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Quantitative Aptitude
TSD - 3
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Linear races

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In a 500 m race, the ratio of the speeds of two contestants A and B is 2 : 3. If A has a
start of 170 m, then A wins by

(1) 5 m (2) 10 m (3) 15 m

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beats C in the same race?
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In a 1 km race, A beats B by 40 m and B beats by C by 25 m. By how many meters A

(1) 65 (2) 60 (3) 64

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distance will P beat R in a race of 150 m?
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P beats Q by 20 m in a 120 m race, and Q beats R by 24 m in the same race. By what

(1) 54 m (2) 50 m (3) 48 m

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(4) 45 m

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Question – 3
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A and B stay in the same apartment and study in the same school. A and B start

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walking towards their school at speeds of 2 km/hr and 3 km/hr respectively. The faster
of the two reaches the school first, turns around and starts walking back. If A and B
meet 200 m away from the home then what is the distance between their apartment
and their school?
(1) 260 m (2) 240 m
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Question – 4
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20 km/hr
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A and B start from two locations P and Q respectively at the same time and meet every
day at X on the way. Uniform speeds of A and B are 20 km/hr and 15 km/hr
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Karan and Arjun run a 100-meter race, in which Karan beats Arjun by 10 metres. To do

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a favour to Arjun, Karan starts 10 metres behind the starting line in a second 100 metre
race. They both run at their earlier speeds. Which of the following is true in connection
with the second race?

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(1) Karan and Arjun reach the finishing line simultaneously.

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(2) Arjun beats Karan by 10 metres
(3) Arjun beats Karan by 11 metres.
(4) Karan beats Arjun by 1 metre.

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Neeta loses to Divya by 10 m in a 100 m race. Preeta loses to Divya by 15 m in a 100

remains constant in all the races?

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m race. By how many metres will Neeta beat Preeta in a 400 m race if their speed

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(1) 25 m (2) 20 m (3) 25.33 m (4) 22.23 m

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Question – 7
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Ram and Shyam run a race between points A and B, 5 km apart. Ram starts at 9 a.m

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from A at a speed of 5 km/hr, reaches B, and returns to A at the same speed, Shyam
starts at 9:45 a.m. from A at a speed of 10 km/hr, reaches B and comes back to A at the
same speed. At what time does Shyam over take Ram?
(1) 10:20 a.m. (2) 10:30 a.m.

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(3) 10:40 a.m. (4) 10:50 a.m.

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Question – 8
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Three runners A, B and C run a race, with runner A finishing 12 m ahead of runner B

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and 18 m ahead of runner C, while runner B finishes 8 m ahead of runner C. Each
runner travels the entire distance at a constant speed. What was the length of the race?
[CAT 2001]
(1) 36 m (2) 48 m

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Question – 9
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Circular races

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A and B run a 5 km race on a round course of 400 m. If their speeds are in the ratio 5 :

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Question – 10
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Amol and Avash start running simultaneously around a circular track from the same

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point in the same direction. Amol can complete 1 round in 16 seconds and Avash can
do the same in 28 seconds. Find the time after which they would be together for the first
time.
(1) 40 s (2)
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Question – 11
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Two runners A and B are running on a circular track of length 14 km. If A and B started

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simultaneously from the same point but in opposite directions with speeds 15m/s and
20m/s respectively. What is the distance covered by A by the time they cross each other
for the first time?

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Question – 12
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A and B run along a circular track, of unknown radius, in the same direction at speeds

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of 3m/sec and 5m/sec respectively. Find at how many points will they meet.

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Question – 13
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A and B start running simultaneously from the same point on a circular track with

distances covered by them till their first meeting.

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speeds 5 m/s and 15 m/s respectively. If they run in opposite directions, find the ratio of

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(1) 1 : 3 (2) 2 : 5 (3) 2 : 3 (4) 1 : 2

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Question – 14
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Two persons start cycling simultaneously from a point P on a circular track. If they travel

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at a speeds of 3 km/hr and 10 km/hr respectively, then what is the ratio of number of
distinct points that they would meet on that track then when they travel in the same
direction first to that when they travel in the opposite direction?
(1) 7 : 13 (2) 3 : 10

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Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.

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Chiku and Charu are running along a circular path with a diameter of 1050 m at the
speeds of 15 m/s and 25 m/s respectively. Chaman is running along the path AB

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(diameter of the circular path) at the speed of 35 m/s. Chaman turns back immediately
after reaching the point B and does the same as he reaches the point A. All of them
start from point A simultaneously.
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If Charu and Chiku are running in the opposite direction, what is the shortest distance
(in metres) along the circular path between point A and the point at which Charu and
Chiku meet for the third time?
(1) 247.5 (2) 412.5
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If Charu and Chiku are running in the opposite direction, what is the shortest distance

the point B for the fifth time?

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(in metres) between Charu and Chiku along the circular path when Chaman reaches

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(1) 150 (2) 270 (3) 412.5 (4) 900

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Question – 17
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In a 4000 meter race around a circular stadium having a circumference of 1000 meters,

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the fastest runner and the slowest runner reach the same point at the end of the 5th
minute, for the first time after the start of the race. All runners have the same starting
point and each runner maintains a uniform speed throughout the race. If fastest runner

finish the race?

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Question – 18
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Two boys start simultaneously from the same point on a circular track and run in

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opposite directions at speeds of 2.25 km/hr and 3.5 km/hr respectively. If circumference
of the track is 736 m, after how much time they meet for the first time?

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(1) 7.5 min (2) 7.68 min (3) 8 min (4) 6.86 min

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Question – 19
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A sprinter starts running on a circular path of radius r metres. Her average speed (in

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metres/minute) is pr during the first 30 seconds, during next one minute, during
next 2 minutes, during next 4 minutes and so on. What is the ratio of the time taken
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for the nth round to that for the (n – 1)th round?

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(1) 4 : 1 (2) 8 : 1 (3) 16 : 1 (4) 32 : 1

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Question – 20
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Three persons A, B and C, whose speeds are in the ratio 3 : 5 : 7 respectively, started

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time at any point on the track?

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travelled by A and the distance travelled by C, when all three persons meet for the first

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(1)105 km (2) 131.25 km (3) 262.50 km (4) None of these

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Question – 21
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Two Astronauts, Vaibhav and Kanishk land on a spherical shaped meteor of diameter 7

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km, which is rotating about its own central axis at 2.5 km/sec. Equator is the maximum
circumference possible on the spherical shaped meteor. Vaibhav starts running along
the equator at 20% of the speed of the meteor in a direction opposite to the direction of

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the rotation of meteor. Kanishk standing at a point from where Vaibhav started, records
the time taken by Vaibhav to reach the starting point once again. Calculate the time
recorded by Kanishk.
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Question – 22
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Clock

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A boy looks at the reflection in the mirror and sees the time to be 9:30:10. The correct
time is
(1) 2 : 29 : 50 (2) 3 : 29 : 50 (3) 1 : 29 : 50
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(4) 4 : 30 : 50

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Question – 23
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The time between 7 and 8 o ’clock, correct to the nearest minute, when the hands of a
clock will form an angle of 84 degrees are:
(1) 7 : 23 and 7 : 53 (2) 7 : 20 and 7 : 50
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(3) 7 : 22 and 7 : 53
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(4) 7 : 23 and 7 : 52

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Question – 24
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Hour hand and minute hand of a clock coincides every 64 minutes. How much time
does the clock gain or lose in a day?
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(4) 31 minutes lose
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Question – 25
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Two clocks show the correct time at 4 pm. One clock gains 15 minutes every hour and

time shown by the correct clock?

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the other one is correct. Next day, if the time in the faulty clock is 7 am, then what is the

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Question – 26
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There are 2 clocks. One clock gains 3 min in 15 hours and the other loses 2 min in 20

and day when they both show the same time again?

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hours. If clocks show the correct time at 1 PM on Monday, what will be the correct time

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Question – 27
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A clock loses 12 minutes every 24 hours. It is set right at 7:25 p.m. on Monday. What

(1) 1:20:35 p.m. (2) 1:35:50 p.m. (3) 1:25:35 p.m.

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Question – 28
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In a watch, the minute hand crosses the hour hand for the third time exactly after every

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3 hr 18 min and 15 s of watch time. What is the time gained or lost by this watch in one
(CAT 1996)

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(1) 14 min 10 s lost (2) 13 min 50 s lost

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Question – 29
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It takes the pendulum of a clock 7 seconds to strike 4 o’clock. How much time will it
take to strike 11 o’clock?
(1) 18 seconds (2) 20 seconds (3) 19.25 seconds
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(4) 23.33 seconds

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Question – 30