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  • 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

  • Correct Answer
  • 500 metres 

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    • 1. 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
    • Discuss
    • 2. 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
    • Discuss
    • 3. 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
    • Discuss
    • 4. 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
    • Discuss
    • 5. A man is running at the speed of 20 km/hr. What is time (in seconds) taken by man to cover one round of a circular garden of radius 350 metres?

    • Options
    • A. 412
    • B. 336
    • C. 396
    • D. 376
    • Discuss
    • 6. 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
    • Discuss
    • 7. Suresh goes on a trip on his motor-cycle and rides for 410 kms. If he rides for 5 hours at a speed of 50 km/hr, find at what speed he travels for the remaining 4 hours of the journey?

    • Options
    • A. 47 km/hr
    • B. 40 km/hr
    • C. 56 km/hr
    • D. 48 km/hr
    • Discuss
    • 8. Two cars travel from city A to city B at a speed of 30 and 45 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. 270 km
    • B. 338 km
    • C. 180 km
    • D. 225 km
    • Discuss
    • 9. 3 hrs after a goods train passed a station, another train travelling at a speed of 88 km/hr following that goods train passed through that station. If after passing the station the train overtakes the goods train in 8 hours. What is the speed of the goods train?

    • Options
    • A. 76.8 km/hr
    • B. 64 km/hr
    • C. 96 km/hr
    • D. 51.2 km/hr
    • Discuss
    • 10. A racing car going at an average speed of 108 km/hr takes 15 minutes to complete a lap on a racing track. By how much should it increase its speed (inkm/hr) to complete the lap in 12 minutes?

    • Options
    • A. 24
    • B. 21
    • C. 27
    • D. 30
    • Discuss


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