Speed, Time & Distance

Q1.      A train is moving with a speed of 90 km/h. Its speed is :

1) 5 m/s        2) 30 m/s         3) 40 m/s     4) 50 m/s         5) None

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Q2.      A person starting from his house covers a distance at 20 km/hr and returns to the starting place at 30 km/hr. His average speed during whole journey is (in km/h)

1) 25             2) 24                3) 27             4) 22                5) None

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Q3.      A man completes 30 km of a journey at 6 km/hr and the remaining 40 km of the journey in 5 hours. His average speed for the whole journey is (in km/h)

1) 6               2)7                 3) 7              4) 8 km/hr       5) None

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Q4.      A man covers 1/3 of his journey at 40 km/hr and the remaining at 20 km/hr. He takes 15 hour in total journey. The distance total journey is?

1) 300 km    2)360 km        3) 240km     4) 120 km       5) None

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Q5.      The speed of A and B are in the ratio 3:4. ‘A’ takes 20 minutes more than B to reach the destination. Find the time taken by A.

1) 1  hrs      2) 2 hrs            3) 1  hrs      4) 2  hrs          5) None

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Q6.      Moving at 7/8 of its usual speed, a train is 10 minutes late. Find its usual time to cover the journey.  

1) 60 min     2) 70 min        3) 50 min     4) 40 min        5) None

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Q7.      If a student walks from his house to school at 5km/hr, he is late by 30 minutes. However, if he walks at 6 km/hr, he is late by 5 minutes only. The distance of his school from his house is

1) 2.5 km     2) 3.6 km        3) 5.5 km     4) 12.5 km      5) None

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Q8.      A student moves from his house at 10 km/hr and reaches his school late by 6 minutes. Next day, he increases his speed to 15 km/hr and reaches 4 minutes before school time. What is the actual time to reach?

1) 15 mins   2) 10 mins       3) 24 mins   4) 18 mins       5) None

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Q9.      A car covers a distance of 720 km at a constant speed. If the speed of the car would have been 10 km/hr more, then it would have taken 1 hrs less to cover the same distance. What is the original speed of the car? (in km/h)

1) 90             2)80                 3)85              4)75                 5) None

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Q10.   A 75 m long train is running at 54 km/hr. In how much time will it cross an electric pole?

1) 10 secs     2) 5 secs          3) 15 secs     4) 20 secs        5) None

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Q11.   A 415 m long train is running at 63 km/hr. In how much time will it cross a tunnel 285 m long?

1) 25 secs     2) 40 secs        3) 50 secs     4) 30 secs        5) None

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Q12.   A 400 m long train cross a 200 m long platform in 30 second, the train speed is: (in km/h)

1) 36             2) 90                3) 72             4)54                 5) None

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Q13.   A train passes a standing man in 10 seconds and a platform 120 m long in 16 seconds. Find the train’s speed.

1) 60 km/h  2) 90 km/h      3) 72 km/h  4) 54 km/h      5) None

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Q14.   A train passes a platform 100 m long in 10 seconds and a platform 400 m long in 25 seconds. Find the train length.

1) 60 m        2) 90 m            3) 120 m      4)100 m          5) None

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Q15.   A train 125 m long is running at 50 km/hr. In what time will it pass a man, running at 5 km/hr in the same direction in which the train is going? (In seconds)

1) 20             2) 10                3) 12             4) 15                5) None

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Q16.   A train 125 m long is running at 50 km/hr. In what time will it pass a 175m long train running at 40 km/hr in opposite direction in which train is crossing? (In seconds)

1) 20             2)10                 3)12              4)15                 5) None

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Q17.   A train 100 m long takes 9 seconds to cross a man walking at 5 km/hr in the direction same to that of the train. Find the speed of the train. (In km/h)

1) 50             2) 45                3) 40             4) 35                5) None

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Q18.   A train 300 m long takes 18 seconds to cross a 200 m long train running at 45 km/hr in the direction opposite to that of the train. Find speed of the train. (In km/h)

1) 50             2) 45                3)40              4)55                 5) None

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Q19.   A train 200 m long is running at 66 km/hr. In what time will it pass a man, running at 6 km/hr in the opposite direction in which the train is going? (In seconds)

1) 20             2)10                 3)12              4)15                 5) None

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Q20.   A train 150 m long is running at 44 km/hr. In what time will it pass a 100 m long train running at 80 km/hr in same direction in which train is crossing? (In seconds)

1) 20             2) 10                3) 25             4) 15                5) None

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Q21.   A train 300 m long takes 9 seconds to cross a man walking at 10 km/hr in the direction opposite to that of the train. Find the speed of the train. (In km/h)

1) 105           2) 150              3) 140           4) 135              5) None

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Q22.   A train 300 m long takes 18 seconds to cross a 200 m long train running at 45 km/hr in the direction opposite to that of the train. Find speed of the train. (In km/h)

1) 50             2) 45                3) 40             4) 55                5) None

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Q23.   A constable is 1140 m behind a thief. The constable runs 210 m and the thief 150 m in a minute. In what time will the constable catch the thief?

1) 16 min        2) 17 min       3) 18 min      19 min          5) None

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Q24.   The distance between two stations A and B is 440 km. A train starts at 4 p.m. from A and move towards B at an average speed of 40 km/hr. Another train starts B at 5 p.m. and moves towards A at an average speed of 60 km/hr. How far from A will the two trains meet and at what time?

1) 200, 8 p.m.                 2) 300, 9 p.m.               3) 200, 9 p.m.

4) 300,8 p.m.                  5) None

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Q25.   A man can row upstream at 8 km/hr and downstream at 12 km/hr. find the rate of the current (in km/h)

1) 4               2) 6                   3) 2               4) 3                   5) None

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Q26.   A man rows 30 km downstream and 15 km up stream, taking 5 hours each time. What is the velocity of the current?

1) 4 km/h     2) 1.5 km/h     3) 2 km/h     4) 3 km/h        5) None

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Q27.   A boat takes half time in moving a certain distance downstream than upstream. What is ratio between rate in still water and rate of current?

1) 1:2            2) 3:1               3) 2:1            4) 1:3               5) None

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Q28.   The current of a stream runs at 2 km/hr. A boat goes 60 km upstream and back again to the starting point in 16 hour. The speed of the boat in still water is: (in km/h)

1) 8               2) 6                   3) 12             4) 4                   5) None

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Q29.   A train is moving with a speed of 30 m/s. Its speed is

1) 72 km/h  2)100 km/h    3)120 km/h 4)108 km/h    5) None

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Q30.   A person starting from his house covers a distance at 15 km/hr and returns to the starting place at 10 km/hr. His average speed during whole journey is (in km/h)

1) 11             2)12                 3) 7½            4)13                 5) None

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Q31.   A man covers 1/4 of his journey at 20 km/hr and the remaining at 30 km/hr. He takes 15 hour in total journey. The distance total journey is?

1) 400 km    2) 460 km       3) 440km     4) 420 km       5) None

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Q32.   The current of a stream runs at 2 km/hr. A boat takes half time in moving a certain distance downstream than upstream. What is speed boat in still water is: (in km/h)

1) 8               2) 6                   3) 2               4) 4                   5) None

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Q33.   The current of a stream runs at 4 km/hr. A boat takes thrice the time in moving a certain distance upstream than downstream. What is the speed of the boat in still water is: (in km/h)

1) 8               2) 6                   3) 5               4) 4                   5) None

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Q34.   The current of a stream runs at 1 km/hr. A boat goes 35 km upstream and back again to the starting point in 12 hour. The speed of the boat in still water is: (in km/h)

1) 8               2) 6                   3) 2               4) 4                   5) None

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Answers

1)              2) 2             3) 2             4) 2               5) 1             6) 2

7) 4           8) 3             9) 2             10) 2             11) 2           12) 3

13) 3         14) 4           15) 2           16) 3             17) 2           18) 4

19) 2         20) 3           21) 3           22) 4             23) 4           24) 3

25) 3         26) 2           27) 2           28) 1             29) 4           30) 2

31) 1         32) 2           33) 1           34) 2