A man covered a certain distance by a train running at the speed of 50 km/hr and

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A man covered a certain distance by a train running at the speed of 50 km/hr and covers the same distance back by walking at the speed of 5 km/hr. Ifthe whole journey took 5 hours 30 minutes, then what was the distance (in km) of one side?
Options
A. 30
B. 25
C. 20
D. 18

Correct Answer

25

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2. Two cars travel from city A to city B at a speed of 24 and 32 km/hr respectively. If one car takes 2.5 hours lesser time than the other car for the journey, then the distance between City A and City B is
Options
A. 288 km
B. 360 km
C. 240 km
D. 192 km

3. Two cars A and B travel from one city to another city, at speeds of 60 km/hr and 108 km/hr respectively. If car B takes 2 hours lesser time than car A for the journey, then what is the distance (in km) between the two cities?
Options
A. 240
B. 270
C. 300
D. 330

4. A car travelling at an average speed of 72 km/hr takes 9 minutes to travel a certain distance. By how much should it increase its speed (in km/hr) to travel the same distance in 8 minutes?
Options
A. 8
B. 9
C. 7
D. 6

5. Flight A usually takes 1 hour more than Flight B to travel a distance of 7200 km. Due to engine trouble speed of flight B falls by a factor of 1/6th, so it takes 36 minutes more than Flight A to complete the same journey? What is the speed of Flight A (in km/hr)?
Options
A. 800
B. 900
C. 750
D. 720

6. A truck moves at the speed of 90 km/hr after repairing and moves at the speed of 80 km/hr before repairing. It covers x distance in 8 hours after repairing. How much time (in hours) will it take to cover 4x distance before repairing?
Options
A. 48
B. 40
C. 36
D. 28

7. To travel 708 km, an Express train takes 6 hours more than Rajdhani train. If however, the speed of the Express train is doubled, it takes 3 hours less than Rajdhani train. What is the speed of Rajdhani train?
Options
A. 59 km/hr
B. 78.7 km/hr
C. 39.3 km/hr
D. 98.3 km/hr

8. A man travels 430 kilometres in, partly by rail and partly by steamer. He spends 10 hours more time on steamer. If the velocity of the steamer is 25 km/hr and the velocity of rail is 65 km/hr, how much distance does he cover by steamer?
Options
A. 360 km
B. 300 km
C. 450 km
D. 540 km

9. A thief is stopped by a policeman from a distance of 400 metres. When the policeman starts the chase, the thief also starts running. Assuming the speed of the thief as 5 km/h and that of policeman as 9 km/h, how far the thief would have run, before he is over -taken by the policeman?
Options
A. 400 metres
B. 600 metres
C. 500 metres
D. 300 metres

10. Two cars travel from city A to city B at a speed of 60 and 108 km/hr respectively. If one car takes 2 hours lesser time than the other car for the journey, then the distance between City A and City B?
Options
A. 270 km
B. 324 km
C. 405 km
D. 216 km

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