Banking (IBPS / SBI PO) · Quantitative Aptitude

Time, speed and distance

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A man travels a certain distance at $20$ km/h and returns the same way at $30$ km/h. What is his average speed for the whole trip (in km/h)?
A man travels a certain distance at $30$ 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 $45$ km/h and returns the same way at $90$ km/h. What is his average speed for the whole trip (in km/h)?
A man travels a certain distance at $60$ km/h and returns the same way at $90$ km/h. What is his average speed for the whole trip (in km/h)?
A train $225$ m long runs at $54$ km/h. How many seconds does it take to cross a pole?
A train $150$ m long runs at $36$ km/h. How many seconds does it take to cross a pole?
A train $400$ m long runs at $72$ km/h. How many seconds does it take to cross a pole?
Two trains $P$ and $Q$ start at the same time from stations $A$ and $B$ towards each other. After crossing, train $P$ takes $4 hours 48 minutes$ to reach $B$ and train $Q$ takes…
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 train $240$ m long runs at $72$ km/h. How many seconds does it take to cross a pole?
A train $450$ m long runs at $108$ km/h. How many seconds does it take to cross a pole?

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