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Question 1

A motorist travels 100 miles on an expressway at an average speed of 80 mph and another 45 minutes on other roads. The average speed for his whole journey is 65 mph. How far did he travel on the other roads?

Question 2

A 210 metre long train crosses a man running at 9 kmph in opposite direction in 6 seconds. Find the speed of the train.

Question 3

A passenger train covers the distance between stations X and Y 50 minutes faster than a goods train. Find this distance if the average speeds of the passenger train is 180 kmph and that of goods train 60 kmph.

Question 4

A car runs at the speed of 120 kms per hour when not serviced and runs at 144 kms per hour when serviced. After servicing the car covers a certain distance in 24 hours. How much time will the car take to cover the same distance when not serviced ?

Question 5

In a 1 km race, three participants X, Y and Z played in such a way that, X can give Y a start of 50 m and Y can give Z a start of 20 m, how many meters start can X give Z?

Question 6

A carriage driving in a fog passed a man who was walking at the rate of 6 kmph in the same direction. He could see the carriage for 4 minutes and it was visible to him upto a distance of 200 meters Find the speed of the carriage.

Question 7

A train 100 m long is running at the speed of 30 km/h. The time (in second) in which it will pass a man standing near the railway line is how much?

Question 8

The cabs playing in Vijaynagar have the following fare structure: Rs.20 for the first 2 km, Rs.5 for every km in excess of 2 km and up to 10 km, and Rs.8 for every km in excess of 10 km, auto on the other hand charge Rs.2 per km. Deva Raya takes a cab from the Vijaynagar railway station to his home. On the way, at a distance of 14 km from the railway station, he meets Tanali Raman and gets down from the cab to talk to him. Later he takes an auto to reach his home. He spends a total of Rs.102 to reach his home from the railway station. How far is his home from the railway station?

Question 9

Tanya walks to the market and comes back in a taxi. It takes her 90 min to make the round trip. If she takes a taxi both ways it takes her 30 min to make the round trip. On a Sunday, she decides to walk both ways. How long would it take her?

Question 10

A truck covers a distance of 640 kms in 10 hrs. A car covers the same distance in 8 hrs. What is the respective ratio between the speed of the truck and the car?
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