TSD – 1

(Proportionality, Races) –
by Amit Goyal (Academic Head CL-Noida)

1. Instead of traveling at my usual speed of 45 km/h, I travel at the speed of 55 km/h

and reach office 40 min early. Find the distance from my home to office.
a) 270 km b) 330 km c) 110 km d) None of these

2. A man leaves his home and walks at a aped of 12 km/h, reaching the railway
station 10 min after the train had departed. If instead he had walked at a speed of 15
km/h, he would have reached the station 10 min before the train’s departure. The
distance (in km) from his home to railway station is________

3. Two persons are running a race with their respective speeds of 70 km/hr and 75
km/hr. When they finished it is found that one person has taken 20 min more than
another. Find the length of the race.
a) 75 km b) 70 km c) 60 km d) None of these

4. The speeds of the scooter, car and train are in the ratio of 1 : 4 : 16. If all of them
cover equal distance, the ratio of time taken for each of the vehicle is.
a) 256 : 16 : 1 b) 1 : 4 : 16 c) 16 : 4 : 1 d) 16 : 1 : 4

5. Every day I leave my home at a particular time, travel at a uniform speed and reach
on time to my college. Today also I left home at the same time but I travelled at 3/5 th
of my regular speed over 1/3rd of the total distance. At what fraction of my regular
speed should I travel over rest of the distance so that I reach on time?
a) 7.5 times b) 5 times c) 2.5 times d) 1.5 times

6. Deepak a train driver, while crossing a tunnel spotted himself at the midpoint of the
tunnel whose length is 4 times the length of the Deepak’s train. From this point train
takes 60 sec to completely emerge out from the tunnel. How much time will the
Deepak’s train take to completely cross another tunnel whose length is thrice the
length of the previous tunnel?
a) 220 sec b) 240 sec c) 260 sec d) none of these

7. A man covers a certain distance by his own car. Had he moved 6 km/h faster he
would have taken 4 hrs less. If he had moved 4 km/h slower, he would have taken 4
hrs more. The distance is.
a) 240 km b) 640 km c) 480 km d) none of these

8. Arun drove from home to his hostel at 60 miles/h. While returning home he drove
half way along the same route at a speed of 25 km/h and then took a bypass road
which increased his driving distance by 5 miles, but allowed him to drive at 50
miles/h along this bypass road. If his return journey took 30 min more than his
onward journey, then the total distance traveled by him is.
a) 50 miles b) 60 miles c) 65 miles d) 70 miles

9. Two cars A and B respectively start from P and Q towards each other with their
respective speeds of 80 kmph and 95 kmph. When they meet it is found that one car
has covered 180 km more than another. Find the length between P and Q.
a) 960 km b) 1440 km c) 2100 km d) None of these
10. There is a tunnel connecting city A & B. There is a CAT which is standing at 3/8
the length of the tunnel from A. It listens a whistle of the train and starts running
towards the entrance where, the train and the CAT meet. In another case, the CAT
started running towards the exit and the train again met the CAT at the exit. What is
the ratio of their speeds?
a) 4 : 1 b) 1 : 2 c) 8 : 1 d) None of these

11. Priyanka reaches school every day at 3 pm to pick up her daughter Riyanka. On
Friday, the school got over at 2 pm and Riyanka started walking towards home.
Priyanka met her on her way and returned home 30 min earlier. For how long did
Riyanka walk?
a) 60 min b) 30 min c) 45 min d) 40 min

12. Two persons A and B respectively running from P and Q towards each other. They
start simultaneously and meet for the first time at 10:30 AM. After that, A takes 54
minutes to reach Q while B takes 24 minutes to reach P. Find the time when they
started from their respective positions.
a) 9:54 AM b) 10:00 AM c) 9:48 AM d) Data Insufficient

13. A and B start from X and Y and head towards Y and X respectively, with their
speeds being in the ratio 3 : 4. They meet at Z and continue on their respective paths.
If A takes 32 minutes to reach Y from Z, find the time taken by B to reach X from Z.
a) 16 mins b) 18 mins c) 20 mins d) 24 mins

14. The distance between Bhopal & Indore is 540 kilometers. Harish and Raghu
respectively start from Bhopal and Indore simultaneously and meet after two hrs. After
that, Harish takes 3 hrs less to reach Indore than the Raghu takes to reach Bhopal.
Find the speed of Raghu in km/h.
a) 90 km/h b) 180 km/h c) 200 km/h d) Can’t say

15. A jogging park has two identical circular tracks touching each other, and a
rectangular track enclosing the two circles. The edges of the rectangles are tangential
to the circles. Two friends, A and B, start jogging simultaneously from the point where
one of the circular tracks touches the smaller side of the rectangular track. A jog along
the rectangular track, while B jogs along the two circular tracks in a figure of eight.
Approximately, how much faster than A does B have to run, so that they take the
same time to return to their starting point?
a) 3.88% b) 4.22% c) 4.44% d) 4.72%

16. A train meets with an accident and travels at 4/7th of its regular speed hereafter
and hence it reaches its destination 36 minutes late. Had the accident occurred 30
kms further, the train would have been late by only 21 minutes. Find the regular
speed of the train.
a) 60 kmph b) 90 kmph c) 72 kmph d) 120 kmph

17. A car after traveling 18 km from a point A developed some problem in the engine
and speed became 4/5 of its original speed. As a result, the car reached point B 45
min late. If the engine had developed the same problem after traveling 30 km from A
then, it would have reached B only 36 min late. The original speed of the car (in km/h)
and the distance between the points A and B (in km) are.
a) 25, 130 b) 30, 150 c) 20, 90 d) None of these
18. A person takes 3 hours to walk a certain distance and riding back. He could walk
both ways in 5 hours. How long could it take to ride both ways?
a) 1.5 hr b) 1 hr c) 0.5 hr d) 2 hrs

19. Mr. Ghosh Babu left his home as usual to reach his office on time. He was
travelling at his regular speed and on covering exactly 1/3rd the distance from his
home to office, he realised that he forgot his office keys at home. From now on at what
fraction of his speed should he travel back to his house, and then from house to office
so that he reaches office at his usual time? Assume he takes insignificant time to pick
his keys.
a) 1.5 times b) 2 times c) 2.5 times d) 3 times

20. Every morning A and B start their morning walk at 6:00 am from their respective
homes and travel towards each other. They meet at 6:30 at point X. On a particular
day, B gets late and starts at 6:10 and this day they meet at 6:36. If the speed of A is
20 kmph, find the speed of B.
a) 15 kmph b) 25 kmph c) 30 kmph d) Cannot be determined.

21. Ram is travelling by car at the rate of 40 kmph. After every 80 kms he rests for 20
minutes. How long will he take to cover a distance of 240 kms?
a) 6 hrs 40 min b) 6 hrs 11 min c) 5 hrs 11 min d) 7 hrs 15 min

22. A man covers a certain distance on bicycle. Had he moved 3 kmph faster, he
would have taken 40 minutes less. If he had moved 2 kmph slower, he would have
taken 40 minutes more. Find the distance.
a) 30 km b) 45 km c) 20 km d) 40 km

23. 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 origin than
the other. Find the speed of each sea trawler.
a) 16 km/h, 30 km/h b) 18 km/h, 24 km/h
c) 20 km/h, 22 km/h d) 18 km/h, 36 km/h

24. In a race of 200 m run, A beats S by 20 m and N by 40 m. If S and N are running a

race of 100 m with exactly same speed as before, then by how many metres will S beat
N?
a) 11.11 m b) 10 m c) 12 m d) 25 m

25. In a race of, A can beat B by 12 meters and C by 18 meters. In the same race B
can beat C by 8 meters. What is the length of the race?
a) 100 m b) 60 m c) 48 m d) 36 m

26. In a 100 M race, if A gives B a start of 20 meters, then A wins the race by 5
seconds. Alternatively, if A gives B a start of 40 meters the race ends in a dead heat.
How long does A take to run 200 M?
a) 10 seconds b) 20 seconds c) 30 seconds d) 40 seconds
27. In a kilometre race, A beats B by 1 minute. In the same race, B beats C by 30
seconds. If A beats C by 600 m in the same race, find the ratio of the speeds of A and
B.
a) 2 : 1 b) 3 : 2 c) 4 : 3 d) 5: 3
28. In racing over a given distance d at uniform speed, A can beat B by 20 metres, B
can beat C by 10 metres, and A can beat C by 28 metres. Then d, in metres, equals:
a) 58 b) 100 c) 116 d) 120

29. Mandeep and Jagdeep had gone to visit Ranpur, which is a seaside town and also
known for the presence of the historical ruins of an ancient kingdom. They stayed in a
hotel which is exactly 250 meters away from the railway station. At the hotel, Mandeep
and Jagdeep learnt from a tourist information booklet that the distance between the
sea-beach and the gate of the historical ruins is exactly 1 km. Next morning they
visited the sea beach to witness sunrise and afterwards decided to have a race from the
beach to the gate of the ruins. Jagdeep defeated Mandeep in the race by 60 meters or
12 seconds. The following morning they had another round of race from the railway
station to the hotel. How long did Jagdeep take to cover the distance on the second
day?
a) 53 seconds b) 47 seconds c) 51 seconds d) 45 seconds

30. Amarendra and Dharmendra are brothers. One day they start at the same time
from their home for Tatanagar railway station in their respective cars. Amarendra took
25 minutes to reach the station. After reaching the station Amarendra found that
Dharmendra is 2500 m away from the station. The distance of Tatanagar Station from
their home is 15 km. Next day Dhramendra decided to start 7 minutes early. If they
drive at the speed same as the previous day then Amarendra 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.