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  • Question
  • In a 1 km race, A beats B by 28 meters in 7sec. Find A's time over the course?


  • Options
  • A. 5min,4sec
  • B. 4min,3sec
  • C. 2min,3sec
  • D. 3min,4sec

  • Correct Answer
  • 4min,3sec 

    Explanation

    B covers 28 meters in 7sec. So, B's time over the course = (7/28)*100 =250 sec.

     

    Whereas A's time over the course = 250 -7 = 243 sec.

     

    i.e A's time over the course is 4min , 3 sec.


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    • 1. In a 100 m race, A beats B by 10 m and C by 13 m. In a race of 180 m, B will beat C by:

    • Options
    • A. 5.4m
    • B. 4.5m
    • C. 5m
    • D. 6m
    • Discuss
    • 2. A vendor buys some bananas at the rate of 2 for Re 1 and sells at the rate of 10 for Rs 7. What will be the result?

    • Options
    • A. 40 percent loss
    • B. 28.57 percent gain
    • C. 40 percent gain
    • D. 28.5 percent loss
    • Discuss
    • 3. A shopkeeper by selling 22 Skechers shoes, earns a profit equal to the selling price of 6 Skechers shoes. His profit percentage is:

    • Options
    • A. 27.2 percent
    • B. 37.5 percent
    • C. 54.4 percent
    • D. 16.9 percent
    • Discuss
    • 4. A shopkeeper, sold dried apricots at the rate Rs 1,310 a kg and bears a loss of 13%. Now if he decides to sell it at Rs 1,441 per kg, what will be the result?

    • Options
    • A. 8.6 percent loss
    • B. 4.3 percent gain
    • C. 4.3 percent loss
    • D. 8.6 percent gain
    • Discuss
    • 5. The line passing through point (-3,1) and point (x,5) is parallel to the line passing through point (-2,-1) and point (6,3). What is the value of x?

    • Options
    • A. -5
    • B. -2
    • C. 2
    • D. 5
    • Discuss
    • 6. A can run 22.5 m while B runs 25 m. In a kilometre race B beats A by:

    • Options
    • A. 100 m
    • B. 75 m
    • C. 25 m
    • D. 50m
    • Discuss
    • 7. A and B take part in 100 m race. A runs at 5 kmph. A gives B a start of 8 m and still beats him by 8 seconds. The speed of B is:

    • Options
    • A. 5.15 kmph
    • B. 4.14 kmph
    • C. 4.25 kmph
    • D. 4.4 kmph
    • Discuss
    • 8. In 100 m race, A covers the distance in 36 seconds and B in 45 seconds. In this race A beats B by:

    • Options
    • A. 20m
    • B. 25m
    • C. 22.5m
    • D. 9m
    • Discuss
    • 9. In a 500 m race, the ratio of the speeds of two contestants A and B is 3 : 4. A has a start of 140 m. Then, A wins by:

    • Options
    • A. 60m
    • B. 40m
    • C. 20m
    • D. 10m
    • Discuss
    • 10. In a 200 metres race A beats B by 35 m or 7 seconds. A's time over the course is:

    • Options
    • A. 40 sec
    • B. 47sec
    • C. 33sec
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss


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