Time, Speed and Distance (Part-5)

Total Questions: 50

31. A man covers half part of a certain distance at 25 km/hr. He covers 40 percent of remaining distance at the speed of 8 km/hr and covers rest of the distance at the speed of 18 km/hr. What is his average speed (km/hr) for the entire journey? [SSC MTS 08/05/2023 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (c) 600/37
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32. A person goes from J to K at a speed of 55 km/hr. He comes back from K to J at a certain speed. If his average speed is 660/17 km/hr, then what was his  speed while moving from K towards J? [SSC MTS 09/05/2023 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (c) 30 km/hr
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33. Monika took a non-stop flight to visit her grandparents. The 650 km trip took 1 hour and 30 minutes. Because of the bad weather, the return trip took 2 hours and 30 minutes. What was her average speed for the round trip ? [SSC MTS 09/05/2023 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (c) 325 kmph​
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34. Two stations A and B are 230 km apart on a straight line. One train starts from A at 4 a.m. and travels towards B at 40 km/hr. Another train starts from B at 5 a.m. and travels towards A at a speed of 55 km/hr. At what time will they meet? [SSC MTS 10/05/2023 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (b) 7 a.m.
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35. Ram walks at the speed of 12 km/hr and reaches his school 12 minutes late. If he walks at 16 km/hr, then he reaches 8 minutes before the scheduled time. What is the distance of his school from his home? [SSC MTS 11/05/2023 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (a) 16 km
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36. A man covers half part of a certain distance at 60 km/hr. He covers 40 percent of the remaining distance at the speed of 12 km/hr and covers the rest of the distance at the speed of 18 km/hr. What is his average speed for the entire journey? (in km/hr) [SSC MTS 11/05/2023 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (a) 24
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37. Dinesh makes four trips of equal distances. His speed on first trip was 140 km/hr and in each subsequent trip his speed was half of the previous trip. What is the average speed of Dinesh in these four trips ? [SSC MTS 12/05/2023 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (c) (112/3) km/hr
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38. Krish takes as much time in running 24 meters as a bus takes in covering 72 meters. What will be the distance covered by Krish during the time the bus covers 4.8 km? [SSC MTS 15/05/2023 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (d) 1.6 km
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39. A man drives his car at a speed of 50 km/hr for 2 hours and then decides to slow down to 40 km/hr till the end of the journey. If his average speed for the journey was 44 km/hr, then for how much time he drives his car at speed 40 km/hr? [SSC MTS 16/05/2023 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (c) 3 hours
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40. A man starts from a place A and reaches the place B in 50 hours. He travels 1/4 distance at the speed of 5 km/hr and the remaining distance at the speed of 15 km/hr. What is the distance between A and B ? [SSC MTS 17/05/2023 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (b) 500 km
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