A to Z Exams

A train after travelling 30 km from X meets with an accident and proceeds at 3/4 of the former speed and reaches by 45 min. late. Had the accident happened 10 kms further one, it would have arrived 15 min sooner. Find the original speed and distance.

At what approximate time between 4 and 5 am will the hands o f a clock be at right angle?

A man rows downstream at 32 km and 14 km upstream at 13kmph.the speed of the stream is:

A man covered a certain distance at some speed. Had he moved 3 kmph faster, he would have taken 40 minutes less. If he had moved 2 kmph slower, he would have taken 40 minutes more. The distance (in km) is;

Two trains, one from Howrah to Patna and other from Patna to Howrah, start simultaneously. After they meet, the trains reach their destinations after 9 hours and 16 hours respectively. The ratio of their speeds is

A boatman rows to a place 45 km distant and back in 20 hour. He finds that he can row 12 km with the stream in the same time as 4km against the stream. Find the speed of the stream.

A train running at 7/11 of its own speed reached a place in 22 hours. How much time could be saved if the train would have run at its own speed?

A train takes 10 seconds to cross an electric pole. It takes 30 seconds to cross a train travelling in the same direction at 36 kmph and having a length of 300 m.Find its length  (in metres).

A bus started its journey from Ramgarh and reached Devgarh in 44 minutes with its average speed of 50km/hour. If the average speed of the bus is increased by 5 km/hour, how much time will it take to cover the same distance?

In a watch, the minute hand crosses the hour hand for the third time exactly after every 3 hrs 18 min 15 seconds of watch time. What is the time gained or lost by this watch in one day?

An aeroplane covers a certain distance at a speed of 240 kmph in 5 hours. To cover the same distance in 1 (2/3) hours, it must travel at a speed of:

A is faster than B. A and B each walk 24 km. The sum of their speeds is 7 km/hr and the sum of times taken by them is 14 hours. Then, A’s speed is equal to:

In a river flowing at 2 km/hr, a boat travels 32 km upstream and then returns downstream to the starting point. If speed in still water be 6 km/hr, find the total journey time.

If a man cycles at 10 km/hr, then he arrives at a certain place at 1 p.m. If he cycles at 15 km/hr, he will arrive at the same place at 11 a.m. At what speed must he cycle to get there at noon?

Car A covered the distance of 448 km in 8 hours and Car B covered 110 km more than Car A in 9 hours. What is the ratio between the speed of Car A and Car B respectively?

A train 150 meters long running at a speed of 60 kmph takes 30 seconds to cross a bridge. The length of the bridge is,

P can do a work in the same time in which Q and R together can do it. If P and Q work together, the work can be completed in 10 days. R alone needs 50 days to complete the same work. then Q alone can do it in

The ratio between the rate of walking of x and y is 2:3. If the time taken by B to cover a certain distance is 24min, to cover the same distance A will take:

Taps A and B can independently fill a tank in 6 and 10 hours . Leak C can empty a filled tank in 8 hours. On an empty tank A, B, C are opened. How long does it take to fill the tank

A train overtaken two persons walking along a railway track. The first one walks at 4.5 km/hr. the other one walks at 5.4 km/hr. the train needs 8.4 and 8.5 sec respectively to overtake them. What is the speed of the train if both the persons are walking in the same direction as the train

A train 108 m long moving at a speed of 50 km/hr crosses a train 112 m long coming from opposite direction in 6 sec. the speed of the sec train is

A man XY of height 1.75 cm stands at a distance of 4 metres from a pillar AB. If the pillar l is at the height of 5.25 m from the ground, what is the length of the man’s shadow on the ground?

A thief steals a car and drives it at 15 km/hr. The theft has been discovered after one hour and the owner of the car sets off in another car at 25 km/hr. When will the owner overtake the thief from the starting point?

A truck covers a distance of 550 metres in 1 minute whereas a train covers a distance of 33 kms in 45 minutes. What is the ratio of their speed?

A farmer travelled a distance of 61 km in 9 hours. He travelled partly on foot @ 4 km/hr and partly on bicycle @ 9 km/hr. The distance travelled on foot is:

A man in a train notices that he can count 21 telephone posts in one minute. If they are known to be 50 metres apart, then at what speed in the train travelling?

A train moves with a speed of 108 kmph. Its speed in meters per sec

There are 5 duplicating machines in an office. The fastest of the machines makes P copies in 10 hours and the slowest of the machines makes P copies in 11 hours. If each machine makes P copies then the average time per machine cannot be

A train covers a distance of 12 km in 10 minutes. If it takes 6 seconds to pass a telegraph post, then the length of the train is

A boat covers a certain distance downstream in 1 hour, while it comes back in 1 ½ hours. If the speed of the stream be 3 kmph what is the speed of the boat in still water?