Time, Speed and Distance SSC CGL Questions

SSC CGL-Quantitative Aptitude

Time, Speed and Distance MCQ Questions


1.
A motorboat whose speed is 20 km/h in still water takes 30 minutes more to go 24km upstream than to cover the same distance downstream. If the speed of the boat in still water is increased by 2km/h, then how much time will it take to go 39km downstream and 30km upstream?
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A.
2 h 40 m
B.
3 h 10 m
C.
3 h 40 m
D.
2 h 50 m
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ANSWER :
B. 3 h 10 m
2.
A pole 23 m long reaches a window which is 3\(\sqrt{5}\) m above the ground on one side of a street. Keeping its foot at the same point, the pole is turned to the other side of the street to reach a window 4\(\sqrt{15}\) m high. What is the width (in m) of the street?
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A.
39
B.
17
C.
22
D.
35
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ANSWER :
A. 39
3.
A boatman can row his boat in still water at a speed of 9 km/h. He can also row 44 km downstream and 35 km upstream in 9 hours. How much time (in hours) will he take to row 33 km downstream and 28 km upstream?
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A.
7
B.
5
C.
6
D.
8
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ANSWER :
A. 7
4.
A car covers a distance of 90 km in 50 min. What is its speed (in m/s)?
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A.
60
B.
90
C.
108
D.
30
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ANSWER :
D. 30
5.
A tank is filled in 45 minutes by two pipes, A and B. Pipe B fills the tank twice as fast as A. How much time (in minutes) will pipe A alone take to fill the tank?
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A.
135
B.
140
C.
125
D.
115
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ANSWER :
A. 135
6.
In a circular race of 1600 m in length, Bhaskar and Vinay start with speeds of 27 km/h and 45 km/h starting at the same time from the same point. When will they meet for the first time on the track when running in the opposite directions and the same direction, respectively?
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A.
1 minute 20 seconds and 5 minutes 20 seconds
B.
1 minute 40 seconds and 5 minutes 20 seconds
C.
2 minutes 40 seconds and 5 minutes 40 seconds
D.
2 minutes 20 seconds and 4 minutes 20 seconds
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ANSWER :
A. 1 minute 20 seconds and 5 minutes 20 seconds