ASSIGNMENT: Time, Speed & Distance- Part 1
Question: The speed of scooter, car and train are in the ratio of 1: 4 : 16. If all of them
cover equal distance then the ratio of time taken/velocity for each of the vehicle is:
A. 256 : 16 : 1 B. 1 : 6 : 41 C. 16 : 4 : 1 D. 16 : 1 : 4
Question: Walking at 6 /5th of his usual speed, a man reaches 10 minutes early. The usual
time taken by him is?
Question: By walking at 4/5th of his usual speed, a man reaches office 10 minutes later
than usual. What is his usual time?
A. 20 min B. 40 min C. 30 min D. 50 min
Question: On walking at 5 km/hr, a boy reaches his school 10 minutes late but if he walks at
6 km/hr he reaches 10 minutes early, then how far is his school?
Question: A man driving his bike at 24 km/hr reaches his office 5 minute late. Had he driven
25% faster on an average, he would have reached 4 minute late then scheduled time. What
is the distance of his office from home?
Question: Rajesh walks to and fro to a shopping mall. He spends 30 minutes shopping. If he
walks at speed of 10 km an hour, he returns to home at 19.00 hours. If he walks at 15 km an
hour, he returns at home at 18:30 hours. How fast Must he walk in order to return home at
18.15 hours?
A. 17 km per hour B.17.5 km per hour C. 18 km per hour D.19 km per hour E.20
km per hour
Question: A plane left 30 minutes late due to bad weather, but in order to reach its
destination 1500 km away on time it has to increase its speed by 250 km/hr. Find the
original speed?
Question: The Howrah-Puri express can move at 45 km/hour without its rake, and the
speed is diminished by a constant that varies as the square root of the number of wagons
attached. If it is known that with 9 wagons, the speed is 30 km/hour, what is the greatest
number of wagons with which the train can just move?
A. 63 B. 64 C. 80 D. 81
Question: A man travelling from home to office, he covers first half of his journey at 45
km/hr and second half at 60 km/hr. Find his average speed.
Question: A man travelling from Delhi to Shimla which is 1000 km far, he covers first 400
km at a speed of 25 km/hr and remaining distance at 50 km/hr. Find his average speed for
whole journey.
Question: A man covers half of a certain distance at 40 km/hr and remaining 60 km/hr in 10
hours. Then the total distance covered will be?
Question: A boy goes to school from home at a speed of 30 km/hr and comes back at a
speed of 60 km/hr. If he takes 8 hours to complete to and fro journey point then how far is
the school from home?
Question: Excluding stoppages, the speed of bus is 54 km/hr and including stoppages it is 45
km/hr. For how many minutes does bus stop per hour?
Question: Professor Mandal walks to the market and comes back in an auto. It takes him 90
minutes to make the round trip. If he takes an auto both ways it takes him 30 minutes. On
Sunday he decided to walk both ways. How long would it take him
A.100 minutes B. 120 minutes C.140 minutes D. 150 minutes E. None of
the above
Question: Two sea trawlers left a sea port simultaneously in two mutually perpendicular
directions. Half an hour later, the shortest distance between them was 17 km and another
15 minutes later, one sea trawler was 10.5 km farther from the original than the other. Find
the speed of each sea trawler.
A. 16 km/hr, 30 km/hr. B. 18 km/hr, 24 km/hr
B. C. 20 km/hr, 22 km/hr D. 18 km/hr, 36 km/hr
Question: A Chartered Bus carrying office employees travels everyday in two shifts morning
and evening. In the evening the bus travels at an average speed which is 50% greater than
the morning average speed but takes 50% more time than the amount of time it takes in
the morning. The average speed of the Chartered Bus for the entire journey is Greater / less
than its average speed in the morning by
A.18% less B. 30% Greater C. 37.5% Greater D. 50%
less.
Question: It was a rainy morning in Delhi when Rohit drove his mother to a dentist in his
Maruti Alto. They started at 8.30 AM from home and Rohit maintained the speed of the
vehicle at 30 Km/hr. However, while returning from the doctor's chamber, rain intensified
and the vehicle could not move due to severe water logging. With no other alternative,
Rohit kept the vehicle outside the doctor's chamber and returned home along with his
mother in a rickshaw at a speed of 12 Km/hr. They reached home at 1.30 PM. If they stayed
at the doctor's chamber for the dental check-up for 48 minutes, the distance of the doctor's
chamber from Rohit's house is
A. 15 Km B. 30 Km C. 36 Km D. 45 Km
Question: Arup and Swaroop leave point At 8 A.M too. B. To reach B, they have to walk the
first 2 kilometres then travel 4 km by boat and complete the final 20 km by car. Arup and
Swaroop walk at a constant speed of 4 km per hour and 5 km per hour respectively. Each
rows his boat for 30 minutes. Arup drived his car at a constant speed of 50 km per hour
while Swarup drives at 40 km per hour. If no time is wasted in transit when will they meet
again at A. 9:15 a.m. B. 9:18 am C. 9:21 a.m D. 9:24 a.m
E. 9:30 A.M
Question: Shruti and Krishna left Delhi for Noida at the same time. While Shruti was driving
her car while Krishna, an environmentalist by profession was travelling on his bicycle.
Having reached Noida, Shruti turn back and met Krishna an hour after they started. Krishna
continued his journey to Noida after the meeting by Shruti turned back and also headed for
Noida. Having reached Noida. Shruti again turn back and met Krishna 30 minutes after
their first meeting. The time taken by Krishna to cover the distance between Delhi and
Noida is
A.2 hours B. 2.5 hours C.3 hours
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Question: Amrendra and Dharmendra are brothers. One day they start at the same time
from their home for Tatanagar railway station in their respective cars. Amrendra took 25
minutes to reach the station. After reaching station Amrendra found that Dharmendra is
2500 m away from the station. The distance of Tatanagar Station from their home is 15 km.
Next day Dharmendra decided to start 7 minutes early. If they drive at the speed same as
the previous day then Amrendra will reach the station?
A.120 seconds earlier than Dharmendra B.120 seconds later than Dharmendra
C.300 seconds earlier than Dharmendra D.300 seconds later than Dharmendra
E. At the same time with Dharmendra
Question: Pradeep could either walk or drive to the office. The time taken to walk to the
office is 8 times the driving time. One day his wife took the car making him walk to office
after walking 1 km he reached a Temple when his wife call to say that he can now take the
car Pradeep figure that continuing to walk to the office will take as long as walking back
home and then driving to the office. Calculate the distance between the temple and the
office.
A.1 B.7/3 C.9/7 D.16/7
E.16/9
Question: Ram, Shyam and Hari went out for a 100 KM journey. Raman Hari started the
journey in Ram’s car at the rate of 25 km per hour while Shyam walked at 5 km per hour.
After sometime Hari got off and started walking at the rate of 5 km per hour and Ram went
back to pick up Shyam. All three reached the destination simultaneously. The number of
hours required for the trip was?
A. 8 B.7 C.6 D.5 E.4