REVIEW EXERCISE - TIME, SPEED & DISTANCE

1. An increase in the speed of a car by 10 km per hour makes us the owner overtake the thief from the start?
reach 30 minutes early in a journey of 100 km. What is the (a) 2 hour (b) 3 hour (c) 4 hour (d) 2.5 hour
speed of the car (in km/hr)? 12. Two trains from Gwalior leave for Delhi at 9 A.M. and 10 A.M.
(a) 40 (b) 50 (c) 60 (d) None of these and travel at 50 km/hr and 60 km/h. respectively. How many
2. Two men A and B walk from P to Q, a distance of 22 km at a kilometers from Gwalior will the two trains meet?
speed of 5 km per hour and 6 km per hour respectively. (a) 300 km (b) 400 km (c) 250 km (d) 180 km
Breaches 0, returns immediately and meet A at R. What is the 13. Two trains X and Y start from two stations A and B respec-
distance from P to R? tively. The train X starts from station A at 10 : 00 A.M. and
(a) 16 km (b) 18 km (c) 20 km (d) 14 km reaches at station B at 1 : 00 P.M. similarly train Y starts from
3. Walking at three-fourth of his usual speed, a person is 10 min. station B at 10 : 00 A.M. and reaches at station A at 2 : 00 P.M.
late to his office. What is his usual time taken to reach the At what time these two trains will meet?
office? (a) 11 : 43 (b) 11 : 55 (c) 10 : 55 (d) 12 : 05
(a) 30 min. (b) 20 min. (c) 10 min. (d) 50 min. 14. A train travels 200 km in five hours. After covering 40% of
4. Two trains start at the same time from Gwalior and Delhi and the distance, it meets with an accident that reduces its speed
run towards each other at 16 km/hr and 21 km/hr respectively. by 40%. By how much time train is late in reaching on
When they meet, it is found that one train has travelled 60 km destination1 ?
more than the second one. The distance between the two sta- (a) 1 hour (b) 2 hours (c) 3 hours (d) 2.5 hours
tions is: 15. In the above question if the accident took place after covering
(a) 445 km (b) 444 km (c) 440 km (d) 450 km 50% of distance, then by how much time train will be late?
5. If a train runs at 40 km/hr, it reaches its destination 11 min. (a) 1 hour 40 min. (b) 1 hour 30 min.
late but if it runs at 50 km/hr, it is late by 5 min. only. The (c) 2 hours (d) 3 hours
correct time for the train to cover its journey is: 16. A man sets out on a cycle from Delhi to Rohtak, and at the
(a) 13 min. (b) 15 min. (c) 21 min. (d) 19 min. same time another man starts from Rohtak to Delhi on cycle.
6. A train travels 450 km in 7 hours and another 740 km in 10 After passing each other they complete their remaining jour-
hours. What is the average speed of train (in km/hr)? neys in 9 and 16 hours respectively. What is the speed of the
(a) 50 (b) 40 (c) 70 (d) None of these second cyclist if the speed of the first cyclist in 16 km/hr?
7. A car during its journey moves for 30 min. at a speed of 40 (a) 12 km/hr (b) 15 km/hr (c) 8 km/hr (d)
km/hr, another train travels 45 min. at a speed of 60 km/hr 6 km/hr
and 2 hours at a speed of 70 km/hr. What is the average speed 17. A train crosses a platform in 36 seconds and a man standing
(in km/hr)? on the platform in 20 seconds. If the speed of the train is 54
(a) 63 (b) 60 (c) 70 (d) None of these km/hr, then what is the length of platform?
8. A person covers one-fourth of his journey at 20 km/hr and (a) 240 m (b) 100 m (c) 360 m (d) None of these
one-third of the rest at 25 km/hr and half of the rest at 30 km/ 18. A toy train crosses 210 and 122 metre long tunnels in 25 and
hr and rest at the speed of 40 km/hr. What is the average speed 17 seconds respectively. What is the length of train and speed
of the person (in km/hr)? of train?
(a) 11 (b) 2400/89 (c) 75/ 7 (d) None of these (a) 40 m, 12 m/sec. (b) 65 m, 11 m/sec.
(c) 65 m, 12 m/sec. (d) None of these
9. A man goes uphill with an average speed of 35 km/hr and 19. Two trains of lengths 190 m and 210m respectively, are run-
comes down with an average speed of 45 km/hr. The distance ning in opposite directions on parallel tracks. If their speeds
traveled in both the cases being the same, the average speed are 40 km/hr and 32 km/hr respectively, in what time will they

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for the entire journey is (in km/hr): cross each other?
3 3 (a) 12 sec. (b) 18 sec. (c) 15 sec. (d) None of these
(a) 38 (b) 39 (c) 40 (d) None of these 20. Two trains of the length 100 m and 150 m respectively with
8 8
10. A train goes from station A to station B at a speed of 64 km/hr different speeds pass a static pole in 1 min and 3 min respec-
and returns to station A at a slower speed. If its average speed tively. In what time will they cross each other when they are
for the whole journey is 56 km/hr then at what speed did it moving in the opposite direction?
return (in km/hr)? (a) 5/3 sec. (b) 100 sec. (c) 120 sec. (d) 50 sec.
(a) 48 (b) 49.77 (c) 52 (d) 47.46 21. A long bus passes a standing man in 2 seconds and a platform
11. A thief goes away with a Maruti car at a speed of 40 km/h. The 50 m long in 4½ seconds. What is the length of the bus and its
theft has been discovered after half an hour and the owner speed?
sets off in another car at 50 km/h. After how much time will (a) 40 m, 72 km/hr (b) 20 m, 45 km/hr
(c) 30 m, 80 km/hr (d) 40 m, 70 km/hr

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22. A man can swim downstream at 8 km/hr and upstream at 2 5. I have to reach a certain place at a certain time and I find that
km/hr. What is speed of man in still water and the speed of I shall be 15 minutes late, if I walk at 4 km an hour and 10
current (in km/hr) minutes soon, if I walk at 6 km an hour. How far do I have to
(a) 5, 3 (b) 6, 3 (c) 8, 2 (d) None of these walk?
23. A man can row 6 km/hr in the still water. If the river is running (a) 25 km (b) 5 km (c) 10 km (d) None of these
at 2 km/hr, it takes him 3 hours to row to a place and back.
How far is the place from the starting point? Directions for questions 6 and 7: Read the following information
(a) 8 km (b) 10 km (c) 6 km (d) None of these given below and answer the questions that follow.
24. A man has to travel 20 km downstream as well as upstream. The Patna Express started from Patna to Tata at 7 p.m. at a speed
The speed of the boat in still water is 4 km/hr and the speed of of 60 km/hr. Another train, Rajdhani Express, started from Tata to
stream is 1 km/hr. What is the total time taken by man to go Patna at 4 a.m. next morning at a speed of 90 km/hr. the distance
downstream as well as upstream? between Patna to Tata is 800 km.
(a) 10 hrs. (b) 11 hrs. (c) 12 hrs. (d) None of these 6. At what time will the two trains meet?
25. A motor boat goes 10 km upstream and back again to the start- (a) 5:32 a.m. (b) 5:28 a.m.
ing point in 55 minutes. If the speed of the stream is 2 km/hr (c) 5:36 a.m. (d) 5:44 a.m.
then what is the speed of motorboat in still water (in km/hr)? 7. How far from Tata will the two trains meet?
(a) 44 (b) 54 (c) 34 (d) 22 (a) 164 km (b) 156 km (c) 132 km (d) 128 km
26. A man is walking at a speed of 10 km per hour. After every 8. Mayank travels 1200 km in 20 hours and another 1600 km in
kilometer, he takes rest for 5 min. How much time will he take 36 hours by his SUV. Find the average speed (in km/hr) during
to cover a distance of 5 km? the entire journey.
(a) 40 min. (b) 50 min. (c) 30 min. (d) None of these (a) 45 (b) 50 (c) 55 (d) 60
27. Without stoppages, a train travels certain distance with an 9. A car travels a distance of 45 km at the speed of 15 km/hr. It
average speed of 80 km/hr and with stoppages, it covers the covers the next 50 km of its journey at the speed of 25 km/hr
same distance with an average speed of 60 km/hr. How many and the last 25 km of its journey at the speed of 25/3 km/hr.
minutes per hour the train stops (in minutes per hour)? Find the average speed (in km/hr) of the car.
(a) 15 (b) 20 (c) 25 (d) None of these (a) 40 (b) 24 (c) 15 (d) 18
28. A policeman goes after a thief who has 100 metres start. If the 10. A train travels a distance of 300 km at a constant speed. If the
policeman runs one kilometer in 8 minutes, and the thief runs speed of the train is increased by 5 km an hour, the journey
one kilometer in 10 minutes, how far will the thief have gone would have taken 2 hours less. Find the original speed (in km/
before he is caught by the police? hr) of the train.
(a) 350 m (b) 400 m (c) 450 m (d) 460 m (a) 25 (b) 20 (c) 28 (d) 30
11. The speed of a train 150 m long is 50 kmph. How much time
will it take (in seconds) to pass a platform 600 m long?
(a) 50 (b) 54 (c) 60 (d) 64
SELF ASSESSMENT TEST 12. A train crosses a man coming from the opposite direction in
15 seconds. If the speed of man be 20 m/s and speed of train is
1. Walking with 3/4th of his usual speed Vivek covers a certain 40 m/s, find the length of the train.
distance in 2 hours more than the time he takes to cover the (a) 775 m (b) 850 m (c) 900 m (d) 925 m
distance at his usual speed. The time taken (in hours) by him 13. A moving train crosses a man standing on a platform and a
to cover the distance with usual speed is: bridge 300 metres long in 10 seconds and 25 seconds respec-
(a) 4.5 (b) 5 (c) 5.5 (d) 6 tively. What will be the time taken (in seconds) by the train to

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2. A train travels a distance of 600 km at a constant speed. If the cross a platform 200 metres long?
speed of the train is increased by 5 km/hr, the journey would (a) 15 (b) 18 (c) 20 (d) 22
take 4 hours less. Find the speed of the train (in km/hr)? 14. A boat goes 6 km in an hour in still water. It takes thrice as
(a) 100 (b) 25 (c) 50 (d) 15 much time in covering the same distance against the current.
3. A car travels a distance of 170 km in 2 hours partly at a speed Speed of the current is:
of 100 km/hr and partly at 50 km/hr. The distance travelled at (a) 2 km/hr (b) 3km/hr (c) 4 km/hr (d) 5 km/hr
speed of 50 km/hr is: 15. A boatman goes 2 km against the current of stream in 1 hour
(a) 50 km (b) 40 km (c) 30 km (d) 60 km and goes 1 km along the current in 10 minutes. How long will
4. A man covers a certain distance on a train. If the train moved 4 he take to go 5 km in stationary water?
km/hr faster, it would take 30 minutes less. If it moved 2 km/hr (a) 40 min. (b) 1 hr.
slower, it would have taken 20 minutes more. Find the distance. (c) 1 hr. 15 min. (d) 1 hr. 30 min.
(a) 60 km (b) 45 km (c) 30 km (d) 20 km

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