Time Speed Distance
Time Speed Distance
11. Lucknow Shatabdi Express leaves Varanasi at 3:30 p.m. and reaches
Lucknow at 8:30 p.m. on the same day. The average speed of the train is 140
km/h. What is the distance (in km) from Varanasi to Lucknow?
12. A train covers the distance between two stations in 220 minutes. If the
distance between the two stations is 484 km, what is the speed of the train in
km/h?
13. The distance between P and Q is 720 km. A train leaves at 6 am and runs at a
speed of 20 m/s. The train stops on the way for 1 hour and 30 minutes. At
what time will the train reach Q?
14. Sonam covers 230 km in 5 hours. What distance (in km) will she cover in 9
hours?
15. The distance travelled by a person varies directly with the duration of the
journey. If the person travels 378 km in 7 hours, in how many hours will the
person cover 918 km?
16. Hirak goes to S & S at a speed of 40 kmph and returns home at a speed of 60
kmph. His average speed is?
17. Shubham can complete a journey in 10 hours. He travels the first half of the
journey at the rate of 36 kmph and the second half at the rate of 24 kmph.
Find the journey in km?
18. A went to college at a speed of 30 kmph and returned home at a speed of 50
kmph. His average speed for the entire distance was?
19. Navin goes to his school from his house at a speed of 30 kmph and returns at
a speed of 20 kmph. If he takes 5 hours in going and coming, the distance
between his house and school is?
20. Mohit goes for a certain distance. He drives the first part of a distance at a
speed of 10 kmph, second part at a speed of 20 kmph, third part at a speed of
30 kmph, and fourth part at a speed of 60 kmph. If all the four parts are the
same, then the average speed is?
21. Sagar went for a certain distance. He covers a certain distance respectively at
an average speed of 10 kmph, 15 kmph, and 12 kmph. If all the three
distances are the same, then the average speed is?
22. A car travels the first one-third of a certain distance with a speed of 10 km/hr,
the next one-third distance with a speed of 20 km/hr, and the last one-third
distance with a speed of 60 km/hr. The average speed of the whole journey
is?
23. A person travels equal distances with speeds of 3 km/hr, 4 km/hr and 5 km/hr
and takes a total time of 47 minutes. The total distance (in km) is?
24. Ram, Shayam, and Mohan went for a certain journey. Ram rode a bike at an
average speed of 50 kmph for one hour, then Shayam rode the bike at an
average speed of 48 kmph for 2 hours, and finally Mohan rode the bike at the
speed of 52 kmph for 3 hours. What was the average speed for the entire
journey?
25. A, B, and C on a trip by a car. A drive during the first 2 hours at an average
speed of 40 kmph. B drives during the next 3 hours at an average speed of 45
kmph. C drives for the next one hour at an average speed of 105 kmph. They
reached their destination after exactly 6 hours. Their average speed was?
26. A boy rides his bicycle 56 km at an average speed of 7 km/hr and again
travels 144 km at an average speed of 12 km/hr. His average speed for the
entire trip is approximately.
27. A bus went to Ramtek from Nagpur with a speed of 50 kmph. At the same
time, second bus left for Ramtek from Nagpur at an average speed of 40
kmph. If first bus takes 1 hour less than second bus, find the distance
between Nagpur to Ramtek.
28. If Sandesh walks at a speed of 10 kmph and reaches his class 10 minutes
early. Next day he increases his speed by 5 kmph and reaches the class 22
minutes early. How far is the school from his house?
29. Starting from his house one day, a student walks at a speed of 2.5 kmph and
reaches his school 6 minutes late. Next day he increases his speed by 1
kmph and reaches the school 6 minutes early. How far is the school from his
house?
30. A train when moves at an average speed of 40 kmph, reaches its destination
on time. When its speed becomes 35 kmph, then it reaches its destination 15
minutes late. Find the length of journey.
31. If a train runs at 40 kmph, it reaches its destination late by 11 minutes, but if it
runs at 50 kmph, it is late by 5 minutes only. The correct time for the train to
complete its journey is:
32. A train covers a distance of 10 km in 12 minutes. If its speed is decreased by
5 km/hr, the time taken by it to cover the same distance will be? (Approx)
33. A train covers a distance of 60 km in 30 minutes. If its speed is decreased by
20 kmph, the time taken by it to cover the same distance will be:
34. Sanskruti left for city A from city B at 5:20 a.m. She travelled at the speed of
80 km/hr for 2 hours 15 minutes. After that the speed was reduced to 60
km/hr. If the distance between two cities is 350 kms, at what time did Arti
reach city A?
35. An aeroplane covers a certain distance at a speed of 240 kmph in 5 hours. To
cover the same distance in 1 2/3 hours, it must travel at a speed of:
36. A salesman travels a distance of 50 km in 2 hours and 30 minutes. How much
faster, in kilometres per hour must he travel to make such a trip in 5/6 hour
less time?
37. A person has to cover a distance of 6 km in 45 minutes. If he covers one-half
of the distance in two-thirds of the total time to cover the remaining distance in
the remaining time, his speed (in km/hr) must be:
38. A man performs 3/5 of the total journey by rail, 7/20 by bus and the remaining
6.5 km on foot. His total journey is:
39. A is faster than B. A and B each walk 24 km. The sum of their speeds is 7
km/hr and the sum of times taken by them is 14 hours. Then, A's speed is
equal to:
40. In covering a certain distance, the speed of A and B are in the ratio of 3:4. A
takes 30 minutes more than B to reach the destination. The time taken by A to
reach the destination is:
41. In covering a certain distance, the speeds of A and B are in the ratio of 5:7. A
takes 20 minutes more than B to reach the destination. The time taken by A to
reach the destination is:
42. One of the two buses completes a journey of 300 km in 7.5 hours and the
other a journey of 450 km in 9 hours. The ratio of their average speeds is:
43. A truck covers a distance of 550 meters in 1 minute, whereas a bus covers a
distance of 33 kms in 45 minutes. The ratio of their speeds is:
44. The ratio between the speeds of two trains is 7:8. If the second train runs 400
kms in 4 hours, then the speed of the first train is:
45. Three persons are walking from a place A to another place B. Their speeds
are given in the ratio of 4:3:5. The time ratio to reach B by these persons will
be:
46. The time taken to travel the same distance by three cars is in the ratio of
12:15:10. What is the ratio of the speeds of the three cars?
47. The ratio of speed of three racers is 3:4:6. What is the ratio of time taken by
the three racers to cover the same distance?
48. A is twice as fast as B and B is thrice as fast as C. The journey covered by C
in 54 minutes will be covered by B in:
49. If a person increases his speed by 60%, what will be the percentage reduction
in time taken to reach the same destination?
50. While travelling from office to home, Giri's car got some problem, so he took
16 2/3% more time than usual to reach home. His speed in this case is what
percent less than his usual speed?
51. Today I thought that I will reach early to station from my home. If the duration
of my travelling is reduced by 20%, then how much percentage of speed
should be increased?
52. A train takes 1 hour 20 minutes to travel between two stations P and Q. If it
travels at 2/7 of its usual speed, how long will it take to travel between P and
Q?
53. Devendra sir usually leaves his home every day at 8:15 am and travels at a
certain speed to reach office on time. One day he travelled at 3/5 of the usual
speed and hence arrived 45 minutes late. How much time does Devendra
usually take to reach his office?
54. Walking 6/7th of his usual speed, a man is 12 minutes too late. The usual time
taken by him to cover that distance is?
55. Walking at 5/8 of his normal speed, Abhishek is 45 minutes late in reaching
his office. The usual time taken by him to cover the distance between his
home and his office is:
56. A train running at 7/11 of its own speed reached a place in 22 hours. How
much time could be saved if the train would have run at its own speed?
57. Walking 3/7th of his usual speed, a man is 18 minutes too late. The usual time
taken by him to cover that distance is:
58. Walking at 60% of his usual speed, a man reaches his destination 1 hour 40
minutes late. His usual time (in hours) to reach the destination is:
59. A train running at 5/17 of its own speed reached a place in 34 hours. How
much time could be saved if the train would have run at its own speed?
60. Walking 5/4 of his usual speed, a man is 18 minutes early. The usual time
taken by him to cover that distance is?
61. A train running at 9/13 of its own speed reached a place in 39 hours. How
much time could be saved if the train would run at its own speed?
62. A man travels from city X to city Y. If he travels 25% faster than his speed, he
would reach Y 15 minutes early. By how many minutes would he be late if he
travels 40% slower than his usual speed?
63. When the speed of a truck is increased by 20%, it takes 25 minutes less to
cover the same distance. What is the time (in hours) taken to cover twice the
distance at its actual speed?
64. A car takes 50 minutes to cover a certain distance at a speed of 54 km/h. If
the speed is increased by 25%, then how long will it take to cover three-
fourths of the same distance?
65. Two cyclists X and Y start at the same time from place A and go towards place
B at a speed of 6 km/h and 8 km/h respectively. Despite stopping for 15
minutes during the journey, Y reaches 10 minutes earlier than X. The distance
between the place A and B is:
66. Changu and Mangu are going from Delhi to Haryana. The difference and sum
of their speeds are 40 km/hour and 60 km/hour respectively. If in a race
Changu can finish 8 minutes earlier than Mangu, then find the distance they
both should cover.
67. Speed of Viplove and KGF are 40 km/hr and 64 km/hr. They want to travel
from Ranchi to Patna by the same route. KGF starts after 61 min of Viplove
and reaches Patna 29 min before Viplove. Find the distance between Ranchi
and Patna?
68. A person covers a certain distance with a certain speed. If he reduces his
speed by 25 km/hr, then he will be 12.5 minutes late. If his initial speed is 160
km/hr, find the distance covered by him.
69. A car covers a certain distance in 9 1/3 hours. If speed is increased by 9
km/hr, then it will take 80 minutes less to cover the same distance. Find the
distance covered by car?
70. A train covers a certain distance in 45 minutes. If its speed is reduced by 5
km/h, it takes 3 minutes more to cover the same distance. The distance (in
km) is:
71. Himanshu (Hanuman) started his journey 40 minutes later than usual due to a
family fight. But due to urgent work he increased his speed to 160% of his
usual speed so he reached 35 minutes earlier at his destination. What is the
usual time taken by him for the journey?
72. A bus can travel 20% faster than a scooter. Both start from point P at the
same time, and reach point Q, 60 km away from point P, at the same time. On
the way however, the bus lost about 10 minutes while stopping at bus
stations, while the scooter did not stop anywhere. What is the speed of the
bus?
73. The speed of A and B are the same. A and B walk 8 hr and 10 hr respectively.
If A moves 40 km less than B, find the total distance covered by both A and B.
74. If a person walks at 18 km/hr instead of 12 km/hr, he would have walked 24
km more. What is the actual distance travelled by him?
75. A car moves a distance of 600 km with uniform speed. The number of hours
taken for the journey is 2/3 of the number representing speed in km/h. The
time taken to cover the distance is:
76. The speed of a train is 2 1/6 times the speed of a car. The car can cover a
distance of 486 km in 9 hours. Find out the distance that the train can cover in
6 hours.
77. The speed of a car is 40% more than that of a bus. A train covers 1020 km in
8.5 hours. How much distance will the car cover in 1.75 hours if the speed of
the bus is half the speed of the train?
78. A person can travel a certain distance in 8 hours. If he reduced his speed by
20%, then he would cover 40 km less in the same time. Find the actual speed
of that person?
79. Two trains, A and B, start simultaneously from two stations X and Y that are
600 km apart and cross each other at a distance of 225 km from X. If it took
train B 9 hours to complete the journey, in how many hours did train A
complete it?
80. Train A takes 45 minutes more than train B to travel a distance of 450 km. Due
to engine trouble, speed of train B falls by a quarter, so it takes 30 minutes
more than Train A to complete the same journey. What is the speed of Train A
(in km/hr)?
81. To cover a distance of 416 km, a train A takes 2 2/3 hours more than train B. If
the speed of A is doubled, it would take 1 1/3 hours less than B. What is the
speed (in km/hr) of train B?
82. Train A takes 1 4/5 hour more than the time taken by train B to cover a
distance of 360 km. If the speed of train A doubles, it will take 36 min less than
the time taken by train B to travel the same distance. What is the speed (in
km/h) of train B?
83. A takes 2 hours more than B to cover a distance of 40 km. If A doubles his
speed, he takes 1.5 hours more than B to cover 80 km. To cover a distance of
90 km, how much time will B take travelling at his same speed?
84. A person started his journey in the morning. At 11:00 am, he covered 2/5 part
of the journey and on the same day at 01:30 pm he covered 11/15 of the
journey. At what time he started his journey?
85. A person starts a journey in the morning. He has covered 5/8 of the total
journey till 8:25 am and completed his journey at 8:49 am. Next day he starts
his journey by 30 min late but increases his speed by 1/7. Then at what time
he will complete his journey?
86. A jogger covered a certain distance at some speed. Had he moved 3 km/hr
faster, he would have taken 20 minutes less. If he had moved 1 km/hr slower,
he would have taken 10 minutes more. What is the distance (in km) that he
jogged?
87. A man goes from his home to office daily with a certain speed. One day he
went 80 km/hr faster and arrived 30 minutes sooner. Another day he went 40
km/hr slower and arrived half an hour later. Find the distance between his
home and office?
88. Ajay covers a certain distance with his own speed but when he reduces his
speed by 10 km/hr, his time duration for the journey increases by 40 hours.
While if he increases his speed by 5 km/hr from his original speed, he takes
10 hours less than the original time taken. Find the distance covered by him.
89. A car travels from P to Q at a constant speed. If its speed were increased by
10 km/h, it would have been taken one hour lesser to cover the distance. It
would have taken further 45 minutes lesser if the speed was further increased
by 10 km/h. The distance between the two cities is:
90. Rohan is travelling on his cycle and has calculated to reach point A at 2 pm. If
he travels at 12 km/h, he will reach there at 12 noon; if he travels at 18 km/h.
At what speed must he travel to reach A at 1 PM?
91. A train without stoppages travels with an average speed of 70 km/h and with
stoppages, it travels with the average speed of 56 km/h. How many minutes
does the train stop on an average per hour?
92. Excluding stoppages, the speed of a bus is 78 kmph and including stoppages,
it is 65 kmph. For how many minutes does the bus stop per hour?
93. A man walks at a speed of 42 km/h. After every 13 kilometres, he takes a rest
for 9 minutes. How much time will he take to cover a distance of 91 km?
94. A train travels at a speed of 66 km/h and halts at five junctions for a certain
time. It covers a distance of 1485 km in one day. For how long (in minutes)
does the train stop at each junction, if it halts for the same period of time at all
the junctions?
95. Anuj and Anup have to travel from a place A to a place B in their respective
cars. Anuj is driving at 70 km/h and takes 3 halts of 10 minutes each, while
Anup is driving at 80 km/h and takes 4 halts of 15 minutes each. The time
taken by Anup to reach place B, if Anuj takes 8.5 hours, is?
96. Akshay travels one-third of the distance of a journey at a speed of 30 km/h
and the remaining distance at a speed of 40 km/h. If he took a total of 12
hours to complete the journey, what was the total distance?
97. A person travelled 120 km by steamer, 450 km by train and 60 km by horse. It
took him 13 hours 30 minutes. If the speed of the train is 3 times that of the
horse and 1.5 times that of the steamer, then what is the speed (in km/h) of
the steamer?
98. A train covers 360 km at a uniform speed. If the speed had been 10 km/h
more it would have taken 3 hours less for the journey. What is the speed of
the train (in km/h)?
99. A truck covers a distance of 480 km at a certain speed. If the speed is
decreased by 8 km/h, it would take 2 hours more to cover the same distance.
50% of its original speed (in km/h) is?
100. A train is to cover 370 km at a uniform speed. After running 100 km, the train
could run at a speed 5 km/h less than its normal speed due to some technical
fault. The train got delayed by 36 minutes. What is the normal speed of the
train, in km/h?
101. A man cycles from P to Q, a distance of 30 km, in 2 hours 48 minutes. The
road from P is a level road for 18 km and then it is uphill to Q. The man's
average speed on the level road is 15 km/h. What is his average uphill speed
(in km/h)?
102. A girl walks to a park situated 350 m from her house. It took her 3 mins to
reach the park and 4 mins to return. What is the average speed of the girl (in
km/h)?
103. In a race, a cyclist covers a distance of 500 m in 625 sec in the first lap. He
covers the second lap of the same length in 375 sec. What is the average
speed (in m/sec) of the cyclist?
104. A car covers a distance of 350 km in 5 hours and covers another 450 km at a
speed of 90 km/h. What is the average speed (in km/h) of the car?
105. The total journey is of 800 km. A car travels the first 320 km of the journey at
the speed of 64 km/h. What should be the speed of the next 480 km so that
average speed will become 80 km/h?
106. Distance between A & B is 660 km. From point A, two persons start their
journey with speed 70 km/hr. and 98 km/hr. respectively at same time. When
faster person reaches at point B then return and meet slower person at C on
the way. Find distance between660 km B&C.
107. A truck driver drove 60 km/h for three hours. Then he stopped for one hour
and did not go anywhere. Then, he drove four more hours at 60 km/h. What
was the driver's average speed (in km/h)?
108. P drives a car for 5 hours and after every hour he doubles the speed. In the
fifth hour, his speed is 128 km/h. What is his average speed of the journey in
km/h?
109. An aeroplane flies along the four sides of a square field at the speeds of 600
km/h, 100 km/h, 200 km/h and 300 km/h. Find the average speed of the plane
around the field.
110. A man covers a certain distance at the speed of x km/h ana returns to the
starting point at 56 km/h. If his average speed for the whole journey is 63
km/h, then what is the value of x?
111. A bus goes to Mumbai from Delhi at the speed of 60 km/h for 60% of the
journey, and covers the remaining part of its journey at the speed of 70km/h.
What is the average speed of the bus (in km/h) during the entire journey و
under consideration? (Approx)
112. A person covers 20 km at a speed of 30 km/h, 30 km at a speed of 40 km/h
and 40 km at a speed of 60 km/h. Find the average speed for the entire
journey. (Approx)
113. The ratio of the distance between two places A and B to the distance between
places B and C is 3 :5. A man travels from A to B at a speed of x km/h and
from B to Cat a speed of 50 km/h. If his average speed for the entire journey
is 40 km/h, then what is the value of (x - 10): (x + 1)?
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114. A man travels first 90 km at 45 km/h, next 210 km at 60 km/h and for 4
2
hours at x km/h. if this average speed for the whole journey is 61.5 km/h, then
what is the value of x?
115. Travelling at 60 km/h, a person reaches his destination in a certain time. He
covers 60% of his journey in 2/5 th of the time. At what speed (in km/h) should
he travel to cover the remaining journey so that he reaches the destination
right on time?
116. A train starts from a certain station with speed of 105 km/hr., after travelling 7
hrs. train get accident and speed of train decreases by 30 km/hr. and train will
late by 4 hours 48 minutes. Find the total distance of journey.
117. A bus travels 2/5 of a total journey at its usual speed. The remaining distance
was covered by bus at 6/7 of its usual speed. Due to slow speed, it reaches
its destination 50 minutes late. If the total distance is 200 kms, then what is
the usual speed (in km/hr) of bus?
118. A cyclist and a jogger cover a certain distance at a certain speed. If the jogger
covers one-third of the distance covered by cyclist in double of the time as
that taken by the cyclist, the ratio of the speed of the jogger to that of the
cyclist is:
119. The distance between station P & Q is 910 km. Two persons A and B start
their journey from P & Q respectively in the morning 10 O'clock towards each
other. The speed of B is 16.66% more than A. At the point of meeting, find the
difference between the distance covered by them.
120. Two trains start at the same time from Aligarh and Delhi and proceed towards
each other at the rate of 85 km and 110 km per hour respectively. When they
meet, it is found that one train has travelled 225 km more than the other. The
distance between two station is:
(a) 1755 km (b) 1950 km (c) 2145 km (d) 1560 km
121. Distance between A & B is 660 km. From point A, two persons start their
journey with speed 70 km/hr. and 98 km/hr. respectively at same time. When
faster person reaches at point B then return and meet slower person at C on
the way. Find distance between B & C.