QUANT QUIZ-8 FOR LIC –AAO EXAM
TIME AND DISTANCE
1. Gopal travelled 120
km by bus , 450 km by bike and 60 km by car, it took 13.5 hr. If the rate of
bike is 3 time that of the car and 1.5 time that of bus, find the rate of bike:
a. 45 km/hr
b. 35 km/hr
c. 60 km/hr
d. none of these
2. 2 guns were fired
from the same place at an interval of 26 minutes. A person in a train
approaching the place hears the 2nd report 25 min after the 1st.
Find the speed of the train . (speed of sound = 660 m/s)
a. 2379/25 km/hr
b. 1188/25km/hr
c. 2376/26 km/hr
d. 1188/26 km/hr
3. A car driving in a
fog passed a man who was walking at the rate of 6 km an hour in the same
direction .He could see the car for 8 minutes upto a distance of 200 m. What
was the speed of the car:
a. 9km/hr
b. 7/1/2 km/ hr
c.
8/1/2 km / hr
d. none of these
4. A man leaves a point
P and reaches the point Q in 6 hrs. Another man leaves the point Q , 4 hrs
later and reaches the point P in 6 hrs. Find the time in which first man meets
the second man:
a. 6 hrs
b. 5 hrs
c. 4 hrs
d. 3 hrs
5. Without any stoppage
a person travels a certain distance at an average speed of 27 km/hr, and with stoppages
he covers the same distance at an average speed of 15 km/hr. How many minutes
per hr does he stop:
a. 26 min 40 sec
b. 30 min
c. 26 min
d. 16 min 40 sec
6. When a man travels
equal distance at speed V1 and V2 km/hr, his average
speed is 8 km/hr. But when he travels at these speeds for equal times his
average speed is 9 km/hr. Find the difference of the two speeds:
a. 6 km/hr
b. 5 km/hr
c. 4 km/hr
d. 8 km/hr
7. A person travels
for 2 hrs at the speed of 15 km/hr and
for 3 hrs at the speed of 20 km/hr. At the end of it, he finds that he has
covered
of the total distance. At what average speed
should he travel to cover the remaining distance in 5 hrs:
a. 8 km/hr
b. 9 km/hr
c. 6 km/hr
d. none of these
8. If B is 25% faster
than A, then what time will he take to travel the distance which A travels in
25 minutes:
a. 15 min
b. 20 min
c. 25 min
d. none of these
9. A thief is spotted
by a policeman from a distance of 400 mts. When the policeman starts the chase,
the thief also starts running. Assuming the speed of the thief 8 kilometers an
hr, and that of the policeman 10 kilometers an hr, how far will have the thief
run before he is overtaken:
a. 2 km
b. 1 km
c. 1/2/3 km
d. 1/3/5 km
10. A railway passenger
counts the telegraph posts on the line as he passes them. If they are 50 mts
apart and the train is going at the speed of 48 km per hr, how many will he
pass per minute:
a. 15
b.18
c.16
d. 20
ANSWERS
1.C, 2.A, 3.B, 4.B, 5.A, 6.A, 7.B, 8.B, 9.D, 10.C
