Model 3 Problems on average speed Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Question : 1 [SSC CGL Prelim 2007]

A man completes 30 km of a journey at the speed of 6 km/hr and the remaining 40 km of the journey in 5 hours. His average speed for the whole journey is

a) 8 km/hr

b) 7.5 km/hr

c) 7 km/hr

d) 6$4/11$ km/hr

Question : 2 [SSC CHSL 2010]

A man covers the journey from a station A to station B at a uniform speed of 36 km/hr and returns to A with a uniform speed of 45 km/hr. His average speed for the whole journey is :

a) 41 km/hr

b) 42 km/hr

c) 40 km/hr

d) 40.5 km/hr

Question : 3 [SSC CGL Tier-II 2016]

A car travels from A to B at the rate of 40 km/h and returns from B to A at the rate of 60 km/ h. Its average speed during the whole journey is

a) 45 km/h

b) 60 km/h

c) 48 km/h

d) 50 km/h

Question : 4 [SSC CPO 2016]

When Alisha goes by car at 50 kmph, she reaches her office 5 minutes late. But when she takes her motorbike, she reaches 3 minutes early. If her office is 25 kms away, what is the approximate average speed at which she rides her motorbike ?

a) 58 kmph

b) 52 kmph

c) 68 kmph

d) 62 kmph

Question : 5 [SSC CGL Tier-I 2015]

A train travels 500 m in first minute. In the next 4 minutes, it travels in each minute 125 m more than that in the previous minute. The average speed per hour of the train during those 5 minutes will be

a) 50 km/hr

b) 55 km/hr

c) 30 km/hr

d) 45 km/hr