Quantitative Aptitude Practice Test On - Time and Distance - Part - 6

Time and Distance Online Test Part - 6

Exam Name - Quantitative Aptitude
Subject Name - Time and Distance
Exam Type - Multiple Choice Questions
No Of Questions - 10

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Question - 1: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: ?

1. 2 : 3
2. 3 : 2
3. 3 : 4
4. 4 : 3

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Answer = C - 3 : 4
Explanation: No Explanation

Question - 2:A car moves at the speed of 80 km/hr. what is the speed of the car in metres per second? ?

1. 8 m/sec
2. 20x1/9 m/sec
3. 21x2/9 m/sec
4. 22x2/9 m/sec

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Answer = D - 22x2/9 m/sec
Explanation: Speed = (80 x 5/18) m/sec
= 200/9 m/sec
= 22x2/9 m/sec.s

Question - 3:A train starts from Delhi at 6:00 am and reaches Ambala cantt. at 10am. The other train starts from Ambala cantt. at 8am and reached Delhi at 11:30 am, If the distance between Delhi and Ambala cantt is 200 km, then at what time did the two trains meet each other? ?

1. 8:46 am
2. 8:30 am
3. 8:56 am
4. 8:50 am

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Answer = C - 8:56 am
Explanation: No Explanation

Question - 4: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: ?

1. 14 km
2. 15 km
3. 16 km
4. 17 km

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Answer = C - 16 km
Explanation: No Explanation

Question - 5:A and B walk a circulat track. They start at 8 a.m from the same point in the opposite directions. A and B walk at a speed 0f 2 rounds per hour and 3 rounds per hour respectively. How many times shall they cross each other before 9.30 a.m? ?

1. 5
2. 7
3. 9
4. 11

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Answer = B - 7
Explanation: Relative speed = (2+3)
= 5 rounds per hour.
So, they cross each other 5 times in an hour and 2 times in half an hour.
Hence, they cross each other 7 times before 9.30 a.m.

Question - 6:Two stations A and B are 110 km apart on a straight line. One train starts from A at 7 am and travel towards B at 20 km/hr speed. Another train starts from B at 8 am and travel towards A at 25 km/hr speed. At what time will they meet??

1. 9 am
2. 10 am
3. 11 am
4. None of these

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Answer = B - 10 am
Explanation: No Explanation

Question - 7: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:?

1. 35
2. 37
3. 39
4. 40

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Answer = D - 40
Explanation: No Explanation

Question - 8: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 do they meet? ?

1. 10 a.m
2. 10.30 a.m
3. 11 a.m
4. 11.30 a.m

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Answer = C - 11 a.m
Explanation: Suppose they meet x hrs after 8 a.m. then
(Distance moved by first in x hrs) + [Distance moved by second in (x-1) hrs]
= 330.
Therefore 60x+75(x-1)
<=> 330.
x=3.
So,they meet at (8+3). i.e 11a.m

Question - 9:A man can row 4.5 km/hr in still water and he finds that it takes him twice as long to row up as to row down the river. Find the rate of the stream. ?

1. 2 km/hr
2. 2.5 km/hr
3. 1.5 km/hr
4. 1.75 km/hr

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Answer = C - 1.5 km/hr
Explanation: No Explanation

Question - 10:A man in a train notices that he can count 21 telephone posts in one minute. If they are known to be 50 metres apart, then at what speed is the train travelling? ?

1. 55 km/hr
2. 57 km/hr
3. 60 km/hr
4. 63 km/hr

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Answer = C - 60 km/hr
Explanation: Number of gaps between 21 telephone posts = 20.
Distance travelled in 1 minute = (50 x 20)m
= 1000m
= 1 km.
Speed of the train travelling is = 60 km/hr.

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