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1. Two men P and Q start a journey from same place at a speed of $MF#% \text{3} \dfrac{1}{2} \text{km/hr} $MF#% and $MF#% \text{3} \text{km/hr} $MF#% respectively. If they move in the same direction then what is the distance between them after 4 hours?

A.  $MF#% \text{3 km} $MF#%

B.  $MF#% \text{2 } \dfrac{1}{2} \text{km} $MF#%

C.  $MF#% \text{2 } \text{km} $MF#%

D.  $MF#% \text{3 } \dfrac{1}{2} \text{km} $MF#%





2. A student walks from his house at 4 km/hr and reaches his school 5 minutes too late. If his speed had been 5 km/hr, he would have reached 10 minutes too early. The distance of the school from his house is:

A.  $MF#% \dfrac{5}{3} \text{km} $MF#%

B.  $MF#% \dfrac{5}{27} \text{km} $MF#%

C.  $MF#% \text{5 km} $MF#%

D.  $MF#% \dfrac{5}{9} \text{km} $MF#%





3. A man travelled a distance of 50 km on his first trip. On his second trip, travelling 3 times as fast, he covered 300 km. The ratio of the time taken for the first to that of the second trip is:

A.  1 : 1

B.  1 : 2

C.  1 : 3

D.  1 : 6





4. In a journey of 160 km, a train covers the first 120 km at a speed of 80 km/h and the remaining distance at 40 km/h. The average speed of the train for the whole journey is:

A.  60 km/h

B.  64 km/h

C.  68 km/h

D.  72 km/h





5. A tractor is moving with a speed of 20 km/h, x km ahead of a truck moving with a speed of 35 km/h. If it takes 20 minutes for the truck to overtake the tractor, then x is equal to:

A.  5 km

B.  10 km

C.  15 km

D.  20 km





6. By walking at $MF#% \dfrac{4}{5} $MF#% of his normal speed, a man reaches his office 10 minutes late. How much time he normally takes to reach his office?

A.  40 minutes

B.  45 minutes

C.  50 minutes

D.  60 minutes





7. In a map 8.8 km is denoted by 0.8 cm. If the distance between Varanasi and Delhi on the map is 80.5 cm, find the distance in km in between the two?

A.  99 km

B.  770 km

C.  890 km

D.  885.5 km





8. Ravi travelled 1200 km by air which formed $MF#% \dfrac{2}{5} \text{th} $MF#% of his whole journey. He travelled $MF#% \dfrac{1}{3} \text{rd} $MF#% of the whole journey by car and the remaining journey by train. Find the distance he travelled by the train?

A.  1600 km

B.  800 km

C.  1800 km

D.  480 km





9. A man is walking at a speed of 10 kmph. After every km, he takes a rest for 5 minutes. How much time will he take to cover a distance of 5 km?

A.  60 minutes

B.  50 minutes

C.  40 minutes

D.  70 minutes





10. A car driver leaves Bangalore at 8.30 AM and expects to reach a place 300 km from Bangalore at 12.30 PM. At 10.30 he finds that he has covered only 40% of the distance. By how much he has to increase the speed of the car in order to keep up his schedule?

A.  45 km/h

B.  40 km/h

C.  35 km/h

D.  30 km/h