General Ability

Multiple Choice Questions

Type: Time & Distance (90

questions)
1. A man travels on a car from X to Y at a speed of 77 kmph and returns back at 33 kmph from Y to X.
Find the average speed of the journey.
A) 57.3 kmph
B) 55 kmph
C) 49.8 kmph
D) 46.2 kmph

2. In a driving competition, Sanjay and Dravid drove the same course at average speeds of 51
Kilometers per hour and 54 Kilometers per hour, respectively. If it took Sanjay 40 minutes to drive
the course, how long did it take for Dravid?
A) 37.8 minutes
B) 36.6 minutes
C) 34.8 minutes
D) 32.8 minutes

3. Jim travels the first 3 hours of his journey at 60 mph speed and the remaining 5 hours at 24 mph
speed. What is the average speed of Jim's travel in mph?
A) 42 mph
B) 36 mph
C) 37.5 mph
D) 42.5 mph

4. Steve traveled the first 2 hours of his journey at 40 mph and the remaining 3 hours of his journey at
80 mph. What is his average speed for the entire journey?
A) 60 mph
B) 56.67 mph
C) 53.33 mph
D) 64 mph

5. Liza and Tamar leave the same camp and run in opposite directions. Liza runs 2m/s and Tamar runs
3 m/s. How far apart are they after 1 hour?
A) 18 Km
B) 16 Km
C) 14 Km
D) 19 Km

6. An empty swimming pool can be filled in 10 hours. When full, the pool can be drained in 16 hours.
How long will it take to fill the pool if the drain is left open? (in minutes).
A) 5 hours 5miutes
B) 26 2/3 hours
C) 42 2/3 hours
D) 10 4/5 hours

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7. A tank is supplied by two pipes A and B, and emptied by a third pipe C. If the tank is empty and all
pipes are opened, the tank can be filled in 20 hrs. If the tank is full and A and C are opened, the tank
can be emptied in 2 hrs. If A supplies 50 liters per minute more than B, find the capacity of the tank
in liters and the rate of each pipe in liters per minute
A) 56 liters
B) 60 liters
C) 64 liters
D) 68 liters

8. A person sees a train passing over 1 km long bridge. The length of the train is half that of bridge. If
the train clears the bridge in 2 minutes, the speed of the train is?
A) 45 Km/sec
B) 60 Km/sec
C) 48 Km/sec
D) 54 Km/sec

9. A man is walking at a speed f 10 km per hour. After every kilometer, he takes rest for 5 min. How
much time he take to cover a distance of 5 km?
A) 40 min
B) 25 min
C) 50 min
D) 30 min

10. A train travels 450 km in 7 hours and another train 740 km in 10 hours. Find the average speed of
train?
A) 70 kmph
B) 65 kmph
C) 72 kmph
D) 50 kmph

11. If 35 men can do a piece of work in 6 days in how many days can 15 men do it?
A) 12
B) 14
C) 16
D) 15

12. A can do a job in 16 days and B can do the same in 24 days. How long will they take to do the work
together?
A) 9 ½ days
B) 9 ¼ days
C) 3/4 days
D) 9 3/5 days

13. A bath tub can be filled by one pipe in 4 minutes and emptied by another in 5 minutes. If the
tub is empty and both pipes are opened simultaneously, how long will it take for the tub to be full?
A) 18 minutes
B) 20 minutes

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 C) 15 minutes
D) 16 minutes

14. A can do in 10 days what B can do in 12 days. How much more work does A do than B in 1 day?
A) 1/80
B) 1/60
C) 60
D) 40

15. A can do a piece of work in 2a days, B in a days and C in 4a days. How long will they take to
complete the work if all the three work together?
A) 4a/7 days
B) 6a days
C) 2a days
D) 5 a/3 days

16. A certain number of men can complete a work in 40 days. If there were 10 men more the work will
be complete in 10 days less. Initially, the number of men was
A) 25
B) 20
C) 24
D) 30

17. A can do a work in 15 days. B can do the same in 20 days. They start the work, together and A
leaves after three days. In how many days is the work completed?
A) 14
B) 16
C) 18
D) 20

18. P alone can do a work in 24 days; Q alone can do the same in 36 days. If they work on alternate
days starting with Q, then in how many days is the work completed?
A) 29
B) 31
C) 37
D) 33

19. Samuel during his journey travels 20 minutes at a speed of 30 kmph, another 30 minutes at a speed
of 50 kmph, next 1 hour at a speed of 50 kmph and last 1 hour at a speed of 60 kmph. What is the
average speed of the entire journey?
A) 51.18 kmph
B) 44.32 kmph
C) 63.32 kmph
D) 48.16 kmph

20. A truck travels a distance of 840 km at uniform speed. If the speed of the truck is 10 kmph more,
then it takes 2 hours less to cover the same distance. Find the original speed of the truck.
A) 60 Kmph

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 B) 65 Kmph
C) 70 Kmph
D) 72 Kmph

21. Walking 5/7 of his usual rate, a boy reaches his school 6 minutes late. Find his usual time to reach
the school.
A) 26 min.
B) 22 min.
C) 15 min.
D) 13 min.

22. A long distance is covered by Ramesh in 42 min. He covers 2/3 of it at 4km an hour and the
remaining at 5km an hour. Find the total distance.
A) 2 Km
B) 3 Km
C) 4 Km
D) 5 Km

23. A caterpillar crawls at a speed of 21 inches per hour towards a vegetable patch. After being over
indulgent, it returns exactly the same distance, at only seven inches per hour. What is the
caterpillar’s average speed over the entire journey?
A) 11.5 inches per hour
B) 10.5 inches per hour
C) 9.5 inches per hour
D) 8.5 inches per hour

24. A man is walking at a speed of 10 km per hour. After every kilometer, he takes rest for 5 min. How
much time will be taken to cover a distance of 5 km?
A) 46 min
B) 50 min
C) 54 min
D) 58 min

25. A man moves from A to B at the rate of 4 kmph. Had he moved at the rate of 3.67 kmph, he would
have taken 3 hours more to reach the destination. What is the distance between A and B?
A) 33 kms
B) 132 kms
C) 36 kms
D) 144 kms

26. If a man walks to his office at 5/4 of his usual rate, he reaches office 30 min. early than usual. What
is his usual time to reach office?
A) 2 1/2 hours
B) 2 1/3 hours
C) 2 hours
D) 1 2/3 hours

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27. A man walks from his house to office at a rate of 3 km per hour and came back from office to home
at a rate of 2 km per hour. What is the average speed at which man walk?
A) 2.5 kmph
B) 2.6 kmph
C) 2.8 kmph
D) 2.4 kmph

28. If I walk at 4 Kmph, I miss the bus by 10 min. If I walk at 5 kmph, I reach 5 min. before the arrival
of the bus. How far I walk to reach the bus stand?
A) 8 Km
B) 7 Km
C) 6 Km
D) 5 Km

29. A bus travels at a speed of 50 km per hour, with out stoppages. It travels at 45 km per hour with
stoppages. How many minutes does the bus stops per hour on an average?
A) 10 min
B) 8 min
C) 6 min
D) 4 min

30. The ratio of the rates of work of A and B is 5: 6. The number of days taken by them to complete the
work is in the ratio is
A) 6: 5
B) 3: 2
C) 2: 3
D) 5: 6

31. Find the distance covered by a man walking for 12 min. at a speed of 3.5 kmph.
A) 700 m
B) 680 m
C) 660 m
D) 590 m

32. Find the distance covered by a car moving at 20 meters per second for 3 hours.
A) 180 Km
B) 346 Km
C) 216 Km
D) 540 Km

33. A can do a work in 28 days. B is 40% more efficient than A. The number of days in which B alone
can do the same work is
A) 10
B) 20
C) 30
D) 40

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34. A man is walking at a speed of 9 kmph. After every km he takes rest for 9 minutes. What time will
he take to cover a distance of 27 km.
A) 6 hours
B) 6 hours 45 min
C) 6 hours 54 min
D) 6 hours 35 min

35. Two friends A and B run around a circular track of length 510 metres, starting from the same point,
simultaneously and in the same direction. A who runs faster laps B in the middle of the 5th round.
If A and B were to run a 3 km race long race, how much start, in terms of distance, should A give
B so that they finish the race in a dead heat?
A) 545.45 meters
B) 666.67 meters
C) 857.64 meters
D) 222.45 meters

36. A man covers a certain distance between his house and office on scooter; having an average speed
of 60 kmph he is late by 20 min. However, with a speed of 80 kmph he reaches his office 10 min
earlier. Find the distance between his house and office.
A) 120 Km
B) 90 Km
C) 80 km
D) 100 km

37. I travel the first part of my journey at 40 kmph and the second part at 60 kmph and cover the total
distance of 240 km to my destination in 5 hours. How long did the first part of my journey last?
A) 4 hours
B) 2 hours
C) 3 hours
D) 5 hours

38. By walking at 3/4 th of his usual speed, a man reaches office 20 minutes later than usual. What is
his usual time?
A) 60 minutes
B) 30 minutes
C) 70 minutes
D) 50 minutes

39. Three men or four women can construct a hut in 31 days. How long will it take 12 men and 15
women to do the same job?
A) 8 days
B) 12 days
C) 4 days
D) 5 days

40. Three friends A, B and C run around a circular track of length 120 metres at speeds of 5 m/s, 7
m/sec and 15 m/sec, starting simultaneously from the same point and in the same direction. How
often will the three of them meet?

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 A) every 60 seconds
B) every 1 hour
C) every 30 seconds
D) every 25 seconds

41. Yana and Gupta leave points x and y towards y and x respectively simultaneously and travel in the
same route. After meeting each other on the way, Yana takes 4 hours to reach her destination,
while Gupta takes 9 hours to reach his destination. If the speed of Yana is 48 kmph, what is the
speed of Gupta?
A) 72 kmph
B) 32 kmph
C) 20 kmph
D) 15 kmph

42. Ram covers a part of the journey at 20 kmph and the balance at 70 kmph taking total of 8 hours to
cover the distance of 400 km. How many hours has been driving at 20 kmph?
A) 2 hours
B) 3 hours 20 minutes
C) 4 hours 40 minutes
D) 3 hours 12 minutes

43. Two men A and B start from a place P walking 4 kmph and 5 kmph respectively. How many
kilometers will they be apart at the end of 4 hours, if they walk in the same directions?
A) 3 km
B) 4 km
C) 2 km
D) 4.5 km

44. Jim travels the first 3 hours of his journey at 60 mph speed and the remaining 5 hours at 24 mph
speed. What is the average speed of Jim's travel in mph?
A) 42 mph
B) 36 mph
C) 37.5 mph
D) 42.5 mph

45. A motorcar completes a journey in 9 hrs, the first half at 12 kmph and second half at 15 kmph. Find
the distance.
A) 120 km
B) 100 km
C) 124 km
D) 96 km

46. A train traveling at 72 kmph crosses a platform in 30 seconds and a man standing on the platform
in 18 seconds. What is the length of the platform in meters
A) 240 meters
B) 360 meters
C) 300 meters
D) 420 meters

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47. A group of 50 boys together can finish a piece of work in 70 days. The group starts the work but at
the end of every 10 days 10 new boys join. How many days will it take for the work to be finished?
A) 50
B) 60
C) 70
D) 80

48. A garrison has food sufficient for a certain number of men for some days. After 40 days, l/4Ih of
the men left and it is found that the food will now last just as long as before, how long was that?
A) 100 days
B) 120 days
C) 160 days
D) 180 days

49. A cistern has a leak which would empty it in 3 hours. A tap is turned on which lets in 6 liters of
water per minute. The tank is initially full when both taps are turned on and it is emptied in 6 hours.
What is the capacity of the tank?
A) 2100 liters
B) 2160 liters
C) 2500 liters
D) 2150 liters

50. A and B individually can complete a work in 8 days and 12 days respectively. If A works at half
his usual rate and B at one-third his usual rate, how long will they take to complete the work
together?
A) 12 days
B) 11 1/13 days
C) 13 3/13 days
D) 10 10/11 days

51. 12 men and 8 women can do a piece of work in 16 days while 13 men and 4 women can do it in 18
days. How long will 13 men and 12 women take to finish the work?
A) 12 6/13 days
B) 12 3/2 days
C) 12 3/5days
D) 13 1/11 days

52. Q can do a certain work in a certain time. P can do half that work; in 2/3 rd of the time taken by Q.
Working together they can complete a job in 12 days. How long will Q alone take to do the work?
A) 20 days
B) 21 days
C) 22 days
D) 23 days

53. A team has food stock for x number of days. After 20 days, 1/4th of the team quit and the food lasted
for another x number of days for the remaining men. What is the value of x?
A) 50

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 B) 60
C) 70
D) 80

54. A, B and C working together can do a work in 6 days. After working at it together for 2 days, C
leaves while A and B finish it in another 8 days. The time taken by C alone to complete the work
alone would be
A) 12 days
B) 13 days
C) 14 days
D) 11 days

55. Two pipes P and Q can fill a tank in 12 minutes and 16 minutes respectively. If both the pipes are
opened simultaneously, then after how many minutes should Q be closed so that the tank is full in
9 minutes?
A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4

56. 4 boys and 2 girls can do a work in 14 days, While 8 girls and 2 boys can do the same in 8 days. If a
boy gets Rs.81 per day, what should the wages of a girl per day be?
A) Rs.72
B) Rs.60
C) Rs.40
D) Rs.90

57. P can do a work in 5 days while Q can do it in 10 days. They worked together for 2 days and the
rest of the work is finished by R alone in 2 more days. If they get Rs.3600 for completing work, the
share of R is
A) Rs.1200
B) Rs.1300
C) Rs.1400
D) Rs.1440

58. 4 men and 9 boys can earn Rs.800 in 16 days. 6 men and 8 boys can earn Rs.1, 200 in 24 days.
How long will 3 men and 6 boys take to earn Rs.750, if men and boys are paid daily wages?
A) 50 days
B) 22 days
C) 33 days
D) 25 days

59. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 30 minutes and 40 minutes respectively. C can empty the tank
in 60 minutes. When the tank is empty all the three pipes are opened for 12 minutes and then pipe
B is closed. How many minutes, from the beginning, does it take for the tank to be filled?
A) 42
B) 72
C) 24

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 D) 30

60. 400 women working 9 hours a day can complete 1/4th of a work in 10 days. Find the number of
additional women required to finish the remaining work in 20 days working 8 hours a day.
A) 250
B) 275
C) 300
D) 325

61. Mohan and Sohan working separately can dig a trench in 10 days and 12 days respectively. If
they work on alternate days starting with Mohan, in how many days will the trench be dug?
A) 10 ½ days
B) 10 5/6days
C) 10 ¾ days
D) 11 ¾ days

62. 20 men can plant 50 saplings in 8 hours. In how many hours can 15 men plant 80 saplings?
A) 17 1/15
B) 12 7/11
C) 20 2/15
D) 12 3/7

63. A can do a work in 16 days; B alone can do it in 24 days. They work together for 8 days and
stopped. The remaining work is completed by C in 6 days. In how many days can C alone
complete the work?
A) 30
B) 34
C) 36
D) 24

64. A can do a work in 20 days and B alone can do it in 10 days. Both worked together and were paid
Rs.1, 800. The share of B is
A) Rs.1200
B) Rs.1500
C) Rs.900
D) Rs.1100

65. Two pipes A and B can fill a cistern in 24 and 36 minutes respectively. If the tank is empty and they
are opened simultaneously how long will they take to fill the cistern?
A) 14 minutes
B) 14.2 minutes
C) 14.4 minutes
D) 14.6 minutes

66. Pipes A and B can fill an empty tank in 12 and 18 minutes respectively. Pipe C can empty a full
tank in 36 minutes. If the tank is empty and all the three pipes are opened, how long will it take for
the tank to be full?
A) 9 minutes

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 B) 12 minutes
C) 15 minutes
D) 10 minutes

67. A tank is filled by a pipe in 9 hours. But because of a leak in the bottom it takes 3 hours more to be
filled. How long will it take for the leak to empty the full tank?
A) 32 hours
B) 34 hours
C) 36 hours
D) 30 hours

68. Two pipes can fill a tank in 5 minutes and 6 minutes respectively. A leak at the bottom can
draw 30 liters of water per minute. The tank is initially empty and the pipes are opened along with
the water leak. The tank is filled in 15 minutes. What is the capacity of the tank?
A) 100 litres
B) 400 litres
C) 150 litres
D) 125 litres

69. 40 boys can finish a work in 60 days. If 40 boys start the work and at the end of every 10 days 40
more boys join, then how long does it take for the work to be completed?
A) 30 days
B) 20 days
C) 40 days
D) 35 days

70. Two girls Swathi and Preethi can do a work in 8 hours and 12 hours respectively. If they work on
alternate hours, starting with Swathi at 10:00 a.m, when will the work be finished?
A) 7:30 p.m.
B) 5:30 p.m.
C) 7:00 p.m.
D) 7:45 p.m.

71. Hari can complete a work in 20 days. Giri is 20% more efficient than Hari. How many days long
would they both together take to complete the work?
A) 10 10/11 days
B) 9 1/11 days
C) 10 1/9 days
D) 12 days

72. Two men can complete a work in 20 days working 12 hours a day. If the working hours per day are
reduced by 4 hours, then how many more days than before will they now take for the work to be
completed?
A) 5
B) 10
C) 15
D) 30

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73. X is 50% more efficient than Y in doing a work. If the difference of their earnings upon
completing the work together is Rs.160, how much did they receive in all?
A) Rs.210
B) Rs.240
C) Rs.800
D) Rs.400

74. A tap can fill a tank in l/3 rd of the time taken by another pipe to empty the same tank. If both taps
are opened simultaneously, (when the tank is empty) the tank is filled in 30 minutes. Find the time
taken by the second tap to empty the full tank.
A) 20 minutes
B) 60 minutes
C) 80 minutes
D) 40 minutes

75. A and B can complete a work in 10 and 15 days respectively when working 15 hours and 10 hours
a day respectively. How much does A earn, if they get Rs.500 for completing a work together
(assume that they work together from the start till the end?
A) Rs.50
B) Rs.150
C) Rs.250
D) Rs.350

76. A can complete a work in five days for which he gets Rs.400. B, who works half as fast as A,
works for eight days and gets his share of
A) Rs.320
B) Rs.160
C) Rs.240
D) Rs.360

77. The ratio of the number of days in which A, B and C can complete a work independently is 1: 3: 4.
If l/19th of total earnings is Rs.191, what is the sum of the shares of B and C?
A) Rs.2292
B) Rs.2865
C) Rs.1337
D) Rs.3056

78. X, Y and Z can do a work in 10 days, 15 days and 30 days respectively. After all three worked
together for two days, X and Z left the work. How many more days will Y alone take to complete
the remaining work?
A) 3
B) 5
C) 7
D) 9

79. The daily wage of A is 50% more than that of B. If they work together they can complete a work
in 6 days. How many days would B alone take to complete the work?
A) 6

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 B) 9
C) 12
D) 15

80. The circumferences of a filling pipe and a draining pipe are 15 cm and 10 cm respectively. The
draining pipe can empty the tank in 25 minutes. How long would it take for the tank to be filled,
when it is empty and both pipes are opened simultaneously? (Assume that water flows full through
both pipes at the same speed).
A) 12 min
B) 24 min
C) 36 min
D) 20 min

81. Ratio of the respective earnings of a man, a woman and a boy is 4: 3: 2. If they are paid in
proportion to their rates of work, how many days would the boy alone take to complete the work
given that all the three together complete the work in 16 days?
A) 96
B) 72
C) 48
D) 24

82. A and B can separately do a work in 20 days and 15 days respectively. They worked together for 6
days after which B was replaced by C. If the work was finished in next four days, the number of
days in which C alone could do the work will be.
A) 45 days
B) 50 days
C) 35 days
D) 40 days

83. Ram travels at the rate of 3 kmph and he reaches 15 minutes late. If he travels at the rate of 4 kmph,
he reaches 15 minutes earlier. The distance Ram has to travel is
A) 1 km
B) 6 km
C) 7 km
D) 12 km

84. A monkey starts climbing a tree 20 ft. tall. Each hour, it hops 3ft. and slips back 2ft. How much
time would it take the monkey to reach the top?
A) 12 hours
B) 18 hours
C) 16 hours
D) 14 hours

85. P alone can build a wall measuring 10 ft x 6 ft in 5 days; Q alone can build a wall measuring 16 ft x
9 ft in 6 days. How many days will they take to build a wall measuring 45 ft x 12 ft working
together?
A) 3
B) 9

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 C) 12
D) 15

86. A is thrice as efficient as B who is one-fourth as efficient as C. If C earns Rs.120 for completing a
work, what does A earn for completing a similar work on similar terms of work?
A) Rs.30
B) Rs.15
C) Rs.120
D) Rs.90

87. A can complete a work in 12 days. He worked for three days and left. Then B continued the work
and completed it. If B gets Rs.750 for his share of the work, how much does A get?
A) Rs.250
B) Rs.200
C) Rs.150
D) Rs.100

88. P and Q earn Rs.250 and 750 respectively for completing a work together in 12 days. How many
days does Q alone take to complete twice the earlier work?
A) 16
B) 24
C) 32
D) 40

89. An empty tank can be filled by pipe A if it is open from 3.00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. But due to leakage,
only 3/4th of the tank is filled by 7:00 p.m. If the leakage is stopped, at what time will the tank be
full?
A) 8:00 a.m.
B) 8:00 p.m.
C) 7:00 a.m.
D) 8:10 a.m.

90. Pipe A, which can fill a tank in 6 hours, is opened at 5:00 a.m. A leakage, which can empty the full
tank in 12 hours, is observed at 7:00 a.m. and immediately stopped. At what time is the tank filled?
A) 12:00 noon
B) 11:00 a.m.
C) 1:00 p.m.
D) 9:00 a.m.

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