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Practice Question for Races with answer


  1. In a kilometer race, A can give B a start of 100 m or 15 seconds. How long does A take to complete the race?  
(1) 135 sec                            (2) 110 sec
(3) 100 sec                                            (4) 150 sec
  1. A takes 4 minutes and 30 seconds to run a kilometer race. B takes 5 minutes to complete the same 1 km track. If A and B were to participate in a race of 5 kms, how much start can A give B in terms of distance? 
(1) 100 metres                     (2) 111.11 metres
(3) 500 metres                     (4) 555.55 metres
  1. A runs 7/6th as fast as B and gives him a start of 25 metres in a race. How long is the race in terms of distance so that A and B finish in a dead heat?
(1) 150 metres                     (2) 125 metres
(3) 175 metres                     (4) None of these
  1. A can give B a start of 15 m in a 100m race. B can give C a start of 10m in a 100m race. How much start can A give C in a 100m race?
(1) 33.5 metre                      (2) 25 metres
(3) 23.5 metres                    (4) 28.5 metres
  1. A gives B a start of 50m in a 1000m race. A can give C a start of 75m in a 500m race. How much start can B give C in a km race?
(1) 26.31 metres                  (2) 76.52 metres
(3) 105.25 metres               (4) None of these
  1. In a 200m race, A runs at the speed of 8 m/sec. He gives B a start of 20m and still beats him by 5 seconds. What is the speed of B?
(1) 6.66 m/sec                      (2) 6 m/sec
(3) 9 m/sec                           (4) 7.2 m/sec
  1. A can give B a start of 20m in a 200m race and C a start of 50m in the same race. If B can give C a start of 10/3 secs in the race, how long does C take to complete 200m?
(1) 10 seconds                     (2) 18 seconds
(3) 16.66 seconds               (4) 20 seconds
  1. In a km race, A gives B a start of 40 seconds and beats him by 50m. However, when he gives B a start of 50 seconds they finish the race in a dead heat. What is A’s speed in m/sec?
(1) 6.67 m/sec                      (2) 5 m/sec
(3) 3.33 m/sec                      (4) 6.25 m/sec
  1. A can run a 1200m race in 60 second, while B takes 75 seconds to complete it. If B has a 240m start in the race, by how many seconds will B win the race?
(1) 10 seconds                     (2) 6 seconds
(3) 15 seconds                     (4) None of these
  1. A and B start simultaneously from the same point along a circular track of length 1 km in the same direction at 6 m/sec and 10 m/sec speed. When will they meet for the first time?
(1) 250 seconds                  (2) 200 seconds
(3) 500 seconds                  (4) 1000 seconds
  1. A and B start on a circular track of length 500m simultaneously from the same point in opposite directions running at 6m/sec and 4 m/sec speeds respectively. How many times would they have met before they meet for the first time at the starting point again?
(1) 5 times                            (2) 10 times
(3) 4 times                            (4) None of these
  1. A can run half a kilometer in 2 minutes and 30 seconds. B can run the same distance in 3 minutes. How much start, measured in terms of distance, can A give B in a kilometer race?
(1)     133.33 metres
(2)     166.66 metres
(3)     100 metres
(4)     83.33 metres
  1. P and Q run a kilometer and P wins by 60 seconds. P and R run a kilometer and P wins by 360 metres. Q and R run a kilometer and Q wins by 30 seconds. Find the time taken by P to run a kilometer.
(1) 250 seconds                  (2) 333.33 sec
(3) 160 seconds                  (4) 190 seconds
  1. A takes 3 minutes 40 second while B takes 4 minutes to complete a race. A beats B by 60 metres in the race if both start simultaneously from the starting point. Find the length of the course.
(1) 120 metres                     (2) 660 metres
(3) 720 metres                     (4) 900 metres
  1. A can run 100 metres in 18 seconds, and B takes 20 seconds to complete the same 100 metres. How much start, in terms of distance, can A give B in a 100m race?
(1) 10 metres                       (2) 11.11 metres
(3) 9.09 metres                    (4) None of these
  1. In a kilometer race, B gives a start of 240 metres. If the ratio of the speeds of A and B is 7:10, who wins the race and by what distance?
(1) A, 60 metres                  (2) A; 40 metres 
(3) B; 60 metres                   (4) B; 40 metres
  1. A takes 30 seconds lesser to run a kilometer than does. If B gets a start of 100 metres in the race he loses the race by 100 metres. How long will B take to complete the course?
(1) 120 seconds                  (2) 200 seconds
(3) 150 seconds                  (4) 250 seconds
  1. A runs at the rate of 12 km/hr. He gives B a start of 160 m in a kilometer race and still beats him by a minute. What is the speed at which B is running?
(1) 140 m/min                     (2) 125 m/min
(3) 160 m/min                     (4) 210 m/min
  1. A and B ran 500 metres in 40 seconds and 50 seconds respectively. How far from the finishing line will B be when A complete the race, if both of them start simultaneously from the starting point?
(1) 125 metres                     (2) 100 metres
(3) 75 metres                       (4) 125 metres
  1. X can run 1000 metres in 80 seconds, while Y takes 100 seconds to run the same race. If Y has a start of 60 metres, by how many metres will he lose the race?
(1) 260 metres                     (2) 140 metres
(3) 190 metres                     (4) 310 metres
  1. A and B run around a circular track of length 700 metres starting from the same point simultaneously in opposite directions. If the speed of A is 8 m/sec and that of B is 6 m/sec, when will they meet at the starting point again?
(1) 50 sec                              (2) 140 sec
(3) 350 sec                            (4) None of these

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  1. A and B run around a circular track 98 meters starting from the same point simultaneously and in the opposite direction. If A runs at the speed of 23 m/min and B runs at the speed of 31 m/min, when will they meet again for the first time?
(1) 55 sec                              (2) 77 sec
(3) 108 sec                            (4) 42 sec


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  1. A and B run around a circular track of length 750 metres at speeds of 12 m/sec and 15 m/sec, starting from the same point in the same direction. If B gives A a start of 15 seconds, when will they meet for the first time?
(1) 250 seconds                  (2) 238 sec.
(3) 60 seconds                     (4) 12 seconds 


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  1. A takes 10 seconds lesser to run a 400 metre race than B does. If B gets a start of 40 metres in the race, he loses the race by 40 metres. How long will A take to complete the course?
(1) 80 seconds                     (2) 50 seconds
(3) 20 seconds                     (4) 40 seconds


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  1. A runs at the rate of 6 km/hr. He gives B a start of 100 m in a kilometer race and still beats him by two minutes. What is the relative speed between A and B?
(1) 40 m/min                       (2) 25 m/min
(3) 50 m/min                       (4) 33.33 m/min


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  1. A and B run around a circular track of length 3000 metres at speeds of 18 m/sec and 38 m/sec, starting from the same point in the same direction. If B gives A a start of 10 seconds, when will they meet for the first time?
(1) 150 seconds                  (2) 4.73 seconds
(3) 9 seconds                       (4) 154.7 seconds


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  1. A and B start on a circular track of length 750m simultaneously from the same point in-opposite direction running at 7m/sec and 3 m/sec speeds respectively. When they meet for the first time at what point with respect to the starting point will they meet when measured in the direction in which A runs?
(1) 475 metres                     (2) 525 metres
(3) 225 metres                     (4) 375 metres

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  1. A runs twice as fast as B. If A gives B a start of 275 metres in a race, how far must be the winning post, so that they finish the race in a dead heat?
(1) 825 metres                     (2) 550 metres
(3) 1100 metres                   (4) 275 metres

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  1. In a 500m race, A runs at the speed of 10 m/sec. He gives B a start of 25m and still beats him by 28/9 seconds. What is the speed of B?
(1) 25/3 m/sec                     (2) 9 m/sec
(3) 100/9 m/sec                   (4) 9.5 m/sec

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  1. A gives B a start of 50m in a 500m race and C a start of 100m in the same race. If B can give C a start of 5.55 sec in the race, how long does B take to complete 500m?
(1) 50 seconds                     (2) 44.44 seconds
(3) 45.45 seconds               (4) None of these 

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  1. A can run a 600m race in 30 seconds, while B takes 40 seconds to complete it. After giving B a 100m start in the race, by how many seconds will A win the race?
(1) 5 seconds                       (2) 3.33 seconds
(3) 1.66 seconds                 (4) 2.5 seconds
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