QA

Average, Mixture and Alligation

Exercise-1
1. Find the average of:
(i) First fifteen whole numbers.
(A) 6.5 (C) 7.5
(B) 7 (D) 8
(ii) First five composite numbers.
(A) 7.5 (C) 8.5
(B) 8 (D) None of these
(iii) First ten odd numbers.
(A) 11 (C) 17
(B) 10 (D) 9
(iv) First eight prime numbers (which are odd).
(A) 12.625 (C) 11.25
(B) 12.25 (D) None of these
2. The average of 39 numbers is 17. Each number is multiplied by 12 and then 16 is added to each
number. At last each number thus formed is divided by 11. What is the average of new set of numbers
thus formed?
(A) 19 (C) 20
(B) 39 (D) 17
3. The average monthly expenditure of Sumer was Rs. 1100 during the first three months, Rs.2200 during
the next four months and Rs.4620 during the subsequent five months of the year. If the total saving
during the year was Rs.2100, find Sumer's average monthly income.
(A) Rs. 1858 (C) Rs. 3100
(B) Rs. 3108.33 (D) None of these
4. If the average marks of three batches of 55,60 and 45 students respectively are 50, 55 and 60, then
average marks of all the students is
(A) 55 (C) 54.68
(B) 53.33 (D) 54.98
5. Consider a sequence of seven consecutive integers. The average of the first five integers is n. The average of
all the seven integers is
(A) n
(B) n + 1
(C) k × n, where k is a function of n

(D)
6. The average of 7 consecutive odd numbers if the smallest of those numbers is denoted by k:
(A) k + 4 (C) k + 6
(B) k + 7 (D) 7 k
7. The average temperature from Monday to Wednesday is 37°C while the average temperature from Tuesday to
Thursday is 34°C. The temperature of Thursday is 4/5 times to that of Monday. Find the temperature of
Thursday?
(A) 36°C (C) 37°C
(B) 33°C (D) 34°C
8. What quantity of coffee at Rs. 135/kg should be mixed with 10 kgs of coffee at Rs. 180/kg, to make a mixture
of coffee worth Rs. 150/kg?
9. Three years ago, the average age of a family of five members was 27 years. The present average age is also 27
years after the inclusion of a child into the family. Find the age of the child?
(A) 16 years (C) 24 years
(B) 12 years (D) 20 years
10. The average weight of a group of 20 boys was calculated to be 89.4 kg and it was later discovered that one
weight was misread as 78 kg instead of the correct one of 87 kg. The correct average weight is:
(A) 88.95 kg (C) 89.55 kg
(B) 89.25 kg (D) 89.85 kg

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11. The
(A) 31
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years age of 30 students of a class is 30 years. When the(C)average
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age of class teacher is also included,
the average
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these is:
12. The average of 13 results is 60. If the average of first 7 results is 59 and that of last 7 results is 61, what will
be the seventh result?
(A) 90 (C) 75
(B) 50 (D) 60
13. The average age of 12 players in the Indian Hockey team is the same as it was 18 months ago because an old
player has been replaced by a young player now. Find the difference in the age of the older and the younger
player.
(A) 21.6 (C) 18
(B) 24 (D) None of these
14. Milk and water are mixed in vessel A in the ratio 5: 2 and in vessel B in the ratio of 8: 5. In what ratio should
quantities be taken from the two vessels so as to form a mixture in which milk and water will be in the ratio of
9:4?
(A) 7 : 2 (C) 2 : 7
(B) 5 : 2 (D) 2 : 5
15. Students in a science class took a test. The average score of men is 70 and of women is 83. The class average
is 76. What is the ratio of men to women is the class?
(A) 8 : 7 (C) 7 : 6
(B) 7 : 8 (D) 6 : 7
16. Out of nine persons, eight persons spent Rs. 30 each for their meals. The ninth one spent Rs. 20 more than the
average expenditure of all the nine. The total money spent by all of them was
(A) Rs. 260 (C) Rs. 292.50
(B) Rs. 290 (D) Rs. 400.50
17. Five years ago, the average age of P, Q, R and S was 45 years. By including T in the present lot their present
average changes to 49 years. What is the present age of T?
(A) 48 years (C) 45 years
(B) 49 years (D) 40 years
18. The average marks obtained by 40 students of a class is 85. The difference between the marks obtained by the
students who got the highest marks, and the lowest marks is 108. If both these students are removed, the
average falls by 1 mark. Find the highest mark.
(A) 144 (C) 172
(B) 158 (D) Cannot be determined
19. The ratio of milk and water in mixtures of four containers are 5 : 3, 2 : 1, 3 : 2 and 7 :4, respectively.
(A) First (C) Third
(B) Second (D) Fourth
20. The concentrations of spirit in three vessels A, B and C are 45%, 30% and 25% respectively. If 4 litres from
vessel A, 5 litres from vessel B and 6 litres from vessel C are mixed, find the concentration of spirit in the
resultant solution.
(A) 25% (C) 37.5%
(B) 31.25% (D) 32%
21. The average salary of the entire staff in an office is Rs. 3200 per month. The average salary of officers is
Rs. 6800 and that of non-officers is Rs.2000. If the number of officers is 5, then find the number of non-
officers in the office?
(A) 8 (C) 15
(B) 12 (D) 5
22. The average of runs of a cricket player of 10 innings was 32. How many runs must he score in his next
innings so as to increase his average of runs by 4?
(A) 76 (C) 4
(B) 70 (D) 2
23. Fresh fruit contains 72% water and dry fruit contains 20% water. How much dry fruit can be obtained from
100 kgs of fresh fruits?
24. The average age of a group of workers is 42 years. If eight new workers of average age 36 years join the
group, the average age of the group becomes 40 years. How many workers were there in the group initially?
(A) 12 (C) 18
(B) 15 (D) 16

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25. Gold is 21 times heavy as compared to water and copper is 11 times heavy as compared to water. In what ratio
should these metals be mixed so that the mixture may be 17 times as heavy as water?
(A) 1 : 2 (C) 3 : 1
(B) 2 : 1 (D) 3 : 2
26. 400 gm of salt solution has 40% salt in it. How much salt should be added to make it 50% in the solution?
(A) 60 (C) 65
(B) 70 (D) 80
27. In what ratio should two qualities of coffee power having the rates of Rs. 47 per kg and Rs.32 per kg be mixed
in order to get a mixture that would have a rate of Rs.37 per kg?
(A) 1 : 2 (C) 1 : 3
(B) 2 : 1 (D) 3 : 1
28. The average of a batsman after 25 innings was 56 runs per innings. If after the 26 th inning his average
increased by 2 runs, then find his score in the 26th inning?
(A) 100 (C) 108
(B) 102 (D) 98
29. Bottle 1 contains a mixture of milk and water in 7: 2 ratio and Bottle 2 contains a mixture of milk and water in
9: 4 ratio. In what ratio of volumes should the liquids in Bottle 1 and Bottle 2 be combined to obtain a mixture
of milk and water in 3: 1 ratio?
(A) 27 : 14 (C) 27 : 16
(B) 27 : 13 (D) 27 : 18
30. The average expenditure of Rohan for the first five months Rs. 120 and for the next seven months is Rs.130.
His monthly average income if he saves Rs. 290 in that year, is-
(A) Rs. 160 (C) Rs. 150
(B) Rs. 170 (D) Rs. 140
31. The average score of 42 students in a test is 69. The ratio of the number of boys to that of girls is 10: 11. The
average score of the boys is 20% more than that of the girls. The average score of the boys is:
(A) 73.5 (C) 82.8
(B) 75.2 (D) 75.6
32. A and B are two alloys of gold and copper prepared by mixing metals in the ratio 5 : 3 and 5:11, respectively.
Equal quantities of these alloys are melted to form a third alloy C. The ratio of gold and copper in the alloy C
is:
(A) 25 : 33 (C) 15 : 17
(B) 33 : 25 (D) 17 : 15
33. The average age of 5 brothers is 12 years. If the age of the father is included the average age increases to 18
years. What is the age of the father?
34. A money lender lends a part of a sum of Rs 8000 @ 5% p.a. and the rest @ 7% p.a. If the total annual interest
received on the sum is Rs 450, how much did he lend @ 7% p.a.?
35. In the 75 litres of mixture of milk and water, the ratio of milk and water is 4 : 1. The quantity of water
required to make the ratio of milk and water 3:1 is:
(A) 1 litre (C) 4 litre
(B) 3 litre (D) 5 litre
36. A man buys 2 Cow for Rs. 2700 and sells one for loss of 6% and on other he gains 7.5%. Overall, he neither
gained nor lost. What does 2nd Cow cost?
(A) 1100 (C) 1200
(B) 1000 (D) 6075
37. There were 42 students in a hostel. Due to the admission of 13 new students, the expenses of the mess
increased by Rs.31 per day while the average expenditure per head diminished by Rs. 3. What was the original
expenditure of the mess?
(A) Rs. 633.23 (C) Rs. 623.3
(B) Rs. 583.3 (D) Rs. 632
38. The average age of boys in a class is 16.66, while the average age of girls is 18.75. Thus, the average age of
all the 40 students of the class is 17.5. If the difference between the no. of boys and girls is 8, then the no. of
girls in the class is:
(A) 12 (C) 18
(B) 16 (D) Data insufficient
39. In what ratio must oil at Rs. 62 per kg be mixed with oil of Rs. 72 per kg, so that the mixture must be worth
Rs. 64.50 per kg?

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(A) 1 : 3 (C) 3 : 1
(B) 1 : 2 (D) 4 : 1
40. Two liquids A and B are in the ratio 5: 1 in container 1 and 1: 3 in container 2. In what ratio should the
contents of the two containers be mixed so as to obtain a mixture of A and B in the ratio 1 : 1?
(A) 2 : 3 (C) 3 : 2
(B) 4 : 3 (D) 3 : 4
41. A mixture of a certain quantity of milk with 32 litres of water is worth Rs. 1.50 per litre. If pure milk be worth
Rs. 4.50 per litre, how much milk is there in the mixture?
(A) 18 litres (C) 16 litres
(B) 14 litres (D) 20 litres
42. In what ratio must a grocer mix two varieties of tea worth Rs. 60 per kg and Rs. 65 per kg so that by selling
the mixture at Rs. 68.20 per kg he may gain 10%?
(A) 3 : 2 (C) 3 : 5
(B) 3 : 4 (D) 4 : 5
43. A jar contains a mixture of two liquids A and B in the ratio 7: 5. When 9 L of mixture is taken out and the jar
is filled with B, the ratio of A and B is now 7:9. How many litres of liquid A was there in the jar initially?
44. A milkman mixes 20 litres of water with 80 litres of milk. After selling one-fourth of this mixture, he adds
water to replenish tire quantity what he had sold. What is the current proportion of water to milk?
(A) 2 : 3 (C) 1 : 3
(B) 1 : 2 (D) 3 : 4
45. The average of a collection of 20 measurements was calculated to be 56 cm. But later, it was found that a
mistake had occurred in one of the measurements, which was recorded as 64 cm, but should have been 61 cm.
The correct average must be?
(A) 53 cm (C) 55.85 cm
(B) 54.5 cm (D) 56.15 cm
46. How many litres of a 90% solution of concentrated acid needs to be mixed with a 75% solution of
concentrated acid to get a 30 L solution of 78% concentrated acid?
(A) 24 L (C) 6 L
(B) 22.5 L (D) 17.5 L
47. Nikita bought 30 kg of wheat at the rate of Rs. 4.75 per kg, 40 kg of wheat at the rate of Rs. 4.25 per kg and
mixed them. She sold the mixture at the rate of Rs. 4.45 per kg. Her total profit or loss in the transaction was
(A) Rs. 1 loss (C) Rs. 3.50 loss
(B) Rs. 1 profit (D) Rs. 3.50 profit
48. A shopkeeper bought one type of rice at Rs. 12 per kg and other type at Rs. 16.25 per kg. After mixing both
types of rice he fixed the cost of mixture as Rs. 14.75 per kg. If the total quantity of the rice be 85 kg Find the
quantity of first type of rice.
(A) 55 kg (C) 35 kg
(B) 30 kg (D) 40 kg
49. 100 litres of mixture contain 20% water and the rest is milk. The amount of milk that must be added so that
the resulting mixture contains 87.5% milk is:
(A) 30 litres (C) 60 litres
(B) 35 littres (D) 45 litres
50. In three vessels, each of 10 L capacity, mixture of milk and water is filled. The ratios of milk and water are
2 : 1, 3 : 1 and 3 : 2 in the respective vessels. If all the three vessels are emptied into a single large vessel, find
the ratio of milk and water in the resultant mixture.
51. In 40 L mixture of milk and water, the ratio of milk to water is 7 : 1. In order to make the ratio of milk and
water 3 : 1, the quantity of water (in litres) that should be added to the mixture will be:

(A) 6 (B) (C) (D)

52. A container contains 240 litres of wine, 80 litres are taken out of the container every day and an equal quantity
of water is put into it. Find the quantity of the wine that remains in the container at the end of the fourth day.
(A) 39.2 litres (C) 42.5 litres
(B) 32 litres (D) 47.41 litres
53. A team of 7 students with an average weight of 66 kg is combined with another team of 5 students with an
average weight of 64 kg. If 3 students with an average weight 62 kg leave the combined group, then
approximately by how much will the average of the combined team change to?
(A) Increases by 1 kg (B) Decreases by 1 kg
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(C) Increases by 2 kg (D) No change

54. A merchant has 1000 kg of sugar, part of which he sells at 8% profit and the rest at 18% profit. If he gains
14% on the whole then the quantity sold at 18% profit is:
(A) 400 kg (C) 600 kg
(B) 560 kg (D) 640 kg
55. A vessel has 500 litres of milk. 50 litres of milk are replaced with 50 litres of water in this vessel. If this
operation is repeated another 2 more time, what is the percentage of milk in the vessel at the end?
(A) 70.0 (C) 80.0
(B) 72.9 (D) 81.0
56. From a vessel containing only milk, 10 litres are drawn and replaced with water. 10 litres of the mixture are
now taken out and replaced with water again. The ratio of milk to water now is 25 : 24. How many litres of
milk was there initially?
(A) 20 litres (C) 32 litres
(B) 25 litres (D) 35 litres
57. 24 liters are drawn from a vessel full of wine, then filled with water. This operation is performed 3 times
more. The ratio of quantity of wine now left in vessel to that of water is 16: 65. How much wine did vessel
hold initially?
(A) 48 (C) 96
(B) 72 (D) 120
58. In what ratio should water be mixed with soda costing Rs.12 per litre so as to make a profit of 25% by selling
the diluted liquid at Rs.13.75 per litre?
(A) 10 : 1 (C) 1 : 11
(B) 11 : 1 (D) 12 : 1
59. Nine litres of water are drawn from a container full of water and it is then filled with milk. Nine litres of
mixture are drawn, and the container is again filled with milk. The quantity of water now left in the container
is to that of the milk in it is 16: 9. How much liquid does the container hold?
(A) 34 litres (C) 43 litres
(B) 38 litres (D) 45 litres
Exercise 2
1. The average height of 50 students of a class is 152 cm. If 10 among them whose average height is 148 cm left
the class and 10 new boys of average height 150 cm are included in the class, then what will be the new
average height of the students of the class?
2. A man buys spirit at Rs. 60 per litre, adds water to it and then sells it at Rs. 75 per litre. What is the ratio of
spirit to water if his profit in the deal is 37.5% ?
(A) 9 : 1 (C) 11 : 1
(B) 10 : 1 (D) None of these
3. The average price of 80 computers in an electronic shop is Rs. 30,000. If the highest and lowest price
computers are sold out, then the average price of the remaining 78 computers is Rs.29,500. The cost of the
highest price computer is Rs. 80,000. The cost of lowest price computer is:
(A) Rs. 19,000 (C) Rs. 29,000
(B) Rs. 20,000 (D) Can’t be determined
4. From a vessel containing 160 litres of milk, ‘x’ litres are drained out and replaced with water. Then ‘x’ litres
of milk-water solution are drained out and replaced with water. If the quantity of milk left in the vessel is 90
litres, then what is the value of ‘x’?
(A) 30 (C) 36
(B) 40 (D) 35
5. A batsman scored a certain average in 16 innings. His average increased by 5 runs when he scored a total of
300 runs in the next four innings. What is his average after the 20th inning?
6. The average of the test scores of a class of ‘m’ students is 70 and that of ‘n’ students is 91. When the scores of
both the classes are combined, the average is 80. What is m?
(A) 11/10 (C) 10/13
(B) 13/10 (D) 10/11
7. Average of a, b and c is 11; average of c, d and e is 17; average of e and f is 22 and average of e and c is 17.
Find out the average of a, b, c, d, e and f?

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(C) (D)
8. The average age of 20 women is 49. The age of the youngest woman is 32 years and that of the oldest woman
is 56. If two women with ages 45 and 50 leave the group and three women join the group, the average remains
unchanged. What is the average age of the three women who joined the group later?
(A) 32 years (C) 38 years
(B) 35 years (D) None of these
9. There are two drums, each containing a mixture of paints A and B. In drum 1, A and B are in the ratio 18: 7.
The Mixtures from drums 1 and 2 are mixed in the ratio 3: 4 and in this final mixture, A and B are in the ratio
13: 7. In drum 2, then A and B were in the ratio
(A) 220 : 149 (C) 229 : 141
(B) 251 : 163 (D) 239 : 161
10. Lalu and Babu study in the same class. The average score of the class in a Mathematics exam for which only
Babu was absent was 26 while the average score of the class in an English exam for which only Lalu was
absent was 34. If the total score of the class in Mathematics and English was 1920, then how many students
were there in the class?
(A) 34 (C) 32
(B) 33 (D) None of these
11. 8 litres are drawn from a cask full of wine and is then filled with water. This operation is performed three
more times. The ratio of the quantity of wine now left in cask to that of water is 16:65. How much wine did
the cask hold originally?
(A) 18 litres (C) 32 litres
(B) 24 litres (D) 42 litres
12. In a combined family the average age of 4 males and 7 females is 42 and 20 years respectively. If two persons
whose average age is 13 years have left the family and other three people joined the family whose respective
ages are 11,15 and 28 years, then the average age of the new family is increased by:
(A) 4 years (C) 3 years
(B) 1 year (D) None of these
13. A student finds the average of ten 2-digit numbers. While copying numbers, by mistake, he writes one number
with its digits interchanged. As a result, his answer is 1.8 less than the correct answer. The difference of the
digits of the number, in which he made mistake, is
(A) 2 (C) 4
(B) 3 (D) 6
14. Mr. Manmohan calculated the average of 10, 'three-digit numbers'. But due to mistake he reversed the digits
of a number and thus his average increased by 19.8. The difference between the unit digit and hundreds digit
of that number is:
(A) 8 (C) 2
(B) 4 (D) Can’t be determined
15. The average score of a batsman in 50 innings is 50 runs. His highest score exceeds his lowest score by 184
runs. If these two scores are excluded, his average reduces by 2 runs. What was his highest score? (Assume
that the batsman got out in each of the innings that he played.)
16. The average age of Donald, his wife and their two children are 23 years. His wife is just 4 years younger than
Donald himself and his wife was 24 years old when his daughter was born. He was 32 years old when his son
was born. The average age of Donald and his daughter is:
(A) 25 years (C) 26 years
(B) 22.5 years (D) Can’t be determined
17. The average age of husband and wife, who were married 7 years ago, was 25 years at the time of their
marriage, Now, the average age of the family, including husband, wife and a child, born during the interval, is
22 years. What is the present age of the child?
(A) 4 year (C) 3 year
(B) 2 year (D) 5 year
18. Three glasses of sizes 3L, 4L and xL contain mixture of spirit and water in the ratio 2:3, 3:7 and 4:11
respectively. All 3 glasses are poured into a single vessel. The ratio of spirit and water in resultant mixture is
14:31 then the value of x is
(A) 3 (C) 7
(B) 5 (D) 2

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19. A
(A)man
Rs. purchased
1100 a cow and a calf for Rs. 1300. He sold the calf
(C)atRs.
a profit
500 of 20% and the cow at a profit of
(B) Rs. 600 (D) Rs. 800
20. A jar contains a mixture of 175 ml water and 700 ml alcohol. Gopal takes out 10% of the mixture and
25%. In this way, his total profit was %. Find the cost price of the cow.
substitutes it by water of the same amount. The process is repeated once again. The percentage of water in the
mixture is now-
(A) 20.5 (C) 35.2
(B) 25.4 (D) 30.3
21. A container contains 71.2 L of pure milk. 20% of the milk (sol) is taken out and replaced with water. This
process is repeated 'n' number of times. Find the minimum value of 'n' for which the milk concentration
becomes less than 46.8%?
(A) 6 (C) 4
(B) 3 (D) 5
22. Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc. Bronze is an alloy containing 80% copper, 4% zinc and 16% tin. A fused
of both alloy is made to contain 74% copper, 16% zinc & 10% tin. The ratio of copper to zinc in brass is?
(A) 12 : 16 (C) 3 : 4
(B) 16 : 9 (D) 12 : 5
23. In an office the average weight of 24 employees is 60 kg, If n employees were included whose average weight
was 54 kg, then the total number of employees in the office, (given that the new average weight of all the
(24 + n) employees is a whole number):
(A) 36 (C) 34
(B) 30 (D) 25
24. Four gallons are drawn from a cask full of wine. It is then filled with water. Four gallons of mixture are again
drawn, and the cask is re-filled with water. The ratio of the quantity of wine now left in the cask to that of the
mixture in it is 36: 49. How much does the cask hold?
(A) 30 gallons (C) 35 gallons
(B) 25 gallons (D) 28 gallons
25. A man possessing Rs.6800, lent a part of it at 10% simple interest and the remaining at 7.5% simple interest.

His total income after years was Rs. 1904. Find the sum lent at 10% rates.
(A) Rs. 1260 (C) Rs. 1360
(B) Rs. 1700 (D) None of these
26. Two types of tea, A and B, are mixed and then sold at Rs. 40 per kg. The profit is 10%, if A and B are mixed
in the ratio 3:2, and it is 5%, if this ratio is 2: 3. The cost prices, per kg, of A and B are in the ratio
(A) 21 : 25 (C) 18 : 25
(B) 19 : 24 (D) 17 : 25
27. A vessel contains a mixture of 160 L of milk and 20L of water. Then 'x' L of mixture is taken out and 20L of
milk and 25 L of water are added to the remaining mixture. If the difference between the quantity of milk and
water is 100 litre, then find 'x'?
(A) 27 (C) 45
(B) 36 (D) 54
28. In two alloys, copper and zinc are present in the ratio of 5:2 and 2:3. 14kg of 1st alloy, 10 kg of 2nd alloy and
some of pure copper are melted together. An alloy was obtained in which the ratio of copper to zinc was 2:1.
Find the weight of the pure copper melted?
(A) 4 kg (C) 6 kg
(B) 5 kg (D) 10 kg
29. In what ratio must a person mix three kinds of metal costing Rs. 67/kg, Rs. 86/kg and Rs. 106/kg so that the
resultant alloy when sold at Rs. 102.3/kg results in a gain of 10%?
(A) 2 : 14 : 7 (C) 3 : 16 : 5
(B) 1 : 11 : 6 (D) 1 : 13 : 9
30. The mean of 100 items was 46. Later, it was discovered that an item 16 was misread as 61 and another item
43 was misread as 34. It was also found that the number of items was 90 and not 100. Then, what is the
correct mean?
(A) 50 (C) 52
(B) 50.7 (D) 52.7
31. A jar was full of honey. A person used to draw out 20% of the honey from the jar and replaced it with sugar
solution. He has repeated the same process 3 more times and thus there was only 512 gm of honey left in the
jar, the rest part of the jar was filled with the sugar solution. The initial amount of honey in the jar was:
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(A) 1.25 kg (C) 1.5 kg

(B) 1 kg (D) None of these
32. Three classes X, Y and Z take an algebra test.
The average score in class X is 83.
The average score in class Y is 76.
The average score in class Z is 85.
The average score of all students in classes X and Y together is 79.
The average score of all students in classes Y and Z together is 81.
What is the average of all the three classes?
(A) 81 (C) 82
(B) 81.5 (D) 84.5
33. There are 3 mixtures contain milk and water. In 1 st mixture milk is 37.5% of mixture and in 2nd mixture milk is
28.56% less than water, in 3rd mixture the ratio of milk and water is 5: 4. If 12.4 liter of 1 st mixture, 15.5 liter
of 2nd mixture and 9.3 liter of 3 rd mixture are mixed together then find the ratio of milk and water in new
mixture?
(A) 7 : 6 (C) 9 : 7
(B) 7 : 9 (D) 11 : 5
34. There are two containers: the first contains 500 ml of alcohol, while the second contains 500 ml of water.
Three Cups of alcohol from the first container is taken out and is mixed well in the second container. Then
three cups of this mixture are taken out and is mixed in the first container. Let A denote the proportion of
water in the first container and B denote the proportion of alcohol in the second container. Then
(A) A > B (C) A = B
(B) A < B (D) Cannot be determined
35. A milkman pays Rs. 6.4 per litre of milk. He added water and sells the mixture at Rs. 8 per litre and making
37.5% profit. Find the ratio of the water to that of milk received by customers?
(A) 10 : 1 (C) 11 : 1
(B) 1 : 10 (D) 10 : 7
36. A 20% ethanol solution is mixed with another ethanol solution, say, S of unknown concentration in the
proportion 1 : 3 by volume. This mixture is then mixed with an equal volume of 20% ethanol solution. If the
resultant mixture is a 31.25% ethanol solution, then the known concentration of S is
(A) 50% (C) 55%
(B) 48% (D) 52%
37. A vessel contains 2.5 litres of water and 10 litres of milk. 20% of the contents of the vessel are removed. To
the remaining contents, a certain quantity of water is added to reverse the ratio of water and milk. A certain
quantity of milk is added again to reverse the ratio of water and milk. Find the quantity of milk added (in
litres).
(A) 100 (C) 120
(B) 110 (D) 130
38. Consider three mixtures-the first having water and liquids A in the ratio 1:2, the second having water and
liquid B in the ratio 1:3, and the third having water and liquid C in the ratio 1:4. These three mixtures of A, B
and C, respectively, are further mixed in the proportion 4: 3: 2. Then the resulting mixture has
(A) The same amount of water and liquid B (C) More water than liquid B
(B) The same amount of liquids B and C (D) More water than liquid A
39. The strength of a salt solution is p% if 100 ml of the solution contains p grams of salt. If three salt solutions A,
B, C are mixed in the proportion 1:2:3, then the resulting solution has strength 20%. If instead the proportion
is 3: 2 :1, then the resulting solution has strength 30%. A fourth solution, D, is produced by mixing B and C in
the ratio 2 :7. The ratio of the strength of D to that of A is
(A) 1 : 3 (C) 2 : 5
(B) 3 : 10 (D) 1 : 4
40. Two vessels contain a mixture of spirit and water. In the first vessel, the ratio of spirit to water is 8:3 and in
the second vessel the ratio is 5:1. A 35 litres cask is filled from these vessels so as to contain a mixture of
spirit and water in the ratio of 4:1. How many litres are taken from the first vessel?
(A) 11 litres (C) 16.5 litres
(B) 22 litres (D) 17.5 litres
41. The average age of a couple was 25 years at the time of marriage. The average age of the family just after the
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years. The average age of the family after the third and the fourth children (who are twins) were born was 12
years. If the present average age of the family of six persons is 16 years, how old is the eldest child?
(A) 6 years (C) 8 years
(B) 7 years (D) 9 years
42. A jar full of whisky contains 40% alcohol. A part of this whisky is replaced by another containing 19%
alcohol and now the percentage of alcohol was found to be 26%. Find the quantity of whisky replaced.
43. Two vessels contain equal quantities of 40% alcohol. Anil changed the concentration of the first vessels to
50% by adding extra quantity of pure alcohol. Balu changed the concentration of the second vessels to 50%
by replacing a certain quantity of the solution with pure alcohol. By what percentage is the quantity of alcohol
added by Anil more than that replaced by Balu?
(A) 20% (C) 40%
(B) 25% (D) Cannot be determined
44. The average runs scored by a cricketer in 42 innings is 30. The difference between his maximum and
minimum scores in an innings is 100. If these two innings are not taken into consideration, then the average
score of remaining 40 innings is 28. Calculate the maximum runs scored by him in an innings?
(A) 125 (C) 110
(B) 120 (D) 100
45. On an average 300 people watch the movie in Sahu Cinema Hall on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and
the average number of visitors on Thursday and Friday is 250. If the average number of visitors per day in the
week be 400, then the average number of people who watch the movie in weekends (i.e., on Saturday and
Sunday) is:
(A) 500 (C) 700
(B) 600 (D) None of these
46. The average of five distinct integers is 110 and the smallest number among them is 100. The maximum
possible value of the largest integer is
47. An alloy P has copper and zinc in the proportion of 5:2 (by weight), while another alloy Q has the same
metals in the proportion of 3:4 (by weight). If these two alloys are mixed in the proportion of a : b (by
weight), a new alloy R is formed, which has equal contents of copper and zinc. Then, the proportions of
copper and zinc in the alloy S, formed by mixing the two alloys P and Q in the proportion of b:a (by weight) is
(A) 7 : 9 (C) 9 : 5
(B) 9 : 7 (D) 5 : 9
48. In class consisting of 30 students, each student registered for 5 courses and each course instructor conducts an
exam of 200 marks for every student. Average percentage marks of the students across the registered course is
80%. However, 2 students apply for revaluation and marks of none of them are reduced and the average
percentage marks of all the students become 80.02% after revaluation. Then, the maximum possible increase
in the marks of any of those two students is:
49. A Container contains 'X' litres of Milk. A thief stole 50 litres of Milk and replaced it with the same quantity of
water. He repeated the same process further two times. And thus, Milk in the container is only 'X-122' litres.
Then what is the quantity of water in the final mixture?
(A) 122 Litre (C) 128 Litre
(B) 124 Litre (D) 250 Litre
50. The average age of a group of 9 friends is 22 years. Parth is the youngest and his age is 6 years, then what
happened to be the average age of the family just before Parth was born?
(A) 18 (C) 20
(B) 7 (D) 24
51. Average stipend of summer internship of an institute is Rs. 20000 per month. Recently the institute announced
increment of Rs. 2000 per month for all the students. The new average stipend of students will now be?
(A) 22000 (C) 24000
(B) 23000 (D) 25000
52. The average presence of employees of a company for yoga sessions in an office on Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday is thirty-two and, on the Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday is thirty. If the average
number of employees on all the six days is twenty-six, then the number of employees who attended the
sessions on Wednesday is?
(A) 38 (C) 60
(B) 40 (D) 64
53. The average spending of Lata for the Part of week from Monday to Saturday is Rs. 4200. She spent Rs. 1200
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(A) 4100 (C) 4250

(B) 4200 (D) 4300
54. A variety of 24 kg rice whose rate is Rs. 43/kg is mixed with 39 kg of another variety of rice & this mixture is
sold at Rs. 36/kg & gained 20%. Find the avg. cost price of 2nd variety of rice.
(A) Rs. 22/kg (C) Rs. 18/kg
(B) Rs. 26/kg (D) None of these
55. Two solutions A & B have spirit and water in the ratio 3:5 and 6 :7. They were mixed to form solution C in
which ratio of spirit to water is 5: 8. Find in which ratio A & B were mixed
(A) 8 : 1 (C) 9 : 2
(B) 1 : 8 (D) None of these
56. The average marks of a student in ten papers are 80. If the highest and the lowest scores are not considered,
the average is 81. If his highest score is 92, find the lowest.
(A) 55 (C) 62
(B) 60 (D) Can’t be determined
57. Ten years ago, the ages of the members of a joint family of eight people added up to 231 years. Three years
later, one member died at the age of 60 years and a child was born during the same year. After another three
years, one more member died, again at 60, and a child was born during the same year. The current average age
of this eight members joint family is nearest to
(A) 24 years (C) 22 years
(B) 23 years (D) None of these
58. On 1st January, 2000 the average age of a family of 6 people was 'A' years. After 5 years a child was born in
the family and one year after that the average age was again found to be 'A' years. What is the value of 'A'?
(Assume that there are no other deaths and births]
(A) 25 (C) 37
(B) 35 (D) 39
59. In a cricket team of 11 players, the average age is 28 years. Out of these, the average ages of three groups of
three players each are 25 years, 28 years and 30 years respectively. If in these groups, the captain and the
youngest player are not included and the captain is eleven years older than the younger player, then the age of
the captain is-
(A) 33 years (C) 35 years
(B) 34 years (D) 36 years
60. A mixture of alcohol and water contains 35% alcohol by weight. If 25 g water is added to such a mixture of
100 g, then the percentage of alcohol in the mixture is
(A) 25%
(B) 28%
(C) 30%
(D) 32%
Time and Work
Exercise 1
1. Anil can complete a job in 12 days while Sunil can do it in 18 days. Find number of days required if both
work together?
2. Ram does 40% more work than Shiv. If Shiv can do it in 14 days, then in how many days Ram can do the
same work?
3. Raghu, Ram and Rahim can finish a project in 22, 33 and 44 days respectively. How soon can they finish the
project if they work jointly?

(A) days (B) 12 days (C) 15 days (D) None of these

4. A company has a job to prepare certain number of cars and there are three machines A, B and C for this job. A
can complete the job in 3 days, B can complete the job in 4 days, and C can complete the job in 6 days. How
many days will the company take to complete the job if all the machines are used simultaneously?
(A) 4 days (C) 3 days
(B) 4/3 days (D) 12 days
5. A and B can do a piece of work in 24 days, B and C can do it in 18 days and A and C in 12 days. Working
together they will finish the work in nearly
(A) 9 days (C) 11 days
(B) 10 days (D) 8 days
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6. Manoj
(A) 6 days
takes twice as much time as Ajay and thrice as much as (C) Vijay
2 days
to finish a piece of work. Together they
finish
(B) 3 days
the work in 1 day. What is the time taken by Manoj to finish
(D) the
Nonework?
of these
7. A can do a piece of work in 10 days and B can do the same work in 20 days. With the help of C, they finish
the work in 5 days. How long will it take for C alone to finish the work?
(A) 20 days (C) 35 days
(B) 10 days (D) 15 days
8. A does half as much work as B in three fourth of the time. If together they take 18 days to complete a work,
how much time shall B take to do it alone?
(A) 30 days (C) 40 days
(B) 35 days (D) 45 days
9. X is 4 times more efficient as Y, then the number of days taken by X and Y are in the ratio:
(A) 8 : 1 (C) 6 : 8
(B) 1 : 5 (D) 5 : 1
10. A works 4 times as fast as B. If B completes a job in 60 days, then in how many days can A and B together
complete the same job?
(A) 24 (C) 18
(B) 12 (D) 15
11. A is three times as efficient as B and finish the task 32 days ahead of B. Find the number of days required to
finish the task if both are working simultaneously.
(A) 11 days (C) 13 days
(B) 12 days (D) 14 days
12. P can complete a job in 60 days. Q is 25% less efficient than P. Find the time in which Q can complete it (in
days).
(A) 75 (C) 90
(B) 80 (D) 45
13. A cistern can be filled in 9 hr but it takes 10 hr due to a leak. In how much time will the leak empty the full
cistern?
(A) 60 hr (C) 80 hr (E) 100 hr
(B) 70 hr (D) 90 hr
14. If 10 masons working 7 h daily can build 28 pumps in 16 days, how many days will 12 masons working 6 h
daily take to build 36 pumps?
15. Working alone A would take 8 hours more to complete the job than if both A and B worked together. If B

worked alone, he would take hours more to complete the job than if he worked with A. How long will it
take if they work together?
16. If 4 men or 6 women can do a piece of work in 24 days, then how many men should join 3 women to
complete the work in 16 days?
(A) 6 (C) 4
(B) 5 (D) 2
17. 4 men or 6 women or 10 children can paint a house in 5 days. The painting is given to a couple and their 5
children. They finish the job in:

(A) days (C) days

(B) days (D) days

18. If 26 horses or 20 bullocks eat up the fodder in store in 170 days, in what time will 10 horses and 8 bullocks
finish the same quantity of fodder?
(A) 212.67 days (C) 212 days
(B) 162.33 days (D) 216.67 days
19. A certain number of persons can complete a piece of work in 55 days. If there were 56 persons more, the work
could be finished in 11 days less. How many persons were originally there?
(A) 170 (C) 330
(B) 224 (D) 220
20. 4 men and 3 women finish a job in 6 days and 5 men and 7 women can do the same job in 4 days. How long
will 1 man and 1 woman take to do the work?
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(A) days (C) days

(B) days (D) days

21. A boy is trying to cover 100 m up a ramp. He takes a jump forward and covers 2 m, but every time he jumps
forward, he also slips backwards by 1 m. How many jumps would be required to cover the distance?
(A) 99 (C) 98
(B) 100 (D) None of these
22. Trisha, Mahak and Princy can do a piece of work, working together, in 1 day. Trisha is thrice efficient as
Mahak and Mahak takes the twice the number of days as Princy takes to do it alone. What is the difference
between the number of days taken by Trisha and Princy?
(A) 1 (C) 3
(B) 2 (D) 4
23. When they work alone, B needs 25% more time to finish a job than A does. They two finish the job in 13 days
in the following manner. A works alone till half the job is done, then A and B work together for four days, and
finally, B works alone to complete the remaining 5% of the job. In how many days can B alone finish the
entire job?
(A) 16 (C) 20
(B) 18 (D) 22
24. A contract is to be completed in 50 days and 105 men were set to work, each working 8 hours a day. After 25
days 2/5th of the work is finished. How many additional men be employed so that the work may be completed
on time, each man now working 9 hours a day?
(A) 34 (C) 35
(B) 36 (D) 37
25. Some carpenters promised to do a job in 9 days but 5 of them were absent and remaining men did the job in
12 days. The original number of carpenters was:
(A) 24 (C) 16
(B) 20 (D) 18
26. The ratio of the times taken by A, B and C to complete a job is 3:4:6. Find the ratio of the work they can
complete in an hour.
(A) 6 : 4 : 3 (C) 2 : 3 : 4
(B) 4 : 3 : 2 (D) 3 : 4 : 6
27. Two pipes A and B can fill a cistern in 15 hrs and 10 hrs respectively. Tap C can empty the full cistern in 30
hrs. All the three taps were open for 2 hrs, when it was observed that emptying tap had been left open. It was
then closed. How many hours more would it take for the cistern to be filled?
(A) 8 h 30 min (C) 4 h 24 min
(B) 1.2 h (D) 5 h 35 min
28. There is a group of persons each of whom can complete a piece of work in 16 days, when they are working
individually. On the first day one person works on the second day another person joins him, on the third day
one more person joins them, and this process continues till the work is completed. In how many days would
the work get completed?

(A) (C)

(B) (D)
29. Rakesh can do a job an hour quicker than Prakash. Working together, Rakesh, Prakash and Ashok can finish
the same job in an hour. Also, if Prakash works for an hour, and then Ashok works for four hours, the job will
be completed. How many hours would Ashok take to complete the job alone?
(A) 3 (C) 2.5
(B) 4 (D) 6
30. Rajesh can check the quality of 1000 items in 5 hours and Rakesh can complete the 75% of same job in 3
hours. How much time is required for both of them to check 1300 items, if Rakesh stops checking after 2
hours?
(A) 1 hour (B) 3 hour

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(C) 2 hour (D) 4 hour

31. A and B together can do a piece of work in 16 days. B and C together can do the same work in 32 days. After
A worked for 4 days, B for 12 days, C takes up the work and finishes it alone in 48 days. In how many days
will C complete the work?
32. Pipes X and Y can fill a tank in 30 minutes and 60 minutes respectively. Both pipes are opened
simultaneously. After how much time should X be closed so that the tank is filled in 30 minutes?
33. A cistern can be filled by two pipes A and B in 20 and 30 minutes respectively. Both the pipes are opened
when the cistern is empty. But after some time, A is stopped, and the cistern is filled in 8 minutes more.
Hence A was stopped after

(A) minutes (C) minutes

(D) 6 minutes
(B) minutes
34. A and B can complete a piece of work in 12 days and 24 days respectively. After A had worked for 6 days, B
joined him, and then they completed the work. How much should A receive as his share from the total amount
of Rs. 180 paid for completing the work?
(A) Rs. 120 (C) Rs. 100
(B) Rs. 135 (D) Rs. 150
35. A, B and C are employed to do a piece job for Rs. 529. A and B together are supposed to do 19/23 of the
work. C should be paid
(A) Rs. 115 (C) Rs. 200
(B) Rs. 92 (D) Rs. 250
36. Amal can compete a job in 10 days and Bimal can complete it in 8 days. Amal, Bimal and Kamal together
Complete the job in 4 days and are paid a total amount of Rs. 1000 as remuneration. If this amount is shared
by them in proportion to their work, then Kamal's share, in rupees, is
(A) 100 (C) 300
(B) 200 (D) 400
37. A and B undertake to do a piece of work for Rs.1000. A can do it in ten days and B can do it in twenty days.
With the help of C, they finish it in five days. How much should C be paid for his contribution?
(A) Rs. 400 (C) Rs. 150
(B) Rs. 250 (D) Rs. 350
38. Aman can do as much work in 12 days as Balbir can do in 24 days and Balbir can do as much in 4 days as
Dilbir in 5 days. A piece of work takes 10 days if all work together. How long would Balbir take to do all the
work by himself?
(A) 38 days (C) 36 days
(B) 24 days (D) 40 days
39. A can do a piece of work in 10 days, B in 15 days. They work together for 5 days, the rest of the work is
finished by C in two more days. If they get Rs. 3000 as wages for the whole work, what are the daily wages of
A, B and C respectively (in Rs.]:
(A) 200, 250, 300 (C) 200, 300, 400
(B) 300, 200, 250 (D) None of these
40. Wages for 30 women amount to Rs. 60,000 in 36 days. If a man earns double of what a woman earns, then
how many men must join 15 women to complete the work in 24 days? How much more is earned by the men
than by the women?
(A) 10 men, Rs. 15,000 (C) 15 men, Rs. 30,000
(B) 15 men, Rs. 20,000 (D) 10 men, Rs. 30,000
41. Humans and robots can both perform a job but at different efficiencies. Fifteen humans and five robots
working together take thirty days to finish the job, whereas five humans and fifteen robots working together
take sixty days to finish it. How many days will fifteen humans working together (without any robot] take to
finish it?
(A) 45 (C) 40
(B) 32 (D) 36
42. In a fort there was sufficient food for 200 soldiers for 31 days. After 27 days 120 soldiers left the fort. For
how many extra days will the rest of the food last for the remaining soldiers?
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(C) 8 days (D) 6 days

43. Gautham and Karan can complete a job in 4 hours and 12 hours respectively. If they work alternatively for
one hour each, with Gautham starting the job when will the job be completed? (in hours)
44. A contractor undertakes to make a road in 72 days and employs 24 men. After 48 days, he finds that only half
of the road is made. How many extra men should he now employ to complete the road in time?
(A) 36 men (C) 21 men
(B) 24 men (D) None of these
45. There is a leak in the bottom of the tank. This leak can empty a full tank in 8 hours. When the tank is full, a
tap is opened into the tank which admits 6 litres per hour and the tank is now emptied in 12 hours. What is the
capacity of the tank?
(A) 28.8 litres (C) 144 litres
(B) 36 litres (D) Cannot be determined
46. If 33 untrained laborers can do a work in 15 days of 12 hr each, how many trained laborers can do 50% more
work in 11 days of 9 hr each? (It may be assumed that 2 trained laborers do the same amount of work done by
5 untrained laborers in the same time.)
(A) 42 (C) 90
(B) 36 (D) 64
47. It takes six technicians a total of 10 hr to build a new server from Direct Computer, with each working at the
same rate, if six technicians start to build the server at 11 am, and one technician per hour is added beginning
at 5 pm, at what time will the server be completed?
(A) 6 : 30 pm (C) 7 : 20 pm
(B) 7 pm (D) 8 pm
48. A can do a job in 20 days, B in 40 days and C in 60 days. Starting from the 6th day, if A is helped on every
6th day by B and C, then in how many days will the job be finished?
(A) 6 days (C) 11 days
(B) 10 days (D) None of these
49. A tank has an inlet pipe and an outlet pipe. If the outlet pipe is closed, then the inlet pipe fills the empty tank
in 8 hours. If the outlet pipe is opened, then the inlet pipe fills empty tank in 10 hours. If only the outlet pipe is
opened, then in how many hours the full tank becomes half-full?
(A) 20 (C) 40
(B) 30 (D) 45
50. Three taps P, Q and R can fill a tank in 8, 10 and 12 hours respectively. Tap P is opened at 8:00 a.m. tap Q at
10:00 a.m. and tap R at 11:00 a.m. At what time would the tank be full?
(A) 12 : 12 p.m. (C) 12 : 42 p.m.
(B) 12 : 25 p.m. (D) 12 : 58 p.m.
51. Two taps A and B can fill a tank in 10 minutes and 15 minutes respectively. In what time will the tank be full
if tap B was opened 3 minutes after tap A was opened?
(A) 6 minutes 12 seconds (C) 8 minutes 12 seconds
(B) 7 minutes 12 seconds (D) 9 minutes 12 seconds
52. Three machines, A, B and C can be used to produce a product. Machine A will take 60 hours to produce a
million units. Machine B is twice as fast as Machine A. Machine C will take the same amount of time to
produce a million as A and B running together. How much time will be required to produce a million units if
all the three machines are used simultaneously?
(A) 12 hours (C) 8 hours
(B) 10 hours (D) 6 hours
53. Two taps A and B fill a tank separately in 24 minutes and 40 minutes respectively and a waste pipe C releases
30 liters per minute. If all the pipes are opened the tank is filled in an hour. The capacity of the tank is
(A) 750 liters (C) 800 liters
(B) 900 liters (D) 600 liters
54. Alord got an order from a garment manufacture for 480 Denim Shirts. He brought 12 sewing machines and
appointed some expert tailors to do the job. However, many didn't report to duty. As a result, each of those
who did, had to stitch 32 more shirts than originally planned by Alord, with equal distribution of work. HOW
many tailors had been appointed earlier and how many had not reported for work?
(A) 12, 4 (C) 10, 4
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55. Two pipes A and B can fill an empty tank in 8 hours and 12 hours respectively, If the pipes are opened
alternately every hour, the tank will be full earlier if
(A) A is opened first
(B) B is opened first
(C) It will take same time no mater which pipe is opened first
(D) None of these
56. Pipe A can fill a tank in 40 minutes. Pipe B can fill the same tank in 20 minutes. A leak at the bottom of the
tank can empty the tank in 120 minutes. If both the pipes are opened together and water gets drained through
the leak at the bottom, how long will it take the empty tank to overflow?
Exercise 2
1. A, B and C individually can finish a work in 6, 8 and 15 hours respectively. They started the work together
and after completing the work got Rs. 94.60 in all. When they divide the money among themselves, A, B and
C will respectively get (in Rs.)
(A) 44, 33, 17.60 (C) 45,30,19.60
(B) 43,27,20 (D) 42,28,24.60
2. A can complete a work in 10 days, B can complete the same work in 20 days and C in 40 days. A starts
working on the first day, B works for second day and C works for third day. Again, A works for fourth day
and B for fifth day and so on. If they continued working in the same way, in how many days will the work be
completed?
(A) 15 days (C) 15.5 days
(B) 16.5 days (D) 17 days
3. A and B undertook a work for Rs. 350. A got Rs. 150 more than that of B, when they worked together. B
takes 9 days more than A, when they work individually. In how many days A and B working together can do
the whole work:

(A) 5 (B) (C) (D)

4. One man can do as much work in one day as a woman can do in 2 days. A child does one third the work in a
day as a woman. If an estate-owner hires 39 pairs of hands - men, women and children in the ratio 6: 5: 2 and
pays them in all Rs. 1, 113 at the end of the day’s work, what must the daily wages of a child be, if the wages
are proportional to the amount of work done?
(A) Rs. 14 (C) Rs. 20
(B) Rs. 5 (D) Rs. 7
5. A can complete a work in 10 days, B in 12 days and C in 15 days, all of them began the work together, but A
had to leave the work after 2 days of the start and B also left 3 days before the completion of the work. How
long did the work last?
(A) 7 days (C) 10 days
(B) 8 days (D) 12 days
6. A and B can do a piece of work in 20 days, B and C in 24 days, and C and A in 15 days. If A works for 4
days, B for 8 days, and C for 8 days, then the fraction of the work completed by them is
(A) 21/60 (C) 29/60
(B) 43/60 (D) 41/60
7. A contractor agreed to finish a piece of work in 150 days. He employed 75 men and made them work for
8 hours per day. However, after 90 days, he realized that only 2/7 th of the work was completed. How many
more men would he need to employ to complete the work on time if he intended to make everybody work for
10 hours per day henceforth?
8. Pipe X can fill a tank in 12 hours and pipe Y can empty the tank in 18 hours. Both pipes are opened at 8 am
and after some time Y is closed, and the tank is full at 10 pm on the same days. At what time was pipe Y
closed?
(A) 1 pm (C) 10 am
(B) 10 pm (D) 12 noon
9. Two workers A and B working together completed a job in 5 days. If A worked twice as efficiently as he
actually did and B worked one-third as efficiently as he actually did, the work would have completed in 3
days. Find the time taken by A to complete the job alone?

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(C) days (D) days

10. Pipe A can fill an empty tank in 30 hours while B can fill it in 45 hours. Pipe A and B are opened and closed
alternatively i.e., first pipe A is opened, then B, again A and then B and so on for 1 hour each time without
any time lapse. In how many hours the tank will be filled when it was empty, initially?
(A) 36 (C) 48
(B) 54 (D) 60
11. The work done by a man, woman and a child are in the ratio 3: 2:1. If daily wages of 20 men, 30 women and
36 children amount to Rs. 78, what will be the wages of 15 men, 21 women and 30 children for 18 weeks?
(A) Rs. 8645 (C) Rs. 9000
(B) Rs. 7532 (D) Rs. 7371
12. Two typists undertake to do a job. The second typist begins working one hour after the first. Three hours after
the first typist has begun working, there is still 9/20of the work to be done. When the assignment is
completed, it turns out that each typist has done half the work. How many hours would it take each one to do
the whole job individually?
(A) 12 hr and 8 hr (C) 10 hr and 8 hr
(B) 8 hr and 5 6 hr (D) 5 hr and 4 hr
13. A group of men decided to do a job in 4 days. But since 20 men dropped out every day, the job completed at
the end of the 7th day. How many men were there at the beginning?
(A) 240 (C) 280
(B) 140 (D) 150
14. A tank is connected with four pipes A, B, C and D of which two are filling the tank and other two are
emptying it. The time taken by A, B, C and D to finish their jobs are 10 hours, 15 hours, 20 hours and 30
hours respectively. All four pipes are opened. When the tank was empty, it took 12 hours to fill it completely.
Which two are the outlet pipes?
(A) A and B (C) A and C
(B) C and D (D) B and D
15. Anushka and Anirudh working together can complete a piece of work in 20 days. They started the work
together, but Anushka left after x days and Anirudh finished the remaining work in the next x/2 days. Had
Anushka left after 3x/4 days, Anirudh would have taken x days to finish the remaining work, Find the ratio of
the efficiency of Anushka to that of Anirudh.
(A) 2 : 3 (C) 2 : 1
(B) 3 : 2 (D) 1 : 1
16. Three men and two women can do a piece of work in 4 days, while two men and three women can do the
same work in 5 days. Rs. 44 is given to a woman for her contribution towards work, per day. What is the
amount received by a man per day?
(A) Rs. 88 (C) Rs. 154
(B) Rs. 144 (D) Can’t be determined
17. 40 men can complete a work in 40 days. They started the work together. But at the end of each 10th day, 5
men left the job. The work would have been completed in

(A) days (B) days (C) 52 days (D) 50 days

18. A can built up a structure in 8 days and B can break it in 3 days. A has worked for 4 days and then B joined to
work with A for another 2 days only. In how many days will A alone built up the remaining part of the
structure?
(A) 10 days (C) 12 days
(B) 9 days (D) None of these
19. A group of men decided to do a job in 8 days. But since 10 men dropped out every day, the job got completed
at the end of the 12th day. How many men were there at the beginning?
(A) 165 (C) 80
(B) 175 (D) 90
20. A, B and C three weavers have to supply an order of 100 shawls. A can weave a shawl in 2 hours, B in 3
hours and C in 4 hours respectively. It is known that even being a joint contract each one weaves his own
shawl completely i.e., no other weaver help to the rest weavers. In how many hours they will complete the
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(A) 93 hours (B) 100 hours (C) hours (D) 9 hours

21. Heena can do a work in 20 days, while Himani can do the same work in 25 days. They started the work
jointly. Few days later Mayuri also joined them and thus all of them completed the whole work in 10 days. All
of them were paid total Rs.700. What is the share of Mayuri?
(A) Rs. 130 (C) Rs. 70
(B) Rs. 185 (D) Rs. 80
22. There are three inlet pipes whose diameters are 1m, 2 m and 3 m respectively. If the rate of flow is directly
proportional to the square of the diameter, find the time taken to fill an empty tank when all the three pipes are
opened, given that the smallest pipe takes 9 min to fill the tank.
23. Ramesh and Ganesh can together complete a work in 16 days. After seven days of working together Ramesh
got sick and his efficiency fell by 30%. As a result, they completed the work in 17 days instead of 16 days. If
Ganesh had worked alone after Ramesh got sick, in how many days would he have completed the remaining
work?
(A) 12 (C) 14.5
(B) 13.5 (D) 11
24. A completes 1/3 of a certain job in 2 days. B can complete 1/2 of the same job in 2.5 days and C can complete
3/4 of the work in 3 days. All of them work together for day and then A and C quit. How long will it take for
B to complete the remaining work alone
(A) 27/12 days (C) 15/12 days
(B) 33/12 days (D) 23/12 days
25. If 15 men or 24 women or 36 boys can do a work in 12 days working 8 hr a day, how many men must be

associated with 12 women and 6 boys to do another work, times as great in 30 days working 6 hr per day?
(A) 10 (C) 8
(B) 15 (D) 12
26. A water tank has inlets of two types A and B. All inlets of type A when open, bring in water at the same rate.
All inlets of type B, when open, bring in water at the same rate. The empty tank is completely filled in 30
minutes if 10 inlets of type A and 45 inlets of type B are open, and in 1 hour if 8 inlets of type A and 18 inlets
of type B are open. In how many minutes will the empty tank get completely filled if 7 inlets of type A and 27
inlets of type B are open?
27. A contractor undertook a work to complete in 60 days. But just after 20 days he observed that only 1/5th of
the project work had been completed. To complete the work in time (i.e., in rest days) minimum how many
workers he had to increase, if there were initially 75 workers were deployed for the task?
(A) 25 (C) 75
(B) 50 (D) Can’t be determined
28. Two taps can normally fill a cylindrical tank in 16 hours. But a leak which can empty the tank in 24 hours is
present at 3th/4 of the tank's height from the base. Find the time taken to fill the tank if the taps are opened
simultaneously (in hours)
29. A water tank has three taps A, B and C. A fills four buckets in 24 minutes, B fills 8 buckets in 1 hour and C
Fills 2 buckets in 20 minutes. If all the taps are opened together a full tank is emptied in 2 hours. If a bucket
can hold 5 litres of water, what is the capacity of the tank?
(A) 120 litres (C) 180 litres
(B) 240 litres (D) 60 litres
30. A tank is connected with 8 pipes. Some of them are inlet pipes and rest work as outlet pipes. Each of the inlet
pipe can fill the tank in 8 hours, individually, while each of those that empty the tank i.e., outlet pipe, can
empty it in 6 hours individually. If all the pipes are kept open when the tank is full, it will take exactly 6 hours
for the tank to empty. How many of these are inlet pipes?
(A) 2 (C) 5
(B) 4 (D) 6
31. Three small pumps and a large pump are filling a tank. Each of the three small pump works 2/3 the rate of the
large pump. If all four pumps work at the same time, they should fill the tank in what fraction of the time that
it would have taken the large pump alone?
(A) 4/7 (C) 2/3
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32. An inlet pipe is filling a tank of capacity 2,000 L. The outlet is discharging water at the rate of 30 L per
minute. If both the inlet and the outlet are opened, the tank gets filled in 40 min. How much time would the
inlet take to fill the empty tank?
33. A tank is fitted with pipes, some filling it and the rest draining it. All filing pipes fill at the same rate, and all
draining pipes drain at the same rate. The empty tank gets completely filled in 6 hours when 6 filling and 5
draining pipes are on, but this time becomes 60 hours when 5 filling and 6 draining pipes are on. In how many
hours will the empty tank get completely filled when one draining and two filling pipes are on?
34. Pipe A can fill a tank in 20 minutes and Pipe B can fill the same tank in 30 minutes. Pipe C which is at the
bottom of the tank can drain the tank at the rate of 34 litres/minute. If all 3 pipes are kept open when the tank
is full, the tank gets emptied in one and a half hours: What is the capacity of the tank?
(A) 180 litres (C) 360 litres
(B) 520 litres (D) None of these
35. A tank is emptied every day at a fixed time point. Immediately thereafter, either pump A or pump B or both
start Working until the tank is full. On Monday, A alone completed filling the tank at 8 pm. On Tuesday, B
alone completed filling the tank at 6 pm. On Wednesday, A alone worked till 5 pm, and then B worked alone
from 5 Pm to 7 pm, to fill the tank. At what time was the tank filled on Thursday if both pumps were used
Simultaneously all along?
(A) 4 : 48 pm (C) 4 : 36 pm
(B) 4 : 24 pm (D) 4 : 12 pm
36. It takes 40 days for 40 cows to graze a park, and 60 days for 30 cows to do the same, how many days will it
take 20 cows to graze the park, given that the grass is also growing everyday at the same rate?
(A) 240 days (C) 200 days
(B) 120 days (D) None of these
37. A group of workers was put on a job. From the second day onwards, one worker was withdrawn each day.
The job was finished when the last worker was withdrawn. Had no worker been withdrawn at any stage, the
group would have finished the job in two-third the time. How many workers were there in the group?
(A) 2 (C) 5
(B) 3 (D) 11
38. A can complete a piece of work in 4 days. B takes double the time taken by A, C takes double that of B, and D
takes double that of C to complete the same task. They are paired in groups of two each. One pair takes two-
thirds the time needed by the second pair to complete the work. Which is the first pair?
(A) A and B (C) B and C
(B) A and C (D) A and D
39. Pipe A fills a tank of 700 litres capacity at the rate of 40 litres a minute. Pipe B fills the same tank at the rate
of 30 litres a minute. Pipe C at the bottom of the tank drains the tank at the rate of 20 litres a minute. If pipe A
is kept open for a minute and then closed and pipe B is kept open for a minute and then closed and then pipe C
is kept open for a minute and then closed and the cycle is repeated, then in how many minutes will the empty
tank overflow?
40. A monkey wanted to climb on the smooth vertical pole of height 35 metre. In the first one minute he climbs
up 5 metres, in the next one minute he slips down by 2 metres. Further he repeated the same process till he has
reached on the top of the pole. How many times it has to go upward to reach the apex of the pole?
(A) 35 (C) 11
(B) 12 (D) Can’t say
41. A tank is filled by three pipes with uniform flow. The first two pipes operating simultaneously fill the tank in
the same time during which the tank is filled by the third pipe alone. The second pipe fills the tank 5 hrs faster
than the first pipe and 4 hrs slower than the third pipe. The time required by the first pipe is:
(A) 6 hrs. (C) 15 hrs.
(B) 10 hrs. (D) 30 hrs.
42. A can do a job in 3 days less time than B. A works at it alone for 4 days and then B takes over and completes
it. If altogether 14 days were required to finish the job, then in how many days would each of them take alone
to finish it?
43. Raghav and Surya, two workers complete a job in 10 days working together. Had the Raghav worked twice as
fast and Surya half as fast, it would have taken them 8 days to complete the job. In how many days will the
Surya working alone, complete the entire job?
(A) 10 days (C) 30 days
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44. There are two taps T1 and T2, at the bottom of the water tank either or both of which may be opened to empty
the water tank, each at a constant rate. If T 1 is opened keeping T2 closed, the water tank (initially fully)
becomes empty in half an hour. If both T 1 and T2 are kept open, the water tank (initially full) becomes empty
in 20 minutes. Then the time (in minutes) it takes for the water tank (initially full) to become empty if T 2 is
open while T1 is closed is:
45. Fruits were purchased for Rs 350.9 boys ate 3/5th of them in 2 hours. 6 boys feel their stomach as full so do
not eat further. In how many hours the remaining fruits will get finished by remaining boys?
(A) 2 hours (C) 5 hours
(B) 3 hours (D) 4 hours
46. Two pipes P and Q can fill a tank in 20 hrs and 25 hrs respectively while a third pipe R can empty the tank in
30 hrs. If all the pipes are opened together for 10 hrs and then pipe R is closed then in what time the tank can
be filled.
(A) 400/23 hrs. (C) 200/23 hrs.
(B) 400/27 hrs. (D) 200/27 hrs.
47. Work done by P in one day is double the work done by Q in one day and work done by Q in one day is thrice
the work done by R in one day. If P, Q and R together can complete the work in 30 days then in how many
days P alone can do the work?
(A) 52 days (C) 30 days
(B) 42 days (D) 50 days
48. One tap can fill a tank in 6 hrs and other can empty it in 8 hrs. Find in what time 5/6 th portion of the tank will
be filled when both topes are opened simultaneously.
(A) 18 hr (C) 24 hr
(B) 22 hr (D) None of these
49. A contractor undertakes to do a piece of work in 40 days. He engages 100 men at the beginning and 100 more
after 35 days and completes the work in stipulated time. If he had not engaged the additional men, how many
days behind schedule would it be finished?
(A) 3 (C) 6
(B) 5 (D) 8
50. 4 man and 6 women finish a job in 8 days, while 3 men and 7 women finish it in 10 days. In how many days
will 10 women finish it?
(A) 24 (C) 36
(B) 32 (D) 40
51. A pump can be operated both for filling a tank and for emptying it. The capacity of tank is 2400 m 3. The
emptying capacity of the pump is 10 m 3 per minute higher than its filling capacity. Consequently, the pump
needs 8 minutes less to empty the tank as to fill it. The filling capacity of pump is:
(A) 40 m3/minute (C) 60 m3/minute
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(B) 50 m /minute (D) 80 m3/minute
Time and Distance
Exercise 1
1. Speed of Karan is 40 km/hr. and speed of Arjun is 60 km/hr. What is the ratio of time taken by each to cover
the same distance?
2. The speeds of 3 cars are in the ratio of 5 : 4: 6. The ratio between the time taken by them to travel same
distance is:
(A) 15 : 12 : 11 (C) 10 : 20 : 30
(B) 12 : 10 : 13 (D) 12 : 15 : 10
3. The ratio of the speeds of X, Y and Z is 3:4:6. Find the ratio of the time that they take to travel a certain
distance.
(A) 4 : 3 : 2 (C) 6 : 4 : 3
(B) 3 : 4 : 6 (D) 2 : 3 : 4
4. Udai travels half of his journey by train at the speed of 120 km/hr and the rest half by car at 80 km/hr What is
the average speed?
5. Salil walks a certain distance at 2.5 km/hr. for 2 hours and then runs 10 km at a certain speed for 3 hours.
Salil's average speed for the whole journey is
(A) 2 km/hr (C) 5 km/hr
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6. Two persons move towards each other from two places 55 km apart. One moves at a speed of 12 km/hr and
other at 10 km/hr They will be first 11 km apart after moving for
(A) 3 hrs (C) 6 hrs
(B) 2 hrs (D) 4 hrs
7. Walking at 3/4 of her normal speed Deepa takes 2 hours more than the normal time. What is the normal time?
(A) 4 h (C) 6 h
(B) 5 h (D) 8 h
8. How much time does Mr. Surya take to cover 500 m if he runs at a speed of 25 km/hr ?
(A) 35 sec (C) 72 sec
(B) 80 sec (D) 60 sec
9. Travelling at 5th/6 of his usual speed a man is 10 minutes late. What is the usual time he takes to cover the
same distance?
(A) 50 minutes (C) 1 hour
(B) 70 minutes (D) 75 minutes
10. Shiva walks at 3 km/hr from his house and reaches his office 17 minutes late. If he walks at 5 km/hr he is
early to the office by 15 minutes. Find the distance between his office and house.
(A) 3 km (C) 4 km
(B) 5 km (D) 2 km
11. A 125 meters long train overtakes a man walking at the rate of 4 km/hr, parallel to the line in the same
direction, in 9 seconds. The speed of the train is
(A) 48 km/hr (C) 80 km/hr
(B) 54 km/hr (D) 100 km/hr
12. Javed walks at the rate of 3 km/hr for 2 hours and then at the rate of 2 km/hr for 3 hours. His average speed is
_____km/hr.
(A) 4 (C) 2.5
(B) 2.4 (D) 5
13. Walking at a speed of 8 km/hr from my house to the bus stop, I miss the bus by 5 minutes. Conversely, if I
walk at a speed of 10 km/hr, I will reach the bus stop 5 minutes early. What is the distance between my house
and the bus stop?
14. What is the time taken by a train _650 m long travelling at 72 km/hr to cross a 750 m long platform?
(A) 60 sec (C) 70 sec
(B) 65 sec (D) 75 sec
15. A man takes 6 hours 15 minutes to walk a certain distance and riding back. He could walk both ways in 7
hours 45 minutes. He can ride both ways in
(A) 4 hrs 30 min. (C) 4 hrs 45 min.
(B) 6 hrs 30 min. (D) None of these
16. A train 700 m long is running at the speed of 72 km/hr. If it crosses a tunnel in 1 minute, then the length of the
tunnel (in metres) is:

(A) 700 (C) 500

(B) 600 (D) None of these

17. A train 110 m long is running with a speed of 60 km/h. In what time will it pass a man who is running at 6
km/h in the direction opposite to that in which the train is going?
(A) 6 s (C) 9 s
(B) 8 s (D) 15 s
18. A train overtakes two persons, cycling at 9 kmph and 18 kmph in 40 seconds and 48 seconds respectively.
Find its length and speed.
19. Two persons A and B move towards each other from P and Q respectively. They meet 50 kms away from Q.
If the ratio of the speeds of A and B is 4: 1, find the distance between P and Q.
(A) 200 km (C) 125 km
(B) 175 km (D) 250 km
20. The distance between two places P and Q is 700 km.1wo persons A and B started towards Q and P from P and
Q simultaneously. The speed of A is 30 km/h and speed of B is 40 km/hr. They meet at a point M which lies
on the way from P to Q. How long will they take to meet each other at M?
21. In previous question, What is the ratio of PM : MQ?

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22. In question number 20, What is the distance MQ?

23. In question number 20, What is the extra time needed by A reach at Q than to reach at P by B?
24. On a circular track of length 1800 m, X and Y start from the same point simultaneously with speeds of 36
kmph and 45 kmph respectively. Find the minimum time after which they will meet if they are running in
(i) the same direction.
(ii) opposite direction to each other.
25. The ratio of the speeds of Amar and Akbar is 8: 5. If Akbar takes 15 minutes more than Amar to cover a
certain distance, then find the time taken by Akbar to cover the same distance.
(A) 25 minutes (C) 20 minutes
(B) 15 minutes (D) 40 minutes
26. Krishna takes 6 hours to walk to a certain place and return by car. She would have gained 3 hours if she had
travelled both ways by car. How long she would take to walk both ways?
(A) 10 hours (C) 5 hours
(B) 12 hours (D) 9 hours
27. Two trains 140 m and 160 m long run at the speed of 60 km/hr and 40 km/hr in opposite direction. In how
much time hey cross each other?
(A) 8 second (C) 9.6 second
(B) 10.8 second (D) 9 second
28. Alok travelled from Hyderabad to Tirupati at 60 kmph and returned at 90 kmph. Find his average speed for
the journey (in kmph).
29. A bus covers first 50 km in 40 minutes, next 50 km at a speed of 2 km per minute and the next 30 km at a
speed of 1.0 km per minute. What is the average speed during the entire journey?
(A) 61.5 kmph (C) 82.1 kmph
(B) 55.06 kmph (D) 80 kmph
30. A car crosses a man walking at 6 km/hr. The man can see the things up to 450 m only in one direction due to
fog. He sees the car which was going in the same direction for 4.5 min. What is the speed of the car?
(A) 9 km/hr (C) 12.5 km/hr
(B) 12 km/hr (D) 15 km/hr
31. A boy walks from his home to school at 5 kmph, reaches the school 4 minutes early. If he walks from his
home to school at 4 kmph, he reaches the school 2 minutes late. Find the time taken by him to go to school if
he walks at 6 kmph.
(A) 15 minutes (C) 25 minutes
(B) 20 minutes (D) 30 minutes
32. A cat sights a rat at 200 m away from it and starts running towards it at 20 m/sec. At this moment, the rat
notices the cat and moves away from it at a speed of 15 m/sec. After what time will the cat be able to catch the
rat?
(A) 20 sec. (C) 60 sec.
(B) 40 sec. (D) 80 sec.
33. The angle created by two hands of a clock when the clock shows 5.20 P.M. is:
(A) 35° (C) 30°
(B) 60° (D) 40°
34. A man who can swim 48 m/min in still water swims 200 m against the current and 200 m with the current. If
the difference between these two times is 10 min, then find the speed of the current in m per min.
35. Two trains of equal length take 10 seconds and 15 seconds respectively to cross a telegraph post. If the length
of each train be 120 metres, in what time (in seconds) will they cross each other travelling in opposite
direction?
(A) 16 seconds (C) 12 seconds
(B) 15 seconds (D) 10 seconds
36. Amit covers a certain distance with his own speed, but when he reduces his speed by 10 km/h his time
duration for the journey increase by 40 hours, while if he increases his speed by 5 km/h from his original
speed he takes 10 hours less than the original time taken. Find the distance covered by him.
37. The distance between two cities A and B is 330 km. A train starts from A at 8 am and travels towards B at 60
km/hr. Another train starts from B at 9 am and travels towards A at 75 km/hr. At what time do they meet?
(A) 10 : 00 am (C) 11 : 00 am
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38. A boat goes 30 km upstream and 44 km downstream in 10 hours. In 13 hours, it can go 40 km upstream and
55 km down-stream. The speed of the boat in still water is:
(A) 3 km/hour (C) 8 km/hour
(B) 4 km/hour (D) None of these
39. A stone, allowed to fall under gravity falls 5t 2 meters in t seconds. Find the distance travelled by the stone in
the last two seconds before it reaches the ground, if the stone is dropped from a height of 180 m.
(A) 30 m (C) 100 m
(B) 60 m (D) 90 m
40. A thief sees a jeep at a distance of 250 m, coming towards him at 36 km/h. Thief takes 5 seconds to realise
that there is nothing but the police is approaching him by the jeep and start running away from police at 54
km/h. But police realise after 10 seconds, when the thief starts running away, that he is a thief and gives chase
at 72 km/h. How long after thief saw police did police catchup with him and what is the distance police had to
travel to do so?
(A) 50 s, 1000 m (C) 65 s, 1300 m
(B) 65 s, 1150 m (D) 45 s, 1050 m
41. In 400 m race, A gives B a start of 5 second and beats him by 15 m. In another race of 400 m, A beats B by

second, the speed of A is:

(A) 6 m/s (C) 7 m/s
(B) 8 m/s (D) 7.5 m/s
42. Two cars start at the same time in opposite directions from two points A & B and meet at a point C. After
meeting, they reach points B and A in 4 hrs and 9 hrs respectively. If the speed of the first car is 8 kmph, what
is the speed of the second car?
43. Due to the technical snag in the signal system two trains start approaching each other on the same rail track
from two different stations, 240 km away from each other. When the train starts a bird also starts moving to
and fro between the two trains at 60 km/hr touching each time each train. The bird is initially sitting on the top
of the engine of one of the trains and it moves so till these trains collide. If these trains collide one and a half
hour after the start, then how many kilometres bird travells till the time of collision of trains?
(A) 90 km (C) 120 km
(B) 130 km (D) None of these
44. X and Y are running towards each other from their houses. X can reach Y's house in 25 minutes which is half
the time taken by Y to run from his house to X's, house. If the two start to run towards each other at the same
time, then how much more time it will be required by Y to reach the middle of houses?
(A) 12.5 minutes (C) 18 minutes
(B) 50 minutes (D) 25 minutes
45. In a kilometre race Arman beats Bhuvan by 100 metres or 10 seconds. What is Arman's time over the course?
(A) 1 minute 30 seconds (C) 1 minute 40 seconds
(B) 1 minute (D) 1 minute 25 seconds
46. In a 1000 metre race, Rahul reaches the finishing line 5 seconds before Raj and beats Raj by 50 metre. What is
Rahul's speed (in m/s)?

(A) (C)

(B) (D)
47. Two horses start trotting towards each other, one from A to B and another from. B to A. They cross each other
after one hour and the first horse reaches B, 5/6 hour before the second horse reaches A. If the distance
between A and B is 50 km. What is the speed of the slower horse?
(A) 30 km/h (C) 25 km/h
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Exercise 2
1. Two trains, 130 m and 110 m long, are going in the same direction. The faster train takes one minute to pass
the other completely. If they are moving in opposite directions, they pass each other completely in 3 seconds.
Find the speed of each train.
(A) 38m/sec,36m/sec (C) 36m/sec,42m/sec
(B) 42m/sec,38m/sec (D) None of these
2. A train met with an accident 120 km from station A. It completed the remaining journey at 5/6 of its previous
speed and reached 2 hours late at station B. Had the accident taken place 300 km further, it would have been
only 1 hour late. What is the usual speed of the train
(A) 100 km/h (C) 60 km/h
(B) 120 km/h (D) 50 km/h
3. The speed of a boat in still water is 5 km/hr. If it takes thrice as much time in going 20 km upstream as in
going the same distance downstream, find the speed of the stream.
(A) 3.5 km/hr (C) 2.5 km/hr
(B) 4.5 km/hr (D) 5.5 km/hr
4. A train overtakes two girls who are walking in the opposite direction in which the train is going at the rate of
3 km/h and 6 km /h and passes them completely in 36 seconds and 30 seconds respectively. The length of the
train (in metres) is:
(A) 120 m (C) 125 m
(B) 150 m (D) None of these
5. A person P is at X and another person Q is at Y. The distance between X and Y is 100 km. The speed of P is
20 km /h. While the speed of Q is 30 km/h. If they continue to move to and from between X and Y then what
is the distance travelled by Q, when they meet each other for the third time?
(A) 375 km (C) 300 km
(B) 225 km (D) 200 km
6. A boat covers 24 km upstream and 72 km downstream in 8 hours, while it covers 48 km upstream and 108 km
downstream in 14 hours. Find the speed of the boat in still water and the speed of the stream respectively.
(A) 12 km /h, 6 km /h (C) 10 km/h, 6 km/h
(B) 10 km/h, 5 km/h (D) 12 km/h, 5 km/h
7. Rajesh walks to and from to a shopping mall. He spends 30 minutes shopping. If he walks at speed of 10 km
an hour, he returns to home at 19.00 hours. If he walks at 15 km an hour, he returns to home at 18.30 hours.
How fast must he walk to return home at 18.15 hours?
(A) 17km/hour (C) 18 km /hour
(B) 17.5 km /hour (D) None of these
8. A car starts for Pune from Mumbai at 8 p.m. The car meets a bus which is moving in the same direction at 10
p.m. and overtakes it. At 12.30 a.m., the car reaches Pune and it starts on its return journey after an hour. At 2
a.m., the car meets the bus which is still on its way to Pune. When will the bus reach Pune?
(A) 4 a.m. (C) 5 a.m. (E) 7 a.m.
(B) 3 a.m. (D) 6 a.m.
9. If a boat travels upstream from A to B and then downstream from B to A covering 100 km in 9 hours. If the
speed of the boat in still water is 10 kmph more than the speed of the stream, then what would have been the
speed of the stream?
(A) 1.50 kmph (C) 2.50 kmph
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10. A traveler, named as Tej, spends 6 hrs. in walking along a level road, up a hill, and back home again. His pace
on the level being 4 mph, up-hill 3 mph, and down-hill 6 mph. Find the total distance he walked along.
(A) 8 miles (C) 36 miles
(B) 12 miles (D) 24 miles
11. Sukriti and Saloni are athletes. Sukriti covers a distance of 1 km in 5 minutes and 50 seconds, while saloni
covers the same distance in 6 minutes and 4 seconds. If both of them start together and run at uniform speed,
by what distance will Sukriti win a 5 km mini marathon:
(A) 150 m (C) 175 m
(B) 200 m (D) 225 m
12. A train approaches a tunnel AB. Inside the tunnel a cat is located at a point which is 5/12 of the distance AB
measured from the entrance A. When the train whistles, the cat runs. If the cat moves to the entrance of the
tunnel A, the train catches the cat exactly at the entrance. If the cat moves to the exit B, the train catches the
cat at exactly the exit. Find the ratio of the speed of train to that of cat?
13. Two trains Ajanta express and Barouni express simultaneously started on two parallel tracks from Meerut to
Nagpur, which are 390 km apart. The ratio of the speed of Ajanta express and Barouni express is 6: 7. After
how long (in kms) travelling, Barouni express exchanges the speed with Ajanta express so that both the trains
reach at their destination simultaneously:
(A) 150 km (C) 210 km
(B) 190 km (D) Can’t be determined
14. Einstein walks on an escalator at a rate of 5 steps per second and reaches the other end in 10 seconds. While
coming back, walking at the same speed he reaches the starting point in 40 seconds. What is the number of
steps on the escalator?
(A) 40 (C) 120
(B) 60 (D) 80
15. Arjun, Bhishma, Chaitanya and Duryodhana are running on a circular track of length 600 m. They start
running from the same point at the same time in the same direction and the Speeds of Arjun, Bhishma,
Chaitanya and Duryodhana are 45 m/s, 55m/s, 65 m/s and 75 m/s, respectively.
(i) When will they meet again for the first time?
(ii) When will they meet again for the seventh time?
(iii) When will they meet again for the first time at the starting point?
(iv) When will they meet again for the seventh time at the starting point?
16. A person X started 3 hours earlier at 40 km/h from a place P, then another person Y followed him at 60 km/h,
started his journey at 3 O'clock, afternoon. What is difference in time when X was 30 km ahead of Y and
when Y was 30 km ahead of X?
(A) 2 (C) 3.5
(B) 3 (D) 4.25
17. Tom spots Jerry 200 m ahead of him and starts chasing him. Jerry realized this after 4 min and starts running
away from him. In one leap, Tom covers 3 m and Jerry covers 2 m. Also, in one minute, Tom takes 12 leaps
and Jerry takes 16 leaps. In how many minutes would Tom catch up with Jerry after he started chasing him?
(A) 8 (C) 15
(B) 12 (D) 18
18. A man on his way to dinner shortly after 6:00 p.m. observes that the hands of his watch form an angle of 110°.
Returning before 7:00 p.m. he notices that again the hands of his watch form an angle of 110°. The number of
minutes that he has been away is:

(A) (B) 40 (C) 42 (D) 42.4

19. Anushka fires two bullets from the same place at an interval of 6 minutes but her friend Pari sitting in a car
approaching the place of firing hears the second fire 5 minute 32 seconds after the first firing. What is the
speed of car, if the speed of sound is 332 m/s ?
(A) 56 m/s (C) 28 m/s
(B) 102 m/s (D) 32 m/s
20. There are two places X and Y, 200 km apart from each other. Initially two persons P and Q both are at 'X'.
The speed of P is 20 km/h and speed of Q is 30 km/h. Later, they start to move to and fro between X and Y. If
they meet fourth time each other at a point D somewhere between X and Y, then what is the distance between
D and X?
(A) 75 (B) 80
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(C) 150 (D) 160

21. A tiger is 50 of its own leaps behind a deer. The tiger takes 5 leaps per minute to the deer's 4. If the tiger and
the deer cover 8 m and 5 m per leap respectively, what distance will the tiger have to run before it catches the
deer?
(A) 600 m (C) 800 m
(B) 700 m (D) 1000 m
22. A man drives 150 kilometres to the seashore in 3 hours and 20 minutes. He returns from the shore to the
starting point in 4 hours and 10 minutes. Let r be the average rate for the entire trip. Then the average rate for
the trip going exceeds r, in kilometres per hour, by:

(A) 5 (B) (C) 4 (D) 2

23. Dinesh wants to go from New Delhi to Agra via train but due to some problem he misses his train, and he has
to hire a taxi for it. The charge of taxi for this trip is 300% more than that by train. Charges per km by train is
Rs. 5. If train takes 20/9 hours to cover the required distance with an average speed of 20 m/sec, then find the
charge given by Dinesh to taxi driver.
(A) Rs. 2800 (C) Rs. 3600
(B) Rs. 3200 (D) Rs. 2400
24. A thief sees jeep at a distance of 250 m, coming towards him at 36 km/h. Thief takes 5 seconds to realize that
there is. nothing but the police and he started running away at 54 km/h. But police realize after 10 seconds that
he is actually a thief and started chasing him at a speed of 72 km/h. how long after thief saw police did police
catch up with him and what is the distance police has to travel to catch up with him?

25. Three men start together to travel the same way around a circular track of 11 kms. Their speeds are 4, and
8 kms per hour respectively. When will they meet at the starting point?
(A) 22 hrs. (C) 11 hrs.
(B) 12 hrs. (D) 44 hrs.
26. The ratio between the length and the breadth of a rectangular park is 3: 2. If a man cycling along the boundary
of the park at the speed of 12 km/hr completes one round in 8 minutes, then the area of the park (in sq. m) is:
(A) 15360 (C) 30720
(B) 153600 (D) 307200
27. The small insects, which are x metres apart, take u minutes to pass each other when they are flying towards
each other, and v minutes to meet each other when they are flying in the same direction. Then, the ratio of the
speed of the slower insect to that of the faster insect is
(A) u/v (C) v-u/v+u
(B) u/v-u (D) u/v+u
28. In a 4000 meter race around a circular stadium having a circumference of 1000 meters, the fastest runner and
the slowest runner reach the same point at the end of the 5 th minute, for the first time after the start of the race.
All the runners run in same direction and have the same starting point and each runner maintains a uniform
speed throughout the race. If the fastest runner runs at twice the speed of the slowest runner, what is the time
taken by the fastest runner to finish the race?
29. Two goods trains, simultaneously pass through a parallel tracks without stopping at the station. The second
platform passed by the second train is 50% more in length than the first platform passed by first train. The
first train runs at a speed of 72 kmph, while the other train is 25% slower and 50% longer. What is the ratio of
the times taken by the trains first and second in passing the first and second platforms respectively?
(A) 4 : 3 (C) 1 : 2
(B) 3 : 1 (D) Can’t be determined
30. A train leaves point A at 12 pm. Two hours later another train leaves and crosses the first train at 8 pm. The
sum of their speed was 140 kmph. What time will the second train cross the first if it leaves 5 hours later from
the starting point?
(A) 11 pm (C) 8 pm on next day
(B) 8 am on next day (D) None of these
31. Train A takes 45 minutes more than train B to travel 450 km. Due to engine trouble, speed of train B falls by a
quarter. So, it takes 30 minutes more than Train A to complete the same journey. Find the speed of Train A.
(A) 120 km/hr. (C) 100 km/hr.
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32. What
(A) .00028
decimal of an hour is a second (C) .00026
(B) .00027 (D) .00025
33. A clock strikes 4 taking 9 seconds. In order to strike 12 at the same rate, the time taken is
(A) 33 seconds (C) 36 seconds
(B) 30 seconds (D) 27 seconds
34. A boatman goes 2 km against the current of the stream in 1 hour and goes 1 km along the current in 10
minutes. How long will it take to go 5 km in still water?
(A) 40 minutes (C) 1 hr 15 min
(B) 1 hour (D) 1 hr 30 min
35. In a 1000 meter race Rishi beats Koustab by 50 meters. In the same race, by that time margin Koustab beat
Pandey who runs at 4 meter per second?
(A) 100 (C) 75
(B) 50 (D) Can’t be determined
36. Guru and Chela walk around a circular path of 115 km in circumference, they start together from the same
point. If they walk at speed of 4 and 5 kmph respectively, also they walk in the same direction, when will they
meet?
(A) After 115 hours (C) After 120 hours
(B) After 125 hours (D) After 210 hours
37. A train crosses two men travelling in the same direction at 2 kmph and 4 kmph on 9 seconds and 10 seconds
respectively. Find the length of train?
(A) 198 m (C) 308 m
(B) 180 m (D) None of these
38. A boat goes from x to y downstream and back to z midway between x and y in 8 hours. If the speed of river
and boat 4 & 14 kmph respectively. Find the distance between x & y.

(A) km (C) km
(D) None of these
(B) km
39. Train moving at 48 kmph crosses another train half its length at 42 kmph in 90 seconds. Also, it crosses a
platform in 60 seconds. Find the length of the platform.
(A) 500 m (C) 300 m
(B) 700 m (D) 315 m
40. A boy covers a certain distance on a toy train. If the train moved 4 kmph faster, it would take 30 minutes less.
If moved 2 kmph slower, it would have taken 20 minutes more. The distance is
(A) 40 km (C) 60 km
(B) 50 km (D) 80 km
41. A train with 90 kmph crosses a bridge in 36 seconds. Another train 100 m shorter crosses the same bridge at
45 kmph. The time taken by the second train to cross the bridge will be (in seconds)
(A) 60 (C) 68
(B) 64 (D) 72
42. A man rows 20 km upstream and back again to the starting point in 110 minutes. If the speed of stream is 2
kmph, then the speed of rowing in still water is
(A) 20 kmph (C) 24 kmph
(B) 22 kmph (D) 28 kmph
43. In a flat race, A beats B by 15 m and C by 29 m. When B and C run over the same course together, B wins
over C by 15 m. the length of the course is.
(A) 250 m (C) 225 m
(B) 200 m (D) 275 m
44. At what angle the hands of a clock are inclined at 15 minutes past 5?

(A) (B) (C) 64° (D)

45. Two ships meet mid-ocean, and then, one ship goes south and the other ship goes west, both travelling at
constant speeds. Two hours later, they are 60 km apart. If the speed of one of the ships is 6 km per hour more
than the other one, then the speed, in km per hour, of the slower ship is
(A) 12 (B) 18
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