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Speed, Time & Distance. If I walk at 8 km/hr, I will reach 1 hour

early and if I walk at 6 km/hr, I will be 4
Speed = hours late. Find the distance between
the starting point and the end point. If I
want to reach the destination at the
Conversions right time, find the speed at which I
should walk.
1 km/hr = ____________ m/s

1 m/s = _____________km/hr

1 mile = __________ kms

A train travels in 108 kmph .How many

meters will it travel in 3 minutes

A student travels between Nandanvan

and Hingna via Ajni. The total journey of
20 km takes him 25 mins. If he travels
between Nandanvan and Ajni at speed
of 30kmph and between Ajni and Proportionality between speed, time and
Hingna at speed of 75kmph, find the distance
distance between Ajni and Hingna and
also the time taken by the student to Time is ______________ proportional to
travel this stretch. Speed (if distance is constant)

Hence, for the same distance,

if Speed changes in the ratio a : b,
Time would change in the ratio _________

Distance is ______________ proportional to

Speed (if time is constant)

Hence, in the same time,

if Speed changes in the ratio a : b,
Distance would change in the ratio
_________
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Abhishek and John start at the same [CAT 2002] A train approaches a tunnel
time to travel towards each other on a AB. Inside the tunnel is a cat located at a
straight road at respective speeds of point that is 3/8th of the distance AB
120 km/hr and 130 km/hr. When they measured from the entrance A. When
meet, it was found that one of them had the train whistles the cat runs. If the cat
covered 40 mts more than the other. moves to the entrance of the tunnel, A,
Find the initial distance between them the train catches the cat exactly at the
(in mts). entrance. If the cat moves to the exit, B,
A. 480 mts B. 520 mts the train catches the cat at exactly the
C. 960 mts D. 1000 mts exit. The speed of the train is greater
than the speed of the cat by what order?
(a) 3 : 1 (b) 4 : 1
(c) 5 :1 (d) None of these

If I walk at 5/6th of my normal speed, I

will be late to office by 8 mins. What is
the normal time that I take to reach
office?

Excluding stoppages, the speed of bus is

72 km/hr and including stoppages it is
54 km/hr. For how many minutes does
the bus stop per hour?
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Rohit hits the ball and runs towards the

non-striking end. At the same time, Virat
starts running towards the striking end.
After crossing each other, Rohit takes
3.2 secs while Virat takes 1.8 secs to
reach the other ends. Find the ratio of
their speeds and the time taken by them
cross each other from the moment they
started running.
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Average speed: When time taken is same

Swami has a bike rental shop. On a

particular day, 3 friends, Amar, Akbar
A man covers his journey in three parts.
and Anthony rent out bikes from his
He covers the first 4.8 kms by car
shop at the same time in the morning
travelling at 8 m/s, the next 4.5 kms by
and return it together at the same time
bus in 15 mins, and the last part by
in the evening. On reading the meters,
walking at 7/3 m/s for 25 mins. Find his
Swami realises that the 3 friends had
avg. speed for the entire journey.
driven their bikes at average speeds of
A. 3 m/s B. 4 m/s
40kmph, 50 kmph and 60 kmph
C. 4.5 m/s D. None of these
respectively. Find their average speed.

When the distance is same

Amol travels from home to college at 40

kmph. On reaching the college gate, he
realizes that its Sunday and hence
immediately returns home by the same
route at 60 kmph. Find his average
speed for the entire (to and fro) journey. Note:

1. When distance is same, Average

speed is ____________________________________

2. When time intervals are same,

Average speed is __________________________
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Relative Speed Thakur and Gabbar run a race. They

start from the same point at the same
Raj and Simran run towards each other time at respective speeds of 30 km/hr
at 8 m/s and 6 m/s. After how much and 20 km/hr. After how much time will
time will they meet if the initial distance Thakur be 300kms ahead of Gabbar?
between them is 2100m?

A husband leaves his home for office at

7 am in his car travelling at 30 km/hr.
10 mins later his wife realises that he
has left his ID card at home. So she
Raj and Simran start from the same quickly collects the same and rides a
point at the same time, running away bike towards the husband’s office. What
from each other at 8m/s and 6 m/s. should be the minimum speed at which
After how much time will they be the wife should ride the bike so that her
2100m away from each other? husband receives the ID card just when
he reaches his office at 8 am.

Gabbar is riding a horse at 20 km/hr.

Thakur chases him in his jeep at 30
km/hr. After how much time will
Note:
Thakur catch Gabbar if the initial
distance between them was 300 km? When 2 objects are moving in the same
direction:

When 2 objects are moving in the

opposite direction:
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Questions on trains where length of train

is given or asked:

While crossing a stationary object of While crossing a stationary object of

negligible width substantial width (bridge / platform /
(pole / tree / stationary person) tunnel / another stationary train)

While crossing an object of negligible While crossing an object of substantial

width moving in the same direction width moving in the same direction

While crossing an object of negligible While crossing an object of substantial

width moving in the opposite direction width moving in the opposite direction
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A train running at the speed of 108 Questions related to boats and streams
km/hr crosses a pole in 20 seconds.
What is the length of the train? Speed of boat in still water: SB

Speed of stream: Ss

Downstream speed: SD =

Upstream speed: SU =
A train passes a station platform in 60
seconds and a man standing on the
If a boat is moving upstream at a speed
platform in 20 seconds. If the speed of
of 9 km/hr and goes downstream at a
the train is 108 km/hr, what is the
speed of 13km/hr, then what is the
length of the platform?
speed of the stream ?

Two stations A and B are 360kms apart

on a straight line. One train starts from
A at 8 a.m. and travels towards B at 30 Akbar and Birbal ascend (climb up) a
kmph. Another train starts from B at 10 moving-up escalator. Akbar takes 30
a.m. and travels towards A at a speed of steps while Birbal takes 25 steps to
45kmph. At what time will they meet? reach at the top. If time taken by Akbar
to take 3 steps is same as the time taken
by Birbal to take 2 steps, find the
number of steps in the escalator when it
is stationary

A journey of 1500kms takes 5 hours less

by a fast train than by a slow train. If the
average speed of the slow train is
50kmph less than that of a fast train,
what is the average speed of the fast
train?
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Questions related to races In a 120 mts race, A beats B by 45mts or

15 secs. Find the following.
Linear Race
Speed of B:
1. A beats B by 10 mts.

Time taken by B to complete the race:

Time taken by A to complete the race:

2. A beats B by 5 secs.

Speed of A:

In a 100 mts race, P beats Q by 30 mts

3. A beats B by 10 mts or 5 secs while Q beats R by 20 mts. By how many
mts does P beat R?
A. 10 mts B. 50 mts
C. 56mts D. 44mts

4. A gives B a start of 10 mts.

5. A gives B a start of 5 secs

A beats B by 20 mts in a 100 mts race.

B beats C by 75mts in a 200 mts race
C beats D by 200mts in a 500 mts race.
6. Dead Heat By how many mts will A beat D in a
1000 mts race.
A. 295mts B. 300mts
C. 590mts D. 700mts
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Circular Race: 4. After how much time will they meet at

the starting point for the 1st time
A and B start at the same time from the
same point on a circular track of length
240 m at speeds of 10 m/s and 6 m/s
respectively in the same direction. Find
the answers to the following questions:

5. After how much time will they meet at

the starting point for the 2nd time?

1. After how much time will they meet

6. After how much time will they meet at
for the first time
the starting point for the nth time?

2. After how much time will they meet

for the 2ndtime?
7. If they keep running infinitely on the
same track at their respective speeds, at
how many distinct points will they keep
meeting?

3. After how much time will they meet

for the nth time?
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A and B start at the same time from the 4. After how much time will they meet at
same point on a circular track of length the starting point for the 1st time
240 m at speeds of 10 m/s and 6 m/s
respectively in opposite direction. Find
the answers to the following questions:

5. After how much time will they meet at

the starting point for the 2nd time?

1. After how much time will they meet

for the first time
6. After how much time will they meet at
the starting point for the nth time?

2. After how much time will they meet

for the 2ndtime?

7. If they keep running infinitely on the

same track at their respective speeds, at
how many distinct points will they keep
meeting?

3. After how much time will they meet

for the nth time?
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Clocks: At what time between 7 pm and 8 pm

will the minute hand and hour hand
In 1 hour, coincide?
Minute hand of a clock rotates by _______˚
Hour hand of a clock rotates by _________˚

Hence, in each hour, the minute hand

takes a lead of __________˚ over the hour
hand.

In 1 minute,
Minute hand of a clock rotates by _______˚ At what time between 4 am and 5 am,
Hour hand of a clock rotates by _________˚ will the minute hand and hour hand be
diametrically opposite (180˚)
Hence, in each minute, the minute hand
takes a lead of __________˚ over the hour
hand.

Hence while solving questions on clocks,

we can take it as an analogy to circular
races where instead of the length of the
track, we can assume the angle of the
track to be 360˚ At what time between 6 pm and 7 pm,
will the minute hand and hour hand be
Time taken for 1st meeting perpendicular (90˚)

Hence, we can say that the minute hand

and the hour hand meet after every
__________ mins.

Hence, in 12 hours, the minute hand and

the hour hand meet (0˚) ________ times What is the measure of the angle
between the minute hand and the hour
Similarly, the minute hand and the hour hand at 4:20 am?
hand are diametrically opposite every
____________ mins.

So, in 12 hours, they are diametrically

opposite ___________ times.
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Note : A clock is set to right time at 1a.m. The

clock gains 16 minutes in 24 hours of
actual time. What will be the true time
A clock is said to gain time if
when the clock indicates 8 p.m. on 4th
day?

A clock is said to lose time if

In a particular clock, the minute hand

coincides with the hour hand every 60
minutes. How much a day does the clock
gain or lose in 1 hour of correct time?

A clock is 20 minutes behind correct

time at 4 pm on 1st January. After exactly
2 weeks, it is 36 minutes ahead. If the
clock gains time at a constant rate, when
will it show the correct time in the given
period?