Chapterwise Quantitative Aptitude Quiz from Previous Paper for IBPS Clerk 2017 – Time, Speed & Distance

1. A 180-metre long train crosses
another 270- metre long train running in the opposite direction in 10.8
seconds. If the speed of the first train is 60 kmph, what is the speed of the second
train in kmph? (IBPS RRB 2015)

(a) 80

(b) 90

(c) 150

(d) Can’t be determined

(e) None of these

2. Deepa rides her bike at an
average speed of 30 km/hr and reaches her destination in 6 hrs. Hema covers the
same distance in 4 hrs. If Deepa increases her average speed by 10 km/hr and
Hema increases her average speed by 5 km/hr, what would be the difference in
their time taken to reach the destination? (IBPS
RRB 2015)

(a) 54 minutes

(b) 1 hour

(c) 40 minutes

(d) 45 minutes

(e) None of these

3. A man starts going for morning
walk every day. The distance walked by him on the first day was 2 km. Everyday
he walks half of the distance walked on the previous day. What can be the
maximum total distance walked by him in his lifetime? (IBPS RRB 2015)

(a) 4 km

(b) 20 km

(c) 8 km

(d) Data inadequate

(e) None of these

4. The distance between two cities
A and B is 330 km. A train starts from A at 8 a.m. and travels towards B at 60
km/hr. Another train starts from B at 9 a.m. and travels towards A at 75 km/hr.
At what time do they meet? (IBPS Clerk
2015)

(a) 10:30 am

(b) 10:45 am

(c) 11 am

(d) 11:25 am

(e) None of these

5. A, B and C start at the same
time in the same direction to run around a circular stadium. A completes a
round in 252 seconds, B in 308 seconds and C in 198 seconds, all starting at
the same point. After what time will they meet again at the starting point? (IBPS Clerk 2015)

(a) 15 minutes 15 seconds

(b) 42 minutes 30 seconds

(c) 42 minutes

(d) 46 minutes 12 seconds

(e) None of these

6. A man rows 750m in 775 seconds
against the stream and returns in 7 ½  minutes. What is rowing speed in still water? (IBPS Clerk 2015)

(a) 4.7 km/hr

(b) 4 km/hr

(c) 3.5 km/hr

(d) 6 km/hr

(e) None of these

7. A man buys 4 tables and 5
chairs for ₹ 1000. If he sells the tables at 10% profit and chairs 20% profit,
he earns a profit of ₹ 120. What is the cost of one table? (SBI Clerk 2015)

(a) ₹ 200

(b) ₹ 220

(c) ₹ 240

(d) ₹ 260

(e) None of these

8. A train travels at a speed of
40 km/h and another train at a speed of 20 m/s. What is the ratio of speed of
the first train to that of the second train ? (IBPS RRB 2015)

(a) 2 : 1

(b) 5 : 9

(c) 5 : 3

(d) 9 : 5

(e) None of these

9. Two trains of length 110 m and
90 m are running on parallel lines in the same direction with a speed of 45km/h
and 50 km/h respectively. In what time will they pass other? (IBPS SO 2015)

(a) 136 s

(b) 138 s

(c) 142 s

(d) 146 s

(e) None of these

10. A man rows 25 km downstream
and 20 km upstream taking 5 h each time. What is the velocity of the current? (IBPS SO 2015)

(a) 1 km/h

(b) 2.5 km/h

(c) 3.5 km/h

(d) 4.5 km/h

(e) None of these