SPEED

DISTANCE
TIME
TYPE 1
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
5. Raghav covers first 27 km in 9h and
second 27 km in 3 h,the find his average
speed in whole journey(in m/s).
A. 2
B. 3
C. 1.25
D. 2.5
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. 500𝑏/ 𝑎 hours
B. 𝑏/ 5𝑎 hours
C. 𝑏/ 𝑎 hours
D. 𝑎𝑏/ 500 hours
8. A certain distance is covered at a certain
speed. If half of the distance is covered in
double time,then the ratio of the two speeds
is:
A. 4:1
B. 1:4
C. 1:2
D. 2:1
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
17. A bullock cart has to cover a distance of
80 km in 10 hrs. If it covers half of the
journey in 3/5th time,what should be its
speed to cover the remaining distance in the
time left?
A. 8 km/hr
B. 14 km/hr
C. 12 km/hr
D. 10 km/hr
18. A man travels from A to B at a speed of
36 km/hr in 74 minutes and he travels a
distance from B to C with a speed of 45
km/hr in 111 minutes.Find the average
speed of whole journey.
A. 41.4 km/hr
B. 39.8 km/hr
C. 40.8 km/hr
D. 36.2 km/hr
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 is-
A. 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
 Answers

1. B 5. C 9. C 13. B 17. D 21. D 25. B

2. A 6. A 10. A 14. C 18. A 22. A
3. C 7. A 11. B 15. C 19. D 23. B
4. D 8. A 12. C 16. A 20. D 24. A
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. 6h
B. 5h
C. 12 h
D. 8h
3. A train covers a distance between two
stations A and B in 45 minutes. If the speed of
the train is reduced by 5 km/hr, then the same
distance is covered in 48 minutes. The
distance between the stations A and B is :
A. 55 km
B. 60 km
C. 64 km
D. 80 km
4. Walking 5/6th of his usual speed, Mike
reached his destination 10 minutes late. Find
the time taken on this occasion?

A. 60 minutes
B. 64 minutes
C. 50 minutes
D. 70 minutes
5. Abhi goes to his office by scooter at a
speed of 30km/h and reaches 6 minutes
earlier. If he goes at a speed of 24 km/h, he
reaches 5 minutes late. The distance of his
office is
A. 20km
B. 21km
C. 22km
D. 24km
6. A man covered a certain distance at some
speed. Had he moved 3 kmph faster, he
would have taken 40 minutes less. If he had
moved 2 kmph slower, he would have taken
40 minutes more. The distance (in km) is:
A. 35
B. 36 ⅔
C. 37 ½
D. 40
 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
10. A train travelling at a speed of 55 km/hr
travels from place X to place Y in 4 hours. If
its speed is increased by 5 km/hr., then the
time of journey is reduced by
A. 25 minutes
B. 35 minutes
C. 20 minutes
D. 30 minutes
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
 Answers

1. C 5. C 9. A 13. D
2. A 6. D 10. C 14. B
3. B 7. C 11. B 15. B
4. A 8. B 12. A
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 is-
A. 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
 9. A train of speed 45 m/s, crosses a man
running in opposite direction with a speed
of 5 m/s in 6 s and crosses a platform in 20 s,
then find the length of platform.
A. 200 m
B. 350 m
C. 600 m
D. 400 m
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
14. Two trains of length 70 m and 90 m are
moving in opposite directions at 10 m/s and
6 m/s, respectively. Find the time taken by
trains to cross each other.
A. 10 s
B. 20 s
C. 30 s
D. 40 s
 15. Two trains start from station A and B, and
travel towards each other at speed of 50 km/h
and 60 km/h respectively. At the time of their
meeting, the second train has travelled 120
km more than the first. The distance between
A and B is
A. 1120 km
B. 1200 km
C. 1320 km
D. 1440 km
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. 5s
B. 6s
C. 7s
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
 Answers

1. C 5. A 9. C 13. B 17. C
2. A 6. D 10. D 14. A 18. D
3. B 7. D 11. A 15. C 19. B
4. C 8. D 12. D 16. D 20. B
 TYPE 4
BOAT AND STREAM
 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
4. Downstream speed of a boat is 13 km/h
and upstream speed of the same boat is 5
km/h, then find the speed of boat is still
water.
A. 12 km/h
B. 9 km/h
C. 10 km/h
D. 8 km/h
5. Vinod can row 60 km downstream and 36
km upstream, taking 10 h each time. What
is the velocity of the current?
A. 3 km/h
B. 2.2 km/h
C. 4 km/h
D. 1.2 km/h
6. A boat rows downstream covers a distance
of 20 km in 2 hrs while it covers the same
distance upstream in 5 hrs. Then speed of
the boat in still water is
A. 4 km/hr
B. 5 km/hr
C. 7 km/hr
D. 9 km/hr
7. A boat takes 1hr 30 min in upstream to
cover a certain distance and 1 hr in
downstream to cover the same distance.
Find the speed of stream if the speed of boat
in still water is 7.5 km/h.
A. 1.0 km/hr
B. 1.2 km/hr
C. 1.4 km/hr
D. 1.5 km/hr
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
9. A boat travels upstream from B to A and
downstream from A to B in 3 h. If the speed
of boat in still water is 9 km/h and the speed
of the current is 3 km/h, then what is the
distance between A and B?
A. 18 km
B. 15 km
C. 12 km
D. 14 km
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
14. A man rows 40 km upstream in 8 hours
and a distance of 36 km downstream in 6
hours. Then speed of stream is
A. 0.5 km/hr
B. 1.5 km/hr
C. 1 km/hr
D. 3 km/hr
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
16. A man rows upstream 36 km and
downstream 48 km taking 6 hours each
time. The speed of the current is
A. 0.5 kmph
B. 2 kmph
C. 1 kmph
D. 1.5 kmph
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
20. A boat takes 3 hours to go upstream
from B to A and downstream from A to B. If
the speed of the boat in still water is 9 km/h
and the speed of the stream is 3 km/h then,
what is the distance (in km)between A and
B?
A. 12
B. 7.5
C. 6
D. 4
21. In one hour, a boat goes 11km along the
stream and 5 km against it. Find the speed
of the boat in still water
A. 6
B. 7
C. 8
D. 9
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
25. A motorboat, whose speed in 15 km/hr
in still water goes 30 km downstream and
comes back in a total of 4 hours 30 minutes.
The speed of the stream (in km/hr) is:
A. 5
B. 4
C. 6
D. 10
 Answers

1. D 5. D 9. C 13. B 17. C 21. C 25. A

2. D 6. C 10. C 14. A 18. B 22. B
3. A 7. D 11. B 15. B 19. C 23. B
4. B 8. A 12. A 16. C 20. A 24. C