Time and Distance For SBI PO Set – 3

1) The distance between two cities A and B is 110 km. A motor cycle rider starts  from A towards B at 7 a.m. with a speed of 20 km/hr. Another rider starts from B towards A at 8 am with a speed of 25 km/hr. When will they cross each other?

a) 9 am

b) 10 am

c) 11 am

d) 12  pm

e) None of these

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 b) 10 am  

2) A, B and C walk around a circle of circumference 600 metres at 150, 130 and 100 metres/minute respectively. All three start simultaneously from the same point and walk in the same direction. When will the three be together again for the first time?

a) 60 min

b) 70 min

c) 50 min

d) 80 min

e) None of these   

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  a) 60 min 

3)  Santhosh drove from home to a neighbouring town at the speed of 60 km/hr. And on his returning journey, he drove at the speed of 55km/hr. And also took an hour longer to reach home. What distance did he cover each way?

a) 660 km

b) 650 km

c) 680 km

d) 690 km

e) None of these  

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 c) 680 km  

4) A beat B by 100 m in a race of 1200 m and B beats C by 200 m in a race of 1600 m. Approximately by how many metres can A beat  C in a race of 9600 m?

a) 1600 m

b) 1800 m

c) 1900 m

d) 2400  m

e) None of these  

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c) 1900 m   

5) A runs 7/4  times as fast as B. If A gives B a start of 300m, how far must the winning post be if both A and B have to end the race at same time?

a) 1400 m

b) 700 m

c) 350 m

d) 210 m

e ) None of these   

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 b) 700 m

6) Mallah can row 40 km upstream and 55 downstream in 13 h and 30 km upstream And 44 km downstream in 10 hours. What is the speed of Mallah in still water?

a) 6 km/h

b) 12 km/h

c) 3 km/h

d) 8 km/h

e) None of these   

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 d) 8 km/h  

7) A boat takes 7 hours to go from P to R, through a midpoint Q, but it takes 8 hours to go from P to Q and then return from Q to P. How long it would take to go from R to P?

a) 7

b) 8

c) 9

d) 10

e) None of these   

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c) 9 

8)  A boat takes 7 hours to go from P to R, through a midpoint Q, but it takes 8 hours to go from P to Q and then return from Q to P. How long it would take to go from R to P?

a) 3 km/hr

b) 12 km/hr

c) 4. 4 km/hr

d) 5.5 km/hr

e) None of these  

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c) 4. 4 km/hr  

9) A boat sails 15 km of a river towards upstream in 5 hours. How long will it take to cover the same distance downstream, if the speed of current is one-fourth the speed of the boat in still water.

a) 1.8 h

b) 3 h

c) 4 h

d) 5 h

e) None of these   

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 b) 3 h

10)   A motor boat went downstream for 120 km and immediately returned. It took the boat 15 hours to complete the round trip. If the speed of the river were twice as high, the trip downstream and back would take 24 hours What is the speed of the stream?

a) 3.5 km/h

b) 4 km/h

c) 6 km/h

d) 8 km/h

e) None of these km/h  

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  c) 6 km/h