.85 km/h and 5.4 km/h, respectively.
28. Racer A and racer B run a race of 18 km on a circular When they will meet for the first time approximately?
track of length 800 m. Both complete one round in 200 a) 4.75 b) 6.75
sec and 250 sec, respectively. After how much time c) 6.05 d) 4.50
from the start will the faster person meet the slower 36. During his morning walk, Atul walks for 45 minutes at
person for the last time? a speed of 8 km/h and takes 15 rounds of a park.
a) 2250 sec b) 4000 sec Shekhar takes 10 rounds of the same park in 40
c) 2700 sec d) 1800 sec minutes. What is the speed of Shekhar in km/h?
a)7.2 b) 6 c)6.75 d)7.5

ANSWER KEY
1 C 11 C 21 B 31 C
2 A 12 A 22 B 32 C
3 A 13 C 23 C 33 A
4 B 14 B 24 C 34 A
5 D 15 A 25 B 35 D
6 A 16 C 26 B 36 B
7 D 17 D 27 C
8 D 18 B 28 B
9 A 19 B 29 B
10 B 20 A 30 B

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