Time, Speed and Distance

1. A man is walking at a speed of 12 km/hour. After every km he takes rest for 12 minutes.
How much time will he take to cover a distance of 36 km ?
a. 8 hrs b. 10 hrs
c. 7 hrs d. 6 hrs.
2. A boy goes to school at a speed of 3 km/hr and returns to village at a speed of 2 km/hr. If
he takes 5 hrs in all, the distance between the village and the school is :
a. 3 km b. 4 km
c. 5 km d. 6 km
3. Three persons walk from place A to place B. Their speeds are in the ratio 4 : 3 : 5. The
ratio of the times taken by them to reach B will be :
a. 10: 15 : 13 b. 2:3:4
c. 15 : 20 : 12 d. 16: 18 : 15
4. A train with 90 km/hour crosses a bridge in 36 seconds. Another train 100 m shorter
crosses the same bridges at 45 km/hour. Find the time taken by the second train to cross
the bridge :
a. 64 sec. b. 60 sec.
c. 72 sec. d. 1 hour
5. Arun and Bhaskar start from place P at 6 AM and 7.30 AM respectively and run in the
same direction. Arun and Bhaskar run at 8 km/hr and 12 km/hr respectively. Bhaskar
overtakes Arun at :
a. 11.30 AM b. 11 AM
c. 10.30 AM d. 9 AM
6. Two trains, A and B, start from stations X and Y towards Y and X respectively. After
passing each other, they take 4 hours 48 minutes and 3 hours 20 minutes to reach Y and
X respectively. If train A is moving at 45 km/hr, then the speed of the train B is :
a. 54 km/h b. 37.5 km/h
c. 60 km/h d. 64.8 km/h
7. A train covers a distance between station A and station B in 45 minutes. If the speed of
the train is reduced by 5 km/hr, then the same distance is covered in 48 minutes. The
distance between stations A and B is :
a. 80 km b. 55 km
c. 60 km d. 64 km
8. If I walk at 3 km/h, I miss a train by 2 minutes. If however, I walk at 4 km/h, then I reach
the station 2 minutes before the arrival of the train. How far do I walk to reach the station
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a. km b. km
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c. km d. 1 km
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9. A train X starts from a place at a speed of 50 km/hr. After one hour another train Y starts
from the same place at the speed 70 km/hr. After how much time will Y cross X ?
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a. 3 hrs. b. 2 4 hrs
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c. 3 2 hrs. d. 2 4 hrs.
10. Ram and Sita are walking towards each other with the speed of 8 km/h and 2 km/h
respectively over a road 160 km long. How soon will they meet ?
(a) 16 h (b) 8h
 (c) 10 h (d) 20 h
11. If a person travels 39 km at a speed of 26 km/h, another 39 km at a speed of 39 km/h and
39 km again at a speed of 52 km/h. Then, find the average speed of entire journey.
(a) 35 km/h (b) 35 km/h
(c) 36 km/h (d) 40 km/h
12. Total time taken by a person in going to a place by walking and returning on cycle is 5 h
45 min. He would have gained 2 h by cycling both ways. The time taken by him to walk
both ways, is
(a) 6 h 45 min (b) 7 h 45 min
(c) 8 h 15 min (d) 8 h 30 min
13. Mohan walking at a speed of 20 km/h reaches his office 1h late. Next time he increases
his speed by 5 km/h, then he reaches his office 30 min early. What is the distance of his
office from his house ?
(a) 100 km (b) 125 km
(c) 150 km (d) None of these
14. Anurag travelled a distance of 45 km in 8 h 45 min. He travelled partly on foot at 3 km/h
and partly by bicycle at 8 km/h. The distance travelled on the bicycle, is
(a) 25 km (b) 15 km
(c) 30 km (d) 20 km
15. A train crosses a bridge of length 150 m in 15 seconds and a man standing at a uniform
speed. length of the train is :
a. 135 m b. 90 m
c. 225 m d. 200m
16. A train, 500 m long passes a standing train in 20 s moving at a speed of 100 km/h. Find
the length of the standing train.
(a) 50.55 m (b) 55.56 m
(c) 45.65 m (d) None of these
17. Two trains 121 m long and 99 m long are running in opposite directions, first at 40 km/h
and the second at 32 km/h. In what time will they completely clear off each other from
the moment they meet ?
(a) 10 s (b) 11 s
(c) 13 s (d) 14 s
18. A streamer goes downstream from one port to another in 4 h. it covers the same distance
upstream in 5 h. If the speed of the stream is 2 km/h, then find the distance between the
two ports.
(a) 50 km (b) 60 km
(c) 70 km (d) 80 km
19. The current of a stream runs at 1 km/h. A motorboat goes 35 km upstream and back again
at the starting point in 12 h. What is the speed of motorboat in still water ?
(a) 7 km/h (b) 4 km/h
(c) 6 km/h (d) 5 km/h
20. A man can row 30 km upstream and 44 km downstream in 10 hours. Also, he can row 40
km upstream and 55 km down stream in 13 hour. The rate of the current is :
a. 5 km/hour b. 3 km/hour
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c. 4 km/hour d. km/hour
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