Sreedhar’s CCE HIT TIME AND DISTANCE HANDOUT

HIT TIME AND DISTANCE HANDOUT

1. A truck covers a distance of 550 metres in 1 minute whereas a bus covers a
distance of 33 kms in 45 minutes. The ratio of their speeds is:
     


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1) 3:4 2) 4:3 3) 3:5 4) 50:3
2. The Lucknow Shatabdi Express leaves Delhi at 1:30 pm and reaches Lucknow at
10:30 pm. The average speed of the train is 90 km/hr. What is the distance
covered by the train from Delhi to Lucknow?
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

1) 750 km 2) 830 km 3) 810 km 4) 800 km
3.

E
A train covers a certain distance in 5 hours at a speed of 240 km/h. If an airplane
is to cover the same distance in 45 minutes, at what speed should it travel?
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

ee

1) 1250 km/h 2) 1600 km/h 3) 1440 km/h 4) 1200 km/h

4. If a train travels at an average speed of 42 km/h, it covers a certain distance in
45 minutes What should be the speed of the train to reduce the time taken for
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this journey to 35 minutes?

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
1) 52 km/h 2) 54 km/h 3) 52.5 km/h 4) 49 km/h
5. A person wants to cover a distance of 6 km in 45 minutes. If he covers half the
distance in two-thirds of the total time, what should be his speed in km/h to
cover the remaining distance in the remaining time?
   
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 

1) 12 km/h 2) 14 km/h 3) 8 km/h 4) 10 km/h
6. Car P covers a certain distance in 11 hours at a speed of 66 kmph. Car Q covers
242 km more than car Pin the same time. Find the average speed of Car Q.
P,P Q 
Q
1) 83 km/h 2) 88 km/h 3) 718 km/h 4) 77 km/h
7. A train travels a distance of 400 km with uniform speed. Had the speed been 10
km/h more, she would have taken 2 hours less for the same journey. Find the
speed of the train.


1) 45 km/h 2) 55 km/h 3) 40 km/h 4) 50 km/h
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Sreedhar’s CCE HIT TIME AND DISTANCE HANDOUT

8. Priti is going to Delhi from Rajdhani express which is running 6 minutes late.
Driver increases its speed by 4 km/hr. By doing this, the train arrives on time at
the next station which is at the distance of 36 km. Find the actual speed of the
train.



1) 20 km/h 2) 26 km/h 3) 36 km/h 4) 30 km/h
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9. Tellyn moves at a speed of of normal speed and takes 13 minutes more than
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normal time. Find the usual time taken
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   
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
1) 130 min. 2) 120 min. 3) 140 min. 4) 150 min.

10.

E
Due to engine failure, an express train runs at
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of its normal speed and reaches
d
at 2: 34 pm instead of 2: 28 pm. What time did he start running?
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         
ee

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
1) 1:40 pm 2) 1:32 pm 3) 1:36 pm 4) 1:34 pm
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11. Car A is twice as fast as car B, and car B is three times as fast as car C. How
much time will car B take to cover the distance covered by car C in 60 minutes?
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ABBC
CB
1) 20 minutes 2) 18 minutes 3) 16 minutes 4) 25 minutes
12. A student walking at the speed of 5 km/h reaches school from home in 1.5 hours.
By what percent should he increase his speed to reduce the time by 20% and
cover the same distance from school to home?
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

1) 20% 2) 15% 3) 25% 4) 16%
13. Sachin covers a distance of 360 km from Delhi to Hyderabad in 4 hours, some by
plane and some by train. If he had done his entire journey by plane, he would
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have saved of his train time and would have reached his destination 2 hours
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earlier. Find the distance traveled by train?
      
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  
5

1) 45 km 2) 75 km 3) 50 km 4) 90 km

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14. Vinod reaches office 5 minutes late by car traveling at 30 km/h. If him speed is
40 km/h, he reaches office 30 minutes early. Find the distance which he covers
between his home and office.
  


1) 70 km 2) 15 km 3) 16 km 4) 18 km
15. An object travels 23 m in 3 sec and 15m in 2 sec. What is the average speed of the
object?


r’s
1) 7.6 m/sec 2) 8.6 m/sec 3) 6.6 m/sec 4) 8.0 m/sec
16. Apurva travelled equal distances at speeds of 10 km/hr. 20 km/hr. and 6 km/hr.
and took a total time of 19 minutes. Find the total distance travelled in km.


17.
1) 2 2) 3
ha 3) 1 4) 4
A person travels along an equilateral triangular field at the speed of 36 km/hr. 30
km/hr and 45 km/hr. Find his average speed

1) 45 km/h 2) 36 km/h

E


3) 20 km/h 4) 30 km/h
d
18. Rakesh travels in a car at 50 km/h for 2 hours, on a bike at 35 km/h for 2 hours,
and in a train at 100 km/h for 4 hours. What is the average speed at which
Rakesh travelled?
ee



1) 75 km/h 2) 72.50 km/h 3) 71.25 km/h 4) 74 km/h
C
19. A bus covers four successive 12 km. distance at 20 km/h, 40 km/h, 60 km/h and
120 km/h respectively. Its average speed (in km/h) is:
Sr



100 200
1) 40 2) 3) 50 4)
9 9
20. Akshita covers a distance of 300 km at the speed of 50 km/h, then 360 km at 30
km/h and another 420 km at 60 km/h. If her average speed for the whole journey
is k km/h, then how much time (in hours) will she take to cover 216 km at k km/h?
C

 k k

1) 5 hours 2) 7 hours 3) 6 hours 4) 4 hours
21. If a man goes from A to B with a speed of 50 km/h and comes back with a speed
40% more than his normal speed, find his average speed (up to 2 digits after
decimal) during both the trips.
AB 

1) 55.34 km/h 2) 62.35 km/h 3) 47.28 km/h 4) 58.33 km/h
22. The distance between two points is travelled by the speed of 72 km/h while going
and by 54 km/h during the return journey. If it took a total of 7 hours, then the
distance between the two points on one side is:
      

1) 324 km 2) 180 km 3) 189 km 4) 216 km

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23. The speed of the train excluding the stoppage station is 60 km/h and the speed of
the train including the stoppage station is 45 km/h. For how many minutes does
the train stop per hour?
 

1) 30 min. 2) 15 min. 3) 10 min. 4) 20 min.
24. An express train travelled at an average speed of 100 km/h stopping for 3 min
after every 75 km. How much time it took the express train to travel 600 km?


1) 308 min. 2) 384 min. 3) 381 min 4) 370 min.
25. The distance between two stations A and B is 420 km. A train starts from A at 3

r’s
pm and travels towards B at a speed of 60 km/h another train starts from B at 4
pm and travels towards A at a speed of 30 km/h. At what time do they meet?
AB A
BBA

26.
1) 10 pm 2) 10:30 pm
ha3) 9 pm 4) 8 pm
Parshotam and Anjilaka started walking from one place in opposite directions at
the speed of 30 km/h and 3.5 km/h respectively. How far will they be from each
other in 2.5 hrs?

E


d
1) 75 km 2) 8.75 km 3) 83.75 km. 4) 66.25 km
27. A bus and car start from prents X and Y respectively and travel towards each
other at the speed of 60 km/h and 50 km/h respectively. By the time they meet,
ee

the bus has travelled 50 km more than the car. What is the distance between X
and Y?
XYkm/h
X
C
Y
1) 450 km 2) 500 km 3) 600 km. 4) 550 km
Sr

28. A train leaves from station A towards station B at a speed of 50 km/h. After half
an hour, another train leaves from station B towards station A with a speed of
150 km/ h. The distance between the two stations is 725 km. What will be the
distance from station A to the place where both the trains meet?
AB
BAA

C
1) 250 km 2) 200 km 3) 150 km 4) 168 km
29. Two buses X and Y leave from the same place and go in the same direction at
speeds of 20 kmph and 50 kmph respectively. But Y leaves 6 hours after X has
left. How far from the starting place will the buses meet?
 X Y 
   X     Y     

1) 100 km 2) 200 km 3) 300 km 4) 150 km
30. A thief is 400 meters ahead of a policeman. The thief sees the policeman and
starts running. The policeman immediately starts chasing him. If the speed of
the thief is 10 km/hr and the speed of the policeman is 15 km/hr. Then what
distance did the thief cover before being caught by the policeman?
          


1) 750 meter 2) 800 meter 3) 850 meter 4) 900 meter