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IPMAT 2026 Batch

Quantitative Aptitude
Time Speed Distance I

Q1 Henry riding his bike at an average speed of Q7 Aarav's school is 30 km away from his house.
126km/hr, find his speed in metre/second? He usually goes to school with a speed of S
(A) 44 m/sec (B) 35 m/sec km/h. If he travels with 60% more speed, then
(C) 45 m/sec (D) 36 m/sec it takes 15 minutes less to reach the school.
What is the value of S?
Q2 If a man covers a certain distance in 14 hours
with 25 miles/hours then find what time he will Q8 Ashwani went from his home to the PW
take to cover the same distance with 40% coaching center on his cycle at a speed of 16
more speed. kmph. While returning, his cycle got punctured
(A) 10 hours (B) 12 hours exactly midway and his speed was reduced to
(C) 9 hours (D) 14 hours half of his initial speed. What is his average
speed during the whole journey?
Q3 A car can run 561 miles on 55 litres of petrol.
(A) 10.20 kmph (B) 12.80 kmph
How many miles it can run on 20 litres of
(C) 15.20 kmph (D) 18.80 kmph
petrol?
(A) 250 miles (B) 204 miles Q9 Two cars, A and B, start from the same point at
(C) 304 miles (D) 350 miles the same time. Car A travels at a speed of 60
km/h, while car B travels at a speed of 45
Q4 A man covers a certain distance at 20 miles/hr,
km/h. How many hours will it take for car A to
and he becomes 20 minutes late to reach his
be 75 km ahead of car B?
destination, but if he covers the distance at 30
(A) 20 (B) 15
miles/hr, then he arrives 10 minutes early.
(C) 10 (D) 5
Find the distance.
(A) 30 miles (B) 40 miles Q10 A car and a bus start from the two points and
(C) 45 miles (D) 50 miles travel towards each other. The car travels at a
speed of 60 km/h, while the bus travels at a
Q5 Find the average speed of bus if 50% of the
speed of 40 km/h. If they meet after 2 hours,
distance bus covered with 34miles/hour and
find the initial distance between the car and
rest of the distance covered by bus is 66
the bus.
miles/hours.
(A) 150 km (B) 180 km
(A) 50 miles/hr (B) 44.88 miles/hr
(C) 200 km (D) 220 km
(C) 50.56 miles/hr (D) 76.28 miles/hr

Q6 Speed of car A is 20 km/hr more than the

speed of car B. The time taken by car A to
cover 300 km is equal to the time taken by car
B to cover 250 km. Find the speed of car A.
(A) 100 km/hr (B) 120 km/hr
(C) 90 km/hr (D) 150 km/hr
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Q11 Two men A and B walk from P to Q at a speed Q16 If Simmy walks at 6km/hr, she misses the
of 10 km/hr & 12 km/hr respectively. The bullock cart by 4 minutes. If she walks at
distance between P and Q is 55 km. B reaches 8km/hr, she reaches the bullock cart location 8
Q and returns immediately and meets A at minutes before its arrival. Find the distance
point R. What is the distance between P and R Simmy walks for the bullock cart location (in
? km).
(A) 60 kms (B) 50 kms (A) 4.6 km (B) 4.4 km
(C) 55 kms (D) 45 kms (C) 4.8 km (D) 4 km

Q12 Two buses A and B start simultaneously from Q17 Atish Chatterjee completes a journey in 10
two different cities Delhi and Agra respectively hours. He travels first half of the journey at the
with speeds 48 km/h and 60 km/h towards rate of 21 km/hr and second half at the rate of
each other. After crossing each other, bus B 24 km/hr. Find the total journey in km
completes its remaining journey till Delhi in 6 completed by Atish Chatterjee.
hours, then what is the distance between Delhi (A) 220 km (B) 224 km
and Agra? (C) 230 km (D) 234 km
(A) 750 km (B) 810 km
Q18 Vaibhav is a fitness enthusiast. He take 60
(C) 720 km (D) 100 km
minutes to go school by cycle and come back
Q13 If a person goes to his office by a car with a by walk. If he will cycle the round trip it will
speed of 60 km/hr then he reach late by 10 take him 40 minutes. Find the time (in
minutes. if he goes with a speed of 40 km/hr minutes) he would take if he walks this round
then he reach late by 20 minutes. Find the trip ?
speed he should drive the car to reach the (A) 40 (B) 90
office on time. (C) 80 (D) 85

Q19 Not including stoppages, the speed of a public

(A) 80 km/hr (B) 100 km/hr
taxi is 54 kmph and including stoppages, it is
(C) 120 km/hr (D) 75 km/hr
45 kmph. For how many minutes does the
Q14 A train covered a distance of 1235 km in 19 public taxi stop per hour?
hours, Also, the average speed of a car is four (A) 9 mins (B) 10 mins
– fifths the average speed of the train. How (C) 12 mins (D) 20 mins
much distance will the car cover in 22 hours?
Q20 Sovabazar and Shyambazar are 550 kms apart.
(A) 1234 km (B) 1144 km
Two cars A and B leave Sovabazar and
(C) 1134 km (D) 1244 km
Shyambazar at 10:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon
Q15 Out of a total of 240 miles, a person travelled respectively. Speeds of cars A and B are 50
first 20% of the distance at a speed of 24 km/hr and 40 km/hr respectively. If car A is
miles/hr, next 50% of the remaining distance going from Sovabazar to Shyambazar, and B
at a speed of 12 miles/hr and the remaining from Shyambazar to Sovabazar, at what time
distance at a speed of 48 miles/hr. Find his will these cars meet?
average speed during the whole journey. (A) 4:15 p.m. (B) 5:00 p.m.
(A) 20 miles/hr (B) 24 miles/hr (C) 4:30 p.m. (D) 6:00 p.m.
(C) 36 miles/hr (D) 44 miles/hr
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Q21 Two shops A & B are 1250 km apart. A bike Q25 A person has to cover a distance of 360 miles,
starts from shop A and another bike starts partly by bus and partly by train. If the speed
from shop B moving towards each other. If the of bus and train is 60 miles/hr and 90 miles/hr,
sum of their speed is three-fifth of the total and 60% of the total distance is covered by bus
distance then, how much time will they take to then find the average speed (approximate to
cross each other? nearest integer) of the entire journey.
(A) 1 hour (A) 65 miles/hr (B) 69 miles/hr
(B) 1 hour and 15 minutes (C) 78 miles/hr (D) 85 miles/hr
(C) 1 hour and 40 minutes
Q26 Mayanka Chattopadhyay covered a certain
(D) 1.5 hours
distance at some speed. If Mayanka had
Q22 Ananya walks at a speed of 20 km/hr reaches moved 3 km/h faster, Mayanka would have
her school 30 minutes late. Next time she taken 40 min less. If Mayanka had moved 2
increases his speed by 5 km/hr but still km/h slower, Mayanka would have taken 40
reaches 10 minutes late. What is the distance min more. The distance (in km) is?
of the school from her house? (A) 20 km (B) 35 km
(A) km (B) km (C) km (D) 40 km
(C) km (D) 25 km
Q27 Bambani and Pata both begin their journeys to
Q23 The ratio of the speed of an investment Uluberia from the same point and at the same
banker, going from his house to the office and time. The speed of Bambani is 40km/hr while
coming back from the office to the house is 6 : that of Pata is 50km/hr. Bambani reaches
5. If he takes 1 hour more to come back from Uluberia 15 minutes after Pata. What is the
the office, find the initial speed of that distance between their starting point and
investment banker if the distance between his Uluberia (in km)?
house and office is 180 km.
Q28 A cyclist starts from Town A at 6:00 am and
(A) 30 km/hr (B) 36 km/hr
reaches Town B at 12:00 pm the same day.
(C) 18 km/hr (D) 25 km/hr
Another cyclist starts from Town A at 7:00 am
Q24 A tiger is sleeping at 75 meters far from the and reaches Town B at 11:00 am the same
bus. As the bus starts, the tiger runs and day. At what time do the two cyclists meet?
catches the bus, whose speed is 36 kmph after (A) 8:00 am (B) 8:30 am
10 seconds. Find the speed (in kmph) of the (C) 9:00 am (D) 10:00 am
tiger.
Q29 The speed of the Bugatti is 40 km/hr more
(A) 35 kmph (B) 60 kmph
than the speed of the Tesla. The time taken by
(C) 45 kmph (D) 63 kmph
Bugatti to cover 450 km is equal to the time
taken by Tesla to cover 360 km. Find the speed
of Bugatti.
(A) 200 km/hr (B) 220 km/hr
(C) 190 km/hr (D) 160 km/hr
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Q30 A train covers 340 km in hours with a

uniform speed. The time taken, in hours, to
cover 460 km with the same speed is:
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
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Answer Key
Q1 B Q16 C
Q2 A Q17 B

Q3 B Q18 C

Q4 A Q19 B
Q5 B Q20 B

Q6 B Q21 C
Q7 45 Q22 A

Q8 B Q23 B
Q9 D Q24 D
Q10 C Q25 B

Q11 B Q26 D

Q12 B Q27 50
Q13 C Q28 C
Q14 B Q29 A
Q15 A Q30 C
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Hints & Solutions

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Q1 Text Solution: Q2 Text Solution:

Speed = 126 km/hr Initial Speed = 25 miles/hour
Speed = 126 Initial Time = 14 hours
Distance = Speed × Time
Speed = 35m/sec
= 25 miles/hour × 14 hours
Another Method
= 350 miles
To convert km/h to m/s, we can use the 5/18
Now, let's calculate the new speed with a 40%
method:
increase:
Speed (km/h) = 126 km/h
New Speed = Initial Speed + (40% of Initial
Speed (m/s) = 126 ×
Speed)
= 35 m/s
= 25 miles/hour + (0.4 × 25 miles/hour)
= 25 miles/hour + 10 miles/hour
= 35 miles/hour
Since the distance remains the same (350
miles), we can calculate the new time:
New Time =
=
= 10 hours

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Q3 Text Solution: Q5 Text Solution:

To find out how many miles the car can run on When the distance is equal,
20 liters of petrol, we need to calculate the then average speed =
miles per liter (mpL) of petrol.
Average speed =
Miles per liter =
44.88 miles/hr
=
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= 10.2 miles/liter
Now, we can calculate the miles the car can
run on 20 liters of petrol:
Miles = Miles per liter × Total liters
= 10.2 miles/liter × 20 liters
= 204 miles

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Q6 Text Solution:
Let speed of car A = (X + 20) km/hr
Then speed of car B = X km/hr
Time =
According to the question,

Q4 Text Solution: 5X+ 100 = 6X

Distance X = 100
Hence, the speed of the car A = 100 + 20 = 120
km/hr.

Video Solution:

= 30 miles

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Q7 Text Solution: Q9 Text Solution:

Let the actual time taken = t hours To find out how many hours it will take for car
We know, distance covered = speed × time A to be 75 km ahead of car B, we can set up
Now, 30 = S × t ....(i) an equation based on the relative speed
Also, 30 = (100 + 60) % of S × between the two cars.
30 = × (t - 0.25) ....(ii) Relative speed is the speed at which one
From (i) and (ii), we get object is moving relative to another object. In

St = × (t - 0.25) this case, car A is trying to get 75 km ahead of

car B, so we consider their relative speed.
5t = 8t - 2
Relative speed = Speed of A - Speed of B
3t = 2
Relative speed = 60 km/h - 45 km/h
t=
Relative speed = 15 km/h
And 30 = S ×
Now, we want to determine the time it takes
S = 45
for car A to cover a distance of 75 km at a
Video Solution: relative speed of 15 km/h. We can use the
formula:

Time = 5 hours
So, it will take car A 5 hours to be 75 km ahead
of car B.
Q8 Text Solution:
Hence, the answer is 5 hours.
Let’s assume that the distance between
Ashwani’s home and coaching is 64x km. Video Solution:

While going to PW coaching, he took = 4x

hours
While returning back he took = 2x +
4x = 6x hours
Average speed =
=
= 12.8
Thus, the average speed is 12.80 kmph.

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Q10 Text Solution: Q12 Text Solution:

To solve this problem, we can use the formula: Let both the buses meet at point X.
Distance = Speed Time Distance between point X and Delhi is covered
Let's denote the initial distance between the by bus B in 6 hours. So, distance between
car and the bus as D. Since they are moving Delhi and X = 6 × 60 = 360 km Time taken to
towards each other, their speeds add up. The cover the distance between point X and Delhi
equation representing the total distance is covered by bus B = = 7.5 hours
covered when they meet after 2 hours is: Since, both the busses started simultaneously
D= and meet at point X. So, distance between
Now, calculate the initial distance D: point X and Agra is covered by bus B in 7.5
D= hours.
D= Distance between Agra and point X = 60 × 7.5 =
So, the initial distance between the car and the 450 km Distance between Agra and Delhi =
bus was 200 kilometers. 450 + 360 = 810 km
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Q11 Text Solution: Q13 Text Solution:

Total distance covered by both the men = (2x – According to question, by
55)km = 110kms
solving x = 20 km
Now distance covered by A and B will be in the
and time taken when speed is 60 km/hr = =
ratio of their respective speeds.
= 20 minutes therefore his exact time is 10
Distance covered by A = km =
minutes, so exact speed = = 120 km/hr
50kms
Distance covered by B = km =
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60kms
Hence the distance between PR = 50kms

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Q14 Text Solution: Q16 Text Solution:

Average speed of train = = 65 km/h In this question, the distance is constant.
Average speed of car = × 65 = 52 km/h So,
Distance covered by the car in 22 hours = 52 × ,
22 = 1144 km As, distance is constant ⇒ ,
Video Solution: In absolute terms the difference in time = 1,
Time difference in terms of minutes = 12
minutes
Hence,
⇒ 1 = 12 minutes,
⇒ in ratio, new time is 3, so in minutes the time
is 12*3 =36 minutes
Q15 Text Solution: Therefore,
Average Speed = Distance = = 4.8 km
Average Speed = Video Solution:

Average Speed =

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Q17 Text Solution:

Let the total distance be x km
Then according to problem statement,

Hence, the total distance is 224 km

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Q18 Text Solution: Q20 Text Solution:

Total time including one way cycling and one Relative speed when (cars are travelling in
way be walk = 60 minutes opposite direction) = Sum of speeds
Total time including both ways cycling = 40
minutes Distance between Sovabazar and Shyambazar
Time required to cycle one way = = 20 = 550 km.
minutes
Thus, the time required to walk one way = 60 - Distance covered by A from 10:00 to 12:00 = 50
20 = 40 minutes. × 2 = 100 km
Thereore, the time required to walk both ways
= 40 × 2 = 80 minutes. Remaining distance to be covered = 550 – 100
= 450 km
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Relative speed between car A and B = 50 + 40

= 90 km/hr

Time required = = 5 hours.

Time of meeting = 12.00 + 5 hours = 5:00 p.m.

Q19 Text Solution:
Speed excluding stoppages = 54 kmph Video Solution:
Speed including stoppages = 45 kmph

Time taken to travel 54 km without stoppages

= 1 hour
Time taken to travel 45 km with stoppages = 1
hour

Time lost due to stoppages per hour =

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Q21 Text Solution: Q23 Text Solution:

The relative speed is the sum of their speed if Let the initial speed of the investment banker,
they are moving toward each other i.e the speed at which he goes from house to
Meeting time = Distance between them / office be 6x km/hr
Relative speed
Given, the sum of the speed of the two bikes = Total distance/speed = time
= Their relative speed
Distance between stations = 1250 km
Meeting time = hour = 1 hour

and 40 minutes

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So, initial speed = (6 × 6) = 36 km/hr

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Q22 Text Solution:

Given,
x = 20 km/hr Q24 Text Solution:
y = 5 km/hr Speed of bus = = 10 m/s
t1 = 30 minutes = 0.5 hr Suppose speed of tiger = x m/s
Since, tiger is chasing the bus
t2 = 10 minutes = hr
Relative speed = (10 – x) m/s
Required distance =
Given: The tiger is at 75 meters away from the
bus
km and tiger catches it after 10 seconds.
Video Solution: Hence,

Hence, speed of tiger = 17.5 m/s =

kmph

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Q25 Text Solution: Q27 Text Solution:

Time taken by bus = By the question,
Time taken by train =
Average speed = So, as distance is
constant
Video Solution: Difference in time in absolute terms = 5 - 4 =1,
Difference in time in terms of minutes = 15
minutes
Therefore,
⇒ 1 is 15 minutes,
so, 4 will be = 4*15 = 60 minutes or 1 hour
Hence, distance travelled = 50*1 = 50km.
Q26 Text Solution: Answer = 50km.
Let the distance be xkm and initial speed be y
Video Solution:
km/h.
According to the question,
⇒ ......(i)
⇒ ......(ii)
From Eqs. (i) and (ii),
⇒
⇒

⇒
⇒ 3(y - 2) = 2(y + 3)
⇒ 3y - 6 = 2y + 6
⇒ y = 12
From Eq. (i).
⇒
⇒
⇒ = 40
Hence, required distance is 40 km.

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Q28 Text Solution: Q29 Text Solution:

Time taken by first cyclist travelling from town Let speed of Bugatti = (X + 40) km/hr
A to town B = 6 hours The speed of Tesla = X km/hr
Time taken by second cyclist travelling from The time taken by Bugatti to cover 450 km is
town B to town A = 4 hours equal to the time taken by Tesla to cover 360
Lets tassume the distance between the two km. We can use the formula:
towns and make it a multiple of LCM of the Time = Distance / Speed
two time periods to make it easy. So Since the times are equal, we can set up the
Let the distance between the two towns to be equation:
12x. =
So speed of first cyclist = 2x /h
and speed of second cyclist = 3x /h => 5X = 4X + 160
So distance travelled by first cyclist till 7 am = => X = 160
2x
Hence, the speed of the Bugatti = 160 + 40 =
So time required after 7 am = 2x/(3x - 2x) = 2
200 km/hr.
hours
Alternatively,
So the two cyclists will meet at 9:00 am.
As the time taken is the same, the ratio of
Video Solution: speeds will be the ratio of distances covered.
So the ratio of speeds of Bugatti and Tesla will
be 450 : 360 i.e. 5 : 4
Given the difference between speeds is 40
kmph, i.e. 5 - 4 = 1 unit = 40 kmph
Speed of Bugatti = 5 units = 40 x 5 = 200 kmph

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Q30 Text Solution:

Speed of train = = kmph = 100 kmph

Now, distance = 460 km

Required time = = = hours.
Alternatively,
As the speed is constant, the ratio of the
distances travelled will be equal to the ratio of
the times taken.
Let the time required to cover 460 km with the
given speed be 'x' hours, hence,

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