Speed, trains and boats practice set 1
चाल, ट्रेन और नाव प्रैक्टिस सेट 1
16 questions · 16 minutes · Medium · मध्यम · For Railway, SSC / Central, Bank, State PSC, Police, Defence, Campus placement exams
Trains crossing poles and platforms, boats and streams, and average speed.
खंभा और प्लेटफॉर्म पार करती ट्रेनें, नाव-धारा और औसत चाल।
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