OUANTITATIVE APTITUDE SET 2

TIME, SPEED & DISTANCE

DISTANCE = SPEED × TIME

Ex. 1 Calculate the distance travelled at the speed of 30km/hr for 3 uours.
’ Distance = speed x time
= 30 × 3 = 90km.

Distance
Time =
Speed

Ex. 2 Calculate the time required to cover 90km at the speed of 30km/hr.
’ Time = Distance 90 3 hours.
Speed 30

Speed = Distance
Time

Ex. 3 Calculate the speed of the car that covers adistance of 9okm in3 hours.
Distance 90
’ Speed = Time 3 =30km/hr.
Sometimes, in order to solve certain problems, we need to convert the units of speed from
km/hr. to m/sec and vice versa.
1000\
(1) xKm/hr = (xx 3600) m/sec.

(1Km = 1000m and 1 hour 3600sec.)

xKm/hr. =(xxm/sec.
(2) ym/sec =(y xo00)
1000
km/hr.

ym/sec =(y x)km/hr

Ex. 4 15m/sec. =(15 x K/hr.
= 54Km/hr

AVERAGE SPEED
If acertain distance is covered at two
different speeds i.e., if adistance x is covered at 'u'
km/hr and the same distance is covered at'v' km/hr, then the average speed of the journey
is calculated as 2uv
Km/hr.
Ex. 5 or a man covering a
the average speed of the man.certain distance at 7Km/hr and returning at 3km/hr. , calculate
’||=7Km/hr, v=3Knm/hr.
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2uv
Average Speed = (u+v)
2X7X3 42
(7+3) 10
=4.2km/hr.

Ex.6 Aman leaves atown at 8a.m. on his bicycle moving at 10km/hr. Another man leaves
the same town at 9a. ll. On his scooter moving at 30Km/hr. At what time does he overtake the
man on the bicycle?
’ Let't' be the time taken for the scooter to travel the distance, so as to overtake the
bicycle. The time taken by the bicycle to cover the same distance will be (t + 1)
Thespeed of the bicycle is 10Km/hr. and that of the scooter is 30Km/hr.
Now, using the strategy the distance traveled by the scooter as well as the bicycle till the
point of overtake will be the same
Sx+
i.e. 30 xt= 10 x (t + 1)

30t = 10t + 10 ’30t - 10t = 10

» 20t = 10 ’t=1/2 hours =30 mins.

Hence, the scooter will overtake the bicycle at 9.30 a.m.

"If two bodies initiate at two opposite points and start moving towards each other, then sum
of the distance covered by them tilltheircrossing point is the total distance between the two
extreme points".

Ex.7 If two cars A

and Bmove towards each other, where carA starts at 8a. m. and Car Bat
9a.m. The speeds of the car Aand Bare 50km/hr. and 60km/hr. respectively.What distance
does car Btravel when the two cars meet, if the initial distance between Aand Bis 600km ?
= Let t hrs. be the time taken by the car Bto reach the crossing point.
Hence, Awill take (t + 1)hrs. to reach the same point. The speed of car B=60km/hr.
The distancecovered before the crossing = 60 Xt

We knowthat the total distance covered by the two cars is the total distance between their
starting points.
i.e. 50(t + 1) + 60t = 600
50t + 60t +50 = 600
’ 110t= 550=t=5hrs.

Hence, the distance covered by car B

=60 X 5 = 300km.

"If an objet changes its speed in the ratio m: n, then the ratio of time taken becomes n: m'"
Ex. 8The ratio between the rates of walking of Aand B is 4:3. If the time taken by B to
cover a distance is 24 minutes, the time taken by Ato cover the same distance would be?
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The ratio of the specds of Aand B = 4:3.
Hence, using strategy (5),we get the time taken by them in the ratio 3:4.
i.e. A: B = 3:4.

It is given that Btakes 24 minutes to cover adistance,we need to find the timetaken by A.
Let'x'be this timetaken
3
4 24
24x3
= 18 minutes

So, tine taken by A = 18 minutes.

TRAINS

Train Strategies and Solved Problems

Relative speed
If two bodies are moving (in same direction or in opposite direction) then the speed of the
body with respect to another is called its relative speed.

Examples
Case(1) If thetwo trains are moving in the same direction at ukm/hr and'v'km/hr, such
that u > v, then there relative speed = (u - v)km/hr.
Ex. 9 Iftwo cars are moving in the samedirection with the speeds 50km/hr and 35km/hr
respectively, find their relative speed.
- Here, the two speeds are 50km/hr and 35km/hr.
u= 50kn/hr and v=35km/hr.
Relative speed
-(u- v)km/hr. =(50 - 35,km/hr. = 15km/hr.
Hence, thc relative specd of the two cars is 15Km/hr.
Case(2) If two trainsare moving in the opposite direction at ukn/hr. and rkm/hr, then
their relative speed= (u + V)km/lhr.

Ex. 1o Iftvo buses are moving in the opposite direetion, their speed having 45km/hr and
40km/hr respectively, find their relative speed?
’ Here, the two buses are moving in the opposite directions. Their speeds are u = 45Km/hr.
and v = 40Km/hr.

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. Relative speed
= 85Km/hr.
= (u + v) Km/hr. = (45 + 40) Km/hr
85Km/hr.
Hence, the buses have their relative speeds as
direction wiih different velocities,initiating
Case(3) If two bodies aremoving in the samebodies at the point of overtake is same for both
earlier, then the distancecovered by both the
the bodies.
respectively, and after
Case(4) If two trains starts from A and Bwith speeds a and b
crossing each other take uand v hrs. Toreach b and a respectively,

then a: b=

BOATS AND STREAMS

the river and
Downstream motion of a boat is its motion in the same direction as the flow of
speed with which river flows.
upstream is, in the opposite direction. Speed of the river is thewould
Speed of the boat in still water, is the speed at which the boat be moving.
If a = speed of the boat in still water
b = speed of the stream
u=speed ofthe boat downstreamn
v= speed of the boat upstream
(i) u=a +b
(ii) v = a-b
u+v
(iii) a =
(iv) b = 2

Examples
Ex. 11 A mancan row upstream at 6km/hr and downstream at 10km/hr. Find his rate in still
water and the rate of the current.

’ Rate in still water = 10+6 = 8km/hr.

2

Rate of current = 2
= 2km/hr.

Ex.12 Aman start from Ato B, another from Bto Aat the same time. After passing each
other, they complete their journey in 9and 25 hrs. respectively. Find the speed of the second
man if the speed ofthe first is 15km/hr.

Speed of Iman 15
Speed of IIman Speed of IIman
15 × 3
Speed of II man 5
Speed of the II man = 9km/hr
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Speed & Distance Problems
1. Aman riding on a bicycle at a speed of 12km/h, crosses a bridge in 7min. Find the length
of the bridge.
(a) 1km
(b) 2km
(c) 2km
2

(d)1 km
2. Aman walks to atown at the rate of 5km/hand rides back at the rate of 10km/h. How far
is the town,if the totaltime of the journey is 6hours ?
(a) 31km
(b) 29km
fey20km 3 2
Stlo
(d) 17km 6 hy
3. Two men Aand Bstart from aplace Pwalking at 5km/h and 6km/h respectively. How
many kms will they be apart at the end of 5h, if they walk in the opposite directions ?
fa) 55km
(b)50km
(c) 45km
(d) 30km

4. Without stoppage, a person traveis a certain distance at an average speed of 18km/h and
with stoppages he covers the same distance at an average speed of 12km/ h. How many
minutes per hour does he stop ?
(a) 15min
(b) 12min
(c) 16min
d) 20min

A 5. IfA takes 3 hours to covera distance and he /s 2 times faster than B, then what time will
B to cover the same distance ?
2
(b) 8h
(c) 9h
(d) None of these
6. A certain distance is covered at a certain speed. If double distance is covered in half this
time, the ratio of the two speeds is
(a) 4:1
b) 1:4
(c) 2:1
(d) 1:2

7. Excluding stoppages, the speed of a bus is 48km/h and including stoppages it is 40km/h.
What is thestoppage time of the bus (in minutes) perh?
ká) 10
(b) 12
(c) 9
(d) 8
8. Dimpy goes to school at 10km/h and reaches the school 7
minutes late. Next day, she
covers this distance at 12 km per hour and reaches the school 8 minutes earlier than the

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scheduled time. What is the distance of her school from her house ?
(a) 15km
H.M =
(b)20km 2 x|20
(c) 22.5km atb 10t 12 22
(d) 25km

9. Acar travels from Gwalior to Agra at a speed of 55km/h in 2 hour. If the speed is reduced
by 15km/h then, how much more time will the car take tocover the same distance?
(a) 12min
(b) 40min
e) 45min
(d) 44min

10. Twomen Aand Bstart from a place Pwalking 4km/hr and 6km/h respectively. How
many kms will they be apart at the end of 4h, if they wallk insame direction?
(a) 3kmn
(b)4km
(c) 2km
(d) 8km
11. A man sets out on cycle from Bina to Itarsi and at the same time
another man starts from
Itarsi to Bina oncycle. After passing each other they complete their
hours respectively. At what rate does the second man cyle if the firstjourneys
cycles
in 16and 25
at 15km/h?
(a) 12km/h
(b) 15km/h
(c) 8km/h
(d) 6km/h
12. A car finishes a journey in 12 hours at the speed of 8o km/h. If the
covered in 10 hours how much more speed does the car have to gainsame?
distance is to be
(a) 8km/h
(b) 10km/h
(c) 20km/h
(d) 16km/h
13. Aand Bare two stations 380km apart. A man starts from Aat
5.30a. m.
towards Bat 70km/h. Another scooterist starts from Bat 6.30 a.m. and and travels
travels
at 85km/h. At what time do they meet ? towards A
(a) 8.00 a.m.
(b) 8.30 a.m.
(c) 9.30 a.m
(d) 10.00 a.m.

14. Amar,Akbar and Anthony ran on a racetrack, with Amar

and 400m ahead of Anthony. Akbar finished the race 300mfinishing
ahead
160m. ahead of Akbar
of
of them ran the entire distance with their Anthony. The three
length of the racetrack?
respective constant speeds. What was the
(a) 400m
(b) 600m
(c) 800m
(d) 700m

15. Atroop of soldiers are marching with aspeed of 5m/s. The distance
the last row of soldiers is 100m. A dog starts running from between the first and
the last row and moves

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towards the first row, turns and comes back to the last row. If the dog has travelled
400m, the speed of the dog is :
(a}5VZm/s
(b) 3V7m/s
(c) 6v5m/s
(d) 6v2m/s
16. Two toy cars start moving from the same point in opposite directions along a circular
path 700cm long. The car that moves in the anti-clockwise direction, moves at 45cm/s
and the other at 6Ocm/s. Whenever they meet; they immediately start moving in the
opposite directions at the same speed as before. How far from the starting point (in the
anti-clockwise directions) willthey be when they meet for the 12th time?
(a) 400cm
(b) Ocm
(c) 300cm
(d) 100cm

17. Acyclist is travelling onasquare path having curved corners asshown in the figure. Each
curved corner is a quarter circle of radius 42m. If he travels on the curved path at aspeed
that is 3 rd of his speed on the straight path and traces the complete path once in 15
minutes, what is his speed on the straight path?

500 m
C D

B E

= 500 m

A F

H G
(a) 8.24km/h
(b) 6.65km/hr
(c) 12.48km/hr.
(d) 2.20km/hr
18. Shantistarted her homework assignment between 3 0'clock and 4 0'clock. When she
completed her assignment between5 O'clock and 6 O'clock, she found the hour and the
minute hands positions to be the same as those of the minute and the hour hands
respectively, when she started the assignment. How long did she spend on the assignment?
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(a) 2minutes
12
(b) 1100 minutes
13
(c) 10819minutes
13
7
(d) 108minutes
12

19. Alok startedone hour after Bimol from city P towards cityQ andcrossed Bimolat a
distance of 10km from P. After reaching cityQ.Alok immediately started moving back to
city Palong the same route. On the way back, he again met Bimol, who stillneeded 1
hour and 12 minutes toreach city Q. Find the distance betweencity Pand cityQifAlok
and Bimol travelled at a constant speed throughout the journey and Alok's speed was 5
km/hr.
fa) 20knm
(b) 28km
(c) 34knm
(d) 30km

20. Mahesh is 1.5 times as fast as Bhupati. If Mahesh gives a start of 15Ometers to
and the race ends in adead heat, then what is the track length? Bhupati
(a) 450 meter
(b)1500 meters
(c) Soo meters
(d) 450 meters

21. Harry starts from Aat a speed of 60miles/hr at 5:00 am. At 5:30 am. Jack starts from the
same point but at the speed of 90 miles/hr. At what time will jack be 120 miles, ahead of
Harry ?
(a) 9:45am
(b)10: 40am
(c) 10:30am
(d) 11:30am
22. The square of the time taken by a planet to complete one revolution around the Sun
varies as the cube of its mean distance from the Sun. If the ratio of the mean
distances of
Jupiter and Earth from the Sun is 16:3 find the number of days on the Earth that are
equal toa year on Jupiter.
(a) 4295 days
(b) 4496 days
(c) 4045 days
(d) 4696 days
23. A car is moving adistance' d'from A to B with the speed of xmiles/hour. It moves
further four times of this distance with itsspeed increasing by 1mile/ hour at the end of
each'd' distance. Find the average speed over the whole journey?
4d
(a)
+zx+3
(D) 1,x x+1 x+2 x+3tx+4,
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(a)Éx
24. Athief escaped on a bike at a speed of 40kmph. After two hours, the police started
chasing the thief in the direction the thief escaped, at a speed of 50kmph. After 1hour,
the police had to get their vehicle repaireJ, which took half an hour. After the repair, they
started chasing the thief again at a different speed and caught the thiefafter four and a
half hours. Find the speed of the police vehicle, after repair.
(a) 45kmph
(b)60kmph
(c) 70kmph
(d) Cannot be determined

Direction for question (25 - 26): Refer tothe data below andanswer the
questions that follow.
A road network (shown in the figure below) connects the cities A, B,Cand D. All road
segments are straight lines. Dis the midpoint of theroad connecting AandCRoads AB and
BC are at right angles to each other. TI segment AB is 100km long. Ms. Xand Mr. Yleave
at 8:00 Am. take different routes to city C and reach at the same time. Xtakes the highway
from A to B to C and travels at an average speed of 61.875km/hr. Y takes the direct route AC
and travels at 45km/hr on segment AD. Y's speed on segment DC is 55km/hr.

25. What is the average speed of Y?

(a) 47.5km/hr
(b) 40km/hr
(c) 49.5km/hr
(d) 50km/hr
26. A policeman, who is 80m away from athief, starts chasing him. The thief is running at a
speed of 10m/s. After exactly 8 seconds, the distance between them is 4o m. Find the
policeman's speed.
(a) 10.5m/s
(b) 16.67m/s
(c) 25m/s
(d) None of these
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TRAINS
finds that a train crosses
27. Aman is standing on a railway bridge which is 70m long. He the train and its
the bridge in 51/2 seconds but itself in 2sec. Find the length of
speed.
a) 40m, 72km/hr.
(b) 50m, 65km/l.r.
(c) 100m, 50km/hr.
(d) None of these

28. Excluding stoppages, the speed of a train is 40km/h and including stoppage, it is
32km/h. For how many mins,does the train stop, per hour ?
(a) 10
(b) 12
(c) 15
(d) 18

29. When the speed of a train is inereased by 20%, it takes 20min less to cover the same
distance.What is the time taken to cover the same distance with the actual speed ?
(a)2 hours
(b)1 hour 10min
(c) 1 hour 15min
(d) 2 hour 50min

30. Atrain 200m long is running with a speed of 75km/h. In what time will it pass a man
who is running at 15km/h in the same direction in which is the train is going?
(a) 12sec.
(b) 6sec.
(c) 15sec
(d) 45sec

31. Two trains are running on a parallel line in the same direction at a speed of 70km /h
and 50kmn/h respectively. Given that the faster train crosses a person in the slower
train, in 36secs,what is the length of the faster train?
(a) 170m
(b) 100m
(c) 200m
(d) 300m

32. Without stoppage, a train travels a certain distance with an average speed of 50kn/h,
andwith stoppage, itcovers the same distance with an average speed of 40 km/h. On
an average, how many minutes per hour does the train stop during the journey?
(a) 20min/h
(b) 15min/h
(c) 10min/h
(d) 12min/h
33.Ravi covers a distance in 50min if he drives at a speed of 60km/h on an average. Find
the speed at which hemust drive at to reduce the time of the journey by 40% ?
(a) 60km/h
(b) 70km/h
(c) 100km/h
(d) 80km/h
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34.Aman iswalking at a speed of 10km/h. After every km he takes rest for 10min. How
much time willhe take to covera distanceof 25km ?
(a) 3hr
(b) 3hr18min
(c) 6hr30min
(d) None of these
35. A man travels a certain distance by train at the rate of 20km/h and walks back at the
rate of 16km/h. It took him g hours in traveling the entire journey. What distance did
he travel by train?
(a) 48km
(b)60km
(c) 36km
(d) 80km
36. Atrain 170m long is running at 40km/h. In how much time will it pass a platform
130mlong?
(a) 30sec
(b) 24sec
(c) 15sec
(d) 27sec
that
37. A person sees a train passing over 2km long bridge. The length of the train is half
of bridge. If the train clears the bridge in 3min, the speed of train is
(a) 50km/h
(b)45km/h
(c) 60km/h
(d) 30km/h
38.A passenger train leaves a station at a certain time at a fixed speed. After 6 hours, an
express train leaves the same station and moves in the same direction at a uniform
speed of 80kmph. This train catches up with the passenger train in 6 hours. Find the
speed of the passenger train.
(a) 30kmph
(b) 32kmph
(c) 40kmph
(d) 36kmph

39.Two trains for Jhansi leave from Delhiat 10am and 9.30am and travel at 80km/h and
70km/h respectively. How many kilometers from Delhi will the two trains be
together?
(a) 360km
(b) 320km
(c) 270km
(d) 280km

40.A train of length 100n crossesa pole in 12sec. and crosses a platform in 72sec. What
is the lengthof the platform ?
(a) 500m
(b) 600m
(c) 800m
(d) Noneof these
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direction opposite to which the
41. A train passes two persons who are walking in the
train is moving,at the rate of 4m/s and 9m/s in 8seconds and 7 seconds respectively.
Find the speed of the train.
(a) 20m/s
(b) 32m/s
(c) 31m/s
(d) 21m/s
42. A man is standing on the tracks near the rear end of a 400m long train when it is just
about toenter thenorth end of a 500m long tunnel. If the train is moving at 25 km/hr
and the man is walking in the same direction as the train at 5km/hr, then find the
distance between the man and the front end of the train when the man reaches the
south end of the tunnel.
(a) 4200m
(b)4km
(c) 360m
(d) 40km
43. Trains T and Rare 8o miles apart and are approaching each other at constant rates
with T moving at 45 miles per hour. It takes 20 minutes for them to meet. Find the
rate of train R.
(a) 150kmph
(b) 160kmph
(c) 195kmph
(d) 185kmph

BOATSAND STREAMS
44. Ram rows a boat against a stream flowing at 2km/h fora distance of 12km and then
turns around and rows back witlh the current. If the whole trip lasts 8 hours, find
Ram's rowing speed in still water.
(a) 4km/h
(b) 3km/h
(c) 2km/h
(d) 5km/h
45. A person can row a distance of 2km upstream in 15min and downstream in 6min.
What is the speed of the stream?
(a) 4km/h
(b) 6km/h
(c) 5.6km/h
(d) 4.5km/h

TIME & WORK

IfA can do ajob in 'a'number of days, then in one day() of the job is done.
th
of the time taken by B to do a job.
If Ais x times as good as B, then he will take()
they
IfA andBcan do a piece of work in'x'and'y' days respectively, then together
willcomplete (+) workin 1day.
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th
ie.()days to complete the work and in one day they willdo (t) part of the
work.

If the number of men to do a job is changed in the ratio a: b, then the time
required to do the work willbe in the ratio b: a.
Type - 1
Example :

For Work problems, two different cases are given for example: 10 men can do a piece of
work in 12 days then in how many days can 15 men do the same piece of work?
Approach to Solve such questions : If M, men can do a piece of work in d, days &m, men
can do the same piece of work d, days then
md1 = m,d,
10 ×12= 15 x d, ’ d, =8

Ex. 1 45 men can completea work in 16 days. Six days after they started working, 30
more men joined them. How many days will they now take to complete the remaining
work.

Ex.2 If 3 men or 4 women can do a piece of work in 43 days. How long will 7 men &5
women take to do it.

Type-2
In the same case of type (1), if work is different :

For example: 40 men can prepare 6o toys in 8 hours. If 8 men leave the job, how many
toys wil prepared in 12 hours.

If m, men can do w,work in d, days &m, men can do w, work in d, days then.
m, d, mzdz 40 × 8 32 x 12
’ W, = 72
W1 W2 60 W2

Ex.3 35 men can prepare 10 articles in 6days working 6hours aday, then in how many
days can 12 men prepare 16 articles working 8hrs a day?
Ex. 4 An engineer undertakes a project to build a road 15km long, in 300 days &
employs 4ó workers for this purpose. After 100o days, he finds only 2.5kmof road has
been completed. Find the no. of extra men he must employ to finish the work on time.
So he requires 69 extra workers

Type-3
Example : A &Bcan do a work in 45 &40 days respectively. They start the work
together, but A left after some time &Bfinished the remaining work in 23 days. After
how many days did A on leave?