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9. A can do a piece of work in 70 days and B is 40% more efficient than A. The number of days taken
by B to do the same work is
a) 40 days b) 60 days c) 50 days d) 45 days
10. 3 men and 4 boys can complete a piece of work in 12 days. 4 men and 3 boys can do the same
work in 10 days. Then, 2 men and 3 boys can finish the work in number of days is
a) 17 1 b) 5 5 c) 8 d) 22
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11. 2 men and 3 women can do a piece of work in 10 days, while 3 men and 2 women can do the same
work in 8 days. Then, 2 men and 1 women can do the same work in
a) 12 days b) 12 1 days c) 13 days d) 13 1 days
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12. A certain number of men can do a piece of work in 40 days. If there were 45 men more the work
could have been finished in 25 days. Find the original number of men employed in the work
a) 70 b) 85 c) 65 d) 75
13. 3 men or 5 women can do a work in 12 days. How long will 6 men and 5 women take to finish the
work ?
a) 20 b) 10 c) 4 d) 15
14. If 5 men or 8 women can do a piece of work in 12 days, how many days will be taken by 2 men and
4 women to do the same work
a) 15 days b) 13 1 days c) 13 1 days d) 10 days
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15. A, B and C can do a job in 6 days, 12 days and 15 days, respectively. After 1 of the work is
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completed. C leaves the job. Rest of the work is done byA and B together. Time taken to finish the
work is
a) 5 5 days b) 5 1 days c) 3 1 days d) 3 3 days
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16. A can do a piece of work in 20 days and B in 30 days. The work together for 7 days and then, both
leaves the work. Then, C alone finishes the remaining work in 10 days. In how many days will C
finish the full work ?
a) 25 days b) 30 days c) 24 days d) 20 days
17. A and B can do a piece of work in 28 and 35 days, respectively. They began to work together but A
leaves after sometimes and B completed remaining work in 17 days.After how many days did A
leave ?
a) 14 2 days b) 9 days c) 8 days d) 7 5 days
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18. A and B can together finish a work in 30 days. They worked together for 20 days and then B left.
After another 20 days. Afinished the remaining work. In how many days Aalone can finish the job ?
a) 50 b) 60 c) 48 d) 54
19. A and B working separately can do a piece of work in 9 and 15 days respectively. If they work for a
day alternately, withAbeginning , then the work will be completed in
a) 10 days b) 11 days c) 9 days d) 12 days
20. A, B and C can do a piece of work in 30, 20 and 10 days, respectively. A is assisted by B on one
day and by C on the next day, alternately. How long would the work take to finish ?
a) 9 3 days b) 4 8 days c) 8 4 days d) 3 9 days
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21. A and B together can complete a work in 12 days. A alone can complete in 20 days. If B done the
work only half a day daily, then in how many days Aand B together will complete the work ?
a) 10 days b) 20 days c) 11 days d) 15 days
22. Ganga and Saraswati working separately can now a filed in 8 and 12 h, respectively. If the work in
stretches of 1 h alternately, Ganga beginning at 9:00 am, when will the moving be completed ?
a) 6:00 pm b) 6:30 pm c) 5:00 pm d) 5:30 pm
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TIME & WORK (CLASS WORK) ANS :
1-a, 2-d, 3-b, 4-c, 5-c,6-b, 7-a, 8-d, 9-c, 10-a, 11-b, 12-d, 13-c, 14-c, 15-c, 16-c, 17-c, 18-b, 19-b,
20-a, 21-d, 22-b
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7 TIME & WORK
PRACTICE QEUSTIONS :
1. If 8 boys and 12 women can do a piece of work in 25 days. In how many days can the work be
done by 6 boys and 11 women working together ?
a) 15 days b) 10 days c) 12 days d) Cannot be determined
2. Nishu and archana can do a place of work in 10 days and Nishu alone can do it in 12 days. In how
many days can Archana do it alone ?
a) 60 days b) 30 days c) 50 days d) 45 days
3. A can do a piece of work in 20 days. He work at it for 5 days and then B finishes it in 10 more days.
In how many days will Aand B together finish the work ?
a) 8 days b) 10 days c) 12 days d) 6 days
4. 6 man can do piece of work in 12 days, How many men are needed to do the work in 18 days ?
a) 3 men b) 6 men c) 4 men d) 2 men
5. Vinod can do 25% of a piece of work in 5 days. How many days will he take to complete the work
ten times ?
a) 150 days b) 260 days c) 200 days d) 180 days
6. 4 men and 3 women finish a job in 6 days, And 5 men and 7 women can do the sasme job in 4 days.
How long will 1 man and 1 women take do do the work ?
a) 22 2 days 1 c) 5 1 days d) 12 7 days
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7 b) 25 2 days 22
7. A can do a piece of work in 20 days and B can do it 15 days.
How long will they take if both work together ?
a) 8 6 days b) 8 4 days c) 9 3 days d) None of these
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8. A can do a piece of work in 10 days and B can do the same work in 20 days. With the help of C,
they finish the work in 5 days. How long will it take for C alone to finish the work ?
a) 20 days b) 10 days c) 35 days d) 15 days
9. Raju is twice as Vijay. Together, they finish the work in 14 days. In how many days can vijay alone
do the same work ?
a) 16 days b) 21 days c) 32 days d) 42 days
10. Priya can do 1/2 of the work in 8 days while Preeti can do 1/3 of the work in 6 days. How long will
it take for both of them to finish the work ?
a) 88 days b) 144 days c) 72 days d) 8 days
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11. Apurva can do a piece of work in 12 days. Apurva and Amit complete the work together and are
paid Rs. 54 and Rs. 81 respectively. How many days must they have taken to complete the work
together ?
a) 4 days b) 4.5 days c) 4.8 days d) 5 days
12. Twenty workers can finish a piece of work in 30 days. After how many days should 5 workers leave
the job so that the work is completed din 35 days ?
a) 5 days b) 10 days c) 15 days d) 20 days
13. If 2 men and 16 boys can do a piece of work in 5 days and 13 men and 24 boys can do it in 4 days,
compare the daily work done by a man with that done by a boy ?
a) 1 : 2 b) 1 : 3 c) 2 : 1 d) 3 : 1
14. Shashi can do a piece of work in 25 days and Rishi can do it in 20 days. They work for 5 days and
then Sashi goes away. In how many more days will Rishi finish the work ?
a) 10 days b) 12 days c) 14 days d) None of these
15. Manoj takese twice as much time as Ajay and thrice as much as Vijay to finish a place of work.
Together they finish the work in 1 day. What is the time taken by Manoj to finish the work ?
a) 6 days b) 3 days c) 2 days d) None of these
16. Subhash can copy 50 page in 10 hours ; Subhash and Prakash together can copy 300 pages in
40 hours. In how much time can Prakash copy 30 pages ?
a) 13 h b) 12 h c) 11 h d) 9 h
17. A cistern is normally filled in 5 hours. However , it takes 6 hours when there is leak in its bottom. If
the cistern is full, in what time shall the leak empty it ?
a) 6 h b) 5 h c) 30 h d) 15 h
18. If three taps are open together, a tank is filled in 10 h, One of the taps can till in 5 h and another in
10 h, At what rate does the 3rd pipe work ?
a) Waste pipe emptying the tank in 10 h
b) Waste pipe emptying the tank in 20 h
c) Waste pipe emptying the tank in 5 h
d) Fills the tank in 10 h
19. A can do a work in 10 days and B can do the same work in 20 days. They work togethere for
5 days and thenA goes away ikn how many more days will B finish the work ?
a) 5 days b) 6.5 days c) 10 days d) 8 1 days
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20. There are three Taps A, B and C in a tank. They can fill the tank in 10 hrs, 20 hrs and 25 hrs
respecdtively.At first, all of then are opened simultaneously. Then after 2 hours tap C is closed and A
and B are kept running. After the 4th hour, tap B is also closed. The remaining work is done by Tap
A alone. Find the percentage of the work done by Tap A by itself.
a) 32% b) 52% c) 75% d) None of these
21. In a for there was sufficient food for 200 soldiers for 31 day. After 27 days 120 soldieres left the
fort. For how many extra days will the rest of the food fast for the remaining soldiers ?
a) 12 days b) 10 days c) 8 days d) 6 days
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22. There are two pipe in a tank. Pipe A is for filling the tank and Pipe B is for emptying the tank. If Acan
fill the tank in 10 hours and B can empty the tank in 15 hours then find how many hours will it take to
completely fill a half empty tank ?
a) 30 hours b) 15 hours c) 20 hours d) 33.33 hours
23. PipeA and B running together can fill a cistern in 6 minutes. If B takes 5 minutes more thanAto fil
lthe cistern, then the time in whichAand B will fill the cistern separately will be respectively ?
a) 15 min, 20 min b) 15 min, 10 min c) 10 min, 15 min d) 25 min, 20 min
24. A cistern is normally filled in 6 h but takes 4 h longer to fill because of a leak in its bottom, it the
cistern is full, the leak will empty it in how much time ?
a) 15 h b) 16 h c) 20 h d) None of these
25. 15 men could finish a piece of work in 210 days. But at the end of 100 days. 15 additional men are
employed. In how many more days will the work be complete ?
a) 80 days b) 60 days c) 55 days d) 50 days
26. 10 men can complete a piece of work in 15 days and 15 women can complette the same work in 12
days. If all the 10 men and 15 women work together, in how many will the work get completed ?
a) 6 2 days 1 c) 7 2 days d) None of these
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b) 8 3 days
27. A is thrice as good as B and is therefore able to finish a piece of work in 60 days less than B. Find
the time in which they can do it. working together
a) 22 3 days b) 22 1 days c) 24 days d) None of these
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28. Bansal, Gupta and Singhal together can complete a work in 4 days. If Bansal and Gupta together can
complete the work in 4 4 days. Gupta and Singhal together can do ti in 8 days, then Gupta alone
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can complete the work in
a) 16 days b) 12 days c) 20 days d) None of these
29. Working 7 hours daily 24 men can complete a piece of work in 27 days. In how many days would
14 men complete the same plece of work working 9 hours daily ?
a) 36 days b) 30 days c) 32 days d) None of these
30. A can do a piece of work in 10 days, while B alone can do it in 15 days. They work together for
5 days and the rest of the work is done by C in 2 days. If they get Rs. 450 for the whole work, how
should they divide the money ?
a) Rs. 250, Rs. 100, Rs. 100
b) Rs. 220, Rs. 150, Rs. 75
c) Rs. 200, Rs. 150, Rs. 100
d) Rs. 175, Rs. 175, Rs. 100
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31. A and B working separately can do a piece of work in 9 and 12 days, respectively. If they work for a
day altenately.Abeginning, in how many days the work will be completed ?
a) 10 1 days b) 10 1 days c) 10 2 days d) 10 3 days
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32. A can do a piece of work in 30 days. B in 50 days and C in 40 days. If A is assisted by B on one
day and by C on the next day alternately work will be completed in
32 b) 19 2 days c) 16 31 days d) 18 1 days
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a) 17 35 days 3
33. 45 men complete a piece of work in 30 days working 12 hours a day. In how many days will 60 men
complete the work working 10 hours a day ?
a) 27 days b) 30 days c) 24 days d) None of these
34. 5 men and 2 boys working together can do four times as much work per hour as a man and a boy
together. The work done by a man and a boy should be in the ratio
a) 1 : 2 b) 2 : 1 c) 1 : 3 d) 4 : 1
35. The men undertake to do a piece of work for Rs. 600. One alone could do it in 6 days and the other
in 8 days. With the assistance of a boy they finish it in 3 days. Boy’s share should be
a) Rs. 300 b) Rs. 225 c) Rs. 75 d) Rs. 100
36. A and B can do a piece of work in 45 and 40 days. respectively. They began the work together, but
Aleaves after some days and B finihsed the remaining work in 23 days. After how many days, did
A leaves ?
a) 6 days b) 8 days c) 9 days d) 12 days
37. 4 men or 6 women can finish a piece of work in 20 days. In how many days can 6 men and
11 women finish the same work ?
a) 9 days b) 6 days c) 7 days d) None of these
38. A does half as much work as B in three-fourths of the time. If together they take 18 days to complete
a work, how much time shall B take to do it ?
a) 30 days b) 35 days c) 40 days d) 66 days
39. A is 4 times as fast as B and is therefore able to finish a work in 45 days less than B,A and B,
working together, can complete the work in
a) 12 days b) 16 days c) 8 days d) None of these
40. Ramesh takes twice as much time as Mahesh and thrice as much time as Suresh to complete a job. If
working tegether, they can complete the job in 4 days, then the time taken by each of them separately
to complete the work is
a) 36, 24 and 16 days
b) 20, 16 and 12 days
c) 24, 42 and 18 days
d) None of these
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41. A and B can finish a piece of work in 30 days, B and C in 40 days while C and A in 60 days. A, B,
C together can do the work in
a) 24 3 days b) 28 2 days c) 26 2 days d) None of these
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42. A can do 1/3 of a work in 5 days and B can do 2/5 of the work in 10 days. In how many days both
A and B together can do the work ?
a) 13 2 days b) 9 3 days c) 18 5 days d) None of these
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43. Ajay and Sunil can do a piece of work in 10 days, sunil and Sanjay in 15 daysand Sanjay and Ajy in
20 days. They together work at it for 6 days and then Ajay leaves and Sunil and Sanjay go on
together for 4 days more. If Sunil then leaves, how long will Sanjay take to complete the work ?
a) 12 days b) 10 days c) 16 days d) None of these
44. 5 men can complete a work in 2 days, 4 women can complete the same work in 3 days and
5 children can do it in 3 days. 1 man, 1 woman and 1 child, working together, can complete
the work in
a) 6 days b) 4 days c) 8 days d) None of these
45. Bindal can finish a work in 10 days. Jindal is twice as efficient as Bindal. If they work together, in
how many days, the work will be finished ?
a) 3 1 days b) 5 2 days c) 4 1 days d) None of these
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46. Acistern is provided by two taps A and B. Acan fill it in 20 minutes and B in 25 taps minutes. Both
the taps are kept open for 5 minutes and then the second is turned off. The cistern will be completely
filled in another
a) 11 minutes b) 10 minutes c) 15 minutes d) 12 minutes
47. One tap can fill a eastern in 2 hours and another can empty the cistern in 3 hours. How long will they
take to fill the cistern if both the taps are opened ?
a) 6 hours b) 7 hours c) 6.30 hours d) None of these
48. If two pipes function simultaneously , the reservior will be filled in 12 hours. One pipe fills the
reservoir 10 hours faster than the other. How many hours does the faster pipe take to fill the reservior
a) 35 hours b) 30 hours c) 40 hours d) None of these
49. Two pipes can fill a tank in 10 hours and 12 hours, respectively. White a third pipe emptied the full
tank in 20 hours. If all the three pipes operates simulataneously, in how mcuh time the tank will be
filled ?
a) 7 hours 30 minutes b) 6 hours 40 minutes c) 8 hours 30 minutes d) None of these
50. Acistern has two taps which fill it in 12 minutes and 15 minutes respectively. There is also a waste
pipe in the cistern. When al the pipes are opened, the empty cistern is full 20 minutes. How long will
be waste pipe take to empty a full cistern ?
a) 8 minutes b) 10 minutes c) 12 minutes d) 16 minutes
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51. One fill pipeAis 3 times faster than second fill pipe B and takes 32 minutes less than the fill pipe B.
When will the cistern be full if both pipes are opened together ?
a) 28 minutes b) 24 minutes c) 30 minutes d) data inadequate
52. A tap can fill a tank in 25 minutes and another can empty it in 50 minutes. Find whether the tank will
be filled up or emptied and in how many minutes ?
a) Tank is filled up in 50 minutes b) Tank is emptied in 25 minutes
c) Tank is filled up in 25 minutes d) None of these
53. A cistern is normally filled in 8 hours but takes 2 hours longer to fill because of a leak in its bottom. If
the cistern is full, the leak will empty it in
a) 35 hours b) 45 hours c) 40 hours d) None of these
54. Two pipesAand B can fill a cistern in 4 minutes 6 minutes, respectively. If these pipes are turned on
alternately for 1 minute each how long will it take for the cistern to fill ?
a) 4 min 40 sec b) 3 min 20 sec c) 4 min 50 sec d) 3 min 30 sec
55. Two taps A and B can fill a tank in 10 hours and 15 hours, respectively. IF both the taps are opened
together the tank will be full in :
a) 8 hours b) 6 hours c) 5 hours d) None of these
56. 12 buckets of water fill a tank when the capacity of each bucket is 13.5 liters. How many buckets
will be needed to fill the same tank, if the capacity of each bucket is 9 liters ?
a) 8 b) 16 c) 15 d) 18
57. Two pipesAand B can fill a cistern in 12 minutes and 16 minutes respectively. If both the pipes are
opened together, then after how much time B should be closed so that the tank is full in 9 minutes ?
a) 3 1 min. b) 4 min. c) 4 1 min. d) 4 3 min.
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58. An electric pump can fill a tank in 3 hours. Because of a leak in the tank, it took 3½ hours to fill the
tank. The leak can drain out all the water of the tank in :
a) 10½ hrs b) 12 hrs c) 21 hrs d) 24 hrs
59. Three pipes A, B and C can fill a tank in 6 hours. After working at it together for 2 hours, C is closed
and Aand B can fill the remaining part in 7 hours. The number of hours taken by C alone to fill the
cistern, is :
a) 10 b) 12 c) 14 d) 16
60. If two pipes function simultaneously, the reservoir will be filled in 12 hours. One pipe fills the reservoir
10 hours faster than the other. How many hours it takes the second pipes to fill the reservoir ?
a) 25 hrs b) 28 hrs c) 30 hrs d) 35 hrs
61. Acistern has two tapes which fill it in 12 min and 15 min, respectively. There is also a waste pipe in
the cistern. When all the three are opened, the empty cistern is full in 20 minutes. How long will the
waste pipe take to empty the full cistern ?
a) 8 min b) 10 min c) 12 min d) 16 min
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62. Two pipes Aand B can fill a cistern in 12 minutes and 15 minutes repectively but a third pipe C can
empty the full tank in 6 minutes. A and B are kept open for 5 minutes in the begining and then C is
also opened. In what time is the
cistern emptied ? b) 33 min c) 37 1 min d) 45 min
a) 30 min
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63. Two taps Aand B can fill a tank in 10 hours and 15 hours repectivelyh. If both the taps are opened
together, the tank will be full in
a) 5 hrs b) 6 hrs c) 12 1 hrs d) 7 1 hrs
2
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64. Taps A and B can fill a bucket in 12 minutes and 15 minutes respectively. If both are opened and Ais
closed after 3 minutes, how much further time would it take for B to fill the bucket ?
a) 7 min. 45 sec b) 7 min 15 sec c) 8 min 5 ssec d) 8 min 15 sec
65. Bucket P has thrice the capacity as bucket Q. It takes 60 turns for bucket P to fill the empty drum.
How many turns it will take for both the buckets P and Q, having each turn together to fill the empty
drum ?
a) 30 b) 40 c) 45 d) 90
66. Two pipes can fill a tank in 10 hours and 12 hours respectively while a third pipe empties the full tank
in 20 hours. If all the three pipes operate simultaneously, in how much time the take will be filled ?
a) 7 hrs b) 8 hrs c) 7 hrs 30 min d) 8 hrs 30 min
67. Aleak in the bottom of tank can empty the full tank in 8 hours. An inlet pipe fills water at the rate of
6 liters a minute. When the tank is full, the inlet is opened and due to the leak, the tank is empty in
12 hours. How many liters does the cistern hold ?
a) 7580 b) 7960 c) 8290 d) 8640
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TIME & WORK (PRACTICE QUESTION) ANS :
1 (d), 2 (a), 3 (a), 4 (c), 5 (c), 6 (a), 7 (b), 8 (a), 9 (d), 10 (b), 11 (c), 12 (c), 13 (c), 14 (d), 15 (a), 16 (b), 17 (c), 18 (c),
19 (a), 20 (d), 21 (b), 22 (b), 23 (c), 24 (a), 25 (c), 26 (a), 27 (b), 28 (b), 29 (a), 30 (b), 31 (b), 32 (a), 33 (a), 34 (b), 35 (c),
36 (c), 37 (b), 38 (d), 39 (a), 40 (d), 41 (c), 42 (b), 43 (b), 44 (b), 45 (a), 46 (a), 47 (a), 48 (b), 49 (a), 50 (b), 51 (b), 52 (a),
53 (c), 54 (a), 55 (b), 56 (d), 57 (b), 58 (c), 59 (c), 60 (c), 61 (b), 62 (d), 63 (b), 64 (d), 65 (c), 66 (c), 67 (d)
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8 TIME, SPEED & DISTANCE
CLASS WORK :
1. Two fiends started for a place one by motorcycle and the other by train. The speed of motorcycle as
30 km/h and that of train is 24 km/h. The first one takes 6 h 12 min to reach the destination. Find the
time of reaching of second one.
a) 8.00 h b) 7.25 h c) 7.50 h d) 7.75 h
2. The distance between places A and B is 999 km. An express train leaves place A at 6 am and runs at
a speed of 55.5 km/h. The train stops on the way for 1 h 20 min. It reaches B at
a) 1:20 am b) 12:00 pm c) 6:00 pm d) 11:00 pm
3. A thief is noticed by a policeman from a distance of 200 m. The thief start running and the policeman
chases him. The thief and the policeman run at the rate of 10 km and 11 km per hour, respectively.
What is the distance between them after 6 min ?
a) 100 m b) 190 m c) 200 m d) 150 m
4. A train covers a distance between station A and station B in 45 min. If the speed of the train is
reduced by 5 km/h, then the same distance is covered in 48 min. The distance between stations
A and B is
a) 60 km b) 64 km c) 80 km d) 55 km
5. A motorist travels to a place 150 km away at an average speed of 50 km/h and returns at 30 km/h.
His average sped for the whole journey in km/h is
a) 37.5 b) 37 c) 35 d) 40
6. A train travels at an average speed of 50 km/h for 2 1 and then travels at a speed of 70 km/h for
2
1 1 h. The average speed of the train in km/h for entire journey is
2
a) 59.5 b) 60 c) 62.5 d) 57.5
7. The speed of a train going from Nagpur to Allhabad is 10 km/h while its speed is 150 km/h when
coming back fromAllahabad to Nagpur. Then, the average speed during the whole journey is
a) 120 km/h b) 125 km/h c) 140 km/h d) 135 km/h
8. A man completed a certain journey by a car. If he covered 30% of the distance at the speed of
20 km/h, 60% of the distance at 40 km/h and the remaining distance at 10 km/h; his average speed
for the whole journey was
a) 25 km/h b) 28 km/h c) 30 km/h d) 33 km/h
9. 37 A man travels a distance of 24 km at 6 km/h another distance of 24 km at 8 km/h and a third
distance of 24 km at 12 km/h. His average speed for the whole journey (in km/h) is
a) 8 2 b) 8 c) 2 10 d) 9
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10. The speed of two trains are in the ratio 6 : 7. If the second train runs 364 km in 4 h, then the speed of
the first train is
a) 60 km/h b) 72 km/h c) 78 km/h d) 84 km/h
11. A is twice as fast runner as B and B is thrice as fast runner as C. If C travelled a distance in
1 h 54 min, the time taken by B to cover the same distance is
a) 19 min b) 38 min c) 51 min d) 57 min
12. If a train runs at 40 km/h, it reaches its destination late by 11 min. But if it runs at 50 km/h, it is late by
5 min only. The correct time (in min) for the train to complete the journey is
a) 13 b) 15 c) 19 d) 21
13. Shri X goes to his office by scooter at a speed of 30 km/h and reaches 6 min earlier. If he goes at a
speed of 24 km/h, he reaches 5 min late. The distance of his office is
a) 20 km b) 21 km c) 22 km d) 24 km
14. When a person cycled at 10 km/h he arrived at his office 6 min late. He arrived 6 min early, when he
increased his speed by 12 km/h. The distance of his office from the starting place is
a) 6 km b) 7 km c) 12 km d) 16 km
15. A is twice at fast as B and B is thrice as face as C. The journey covered by C in 1 1 h will be
2
covered byA in
a) 15 min b) 20 min c) 30 min d) 1 h
16. A man is walking at a speed of 10 km/h. After every kilometre, he takes a rest from 5 min. How
much time will be take to cover a distance of 5 km ?
a) 60 min b) 50 min c) 40 min d) 70 min
17. If a distance of 50 m is covered in 1 min, that 90 m in 2 min and 130 m in 3 min, then find the
distance covered in 15 min
a) 610 m b) 750 m c) 1000 m d) 650 m
18. A man travelled a distance of 80 km in 7 h partly on foot at the rate of 8 km/h and partly on bicycle
at 16 km/h. The distance travelled on the foot is
a) 32 km b) 48 km c) 36 km d) 44 km
19. A car starts running with the initial speed of 40 km/h with its speed increasing every hour by 5 km/h.
How many hours will it take to cover a distance of 358 km
a) 8 1 h b) 9 1 h c) 9 h d) 7 h
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20. Ravi travels 300 km partly by train and partly by car. He takes 4 h to reach if he travels 60 km by
train and rest by car. He will take 10 min more if he were to travel 100 km by train and rest by car.
The speed of the train is
a) 50 km/h b) 60 km/h c) 100 km/h d) 120 km/h
TIME, SPEED & DISTANCE (CLASS WORK) ANS :
1-d. 2-a, 3-a, 4-a, 5-a, 6-d, 7-a, 8-a, 9-b, 10-c, 11-b, 12-c, 13-c, 14-c, 15-a, 16-b, 17-a, 18-a, 19-d,
20-b
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8 TIME, SPEED & DISTANCE
PRACTICE QUESTIONS :
1. What is the time taken by Rohan to cover a distance of 360 km by a motorcyle moving at a speed of
10 m/s
a) 10 h b) 5 h c) 8 h d) 6 h
2. Two trains, Calcutta Mail and Bombay Mail, start at the same time from stations Calcutta and
Bombay respectively towards each other. After passing each other, they take 12 hours and 3 hours to
reach Bombay and Calcutta repectively. If the Calcutta Mail is moving at the speed of 48 km/h, the
speed of the Baombay mail is
a) 24 km/h b) 22 km/h c) 21 km/h d) 96 km/h
3. Narayan Murthy walking at a speed of 20 km/h reaches his college 10 minutes late. Next time he
increases his speed by 5 km/h. but finds that he is still late by 4 minutes. What is the distance of his
college from his house.
a) 20 km b) 6 km c) 12 km d) none of these
4. Walking at 3/4 of his normal speed,Ankur is 16 minutes late in reaching his office. The usual time
taken by him to cover the distance between his home and his office is
a) 48 minutes b) 60 minutes c) 42 minutes d) 62 minutes
5. Walking at 3/4 of his normal speed, a man takes 2(1/2) hours more than the normal time. Find the
normal time
a) 7.5 h b) 6 h c) 8 h d) 12 h
6. A car travles fron A to B at V1 km/h, km/h, travels back from B to A at V2 km/h and again goes back
from A to B at V2 km/h. The average speed of the car is :
a) 2V1V2 b) 2V1V2 c) 3V1V2 d) 3V1V2
V1 + 2V2 V2 + 2V1 V2 + 2V1 V1 + 2V2
7. Sanjay and Naveen travel the same distances at the rate of 6 km per hour and 10 km per hour
respectively. If sanjay takes 30 minutes longer than Naveen, the distance travelled by each is
a) 6 km b) 10 km c) 7.5 km d) 20 km
8. Rajdhani Express travels 650 km in 5 h and another 940 km in 10h. What is the average speed of
train ?
a) 1500 km/h b) 63 km/h c) 106 km/h d) 126 km/h
9. A railway passenger counts the telegraph poles on the rail road as he passes them. The telegraph
poles are at a distance of 50 meters. What will be his count in 4 hours, if the speed of the train is
45 km per hour.
a) 600 b) 2500 c) 3600 d) 5000
10. A train moves at a constant speed of 120 km/h for one kilometres and at 40 kmph for the next one
kilometers. What is the average speed of the train
a) 48 kmph b) 50 kmph c) 80 kmph d) None of these
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11. Walking at 3/4 of his usual speed, a man is 16 minutes late for his office. The usual time taken by him
to cover that distance is
a) 48 minutes b) 60 minutes c) 42 minutes d) 62 minutes
12. A motor car does a journey in 17.5 hours, covering the first half at 30 km/h and the second half at
40 km/h. Find the distance of the journey
a) 684 km b) 600 km c) 120 km d) 540 km
13. Two trains Aand B start simultameously in the opposite direction from two points Aand B and arrive
at their destinations 9 and 4 hours respectively after their meeting each other. At what rate does the
second train B travel if the first train travels at 80 km per hour.
a) 60 km/h b) 100 km/h c) 120 km/h d) None of these
14. A passenger train takes 2 h less for a journey of 300 kilometres if its speed is increased by 5 kmph
over its usual speed. Find the usual speed
a) 10 kmph b) 12 kmph c) 20 kmph d) 25 kmph
15. Manish travels a certain distance by car at the rate of 12 km/h and walks back at the rate of 3 km/h.
The whole journey took 5 hours. What is the distance he covered on the car ?
a) 12 km b) 30 km c) 15 km d) 6 km
16. A car travels 1/3 of the distance on a straight road with a velocity of 10 km/h, the next 1/3 with a
velocity of 20 km/h and the last 1/3 with a velocity of 60 km/h. What is the average velocity of the
car for the whole journey ?
a) 18 km/h b) 10 km/h c) 20 km/h d) 15 km/h
17. Jayshree goes to office at a speed of 6 km/h and returns to her home at a speed of 4 km/h. If she
takes 10 hours in all. What is the distance between her office and her home ?
a) 24 km b) 12 km c) 10 km d) None of these
18. A journey of 192 km takes 2 hours less by a fast train than by a slow train. If the average speed of
slow train be 16 kmph less than that of fast train, what is the average speed of the faster train
a) 32 kmph b) 16 kmph c) 12 kmph d) 48 kmph
19. A plane left hafl an hour later than the scheduled time and in order to reach its destination
1500 kilometre away in time, it had to increase its speed by 33.33 per cent over its usual speed.
Find its increased speed
a) 250 kmph b) 500 kmph c) 750 kmph d) None of these
20. A boat goes 15 km upstream in 80 minutes. The speed of the stream is 5 km/h. The speed of the
boat in still water is
a) 16.25 km/h b) 16 km/h c) 15 km/h d) 17 km/h
21. A train requires 7 seconds to pass a pole while it requires 25 seconds to cross a stationary train
which is 378 metres long. Find the speed of the train
a) 75.6 km/h b) 75.4 km/h c) 76.2 km/h d) 21 km/h
22. A boat sails down the river for 10 km and then up the river for 6 km. The speed of the river flow is
1 km/h. What should be the minimum speed of the boat for the trip to take a maximum of 4 hours ?
a) 2 kmph b) 3 kmph c) 4 kmph d) 5 kmph
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23. Two trains for Patna leave Delhi at 6 a.m. and 6.45 a.m. and travel at 98 kmph and 136 kmph
respectively. How many kilometres from Delhi will the tow trains meet ?
a) 262.4 km b) 260 km c) 200 km d) None of these
24. In a stream, B lies in between A and C such that it is equidistant from both A and C, A boat can go
from A to B and back in 6 h 30 minutes while it goes from Ato C in 9 h. How long would it take to
go from C to A ?
a) 3.75 h b) 4 h c) 4.25 h d) 4.5 h
25. X and Y are two stations 600 km apart. A train starts from X and moves towards Y at the rate of
25 km/h.Another train starts from Y at the 35 km/h. How far from X they will cross each other
a) 250 km b0 300 km c) 450 km d) 475 km
26. Two trains are running on parallel lines in the same direction at speeds of 40 kmph and 20 kmph
respectively. The faster train crosses a man in the second train in 36 seconds. The length of the faster
train is
a) 200 meteres b) 185 meteres c) 225 meteres d) 210 meteres
27. A motorboat went downstream for 28 km and immediately returned. It took the boat 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 672 minutes. Find the speed of the boat in still water and the speed of the river flow.
a) 9 km/h, 3 km/h b) 9 km/h, 6 km/h c) 8 km/h, 2 km/h d) 12 km/h, 3 km/h
28. The speed of the boat in still water is 12 km/h and the speed of the stream is 2 km/h.A distance of
8 km, going upstream, is covered in
a) 1 h b) 1 h 15 min c) 1 h 12 min d) None of these
29. A boat rows 16 km up the stream and 30 km down stream taking 5 h each time. The velocity of the
current
a) 1.1 km/h b) 1.2 km/h c) 1.4 km/h d) 1.5 km/h
30. A motorboat went down the river for 14 km and then up the river for 9 km. It took a total of 5 hours
for the entire jouney. Find the speed of the river flow if the speed of the boat in still water is 5 km/h
a) 1 kmph b) 1.5 kmph c) 2 kmph d) 3 kmph
31. Alazy man can row upstream at 16 km/h and downstream at 22 km/h. Find the man’s rate in still
water (in kmph).
a) 19 b) 14 c) 17 d) 18
32. A motorboat whose speed in still water is 15 kmph goes 30 km downstream and comes back in a
total 4 hours 30 min. Determine the speed of the stream
a) 2 kmph b) 3 kmph c) 4 kmph d) 5 kmph
33. In a sream that is running at 2 km/h, a man goes 10 km upstream and comes back to the starting
point in 55 minutes. Find the speed of the man in still water
a) 20 km/h b0 22 km/h c) 24 km/h d) 28 km/h
34. Without stoppage, a train travels at an average speed of 75 km/h and with stoppes it covers the same
distance at an average speed of 60 km/h. How many minutes per hour dies the train stop ?
a) 10 minutes b) 12 minutes c) 14 minutes d) 18 minutes
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35. A motorboat whose speed in still water is 10 km/h went 91 km downstream and then returned to its
starting point. Calculate the speed of the river flow if the round trip look of 20 hours.
a) 3 km/h b) 4 km/h c) 2 km/h d) 8 km/h
36. A man can row 30 km upstream and 44 km downstream in 10 hours. It is also known that he can
row 40 km upstream and 55 km downstream in 13 hours. Find the speed of the man in still water
a) 4 km/h b) 6 km/h c) 8 km/h d) 12 km/h
37. Two trains are travelling in the same direction at 50 km/h and 30 km/h respectively. The faster train
crosses a man in the slower train in 18 seconds. Find the length of the faster train.
a) 0.1 km b) 1 km c) 1.5 km c) 1.4 km
38. A man goes down stream at x km/h and upstream at y km/h. The speed of the boat in still water is
a) 0.5 (x+y) b) 0.5 (x-y) c) x+y d) x-y
39. Rakesh sets out to cycle from Delhi to Mathura and at the same time Suresh starts from Mathura to
Delhi. After passing each other they complete their journey in 9 and 16 hours, respectively.At what
speed does Suresh cycle if Rakesh cycles at 16 km per hour ?
a) 12 km/hr b) 16 km/hr c) 14 km/hr d) None of these
40. A train passes a railway bridge 150 m long in 18 seconds. If the train is running at a speed of
60 km/hr, then the length of the train in metres is
a) 160 m b) 150 m c) 180 m d) None of these
41. The wheel of an engine is 3 3 meters in circumference and makes 4 revolutions in 2 seconds.
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The speed of the train is
a) 27 km/hr b) 31 km/hr c) 35 km/hr c) None of these
42. A car during its journey travels 30 minutes at a speed of 40 km/hr, and 2 hours at a speed of
70 km/hr. The average speed of the car is
a) 63 km/hr b) 65 km/hr c) 70 km/hr d) None of these
43. A train 100 meters long passes a bridge at the rate of 72 km/hr in 25 seconds. What is the length of
the bridge ?
a) 400 m b) 17 m c) 600 m d) None of these
44. A and B are two towns. A car goes from A to B at a speed of 64 km/hr and returns to A at a slower
speed. If its average speed for the whole journey is 56 km/hr, it returned with speed
a) 52.54 km/hr b) 47.74 km/hr c) 49.78 km/hr d) None of these
45. Ramesh crosses a street 600 m long in 5 minutes. His speed in km/hr is
a) 8.2 b) 7.2 c) 9.2 d) None of these
46. B walking at 3 of his usual speed, a man reaches office 20 minutes later than usual. His usual time
is 4
a) 65 minutes b) 60 minutes c) 70 minutes d) None of these
47. Sound travels 330 metres a second. If the sound of a thunder-cloud follows the flash after
10 seconds. The thunder-could is at a distance of
a) 3.7 km b) 3.5 km c) 3.3 km d) None of these
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48. On a tour a man travels at the rate of 64 km an hour for the first 160 km, then travels the next
160 km at the rate of 80 kmph. The average speed in km per hour for the first 320 km of the tour is
a) 81.13 km/hr b) 73.11 km/hr c) 71.11 km/hr d) None of these
49. Aperson covers half of his journey at 30 km/hr and the remaining half 20 km/hr. The average speed
for the whole journey is
a) 25 km/hr b) 28 km/hr c)32 km/hr d) None of these
50. Two trains are moving in the same direction at 50 km/hr and 30 km/hr. The faster train crosses a man
in the slower train in 18 seconds. Find the length of the faster train.
a) 120 m b) 110 m c) 100 m d) None of these
51. A train passes through a telegraph post in 9 seconds moving with a speed of 54 km per hour. The
length of the train is
a) 135 metres b) 145 metres c) 125 metres d) None of these
52. Two stations Aand B are 100 km apart on a straight line. One train starts from A at 7 A.M. and
travels towards B at 20 km/hr speed, another train starts from B at 8 A.M. and travels towards A
at 25 km/hr speed. At what time will they meet ?
a) 10.30 A.M. b) 11 A.M. c) 10 A.M. d) None of these
53. A car start from A for B travelling 20 km an hour. 1 1 hours later another car starts from a and
2
travelling at the rate of 30 km an hour reaches B 2 1 hours before the first car. Find the distance
from A to B 2
a) 280 km b) 260 km c) 240 km d) None of these
54. A train 300 metres long is running at a speed of 90 km/hr. How many seconds will it take to cross a
200 metres long train running in the same direction at a speed of 60 km/hr ?
a) 70 sec b) 60 sec c) 50 sec d) None of these
55. Two trains, 130 m and 110 m long, while going in the same direction, the faster traintakes one
minutes to pass the other completely. If they are moving in opposite direction, they pass each other
completely in 3 seconds. Find the speed of each train
a) 42m/sec., 38m/sec. b) 38m/sec., 36m/sec. c) 36m/sec., 42m/sec. d) None of these
56. Without any stoppage a person travels a certain distance at an average speed of 42 km/hr and with
stoppages he coveres the same distance at an average speed of 28 km/hr. How many minutes per
hour does he stop ?
a) 25 minutes b) 30 minutes c) 20 minutes d) None of these
57. Two trains start at the same time from Mumbai and Pune and proceed towards each other at the rate
of 60 km and 40 km per hour. respectively. When they meet, it is found that one train has travelled
20 km more than the other. Find the distance between Mumbai and Pune
a) 150 km b) 100 km c) 120 km d) None of these
58. Atrain does a journey without stopping in 8 hours. If it had travelled 5 km an hour faster. It whould
have done the journey in 6 hours 40 min. With is its slower speed ?
a) 35 km/hr b) 25 km/hr c) 40 km/hr d) None of these
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59. Two trains are running in opposite directions with the same speed. If the length of each train is
135 metres and they cross each other in 18 seconds, the speed of each train is
a) 29 km/hr b) 35 km/hr c) 27 km/hr d) None of these
60. A train 50 m long passes a platform 10 m long in 10 secons. The speed of the train in m/sec is
a) 25 b) 15 c) 35 d) None of these
61. Ramesh sees a train passing over 1 km long bridge. The legnth of the train is half that of bridge. If the
train clears the bridge in 2 minutes, the speed of the train is
a) 45 km/hr b) 43 km/hr c) 50 km/hr d) None of these
62. A person sets to cover a distance of 12 km in 45 minutes if he covers 3 of the distance in 2 rd
4 3
time, what should be his speed to cover the remaining distance in the remaining time ?
a) 16 km/hr b) 8 km/hr c) 12 km/hr d) 14 km/hr
63. A and B are two stations. A train goes from A to B at 64 km/hr and returns to A at a slower speed. If
its average speed for the whole journey is 56 km/hr, at what speed did it return ?
a) 48 km/hr b) 49.77 km/hr c) 30 km/hr d) 47.46 km/hr
64. A motor cyclist goes from Mumbai to Pune, a distance of 192 kms, at an average speed of 32 kmph.
Another man starts from Mumbai by car 2 m21 ohtoourrcsyacflteearnthdethfiersctaarn?d reaches Pune half an hour
earlier. What is the ratio of the speed of the
a) 1 : 2 b) 1 : 3 c) 10 : 27 d) 5 : 4
65. A boy takes as much time in running 12 metres as a car takes in covering 36 metres. The ratio of the
speed of the boy and the car is
a) 1 : 3 b) 1 : 2 c) 2 : 3 d) 2 : 5
66. Atrain 110 metres in length passes a man walking at the speed of 6 km/hr, against it in 6 seconds.
The speed of the train in km per hour is
a) 60 km/hr b) 45 km/hr c) 50 km/hr d) 55 km/hr
67. Excluding stoppages, the speed of a bus is 54 km/hr and including stoppages, it is 45 km/hr. For how
many minutes does the bus stop per hous ?
a) 9 b) 10 c) 12 d) 20
68. Amit started cycling along the boundaries of a square field from cover point A. After half an hour, he
reaches the corner point , diagonally opposite to A. If his speed was 8 km/hr, what is the areas of the
filed in square km
a) 64 b) 8 c) 4 d) Cannot be determined
69. Aboat takes 4 hours for travelling downstream from pointAto point B and coming back to point A
upstream. If the velocity of the stream is 2 kmph and the speed of the boat in steel water is 4 kmph,
what is the distance between Aand B ?
a) 4 kms b) 6 kms
c) 8 km d) 9 km
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70. A man can row three-quarters of a kilometer against the stream in 11 1 minutes and return in 7 1
4 2
minutes. The speed of the man in still water is
a) 2 km/hr b) 3 km/hr c) 4 km/hr d) 5 km/hr
71. If a boat goes 7 km upstream in 42 minutes and the speed of the stream is 3 kmph, then the speed of
the boat in still water is :
a) 4.2 km/hr b) 9 km/hr c) 13 km/hr d) 21 km/hr
72. If a man can swim downstream at 6 kmph and upstream at 2 kmph, his speed in still water is :
a) 4 km/hr b) 2 km/hr c) 3 km/hr d) 2.5 km/hr
73. A man rows to a place 48 km distant and back in 14 hours. He finds that he can row 4 km with the
steam in the same time as 3 km against the stream. The rate of the steam is :
a) 1 km/hr b) 1.8 km/hr c) 3.5 km/hr d) 1.5 km/hr
74. A man can row a boat at 10 kmph in still water. If the speed of the stream is 6 kmph, the time taken
to row a distance of 80 km down the stream is
a) 8 hours b) 5 hours c) 10 hours d) 20 hours
75. Aman can row 5 kmph in still water. If the river is running at 1 kmph, it takes him 75 minutes to row
to a place and back. How far is the place ?
a) 3 m b) 2.5 m c) 4 km d) 5 km
76. If Amit rows 15 km upstream and 21 km downstream taking 3 hours each time, the speed of the
stream is
a) 1 km/hr b) 1.5 km/hr c) 2 km/hr d) 12 km/hr
77. Speed of a boat in standing water is 9 kmph and the speed of the stream is 1.5 kmph. A man rows to
a distance of 10.5 km and comes back to the starting point. The total time taken by him is
a) 16 hours b) 18 hours c) 20 hours d) 24 hours
78. Raman can row 9 1 kmph in still water and finds that it takes him thrice as much time to row up
3
than as to row down the same distance in the river. The speed of the current is
a) 3 1 b) 3 1 c) 4 2 d) 14 km/hr
3 9 3
79. A train of length 150 m takes 40.5 seconds to cross a tunnel of length 300 m. The speed of the train
(in km/hr) is
a) 13.33 b) 26.67 c) 40 d) 400
80. A train B speeding with 120 kmph crosses another train C, running in the same direction in 2 minutes.
If the length of the trains B and C be 100 m and 200 m respectively. What is the speed of the train
C?
a) 111 kmph b) 127 kmph c) 123 kmph d) 129 kmph
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81. Two trains 200 m and 150 m long are running on parallel rails at the rate of 40 kmph and 45 kmph
respectively. In how much time will they cross each other. If they are running in the same direction ?
a) 72 sec b) 132 sec c) 192 sec d) 252 sec
82. Aman on riding crosses a bridge in 5 minutes riding is being done at 15 kmph. The length of bridge is
a) 125 m b) 250 m c) 1250 m d) 2500 m
83. A train 300 m long crossed a platform 900 m long in 1 minute 12 seconds. The speed of the train
( in km/hr) is
a) 45 b) 50 c) 54 d) 60
84. Two trains travel in opposite directions at 36 kmph and 45 kmph and a man sitting in slower train
passes the faster train in 8 seconds. The length of the faster train is
a) 80 m b) 100 m c) 120 m d) 180 m
85. A train moves with a speed of 108 kmph. Its speed in metres per second is
a) 38.8 b) 18 c) 30 d) 10.8
86. Two trains 126 m and 114 m long are running in opposite directions, one at the rate of 30 kmph and
another one at 42 kmph. From the moment they meet will cross each other in :
a) 10 sec b) 11 sec c) 12 sec d) 13 sec
87. If a train 110 m long passes a telegraph pole in 3 seconds, then the time taken by it to cross a railway
platform 165 m long is
a) 3 sec b) 4 sec c) 5 sec d) 7.5 sec
88. Atrain is moving at a speed of 132 kmph. If the length of the train is 110 metres, how long will it take
to cross a railway platform 165 m long ?
a) 5 sec b) 7.5 sec c) 10 sec d) 15 sec
89. Atrain 110 m long passes a man, running at 6 kmph in the direction oppposite to that of the train, in 6
seconds. The speed of the train is
a) 60 km/hr b) 66 km/hr c) 54 km/hr d) 72 km/hr
90. A speed of 14 metres per second is the same as
a) 50.4 km/hr b) 28 km/hr c) 70 km/hr d) 46.6 km/hr
91. If 200 m long train crosses a platform of the same length as that of the train in 20 seconds, then the
speed of the train is
a) 50 km/hr b) 60 km/hr c) 72 km/hr d) 80 km/hr
92. Atrain 108 m long moving at a speed of 50 km/hr crosses another train 112 m long coming from
opposite direction in 6 seconds. The speed of the second train is
a) 48 kmph b) 54 kmph c) 66 kmph d) 82 kmph
93. A train 700 m long is running at 72 kmph. If it crosses a turnel in 1 minute, the length of the tunnel is
a) 700 m b) 600 m c) 550 m d) 500 m
94. A train 280 m long, running with a speed of 63 km/hr will pass an electric pole in
a) 20 sec b) 16 sec c) 15 sec d) 18 sec
95. A train 150 m long moving at a speed of 25 metres per second overtakes a man moving at 5 metres/
sec in opposite direction. The train will pass the man in
a) 5 sec b) 6 sec c) 4 2 sec d) 8 sec
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96. A train speeds past a pole in 15 seconds and a platform 100 m long in 25 seconds . Its lenth is
a) 200 m b) 150 m c) 50 m d) Data indadequate
97. A train overtakes two persons who are walking in the same direction in which the train is going, at the
rate of 2 kmph and 4 mkph and passes them ompletely in 9 and 10 seconds. respectively. The length
of the train is
a) 72 m b) 54 m c) 50 m d) 45 m
98. Two train are running in opposite directions towards each other with speeds of 54 kmph and
48 kmph respectively. If the length of train is 250 m and they cross each other in 18 seconds, the
length of the other trains is
a) 145 m b) 230 m c) 260 m d) 180 m
99. A train running at certain speed crosses a stationary engine in 20 seconds. To find out the speed of
the train, which of the following information is necessary
a) only the length of the train
b) only the length of the engine
c) either the lenfth of the train or the length of the engine
d) both the length of the train and the length of the engine
100. Atrain travelling at 48 kmph completely crosses another train having half its legnth and travellig in
opposite direction at 42 kmph, in 12 seconds. It also passes a railway platform in 45 seconds. the
legnth of the platform is
a) 560 m b) 400 m c) 600 m d) 450 m
101. A man sees a train passing over a bridge 1 km long. The length of the train is half that of the bridge.
If the train clears the bridge in 2 minutes, the speed of the train is
a) 30 km/hr b) 45 km/hr c) 50 km/hr d) 60 km/hr
102. Two stations A and B are 110 km apart on a straight line. One train starts from A at 7 a.m. and
travels towards B at 20 kmph. Another train starts from B at 8 a.m. and travels towards A at a speed
of 25 kmph.At what time will they meet ?
a) 9 a.m. b) 10 a.m. c) 11 a.m. d) 10.30 a.m.
103. A train of legnth 150 m takes 10 seconds to pass over another train 100 m long coming from the
opposite direction. If the speed of the train be 30 kmph, the speed of the second train is
a) 36 kmph b) 54 kmph c) 60 kmph d) 72 kmph
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TIME, SPEED & DISTANCE (PRACTICE QUETSIONS) ANS :
1-a, 2-d, 3-d, 4-a, 5-a, 6-c, 7-c, 8-c, 9-c, 10-d, 11-a, 12-b, 13-c, 14-d, 15-a, 16-a, 17-a, 18-d, 19-c,
20-a, 21-a, 22-c, 23-d, 24-b, 25-a, 26-a, 27-a, 28-d, 29-c, 30-c, 31-a, 32-d, 33-b, 34-b, 35-a, 36-c,
37-a, 38-a, 39-a, 40-c, 41-a, 42-a, 43-a, 44-c, 45-b, 46-b, 47-c, 48-c, 49-a, 50-c, 51-a, 52-d, 53-c,
54-b, 55-a, 56-c, 57-b, 58-b, 59-c, 60-c, 61-a, 62-c, 63-b, 64-a, 65-a, 66-a, 67-b, 68-c, 69-b, 70-d,
71-c, 72-a, 73-a, 74-b, 75-a, 76-a, 77-d, 78-c, 79-c, 80-a, 81-d, 82-c, 83-d, 84-d, 85-c, 86-c, 87-d,
88-b, 89-a, 90-a, 91-c, 92-d, 93-d, 94-b, 95-a, 96-b, 97-c, 98-c, 99-d, 100-b, 101-b, 102-b, 103-c
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CONTENTS 5
6-7
Unit Chapters 8 - 12
9 Blood Relation
10 Reasoning 13 - 15
11 Ranking 16 - 20
12 Number Symbol Coding 21 - 23
13 Arithmetical Reasoning
14 Missing Character 24
15 Relation Puzzle 25 - 26
16 Logical Reasoning 27 - 28
17 Syllogism 29 - 32
18 Direction Sense Test 33 - 34
19 Cubes and Dices
20 Miscellaneous
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9. BLOOD RELATION
Class Work :
1. Pointing to a gentleman, Deepak said, “His only brother is the father of my daughter’s father.” How is the
gentleman related to Deepak ?
a) Grandfather b) Father c) Uncle d) None of these
2. Pointing out to a lady, a girl said, “She is the daughter-in-law of the grandmother of my father’s only son.
“How is the lady related to the girl ?
a) Sister-in-law b) Mother c) Mother-in-law d) Cousin
3. Pointing to a photograph, a lady tells Pramod, “I am the only daughter of this lady that her son is your
maternal uncle.” How is the speaker related to Pramod’s father ?
a) Sister-in-law b) Wife c) Either (a) or (b) d) Neither (a) or (b)
4. Pointing to a person, a man said to a woman, “His mother is the only daughter of your father.” How was
the woman related to the person ?
a) Aunt b) Mother c) Wife d) Daughter
e) None of these
5. Pointing to a man in a photograph, a woman said, “His brother’s father is the only son of my
grandmother.” How is the woman related to the man in the photograph ?
a) Mother b) Aunt c) Daughter d) Grandmother
6. Arun said, “This girl is the wife of the grandson of my mother.” Who is Arun to the girl ?
a) Father b) Grandfather c) Husband d) Father-in-law
7. Pointing to an old man, Kunal said, “His son is my son’s uncle.” How is the old man related to Kunal ?
a) Brother b) Uncle c) Father d) Grandfather
e) None of these
8. Pointing to a photograph, a woman says, “This man’s son’s sister is my mother-in-law.” How is the
woman’s husband related to the man in the photograph ?
a) Grandson b) son c) Son-in-law d) Nephew
e) None of these
Practice Questions :
Direction (Qs. 1 to 5) : Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it.
P, Q, R, S and T are members of the same family. There are two fathers, two sons and, two wives, three
males and two females in the group. The Engineer was the wife of Teacher, who was the son of a painter, T
is neither a male nor the wife of a professional. R is the youngest person in the family and S is the eldest. Q
is a male
1. How is P related to Q ?
a) Husband b) Wife c) Mother d) Daughter
2. Who is the father of R?
a) P b) Q c) S d) T
3. Whose wife of the Engineer ?
a) P b) Q c) R d) S
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4. Who are the females in the group ?
a) T and P b) Q and P c) R and Q d) T and Q
5. How is the related to T ?
a) Wife b) Husband c) Father d) Son
Direction (Qs. 6 to 11) : Read the following information carefully and answer the question below it.
All the six members of a family P, Q, R, S, T and U are travelling together Q is the son of R but R is not the
mother of Q. P and R are a married couple. T is the brother of R. S is the daughter of P. U is the brother of
Q.
6. How many male members are there in the family ?
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4
7. Who is the mother of Q ?
a) S b) U c) T d) P
8.) How many children does P have ?
a) One b) Two c) Three d) Four
9.) Who is the wife of T ?
a) P b) U c) Q d) can’t be determined
10. Which of the following is a pair of females ?
a) PT b) QS c) SU d) PS
11. How is U related to S ?
a) Father b) Brother c) Uncle d) can’t be determined
Direction (Qs. 12 to 16) : Read the following information carefully and answer the question below it.
(i) A is the married to B and L is A’s brother-in-law. A has two daughters.
(ii) I is the cousin brother of J and is the brother of K.
(iii) E and F are B’s son-in-law
(iv) E has 2 daughters and 1 son; F has 1 son and 1 daughter.
(v) G and H are 2 daughter of C.
(vi) K and A share a grand daughter and grand relationship.
(vii) D is also member of this family.
12. How is C related to I ?
a) Mother b) Brother c) Aunt d) Cousin
13. Q is B’s :
a) Daughter b) Granddaughter c) Grandson d) Son
14. How is L related to D ?
a) Uncle b) Brother c) Sister d) Father
15. How is D related to E ?
a) Brother-in-law b) Sister-in-law c) Daughter d) Wife
16. How is E related to C ?
a) Daughter b) Son-in-law c) Wife d) Husband
Direction (Qs. 17 to 18) : Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it.
(i) A is the father of C.
(ii) E is the daughter of C. F is the spouse of A.
(iii) B is the brother of C. D is the son of B.
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(iv) G is the spouse of B. H is the father of G.
17. Who is the grandmother of D ?
a) A b) C c) F d) H
18. Who is the son of F ?
a) B b) C c) D d) E
Direction (Qs. 19 to 22) : Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it
P is the son of Q. R Q’s sister has a son S and daughter T. U is the maternal uncle of S.
19. How is P related to S ?
a) Cousin b) Nephew c) Uncle d) Brother
20. How is T related to U ?
a) Sister b) Daughter c) Niece d) Wife
21. How many nephew does U have ?
a) Nill b) One c) Two d) Three
22. Ranjan is the brother of Sachin and Manick is the father of Ranjan. Jagat is the brother of Priya and Priya
is the daughter of Sachin. Who is the uncle of Jagat ?
a) Ranjan b) Sachin c) Manick d) None of these
Direction (Qs. 23 to 28) : Read the following information carefully and answer the question below it
A family consists of six members P, Q, R, X, Y and Z. Q is the son of R but R is not mother of Q. P and R a
married couple. Y is the brother of R. X is the daughter of P. Z is the brother of P.
23. Who is the brother-in-law of R ?
a) P b) Z c) Y d) X
24. Who is the father of Q ?
a) R b) P c) Z d) None of these
25.) How many children does P have
a) One b) Two c) Three d) Four
26. How many female members are there in the family ?
a) One b) Two c) Three d) Four
27. How is Q related to X ?
a) Husband b) Father c) Brother d) Uncle
28. Which is a pair of brother ?
a) P and X b) P and Z c) Q and X d) R and Y
Practice Questions Answer :
1-b, 2-b, 3-b, 4-a, 5-b, 6-d, 7-d, 8-c, 9-d, 10-d, 11-b, 12-c, 13-b, 14-a, 15-b, 16-d, 17-c, 18-a, 19-a, 20-c, 21-c,
22-a, 23-b, 24-a, 25-b, 26-b, 27-c, 28-d
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10. REASONING
Class Work :
1. In a row of 40 girls, when Komal was shifted to her left by 4 places her number from the left end of the
row balance 10. What was the number of Swati from the right end of the row if Swati was three places to
the right of Komal’s original position ?
a) 22 b) 23 c) 25 d) 26
e) none of these
2. Aman is 16th from the left end in a row of boys and Vivek is 18th from the right end. Ganga 11th from
Aman towards the right and 3rd from Vivek towards the right end. How many boys are there in the row ?
a) 40 b) 42 c) 48 d) Date inadequate
e) none of these
3. In a row of girls, Kamya is fifth from the left and Preeti is sixth from the right. When they exchange their
positions, then, Kamya becames thirteenth from the left. What will be Preeti’s position from the right ?
a) 7th b) 11th c) 14th d) 18th
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11. RANKING
Class Work :
1. Sam ranked ninth from the top and thirty-eight from the bottom in a class. How many students are there
in the class ?
a) 45 b) 46 c) 47 d) 48
2. A class of boys stands in a single line. One boy is nineteenth in order from both the ends. How many boys
are there in the class ?
a) 27 b) 37 c) 38 d) 39
3. Ajay ranked sixteenth from the top and twenty-ninth from the bottom among those who passed in
examination. Six boys did not participate in the competition and give failed in it. How many boys were there
in the class ?
a) 40 b) 44 c) 50 d) 55
e) 58
4. If Atul finds that he is twelfth from the right in a life of boys and fourth from the left, how many boys
should be added to the line such that there are 28 boys in the line ?
a) 12 b) 13 c) 14 d) 20
e) None of these
5. In a class of 60, where girls are twice that of boys, Kunal ranked seventeenth from the top. If there are 9
girls ahead of Kamal, how many boys are after him the rank ?
a) 3 b) 7 c) 12 d) 23
6. In a row of boys, A is thirteenth from the left and D is seventeenth from the right. If in this row A is
eleventh from the right then what is the position of D from the left ?
a) 6th b) 7th c) 10th d) 12th
e) None of these
7. Rajan is sixth from the left end and Vinay is tenth from the right end in a row of boys. If there are eight
boys between Rajan and Vinay, how many boys are there in the row ?
a) 23 b) 24 c) 25 d) 26
e) None of these
8. In a class of 35 students, Kunal is placed seventh from the bottom whereas Sonali is placed ninth from
the top. Pulkit is placed exactly in between the two. What is Kunal’s position from Pulkit ?
a) 9 b) 10 c) 11 d) 13
9. Richard is fifteenth from the front in a column of boys. There were thrice as many behind him as there
were in front. How many boys are there between Richard and the seventh boy from the end of the column?
a) 33 b) 34 c) 35 d) Data inadequate
10. In a row of 40 girls, when Komal was shifted to her left by 4 places her number from the left end of the
row balance 10. What was the number of Swati from the right end of the row if Swati was three places to
the right of Komal’s original position?
a) 22 b) 23 c) 25 d) 26
e) none of these
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11. Aman is 16th from the left end in a row of boys and Vivek is 18th from the right end. Ganga 11th from
Aman towards the right and 3rd from Vivek towards the right end. How many boys are there in the row?
a) 40 b) 42 c) 48 d) Date inadequate
e) none of these
12. In a row of girls, Kamya is fifth from the left and Preeti is sixth from the right. When they exchange their
positions, then, Kamya became thirteenth from the left. What will be Preeti’s position from the right?
a) 7th b) 11th c) 14th d) 18th
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12. NUMBER SYMBOL CODING
Class Work :
1. If A = 2, M = 26, Z = 52, then BET = ?
a) 44 b) 54 c) 64 d) 72
2. If A = 26, SUN = 27, then CAT = ?
a) 24 b) 27 c) 57 d) 58
3. If in a certain code, BAT = 23 and CAT = 24, then how will you code BALL ?
a) 27 b) 28 c) 32 d) 120
4. If GO = 32, SHE = 49, then SOME will be equal to
a) 56 b) 58 c) 62 d) 64
5. If AT = 20, BAT = 40, then CAT will be equal to
a) 30 b) 50 c) 60 d) 70
6. If ZIP = 198 and ZAP = 246, then how will you code VIP ?
a) 174 b) 222 c) 888 d) 990
7. If DEER = 12215 and HIGH = 5646, how will you code HEEL ?
a) 2328 b) 3449 c) 4337 d) 5229
8. If REASON is coded as 5 and BELIVED as 7, then what is the code for GOVERNMENT ?
a) 6 b) 8 c) 9 d) 10
9. If DRIVER = 12, PEDESTRAIN = 20, ACCIDENT = 16, then CAR = ?
a) 3 b) 6 c) 8 d) 10
10. If MOBILITY is coded as 46293927, then EXAMINATION is coded as
a) 45038401854 b) 56149512965 c) 57159413955 d) 67250623076
11. If ‘black’ means ‘pink’ , ‘pink’ means ‘blue’, ‘blue’ means ‘white’, ‘white’ means ‘yellow’, ‘yellow’ means
‘red’ and ‘red’ means ‘brown’, then what is the color of clear sky ?
a) Brown b) Red c) Blue d) Pink
e) None of these
12. If ‘rain’ is ‘water’, ‘water’ is ‘road’, ‘road’ is ‘cloud’, ‘cloud’ is ‘sky’, ‘sky’ is ‘sea’ and ‘sea’ is ‘path’, where
do aeroplanes fly ?
a) Road b) Sea c) Cloud d) Water
e) None of these
13. If ‘dust’ is called ‘air’ , ‘air’ is called ‘fire’, ‘fire’ is called ‘water’ , ‘water’ is called ‘color’, ‘color’ is called
‘rain’ and ‘rain’ is called ‘dust’, then where do fish is live ?
a) Fire b) Water c) Color d) Dust
14. If ‘light’ is called ‘morning’, ‘morning is called ‘dark’, ‘dark’ is called ‘night’, ‘night’ is called ‘sunshine’
and ‘sunshine’ is called ‘dusk’, where do we sleep ?
a) Night b) Sunshine c) Dusk d) Dark
15. If ‘blue’ means ‘green’, ‘green’ means ‘white’, ‘white’ means ‘yellow’ , ‘yellow’ means ‘black’ , ‘black’
means ‘red’ and ‘red’ means ‘brown’, then what is color of milk ?
a) Black b) Brown c) Blue d) Yellow
e) Green
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16. If ‘paper’ is called ‘wood’, ‘wood’ is called ‘straw’, ‘straw’ is called ‘grass’, ‘grass’ is called ‘rubber’ and
‘rubber’ is called ‘cloth’, what is the furniture made up of ?
a) Paper b) Wood c) Straw d) Grass
e) Cloth
17. If ‘oranges’ are ‘apple’, ‘apple’ are ‘chilies’, ‘chilies’ are ‘bananas’ when which of the following are green
in color
a) Orange b) Apple c) Bananas d) None
18. If ‘ski rps tri’ stands for ‘nice Sunday morning, ‘the sli rps’ stands for ‘every Tuesday morning’ and ‘ski
ptr qlm’ stand for ‘nice market place’ , which word stands for ‘Sunday’ ?
a) ski b) rps c) tri d) qlm
19. If a certain language, ‘pre nat bis’ means ‘smoking is harmful’, ‘vog dor nat’ means ‘avoid harmful habit’
and ‘dor bis yel’ means ‘please avoid smoking’. Which of the following means ‘habit’ in that language ?
a) vog b) nat c) dor d) bis
e) None of these
20. In a certain code, ‘467’ means ‘leaves are green’ , ‘485’ means ‘green is good’ and ‘639’ means ‘they are
playing’. Which digit stands for ‘leaves’ in that code ?
a) 4 b) 6 c) 7 d) 3
e) None of these
21. In a certain code, ‘134’ means ‘good and tasty’, ‘478’ means ‘see good pictures’ and ‘729’ means
‘pictures are faint’. Which of the following digits stand for ‘see’ ?
a) 9 b) 2 c) 1 d) 8
Practice Questions :
Direction (Qs. 1 to 4) : Read the following information carefully and answer the question below it.
Sharma is very found of collecting greeting cards. Her collection of 211 cards has a good mix of Birthday
cards, New year cards. Deepawali cards, Christmas cards and even a Marriage Anniversary card. The
number of Birthday cards is equal to the sum of all other except the Marriage Anniversary card. The
number of New Year card is double of Deepawali cards which in turn is double of Christmas cards.
1. The number of Birthday card in the collection is
a) 96 b) 105 c) 110 d) 85
2. The number of Deepawali cards is
a) 25 b) 30 c) 35 d) 40
3. The number of Christmas card is
a) 10 b) 15 c) 20 d) 25
4. The ratio of Birthday cards to Christmas cards is
a) 7 : 1 b) 4 : 1 c) 2 : 1 d) 1 : 1
Direction (Qs. 5 to 9) : Read the following information carefully and answer the question below it.
In each of the Letter Analogy various terms of a letter series are given with one term missing as shown by
(?). Choose the missing term out of the given alternatives.
5. HUA GTZ FSY ERX ?
a) DWQ b) DQW c) WDQ d) WQD
6. DF GJ KM NQ RT ?
a) UW b) YZ c) XZ d) UX
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7. DCXW FEVU HGTS ?
a) LKPQ b) ABZ c) JIRQ d) LMRS
8. AB DEF HIJK ? STIVWX
a) MNOPQ b) LMNOP c) LMNO d) QRSTIU
9. C G L R ?
a) Y b) S c) U d) Z
Direction (Qs 10 to 14) : Read the following information carefully and answer the question below it.
10. If ‘Rat is called Dog’, ‘Dog is called Mongoose’, ‘Mongoose is called Lion’, ‘Lion is called Snake’ and
‘Snake is called Elephant’, which animal is reared as pet?
a) Rat b) Dog c) Mongoose d) Loin
11. If Finger is called Toe. Toe is called Foot, Foot is called Thumb, Thumb is called Ankle, Ankle is called
Palm and Palm is called Knee, which one finger has different name ?
a) Thumb b) Ankle c) Knee d) Palm
12.) In a certain code language, ‘kew xas huma deko’ means ‘she is eating apples’, ‘kew tepo qua’ means
‘she sells toys’ and ‘su lim deko’ means ‘I like apples’. Which word is that language means she and apples ?
a) xas & deko b) xas & kew c) kew & deko d) kew & xas
13. If ‘gnr tag zog qmp’ stands for ‘Seoul Olympic Organising Committee’, ‘hydo gnr empt’ stands for
‘Summer Olympic Games’ and ‘esm sdr hyto’ stands for ‘Modern Games History’, which would be the code
for Summer ?
a) hyto b) gnr c) emf d) zog
14. In a certain code language. ‘Pat Zoo Sim’ means ‘Eat Good Mangoes’, ‘Pus Slim Tim’ means ‘Mangoes
and Sweet’s and ‘Tim Zoo Kit’ means ‘Purchase Good swets’, which word in the language means Good ?
a) Zoo b) Pus c) Sim d) Tim
Direction (Qs. 15 to 17) : Read the following information carefully and answer the question below it.
In a certain code, ‘il be pee’ means ‘roses are blue’ ; ‘silk hee’ means ‘red flowers’ and ‘pee mit hee’ means
‘flowers are vegetables’
15. How is ‘red’ written in that code ?
a) hee b) slik c) be d) none of these
16. How is roses’ written in that code ?
a) il b) pee c) be d) can not be determined
17. How is ‘vegetables are red flowers’ written in this code ?
a) pee silk mit hee b) silk pee hee be c) il silk mi hee d) can not be determined
Direction (Qs. 18 to 22) : Read the following information carefully and answer the questions below.
means ‘is greater than’, % means ‘is lesser than’ , means ‘is equal to’ , = means ‘is not equal to’ + means
‘is a little more than’, x means ‘is a little less than’
18. If a b and b + c, then
a) a % c b) c % a c) c + a d) can’t say
19. If c = a and a = b, then
a) b a b) c a c) b = a d) can’t say
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20. If a x b and b c, then
a) c + a b) b c c) a + c d) c a
21. If c % b and b x a, then
a) a c b) c a c) b c d) c a
22. If ac + bc then
a) a c b) b c c) c b d) b % a
Direction (Qs. 23 to 24) : Read the following information carefully and answer the question below it
P, Q, R, S, T, U and V are seven positive integers and (P X Q X R X S X T X U X U) is odd.
23. Maximum how many of these integers can be odd ?
a) 4 b) 5 c) 6 d) 7
24. Minimum how many of these integers can be even ?
a) 3 b) 2 c) 4 d) 0
25. In the sequence of alphabets, which letter would be eight to the right of the letter which is sixteenth
from the left ?
a) G b) Y c) Z d) X
26. CEGKLN _____ XZB. The missing group of letters in the series are ………..
a) QSU b) NPR c) PRT d) TUX
Direction (Qs. 27 to 31) : Read the following information carefully and answer the question below it.
If > denotes +, < denotes -, + denotes +, ^ denotes x, - denotes =, x denotes > and = denotes <, choose the
correct statement in each of the following questions.
27. a) 6 + 3 > 1 = 4 + 2 < 1 b) 4 > 6 + 2 x 32 + < 1
c) 8 < 4 + 2 = 6 > 3 d) 14 + 7 > 3 = 6 + 3 > 2
28. a) 14 > 18 + 9 = 16 + 4 < 1 b) 4 > 3 ^ 8 < 1 – 6 + 2 > 24
c) 3 < 6 ^ 4 > 25 = 8 + 4 > 1 d) 12 > 9 + 3 < 6 x 25 + 5 > 6
29. a) 13 > 7 < 6 + 2 = 3 ^ 4 b) 9 < 5 > 4 – 18 + 9 > 16
c) 9 < 3 < 2 > 1 x 8 ^ 2 d) 28 + 4 ^ 2 = 6 ^ 4 + 2
30. a) 29 < 18 + 6 = 36 + 6 ^ 4 b) 18 > 12 + 4 x 7 > 8 ^ 2
c) 32> 6 + 2 = 6 < 7 ^ 2 d) 31 > 1 < 2 = 4 > 6 ^ 7
31. a) 7 > 7 < 7 + 7 = 14 b) 7 ^ 7 > 7 + 7 7 ^ 7 > 1
c) 7 < 7 + 7 = 6 d) 7 + + > 7 = 8
Direction (Qs. 32 to 37) : Read the following information carefully and answer the question below it.
Rahul’s roll number in IES Exam is a number consisting of three non-zero distinct digits, such that the sum
of the digits at hundred’s and unit’s place is equal to that half of the digit at ten’s place. Also the sum of all
possible three digit numbers obtained using these three digits without repetition is 2664.
32. The digits in the unit is
a) 2 b) 1 c) 3 d) can’t say
33. The digit in the tens place is
a) 6 b) 8 c) 9 d) 2
34. The digit in the hundred place is
a) 3 b) 6 c) 9 d) can’t say
35. The sun of the three digits is
a) 7 b) 12 c) 10 d) 14
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36. The three digit number is
a) 138 b) 183 c) 381 d) can’t say
c) 29 d) None of these
37. The three digit is number is always divisible by :
a) 3 b) 18
Practice Questions Ans :
1-b, 2-b, 3-b, 4-a, 5-b, 6-d, 7-c, 8-a, 9-a, 10-b, 11-b, 12-c, 13-c, 14-a, 15-b, 16-d, 17-a, 18-b, 19-c, 20-a, 21-a,
22-d, 23-d, 24-d, 25-d, 26-a, 27-c, 28-b , 29-b, 30-d, 31-a, 32-d, 33-b, 34-d, 35-b, 36-d, 37-a
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13. ARITHMETICAL REASONING
Class Work :
1.) There are some benches in a classroom. If 4 students sit on each, then 3 benches are left unoccupied.
However, if 3 students sit on each bench, 3 students are left standing. How many students are there in the
class ?
a) 36 b) 48 c) 56 d) 64
2.) In an examination, a student scores 4 marks for every correct answer and loses 1 mark for every wrong
answer. If he attempts in all 60 questions and secure 130 marks the number of questions he attempts
correctly, is
a) 35 b) 38 c) 40 d) 42
3.) The 30 members of a club decided to play a badminton singles tournament. Every time a member loses
a game he is out of the tournament. There are no ties. What is the minimum number of matches that must
be played to determine the winner ?
a) 15 b) 29 c) 61 d) None of these
4.) A group of 1200 persons consisting of captains and soldiers is travelling in a train for every 15 soldiers
there is one captain. The number of captains in the group is
a) 85 b) 80 c) 75 d) 70
5.) Aruna cut a cake into two halves and cuts one half into smaller pieces of equal size. Each of the small
pieces is twenty grams in weight. If she has seven pieces of the cake in all with her, how heavy was the
original cake ?
a) 120 grams b) 140 grams c) 240 grams d) 280 grams
e) None of these
6.) At the end of a business conference the ten people present all shake hands with each other once. How
many handshakes will there be altogether?
a) 20 b) 45 c) 55 d) 90
7.) A pineapple costs Rs. 7 each. A watermelon costs Rs. 5 each. X spends Rs. 38 on these fruits. The number
of pineapples purchased is
a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) Data inadequate
8.) The total number of digits used in numbering the pages of a book having 366 pages is
a) 732 b) 990 c) 1098 d) 1305
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9.) A Printer numbers the pages of a book starting with 1 and uses 3189 digits in all. How many pages does
the book have ?
a) 1000 b) 1074 c) 1075 d) 1080
10.) In a garden, there are 10 rows and 12 columns of mango trees. The distance between the two trees is 2
meters and a distance of one meter is left from all sides of the boundary of the garden. The length of the
garden is
a) 20 m b) 22 m c) 24 m d) 26 m
11.) A farmer built a fence around his square plot. He used 27 fence poles on each side of the square. How
many poles did he need altogether ?
a) 100 b) 104 c) 108 d) None of these
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12.) Three friends had dinner at a restaurant. When the bill was received, Amita paid 3
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as much as Veena paid and Veena paid 2 as much as Tanya paid. What faction of the bill did Veena pay ?
1 3 12 5
a) 3 b) 11 c) 31 d) 8
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13.) In a class, 5 of the students are girls and rest are boys. If 9 of the girls and 4 of the boys are
absent, what part of the total number of students is present ?
17 18 23 23
a) 25 b) 49 c) 30 d) 36
14.) In a city, 40% of the adults are illiterate while 85% of the children are literate. If the ratio of the adult to
that of the children is 2 : 3, then what percent of the population is literate ?
a) 20% b) 25% c) 50% d) 75%
15.) The bus starts from city X. The number of women in the bus is half of the number of men, In city Y, 10
men leave the bus and five women enter. Now, number of men and women is equal. In the beginning, how
many passengers entered the bus ?
a) 15 b) 30 c) 36 d) 45
16.) If a clock takes seven seconds to strike seven, how long will it take to strike ten ?
a) 7 seconds b) 9 seconds c) 10 seconds d) None of these
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17.) Two bus tickets from city A to B and three tickets from city A to C cost Rs.77 three tickets from city A to
B and two tickets from city A to C cost Rs. 73. What are the fares for cities B and C from A ?
a) Rs. 4, Rs. 23 b) Rs. 13, Rs. 17 c) Rs. 15. Rs. 14 d) Rs. 17, Rs. 13
18.) A number of friends decided to go on a picnic and planned to spend Rs. 96 on eatables . Four of them
however did not turn up. As a consequence, the remaining ones had to contribute Rs. 4 each extra.The
number of those who attend the picnic was.
a) 8 b) 12 c) 16 d) 24
19.) Mr. Johnson was to earn 300 and a free holiday for seven week’s work. He worked for only 4 weeks
and earned 30 and a free holiday. What was the value of holiday ?
a) 300 b) 330 c) 360 d) 420
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14. MISSING CHARACTER
Class Work :
1. Direction : Find the missing character of the following :
a) 45 b) 50 c) 60 d) 63
2. Direction : Find the missing character of the following :
a) 9 b) 18 c) 24 d) 27
d) 50
3. Direction : Find the missing character of the following :
a) 1 b) 26 c) 45
4. Direction : Find the missing character of the following :
a) 19 b) 22 c) 32 d) 35
5. Direction : In each of the following questions, a set of figures carrying certain characters, given. Assuming
that the character in each set follows a similar pattern, find the missing in each case :
a) 49 b) 76 c) 89 d) 94
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6.
a) 20 b) 25 c) 50 d) 75
7.
b) 2250 c) 8100 d) 11036
a) 1216
8. b) 6 c) 8 d) 9
a) 5 b) 37 c) 41 d) 47
9.
b) 35 c) 54 d) 64
a) 25 17
10.
a) 27
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11. b) 215 c) 251 d) 512
a) 125 b) 15 c) 17 d) 19
12.
b) 32 c) 36 d) 117
a) 13
13. b) 13 c) 18 d) 30
a) 26 b) 246 c) 250 d) 256
14.
a) -30
15.
a) 196
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16.
a) 19 b) 23 c) 25 d) 31
17.
a) 2 b) 9 c) 17 d) 18
18.
a) 35 b) 37 c) 45 d) 47
19.
a) 26 b) 82 c) 83 d) 86
20. Direction: In each of the following questions, a matrix of certain characters is given. These characters
follows a certain trend, row wise or column wise. Find out this trend and choose the missing character from
the given alternatives.
a) 10 b) 12 c) 13 d) 20
21.
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4
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22.
a) 94 b) 76 c) 73 d) 16
23.
b) 27 c) 32 d) 37
a) 25
24.
a) 9 b) 13 c) 15 d) 16
25.
b) 33 c) 66 d) 77
a) 22
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15. RELATION PUZZLE
Class Work :
Statement : Ravi is son of Aman’s father’s sister. Sahil is son of Divya who is mother of Gaurav and
grandmother of Aman. Ashok is father of Tanya and grandfather of Ravi. Divya is wife of Ashok.
1. How is Ravi related to Divya
a) Nephew b) Grandson c) Son d) Data inadequate
e) None of these
2. How is Gaurav’s wife related to Tanya ?
a) Niece b) Sister c) Sister-in-law d) Data inadequate
e) None of these
Statement : Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below :
There are six children playing football, namely A, B, C, D, E and F. A and E are brothers. F is the sister of E. C
is the only son of A’s uncle. B and D are the daughter of the brother of C’s father.
3. How is C related to F ?
a) Cousin b) Brother c) Son d) Uncle
e) None of these
4. How many male players are there ?
a) One b) Three c) Four d) Five
e) Six
5. How many male players are there ?
a) One b) Three c) Four d) Five
e) Six
6. How is D related to A ?
a) Uncle b) Sister c) Niece d) Cousin
e) None of these
7. Q’s mother is sister of P and daughter of M. S is daughter of P and sister of T. How is M related to T ?
a) Grandmother b) Father
c) Grandfather d) Grandfather or Grandmother e) None of these
8. D, the son-in-law of B, the brother-in-law of A who is the brother of C. How is A related to B ?
a) Brother b) Son c) Father d) Data inadequate
e) None of these
Directions : Read the following information and answer the questions given below it :
A is the father of C, But C is not his son
E is the daughter of C. F is the spouse of A.
B is the brother of C. D is the son of B.
G is the spouse of B. H is the father of G.
9. Who is the grandmother of D ?
a) A b) C c) F d) H
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10. Who is the son of F ?
a) B b) C c) D d) E
11. Statement : A is the father of B. B is the brother of C. D is the father of A. Based on these three
statements, which of the following statements cannot be definitely true ?
a) B is the brother of A. b) B is the son of D. c) A is the brother of C. d) C is the brother of A.
e) A, B and C are D’s children
12. A is father of X; B is mother of Y. The sister of X and Z is Y. Which of the following statements is
definitely not true ?
a) B is the mother of Z. b) X is the sister of Z. c) Y is the Son of A. d) B has one daughter.
e) B is the wife of A.
Directions : Read the information given below and answer the questions that follows :
(i) In a family of six persons A, B, C, D, E and F, there are two married couples
(ii) D is grandmother of A and mother of B
(iii) C is wife of B and mother of E
(iv) F is the grand daughter of E
13. What I C to A ?
a) Daughter b) Grandmother c) Mother d) Cannot be determined
e) None of these
14. How many male members are there in the family ?
a) Two b) Three c) Four d) Cannot be determined
e) None of these
15. Which of the following is true ?
a) A is brother of F b) A is sister of E c) D has two grandsons d) B has two daughters
e) None of these
16. Who among the following is one of the couples ?
a) CD b) DE c) EB d) Cannot be determined
e) None of these
Directions : Study the following information and answer the questions given below it :
All the six members of family A, B, C, D, E and F are travelling together. B is the son of C but C is not the
mother of B. A and C are a married couple. E is the brother of C. D is the daughter of A. F the brother of B.
17. How many male members are there in the family ?
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4
18. Who is the mother of B ?
a) D b) F c) E d) A
19. How many children does A have ?
a) One b) Two c) Three d) Four
20. Which of the following is a pair of females ?
a) AE b) BD c) DF d) Cannot be determined
21. How is E related to D ?
a) Father b) Brother c) Uncle d) Cannot be determined
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Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below :
‘A+B’ means ‘A’ is the son of B’ ; ‘A – B’ means ‘A is the wife of B’; ‘ A X B’ means ‘A is the brother of B’ ; ‘A
: B’ means ‘A is the mother of B’ and ‘A = B’ means ‘A is the sister of B’
22. What does P + R – Q mean ?
a) Q is the father of P b) Q is the son of P c) Q is the uncle of P d) Q is the brother of P
23. What does P X R : Q mean ?
a) P is the brother of Q b) P is the father of Q c) P is the uncle of Q d) P is the nephew of Q
24. What does P = R + Q mean ?
a) P is the aunt of Q b) P is the daughter of Q
c) P is the niece of Q d) P is the sister of Q
25. What does P = R : Q mean ?
a) P is the aunt of Q b) P is the sister of Q c) Q is the niece of P d) Q is the daughter of P
Directions : Read the following information and answer the questions given below it :
“A + B’ means ‘A’ is the daughter of B’;
‘A x B’ means ‘A’ is the son of B’;
‘A – B’ means ‘A’ is the wife of B’
26. If P x Q –S, which of the following is true ?
a) S is wife of Q b) S is father of P c) P is daughter of Q d) Q is father of P
e) None of these
27. If T – S x B, which of the following is not true ?
a) B is daughter of S b) M is husband of B c) T is wife of S d) S is daughter of B
e) S is son of B
28. If Z x T – S x U + P, what is U to Z ?
a) Mother b) Grandmother c) Father d) Cannot be determined
e) None of these
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16. LOGICAL RESONING
Class Work :
Statement :
1) A = B > C < D = E < F
Conclusion :
1) F > B
2) B < D
a) If any conclusion I follows
b) If any conclusion II follows
c) if both I & II follows
d) if neither I and II follows
e) Either I or II follows
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17. SYLLOGISM
Class Work : 2) some cats are dogs 3) No dog is cow
I. Statement : 2) No dog is rat 3) some cats are rats
1) some rats are cats
Conclusion :
1) No cow is cat
a) If any conclusion I follows b) If any conclusion II follows
c) if both I & II follows d) if neither I and II follows
e) Either I or II follows
II. Statement :
1) All vegetables are green 2) Some green are fruits
Conclusion :
1) Some fruits are veg 2) No fruit is veg
a) If any conclusion I follows b) If any conclusion II follows
c) if both I & II follows d) if neither I and II follows
e) Either I or II follows
III. Statement :
1) Some trains are trees 2) No tree is picture
Conclusion :
1) Some trains are picture 2) No train is picture
a) If any conclusion I follows b) If any conclusion II follows
c) if both I & II follows d) if neither I and II follows
e) Either I or II follows
IV. Statement : 2) Some girls are students
1) All men are girls 2) Some students are girls
Conclusion :
1) All girls are men
a) If any conclusion I follows b) If any conclusion II follows
c) if both I & II follows d) if neither I and II follows
e) Either I or II follows
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V. Statement : REASONING
1) All men are girls
Conclusion : 2) Some girls are students
1) All girls are men 2) Some students are girls
a) If any conclusion I follows b) If any conclusion II follows
c) if both I & II follows d) if neither I and II follows
e) Either I or II follows
VI. Statement : 2) All goats are cows
1) Some dogs are goats 2) Some dogs are cows
Conclusion :
1) All cows are goats
a) If any conclusion I follows b) If any conclusion II follows
c) if both I & II follows d) if neither I and II follows
e) Either I or II follows
VII. Statement :
1) All cricketers are Indian 2) No Indians are Pakistani
Conclusion :
1) No cricketers are Pakistani 2) All Indians are cricketers
a) If any conclusion I follows b) If any conclusion II follows
c) if both I & II follows d) if neither I and II follows
e) Either I or II follows
VIII. Statement :
1) All the books are pencil 2) No pencil is eraser
Conclusion
1) All the pencils are Books 2) Some eraser or Books
3) No Book is eraser 4) Some Books are eraser
a) If any conclusion I follows b) If any conclusion II follows
c) if both I & II follows d) if neither I and II follows
e) Either I or II follows
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18. DIRECTION SENSE TEST
Class Work :
1. Dalbir is facing south. He turns 1350 in the clockwise direction. Which direction is he facing now ?
a) North-east b) North-west c) South-east d) South-west
2. Rakesh starts walking straight towards east. After walking 75 metres, he turns to the left and walks 25
metres straight. Again he turns to the left, walk a distance of 40 metres straight, again he turns to the left
and walks a distance of 25 metres. How far is he from the starting point ?
a) 25 metres b) 50 metres c) 140 metres d) none of these
3. Vinod walks 20 meters towards North. He then turns left and walks 40 meters. He again turns left and
walks 20 meters. Further, he moves 20 meters after turning to the right. How far is he from his original
position ?
a) 20 meters b) 30 meters c) 50 meters d) 60 meters
e) none of these
4. X and Y start moving towards each other from two places 200 m apart. After walking 60 m, Y turns left
and goes 20 m, then he turns right and goes 40 m. He then turn right again and comes back to the road on
which he had started waling. If X and Y walk with the same speed, what is the distance between them now?
a) 20 m b) 30 m c) 40 m d) 50 m
Direction : Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it :
i) Six flat on a floor in two rows facing North and South are allotted to P, Q, R, S, T and U
ii) Q gets a North facing flat and is not next to S.
iii) S and U get diagonally opposite flats
iv) R, next to U, gets a South facing flat and T gets a North facing flat
5. Which of the following combinations get South facing flats ?
a) QTS b) UTP c) URP d) Data inadequate
e) None of these
Direction : Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it :
i) Six flat on a floor in two rows facing North and South are allotted to P, Q, R, S, T and U
ii) Q gets a North facing flat and is not next to S.
iii) S and U get diagonally opposite flats
iv) R, next to U, gets a South facing flat and T gets a North facing flat
6. Whose flat is between Q and S ?
a) T b) U c) R d) S
e) None of these
Direction : Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it :
i) Six flat on a floor in two rows facing North and South are allotted to P, Q, R, S, T and U
ii) Q gets a North facing flat and is not next to S.
iii) S and U get diagonally opposite flats
iv) R, next to U, gets a South facing flat and T gets a North facing flat
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7. If the flats of T and P are interchanged, whose flat will be next to that of U ?
a) P b) Q c) R d) T
e) None of these
Direction : Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it :
i) Six flat on a floor in two rows facing North and South are allotted to P, Q, R, S, T and U
ii) Q gets a North facing flat and is not next to S.
iii) S and U get diagonally opposite flats
iv) R, next to U, gets a South facing flat and T gets a North facing flat
8. The flats of which of the other pairs SU is diagonally opposite to each other ?
a) QP b) QR c) PT d) TS
e) None of these
Direction : Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it :
i) Six flat on a floor in two rows facing North and South are allotted to P, Q, R, S, T and U
ii) Q gets a North facing flat and is not next to S.
iii) S and U get diagonally opposite flats
iv) R, next to U, gets a South facing flat and T gets a North facing flat
9. To arrive at the answer to the above questions, which of the following statements can be dispensed
with?
a) None b) (i) only c) (ii) only d) (iii) only
e) None of these
10. Kailash faces towards north. Turning to his right, he walks 25 meters. He then turns to this left and
walks 30 meters. Next, he moves 25 meters to his right. He then turns to his right again and walks 55
meters. Finally, he turns to the right and moves 4 meters. In which direction is he how form is starting
point?
a) South-West b) South c) North-West d) South-East
11. Deepa moved a distance of 75 meters towards the north. She then turned to the left and walking about
25 meters, turned left again and walked 80 meters. Finally, she turned to the right at an angle of 450. In
which direction was she moving finally ?
a) North-East b) North-West c) South-East d) South-West
12. There are four towns P, Q, R and T. Q is to the South – West of P. R is to the East of Q and South-East of
P, and T is the North of R in the with QP. In which direction of P, T located ?
a) North-East b) North c) North-East d) East
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19. CUBES AND DICES
Practice Questions :
Direction (Qs. 1 to 4) : Read the following information carefully and answer the question below it :
Six dice with their upper faces erased are as shown :
The sum of the number of dots on the opposite faces is 7
1. If the dice (i), (ii) and (iii) have even number of dots on their bottom faces, then what would be the total
number of dots on the top faces ?
a) 14 b) 7 c) 21 d) 12
2. If dice (i), (ii) and (iii) have even number of dots on their bottom face and the dice (iv), (v) and (vi) have
odd number of dots on the top faces, then what would be the difference in the total number of top face
dots between these two sets ?
a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 3
3. If odd numbered dice have odd number of dots on their bottom faces, what would be the total number
of dots on the top faces of these dice ?
a) 4 b) 6 c) 10 d) 12
4. If even numbered dice have even number of dots on the their top faces, what would be the total number
of dots on the top faces of these dice ?
a) 18 b) 14 c) 12 d) 10
Direction (Qs. 5 to 14) : Read the following information carefully and answer the question below it
A solid cube of each side 8 cms, has been painted red, blue and black on pairs of opposite faces. It is then
cut into cubical blocks of each side 2 cms.
5. How many cubes have no face painted ? c) 8 d) 12
a) 0 b) 4 c) 24 d) 28
6. How many cubes will have only one face painted ? c) 20 d) 24
a) 8 b) 16 c) 6 d) 8
7. How many cubes will have only two face painted ?
a) 8 b) 16
8. How many cubes will have three faces painted ?
a) 0 b) 4
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9. How many cubes will have three faces painted with different colours ?
a) 0 b) 4 c) 8 d) 12
10. How many cubes will have two faces painted red & black and all other faces unpainted
a) 4 b) 8 c) 16 d) 32
11. How many cubes have only one face red and all other faces unpainted ?
a) 4 b) 8 c) 12 d) 16
12. How many cubes have two faces painted black ?
a) 2 b) 4 c) 8 d) None of these
13. How many cubes have one face painted blue and one face painted red ? (The other faces may be
painted or unpainted)
a) 16 b) 12 c) 8 d) 0
14. How many cubes are there in all ?
a) 64 b) 56 c) 40 d) 32
Direction (Qs. 15 to 18) : Read the following information carefully and answer the question below it.
A dice is prepared in following manner
(i) 1 should be between 2 and 3
(ii) 2 should be opposite to the 3
(iii) 4 should be between 5 and 6
(iv) 5 and 6 should lie opposite to each other
(v) 4 should face down
15. The face opposite to 1 :
a) 2 b) 4 c) 6 d) 5
16. The upper face is :
a) 1 b) 6 c) 2 d) 5
17. The face adjacent to 5 are :
a) 2, 6, 1, 4 b) 1, 3, 4, 6 c) 1, 4, 2, 3 c) 2, 3, 4, 6
18. The face adjacent to 3 are :
a) 5, 4, 1, 2 b) 1, 2, 5, 6 c) 5, 6, 4, 1 d) 2, 6, 4, 5
Direction (Qs. 19 to 23) : Read the following information carefully and answer the question below it.
A wooden cube is painted red on all the six face base. It is then cut at equal distance at right angle four
times vertical (top to bottom) and two times horizontal (along the sides) as shown in the figure. Study the
diagram and answer the following questions.
19. How many cubes are formed in all ?
a) 16 b) 24 c) 27 d) 32
d) 8
20. How many cubes will have only one face painted in Red ?
a) 4 b) 5 c) 6
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