Time and Distance

Type -1
1. A bus covers a distance of 2924 km in 43 hours. What is the speed of the bus?
(a) 60 km/hr (b) 68 km/hr (c) 72 km/hr (d) Cannot be determined (e) None of these

2. Which of the following trains is the fastest?

3. A person crosses a 600 m long street in 5 minutes. What is his speed in km per hour?
(a) 3.6 (b) 7.2 (c) 8.4 (d) 10

4. The average speed of a bus is one-third of the speed of a train. The train covers 1125 km in 15 hours.
How much distance will the bus cover in 36 minutes?
(a) 12 km (b) 18 km (c) 21 km (d) 75 km (e) None of these

5. A car is driven at the speed of 100 km/hr and stops for 10 minutes at the end of every 150 km. To
cover a distance of 1000 km, it will take
(a) 9 hours (b) 10 hours (c) 11 hours (d) 12 hours

6. A motor car starts with the speed of 70 km/hr with its speed increasing every two hours by 10 kmph.
In how many hours will it cover 345 kms?
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(a) 24 hrs (b) 4 hrs 5 min (c) 42 hrs (d) Cannot be determined (e) None of these

7. A bus moving at a speed of 24 m/s begins to slow at a rate of 3 m/s each second. How far does it go
before stopping?
(a) 48 m (b) 60 m (c) 72 m (d) 96 m

8. How long must a driver take to drive the final 70miles of a trip if he wants to average 50 miles an hour
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for the entire trip and during the first part of the trip he drove 50 miles in 12 hours?
(a) 54 min (b) 1 hour (c) 66 min (d) 70 min

Type – 2
9. A person travels from P to Q at a speed of 40 kmph and returns by increasing his speed by 50%. What
is his average speed for both the trips?
(a) 36 kmph (b) 45 kmph (c) 48 kmph (d) 50 kmph

10. The average speed of a train in the onward journey is 25% more than that in the return journey. The
train halts for one hour on reaching the destination. The total time taken for the complete to and fro
journey is 17 hours, covering a distance of 800 km. The speed of the train in the onward journey is
(a) 45 km/hr (b) 47.5 km/hr (c) 52 km/hr (d) 56.25 km/hr
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11.I started on my bicycle at 7 a.m. to reach a certain place. After going a certain distance, my bicycle
went out of order. Consequently, I rested for 35 minutes and came back to my house walking all the
way. I reached my house at 1 p.m. If my cycling speed is 10 kmph and my walking speed is 1 kmph, then
on my bicycle I covered a distance of
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(a) 466 km (b) 139 km (c) 148 km (d) 1571 km

12.A car covers the first 39 kms of its journey in 45minutes and covers the remaining 25 km in 35
minutes. What is the average speed of the car?
(a) 40 km/hr (b) 48 km/hr (c) 49 km/hr (d) 64 km/hr (e) None of these

13. A train travels at a speed of 30 km/hr for 12 minutes and at a speed of 45 km/hr for the next 8
minutes. The average speed of the train for this journey is
(a) 30 km/hr (b) 36 km/hr (c) 37.5 km/hr (d) 48 km/hr

14. A man on tour travels 160 km by car at 64 km/hr and another 160 km by bus at 80 km/hr. The
average speed for the whole journey is
(a) 35.55 km/hr (b) 36 km/hr (c) 71.11 km/hr (d) 71 km/hr

Type – 3
15. The speeds of three cars are in the ratio 2 : 3 : 4. The ratio of the times taken by these cars to travel
the same distance is
(a) 2 : 3 : 4 (b) 4 : 3 : 2 (c) 4 : 3 : 6 (d) 6 : 4 : 3

16. A train running at 7 / 11 of its own speed reached a place in 22 hours. How much time could be
saved if the train would have run at its own speed?
(a) 7 hours (b) 8 hours (c) 14 hours (d) 16 hours

17. A man can reach a certain place in 30 hours. If he reduces his speed by 1/15th then he goes 10 km
less in that time. Find his speed.
(a) 4 km/hr (b) 5 km/hr (c) 5.5 km/hr (d) 6 km/hr

18. Walking 6/7 th of his usual speed, a man is 12 minutes too late. The usual time taken by him to cover
that distance is
(a) 1 hour (b) 1 hr 12 min (c) 1 hr 15 min (d) 1 hr 20 min

Type – 4
19. With an average speed of 50 km/hr, a train reaches its destination in time. If it goes with an average
speed of 40 km/hr, it is late by 24 minutes. The total journey is (N.M.A.T., 2008)
(a) 30 km (b) 40 km (c) 70 km (d) 80 km
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20. If a train runs at 40 kmph, it reaches its destination late by 11 minutes but if it runs at 50 kmph, it is
late by 5 minutes only. The correct time for the train to complete its journey is
(a) 13 min (b) 15 min (c) 19 min (d) 21 min

21. Robert is travelling on his cycle and has calculated to reach point A at 2 P.M. if he travels at 10 kmph;
he will reach there at 12 noon if he travels at 15 kmph. At what speed must he travel to reach A at 1
P.M.? (a) 8 kmph (b) 11 kmph (c) 12 kmph (d) 14 kmph
22. Ravi walks to and fro to a shopping mall. He spends 30 minutes shopping. If he walks at a speed of
10km an hour, he returns home at 19.00 hours. If he walks at 15 km an hour, he returns home at 18.30
hours. How far must he walk in order to return home at 18.15 hours?
(a) 17 km/hr (b) 17.5 km/hr (c) 18 km/hr (d) 19 km/hr (e) None of these

Type – 5
23. A walks at 4 kmph and 4 hours after his start, B cycles after him at 10 kmph. How far from the start
does B catch up with A? (a) 16.7 km (b) 18.6 km (c) 21.5 km (d) 26.7 km

25. Paschim Express left Delhi for Mumbai at 14.30 hrs travelling at a speed of 60 kmph and August
Kranti Express left Delhi for Mumbai on the same day at 26.30 hrs travelling at a speed of 80 kmph. How
far away from Delhi will the two trains meet (excluding stoppages)?
(a) 120 km (b) 360 km (c) 480 km (d) 500 km

27. A thief is noticed by a policeman from a distance of 200 m. The thief starts running and the
policeman chases him. The thief and the policeman run at the rate of 10 km and 11 km per hour
respectively. What is the distance between them after 6 minutes?
(a) 100 m (b) 150 m (c) 190 m (d) 200 m

28. A bus is moving with a speed of 30 km/hr ahead of a car with a speed of 50 km/hr. How many
kilometres apart are they if it takes 15 minutes for the car to catch up with the bus?
(a) 5 km (b) 7.5 km (c) 12.5 km (d) 15 km

29. A thief running at 8 km/hr is chased by a policeman whose speed is 10 km/hr. If the thief is 100
metres ahead of the policeman, then the time required for the policeman to catch the thief will be
(a) 2 minutes (b) 3 minutes (c) 6 minutes (d) 10 minutes

30. A thief steals a car at 2.30 p.m. and drives it at 60 kmph. The theft is discovered at 3 p.m. and the
owner sets off in another car at 75 kmph. When will he overtake the thief?
(a) 4.30 p.m. (b) 4.45 p.m. (c) 5 p.m. (d) 5.15 p.m.

31. Sound waves travel at 300 m/s. Sound produced at a point is heard by a person after 5 seconds while
the same sound is heard by another person after 6 seconds. What could be the maximum and minimum
distance between the two persons?
(a) 1.8 km, 0.15 km (b) 2.2 km, 0.20 km (c) 2.8 km, 0.25 km (d) 3.3 km, 0.3 km
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32. Two guns were fired from the same place at an interval of 8 minutes, A person approaching the
place observes that 5 minutes 52 seconds have elapsed between the hearing of the sound of the two
guns. If the velocity of the sound is 330 m/sec, the man was approaching the place at what speed (in
km/hr)?
(a) 24 (b) 27 (c) 30 (d) 36

Type – 6
33. Train A leaves Ludhiana for Delhi at 11 a.m, running at the speed of 60 km/hr. Train B leaves
Ludhiana for Delhi by the same route at 2 p.m. on the same day, running at the speed of 72 km/hr. At
what time will the two trains meet each other?
(a) 2 a.m. on the next day (b) 5 a.m. on the next day (c) 5 p.m. on the next day (d) None of these

34. A train M leaves station X at 5 a.m and reaches station Y at 9 a.m. Another train N leaves station Y at
7 a.m. and reaches station X at 10.30 a.m. At what time do the two trains cross each other?
(a) 7.36 a.m (b) 7.56 a.m (c) 8.36 a.m (d) 8.56 a.m

35. Train A travelling at 60 km/hr leaves Mumbai for Delhi at 6 p.m. Train B travelling at 90 km/hr also
leaves Mumbai for Delhi at 9 p.m. Train C leaves Delhi for Mumbai at 9 p.m. If all the three trains meet
at the same time between Mumbai and Delhi, then what is the speed of train C if the distance between
Delhi and Mumbai is 1260 km?
(a) 60 km/hr (b) 90 km/hr (c) 120 km/hr (d) 135 km

Type – 7
Special case
36. A monkey climbing up a pole ascends 6 metres and slips 3 metres in alternate minutes. If the pole is
60 metres high, how long will it take the monkey to reach the top?
(a) 31 min (b) 33 min (c) 35 min (d) 37 min

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37. A man can walk uphill at the rate of 22 km/hr and downhill at the rate of 3 4 km/hr. If the total time
required to walk a certain distance up the hill and return to the starting point was 4 hr 36 min,
then what was the distance walked up the hill by the man?
(a) 4 km (b) 4.5km (c) 5.5 km (d) 6.5 km

[Link] stoppages, the speed of a bus is 54 kmph and including stoppages, it is 45 kmph. For how
many minutes does the bus stop per hour?
(a) 9 (b) 10 (c) 12 (d) 20

39. Reena leaves office at 6.00 p.m. and catches a 6.30p.m. local train that arrives in her town at 7.00
p.m. Her father leaves home to pick her up at 7.00 p.m. from the station as she gets off the train.
Yesterday, Reena left her office early and took a 6.00 p.m. train and arrived at 6.30 p.m. As her father
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was not there to pick her up, she started walking towards home. Her father left home at the usual time,
saw her daughter walking, turned around, picked her up and drove home, arriving there 10 minutes
earlier than the usual. For how long did Reena walk before her father picked her up?
(a) 10 min (b) 15 min (c) 20 min (d) 25 min

40. On return from a business trip, Mr X was to be picked up from the railway station by his coachman.
However, his meeting having finished before schedule, he left his destination earlier by catching an
earlier train as a result of which he arrived 2 hours early. Immediately on arrival he rang up home for the
coach and was told that it had just left in order to be exactly in time for the train by which he was
scheduled to come. To save time he started walking home ward a 4 mph. On the way he met the
coachman who brought him home an hour before schedule. How far is Mr X’s house from the railway
station?
(a) 12 miles (b) 16 miles (c) 18 miles (d) 24 miles