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

Question : 16 [SSC CAPFs SI 2013]

On a journey across Kolkata, a taxi averages 50 km per hour for 50% of the distance, 40 km per hour for 40% of it and 20 km per hour for the remaining. The average speed (in km/hour) for the whole journey is :

a) 35

b) 45

c) 42

d) 40

Question : 17 [SSC CHSL 2012]

P travels for 6 hours at the rate of 5 km/ hour and for 3 hours at the rate of 6 km/ hour. The average speed of the journey in km/ hour is

a) 1$2/9$

b) 2$2/5$

c) 3$1/5$

d) 5$1/3$

Question : 18 [SSC CHSL 2012]

The speed of a train going from Nagpur to Allahabad is 100 kmph while its speed is 150 kmph when coming back from Allahabad to Nagpur. Then the average speed during the whole journey is :

a) 140 kmph

b) 135 kmph

c) 120 kmph

d) 125 kmph

Question : 19 [SSC CGL Prelim 2008]

A train covers a distance of 3584 km in 2 days 8 hours. If it covers 1440 km on the first day and 1608 km on the second day, by how much does the average speed of the train for the remaining part of the journey differ from that for the entire journey ?

a) 4 km/hour more

b) 5 km/hour less

c) 3 km/hour more

d) 3 km/hour less

Question : 20 [SSC CGL Tier-II 2015]

A man walks from his house at an average speed of 5 km per hour and reaches his office 6 minutes late. If he walks at an average speed of 6 km/h he reaches 2 minutes early. The distance of the office from his house is

a) 12 km

b) 4 km

c) 6 km

d) 9 km