Express lef Pune at noon sharp. Two ‘Deccan Queen started fom Pune in “The Deccan Queen overtook the sat 8 pm. Find the average speed : f the sum of the spins over this journey i it fe reds is 70 km/h ina sate, direction. Express si 1 Te ae . ea (b) 35km/h Cah (@ 12kmh 0 3/4 of his normal speed, Abhishek is 16 : fate in reaching his office. The usual time fyrhim t cover the distance between his home tod his office is (48 minutes (b) 60 minutes (o) minutes (@) 62 minutes and Bharat travel the same distance at the rate of6km per hour and 10 km per hour respectively. Ram takes 30 minutes longer than Bharat, the distance travelled by each is ( 6km (b) 10km ( 75km (@) 20km 4 Two tains for Mumbai leave Delhi at 6:00 a.m. and 645 am. and travel at 100 kmph and 136 kmph respectively. How many kilometres from Delhi will the two trains be together? (@ 202.4km (b) 260 km (6) 283.33 km (@) 275 km 5, Two trains, Calcutta Mail and Bombay Mail, start atthe same time from stations Kolkata and Mumbai respectively towards each other. After passing each ‘ter, they take 12 hours and 3 hours to reach Mum- bai and Kolkata respectively. Ifthe Calcutta Mai moving at the speed of 48 km/h, the speed of the Bombay Mail is (©) 24kmh (b) 22km/h (©) 21 kv (d) 96 km/h © Shyam’s house, his office and his gym are all eq distant from each other. The distance between any 2 of them is 4 km. Shyam starts walking from his gym ina direction parallel to the road connecting his of: fice and his house and stops when he reaches a point rectly east of his office. He then reverses direction and walks tll he reaches a point directly south of his office, The total distance walked by Shyam is @ 6km (b) 9km (©) 16km (@) 12km 7 Lonavala and Khandala are two stations 600 km span. A train starts from Lonavala and moves to- 10, 4. Wards Khandala at hours, another train of 35 kavh. How f cross each other? (@) 250 km (©) 279.166 km the rate of 25 kmvh. After two Stans from Khandala atthe rate far from Lonavala will they will (6) 300km (@) 475 km Walking at 3/4 of his normal speed, a man takes 2(1/2) hours more than the normal time. Find the normal time, (a) 75h () 6h (©) 8h @) 12h Alok walks to a viewpoint and retums to the str ing point by his car and thus takes a total time of 6 hours 45 minutes. He would have gained ? hours by driving both ways. How long would it have taken for him to walk both ways? (@) 8h45 min (b) 7h 45 min (©) 5h30min (@) 6h 45 min Sambhu beats Kalu by 30 metres or 10 seconds. How much time was taken by Sambhu to complete a race 1200 meters. (@) 6 min 30 (b) 3 min 15s (©) 12min 10s (a) 2min $s What is the time taken by Chandu to cover a dis- tance of 360 km by a motorcycle moving at a speed of 10m/s? (@ 10h (b) Sh (©) 8h (@) 6h Without stoppage, a train travels a certain distance with an average speed of 60 km/h, and with stoppage, it covers the same distance with an average speed ‘of 40 km/h. On an average, how many minutes per hhour does the tran stop during the journey? (a) 20 minh (6) 15 minh (© 10 minh (@ 10 minh Rajdhani Express travels 650 km in 5 h and another 940 km in 10 h. What is the average speed of train? (2) 1390 km/h (b) 168 kro (©) 106 km/h (@) 126 km Rishikant, during his journey, travels for 20 minutes at a speed of 30 knvh, another 30 minutes ata speed of 50 km/h, and 1 hour at a speed of 50 knvh and hour at a speed of 60 km/h. What is the average velocity? (a) SLAS km/h (©) 39km/n (b) 63 kmh (2) 48 krHLME How to Prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for CAT Is. A car travels from 4 to B at V, kan, travels back from B to 4 at V, knvh and again goes back from A to B at V. kin. The average speed of the car is: wr, 2H @ 2hh 2K yam © iam AA MY, © he Khe H+, © aay Narayan Murthy walking at a speed of 20 kmh Feaches his college 10 minutes late. Next time he ‘increases his speed by $ km/h, but finds that he is Still late by 4 minutes. What is the distance of his college from his house? (a) 20km (&) 6km (©) 12km (@) None of these Jayshree goes to office at a speed of 6 km/h and retums to her home at a speed of 4 kav, If she takes 10 hours in all, what is the distance between her office and her hore? (@) 24km ) 2k (©) 10km (@) 30km ‘A motor car does a journey in 17.5 hours, covering the first half at 30 kmh and the second half at 40 kn/h. Find the distance ofthe journey. (@) 684 km (©) 600km (©) 20km (@ S40km Sujit covers a distance in 40 minutes if he drives at a speed of 60 kilometer per hour on an average. Find the speed at which he must drive at to reduce the time of the journey by 25%? (2) 60 kmh (6) 70kmwh (©) 75kmvh (@) 80 kmh Manish travels a certain distance by carat the rate of 12 km/h and walks back atthe rate of 3 km/h, The whole journey took 5 hours, What i the distance he covered on the car? (a) 12km (©) 30km (©) 15km (@) 6km A railway passenger counts the telegraph poles on the ‘ail road as be passes them. The telegraph poles are ata distance of 0 metres. What willbe his count in 4 hours, if the speed of the train is 4 km per hour? (a) 600 (b) 2500 (©) 3600 (@) 5000 Two trains 4 and B start simultaneously in the op- Posite direction from two points A and B and artive at their destinations 9 and 4 hours respectively after their mecting each other. At what rate does the sec- fond train & travel if the frst tain travels at 80 km. per hour. (a) 60 kmh (©) 120kmh (b) 100 kmh (@) 80kmh 28, 30 31 Vinay fies 1 Bulls OM the sae py intereal of 12 minutes but Raja siting AS approaching the place hears the secon "8 minutes 30 seconds alter the fist wy anprovimate speed of tain Gf sound ee 8 speed of 330 metee per second)? ty (@) 66023 mis) 2207 mys (© 33023ms ——d) 1023 my Acar driver driving in a fog, passes 4 who was walking atthe ate of? kmh ign direction. The pedestrian could see the cS minutes and it a8 visible him up og? ‘of 06 km. What was te speed ofthe cu 8 (@) 30km/h (0) 1S kev (©) 20h (@) Skm Harsh and Vijay move towards Hosur rig TIM, Bangalore, a a speed of 40 kmh and go respectively, If Vijay reaches Hosur 200 earlier then Harsh, what is the distance be cen Bangalore, and Hosur? ~ (2) 600 km () 400k (©) 900 km (@) 200m A joumey of 192 km takes 2 Bouts es yg tein than by a slow tin. If the average spot the slow iain be 16 kmph less than tata ean ‘what isthe average speed of the fase tn? (@) 32 kmph (©) Ikmph (©) 12kmph (© 48kmph [passenger train takes 2b es fora journey of) Ailomeres if ts speed is increased by 8 kaph ow its usual speed. Find the usual specd © 10kmph (©) 12 kmph © 20kmph (©) 25 kamph IF Arun had walked 1 kmh faster, he wool! be taken 10 minutes less to walk 2 kilomete, Wht s Anu’s speed of walking? (@) Tkmph (©) 2kmph (©) 3kmph (6) 6kamph plane lft half an hour ate than the schulsne ‘and in onder to reach its destination 150 ilonte way intime, ithad increase its sped by 3.3564 ‘ent over is usual speed, Find it increased yest (@) 280 kmpn (©) 500 kph (6) 730 kmph (© 1000 ph Attain moves at a constant speed of 120 kath ie ‘one kilometre and at 40 kmph for the next oo ki lometre. What i the average speed of the tai? (@) 48 kph (©) 80 ph (6) 80kmph (@) 60 kamph ‘A cyclist moving on a circular track of radius 10) metres competes one revolution in ? nates Wt is the average speed of cyclist (approximately)?(b) 200 myminure (@ 900 mimimate Gisance of 200 kilomerre Gqarars a a constant speed of one i gocd of tas pecan Eats BEES ass tah whateva? = () kms eee ss tom ee. Gisunce on a straight rad ets V3 of the Bercy of 10 kmh, the next 1/3 with a Toby of 20 bah and the last 1/3 with a velocity Patan Ware cope sly of Be fae te journey? @ kv () km/h @ 2m @ 1Skm 4 Teo cam sured simultancously toward cach other fom ows A and B, that ae 480 km apart took fein car wavellng from A to B 8 hours 1 cover fe dsmce and the second car traveling ftom 8 10 42 hows. Determine at what distance from A the two cas meet. (a) 288 km (©) 200m (9 48 minaes (b) 60 minutes , Ofaiates (8) 62 minutes {asd B tavel the same distance at the rate of & ERREIE and 10 kilometre an hour respectively. If A typ minutes longer than 2 the distance travelled (9 bien () 10km ©) 16k (@) 20km 3. [fp fs for Patna leave Det a 6 am. and 6-45 tnely NE! a 98 kph and 136 kmph respec- thins eas 89 kilometres from Delhi wil the two (b) 260 km (8) None of these ig $B sa frm station Xto ¥, ¥toX Passing cach other, they take 12 in A rtt® 10 teach Y and X respectively. If Big Meat the speed of 8 kmh, the speed 4 43, 48. 46, Time, Speed ond Distonce IM.147. Another train stars from ¥ at the rate of 35 kav/h. How far from X they will cross each other? (2) 230km (b) 300 km (©) 450km (@) 475 km A stars from 2 point that is on the circumference of 8 circle, moves 600 metre in the North direction and then again moves $00 metre East and reaches a point diametrically opposite the starting point. Find the diameter of the circle? (2) 1000 m (©) 00m (©) 300m (4) 900m Ram and Shyam run a race of 2000 m. First, Ram gives Shyam a start of 200 m and beats him by 30 s. Next, Ram gives Shyam a start of 3 min and is beaten by 1000 metres. Find the time in minutes in which Ram and Shyam can run the race separately (@) 8.10 ) 45 © 5.9 @ 69 A motorboat went downstream for 28 km and im- ‘mediately returned. It took the boat twice as long to ‘make the retum trip. If the speed of the river flow Were twice as high, the trip downstream and back would take 672 minutes. Find the speed of the boat in still water and the speed of the river flow. (2) 9kovh,3 kmh —(b) 9 keh, 6 keh (©) Skewb. 2kmh — (4) 12 km/h, 3 kwh A ain requires 7 seconds to pass a pole while it requires 25 seconds to cross a stationary train which is 378 metres long. Find the speed of the train, (@) 78.6 kmh (b) 75.4 kev (©) 762 km/h (@) 2 kmh A boat sails downstream from point A to point B, which is 10 km away from 4, and then retums to A. If the actual speed of the boat (in still water) ig 3 kmvb, the wip from 4 to B takes 8 hours lese than that from B to 4. What must the actual speed Of the boat for the tr iP from 4 to B to take exactly 100 minutes? @ Lh (b) 2 kwh (©) 3kmh es, @ 4kmh A boat sails down the river for 10 km and then wy th ver for 6 km. The speed afte eer nen oP dams. What should be the minimum speed of the boat forthe trip to take a maximum of # howe? ™~_HIL148 How to Prepare for Guantitatve Aptitude for CAT 47. A boat goes 40 km upstream in 8 hand a distance (0F 49 km downstream in 7 h. The speed of the boat in still water is (a) Skmvh (©) 6krwh (b) 55 krvh () 65 kmh 48, Two trains are running on parallel lines in the same direction at speeds of 40 kmph and 20 kmph respec- tively. The faster train erosses a man in the second train in 36 seconds. The length of the faster tain is (a) 200 metres (c) 225 metres (b) 185 metres (2) 210 metres 49. The speed of the boat in stil water is 12 km/h and the speed of the stream is 2 knvh, A distance of 8 ‘km, going upstream, is covered in @ th () 1h 1S min (© Uh 12min (2) None of these 50. A boat goes 15 km upstream in 80 minutes. The speed of the stream is 5 km/h. The speed ofthe boat in till water is (a) 1625 kmh (©) 1Skmh (b) 16 kmh (@) 17 kmh 3 Cwa? (a) 3.75 (b) 4h (©) 425m, (@) 45h 52. Two trains pass each other on parallel lines. Each train is 100 metres long. When they are going in the same direction, the faster one takes 60 seconds to pass the other completely. If they are going in ‘opposite directions they pass each other completely in 10 seconds. Find the speed of the slower tain in kh, (a) 30kmh (b) 42 kmh (©) 48 kmh (@) 60 kmh 53. Vinay runs 100 metres in 20 seconds and Ajay runs the same distance in 25 seconds. By what distance will Vinay beat Ajay in a hundred metre race? (@) 10m (b) 20m (©) 25m @ 2m 54. Ina 100 m race, Shyam runs at 1.66 mis. If Shyam gives Sujit a start of 4m and still eats him by 12 seconds, what is Sujits speed? (a) Lilms (b) 0.75 mis fo) 1.33 ms ® tk 55. Ata game of billiards, 4 can give B 15 points in 60) and A ean give C 20 in 60, How many points can B give C in a game of 902 @ i tb) 13 (©) 10 (a) 4 Ina stream, B lies in between 4 and C such that itis ‘equidistant from both 4 and C. A boat ean go from Ato B and back in 6 h 30 minutes while it goes from Ato Cin 9 h, How long would it take 10 go from 56, 31, 58, 9, 61 a 65, In a SD m ree the ratio of sped of Vinay and Shyam is 3:4 ° 140 m then Vinay wins by @ 5m ©) 20m (025m @ 30m How many seconds will caravan 129 MW Vinay has , Metts running at the rate 10 mis take to pass boy 2 Sanda, @) 108 &) Bs () Its @ 4s Two tains are traveling ithe sane desig 30 kwh and 30 kon respectively: The ‘erosses a man in the slower train in 18 es the length of the faster train (@) 0.1 km 0) Thm (©) 1Skm (@) 14k Twotrans for Howrah eve Muzffispura§3),, and 9:00 asm. respectively and ase! 6) ka 70 kant respestively. How many kilometre “Muzaffarpur will the ‘0 trains meet? (2) 210m (©) 180km (6) 150m @ 120km Without stoppage, a tin travels at an aerge spd (of 75 kmh and with stoppages it cover the am_| distance at an average speed of 60 kmh. How my | minutes per hour does the train stop? (@) 10 minutes (6) 12 minutes (©) 14 minutes (8) 18 inwtes A boat rows 16 km up the stream and 30 km due stream taking 5 h each time. The velocity of $e current (@) 1.1 kav (6) 12 kmh (©) Laka (@) 1Skmh Vijay can row a certain distance downs ie and retum the same distance in 9 h. If he stn flows at the rate of 3 kmh, find the sped of Vis instil water, (@) 12km (©) Bkmb (© Mkmi (@) 1Skmb Subbu ean row 6 kmvh instil water. When te = is running at 1.2 kmh, it takes him I hoot 1 to a place and back, How far inthe plas? @) 288km (6) 2.00km (©) 3.12km (@) 2.76km A dog is passed by a train in & seconds. Fit length ofthe train if its speed is 36 kph (@) 0m () 80m (©) 85m (@) 9m ‘lazy man can row upstream at 16 kr 308 stream at 22 kmh, Find the man's rate i stl (io kmph. 0nd, ag() 4 oe @ 18 (0 0) ean ow 30k upstream and 44k down- Arman Mo hours. Its also known that he ean row Ie a psieam and 55 km downstream in 13 hours dmg sped of the man i sill wae. i kh (b) 6 kmh os (@) 12kmh = rear that i unning at 2 keh, a man goes 10 6t. He rear ad comes back 1 the starting pont in rm Mts Find the speed ofthe man in sl water ja) 20kmb (b) 22 kmvh ow (@) 28 km/h sg Aran ges down stan a kh and upstcam a A ath The speed ofthe boat in still water is @ 05+) (b) 05-9) ory @ x-y a. length of the minutes hand of a clock is 8 me Find the distance travelled by its outer end in 15 minutes. (a) 4rem (b) Sem (9 xem (a) 160m sn between $ am. and 5 pam. of a particular day for fe many times are the minute and the hour hands together? @u &) 2 @3 @4 +1, Atwhat time are the hands of clock together between 2and 3 p.m? {a) 2/11 hours past 2 p.m. {b) 29 hours past 2 p.m. (@ 2:10pm. (6) None of these 72 Amotorboat went down the river for 14 km and then ap the river for 9 km. It took a total of 5 hours for the entre joumey. Find the speed of the river flow ifthe speed of the boat in sill water is 5 km/h, (@) 1 kph (b) 15 kmph (o) 2kmph (a) 3kmph 73. A motorboat whose speed in still water is went 91 km downstream and then returned (0 its starting point. Calculate the speed of the river flow ithe round trip took a total of 20 hours (@ 3km/h (b) 4k © 6kmh (@) 8kwh 7% Ina race of 600 meters, Ajay beats Viay by 6) Me” tres and in a race of 500 meters Vijay beats ADAY by 25 meters. By how many meters will Ajay beat Anjay in a 400 meter race? (3) 48m (b) 52m © Som (@ 38m 10 knvh Time, Speed ond Distance THL149 ovectons or usin 9s 1 na! 81 same point in the same di ‘and X covers | km when they meet again for the first time at the starting point, then the total distance covered by ¥ (in Km) is Directions for questions 83 and 84: John’s office is 80 km from his house. One day he started fom home, an hour later than his usual time of leaving for his office. In order to cover up the delay, he inereased his speed by 4 kmph and thus reached the office on time, Now answer the following questions: 183. What is the final speed of John? 84, What is the percentage increase in John’s speed? 85, The distance between two cities A and B is 100 km and the speed of Ram and Rahim are SO km/h and 30 km/h respectively. Initially Ram is at and Rahim js at B. If they move between A and B to and fro, then the distance (in kms) covered by Ram by the time they meet for the 3° time would be? ‘space for Rough WorkLEVEL OF DIFFICULTY.(I) 1. The J&K Express from Delhi to Srinagar was delayed by snowfall for 16 minutes and made up for the delay on a section of 80 km travelling witha speed 10 km per hour higher than its normal speed. Find the original speed of the J&K Express (according the schedule) (@) 60 kmh (6) 66.66 kmh (©) 50 km/h (@) 40 koh 2. Ayrton Senna had to cover a distance of 60 km. However, he started 6 minutes later than his sched uled time and raced at a speed | km/h higher than his originally planned speed and reached the finish atthe time he would reach it if he began to race strictly at the appointed time and raced with the as- sumed speed. Find the speed at which he travelled during the journey deseribed (a) 25kmh (6) 1S km/h (©) 10kmvh (a) 6kwh 3. Amitabh covered a distance of 9% km two hours faster than he had planned to, This he achieved by travelling 1 km mote every hour than he intended to cover every 1 hour 1S minutes. What was the speed at which Amitabh travelled during the joumey? (@) 16km/ (©) 26kmb (©) 36km/h (€) 30krvh 4. Anurgent message had to be delivered from the house of the Peshwas in Pune to Shivaji who was camping in Bangalore. A horse rider travels on horse back from Pune to Bangalore at constant speed. If the horse in- ‘creased its speed by 6 knvh, it would take the rider 4 hours less to cover that distance, And travelling with a speed 6 km/h lower than the initial speed, it would take him 10 hours more than the time he would have taken had he travelled at a speed 6 kmph higher than the initial speed. Find the distance between Pune and Bangalore, (@) 120km () 600 ken (©) 720 km (a) 750 km 5. A pedestrian and a cyclist start simultaneously to- wards each other from Aurangabad and Paithan which are 40 km apart and meet 2 hours after the start. Then they resumed their trips and the eyclist arrives at Aurangabad 7 hours 30 minutes earlier than the pedestrian arives at Paithan. Which ofthese could be the speed ofthe pedestrian? (2) 4 kmh (b) Sk (©) 3kmih (@ 6kmh 6. Two motorists met at 10 am. atthe Dayy station. After their meeting, ome of then nth in the East direction while the other pg the North direction. Exactly at noon, th il a ka apa. Find the speed of the slower the difference of their speeds is 6 km, "4 (a) 28 km/h (b) 18 km/h (©) 9 km/h (@) 19 km/h 7. Two cyclists start simultaneously towards from Aurangabad and Elloa, which are 28 Am hour later they meet and keep pedaling Same speed without stopping. The second Fives at Ellora 35 mites later than the fg at Aurangabad. Find the speed of the else started fom Ellora : (@) 12k (6) tok (9) 15k (@) 10kmm 8 Two ants start simaltanecasly {Om to tt towards each other, The ist antcoveres distance between the wo ant holes in 3 hows 7 second ant covered —— of the distance in 2 hous 120 30 minutes. Find the speed (feevh) of the set ant ifthe first ant travelled 800 feet tothe meeting point : (@) 15 feevh (©) 45 feevh 9. Abus left point X for point ¥. Two hours ltr vce JeR point X for ¥ and arived at ¥at the sne ie as the bus. Ifthe car and the bus left simultaneous from the opposite ends 1’ and Y towards each ot they would meet 1.33 outs after the str. Bev much time di it take the bus to travel fom 0 @ 2h () 4h (© 6h (@ sh 10. A racetrack is in the form of aright tangle. Th longer of the legs of the track is 2 km moe the shorter ofthe legs (both these les bing «0» highway). The start and end points are also con to each other through aside road. The escort shi forthe race took the side road and rode with ase ‘of 30 knvh and then covered he two intra a the highway during the same time with «speeds! 42 wh. Find the length ofthe racetrack. (@) Mkm (©) 10km (6) 24km (@) 36km 11. Two planes move along a circle of cicumrens 1.2 kam with constant speeds, When theyjoa, hey mect every 15 sconds and same direction, one plane pc ce in Foy een F et 8 lane eae snes PSG) 0.03 kms 4 kms (a) 0.02 km’s ores boethetas Aen nan lee jos a RET on a motorcycle and rides with pen seem dietion as Karim had ee ce wl iy ver Bre Rakin st leaves (9038 ey (€) 96.6 Be tly by foot and partly covered a journey Pal Ps Rosy ma eth nee sp ne tow rn fe Ip g the tourist had reversed the times, he sa ty fot and on tongs, the distances travelled ae ‘of the journey would be equal. How ech pat iid he side the Conga? 15 rade for 6 hours (8) He rode for hours {Herod for2 hous (4) He rode for bours sc to indan tours inthe US eyeled towards cach Tee one fFom point A and the other from point Pe fis tourist left point 4 6 hrs later than the 2 pia 2 and it tured out onthe meet- Etat Hd tavelled 12 kr less than the second Eee Afer their mestng, they kept cyeling with ‘Seooespecd, andthe first ourstarived at B 8 Sees baer and the second arsved at A 9 hours later. Fad speed ofthe faster tourist (o 4m (b) kmh (0 2imh (© 2kmh ‘ho jogers let Det for Noida simultaneously. Tien jogger stopped 42 min later when he was 1 sot of Noida andthe other one stopped 2 tin er when he was 2 km shor of Noida. Ifthe ‘ist jogger jogged as many kilometres as the second Enna ‘as many kilometres as the first, the See would need 17 min Tess tha the second. Fhe dance between Det and Noida ec (Ish Poland @ 35km A tank of 4800 m> eg 20 capacity is fll of wate. The cmc of the pump i 10 m/min higher iran a api. As a esl the pump needs wera shag he fel than il yp he ee fling capacity oF the pump hag (6) 25 m/min min @ 24min 22, A motorcyclist left Time, Speed and Distance IH.151 17. Anant climbing up a vertical pole ascends 12 meters and slips down 5 meters in every alternate hour. If the pole is 63 meters high how long will take it to reach the top? (a) 18hours (b) 17 hours (6) 16 hours 35 minutes (2) 16 hours 40 minutes 18, Two ports and B are 300 km apart. Two ships leave A for B such that the second leaves 8 hours after the first. The ships arrive at B simultaneously. Find the time the slower ship spent on the trip if the speed of ‘one of them is 10 km/h higher than that of the other. (@) 25 hours (b) 15 hours (©) 10hours (@) 20 hours 19, Anant moved for several seconds and covered 3 mm in the first second and 4 mm more in each succes sive second than in its predecessor. If the ant had ‘covered 1 mm in the first second and 8 mm more in teach successive second, then the difference between the path it would cover during the same time and the actual path would be more than 6 mm but less than 30 mm. Find the time for which the ant moved {in seconds) (a) 5s ©) 4s (©) 6s @ 2s 20, The Sabarmati Express left Ahmedabad for Mumbai. Having travelled 300 km, which constitutes 66.666 pet eent of the distance between Ahmedabad and Mumbai, the train was stopped by a red signal. Half fan hour later, the track was cleared and the engine driver, having increased the speed by 1S km per hour, arrived at Mumbai on time. Find the initial speed of the Sabarmati Express. (a) SOkmph (b) 60 kmph (©) 75 kmph (@ 40kmph 21. Two swimmers started simultaneously from the ‘beach, one to the south and the other to the east. Two hours later, the distance between them tumed out to bbe 100 km, Find the speed of the faster swimmé knowing that the speed of one of them was 75% of the speed of the other. (@) 30 kmph (©) 45 kmph (@) 40kmph (@) 60 kmph int A for point B. Two hours later, another motorcyclist let A for B and arrived at B atthe same time as the first motorcyclist. Had both the motorcyclists stated simultaneously from A and B teavelling towards each other, they would have met in 80 minutes. How much time did it ake the faster motorcyclist to travel fom A wo B? (@) 6hours (8) 3 hours (@) 4 hours (©) 2hours23 24, 25, 52 _How to Prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for CAT ‘Two horses started simultaneously towards each oth- ‘er and meet each other 3 h 20 min late. How much time will it take the slower horse to cover the whole distance if the first arived at the place of departure of the second S hours later than the second arrived ‘at the point of departure of the fist? (@ 10 hours (b) Shours (©) 15 hours (@) 6hours ‘The difference between the times taken by two buses to travel a distance of 350 km is 2 hours 20 minutes. Ifthe difference between their speeds is $ kmph, find the slower speed (a) 35 kmph (b) 30 kmph (©) 25 kmph (2) 20kmph ‘One bad day, at 7 am. I started on my bike at the speed of 36 kmiph to meet one of my relatives. After Thad travelled some distance, my bike went out of order and I had to stop. After resting for 35 minutes, Tretumed home on foot at a speed of 14 kmph and reached home at 1 p.m. Find the distance from my hhouse at which my bike broke down, (a) S4km (6) 63 km (©) 72km (8) None of these Direction for Questions 26 to 30: Read the following data and answer the questions that follow. ‘Three brothers, Ram, Shyam and Mohan, travelled by road. They all left the college at the same time—I2 noon ‘The description of the motions of the three are detailed below: Phase 1 Bus for ? hours Bike for @ 1 hours Foot for @ 10 mph 30 mph 3 hours @ 33 mph ike for 1.3 hours Foot for 3 hows Bus for @ 40 mph @333 mph 3 hours @ 10 mph Phase IT Foot for3 hours Bus for 4 hours Bike for @33 mph @ 10 mph 2 hours @ 30 mh 26. When did Ram overtake Shyam? (@) 3:15pm (b) 222 pm, (©) 230 pam (@) 2:20pm. 27. Atowhat distance from the stat does Mohan overtake Shyam? (@) 40mites (b) ST miles (©) 70miles (a) 80 mites 28. If Ram travelled by bike instead of foot in the last leg of his joumey (for the same distance as he had covered by foot), what is the difference in the times ‘of Ram and Mohan to cover 90 miles? (@) 6h 50 minutes —(b) 10 40 minutes (©) 3hrs55 minutes (4) 4 hes 10 minutes 29, all of them travelled a distance of ig reached first and at what time (acu time increases to cover 100 miles) (@) Mohan at6pm. (b) Remar (© Shyam a6 pm. (@) Moban sty 30. In the above question, who reached lax (@) Ram t9:30 pm. (b) Ramat 10pm, (6) Shyam at 9:30 p.m. (@) Shyam st A motorcyclist ode the first half of his ws, stant speed. Then he was delayed fr § therefore, to make up forthe lost time his speed by 10 kmh. Find the initia! sy motorcyclist ifthe total path covered by ne 10 50 km. (@) 36kmh ©) 48kmi (©) 50kmvh (@) km 32. Ram Singh and Priyadarshan start together fn same point on a circular path and walk argunt at his own pace, until both arrive together» starting point. If Ram Singh performs the cin ‘minutes 44 seconds and Privadarshan in 6 m seconds, how many times does Ram S) the path? @s 2 (1s (@) Cannot be determines 33. Ravi, who lives inthe countryside, caught atin ic home earlier than usual yesterday. His wite normaly Arives to the station to meet him But yesterday te set out on foot from the station to met his wife e the way. He reached home 12 minutes eater th hhe would have done had he waited atthe satin x his wife. The ear travels at a uniform sped, wih is 5 times Ravi’s speed on foot. Ravi reached hone at exactly 6 O'clock. At what time would be hie reached home if his wife, forewamed of his pin hhad met him at the station? (a) 5:48 () 5:24 (©) 5:00 (@) 5:36 34, Hemant and Ajay stata two-length swimming athe same moment but from opposite ends of he Pool. They swim in lane and at uniform specs Hemant is faster than Ajay. They ist passa a pit 18.5 m from the deep end and having completes o® length, each one is allowed to rest on the ee exactly 45 seconds. After setting off on the rts length, the swimmers pass forthe second time 10.5 m from the shallow end. How long isthe ps” (@) 585m (b) 45m © 66m @ 49m 35. Rahim sets out to cross a forest. On the fist ay completes 1/10th of the journey. On the second & he covers 2/3rd ofthe distance travelled the fis 3in this manner, alternatin aes ashe 10th of the distance stilt be widied, with days 00 Which he travels 2/3 gp the conga alady CoVeTEd. At the end of seventh {oy be Hinds that 22% KM more will see the eng Fas journey. How wide isthe Fores? a “ey km (b) 100 km, e aa (@) 150km, ‘The metro service has a tran going from Mumbai to ane and Pune to Mumbai every hour, the first one s16am. The tip from one city to other kes 41, tours, and all trains travel at the same speed. How any trains will you pass while going from Mumbai to Pune if you start at 12 noon? os (b) 10 09 (d) 13. 31, The distance between two towns is. km. A ear gave elling between the towns covers the first k km at aq average speed of y km/h and the remaining distance at kv, The time taken for the journey is 8 the days in EP ye HD > Pte eaten 38, Two rifles are fired from the same place at a differ ence 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 (@) 72 kmh () 36kmn (© 81 kwh (4) 108 kaw Drections for Questions 39 and 40: Read the follow- ing and answer the questions that follow. The Kalinga Express started fom Patna to Tata at 7 pm 84 speed of 60 kmh. Another train, Rojdhani Express, sted from Tata to Patna at 4m. next moming ata speed 6f90 kav, The distance between Patna to Ta is 800 km 39, How far from Tata will the two trains meet? (a) 164 km (b) 156km (©) 132km (@) 128km 40. At what time will the two trains meet? (@) 5:32am, (b) 5:28am (©) 5:36am. (@) 5:44am, Directions for Questions 41 to 43: Read the following And answer the question that follow: - A naughty bird is sitting on top of a car. I ses another ex spacings Suns of 1 The apa he "wocasi mph cach. The bid stars fyng som he €2r and moves towards the second car, reaches the secon Garand comes back 1 tit a an 5 oe speed at which the Bird ies i 120 mph then anos the allowing questions, Assume that the two cars havea eras 4 48, 45 46, 41. 48, Time, Speed ond Disonce Mhas3 The total distance : cra SM HCE Oe bible @6 ine ©) 12km (©) 18km (4) None of these The tol distnce taveeg Sete Tats the second caf es i Bre (9 035m see me © 230m (Neale X¢ total number of times bonnet a at the bird reaches the a is (theoretically) (0) 18 times ©) Infinite times. (4) Canmot be determined dog sees a cat. estimates that the cat is 38 leaps aay: The cat sees the dog and stats running with ‘he dog in hot pursuit. fin every minut, the dog makes $ leaps and the cat makes 6 leaps and one leap of the dog is equal to 2 leaps ofthe cat. Find the time in which the ‘at is caught by the dog (as- ‘sume an open field with no trees) (a) 12 minutes (©) 125 minutes (2) 12 times (b) 1S minutes (8) None ofthese ‘Two people 4 and B start from P and 0 (distance = ‘D) at the same time towards each other. They meet at a point R, which is at a distance 0.4D from P. They continue to move to and fro between the two Points. Find the distance from point P at which the fourth meeting takes place (a) 08D () 06D (©) 03D (@) 04D ‘A wall clock gains 2 minutes in 12 hours, while a table clock loses 2 minutes in 36 hours; both are set right at noon on Tuesday. The correct time when they both show the same time next would be (2) 12:30 night (©) 12000 (©) 1:30 night (@) (night ‘Two points 4 and 8 are located 48 km apart on the riverfront. A motorboat must go from to B and ‘Tetum to A a5 soon as possible. The river flows at 6 knv/h. 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