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QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE
TIME, SPEED & DISTANCE
Model Based Questions

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 TIME, SPEED & DISTANCE
MODEL-1: (Fundamentals)
1) A boy walking at (3/5)th of his usual speed, reaches his school 14 min late. The usual time to
reach his school is:
a. 14 min
b. 17 min
c. 21 min
d. 25 min

2) A train after travelling 50 km, meets with an accident and then proceeds at (4/5)th of its
former rate and arrives at the terminal 45 minutes late. Had the accident happened 20 km
further on, it would have arrived 12 minutes sooner. The total distance travelled is:
a. 125 km
b. 127 km
c. 130 km
d. 135 km

3) A man covers a certain distance on scooter. Had he moved 3 km/h faster, he would have
taken 20 min less. If he had moved 2 km/h slower, he would have taken 20 min more. Then
the original speed is:
a. 10 km/hr
b. 12 km/hr
c. 15 km/hr
d. 16.67 km/hr

4) A boy walking at a speed of 10 km/h reaches his school 12 min late. Next time at a speed of
15 km/h reaches his school 7 min late. Find the distance of his school from his house?
a. 2 km
b. 2.5 km
c. 3 km
d. 3.5 km

5) A man takes 6 hours 30 min. in going by a cycle and coming back by scooter. He would
have lost 2 hours 10 min by going on cycle both ways. How long would it take him to go by
scooter both ways ?
a. 4 hrs
b. 4 (1/3) hrs
c. 4 (2/3) hrs
d. 6 hrs
6) Two friends X and Y walk from A to B at a distance of 39 km, at 3 km/hr and 3(1/2) km/hr
respectively. Y reaches B, returns immediately and meet x at C. The distance from A to C
is:
a. 24 km
b. 36 km
c. 42 km
d. 48 km
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MODEL-2 (Average Speed)
7) If a person goes around an equilateral triangle shaped field at speed of 10, 20 and 40 kmph
on the first, second and third side respectively and reaches back to the starting point, then
his average speed during the journey:
a. 17 (1/7) km/hr
b. 15 (1/7) km/hr
c. 17 (3/7) km/hr
d. 15 (5/7) km/hr
8) Rajesh travelled from the city A to city B covering as much distance in the second part as he
did in the first part of his journey. His speed during the second part was twice his speed
during the first part of the journey. His average speed of journey during the entire travel is:
a. His average speed is the harmonic mean of the individual speed for the two parts.
b. His average speed is the arithmetic mean of the individual speed for the two parts.
c. His average speed is the geometric mean of the individual speeds for the two parts.
d. Cannot be determined.

9) One-fourth of a certain journey is covered at the rate of 25 km/h, one-third at the rate of 30
km/h and the rest at 50 km/h. The average speed for the whole journey is:
a. 600/53 km/hr
b. 1200/53 km/hr
c. 1600/53 km/hr
d. 1800/53 km/hr

10) With an average speed of 40 km/h, a train reaches its destination in time. If it goes with an
average speed of 35 km/h, it is late by 15 minutes. The length of the total journey is:
a. 30 km
b. 40 km
c. 70 km
d. 80 km

MODEL-3 (Relative Speed)

11) Two guns were fired from the same place at an interval of 15 min, but a person in a bus
approaching the place hears the second report 14 min 30 sec after the first. The speed of the
bus, supposing that sound travels 330 m per sec:
a. 40 (18/29) km/hr
b. 40 (20/29) km/hr
c. 40 (28/29) km/hr
d. Cannot be determined

12) The driver of a maruti car driving at the speed of 68 km/h locates a bus 40 metres ahead of
him. After 10 seconds, the bus is 60 metres behind. The speed of the bus is:
a. 24 km/hr
b. 36 km/hr
c. 48 km/hr
d. 52 km/hr

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 13) A hare sees a dog 100 m away from her and scuds off in the opposite direction at a speed of
12 km/h. A minute later the dog perceives her and gives chase at a speed of 16 km/h. How
soon will the dog overtake the hare and at what distance from the spot where the hare took
flight ?
a. 900 m
b. 975 m
c. 1050 m
d. 1100 m
14) A bus leaves Ludhiana at 5 am and reaches Delhi at 12 noon. Another bus leaves Delhi at 8
am and reaches Ludhiana at 3 pm. At what time do the buses meet?
a. 9 am
b. 10 am
c. 9: 30 am
d. 10: 30 am
15) A tiger is 50 of its own leaps behind a deer. The tiger takes 5 leaps per minute to the deer’s
4. If the tiger and the deer cover 8 m and 5 m per leap respectively, what distance will the
tiger have to run before it catches the deer?
a. 600 m
b. 700 m
c. 800 m
d. 1000 m
MODEL-4 (Trains)
16) A train is moving at a speed of 132 km/h. If the length of the train is 110 metres, how long
will it take to cross a railway platform, 165 metres long ?
a. 5 sec
b. 7.5 sec
c. 10 sec
d. 15 sec
17) A passenger train takes two hours less for a journey of 300 km if its speed is increased by 5
km/h from its normal speed. The normal speed of the train is:
a. 25 km/hr
b. 30 km/hr
c. 35 km/hr
d. 50 km/hr
18) Two trains each of 120 m in length, run in opposite directions with a velocity of 40 m/s and
20 m/s respectively. How long will it take for the tail ends of the two trains to meet each
other during the course of their journey?
a. 3 sec
b. 4 sec
c. 5 sec
d. 20 sec
19) A 200 m-long train passes a 350 m long platform in 5 s. If a man is walking at a speed of 4
m/s along the track and the train is 100 m away from him, how much time will it take to
reach the man?
a. Less than 1 sec
b. 1.04 sec
c. More than 2 sec
d. Data Insufficient
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 20) A train starts from Delhi at 6 AM and reaches Ambala Cantt at 10 AM. The other train
starts from Ambala Cantt at 8 AM and reaches Delhi at 11:30 PM. If the distance between
Delhi and Ambala Cantt. is 200 km, then at what time did the two trains meet each other ?
a. 7:56 am
b. 8:30 am
c. 8:46 am
d. 8:56 am
21) A train covered a certain distance at a uniform speed. If the train had been 6 km/h faster,
then it would have taken 4 hours less than the scheduled time. And, if the train were slower
by 6 km/h, then the train would have taken 6 hours more an the scheduled time. The length
of the journey is:
a. 700 km
b. 720 km
c. 740 km
d. 760 km
22) The average speed of a train in the onward journey is 25% more than that in the return
journey. The train halts for one hour on reaching the destination. The total time taken for the
complete to and fro journey is 17 hours, covering a distance of 800 km. The speed of the
train in the onward journey is:
a. 40 km/hr
b. 47.5 km/hr
c. 52 km/hr
d. 56.25 km/hr

MODEL-5 (Boats & Streams):

23) A boat travels equal distance upstream and downstream. The upstream speed of boat was 10
km/hr, whereas the downstream speed is 20 km/hr. What is the speed of the boat in still
water?
a. 12 km/hr
b. 14 km/hr
c. 15 km/hr
d. 17 km/hr
24) Speed of a speed-boat when moving in the direction parallel to the direction of the current is
16 km/hr. Speed of the current is 3 km/hr. So the speed of the boat against the current will
be (in km/hr):
a. 9.5
b. 10
c. 22
d. None of these
25) Speed of a boat in standing water is 9 km/h and the speed of the stream is 1.5 km/h. A man
rows to a place at a distance of 105 km and comes back to the starting point. The total time
taken by him is:
a. 16 hrs
b. 18 hrs
c. 20 hrs
d. 24 hrs

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26) A boat goes 24 km upstream and 28 km downstream in 6 hours. It goes 30km upstream and
21 km downstream in 6 hours and 30 minutes. The speed of the boat in still water:
a. 6 km/hr
b. 4 km/hr
c. 10 km/hr
d. 14 kmhr
27) A man can row 4.5 km/hr in still water and he finds that it takes him twice as long to row up
as to row down the river. The rate of the stream is:
a. 1.5 km/hr
b. 1.75 km/hr
c. 2 km/hr
d. 2.5 km/hr
28) A man can cross a downstream river by steamer in 40 minutes and same by boat in 1 hour.
If the time of crossing the river in upstream direction by steamer is 50% more than
downstream time by the steamer and the time required by boat to cross the same river by
boat in upsteam is 50% more than the time required in downstream by boat. The time taken
for the man to cross the river downstream by steamer and then return to same place by boat
half the way and by steamer the rest of the way is:
a. 85 min
b. 115 min
c. 120 min
d. 125 min
29) A boat takes 7 hours to go from P to R, through a midpoint Q, but it takes 8 hours to go
from P to Q, and then return fromQ to P. How long it would take to go from R to P?
a. 7 hrs
b. 8 hrs
c. 9 hrs
d. None of these
30) A boat takes 19 h for travelling downstream from point A to point B and coming back to a
point C midway between A and B. If the velocity of the stream is 4 km/h and the speed of
the boat in still water is 14 km/h, what is the distance between A and B?
a. 160 km
b. 180 km
c. 200 km
d. 220 km

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