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Speed, time & distance
= __________
Q.1) An aeroplane covers a certain distance
at a speed of 240 kmph in 5 hours. To cover
the same distance in 1⅔ hours, it must
travel at a speed of:
(a) 300 kmph
(b) 360 kmph
(c) 600 kmph
(d) 720 kmph
Q.2) A bullock cart has to cover a distance
of 80 km in 10 h. If it covers half of the
journey in 3/5th time, what should be its
speed to cover the remaining distance in the
left time?
(a) 15 km/h
(b) 20 km/h
(c) 10 km/h
(d) 18 km/h
Q.3) A bus travels for 25 hours, the
first half at 20 km/hr and the second
half at 30km/hr. Find the total
distance it travelled.
(a) 500 km
(b) 600 km
(c) 800 km
(d) 1000 km
Q.4) A man travels from A to B at a
speed of 12 km/hr and returns at a speed
of 9 km/hr. If the total time taken by
him is 2 hrs 20 minutes the distance
between A and B is
(a) 9 km
(b) 10 km
(c) 12 km
(d) 24 km
Q.5) A farmer travelled a distance of
61 km in 9 hours. He travelled partly
on foot @ 4 km/hr and partly on
bicycle @ 9 km/hr. The distance
travelled on foot is:
(a) 12 km
(b) 15 km
(c) 16 km
(d) 18 km
Q.6) It takes 11 hours for a 600 km journey
if 120 km is done by train and the rest by
car. It takes 40 minutes more if 200 km are
covered by train and the rest by car. What is
the ratio of speed of the car to that of the
train ?
(a) 3:2
(b) 2:3
(c) 3:4
(d) 4:3
Q.7) Three cars A, B and C started from a
point at 5 p.m., 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. respectively
and travelled at uniform speeds of 60 km/hr,
80 km/hr and x km/hr respectively in the same
direction. If all the three met at another point
at the same instant during their journey, then
what is the value of x?
(a) 120
(b) 110
(c) 105
(d) 100
Q.8) Two persons cover the same
distance at speed of 3km/hr and 5km/hr.
respectively. Find the distance travelled
if one person takes 40 min more than the
other.
(a) 4 km
(b) 6 km
(c) 5 km
(d) 8 km
Q.9) Radha and Hema are neighbours and study in
the same school. Both of them use bicycles to go
to the school. Radha's speed is 8 km/hr whereas
Hema's speed is 10 km/hr. Hema takes 9 minutes
less than Radha to reach the school. How far is
the school from the locality of Radha and Hema?
(a) 5 km
(b) 5.5 km
(c) 6 km
(d) 6.5 km
Q.10) A student walks from his house at 2.5
km/h and reaches 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
Q.11) A man walks at an average speed of 3
km/hr from his residence and reaches office
40 minutes early. If he walks at an average
speed of 2 km/hr, he reaches 40 minutes late.
What is the distance between his residence and
office?
(a) 6 km
(b) 8 km
(c) 10 km
(d) 12 km
Q.12) If a car runs at 40 km/hour, it
reaches its destination late by 11 minutes.
But if it runs at 50 km/hour, it is late by
5 minutes only. Find the distance it has to
cover?
(a) 12
(b) 15
(c) 18
(d) 20
Q.13) If a man had walked 20km/hr
faster he would have saved 1 hr in the
distance of 600 km. find his usual speed?
(a) 100
(b) 150
(c) 120
(d) 180
Q.14) By increasing the speed of his car by
15 km/hr, a person covers a distance of
300 km by taking an hour less than before.
What was the original speed of the car?
(a) 45 km/hr
(b) 50 km/hr
(c) 60 km/hr
(d) 75 km/hr
Q.15) Walking at 3/4th of his usual
speed, a person reaches his office 18
minutes later than the usual time. His
usual time in minutes is:
(a) 60
(b) 54
(c) 72
(d) 45
Q.16) Walking at 4/5th of his usual speed,
a man is 12 minutes late for his office.
What is the usual time taken by him to
cover that distance?
(a) 48 minutes
(b) 50 minutes
(c) 54 minutes
(d) 60 minutes
Q.17) A takes 30 minutes more than B to cover
a distance of 15 km at a certain speed. But if A
doubles his speed, he takes one hour less than B
to cover the same distance. What is the speed
(in km/h) of B?
(a) 6
(b) 5
(c) 6.5
(d) 5.5
Q.18) The speed of a car increases by
2km/h after every one hour. If the distance
travelled in the first one hour was 35 km,
what was the total distance travelled in 12
hours?
(a) 560 km
(b) 650 km
(c) 558 km
(d) 552 km
Q.19) Excluding stoppages, the speed of
a bus is 54 kmph and including stoppages,
it is 45 kmph. For how many minutes
does the bus stop per hour?
(a) 9
(b) 10
(c) 12
(d) 20
Q.20) A train without stoppage travels
with an average speed of 70 km/h, and
with stoppage, it travels with an average
speed of 56 km/h. How many minutes
does the train stop on an average
per hour?
(a) 12
(b) 14
(c) 16
(d) 15
Q.21) A man travels at 72km/hr on an
average with stoppages and reaches
destination in 10 hr. Had he not stop his
average speed would be 80km/hr. How
much minutes does he stop per hour?
Q.22) The speed of 2 bus is in the ratio
4:7. The ratio between the time taken by
them to cover the same distance is
(a) 11:4
(b) 4:3
(c) 7:4
(d) 3:1
Q.23) The speed of three cars is in the ratio
of 5 : 4 : 6. The ratio between the time taken
by them to travel the same distance is
(a) 5:4:6
(b) 10:12:15
(c) 6:4:5
(d) 12:15:10
Q.24) A certain distance is covered at a
certain speed. If half of the distance is
covered in double time, the ratio of the two
speeds is
(a) 4 : 1
(b) 1 : 2
(c) 1 : 4
(d) 2 : 1
Q.25) In covering certain distance, the
average speeds of X and Y are in the ratio
4:5. If X takes 45 minutes more than Y to
reach the destination, then what is the time
taken by Y to reach the destination?
(a) 135 minutes
(b) 150 minutes
(c) 180 minutes
(d) 225 minutes
Q.26) A cat takes 5 leaps for every 4 leaps of a
dog, but 3 leaps of the dog are equal to 4 leaps
of the cat. What is the ratio of the speed of
the cat to that of the dog?
(a) 13:14
(b) 17:15
(c) 16:15
(d) 15:16
Q.27) A person covers a certain distance at
the speed of 20 km/h and comes back at a
speed of 30 km/h. What is his average
speed during his travel?
(a) 20 km/h
(b) 24 km/h
(c) 25 km/h
(d) 30 km/h
Q.28) A speeding car traveling at 40 km/hr
decides to slow down to 30 km/hr after
covering half the distance. What is the
average speed?
(a) 34.29 km/hr
(b) 35.36 km/hr
(c) 36.32 km/hr
(d) 33.21 km/hr
Q.29) A car has an average speed of 60 km
per hour while going from Delhi to Agra and
has an average speed of y km per hour while
returning to Delhi from Agra (by travelling
the same distance). If the average speed of
the car for the whole journey is 48 km per
hour, then what is the value of y?
(a) 30 kmph
(b) 35 kmph
(c) 40 kmph
(d) 45 kmph
Q.30) A cyclist covers his first 20 km at an
average speed of 40 kmph, another 10 km at
an average speed of 10 kmph and the last
30 km at an average speed of 40 kmph.
Then the average speed of the entire
journey is
(a) 20 kmph
(b) 26.67 kmph
(c) 28.24 kmph
(d) 30 kmph
Q.31) A man divides his total route of journey
into three equal parts and decides to travel the
three parts with speed of 15 km/h, 10 km/h and
5 km/h, respectively. Find his average speed of
during journey.
(a) 2.28 km/h
(b) 14 km/h
(c) 9 km/h
(d) 8.18 km/h
Q.32) A car travels from A to B at a
speed of 40km/hr travels back from B to
A at a speed of 30 km/hr and again goes
from A to B at a speed of 60 km/hr.
What is the average speed of the car?
(a) 120/9 km/hr
(b) 42 km/hr
(c) 40 km/hr
(d) 125/3 km/hr
Q.33) Mr Benzo travels and covers 1/15th
part of his journey with 6km/h, 3/5th part
with 9 km/h and remaining 1/3rd part with a
speed of 15 km/h. Find out his average speed
during the whole journey.
(a) 8 km/h
(b) 9 km/h
(c) 10 km/h
(d) 12 km/h
Q.34) On a journey across Kolkata, a taxi
averages 50 km/h for 50% of the distance.
40 km/h for 40% of it and 20 km/h for the
remaining. The average speed in km/ hour,
for the whole journey is:
(a) 42
(b) 40
(c) 35
(d) 45