Live Session : Arithmetic - Time, Speed, Distance - 1

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 Questions
Instructions
For the following questions answer them individually
Question 1

A man travels on a scooter from A to B at a speed of 30 km/h and returns back from B to A at 20 km/h. The
total journey was performed by him in 10 h. Find the distance from A to B

A 100 km

B 110 km

C 120 km

D 125 km

E None of these
Question 2

Walking at his usual speed, a boy reaches his school on time. If his speed reduces to 5/7 of his usual speed he
reaches 6 min late. Find his usual time to reach school.

A 10 min

B 12 min

C 15 min

D 18 min

E None of these
Question 3

Shyam drives from his office to home at 48 km/hr and from his home to office at 32 km/hr. What is his average
speed?

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 A 43.4 km/hr

B 41.4 km/hr

C 40 km/hr

D 38.4 km/hr

E 36.4 km/hr
Question 4

If Ram goes from A to B at 120 km/hr and returns from B to A at 60 km/hr, what is his average speed in the
round trip?

A 80 km/hr

B 90 km/hr

C 100 km/hr

D None of these
Question 5

A person travels 120 km in 6 h, 130 km in 5 h and 200 km in 4 h. Find his average speed during the whole
journey

A 36 km/h

B 35 km/h

C 30 km/h

D 32 km/h

E None of these
Question 6

A train can cross a pole in 5 seconds. The same train takes 20 seconds to completely cross a platform of
length 600 m. What is the length of the train?

A 400m

B 200 m

C 150 m

D 100 m

E 120 m
Question 7

A train crosses a platform of length 180 m in 16 seconds. It crosses a man standing on the platform in 4
seconds running at same speed. Then, find the length of the train.

A 80 m

B 60 m

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 C 120 m

D 100 m
Question 8

Three runners A,B and C run a race, with runner A finishing 12 meters ahead of runner B and 18 meters ahead of
runner C, while runner B finishes 8 meters ahead of runner C. Each runner travels the entire distance at a
constant speed. The length of the race is

A 36 Metres

B 48 Metres

C 60 Metres

D 72 Metres

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Question 9

In a 200m race, Amit can beat Sumit by 40m and Sumit can beat Navneet by 20m. If Amit and Navneet run a
400m race, then by how much distance can Amit beat Navneet?

A 100 m

B 120 m

C 112 m

D 125 m
Question 10

In a 1000-meter race, A beats B by 200 meters or 25 seconds. In the same race, B beats C by 375 meters. If A
and C compete in a new 1000-meter race, and A gives C a 300-meter head start, by how many seconds would
the winner beat the loser?

A 30 seconds

B 50 seconds

C 40 seconds

D 60 seconds
Question 11

In a 2000-meter race, P can give Q a 400-meter head start, resulting in a dead heat. P can also give R a 800-
meter head start, resulting in a dead heat. If Q and R compete in another 2000-meter race, and Q gives a 200-
meter head start to R and still wins the race by 25 seconds, then what is the speed of P?

A 25 m/s

B 20 m/s

C 16 m/s

D 12 m/s
Question 12

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What is the time at which hour hand and minute hand meet between 2 o clock and 3 o clock?
A 10 minutes after 2

B 120/11 minutes after 2

C 117/11 minutes after 2

D 15 minutes after 2
Question 13

A science lab has two wall clocks. Currently, the time displayed by both the clocks is 1 A.M. One of the clocks
gain five minutes every hour, whereas the other one loses five minutes every hour. After how much time will
both the watches show the same time again(in hours)

A 60

B 62

C 72

D 82

E 84

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Answers
1.C 2.C 3.D 4.A 5.C 6.B 7.B 8.B
9.C 10.C 11.B 12.B 13.C

Explanations
1. C
Let the distance between A and B be d km
d d
⇒ + = 10
30 20
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5d
⇒ = 10
60
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⇒ d = 120
Hence, option C is the correct choice.
2. C
Since, the boy now walks at 5/7 of usual speed, he will take 7/5 of his usual time
⇒ Extra time = (7/5-1) of usual time = 6 min (known)
⇒2/5 * usual time = 6 ⇒ Usual time = 15 min
3. D
Let the distance from his home to office be x kms
So, total distance = 2x.
Total time = x/48 + x/32
So, average speed = x 2x + x = 38.40 km/hr ​

48 ​

32 ​

4. A
Time taken in the first case = x/60
Time taken in the second case = x/120
Total time taken is x/60 + x/120 = x/40
So, average speed is distance/time = 2x/(x/40) = 80 km/hr
5. C
Total distance travelled = 120 + 130 + 200= 450 km
Total time of travel = 6 + 5 + 4 = 15 h
Average speed = 450/15 = 30 km/ph
6. B
Let the length of the train be l m and its speed be v m/s
Then,
l/v = 5 => l = 5v
(l + 600)/v = 20
=> 20v = l + 600
From the first equation we can say that
20v = 4l
Putting this value in the second equation we get
4l = l + 600
3l = 600
l = 200
Hence option B is the correct answer.
7. B

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Let the length of the train be ‘x’ m
Total distance it needs to travel to cross the platform = (180+x) m
Equating speeds
180 + x x
=
16 4
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⇒ x+180 = 4x
⇒ 3x = 180
⇒ x = 60
Hence, Length of the train = 60 m
8. B
Let the total length of races be L meters.
A finishes 12 meters ahead of B.
⇒ B : A = (L - 12) : L -------- (1)
A finishes 18 meters ahead of C.
⇒ A : C = L : (L - 18) --------- (2)
B finishes 8 meters ahead of C.
⇒ B : C = L : (L - 8) ---------- (3)
Multiplying equation (1) and equation (2), we get,
⇒ B : C = (L - 12) : (L - 18)
Equating the above equation with equation (3), we get,
⇒ L : (L - 8) = (L - 12) : (L - 18)
⇒ L × (L - 18) = (L - 12) × (L - 8)
⇒ L2 - 18L = L2 - 20L + 96
⇒ 2L = 96
⇒ L = 48 meters
Hence, option B is the correct choice.

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9. C
In the time that Amit runs 200m, Sumit runs 160m. Hence the ratio of their speeds is 20:16 = 5:4
Similarly in the time that Sumit runs 200 m, Navneet runs 180m, hence the ratio of their speeds is 10:9
Thus the ratio of the speeds of Amit, Sumit and Navneet would be
25:20:18
Hence the ratio of Amit and Navneet’s speed is 25:18
Let Amit’s speed be 25x and Navneet’s be 18x.
Hence time taken by Amit to cover 400m = 400/25x = 16/x
In this time, Navneet will cover a distance of 16*18x/x = 288m
Thus, Amit will beat Navneet by 400 - 288 = 112 m
10. C
It is given that A beats B by 200 meters or 25 seconds. It implies that when A has finished the race, B is 200
meters behind A and would take an additional 25 seconds to finish.
⇒ Speed of B (b) = 200 / 25 = 8 m/s
Thus, Speed of A (a) = 10 m/s
It is given that B beats C by 375 meters. Let the speed of C be c m/s

⇒ b : c = 1000 : (1000 - 375) = 1000 : 625 = 8 : 5

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⇒ c = 5 m/s
Now in a new 1000-meter race, A gives C a head-start of 300 meters. Thus, A will run the whole 1000 meters
while C will run only 700 meters.
Time taken by C to finish the race = 700 / 5 = 140 seconds
Time taken by A to finish the race = 1000 / 10 = 100 seconds.
Thus, A would complete the race 40 seconds earlier. Hence, A will beat C by 40 seconds.
Option C is the correct choice.
11. B
Let the speeds of P, Q, and R be p, q, and r m/s, respectively.
P gives Q a 400-meter head start, and the race results in a dead heat.

⇒ p : q = 2000 : 1600 = 5 : 4
P gives R a 800-meter head start, and the race results in a dead heat.
⇒ p : r = 2000 : 1200 = 5 : 3
From this we get,

⇒q:r=4:3
Let the speed of Q and R be 4x and 3x, respectively.
In a new race, Q gives R a 200-meter head start.
Time taken by Q to complete the race = 2000 / 4x = 500 / x
Time taken by R to complete the race = 1800 / 3x = 600 / x
Now, 600 / x − 500 / x = 25

⇒x=4
Thus, speed of Q = 4x = 16 m/s
⇒ Speed of P = 5x = 20 m/s
Hence, option B is the correct choice
12. B
At 2 o clock, the angle between the hour hand and minute hand is 60 degrees. This means that the relative
distance between the two hands is 60 degrees.
Relative velocity of minute hand with respect to hour hand = 11/2 degrees per minute.
Time taken by minute hand to cover the gap of 60 degrees = 60 120
11 = 11 minutes.
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13. C
The faster clock runs 5 minutes faster in 1 hr.
The slower clock runs 5 minutes slower in 1 hr.
Therefore, in 1 hour, the faster clock will trace 5+5=10 min more when compared to the slower clock.
In 6 hours, the faster clock will trace 10×6=60 minutes (an hour) more when compared to the slower clock.
In 6×12 = 72 hours, the faster clock will trace 12 hrs more than slower clock. Hence, At this point, both the
clocks will show the same time. i.e., both the clocks will show the same time after exactly 72 hours (or 3 days).

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