1.

In a kilometer race, A beats B by

250 m. Find the ratio of the speeds of
A and B.
A) 3:4

B) 4:3

C) 5:4

D) 4:5
2. In a 200 m race, Eswar gives Girish
a start of 10 m and beats him by 10 m.
Find the ratio of their speeds
A) 1:1

B) 9:10

C) 10:9

D) 19:20
3. X beats Y by 200 m in a kilometer
race. Find Y’s speed (in m/sec) if X’s
speed is 10 m/sec (in m/sec).
A) 10

B) 12.5

C) 12

D) 8
4. In a 100 m race, Ganesh beats Harish
by 10m or 2 seconds. Find Harish’s
speed (in m/sec).
A) 5

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C) 4
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D) 6
5. In a 100 m race, Akbar gives Birbal a
start of 2 seconds. Birbal covers 10 m by
the time Akbar starts. If both of them
finish together, find Akbar’s speed. (in
m/sec)

A) 5

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B) 5
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C) 4
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D) 4
6. In a race, P beats Q by 20 seconds. Q
beats R by 30 seconds. By how many
seconds did P beat R?
A) 50

B) 40

C) 45

D) 30
7. In a 100 m race, A beats B by 10 m
and B beats C by 20 m. Find the distance
by which A beats C. (in m)
A) 30

B) 28

C) 32

D) 36
8. Sambhu beats Kalu by 30 metres or 10
seconds. How much time was taken by
Sambhu to complete a race 1200 meters.
A) 6 min. 30 sec

B) 3 min. 15 sec

C) 12 min. 10 sec

D) 2 min 5 sec
9. Ram and Shyam run a race of 2000 m.
First, Ram gives Shyam a start of 200 m
and beats him by 30 s. Next, Ram gives
Shyam a start of 3 min and is beaten by
1000 metres. Find the time in minutes
in which Ram and Shyam can run the
race separately.
A) 8,10

B) 4,5

C) 5,9

D) 6,9
10. Vinay runs 100 metres in 20 seconds
and Ajay runs the same distance in 25
seconds. By what distance will Vinay
beat Ajay in a hundred metre race?
A) 10 m

B) 20 m

C) 25 m

D) 12 m
11. In a 100 m race, Shyam runs at 1.66
m/s. If Shyam gives Sujit a start of 4 m
and still beats him by 12 seconds, what
is Sujit’s speed?
A) 1.11 m/s

B) 0.75 m/s

C) 1.33 m/s

D) 1 k/h
12. In a 500 m race, the ratio of speed of
two runners Vinay and Shyam is 3 : 4. If
Vinay has a start of 140 m then Vinay
wins by
A) 15 m

B) 20 m

C) 25 m

D) 30 m
13. In a race of 600 meters, Ajay beats
Vijay by 60 metres and in a race of 500
meters Vijay beats Anjay by 25 meters.
By how many meters will Ajay beat Anjay
in a 400-meter race?
A) 48 m

B) 52 m

C) 56 m

D) 58 m
14. In a mile race, Akshay can be given a
start of 128 m by Bhairav. If Bhairav can
give Chinmay a start of 4 m in a 100 m
dash, then who out of Akshay and
Chinmay will win a race of one and half
miles, and what will be the final lead
given by the winner to the loser? (One
mile is 1,600 m.)

A) Akshay, 1/12 mile

B) Chinmay, 1/32 mile

C) Akshay, 1/24mile

D) Chinmay, 1/16 mile

15. In a race of 200 m run, A beats S by
20 m and N by 40 m. If S and N are
running a race of 100 m with exactly
same speed as before, then by how many
metres will S beat N?

A) 11.11 m

B) 10 m

C) 12 m

D) 25 m
16. Three runners A, B and C run a race,
with runner A finishing 12 metres ahead
of runner B and 18 metres ahead of
runner C, while runner B finishes 8
metres ahead of runner C. Each runner
travels the entire distance at a constant
speed. What was the length of the race?

A) 36 m

B) 48 m

C) 60 m

D) 72 m
17. In a 1200m race, A beats B by 400m
and B beats C by 300m. By what distance
does A beat C in the same race?
A) 300 m

B) 600 m

C) 500 m

D) 200 m
18. In a race, A beats B by 4 seconds and
B beats C by 2 sec. By how many seconds
does A beat C in the same race?
A) 6 sec

B) 5 sec

C) 8 sec

D) 3 sec
19. In 100 m race A beats B by 10 m
and B beats C by 10 m. By what
distance A beat C (in m)?
A) 19

B) 18

C) 20

D) 21
20. Two racers run at a speed of 100
m/min and 120 m/min respectively. If
the second racer takes 10 minute less
than the first to complete the run, then
how long is the race?

A) 4 km

B) 6 km

C) 1 km

D) 2 km
21. In a race of 1000 metres, A can beat
by 100 metres. In a race of 400 metres,
B beats C by 40 metres, in a race of 500
metres, A will beat C by :

A) 95 m

B) 100 m

C) 45 m

D) 60 m
22. In 1 km race A, B and C are three
participants. A can give B a start of 50
m and C, a start of 69 m. the start
which B can allow C is :

A) 17 m

B) 20 m

C) 19 m

D) 18 m
23. In a km race, A beats B by 30
seconds and B beats C by 15 seconds. If
A beats C by 180 m, the time taken by
A to run 1 km is:

A) 250 sec

B) 205 sec

C) 200 sec

D) 210 sec
24. A and B run 1 km and A wins by 25
second. A and C run 1 km and A wins
by 275 metre. When B and C run the
same distance, B wins by 30 sdeconds.
The time taken by A to run 1 km is :

A) 2 min. 25 sec

B) 2 min 50 sec

C) 3 min 20 sec

D) 3 min 30 sec
25. In a 100 m race, A runs at 6 km/hr.
If A gives B a start of 8 m and still beats
him by 9 seconds, what is the speed of
B?
A) 4.6 km/hr.

B) 4.8 km/hr.

C) 5.2 km/hr.

D) 5.4 km/hr.
26. In a race of 1000 m, A beats B by
150 m, while in another race of 3000
m, C beats D by 400 m. Speed of B is
equal to that of D. (Assume that A, B, C
and D runs with uniform speed in all
the events). If A and C participate in a
race of 600 m, then which one of the
following is correct?

A) A beats C by 250 m

B) C beats A by 250 m

C) A beats C by 115.38 m

D) C beats A by 115.38 m
27. Priya can run 250 m in 15 seconds
and Payal in 20 seconds. How many
meters start can Priya give to Payal in
one km race so that the race may end
in a dead-heat?
A) 100 m

B) 250 m

C) 150 m

D) 50 m