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

Question : 26 [SSC CGL Prelim 1999]

A person travels 600 km by train at 80km/hr, 800 km by ship at 40 km/hr 500 km by aeroplane at 400 km/hr and 100 km by car at 50km/hr. What is the average speed for the entire distance ?

a) 60$5/123$ km/hr

b) 62 km/hr

c) 65$5/123$ km/hr

d) 60 km/hr

Question : 27 [SSC CHSL (10+2) Tier-I 2017]

To cover a distance of 216 km in 3.2 hours, what should be the average speed of the car in metre/second?

a) 37.5 metre/second

b) 18.75 metre/second

c) 67.5 metre/second

d) 33.75 metre/second

Question : 28 [SSC CHSL 2014]

A train runs from Howrah to Bandel at an average speed of 20 km/ hr and returns at an average speed of 30 km/hr. The average speed (in km/hr) of the train in the whole journey is

a) 24

b) 25

c) 20

d) 22.5

Question : 29 [SSC CGL Tier-I 2016]

A man travels 50 km at speed 25 km/h and next 40 km at 20 km/ h and there after travels 90 km at 15 km/h. His average speed is :

a) 20 kmph.

b) 15 kmph.

c) 18 kmph.

d) 25 kmph.

Question : 30 [SSC CGL Tier-I 2016]

Gautam travels 160 kms at 32 kmph and returns at 40 kmph. Then his average speed is

a) 36 kmph

b) 35.55 kmph

c) 72 kmph

d) 71.11 kmph