Time, distance and train

1. Ramesh crosses a street 600 m long in 5 minutes. His speed in kmph is?
2. Mohan covers 10.2 km in 3 hr, the distance covered by him in 5hr is?
3. A ship sails to a certain city at the speed of 20 knot/h and sails back to the same
point at the rate of 39 knot/h. What is the average speed for the whole journey?
4. A boy goes to the school at the speed of 3 kmph and returns at the speed of 2
kmph if he takes 5hr in all, find the distance in kilometer between the village
and the school?
5. A and B are the two towns. A car goes from A to B at a speed of 64 kmph and
return to A at a slower speed. If its average speed for the whole journey is 54
kmph, it returned with what speed?
6. A bicycle rider covers his onward journey from A to B at 10 kmph and during
the return journey from B to A he covers the same distance at 8 kmph. If he
finishes the onward and return journey in 4.5 hr, then the total distance covered
by him during the journey is?
7. Once the tour a man travels at the rate of 64 km an hour for the first 160km,
then travels the next 160 km at the rate of 80 km an hour. The average speed in
km per hour for first 320 km of the tour is?
8. Shyam went from Delhi to Shimla via Chandigrah by car. The distance from
Delhi to Chandigrah is ¾ times the distance from Chandigrah to Shimla. The
average speed from Delhi to Chandigrah is 3/2 times the average speed from to
Chandigrah to Shimla. If the average speed for the entire journey was 49 kmph,
what was the average speed from Chandigrah to Shimla?
9. A car during its journey travels 40 minutes at a speed of 30 kmph, another 50
minutes at a speed of 60 kmph and 1hour at a speed of 30 kmph. Find the
average speed of the car?
10.A man walks 6km at a speed of 1.5 kmph, runs 8 km at a speed 2kmph and goes
by bus another 32 km. speed of the bus is 8 kmph. Speed of the bus is
considered as the speed of the man, find the average speed of the man?
11.Nikita starts her journey from Delhi to Bhopal and simultaneously Nishita starts
from Bhopal to Delhi. After crossing each other they finish their remaining
journey in 5 4/9 hr and 9 hr respectively. What is Nishita’s speed if Nikita’s
speed is 36 kmph?
12.By walking at 4/5th of his usual speed, Mohan is 6 minutes late to office. Find
his usual time to cover he distance?
13.By walking at 3/4th of the usual speed, a man reaches 20 minutes late than usual.
His usual time is?
14. Two bicyclists do the same journey by travelling respectively, at the rate of 9
and 10 km an hour, find the length of the journey when one takes 32 minutes
longer than the other?
15.Mohan walks from Talik Nagar and back in a certain time at the rate of 3.5
kmph. But if he had walked from Talik Nagar to Moti Nagar at the rate of 3
kmph and back from Moti Nagar to Talik Nagar at the rate of 4 kmph,he would
have taken 10 minutes longer. The distance between Talik Nagar to Moti Nagar
is?

16.Two persons x and y walks from a place P at 5 kmph and 6 kmph respectively.
How much distance will they be apart (in kms) after 4 hr.
(i) If they walk in the same direction
(ii)If they walk in opposite direction
(a) 4,44 (b) 5,55 (c) 4,34 (d) 5,44
17.A thief runs at a speed of 10m/s. A policeman runs behind him at a speed of
12.5m/s but the policeman had started running after 10 seconds. After how
many meters, will the policeman catch the thief?
(a) 600 mtr (b) 500 mtr (c) 400 mtr (d) 300 mtr
18.Two persons cover the same distance at a speed of 25 kmph and 30 kmh
respectively. Find the distance travelled if one person takes 25 min. more than
the other?
(a) 62.5 km (b) 63.9km (c) 60 km (d) 72 km
19.A person covers certain distance at a speed of 60 kmph without any stoppage
and with stoppage he travels the same distance at a speed of 40 kmph. How
many minutes / hour does he stop?
(a) 30 min (b) 26 min (c) 20 min (d) 35 min
20.Two persons A and B walks from P and Q, which are at a distance of 21km at
3kmph and 4kmph respectively, B reaches Q returns immediately and meets A
at R. find the distance from P to R.
(a) 12 km (b) 16 km (c) 28 km (d) 18 km
21.A person covers a distance in 40 min, if he runs at a speed of 45 kmph on an
average. Find the speed at which he must run to reduce the time of journey to
30 min?
(a) 50 kmph (b) 35 kmph (c) 60 kmph (d) 36 kmph
22.A man takes 6 hr 30 min for walking to a certain place riding back respectively.
He would gain 2 hr 10 min by riding both ways. How long would he take to
walk both ways?
(a) 480 min (b) 520 min (c) 560 min (d) 600 min
23.A person has reach a certain place at a certain time and he find that he will be
15 min late if he walks at 4 kmph and 10 min earlier, if he walks 6 kmph. Find
the distance he has to cover?
(a) 3 km (b) 4km (c) 5 km (d) 6km
24.A man covered a certain distance at a certain speed. If he had moved 3 kmph
faster, he would have taken 40 min less. If he had moved 2 kmph slower, he
would have taken 40 min more. The distance (in km) is:
(a) 35 (b) 36 2/3 (c) 37.5 (d) 40
25.A person has to cover a distance of 6 km in 45 min. if he covers one half of the
distance in two-third of the total time then to cover the remaining distance in
the remaining time, his speed must be:
(a) 6 kmph (b) 8 kmph (c) 12 kmph (d) 15 kmph
26.In a flight of 600 km an aircraft was slowed down to bad weather. Its average
speed for the trip is reduced by 200 kmph and the time of the flight increased by
30 min. the duration of the flight is :
(a) 1 hr (b) 2 hr (c) 3 hr (d) 4 hr
27.A walks around a circular field at the rate of one round/ hour, B runs around it
at the rate of six rounds/ hour. They start the same direction from the same
point at 7: 30am. They shall first cross each other at:
(a) 7: 42am (b) 7:48am (c) 8:10am (d) 8:30am
28.A car travelling at 5/7 of its actual speed covers 42 km in 1 hr 40 min 48
seconds. Find the actual speed of the car?
(a) 17 6/7 kmph (b) 25 kmph (c) 35 kmph (d) 30kmph
29.A man can reach a certain place in 30 hrs. If he reduces his speed by 1/15th he
covers 10 km less in that time. Find his speed?
(a) 4 kmph (b) 5 kmph (c) 5.5 kmph (d) 6 kmph
30.A starts from a place P to go to a place Q. At the same time B starts from Q for
P. If after meeting each other A and B took 4 and 9 hrs more respectively to
reach their destinations, the ratio their speed is:
(a) 3:2 (b) 5:2 (c) 9:4 (d) 9:13
31.A man covers a certain distance between his house and office on scooter.
Having an average speed of 30 kmph he is late by 10 min. However, with a
speed of 40 kmph he reaches his office 5 min earlier. Find the distance between
his house and office?
(a) 20 km (b) 25 km (c) 30 km (d) 35 km
32.Two guns were fired from the same place at a interval of 13 min but a person in
a train approaching the place hear the second firing 12 min 30 sec after the first.
Find the speed of the train, supposing that sound travels at 330 mtr per sec?
(a) 47 13/25 kmph
(b) 45 13/25 kmph
(c) 42 13/25 kmph
(d) 44 25/13 kmph
33.A monkey tries to ascend a greased pole 14mtr high. He ascends 2 mtr in first
minute and slip down 1 mtr in the second minute. If continues to ascend in this
fashion, how long does he take to reach the top?
(a) 24 min (b) 25 min (c) 28 min (d) 32 min
34.A person has to cover a distance of 80 km in 10 hrs.If he cover half of the
journey in 3/5 of time, what should be his speed to cover the remaining
distance in the time left.
(a)6 kmph (b)8 kmph (c) 10 kmph (d) 12 kmph
35.A man travels 360km in 4 hrs, partly by airand partly by train.If he had
travelled all the wayby air,he would have saved 4/5 of the time he was in train
and would have arrived his destination 2 hrs early.Find the distance travelled by
air and train.
(a)90km, 270 km
(b)95km, 275 km
(c)94km, 282 km
(d)92km, 292 km
36.A person travelled 120km by steamer,450km by train and 60 km by horse. The
total journey took 13 hrs 30 minute.If the rate of train is 3 times that of horse
and 1.5 times that of steamer,find the rate of train per hour.
 (a)60 kmph (b)65 kmph (c) 70 kmph (d) 75 kmph

37.From two places 60km apart,A and B start towards each other and meet after6
hrs.Had A travelled with 2/3 of his speed and B travelled with double of his
speed,they would have met after 5hrs.The speed of A is.
(a)4 kmph (b)6 kmph (c) 10 kmph (d) 12 kmph
38.A,B,C start together from the same place to wal round circular path of length
12km.A walks at the rateof 4km/h,B at the rate of 3km/hr,andc at the rate of
3/2km/hr.They will meet together at the end of
(a)10 Hrs (b) 12 Hrs (c) 15 Hrs (d)24 Hrs
39.Two boys began together writing out a booklet containing 8190 lines.The first
boy starts with the first line,writing at the rate of 200 lines an hour:and the
second boy starts with the last line,then writes 8189 th line and so on proceding
backward at the rate of 150line an hour.At what line will they meet.
(a)4680 (b) 4850 (c) 5860 (d)6850
40.A train 110 m in length runs through a station at the rate of 36km/hr.How long
will it take to pass a given point.
(a)11 sec (b) 12sec (c) 13sec (d)15 sec
41.A train 540 m long is running with a speed of 72km/hr.In what time will it pass
a tunnel 160m long.
(a)40 sec (b) 30sec (c) 35sec (d)42 sec
42.A train starts from a place A at 6a.m and arrives at another place B at 4.30p.m
on the same day.If the speed of the train is 40km/hr.Find the distance travelled
by train.
(a)320 km (b) 230 km (c)420 km (d)400 km
43.A train covers a distance of 10km in 12 minutes.If its distance is decreased by
5km/hr.Then time taken to cover the same distance will be
(a)10 minutes (b) 13 minutes 20sec (c)13 minutes (d)11 minutes 20 sec
44.Aman walks a km in b hours.The time taken to travel 200 metres is
(a)200 b/a hrs (b) b/5a hrs (c)b/a hrs (d)ab/200hrs
45.A train is running at a speed of 90 km/hr.If crosses a signal in 10sec,the length
of the train in metres is
(a)150 (b) 324 (c)900 (d)250
46.Two trains A & B start from stations X & Y towards each other they take 4 hrs
48 minutes and 3 hrs 20 minutes to reach Y & X repectively.After they meet if
train A is moving at 45 km/hr then the speed of the train B is
(a)60km/hr (b) 6.8km/hr (c)54km/hr (d)37.5km/hr
47.A train 110m long travels at 60 km/hr.How long do it take to cross another train
170m long running at 54km/hr in the same direction.
(a)2 min 8 sec (b) 3 min 48 sec (c)5 min 48 ec (d)1 min 48 sec
48.The distance between place A andBis 999 km.An express train leaves pace A at
6am and runs at a speed of 5.5km/hr.The train stops on the way to 1 hr 20
minutes.It reaches B at
a)1 :20 am (b) 12 pm (c)6 pm (d)11 pm
49.Two trains startfrom acertain plce on two parallel tracks in the same
direction.The speed of the trains are 45km/hr and40 km/hr respectively.The
distance between the two trains after 45 minutes will be
(a)3.75 km or 3750 m
(b)2 km or 2750m
(c)3 km or 4750m
(d)3 km or 7250m
50.Points A & B are 70kmapart on a highway and two cars start at the same time.
If they travel in the same direction, they meet in 7 hours, but if they travel
towards each other they meet in one hour. Find the speed of the two cars (in
km/hr)
a)20,30 (b) 40,30 (c)30,50 (d)20,40
51.P and Q are 27 km wayTwo trains with speed of 24km/hr and 18km/hr
respectively start simultaneously from P and Q and travel in the same
directionThey meet at a point R beyond Q.Distance QR is
a)126 Km (b) 81 Km (c)48 Km (d)6 Km
52.Saritha and Julie start walking from the same place in the opposite directions.If
Julie walks t a speed of 2 ½ Km/hr Sarita at a speed of 2 KM/hr,in how much
time will they be 18 Km apart.
a)4 hrs (b) 4.5hrs (c)5 hrs (d)4.8 hrs
53.Two trains,one 160 m and the other 140 m long are running in opposite
directions on parallel tracks,the first at 77 Km an hour and the other at 67 Km
an hour.How long will they take to cross each other.
a)7 Seconds (b) 7 ½ seconds (c)6 seconds (d)10 seconds
54.A moving tain ,66 metre long overtakes another train 88 metre long ,moving in
the same direction in 0.168 minute.If the second train is moving at 30 km per
hr,at what speed is the first train moving?
a)85 km/hr (b) 50 km/hr (c)55km/hr (d)25km/hr
55.Two trains 140m and 160 m long run at the speeds of 60km/hr and 40 km/hr
respectively in opposite directions on parallel tracks.The time in seconds which
they will take to cross each other is
a)10 (b) 10.8 (c)9 (d)9.6
56.A coolie standing on railway platform observes that a train going in one
direction takes 4 seconds to pass him..another train of same length going in
opposite direction takes 5seconds to pass him.The time taken (in seconds) by
two trains to cross each other will be:
a)35 (b) 36.5 (c)40/9 (d)none of these
57.A passenger sitting in a train of length 1m,which is running with a speed of 60
km/hr passing through two bridges,notices that he crosses the first bridge and
the second bridge in time intervals which are in the ratio 7:4 repectively.If the
length of the first bridge is 280m,then the length of second bridge is
a)490 m (b) 220 m (c)160 m (d)cant be determined
58.Two guns are fired from the same place at an interval of 6 minutes.A person
approaching the place observes that 5 minutes 52 seconds have elapsed between
the hearing of the sound of the two guns.If the velocity of the sound is
330m/sec,the man was approaching that place at what speed (in km/hr)?
a)24 (b) 27 (c)30 (d)36
59.After travelling five hours a trainmeets with an accident.Due to this it has tostop
for two hours.After this the train start moving at 55 5/9 % of its speed,and
reaches to its destination 12 2/9 hours late.If the accident occured150km ahead
on the same line then the train reaches destination 10 8/9 hours late.Find the
orginal speed of the train?
a)90 km/hr (b) 108 km/hr (c)100 km/hr (d)72 km/hr
60.A train of 24m length runs with a speed of 250m/s.A man in train at the tail end
of the train runs with a speed of 10m/s.When he reaches the front end he turns
back with the speed of 6m/s and this process continues.How many rounds(up
and down)he will complete if the train runs 8kms,provided that during the
running he will not loose contact with the train?
a)3 (b) 4 (c)5 (d)6
61.The distance between two stations A and B is 50 km.A train P starts from A and
moves towards B at an average speed of 15km/hr.Another train Q starts from
B,20 minutes earlier than the train P,and moves towards A at an average speed
of 20 Km/hr.How far from the A will two trains meet ?
a)180 Km (b) 320 Km (c)190 Km (d)260 Km
62.A man can see only 50 m in fog.He was walking at a speed of 4km/hr and saw a
train was coming behind him. The train was 20m in length and disappeared
from his eyes after 30 seconds. Find the speed of the train?
a)18 2/5 km/hr (b) 6 3/5 km/hr (c)8 1/5 km/hr (d)4 2/5 km/hr
63.Two stations A and B are 790 km apart.A train starts at 2 pm from A to B at a
speed of 70km/hr and another train starts at the same time from B to A at a
speed of 50 km/hr.Then find at what time and how much distance from B both
the trains will meet each other,and also find if the train starts from B at 3 pm
then at what time and how much distance from A both the trains will meet each
other:
a)9 pm ,490 km , 8:35 pm ,329 1/6 km
b)10 pm ,450 km , 8:45 pm ,329 1/6 km
c)11 pm ,400 km , 8:30 pm ,329 1/6 km
d)12.30 am ,425 km ,8:40 pm ,329 1/6 km
64.Due to the technical snag in the signal system wo trains start approaching each
other on the same rail track from two different stations,240 Km away from each
other.When the train starts a bird also starts moving to and fro between the two
trains at 60 Km/hr touching each train each time.The bird is initially sitting on
the top of the engine of one of the trains and it moves till these trains collide If
these trains collide one and a half hour after the start,then how many kilometers
bird travels till the time of collision of trains.
a)90 Km (b) 130 Km (c)120 Km (d)none of these
65.While walking down the pavements of newyork city,I notice that every 20
minute there is a city bus coming in the opposite direction and every 30 minute
there is a city bus overtaking me from behind.What is the time gap between
one city bus passing a stationary point known as local bus stop beside the route
and immediately the next city bus in the same direction passing the same
stationary point?
a)27 mint (b) 24 mint (c)25 mint (d)cant be determined