Time and distance

Unit and formula based

1. Jim travels the first 3 hours of his journey at 60 km/h speed and the remaining 5 hours at 24 km/h speed. What is the average
speed of Jim's travel in km/h?
A. 42 km/h B. 36 km/h C. 37.5 km/h D. 42.5 km/h
2. I travel the first part of my journey at 40 km/h and the second part at 60 km/h and cover the total distance of 240 km to my
destination in 5 hours. How long did the first part of my journey last?
A. 4 hours B. 2 hours C. 3 hours D. 2 hours 24 minutes
3. Ram covers a part of the journey at 20 km/h and the balance at 70 km/h taking total of 8 hours to cover the distance of 400 km.
How many hours has he been driving at 20 km/h?
A. 2 hours B. 3 hours 20 minutes C. 4 hours 40 minutes D. 3 hours 12 minutes
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4. By walking at th of his usual speed, a man reaches office 20 minutes later than usual. What is his usual time?
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A. 30 min B. 60 min C. 70 min D. 50 min
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5. A man changes his speed to th times of his original speed and reached his office 20 min before to fixed time, then the usual
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time taken by him
A. 70 B. 50 C. 65 D. 55
6. Starting from my office, I reach the house 20 min late if I walk at 3k/m. Instead, if I walk at 4 k/m, I reach the house 15 min early.
How far is my house from my office?
A. 4 km B. 5 km C. 7 km D. 6 km
7. Walking at the speed of 5km/h, a man reaches his office 6 min late. Walking at 6km/h, he reaches there 2 min early. The distance
of his office is:
A. 2 km B. 3 km C. 4 km D. 3.5 km
8. Excluding stoppages, the speed of a bus is 54 k/m and including stoppages, it is 45 km/h. For how many minutes does the bus stop
per hour?
A. 9 B. 10 C. 12 D. 20
9. The speed of a Bullet train without any stoppage is 240 km/h. Due to a technical delay of 15 minutes at a place, what new speed
will be considered?
A. 200km/h B. 160km/h C. 170 km/h D. 180 km/h
10. The speed of a bus during the second hour of its journey is twice that in the first hour. Also, its speed during the third hour is
two-third the sum of its speeds in the first two hours. Had the bus travelled for three hours at the speed of the first hour, it would
have travelled 120 km less. Find the average speed of the bus for the first three hours.
A. 60 kmph B. 70 kmph C. 80 kmph D. 100 kmph
Relative speed
11. The distance between two cats is 280 km. The speed of two cats is 40 km/hour and 30 km/hour. Find the distance travelled by
the first cat when both cats meet?
A. 120 km B. 160 km C. 200 km D. 220 km

12. Chennai Mail left Delhi at 8.00 AM with a speed of 60 km/hour for Chennai. After 5 hours Chennai Rajdhani left from Delhi with a
speed of 90 km/hour. At what time will the two trains meet?
A. 11:00 PM B. 11:10 PM C. 12:00 AM D. None of these

13. A running thief is spotted by a policeman at a distance of 500 m. the police man start chasing the thief with a speed of 16 km/h.
If the speed of the thief be 12 km/hour, at what distance will the policeman catch the thief?
A. 1 km B. 2 km C. 3 km D. None of these

14. P and Q walk from A to B, a distance of 27 km at 5 km/h and 7 km/h respectively. Q reaches B and immediately turns back
meeting P at T. What is the distance from A to T?
A. 25 km B. 22.5 km C. 24 km D. 20 km
15. A Tiger is running at 60 km/h crosses a deer travelling in opposite direction at 48 km/h. The Tiger has to travel for further 5 min
before it can find a gap in the median where he can take a U turn and start chasing the deer. After how much time after the Tiger
crosses the deer does he catch him?
A. 25 min B. 45 min C. 50 min D. 52 min

TRAINS + RELATIVE SPEED

16. Two trains travelling in the same direction at 40 and 22 kmph completely pass off another in 1 minute. If the length of the first
train is 125 m, what is the length of the second train?
A. 125 m B. 150 m C. 175 m D. 185 m
17. A passenger train covers the distance between stations X and Y, 50 minutes faster than a goods train. Find this distance if the
average speed of the passenger train is 60 kmph and that of goods train is 20 kmph
A. 20 kms B. 25 kms C. 45 kms D. 40 kms

18. A train traveling at 100 kmph overtakes a motorbike traveling at 64 kmph in 40 seconds. What is the length of the train in
meters?
A. 1777 meters B. 1822 meters C. 400 meters D. 800 meters
19. Two trains of equal length, running with the speeds of 60 and 40 kmph, take 50 seconds to cross each other while they are
running in the same direction. What time will they take to cross each other if they are running in opposite directions?
A. 10 sec B. 9 sec C. 8 sec D. 7 sec
20. A train running at 36 km/hour passes another train completely in 12 sec, which is half of its length, running in the opposite
direction at 54 km/hour. If it also passes a railway platform in 1.5 minutes, what is the length of the platform?
A. 700 m B. 860 m C. 900 m D.1000 m
21. Two trains of speed 36 km/hour and 54 km/hour respectively enters a 400 m long tunnel same time in opposite direction. The
length of the trains are 300 m and 200 m respectively. After crossing each other find out the extra time after which the tunnel will be
train free?
A. 70 sec B. 34 sec C. 36 sec D. 24 sec
22. A bus overtakes two boys who are walking in the direction of the bus at 2 km/h and 4 km/h in 9 sec and 10 sec respectively. The
length of the bus and its speed are:
A. 50m and 55/9 m/s B. 80 m and 88/9 m/s C. 70 m and 7/79 m/s D. 60 m and 6/69 m/s
Boats and Streams
23. The speed of a motor boat itself is 20 km/h and the rate of flow of the river is 4 km/h. Moving with the stream the boat went 120
km. What distance will the boat cover during the same time going against the stream?
A. 80 km B. 180 km C. 60 km D. 100 km
24. A man can row 50 km upstream and 72 km downstream in 9 hours. He can also row 70 km upstream and 90 km downstream in
12 hours. Find the rate of current.
A. 3 km/h B. 8 km/h C. 4 km/h D. None of these
25. A boat goes 30 km upstream and 44 km downstream in 10 hours. In 13 hours, it can go 40 km upstream and 55 km down-stream.
The speed of the boat in still water is:
A. 3 km/h B. 4 km/h C. 8 km/h D. 6 km/h
26. A man takes total of 5 hours if he travels a certain distance by Honda and returns by Audi. He would have, however, gained 3
hours if he had completed his journey by Audi. How long would he have taken to travel by Honda both ways?
A. 6 hours B. 7 hours C. 8 hour D. 4 hours
27. If a man cycles at 10 km/h, then he arrives at a certain place at 1 p.m. If he cycles at 15 km/h, he will arrive at the same place at
11 a.m. At what speed must he cycle to get there at noon?
A. 11 km/h B. 12 km/h C. 13 km/h D. 14 km/h

28. A train leaves from Delhi at 6 a.m. and reaches Agra at 10 a.m. Another train leaves from Agra at 8 a.m. and reaches Delhi at
11:30 a.m. At what time do the two trains cross each other?
A. 8:30 a.m. B. 8:56 a.m. C. 9:00 a.m. D. 9:26 a.m.

29. A train leaves Delhi at 7 am and reaches Agra at 11 am. Another train leaves Agra at 9 am and reaches Delhi at 2 pm. At what
time will the two trains meet?
A. 9:30 am b. 9:56 am C. 10:06 am D. 10:09am