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  • Question
  • In a 300 m race A beats B by 22.5 m or 6 seconds. B's time over the course is:


  • Options
  • A. 86 sec
  • B. 80 sec
  • C. 76 sec
  • D. None of these

  • Correct Answer
  • 80 sec 

    Explanation

    B runs 45 m in 6 sec.
    2

    ∴ B covers 300 m in 6 x 2 x 300 ❩sec = 80 sec.
    45


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    • 1. 8 litres are drawn from a cask full of wine and is then filled with water. This operation is performed three more times. The ratio of the quantity of wine now left in cask to that of water is 16 : 65. How much wine did the cask hold originally?

    • Options
    • A. 18 litres
    • B. 24 litres
    • C. 32 litres
    • D. 42 litres
    • Discuss
    • 2. A can contains a mixture of two liquids A and B is the ratio 7 : 5. When 9 litres of mixture are drawn off and the can is filled with B, the ratio of A and B becomes 7 : 9. How many litres of liquid A was contained by the can initially?

    • Options
    • A. 10
    • B. 20
    • C. 21
    • D. 25
    • Discuss
    • 3. In what ratio must water be mixed with milk to gain 16⅔% on selling the mixture at cost price?

    • Options
    • A. 1 : 6
    • B. 6 : 1
    • C. 2 : 3
    • D. 4 : 3
    • Discuss
    • 4. A vessel is filled with liquid, 3 parts of which are water and 5 parts syrup. How much of the mixture must be drawn off and replaced with water so that the mixture may be half water and half syrup?

    • Options
    • A.
      1
      3
    • B.
      1
      4
    • C.
      1
      5
    • D.
      1
      7
    • Discuss
    • 5. A jar full of whisky contains 40% alcohol. A part of this whisky is replaced by another containing 19% alcohol and now the percentage of alcohol was found to be 26%. The quantity of whisky replaced is:

    • Options
    • A.
      1
      3
    • B.
      2
      3
    • C.
      2
      5
    • D.
      3
      5
    • Discuss
    • 6. 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. 47 sec
    • C. 33 sec
    • D. None of these
    • Discuss
    • 7. In a 100 m race, A can give B 10 m and C 28 m. In the same race B can give C:

    • Options
    • A. 18 m
    • B. 20 m
    • C. 27 m
    • D. 9 m
    • Discuss
    • 8. A can run 22.5 m while B runs 25 m. In a kilometre race B beats A by:

    • Options
    • A. 100 m
    • B.
      111 1 m
      9
    • C. 25 m
    • D. 50 m
    • Discuss
    • 9. In a race of 200 m, A can beat B by 31 m and C by 18 m. In a race of 350 m, C will beat B by:

    • Options
    • A. 22.75 m
    • B. 25 m
    • C. 19.5 m
    • D.
      7 4 m
      7
    • Discuss
    • 10. In a 100 m race, A can beat B by 25 m and B can beat C by 4 m. In the same race, A can beat C by:

    • Options
    • A. 21 m
    • B. 26 m
    • C. 28 m
    • D. 29 m
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