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QA-6 (B) (Time, Speed & Distance, Races & Games)
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10. A man can swim 3 km/hr in still water. If the velocity of the stream be 2 km/hr, the time taken by him to
swim to a place km upstream and back is-
(a) hrs (b) hrs (c) hrs (d) hrs
11. A motorboat running upstream takes 8 hours 48 minutes to cover a certain distance, while it takes 4 hours
to cover the same distance running downstream. What is the ratio between the speed of the motorboat and
speed of the water current respectively?
(a) 3:7 (b) 7:9 (c) 5:4 (d) 8:3
12. The ratio of the speed of a boat downstream and speed of the stream is . If the speed of the current is 3
km per hr, find the distance travelled by the boat upstream in 5 hours.
(a) km (b) km (c) 98 km (d) km
13. In a 500 metres race, the ratio of speeds of two contestants A and B is . A has a start of metres:
Then, A wins by—
(a) 60 metres (b) 40 metres (c) 20 metres (d) metres
14. A can run a kilometre in 4 min. 54 sec. and B in 5 min. How many metres start can A give B in a km race so
that the race may end in a dead heat?
(a) 20 metres (b) metres (c) metres (d) 14.5 metres
15. A, B and C start from the same place to walk around a circular path of length km. A walks at the rate of 4
kmph, B at 8 kmph and C at 3/2 kmph. They will meet together at the starting place at the end of :
(a) hr (b) hr (c) hr (d) 24 hr
Home Assignment
1. A car completes a certain journey in 8 hours. It covers half the distance at 40 km/hr. and the rest at 60
km/hr. The length of the journey is-
(a) 350 km. (b) 420 km. (c) 384 km. (d) 400 km.
2. A man can row 6 km/hr in still water. When the river is running at km/hr, it takes him 1 hour to row to a
place and back. How far is the place?
(a) 2.88 km (b) 3.28 km (c) 4 km (d) 4.8 km
3. A man rows to a place 48 km distance and back in hours. He finds that he can row 4 km with the stream
in the same time as 3 km against the stream. Find the rate of the stream—
(a) km/hr (b) 2 km/hr (c) km/hr (d) 2.5 km/hr
4. A train 110 m long is running at 60 km/hr. In what time will it pass a man, running in the direction opposite
to that of the train at 6 km/hr.?
(a) 3 sec (b) 4 sec (c) 5 sec (d) 6 sec
5. In a metres race, A can beat B by 25 metres and B can beat C by 4 metres. In the same race, A can beat
C by—
(a) 29 metres (b) metres (c) 28 metres (d) 26 metres
6. Arjun, Bhisma and Nakul run on the circular path at the speed of 20 m/s, 30 m/s and 50 m/s respectively in
the same direction. The circumference of the track (or path) is 600 m
(i) When will they be together again for the first time?
(a) 20 sec (b) 50 sec (c) 60 sec (d) 40 sec
(ii) When will they be together again for the first time at the starting point?
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Explanatory Answers
1. (c) Let the length of total journey be km.
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km.
2. (a) Man’s rate down stream km/hr = 7.2 km/hr.
Man’s rate upstream = km/hr.
Let required distance be km.
Then
3. (a) Suppose that the man takes hours to cover 4 km downstream and hours to cover 3 km upstream.
Then,
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km/hr
Hence, option (d)
8. (b) Let the time taken by A be hrs, therefore time taken by B will be – hrs
From the problem statement
–
hrs
Distance between cities kms
Distance between A and B is 360 kms.
9. (c) Speed of A miles/min
Suppose speed of B = x miles/min.
According to the question, A walked miles before meeting B in his return path, so B would
have walked – miles before meeting but B walked 4 minutes less than A.
Speed of B
B’s speed is a mile in minutes.
10. (a) Let the time taken by train B be
Time taken by train
New speed of train original speed
Time taken by train after engine problem [Time /Speed]
ATQ,
This is 3 hours more than time taken by A
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Total speed
Distance covered = 4.8 km
Time taken = 8 min = hrs
We know that
Speed = Distance/Time
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