SSC CGL · Quantitative Aptitude

Time, speed and distance

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A man travels a certain distance at $10$ km/h and returns the same way at $15$ km/h. What is his average speed for the whole trip (in km/h)?
A man travels a certain distance at $24$ km/h and returns the same way at $36$ km/h. What is his average speed for the whole trip (in km/h)?
A man travels a certain distance at $80$ km/h and returns the same way at $120$ km/h. What is his average speed for the whole trip (in km/h)?
A man travels a certain distance at $40$ km/h and returns the same way at $60$ km/h. What is his average speed for the whole trip (in km/h)?
A man travels a certain distance at $50$ km/h and returns the same way at $75$ km/h. What is his average speed for the whole trip (in km/h)?
A train $450$ m long runs at $108$ km/h. How many seconds does it take to cross a pole?
A train $200$ m long runs at $36$ km/h. How many seconds does it take to cross a pole?
A train $90$ m long runs at $36$ km/h. How many seconds does it take to cross a pole?
A train $160$ m long runs at $72$ km/h. How many seconds does it take to cross a pole?
A train $240$ m long runs at $72$ km/h. How many seconds does it take to cross a pole?
On a circular track of circumference $1, 200 m$ , two athletes $A$ and $B$ start simultaneously from the same starting point in the same direction with speeds of $18 m/s$ and…
A train 240 m long travelling at 72 km/h crosses another train 360 m long coming from the opposite direction at 54 km/h. How many seconds does it take for the trains to completely cross each other?
A boat travels 36 km upstream and 40 km downstream in a total of 10 hours. In another journey, it travels 48 km upstream and 30 km downstream in 11 hours. What is the speed of the current?
Walking at 6/7 of his usual speed, a man reaches his office 12 minutes late. What is his usual time to reach the office?
Two cars A and B start simultaneously from points X and Y towards each other. After meeting, car A takes 4 hours to reach Y and car B takes 9 hours to reach X. If the speed of car A is 60 km/h, what i…
A thief steals a car at 1:30 PM and drives off at a speed of 40 km/h. The theft is discovered at 2:00 PM, and the owner immediately chases the thief in another car at 50 km/h. At what time will the ow…

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