Speed Dis and Time Afcat
Speed Dis and Time Afcat
Speed Dis and Time Afcat
1. A car covers 200 km in 10 h. Find the speed of the car. A. 30 km/h B. 20 km/h
C. 40 km/h D. 50 km/h
2. The speed of a car is 72 km /hr. The distance covered by the bus in 5 seconds
is : A. 100 metres B. 60 metres C. 50 metres D. 74.5 metres
3. Anurag riding his bicycle covers 250 metres in 25 seconds. What is his speed
in km per hour ? A. 32 B. 33 C. 36 D. 37.6
4. A train is running at a speed of 116 km/hr. The distance covered by the train
in metres in 18 seconds is : A. 900 metre B. 1160 metre C. 508 metre D. 580
metre
6. Vaibhav goes to school from his house at a speed of 6 km/ hour and returns
at a speed of 4 km/hr. If he takes 5 hours in going and coming , the distance
between his house and school is A. 12 km B. 10 km C. 10.5 km D. 12.5 km
7. Amit walks ‘a’ km in ‘b’ hours. The time taken to walk 500 metres is A. 500ᬀ/
ᬀ hours B. ᬀ/ 5ᬀ hours C. ᬀ/ ᬀ hours D. ᬀᬀ/ 500 hours
9. The speed of a train going from Lucknow to Allahabad is 120 km/h, while its
speed is 180 km/h when coming back from Allahabad to Lucknow. The average
speed of the train during the whole journey is A. 140 km/h B. 145 km/h C. 144
km/h D. 135 km/h
10. On my way from the office to the Pimpri class, I drive at 30 kmph and on the
return journey I drive at 45 kmph. What is my average speed of travel? A. 36
km/hr B. 24 km/hr C. 38 km/hr D. 40 km/hr
11. Vinod complete 30 km of a journey at 6 km/h and the remaining 40 km of
the journey in 5 h. Find the average speed for the whole journey. A. 6 4/11
km/h B. 7 km/h C. 7 1/2 km/h D. 8 km/h
12. Suraj drives first 120 km in 2 hrs and next 180 km in next 4 hrs. What is his
average speed for the entire trip in km per hour? A. 40 km/hr B. 45 km/hr C. 50
km/hr D. 60 km/hr
13. A man rides at the rate of 18 km/hr, but stops for 6 mins , to change horses
at the end of every 7th km. The time that he will take to cover a distance of 90
km is A. 6 hrs B. 6 hrs 12 min C. 6 hrs 18 min D. 6 hrs 24 min
14. Walking at the rate of 4 km/hr a man covers certain distance in 2 h 45 min.
Running at a speed of 16.5 km/hr the man will cover the same distance in how
many minutes? A. 45 B. 50 C. 40 D. 35
15. A man rides his vehicle at the rate of 36 km/hr but stops for 12 minutes, to
change parts at the end of every 14th km.What will be the time taken to cover a
distance of 90 km? A. 6 hour 12 minutes B. 2 hours 30 minutes C. 3 hours 42
minutes D. 5 hours 32 minutes
16. Abhi runs 20 km in 2.5 hours. How long will he take to run 32 km at double
the previous speed? A. 2 hours B. 2 1/2 hours C. 4 1/2 hours D. 5 hours
19. Two friends started for a place one by motorcycle and the other by train.
The speed of motorcycle is 30 km/h and that of train is 24 km/h. The first one
takes 6 h 12 min to reach the destination. Find the time of reaching of second
one. A. 8.00 h B. 7.25 h C. 7.50 h D. 7.75 h
20. A person travels from A to B at a speed of 40 kmph and returns by
decreasing his speed by 50%. What is his average speed for both the trips? A. 16
⅔ kmph B. 26 kmph C. 36 ⅔ kmph D. 26 ⅔ kmph
21. To cover a distance of 225 km in 2.5 hours what should be the average
speed of the car in metre/second? A. 90 m/s B. 45 m/s C. 50 m/s D. 25m/s
22. Atul travels 50 km at speed 25 km/h and next 40 km at 20 km/h and there
after travel 90 km at 15 km/h. His average speed isA. 18 B. 25 C. 20 D. 15
23. Amit and Aman have to travel from Delhi to Jaipur in their respective cars.
Amit is driving at 60 kmph while Aman is driving at 90 kmph. Find the Time
taken by Aman to reach Jaipur if Amit takes 9 hrs. A. 5 hrs B. 6 hrs C. 10 hrs D.
12 hrs
24. Two persons are running towards each other with the speeds of a km/h and
b km/h. After meeting each other, they reach their respective destination after
9 h and 25 h respectively. Find the ratio of a and b. A. 5 : 3 B. 4 : 7 C. 2 : 3 D. 1 : 2
25. A train moves with a speed of 30 kmph for 12 minutes and for next 8
minutes at a speed of 45 kmph. Find the average speed of the train? A. 37.50
kmph B. 36 kmph C. 48 kmph D. 30 kmph
TYPE 2
1. Walking at 5 km/h, a student reached his school from his house 15 min early
and walking at 3 km/h, he is late by 9 min. What is the distance between school
and house? A. 5 km B. 8 km C. 3 km D. 2 km
2. If Vinay goes with 4/5th of his actual speed he reaches the distance 1.5 hours
late. What was his actual time? A. 6 h B. 5 h C. 12 h D. 8 h
7. A motorcyclist left 6 6/9 minutes later than the scheduled time but in order to
reach its destination 21 km away on time, he had to increase his speed by 12
km/hr from the usual speed. What is the usual speed (in kmph) of the
motorcyclist? A. 28 B. 35 C. 42 D. 64
8. If Arjun walks from his house to school at the rate of 4 km per hour, he
reaches the school 10 minutes earlier than the scheduled time. However, if he
walks at the rate of 3 km per hour, he reaches 10 minutes late. Find the distance
of his school from his house. A. 5 km B. 4 km C. 6 km D. 4.5 km
9. Walking 6/7th of his usual speed, a man is 12 minutes too late. What is the
usual time taken by him to cover that distance? A. 1 hr 12 mins B. 2 hr C. 1 hr D.
1 hr 42 mins
11.A student walk from his house at speed of 2 1/2 km/h and reached his school
late by 6 min. Next day, he increases his speed by 1 km/h and reaches 6 min
before school time. How far is the school from his house? A. 5/4 km B. 7/4 km C.
9/4 km D. 11/4 km
12. If a man reduces his speed to 2/3, he takes 1 hour more in walking a certain
distance. The time (in hours) to cover the distance with his normal speed is : A.
2 B. 1 C. 3 D. 1.5
13. A car travelling with 5/7 of its actual speed covers 42 km in 1 hr 40 min 48
sec.Find the actual speed of the car. A. 17 6/7 km/hr B. 25 km/hr C. 30 km/hr D.
35 km/hr
14. A bus left 60 minutes later than the scheduled time but in order to reach the
destination 48 km away in time, it had to increase its speed by 4 km/h from the
usual speed . What is the usual speed ( in km/hr) of the bus? A. 9 B. 12 C. 15 D. 8
15. A car can cover a certain distance in 4 ½ hours.If the speed is increased by 5
km/hr, it would take ½ hour less to cover the same distance. Find the original
speed of the car. A. 50 km/hr B. 40 km/hr C. 45 km/hr D. 60 km/hr
TYPE 3
1. The speed of two trains are in the ratio 6 : 7. If the second train runs 364 km
in 4 hours, then the speed of first train is : A. 60 km/hr B. 72 km/hr C. 78 km/hr
D. 84 km/hr
2. A 300 m long train is running with a speed of 54 km/h. In what time will it
cross a telephone pole? A. 20 s B. 15 s C. 17 s D. 18 s
3. A 50 m long train passes a 100 m long platform in 10 s. The speed of the train
in km/h is A. 10 B. 54 C. 15 D. 100
4. Two trains are running 65 km/h and 85 km/h in the opposite direction. The
fast train completely passes the slow train in 6s and length of both trains is
same. Find the length of each train. A. 100 m B. 115 m C. 125 m D. 150 m
5. Two trains, of same length, are running on parallel tracks in the same
direction with speed 60 km/hour and 90 km/hour respectively. The latter
completely crosses the former in 30 seconds. The length of each train (in
metres) is A. 125 B. 150 C. 100 D. 115
6. A passenger train 150 m long is travelling with a speed of 36 km/hr. If a man
is cycling in the direction of train at 9 km/ hr, the time taken by the train to pass
the man isA. 10 sec B. 15 sec C. 18 sec D. 20 sec
7. Two trains, one 152.5 m long and the other 157.5 m long, coming from
opposite directions crossed each other in 9.3 seconds.The combined speed of
the two trains every hour would be: A. 130 km/hr B. 125 km/hr C. 115 km/hr D.
120 km/hr
8. A 1200 m long train crosses a tree in 120 sec, how much time will it take to
pass a platform 700 m long? A. 100 sec B. 150 sec C. 180 sec D. 190 sec
10. A train passes a standing man in 6 s and 210 m long platform in 16 s. Find
the length and the speed of the train. A. 126 m, 15 m/s B. 150 m, 17 m/s C. 130
m, 10 m/s D. 126 m, 21 m/s
11. Two trains are moving in the opposite directions at speeds of 43 km/h and
51 km/h respectively. The time taken by the slower train to cross a man sitting
in the faster train in 9 seconds. What is the length ( in metre) of the slower
train? A. 235 B. 338.4 C. 470 D. 940
12. A train of length 100 metres crosses another train of length 150 metres,
running on a parallel track in the opposite direction in 9 seconds. If the speed of
train having length 150 metres is 40 km/hr, then what is the speed ( in km/hr) of
the other train? A. 30 B. 48 C. 50 D. 60
13. A train passes a man standing on a platform in 8 s and also crossed the
platform which is 264 m long in 20 s. The length of train is A. 188 m B. 176 m C.
175 m D. 96 m
16. A 150 m long train passes a pole in 30 s and another train of the same length
travelling in the opposite direction in 12 s. The speed of the other train is A. 45
km/hr B. 48 km/hr C. 52 km/hr D. 72 km/hr
17. Two trains start from a certain place on two parallel tracks in the same
direction. The speed of the trains are 45 km/h and 40 km/h, respectively. The
distance between the two trains after 45 min will be A. 2 km 500 m B. 2 km 750
m C. 3 km 750 m D. 3 km 250 m
18. A train takes 18 s to cross a man running at a speed of 6 km/s in the same
direction of the train. How much time it takes to cross a person running at 9
km/s in the same direction of the train? A. 15 s B. 20 s C. 13 s D. Cannot be
determined
19. A train 110 m long is running with a speed of 60 km/h. In what time will it
pass a man who is running at 6 km/h in the direction opposite to that of train?
A. 5 s B. 6 s C. 7 s D. 10 s
20. Find the time taken by a train of length 225 m moving with a speed of 36
km/hr to cross a platform of length 275m. A. 40 seconds B. 50 seconds C. 60
seconds D. 75 seconds
1. A man's speed with the current is 15 km/hr and the speed of the current is 2.5
km/hr. The man's speed against the current is: A. 9 km/hr B. 12.5 km/hr C. 8.5
km/hr D. 10 km/hr
2. A man rows 750 m in 600 seconds against the stream and returns in 7 1/2
minutes. Its rowing speed in still water is (in km/ hr). A. 5.5 B. 5.75 C. 5 D. 5.25
3. Anirudh can row a certain distance downstream in 12 h and come back to the
same point in 18 h. If the stream flows at the rate of 6 km/h, then find the
speed of Kamal in still water. A. 30 km/h B. 40 km/h C. 20 km/h D. 25 km/h
8. Sumit can row upstream at 10 km/h and downstream at the rate of 18 km/h.
Find the speed of Sumit in still water and speed of current. A. 14 km/h, 4 km/h
B. 2 km/h, 8 km/h C. 8 km/h, 6 km/h D. 10 km/h, 4 km/h
10. A man takes 20 minutes to row 12 km upstream which is a third more than
the time he takes on his way downstream. What is his speed in still water? A. 41
km/hr B. 36 km/hr C. 42 km/hr D. 45 km/hr
11. A boat makes a return journey from point A to point B and back in 5 hours
36 minutes. One way it travels with the stream and on the return it travels
against the stream. If the speed of the stream increases by 2 km/hr, the return
journey takes 9 hours 20 minutes. What is the speed of the boat in still water?
(The distance between A and B is 16 km.) A. 5 km/hr B. 3 km/hr C. 7 km/hr D. 9
km/hr
12. A swimmer’s speed downstream is 11 km/h and speed of the stream is 1.5
km/h. Find the upstream speed of swimmer. A. 8 km/h B. 9.5 km/h C. 9 km/h D.
6.25 km/h
13. A man can row at a speed of 4 1/2 km/hr in still water. If he takes 2 times as
long to row a distance upstream as to row the same distance downstream, then
the speed of stream (in km/hr) is A. 1 B. 1.5 C. 2 D. 2.5
15. In a fixed time, a boy swims double the distance along the current that he
swims against the current. If the speed of the current is 3 km/hr, the speed of
the boy in still water is A. 6 km/hr B. 9 km/hr C. 10 km/hr D. 12 km/hr
17. A man can row 7.5 kmph in still water and he finds that it takes him twice as
long to row up as to row down the river. Find the speed of stream. A. 2 km/hr B.
3 km/hr C. 2 1/2 km/hr D. 3 1/2 km/hr
18. A boatman goes 2 km against the current of the stream in 2 hour and goes 1
km along the current in 20 minutes. How long will it take to go 5 km in
stationary water? A. 4 hr B. 2 hr 30 min C. 2 hr D. 1 hr 15 min
19. A man can row upstream 10 kmph and downstream 20 kmph. Find the man
rate in still water and rate of the stream. A. 0,5 B. 5,5 C. 15,5 D. 10,5
22. A boat goes 1500m against the stream in 1350 s and comes back to the
starting point in 15 min, then speed of boat in still water is A. 10 km/h B. 5 km/h
C. 15 km/h D. 20 km/h
23. In one hour, a boat goes 14 km/hr along the stream and 8 km/hr against the
stream. The speed of the boat in still water (in km/hr) is: A. 8 km/hr B. 11 km/hr
C. 12 km/hr D. 10 km/hr
24. A boat can travel with a speed of 13 km/hr in still water. If the speed of the
stream is 4 km/hr, find the time taken by the boat to go 68 km downstream. A.
2 hours B. 3 hours C. 4 hours D. 5 hours
1. A policeman travelling at 75 km/h chases a thief 1500m away from him and
travelling at 60 km/h. What is the time taken by the policeman to catch the
thief? A. 2 min B. 4 min C. 6 min D. 10 min
5. A Policeman is 114 metre behind a thief. The Policeman runs 21 metres per
minute and the thief runs 15 metres in a minute. In what time will the
Policeman catch the thief ? A. 19 min B. 18 min C. 17 min D. 16 min
7. A thief steals a car at 1.30 p.m. and drive it off at 40 km/hr. The theft is
discovered at 2 P.M. and the owner sets off in another car 50 km/hr. he will
catch the thief at A. 5 pm B. 4 pm C. 4:30 pm D. 6 pm
9. A thief steals a car at 1.30 p.m. and drive it off at 18 km/hr. The theft is
discovered at 2:30 P.M. and the owner sets off in another car 24 km/hr. he will
catch the thief at A. 5:30 PM B. 7:30 PM C. 4:30 PM D. 5:00 PM
10. A thief is stopped by a policeman from a distance of 400 metres. When the
policeman starts the chase, the thief also starts running. Assuming the speed of
the thief as 5 km/h and that of policeman as 9 km/h, how far the thief would
have run, before he is overtaken by the policeman ? A. 400 metre B. 600 metre
C. 500 metre D. 300 metre
11. A policeman start to chase a thief. When the thief goes 10 steps the
policeman moves 8 steps, 5 steps of the policeman is equal to 7 steps of the
thief. The ratio of the speeds of the policeman and the thief is: A. 25:28 B. 25:56
C. 28:25 D. 56:25
12. A boy started from his house by bicycle at 10 a.m. at a speed of 12 km per
hour. His elder brother started after 1 hr 15 mins by scooter along the same
path and caught him at 1.30 p.m. The speed of the scooter will be (in km/hr) A.
4.5 B. 36 C. 18 ⅔ D. 9
13. Two trains 180 meters and 120 meters in length are running towards each
other on parallel tracks, one at the rate 65 km/hour and another at the rate 55
kmph. In how many seconds will they be clear of each other from the moment
they meet? A. 6 B. 9 C. 12 D. 15
14. Two trains, of same length, are running on parallel tracks in the same
direction with speed 60 km/hour and 90 km/hour respectively. The latter
completely crosses the former in 30 seconds. The length of each train (in
metres) is A. 125 B. 150 C. 100 D. 115
15. A thief is noticed by a policeman from a distance of 200 m. The thief starts
running and the policeman chases him. The thief and the policeman run at the
rate of 10 km and 11 km per hour respectively. At what distance will the
policeman catches the thief? A. 2.4 km B. 2.2 km C. 2 km D. 2.6 km
16. A passenger train running at the speed of 80 kms./hr leaves the railway
station 6 hours after a goods train leaves and overtakes it in 4 hours. What is
the speed of the goods train? A. 32 kmph B. 50 kmph C. 45 kmph D. 64 kmph
MIS….
1. The speeds of three cars are in the ratio of 1:3:5 . The ratio among the time
taken by these cars to travel the same distance is A. 3 : 5 : 15 B. 15 : 3 : 5 C. 15 :
5 : 3 D. 5 : 3 : 1
2. Three cars travelled distance in the ratio 1 : 2 : 3. If the ratio of the time of
travel is 3 : 2 : 1, then the ratio of their speed is A.
5. The ratio of speed of a car,a truck and a bus is 5:2:3. The average speed of the
car, truck and bus together is 60 km/hr.What is the average speed of the car and
truck together? A. 63 km/h B. 72 km/h C. 45 km/h D. 54 km/h
6. It takes eight hours for a 600 km journey, if 120 km is done by train and the
rest by car. It takes 20 minutes more, if 200 km is done by train and the rest by
car. The ratio of the speed of the train to that of the car is : A. 3:5 B. 3:4 C. 4:3 D.
4:5
7. A train starts from A at 7 a.m. towards B with speed 50 km/h. Another train
starts from B at 8 a.m. with speed of 60 km/h towards A. Both of them meet at
10 a.m. at C. The ratio of the distance AC to BC is? A. 5:6 B. 5:4 C. 6:5 D. 4:5
8. The distance between two cities Y and Z is 330 kms. A train starts from Y at 8
a.m. and travels towards Z at 60 kmph. Another train starts from Z at 9 a.m. and
travels towards A at 75 kmph. At what time do they meet? A. 10 a.m B. 10:30
am C. 11 a.m D. 11:30 am
10. A goods train starts running from a place at 1 P.M. at the rate of 18
km/hour. Another goods train starts from the same place at 3 P.M. in the same
direction and overtakes the first train at 9 P.M. The speed of the second train in
km/hr is A. 24 B. 30 C. 15 D. 18
11. Two cars X and Y starts from two places A and B respectively which are 700
km apart at 9 am. Both the cars run at an average speed of 60 km/h, Car X stops
at 10 am and again starts at 11 am, while the other car Y continues to run
without stopping. When do the two cars cross each other ? A. 2:40 pm B. 3:20
pm C. 4:10 pm D. 4:20 pm
14. A bus travels at the rate of 54 km/h without stoppages and it travels at 45
km/h with stoppage. How many minutes does the bus stop on an average per
hour? (a) 8 min (b) 10 min (c) 12 min (d) 4 min
15. A man travelled 90 km both by car and taxi and the fare of Car and taxi is
Rs.7 per km and Rs.6 per km respectively. If the total fare is Rs.576, find the
distance covered by taxi. A. 60 km B. 30 km C. 54 km D. 36 km
16. Ratio of speed of bike, van and lorry is 3 :7 :5. If lorry cover 360 km in 12
hours. Find the average speeds of bike and van together. A. 30 km/h B. 25 km/h
C. 20 km/h D. 28 km/h
18. A, B, and C start running simultaneously from a point on a circular track 600
m long with speeds of 3,2 and 12 m/s.When will they meet again(in minutes) at
the starting point if they start at the same point and in the same time in the
same direction? A. 15 B. 14 C. 20 D. 10
19. In a 1500 m race,Anil beats Bakul by 150 m and in the same race Bakul beats
Charles by 75 m.By what distance does Anil beat Charles? A. 217.50 m B. 200.15
m C. 293.50 m D. 313.75 m
20. In a race of 600 m, A can beat B by 60 m and in a race of 500 m, B can beat C
by 50 m. By how many meter will A beat C in a race of 400 m? A. 56 m B. 76 m C.
78 m D. 86 m