APTITUDE QUIZ
1. A man takes 5 hours 45 min in walking to a certain place and riding back. He would have gained 2 hours by riding both ways. The time he would take to walk both ways is
A. 11 hrs
B. 8 hrs 45 min
C. 7 hrs 45 min
D. 9 hrs 20 min
2. A person crosses a 600 metre long street in 5 minutes. What is his speed in km per hour?
A. 8.2
B. 4.2
C. 6.1
D. 7.2
3. Excluding stoppages, the speed of a bus is 54 kmph and including stoppages, it is 45 kmph. For how many minutes does the bus stop per hour?
A. 12
B. 11
C. 10
D. 9
4. A man complete a journey in 10 hours. He travels first half of the journey at the rate of 21 km/hr and second half at the rate of 24 km/hr. Find the total journey in km.
A. 121 km
B. 242 km
C. 224 km
D. 112 km
5. A car traveling with 5/7 of its actual speed covers 42 km in 1 hr 40 min 48 sec. What is the actual speed of the car?
A. 30 km/hr
B. 35 km/hr
C. 25 km/hr
D. 40 km/hr
6. A man covered a certain distance at some speed. If he had moved 3 kmph faster, he would have taken 40 minutes less. If he had moved 2 kmph slower, he would have taken 40 minutes more. What is the distance in km?
A. 36
B. 38
C. 40
D. 42
7. A and B walk around a circular track. A and B walk at a speed of 2 rounds per hour and 3 rounds per hour respectively. If they start at 8 a.m. from the same point in opposite directions, how many times shall they cross each other before 9.30 a.m.?
A. 5
B. 6
C. 7
D. 8
8. Two boys starts from the same place walking at the rate of 5 kmph and 5.5 kmph respectively in the same direction. What time will they take to be 8.5 km apart?
A. 17 hr
B. 14 hr
C. 12 hr
D. 19 hr
9. In covering a distance of 30 km, Arun takes 2 hours more than Anil. If Arun doubles his speed, then he would take 1 hour less than Anil. What is Arun’s speed?
A. 8 kmph
B. 5 kmph
C. 4 kmph
D. 7 kmph
10. A car travels first 160 km at 64 km/hr and the next 160 km at 80 km/hr. What is the average speed for the first 320 km of the tour?
A. 70.24 km/hr
B. 74.24 km/hr
C. 71.11 km/hr
D. 72.21 km/hr
11. A man travelled a distance of 61 km in 9 hours. He travelled partly on foot at 4 km/hr and partly on bicycle at 9 km/hr. What is the distance travelled on foot?
A. 12 km
B. 14 km
C. 16 km
D. 18 km
12. A man goes to his office from his house at a speed of 3 km/hr and returns at a speed of 2 km/hr. If he takes 5 hours in going and coming, what is the distance between his house and office?
A. 3 km
B. 4 km
C. 5 km
D. 6 km
13. A man rides his bicycle 10 km at an average speed of 12 km/hr and again travels 12 km at an average speed of 10 km/hr. What is his average speed for the entire trip approximately?
A. 11.2 kmph
B. 10 kmph
C. 10.2 kmph
D. 10.8 kmph
14. A train can travel 50 % faster than a car. Both start from point A at the same time and reach point B, 75 kms away from A, at the same time. On the way, however, the train lost about 12.5 minutes while stopping at the stations. What is the speed of the car?
A. 80 kmph
B. 102 kmph
C. 120 kmph
D. 140 kmph
15. If a person walks at 14 km/hr instead of 10 km/hr, he would have walked 20 km more. What is the actual distance travelled by him?
A. 80 km ‘
B. 70 km
C. 60 km
D. 50 km
16. It takes eight hours for a 600 km journey, if 120 km is done by train and the rest by car. It takes 20 minutes more, if 200 km is done by train and the rest by car. What is the ratio of the speed of the train to that of the car?
A. 3:4
B. 2:3
C. 1:2
D. 1:3
17. Arun is travelling on his cycle and has calculated to reach point A at 2 pm if he travels at 10 kmph. He will reach there at 12 noon if he travels at 15 kmph. At what speed must he travel to reach A at 1 pm?
A. 8 kmph
B. 10 kmph
C. 12 kmph
D. 14 kmph
18. The speed of a bus increases by 2 kmph after every one hour. If the distance travelled in the first one hour was 35 km, what was the total distance travelled in 12 hours?
A. 422 km
B. 552 km
C. 502 km
D. 492 km
19. An athlete runs 200 metres race in 24 seconds. What is his speed?
A. 20 km/hr
B. 25 km/hr
C. 27.5 km/hr
D. 30 km/hr
20. The distance between two cities A and B is 330 km. A train starts from A at 8 a.m. and travels towards B at 60 km/hr. Another train starts from B at 9 a.m. and travels towards A at 75km/hr. At what time will they meet?
A. 10.30 a.m.
B. 10 a.m.
C. 12 noon
D. 11 a.m.
ANSWERS
1. C
2. D
3. C
4. C
5. B
6. C
7. C
8. A
9. B
10. C
11. C
12. D
13. D
14. C
15. D
16. A
17. C
18. B
19. D
20. D
