TIME AND DISTANCE

1. Walking at 5/4th of her usual speed, 7. In a kilometer race, P beats Q by 200 m.

Pinky reaches her office 10 min early. In the same race, Q beats R by 200 m.
What is would be the time taken by her Find the distance by which P beats R?
if she travels at her usual speed? a) 400 m b) 380 m
a) 20 min b) 12 ½ min c) 360 m d) 340 m
c) 40 min d) 50 min 8. In a 300 m race, A beats B by 60 m and
2. It takes 7/8th of the usual time to cover C by 96 m. In the same race, by how
a distance when the speed of a car is many metres does B beat C?
increased by 7 kmph. The usual speed is a) 45 b) 60
a) 56 kmph b) 49 kmph c) 36 d) 72
c) 8 kmph d) 15 kmph 9. In a 1 km race, A beats B by 100 m and
3. A car takes 50 minutes for a journey if it C by 150 m. In a 2700 m race, by how
runs at 48 km per hour .The rate at many metres does B beat C?
which the car must run to reduce the a) 120 b) 150
time to 40 minutes will be c) 210 d) 180
a) 45 kmph b) 60 kmph 10. In a 500 m race, A beats B by 20 m and
c) 65 kmph d) 70 kmph C by 30 m. In a 2880 m race, by how
4. The ratio between the walking speeds of many metres does B beat C?
sumith and amith is 3:4. The time taken a) 50 m b) 60 m
by amith to cover certain distance is 24 c) 55 m d) 45 m
minutes; then time taken by sumith to 11. In a 1000 m race, A beats B by 200 m or
cover that much distance is by 25 sec. what is the speed of A?
a) 20 min b) 10 2/3 min a) 8 m/s b) 10 m/s
c) 13 3/7 min d) 32 min c) 15 m/s d) 5 m/s
5. Mr. Raghu reaches his office 30 minutes 12. In an 800 m race A beats B by 160 m or
late if he walks from his house at a speed 20 seconds. In how many seconds can A
of 3 kmph, and reaches 40 minutes early cover 360 m?
if he walks at 4 kmph. How far is his a) 34 sec b) 38 sec
office from his house? c) 40 sec d) 36 sec
a) 10 km b) 12 km 13. In a 200 metre race A gives B a head
c) 7 km d) 14 km start of 10 m and still beats him by 10 m
6. In covering a distance of 30 km, Amit or 2 sec. Find the time taken by A to run
takes 2 hours more than Suresh. If Amit the race.
doubles his speed, then he would take 1 a) 40 sec b) 38 sec
hour less than Suresh. Amit’s speed is c) 36 sec d) 42 sec
a) 5 kmph b) 7.5 kmph 14. In a game of 100 points, A can give B 20
c) 6 kmph d) 6.25 kmph points and C 28 points. Then B can give
C how many points in the same game?

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a) 8 points b) 10 points c) 8 km, 6 km d) 16 km, 14 km

c) 14 points d) 40 points 20. In a flight of 3000 km, an aircraft was
15. At a game of billiards, A can give B 15 slowed down by bad weather. Its average
points in 60 and A can give C 20 in 60. speed for the trip was reduced by 100
How many can B give C in a game of kmph and the time increased by one
90? hour. Find the original duration of the
a) 30 points b) 20 points flight.
c) 10 points d) 12 points a) 5 hours b) 6 hours
16. At a game of billiards A can give B 6 c) 4 hours d) 10 hours
points 1n 50, and he can give C 13 in 63. 21. Ram travels from P to Q at 10 kmph
How many can B give C in a game of and returns at 15 kmph. Sham travels
55? from P to Q and returns at 12.5 kmph.
a) 4 b) 10 If he takes 12 minutes less than Ram,
c) 8 d) 5 then what is the distance between P and
17. The ratio of speeds of A and B is 3:2. A Q?
and B start simultaneously towards each a) 60 km b) 45 km
other from P and Q respectively. If they c) 36 km d) 30 km
meet at 20 km from Q, then what is the 22. A man traveled a distance of 61 km in 9
distance between P and Q? hours partly on foot at the rate of 4
a) 40 km b) 60 km kmph and partly on bicycle at 9 kmph.
c) 50 km d) 70 km The distance traveled on foot is
18. Two trains start at the same time from a) 16 km b) 12 km
two stations M and N towards each c) 15 km d) 17 km
other at speeds of 72 kmph and 84 23. A monkey ascends a greased pole 30
kmph respectively. When they meet, it is metres in height. He ascends 3 metres in
found that one train has covered 60 kms the first minute and descends 1 metre in
more than the other. The distance the next minute, and again ascends 3
between the two stations is metres in the third minute but descends
a) 676 km b) 780 km 1 metre in the fourth minute and so on.
c) 660 km d) 484 km In what time (in minutes) does he reach
19. Two ladies P and Q simultaneously leave the top?
cities A and B respectively connected by a) 26 2/3 b) 28 2/3
a straight road and travel towards each c) 25 1/3 d) 27
other. P travels 2 kmph faster than Q 24. Amit starts from a point A and walks to
and reaches B one hour before Q another point B, and then returns from
reaches A. The two cities A and B are 24 B to A by his car and thus takes a total
km apart. How many kilometers does time of 6 hours and 45 minutes. If he
each lady travel in one hour? had driven both ways in his car, he
a) 5km, 3 km b) 7 km, 5 km would have taken 2 hours less. How

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long would it take for him to walk both kmph. The average speed for the entire
ways? trip is (in kmph)
a) 7 hrs 45 min b) 8 hrs 15 min a) 50 kmph b) 48 kmph
c) 8 hrs 30 min d) 8 hrs 45 min c) 45 kmph d) 24 kmph
25. Sruthi leaves office at 7.00 p.m. and 29. A person travels from X to Y at a speed
catches a 7.30 p.m. local train that of 60 kmph and returns by increasing his
arrives in her town at 8.00 p.m. Her speed by 50%. What is his average speed
father leaves home, to pick her up at for both the trips?
8.00 p.m from the station as she gets off a) 72 kmph b) 90 kmph
the train. Yesterday, Srushti left her c) 45 kmph d) 55 kmph
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office early and took a 7.00 p.m train 30. Naren traveled 1/3 of the distance at a
and arrived at 7.30 p.m. As her father speed of 40 kmph and the rest at the
was not there to pick her up, she started speed of 70 kmph. The average speed
walking towards home. Her father left for the entire journey is
home at the usual time, saw her daughter a) 55 kmph b) 55 kmph
walking, turned around, picked her up c) 56 kmph d) 58 kmph
and drove home, arriving there 10 31. A tourist covers half of his journey by
minutes earlier than the usual. For how train at 60 km/h, half of the remainder
long did Srushti walk before her father by bus at 30 km/h and the rest by cycle
picked her up? at 10 km/h. The average of the tourist in
a) 10 min b) 15 min km/h during his entire journey
c) 20 min d) 25 min is(GATE-2013)
26. A car covers 8 km in the first quarter of a) 36 b) 30
an hour, 6 km in the second quarter and c) 24 d) 18
16 km in the third quarter. The average 32. A car travels the first one-third of a
speed of the car in km per hour over the certain distance with a speed of 10
entire journey is(GATE-2013) kmph, the next one-third distance with a
a) 30 b) 36 speed of 20 kmph and the last one-third
c) 40 d) 24 distance with a speed of 60 kmph. The
27. Jim travels the first 3 hours of his average speed of the car for the whole
journey at 60 mph speed and the journey is
remaining 5 hours at 24 mph speed. a) 18 kmph b) 24 kmph
What is the average speed of Jim's travel c) 30 kmph d) 36 kmph
in mph? 33. A train completes a journey with a few
a) 42 mph b) 36 mph stoppages in between at an average
c) 37.5 mph d) 42.5 mph speed of 25 kmph. If the train had not
28. Naren drives to his office at 40 kmph stopped anywhere, it would have
and returns along the same route at 60 completed the journey at an average
speed of 30 kmph. On an average, how

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many minutes per hour does the train 37. Two rockets approach each other, one at
stop during the journey? 42,000 mph and the other at 18,000
a) 12 min b) 18 min mph. They start 3,256 miles apart. How
c) 15 min d) 10 min far are they apart (in miles) 1 minute
34. Naresh and Suresh start simultaneously before the impact?
from the opposite ends of a pool which a) 1628 b) 1000
is 50 m long. They pass each other, c) 826 d) 1200
reach their respective ends and 38. Two boys begin together to write out a
immediately turn back. Now they meet booklet containing 535 lines. The first
at a distance of 15 m from where Naresh boy starts with the first line, writing at
started, 10 s after the start. Find the the rate of 100 lines an hour; and the
speed of Suresh. second starts with the last line then
a) 6.5 m/s b) 7.5 m/s writes line 534 and so on, backward
c) 8.5 m/s d) 5 m/s proceeding at the rate of 50 lines an
35. The distance between Hyderabad and hour. At what line will they meet?
Mumbai is 720 km. Train A leaves a) 356 b) 277
Hyderabad for Mumbai at 10.00 A.M c) 357 d) 267
and is travelling at a speed of 45 kmph, 39. Two trains leave New Delhi at the same
at the same time train B leaves Mumbai time. One travels north at 60 kmph and
for Hyderabad and is travelling at a the other travels south at 40 kmph. After
speed of 35 kmph. At what time and at how many hours will the trains be 150
what distance from Hyderabad do they km apart?
meet? a) 3/2 hrs b) 4/3 hrs
a) 7.00 p.m, 315 km c) 3/4 hrs d) 15/2 hrs
b) 7.00 p.m, 405 km 40. A train leaves Mumbai at 9 a.m at a
c) 9.00 p.m, 315 km speed of 40 kmph. After one hour
d) 9.00 p.m, 405 km another train leaves Mumbai in the same
36. The distance between Hyderabad and direction as that of the first train at a
Mumbai is 576 km. Train A leaves speed of 50 kmph. When and at what
Hyderabad for Mumbai at 10.00 A.M distance from Mumbai do the two trains
and is travelling at a speed of 32 kmph, meet?
at 10.30 A.M train B leaves Mumbai for a) 1.00 p.m, 220 km
Hyderabad and is travelling at a speed of b) 1.00 p.m, 200 km
38 kmph. At what time and at what c) 2.00 p.m, 200 km
distance from Hyderabad do they meet? d) 2.00 p.m, 220 km
a) 7.00 p.m, 272 km 41. A passenger train running at the speed
b) 6.00 p.m, 272 km of 80 kmph leaves the railway station 6
c) 6.30 p.m, 272 km hours after a goods train leaves and
d) 7.00 p.m, 304 km

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overtakes it in 4 hours. The speed of the a) 240 meters b) 360 meters

goods train is c) 420 meters d) 600 meters
a) 32 kmph b) 40 kmph 47.A train is 280 metres long, traveling at a
c) 50 kmph d) 60 kmph uniform speed, crosses a platform in 60
42. A bus is moving with a speed of 30 seconds and passes a man standing on
kmph ahead of a car with a speed of 50 the platform in 20 seconds. What is the
kmph. How many kilometres apart are length of the platform in metres?
they if it takes 15 minutes for the car to (GATE-2014)
catch up with the bus?
a) 5 km b) 7.5 km 48. Running at a speed of 60 kmph, a train
c) 12.5 km d) 15 km passed through a 1.5 km long tunnel in
43. Aryan runs at a speed of 40 metre/ two minutes. What is the length of the
minute. Rahul follows him after an train?
interval of 5 minutes and runs at a speed a) 250 metres b) 500 metres
of 50 metre/minute. Rahuls’s dog runs c) 1000 metres d) 1500 metres
at a speed of 60 metre/minute and starts 49. A toy train crosses 210 m and 122 m
along with Rahul. The dog reaches long tunnels in 25 and 17 seconds
Aryan and then comes back to Rahul, respectively. Find the length of the train.
and continues to do so till Rahul reaches a) 65 metres b) 11 metres
Aryan. What is the total distance covered c) 58 metres d) 100 metres
by the dog (in metres)? 50. A train consists of 12 compartments,
a) 600 b) 750 each compartment 15 m long. The train
c) 980 d) 1200 crosses a telegraph post in 18
44. A train 260 meters long is moving at a seconds.Due to some problem, two
speed of 90 kmph. The time taken by compartments were detached. The train
the train to cross a platform 440 m is now crosses the telegraph post in
a) 28 seconds b) 25 seconds a) 20 seconds b) 10 seconds
c) 29 seconds d) None of these c) 15 seconds d) 12 seconds
45. A train clears a platform 250 metres long 51. A train traveling at 100 kmph overtakes
in 10 seconds and passes a telephone a motorbike traveling at 64 kmph in 40
post in 5 seconds. The length of the seconds. What is the length of the train
train is in meters?
a) 375 metres b) 125 metres a) 200 meters b) 350 meters
c) 250 metres d) 500 metres c) 400 meters d) 280 meters
46. A train traveling at 72 kmph crosses a 52. Two trains are traveling in the same
platform in 30 seconds and a man direction at speeds of 56 kmph and 29
standing on the platform in 18 seconds. kmph respectively. If the faster train
What is the length of the platform in passes a passenger in the slower train in
meters?

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18 seconds, what is the length of the together travel a distance of 24 km. Find
faster train? the speed of A in still water assuming it
a) 120 metres b) 130 metres is equal to that of B (in kmph).
c) 135 metres d) 125 metres a) 6 kmph b) 8 kmph
53. Two trains cross each other in 20 c) 12 kmph d) 4 kmph
seconds, when they are running in 57. A sailor can row 2 km against the stream
opposite direction. The speeds of the in 20 minutes and return in 18 minutes.
two trains are 46 kmph and 26 kmph. If Find the rate of current.
the length of the first train is 300 m, a) 1/3 kmph b) 2/3 kmph
what is the length of the second train? c) 5/3 kmph d) None of these
a) 25 metres b) 50 metres 58. Naren can row a certain distance
c) 100 metres d) 200 metres downstream in 6 hours and return the
54. A train 160 m long is moving at a speed same distance in 9 hours. If the speed of
of 82 kmph. It crosses cyclist coming Naren in still water is 12 kmph, find the
from the opposite at a speed of 10 kmph speed of the stream.
in a) 2.4 kmph b) 2 kmph
a) 8 seconds b) 10 seconds c) 3 kmph d) Data Inadequate
c) 16 seconds d) 20 seconds 59. A swimmer covers a distance of 28 km
55. A man can row at 6 kmph in still water. against the current and 40 km in the
If the river is running at 2 kmph, it takes direction of the current. If in each case
3 hours more in upstream than to go he takes 4 hours, then the speed of the
downstream for the same distance. How current is
far is the place a) 3.5 kmph b) 1.5 kmph
a) 24 km b) 28 km c) 2.5 kmph d) None of these
c) 36 km d) None of these 60. A man can row at 8 km per hour in still
56. Two boats A and B start from two water. If it takes him thrice as long to
points P and Q respectively towards row upstream, as to row downstream,
each other in a river. The river flows then find the stream velocity in km per
from P to Q. After 2 hours, they hour. (GATE-2014)

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