Assignment 1

1) Three pipes A, B and C can fill a tank in 8 hours. After working at it together for 3 hours, C is
closed and A and B can fill the remaining part in 7 hours. The number of hours taken by C alone
to fill the tank is

28 hr [reviewed]

56/3 hr[wrong]

2) Two pipes can fill a tank in 12 and 16 minutes respectively and a waste pipe can empty 2
gallons per minute. All the three pipes working together can fill the tank in 10 minutes. The
capacity of the tank is

480/11 gallon

3) Two athletes P and Q are running around a circular track of length 1500m at speeds of 6m/s
and 3m/s respectively. Both of them start simultaneously from the same point in the same
direction but P reverses his direction every time he completes one round. After how much time
from the start will they meet for the first time?
333.3 sec

4) In a 700m race, the ratio of speeds of two runners P and Q is 3:7. P has a start of 400m.
What is the distance between P and Q at the finish of the race?
0m

5) A boat covers 24 km upstream and 24 km downstream in 5 hrs. It covers 28 km upstream

and 18 km downstream in 5 current is
2 km/h

6) A car drove from Agra to Delhi without stopping. It covered the first 50 miles of its journey at
an average speed of 25 mph. What was the car's average speed (in mph), for the remaining
175 miles if its overall average speed was 45 mph?
58(1/3)

7) In a flight of 300 km, an aircraft was slowed down due to bad weather. Its average speed for
the trip was reduced by 150 km/hr and the time of fight increased by 60 minutes. The duration
of the flight is:
1 hr [reviewed]
1.5 hr[wrong]

8) A wheel that has 8 cogs is meshed with a larger wheel of 16 cogs. When the smaller wheel
has made 16 revolutions, then the number of revolutions made by the larger wheel is:
8 [reviewed]
7.5[wrong]

9) A large tanker can be filled by two pipes A and B in 30 and 50 minutes respectively. How
many minutes will it take to fill the tanker from empty state if B is used for half the time and A
and B fill it together for the other half?
300/11 min [reviewed]
350/11 min[wrong]
10) Robert is travelling on his cycle and has calculated to reach point A at 5 PM. if he travels at
12 kmph, he will reach there at 2 PM if he travels at 16 kmph. At what speed must he travel to
reach A at 3 P.M.?
14.4 km/h [reviewed]
13 km/h [wrong]

11) A car travels 70km/h for one and half hours. Then it travels for 3 hours at 45km/h After that
it covers 105 km in one and half hours. What is the average speed of the car for the whole
journey?
57.5 km/h

12) Two trains, A and B start from the stations X and Y towards each other. They take 4 hours
48 mins and 3 hours 20 mins to reach Y and X respectively after they meet. If train A is moving
at 50km/h, then the speed of train B is
60 km/h

Quiz 1

1) A water tank is two-fifth full. Pipe A can fill a tank in 10 minutes and pipe B can empty it in 8
minutes. If both the pipes are open, how long will it take to empty or fill the tank completely?

16 min.to empty

2) If 4 men and 6 boys can do a piece of work in 10 days while 24 men and 24 boys can do the
same in 2 days what is time taken by 12 men and 12 boys?
4 days [reviewed]
5 days [wrong]

3) There is an empty reservoir whose capacity is 45 litres. There is an inlet pipe which fills at 5
L/min and there is an outlet pipe which empties at 3 L/min . Both the pipes function alternately
for 1 minute. Assuming that the inlet pipe is the first one to function, how much time will it take
for the reservoir to be filled up to its capacity?
44.2min[reviewd]
55min [wrong]
45 min[wrong]

4) Kittu and Vedika can complete a job in 25 days working together. Kittu alone can complete it
in 35 days. Both of them worked together for 8 days and then Kittu left. The number of days
Vedika will take to complete the remaining work is?
59(1/2)

5) Vikas can do a piece of work in 12 days. He works at it for 3 days and then Raj finishes it in 9
days. In how many days can Vikas and Raj together finish the work?
6 days

6)Nikhil went to another town covering 180 km by car moving at 60 kmph. Then he covered 300
km by train moving at 100 kmph and then rest 200 km he covered by a bus moving at 50 kmph.
The average speed during the whole journey was?
68 kmph

Quiz 2
1) Ramesh and Ganesh run a 5 kilometres race on a round course of 250 metres. If their
speeds be in the ratio 5:4 how often does the winner pass the other?
4 times
2) Neetu can row a boat 'd' km upstream and the same distance downstream in 6 hours 15
minutes. Also, he can row the boat '2d’ km upstream in 8 hours. How long will it take to row the
same distance '2d' km downstream for Neetu?
4hrs 30 min[reviewed]
3 hrs 30 min[wrong]

3) Ronit, Sohit and Prikshit run around a circular track of length 400 meters, starting from the
same point simultaneously in the same direction at respective speeds of 4 kmph, 6 kmph and 8
kmph. When they all will meet at the starting point for the first time after they started?
12 min[reviewed]

5 min[wrong]

4) Train X departs from station A at 10 a.m. for station B, which is 360 km so underline far Train
Y departs from station B at 10 a.m. for station A. Train X travels at an average speed of 90km/hr
and does not stop anywhere until it arrives at station B. Train Y travels at an average speed of
60 km/hr but has to stop for 20 min at station C which is 60 km away from station B enroutes to
station A ignoring the lengths of the trains, what is the distance, to the nearest kilometer, from
station A to the point where the trains cross each other?
228 [not in option]
None of these[ not sure]
312 km[wrong]

5) W, X, Y, and Z are moving on a circular track in the same direction. All started running
simultaneously and from the same point such that the ratio of their speeds is 1:2:3:4. At how
many distinct points any two of them will meet.
4 pts

6) A train travelling at a speed of 75 mph enters a tunnel 3.5 miles long. The train is 5.5 mile
lorig. How long does it take for the train to pass through the tunnel from the moment the front
enters to the moment the rear emerges?
7.2 min

Surprise Test

1) A train travelling at a speed of 75 mph enters a tunnel 12 miles long. The train is 13 miles
long. How long does it take for the train to pass through the tunnel from the moment the front
enters to the moment the rear emerges?
20 min

2) A leak at the bottom of the tank can empty the tank in 5 hours, while an inlet pipe can fill the
same tank at the rate of 6 litres per minute. When the tank is full, the inlet is opened and the
tank gets empty in 8 hours due to the leakage. Find the capacity of the tank?
4800 liters

3) A and B together can complete a work in 14 days, B and C can complete a work in 21 days,
C and A can complete the same work in 28 days find the time taken by A alone to finish the
same work?
33(3/5) [reviewed]
23(1/3) days[wrong]
4) Goa express left Delhi for Goa at 15:00 hours travelling at a speed of 60kmph and Duranto
express left Delhi for Goa on the same day at 17:00 hours travelling speed of 80kmph. How far
away from Delhi will the two trains meet?
480 km

5) 8 boys and 12 men can do as much work in a given time as 5 boys and 16 men. The
capacities of a man and a boy respectively are in the ratio.
3:4[reviewed]
28:13[wrong]

6) A group of women decided to do a job in 3 days, but 20 women dropped out every day. Find
the number of women who initially decided to do the job, if job was completed in 7 days?
105[not in option]
None[not sure]
120[wrong]

7) In a kilometre race, If Ajay gives Bhim a 30 m start,Ajay wins by 20 sec. But if Ajay gives
Bhim a 40 sec start, Bhim wins by 50 m. Find the time taken by Bhim to run 4,000 m?
16 min 40 sec[not sure]
5 min 40 sec[wrong]

8) X can do a piece of work in 20 days, Y in 15 days. X and Y work at it together for 8 days and
then Z finishes it in 4 days. How much time Z could take to do it alone?
60 days

9) A thief steals a car at 2.00 p.m. and drives at 60km / h The theft is discovered at 3.00 p.m.
and the police start chasing him at the rate of 80 km/h. At what time will the police catch the
thief?
6 p.m[reviewed]
8 p.m.[wrong]

10) 150 Men were employed to finish a work in 200 days. After 80 days it was found that only
2/5 of the work was done. How many more men must be employed to finish the work in the
stipulated time?
50[Not sure]
30[wrong]

11) P can do a piece of work in 50 days, Q in 40 days and R in 30 days respectively. If R is

assisted by P on one day and by Q on the next day alternately then the work get complete?
17 (32/35)

12) 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 70% of the time. How
many workers were there in the group?
2.5 [reviewed]
5 [wrong]

Running at the same constant rate, 8 identical machines can produce a total of 300 pipes per
minute. At this rate, how many pipes could 15 such machines produce in 6 minutes?

3375
Travelling at 60 kmph, a person reaches his destination on time. He covered two-third the total
distance in one-third of the total time. What speed should he maintain for the remaining distance
to reach his destination on time?

30 km/h

If the upstream speed of a boat is 50% less than the downstream speed of the boat and if a object
is thrown in the river it covers 100m in 50 sec, then how much distance boat can cover in still
water in 8 hours?

172.8 km     

A boat covers 24 km upstream and 24 km downstream in 5 hrs. It covers 28 km upstream and 18

km downstream in 5 hrs. The speed of current is..

2 km/h

Robert is travelling on his cycle and has calculated to reach point A at 5 P.M. if he travels at 12
kmph, he will reach there at 2 P.M if he travels at 16 kmph. At what speed must he travel to
reach A at 3 P.M.?

14.4 km/h

Kumar rows ‘a’ km upstream and back again downstream to the same point in T hours. The
speed of rowing in still water is b km/hr and the rate of stream is c km/hr. Then

(b^2-c^2) =2ba /T

Two athletes P and Q are running around a circular track of length 1500m at speeds of 6m/s and
3m/s respectively. Both of them start simultaneously from the same point in the same direction
but P reverses his direction every time he completes one round. After how much time from the
start will they meet for the first time?

333.3 sec  

Two trains running in opposite directions cross a man standing on the platform in 25 seconds and
15 seconds respectively and they cross each other in 20 seconds. The ratio of their speeds is:

1:1
Two trains start at the same time from Goa and Nagpur and proceed towards each other at 60
kmph and 75 kmph respectively. When they meet, it is found that one train has travelled 150 km
more than the other. Find the distance between Goa and Nagpur.

1350 km[Not sure]

1500 km

A boatman goes 3 km against the current of the stream in 1 hour and goes 2 km along the current
in 15 minutes. How long will it take to go 11 km in stationary water?

2 hr

Rakesh runs 4/3 times as fast as Mukesh. In a race, if Rakesh gives a lead of 70m to Mukesh,
find the distance from the starting point where both of them will meet.

280 m

A man takes 8 hours 30 min. in going bike and coming back by car. He would have lost 4 hours
10 min by going on bike both ways. How long would it take him to go by car both sides?

13/3 hr

Running at the same constant rate, 8 identical machines can produce a total of 300 pipes per
minute. At this rate, how many pipes could 15 such machines produce in 6 minutes?

3375

100 boys were employed to finish a work in 180 days. After 60 days it was found that only 1/4 of
the work was done. How many more boys must be employed to finish the work in the stipulated
time?

50

Two friends Sam & Ram start a race on circular track of 240 m from same point in same
direction at same time. Speed of the Sam is 20 m/s & that of Ram is 25 m/s. After how much
time will they meet for first time? 

48 s

A train 150 m in length passes a pole in 10sec and another train of length 200 m travelling in
opposite direction in 14 sec. Find the speed of the second train in km per hour?

36
A leak at the bottom of the tank can empty the tank in 5 hours, while an inlet pipe can fill the
same tank at the rate of 6 litres per minute. When the tank is full, the inlet is opened and the tank
gets empty in 8 hours due to the leakage. Find the capacity of the tank?

4800 litres  

A group of women decided to do a job in 3 days, but 20 women dropped out every day. Find the
number of women who initially decided to do the job, if job was completed in 7 days?

None

A boat sails 22 km of a river towards upstream in 7 hours and 20 minutes. 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?

4.4 h    

The wages of 12 women and 16 boys amount to Rs. 60. If 3 women together receive Re 1 more
than 4 boys, what are the wages of each woman and boy respectively? 

None of these

A boat takes 19 hours for travelling downstream from point P to point Q and coming back to a
point R which is at midway between P and Q. If the velocity of the stream is 5 kmph and the
speed of the boat in still water is 15 kmph, what is the distance between P and Q? 

190 km 

If 50 pumps can raise 5000 tonnes of water in 15 days, working 5 hours a day; in how many days
will 20 pumps raise 3000 tonnes of water, working 10 hours a day?

45/4 days

Shiv want to lay a track 200 m long and 6 m wide using a team of 60 boys in 2 days. After 1 day,
Shiv finds 75 m x 6 m track has been laid. How many men should Shiv hire additionally if 2 men
do the job of 5 boys?

16

A car covers first half of its journey at the rate of 15 km/h and second half at the rate of 12 km/h
and total time taken to complete the journey is 9 hours. Find the length of journey.

120 [not sure]

None of these

Two person X & Y start from the same point and move along a circular track of 60 m. Speed of
X is 5 m/s & speed of Y is 7 m/s. After how much time will they meet for the first time?
30 s

Two person X & Y start from the same point and move along a circular track of 60 m. Speed of
X is 5 m/s & speed of Y is 7 m/s. After how much time will they meet for the first time?

Can’t be determined

A man walks 7.5 km at a speed of 1(1/2) kmph, runs 6 km at a speed of 2 kmph and goes by bus
another 35 km. Speed of the bus is 7 kmph. Find the average speed of the man for whole journey
in kmph?

3.73  

A man walks at a speed of 3 km/hr and runs at a speed of 6 km/hr. How much time will the man
require to cover a distance of 30 km, if he completes half of the distance on foot and the other
half by running?

7.5 hrs

A contract is to be finished in 55 days and 110 men involved in it, each working 8 hours per day.
After 33 days, 4/7 of the work is finished, how many men may be employed so that it may be
completed in time, each man now working 10 hours a day?

99[not sure]

85

Vikas can do a piece of work in 12 days. He works at it for 3 days and then Raj finishes it in 9
days. In how many days can Vikas and Raj together finish the work?

6 days

Anit can do a piece of work in 40 days, but Bhuvesh can do the same work in 10 days less, than
Anit, when working alone. Anit and Bhuvesh both started the work together but Bhuvesh left
after some days and Anit finished the remaining work in 56 days with half of his efficiency but
he did the work with Bhuvesh with his complete efficiency. For how many days they had worked
together?

5(1/7)    

Nikhil went to another town covering 180 km by car moving at 60 kmph. Then he covered 300
km by train moving at 100 kmph and then rest 200 km he covered by a bus moving at 50 kmph.
The average speed during the whole journey was?

68 kmph

A motorboat goes 11 km an hour in still water, but takes thrice as much time in going the same
distance against the current than going with the current. Then find the speed of the current?

5.5 kmph 
Two boys Raj and Rishi started running on a circular track of length 200 metres from a same
starting point X. The speed of Raj is 8 m/s and that of Rishi is 5 m/s. At how many points will
they meet while moving in same direction?

2 pts

Two trains start at the same time from points x and y towards each other and after crossing, they
take 16 h and 9 h in reaching points y and x, respectively. Find the ratio of speeds of the 1st train
to that of the 2nd train.

3:4

Train Rajdhani Express from Katra to Chandigarh leaves Katra at 7:30 am and travels at 50km
per hour towards Chandigarh situated 100 kms away. At 8:00 Am Shatabdi express leaves
Chandigarh towards Katra and travels at 40 km per hour. At 8:30 Mohan, the traffic controller at
Chandigarh realizes that both the trains are running on the same track. How much time does he
have to avert a head-on-collision between the two trains?

20 minutes

Ronit, Sohit and Prikshit run around a circular track of length 400 meters¸ starting from the same
point simultaneously in the same direction at respective speeds of 4 kmph, 6 kmph and 8 kmph.
When they all will meet at the starting point for the first time after they started?

12 min

If the upstream speed of a boat is 40% less than the downstream speed of the boat and if an
object is thrown in the river it covers 100m in 40 sec, then how much distance boat can cover in
still water in 5 hours?

180 km

_________________________________________________________________________

Train A, 600 m long is running at 80 km/h will take how much time to cross a man sitting in
another train which is 400 m long, running at 64 km/h in the opposite direction?

15 s   

P can do a piece of work in 50 days, Q in 40 days and R in 30 days respectively. If R is assisted

by P on one day and by Q on the next day alternately then the work get complete?

17 (32/35)

A boat goes 24 km upstream and 35 km downstream in 9 hour. It was goes 30 km upstream and
21 km downstream in 8 hour. The speed of the boat in still water is (in km/h):

6.5
Goa express left Delhi for Goa at 15:00 hours travelling at a speed of 60kmph and Duranto
express left Delhi for Goa on the same day at 17:00 hours travelling speed of 80kmph. How far
away from Delhi will the two trains meet?

480 km

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 70% of the time. How many
workers were there in the group?

2.5

The wages of 12 women and 16 boys amount to Rs. 60. If 3 women together receive Re 1 more
than 4 boys, what are the wages of each woman and boy respectively? 

None of these

X and Y can do a piece of work in 12 days, X and Z in 16 days and Z and Y in 24 days. They all
work at it for 6 days, and then X leaves, and Y and Z go on together for 8 days more. If Y then
leaves, how long will Z take to complete the work? 

10 days

Shiv want to lay a track 200 m long and 6 m wide using a team of 60 boys in 2 days. After 1 day,
Shiv finds 75 m x 6 m track has been laid. How many men should Shiv hire additionally if 2 men
do the job of 5 boys?

16

A man went downstream for 24 km in a motor boat and immediately returned. It took the man
twice as long to make the return trip. If the speed of the river flow were twice as high, the trip
downstream and back would take 432 minutes. Find the speed of the boat in still water and the
speed of the river flow.

12km/hr, 4km/hr

A can complete a work in 15 days working 8 hours a day B can complete the same work in 10
days working 9 hours a day. If both A and B work together, working 8 hours a day, in how many
days can they complete the work? 

None of these

A takes 9 days extra to complete a work than time taken by A and B together to finish the same
work and B takes 16 days extra to finish the same work than time taken by A and B together.
Find the time taken by A and B together to finish the work?

12 days
7 boys and 9 girls can earn Rs. 3288 in 8 days. 9 boys and 5 girls can earn Rs. 2106 in 6 days. In
how many days will 6 boys and 5 girls earn Rs. 1116?

A boat covers 24 km upstream and 24 km downstream in 5 hrs. It covers 28 km upstream and 18

km downstream in 5 hrs. The speed of current is..

2 km/h

A boatman goes 3 km against the current of the stream in 1 hour and goes 2 km along the current
in 15 minutes. How long will it take to go 11 km in stationary water?

2 hr

Two trains running in opposite directions cross a man standing on the platform in 25 seconds and
15 seconds respectively and they cross each other in 20 seconds. The ratio of their speeds is:

1:1

In a circular race of 1200m, A and B start from the same point and at the same time with speeds
of 24km/hr and 36km/hr respectively. Find when will they meet again for the first time on the
track when they are running in same direction?

360 sec    

Two trains start at the same time from Goa and Nagpur and proceed towards each other at 60
kmph and 75 kmph respectively. When they meet, it is found that one train has travelled 150 km
more than the other. Find the distance between Goa and Nagpur.

1350 km

A large tanker can be filled by two pipes A and B in 30 and 50 minutes respectively. How many
minutes will it take to fill the tanker from empty state if B is used for half the time and A and B
fill it together for the other half?

300/11min

The distance between stations A and B is 199 km. An express train left station A towards station
B with the speed of 100 km/hr. At the same time, a freight train left station B towards station A
with the speed of 50 km/hr. They met at station C at 12 pm, and by that time the express train
stopped at intermediate station for 12 min and the freight train stopped for 6 min. Find: The
approximate distance between stations C and B.

69 km   
A car drove from Agra to Delhi without stopping. It covered the first 50 miles of its journey at an
average speed of 25 mph. What was the car’s average speed (in mph), for the remaining 175
miles if its overall average speed was 45 mph?

58(1/3)

A wheel that has 8 cogs is meshed with a larger wheel of 16 cogs. When the smaller wheel has
made 16 revolutions, then the number of revolutions made by the larger wheel is:

Taps A and B can fill a tank in 20 and 30 minutes respectively. Tap C can empty the filled tank
in 40 minutes. If all the three taps are kept open for one minute each starting with tap A, how
much time will the taps take to fill the tank?

48.5 min

Robert is travelling on his cycle and has calculated to reach point A at 5 P.M. if he travels at 12
kmph, he will reach there at 2 P.M if he travels at 16 kmph. At what speed must he travel to
reach A at 3 P.M.?

14.4 km/h

A car travels 70 km/h for one and half hours. Then it travels for 3 hours at 45 km/h. After that it
covers 105 km in one and half hours. What is the average speed of the car for the whole journey?

57.5 km/h

If Joe would have been twice more as efficient as today, he would have finished work in 15 days.
If his efficiency is reduced to one-third of what it is at present, in how many days, Joe would be
able to finish the work?

108

P and S can complete a piece of work in 20 and 15 days respectively. They worked together for 6
days, after which S was replaced by A. If the work would be finished in next 5 days, find the
number of days in which A alone could complete the work.

100

A man walks at a speed of 3 km/hr and runs at a speed of 6 km/hr. How much time will the man
require to cover a distance of 30 km, if he completes half of the distance on foot and the other
half by running?

7.5 hrs
A contract is to be finished in 55 days and 110 men involved in it, each working 8 hours per day.
After 33 days, 4/7 of the work is finished, how many men may be employed so that it may be
completed in time, each man now working 10 hours a day?

99 

A contractor undertakes to do a piece of work in 50 days. He engages 110 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?

13(7/11)