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An executive drove from home at an average speed of 30 mph to an airport where
a helicopter was waiting. The executive boarded the helicopter and flew to the
corporate offices at an average speed of 60 mph. The entire distance was 150
miles; the entire trip took three hours. Find the distance from the airport to the
corporate offices.
A. 120 miles
B. 100 miles
C. 80 miles
D. 110 miles
E. 60 miles

Answer – A
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A man covered a certain distance at some speed. If he had 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. What is the distance in km?
A. 36
B. 38
C. 40
D. 42

Answer – C
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The distance between two cities A and B is 330 km. A train
starts from A at 8 a.m. and travel towards B at 60 km/hr.
Another train starts from B at 9 a.m. and travels towards A
at 75 Km/hr. At what time will they meet?
A. 10.30 a.m.
B. 10 a.m.
C. 12 noon
D. 11 a.m.

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The distance between two cities A and B is 110 km. A train
starts from A at 7a.m. and travel towards B at 20 km/hr.
Another train starts from B at 8 a.m. and travels towards A
at 25 Km/hr. At what time will they meet?
A. 10.30 a.m.
B. 10 a.m.
C. 12 noon
D. 11 a.m.

Answer: 5
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A passenger train leaves the train depot 2 hours after a freight train left the same
depot. The freight train is traveling 20 mph slower than the passenger train. Find
the speed of the passenger train, if it overtakes the freight train in three hours.
A. 35 mph
B. 40 mph
C. 50 mph
D. 55 mph
E. 60 mph

Answer – C
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Two cyclists start at the same time from opposite ends of a course that is 45 miles
long. One cyclist is riding at 14 mph and the second cyclist is riding at 16 mph.
How long after they begin will they meet?
A. 4 hour
B. 3 hours
C. 2 hours
D. 1.5 hours
E. 1 hour

Answer – D
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Answer – C
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Answer – C
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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?
A. 80 kmph
B. 102 kmph
C. 120 kmph
D. 140 kmph

Answer – C
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Tim cycled from his house to his friend John’s house and then on to his
(Tim’s) school without stopping. The average speed for his entire journey
was 26 km/hr. The distance from John’s house to Tim’s school is 0.3 times
the distance from Tim’s house to John’s house. Tim’s speed from John’s
house to Tim’s school was twice that of Tim’s speed from Tim’s house to
John’s house. What was Tim’s average speed from John’s house to Tim’s
school in km/hr?

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A leaves a station at 8 mph and after 5 hours B leaves the same station
and travels in the same direction as A at 12 mph. After how much time B
overtakes A? After 5
Hours
(1) 6 hrs

(2) 8 hrs
8
(3) 10 hrs mph 40
12 m
(4) 12 hrs mph
The time taken by B to
overtake A
= = 10
Hrs
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A thief is noticed by a policeman from a distance of 300 m. The thief starts
running and the policeman chases him. The thief and the police man run at
the rate of 10 kmph and 11 kmph respectively. What is the distance between
them after 6 minutes?
(1) 200 m
(2) 150 m
300
(3) 100 m
m
(4) 190 m
Relative 11 - = 1
Speed = 10 Kmp
That means, for every
h 1 Hour the distance between thief
& Police man reduced by 1 Km

For 6 min, both will cover a

distance
Hence of 100 m
Remaining distance is 300-100
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Seeta and Geeta started running around a circular track of length 600m
in clockwise direction with speeds of 25 m/s and 15 m/s respectively.
When will they meet for the first time in the race if they run in the same
direction?
A. 75 seconds Answer –
B. 90 seconds C
C. 60 seconds
D.120 seconds
Seeta and Geeta started running around a circular track of length 600m
in clockwise direction with speeds of 25 m/s and 15 m/s respectively.
When will they meet again for the first time at the starting point?
A. 90 seconds
B. 60 seconds
C. 180 seconds Answer –
D.120 seconds D
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A, B and C are the three persons run on the circular path at the speed of 20
m/sec, 30 m/sec and 50 m/sec respectively in the same direction. The
circumference of the track is 600 meters. When will they be together again
Time
for the first time to meet
at the together
starting at
point?

(1) 45 Sec
first time
=LCM of (, , )
(2) 60 sec

(3) 35 sec = LCM of ( , , )

(4) 55 sec
= LCM of ( 30,
20,
= 6012)
Sec
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In a 1600 m race, A can beat B by 40m, while B gives C 60 m in a 1200 m
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race.By what distance will A beat C in an 800 m race?

A. 100 m
B. 50 m
C. 118 m
D. 59 m

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A can give B a start of 40 meters and C a start of 70 m in a km race. How
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many meters start Can B give C in a Km race?

A. 31.25 m
B. 30 m
C. 42.50 m
D. 28 m

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A, B and C start running around a circular field having circumference 150 metre at the
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same time from the same point. Speeds of A, B and C are 2 m/minute, 2.5 m/minute
and 3 m/minute. Find after how much time, they will meet again at the same point for
the first time.
A. 9 hours
B. 7 hours
C. 6 hours
D. 5 hours
E. None of these

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In a 1500 m race, Chaitali beats Vrunali by 100 m and in 1200 m race, Vrunali beats
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Krutika by 75 m. If Chaitali and Krutika are compared, then for how much m Chaitali
will beat Krutika in 900 m race?
A. 115 m
B. 112.5 m
C. 110 m
D. 120 m
E. 135 m

Chaitali can beat Vrunali by 100 m in 1500 m race.

Hence, when Chaitali covers 1500 m, Vrunali covers 1400 m.
So when Chaitali covers 900 m, Vrunali will cover 840 m.
Similarly, when Vrunali covers 1200 m, Krutika covers 1125 m.
So, when Vrunali covers 840 m, Krutika will cover 787.5 m.
∴ Chaitali will beat Krutika by 112.5 m.

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The ratio of speeds of a tiger and horse is 3 : 2. Both start from place A at the same
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time and reach place B, which is 75 km away from place A at the same time as the tiger
lost about 12.5 minutes while hunting a deer. Find the speed of the horse.
A. 120 km/h
B. 150 km/h
C. 80 km/h
D. 70 km/h
E. None of these

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The average speed of a train is five times of the average speed of a car. If the
difference between the time taken by them to cover a distance of 1260 km is 168
hours then find the time taken by the train will take to cover the same distance?
A. 33.6 hours
B. 42 hours
C. 56 hours
D. 21 hours
E. None of these

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Ashwini and Alpana run a 14.4 km race on a circular track of circumference 960 m
and the two complete one round in 12 seconds and 16 seconds respectively. After
what time (in seconds) from the start will the faster person meet the slower person
for the last time?
A. 132 B. 120 C. 138 D. 144 E. None of these

Ashwini and Alpana complete one round in 12 seconds and 16 seconds respectively.
∴ Speeds of Ashwini and Alpana are 960/12 and 960/16
i.e. 80 m/s and 60 m/s respectively.
Relative speed of Ashwini with respect to Alpana = (80 – 60) m/s = 20 m/s
Hence, Ashwini meets Alpana after every 960/20 = 48 seconds
To complete 14.4 km, number of rounds required = 144 /0.96 = 15
Since Ashwini is faster, she will win the race and therefore race time = 15 × 12 = 180 seconds
Since both of them meet each other after every 48 seconds, after the start, Ashwini will meet
Alpana 3 times during the race.
Time when both of them will meet for the last time = 48 × 3 = 144 seconds

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Lewis and John run a 10 km race on a circular track of length 1000 m. They complete
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one round in 200 seconds and 400 seconds respectively. After how much time from
the start will the faster person meet the slower person for the last time?
A. 500 seconds
B. 1000 seconds
C. 2500 seconds
D. 1500 seconds
E. 2000 seconds

Let us say Lewis meets John after ‘t’ seconds he starts from the starting point.
Speeds of Lewis and John are 5 m/s and 2.5 m/s.
t = 1000 / 5 – 2.5 = 400 seconds
Distance travelled by Lewis when meets John for the first time = 2000m i.e., after 2 complete
revolutions.
Lewis can make 10 complete revolutions.
As he meets John after every two revolutions he would meet John after the 10th revolution for the
last time i.e., after 400 × 5 = 2000 seconds.
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During normal hours, a motorcyclist can cover a distance of 136 km in 2 hours but
during the peak hours due to traffic his speed is decreased by 20%. If the
motorcyclist wants to travel 190.4 km during normal hours and return the same
distance during peak hours, then total how much time will he take to cover the
journey?
A. 6 hours 18 minutes B. 6 hours 24 minutes
C. 6 hours 30 minutes D. 6 hours 36 minutes
E. None of these

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Today, Samson’s Train traveled at a constant rate along a straight North-South
route that included the famous 10-mile long Chasm Bridge. Was Samson’s Train on
the Chasm Bridge at 2:00 p.m.?
1. At 9:00 a.m., Samson’s Train was 200 miles north of the Chasm Bridge, and at
4:00 p.m, the train was 140 miles south of Chasm Bridge.
2. Samson’s Train started its trip at 6:00 a.m., and traveled at a rate of less than
70 miles per hour.

Answer – A
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Today, Samson’s Train traveled at a constant rate along a straight North-
South route that included the famous 10-mile long Chasm Bridge. Was
Samson’s Train on the Chasm Bridge at 2:00 p.m.?

(1) At 9:00 a.m., Samson’s Train was 200 miles north of the Chasm Bridge, and at 4:00
p.m, the train was 140 miles south of Chasm Bridge.

This statement implies that the train covered 200 + 10 mile-long bridge + 140 = 350
miles in 7 hours (from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.). Thus the speed of the train was 350/7 =
50 miles per hour. From 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. or in 5 hours the train traveled 250 miles
(from the point when it was 200 miles north of the bridge). Therefore at 2:00 p.m. the
train was 250-(200+10)=40 miles south of Chasm Bridge. Sufficient.

(2) Samson’s Train started its trip at 6:00 a.m., and traveled at a rate of less than 70
miles per hour. Clearly insufficient, we know nothing about the distances.

Answer: A.
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Train X leaves Los Angeles at 10:00AM and travels East at a constant speed of x
miles per hour. If another Train Y leaves Los Angeles at 11:30AM and travels East
along the same tracks at speed y, then at what time will Train Y catch Train X ?
(1) y = 4x/3
(2) x = 60 miles per hour

Answer – A
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Myra drove at an average speed of 30 miles per hour for the first 30 miles of a trip
& then at an average speed of 60 miles/hr for the remaining 30 miles of the trip. If
she made no stops during the trip what was her average speed in miles/hr for the
entire trip?
(A) 35
(B) 40
(C) 45
(D) 50
(E) 55

Answer – B
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Myra drove at an average speed of 30 miles per hour for T hours and then at an
average speed of 60 miles/hr for the next T hours. If she made no stops during the
trip and reached her destination in 2T hours, what was her average speed in miles
per hour for the entire trip?
(A) 40
(B) 45
(C) 48
(D) 50
(E) 55

Answer – B
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Myra drove at an average speed of 30 miles per hour for the first 30 miles of a trip,
at an average speed of 60 miles per hour for the next 30 miles and at a average
speed of 90 miles/hr for the remaining 30 miles of the trip. If she made no stops
during the trip, Myra’s average speed in miles/hr for the entire trip was closest to
(A) 35
(B) 40
(C) 45
(D) 50
(E) 55

Answer – D
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