Phase II – QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE

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1. A person crosses a 600 m long street in 5

minutes. What is his speed in km per hour?
a. 5.4 km/hr
b. 7.2 km/hr
c. 8.4 km/hr
d. 9.6 km/hr

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2. The speed of a bus is 72 kmph. The

distance covered by the bus in 5 seconds is:
a. 100 m
b. 110 m
c. 125 m
d. 144 m

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3. A man is walking at a speed of 10 km/hr.

After every kilometre, he takes a rest for 5
minutes. How much time will he take to
cover 5 km?
a. 40 min
b. 45 min
c. 50 min
d. 55 min

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4. A car travelling at a speed of 40 kmph can

complete a journey in 9 hours. How long will
it take to travel the same distance at 60
kmph?
a. 4 hours
b. 5 hours
c. 6 hours
d. 7 hours

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5. A boy goes to his school from his house at

a speed of 3 kmph and returns at a speed of
2 kmph. If he takes 5 hours in going and
coming, the distance between his house
and school is:
a. 6 km
b. 5 km
c. 6.5 km
d. 5.5 km

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6. Without any stoppage a person travels a

certain distance at an average speed of 40
kmph, and with stoppages he covers the
same distance at an average speed of 30
kmph. How many minutes per hour does he
stop?
a. 10 minutes
b. 15 minutes
c. 20 minutes
d. 30 minutes

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7. A man goes to his office by scooter at a

speed of 30 km/hr and reaches 6 minutes
earlier. If he goes at a speed of 24 km/hr, he
reaches 5 minutes late. The distance
travelled by him to reach his office is:
a. 20 km
b. 22 km
c. 40 km
d. 44 km

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8. A farmer travelled 61 km in 9 hours. He

travelled partly on foot at a speed of 4 kmph
and partly on bicycle at a speed of 9 kmph.
The distance travelled by foot is:
a. 16 km
b. 15 km
c. 14 km
d. 13 km

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9. Traveling at three-fourth of the original

speed, a bus is 10 minutes late. Find the
usual time taken by the bus to complete the
journey?
a. 15 min
b. 30 min
c. 45 min
d. 50 min

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10. A car covers four successive 7 km

distances at speeds of 10 kmph, 20 kmph,
30 kmph and 60 kmph, respectively. Its
average speed over this distance is:
a. 20 kmph
b. 30 kmph
c. 40 kmph
d. 60 kmph

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11. A boy rides his bicycle for 10 km at an

average speed of 12 km/h and again travels
12 km at an average speed of 10 km/h. His
average speed for the entire trip is
approximately:
a. 9.6 km/h
b. 12 km/h
c. 13.2 km/h
d. 10.8 km/h

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12. A person travels 600 km by train at

80km/hr, 800 km by ship at 40 km/hr. 500
km by airplane at 400 km/hr, and 100 km by
car at 50km/hr. What is the average speed
for the entire distance?
a. 54 4/123 km/h
b. 65 5/123 km/h
c. 78 6/123 km/h
d. 89 7/123 km/h

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13. A train starts from Surat at 5 a.m. with a

speed of 15 km/h. Another train starts from
the same place in the same direction at 7
a.m. with a speed of 20 km/h. At what time
will both the trains meet each other?
a. 2 pm
b. 12 pm
c. 3 pm
d. 1 pm

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14. Two rifles are fired from the same place

at a difference of 11 minutes 45 seconds.
But a man who is coming towards the place
in a train hears the second sound after 11
minutes. Find the speed of train ?
a. 72 kmph
b. 36 kmph
c. 108 kmph
d. 81 kmph

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15. Ram starts his journey from Bombay to

Pune and simultaneously Mohan starts
from Pune to Bombay. After crossing each
other they finish their remaining journey in
6.25 and 4 hours, respectively. What is
Mohan’s speed if Ram’s speed is 20 kmph?
a. 28 kmph
b. 24 kmph
c. 25 kmph
d. 30 kmph

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16. Arun gets on the elevator at the 11th

floor of a building and rides up at the rate of
57 floor per minute. At the same time,
albert gets on an elevator at the 51st floor of
the same building and rides down at the
ride of 63 floors per minute. If they continue
travelling at these rates, then at which floor
will their paths cross?
a. 19
b. 28
c. 30
d. 37

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17. A thief is spotted by a policeman from a

distance of 100m. When the policeman
starts chasing the thief, the thief also starts
running. If the speed of the thief is 8 kmph
and that of the policeman is 10kmph. then
how far the thief will have run before he is
caught?
a. 200 m
b. 250 m
c. 400 m
d. 360 m

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18. Coimbatore and Bellary are two railway

stations 390 km apart. A train starts from
Coimbatore at 10 a.m. and travels towards
Bellary at 65 kmph. another train starts
from Bellary at 11 a.m. and travels towards
Coimbatore at 35 kmph. At what time do the
trains meet each other?
a. 2:00 pm
b. 3:15 pm
c. 2:45 pm
d. 2:15 pm

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19. In a 1600 m race, A beats B by 80 m and

C by 60 m. If they run at the same speed,
then by what distance will C beat B in a 400
m race?
a. 9 13/12 m
b. 7 15/7 m
c. 5 15/77 m
d. 11 11/13 m

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20. Speed of a train from station A to B is 40

mph. Its speed from station B to C is half of
the speed from A to B. Its speed from
station C to D is double the speed from A to
B. If the distances from A to B, B to C and C
to D, are same, time taken from B to D is
how many times the time taken from A to B?
a. 2 times
b. 2.5 times
c. 3 times
d. 3.5 times

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21. Two cars A and B travel from X to Y and

return from Y to X. Speed of car A is S
throughout the journey. When traveling
from X to Y speed of car A was 150% of
speed of car B. When traveling from Y to X,
speed of car B is double the speed of car A.
What is the ratio between time taken by car
A and time taken by car B to complete the
journey?
a. 1:1
b. 1:2
c. 2:1
d. 3:1

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22. On day 1, a man reaches his office in 20

minutes. On day 2, he reaches in 18
minutes. On day 3, he reaches in 24
minutes. If his speed on day 3 was 60 mph,
what were his speeds on day 1 and day 2 in
that order?
a. 72 and 75 kmph
b. 72 and 80 kmph
c. 80 and 64 kmph
d. 45 and 50 kmph

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23. Brian takes part in a 40 miles marathon.

If he runs for the first 30 miles and walks for
the rest of the distance, he can complete
the marathon in 10 hours. If he runs for the
first 28 miles and the walks for the rest of
the distance, he will take 40 minutes extra.
What is the ratio between his running speed
and walking speed?
a. 3:1
b. 2:1
c. 4:1
d. 5:1

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24. A cyclist travels every day alongside a

railway track at a speed of 20 miles per
hour. The cyclist and a train reach the
station at the same time every day. One day,
the cyclist started 30 minutes late because
of which the train crosses him 12 miles
before the station. What is the speed of the
train?
a. 60 mph
b. 72 mph
c. 90 mph
d. 120 mph

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25. A cyclist leaves A at 10 am and reaches

B at 11 am. Starting from 10:01 am, every
minute a motorcycle leaves A and moves
towards B. Forty-five such motorcycles
reach B by 11 am. All motorcycles have the
same speed. If the cyclist had doubled his
speed, how many motorcycles would have
reached B by the time the cyclist reached
B?
a. 12
b. 15
c. 18
d. 20

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