QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE - GAMES & RACES

GAMES AND RACES

1.    At a game of billiards, A can give B 15 points in 60 and A can give C to 20 points in 60. How many points can B give C in a game of 90?
A) 30 points     B) 20 points         C) 10 points         D) 12 points

2.    In a race of 200 m, A can beat B by 31 m and C by 18 m. In a race of 350 m, C will beat B by:
 A) 22.75 m     B) 25 m         C) 19.5 m         D) 18.5 m

3.    In a 1 km race, A beats B by 28 meters in 7sec. Find A's time over the course?
        A) 5min, 4sec     B) 4min, 3sec         C) 2min, 3sec         D) 3min, 4sec 

4.    In 100 m race, A covers the distance in 36 seconds and B in 45 seconds. In this race A beats B by:
       A) 20m              B) 25m             C) 22.5m             D) 9m  

5.    A runs times as fast as B. If A gives B a start of 80 m, how far must the winning post be so that A and B might reach it at the same time?
 A) 200 m         B) 300m         C) 270m     D) 160m  

6.    In a 100 m race, A beats B by 10 m and C by 13 m. In a race of 180 m, B will beat C by:
       A) 5.4m         B) 4.5m         C) 5m         D) 6m 

7.    In a 500 m race, the ratio of the speeds of two contestants A and B is 3 : 4. A has a start of 140 m. Then, A wins by:
 A) 60m         B) 40m         C) 20m     D) 10m 

8.    A can run 22.5 m while B runs 25 m. In a kilometer race B beats A by:
A) 100 m         B) 75 m         C) 25 m     D) 50m 

9.    In a 300 m race, A beats B by 22.5 m or 6 seconds. B's time over the course is:
 A) 86 sec         B) 80 sec         C) 76 sec     D) None of these  

10.    In a game of 100 points, A can give B 20 points and C 28 points. Then, B can give C:
 A) 8 points     B) 10 points         C) 14points         D) 40points