TIME SPEED DISTANCE

1. A train 100m long is running at the speed of 30km/hr. The time (in second) in which
it passes a man standing near the railway line is:
(a) 13s (b) 20s (c) 12s (d) 6s

2. A 75m long train is moving at 20kmph. It will cross a man standing on the platform
in:
(a)12s (b)13s (c)13.5s (d)15s

3. A 275m long train crosses a platform of equal length in 33sec. Find the speed of the
train.
(a) 60km/hr (b) 65km/hr (c) 55km/hr (d) 70km/hr

4. A gun is fired from a fort. A man hears the sound 10 seconds later. If the sound
travels at the rate of 330m/sec, find the distance between the fort and the man.
(a) 330km (b) 33km (c) 3.3km (d) 0.33km

5. An aeroplane covers a certain distance at a speed of speed of 240km/hr in 5hours.

6. A man walk ‘a’km in ‘b’ hours. The time taken to walk 200metres is:
200𝑏 𝑏 5𝑎 𝑎𝑏
(a) 𝑎 ℎ (b) 5𝑎 ℎ (c) 𝑏 ℎ (d) 200

7. A train covers a distance of 20km in 24minutes. If its speed is decreased by 5km/hr,

8. A bullock cart has to cover a distance of 120km in 15hours. If its covers half of the
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journey in 5th time, speed to cover the remaining distance in the time left has to be:
(a) 12km/h (b) 8km/h (c) 10km/h (d) 15km/h

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9. A man covers20by bus and the remaining 10km on foot. His total journey (in km) is:
(a) 20 (b) 24 (c) 18.18 (d) 19

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10. Ravi travelled 1200km by air which formed 5 of his trip. He travelled one-third of the
trip by car and the rest by train. The distance (in km) travelled by train was:
(a) 500 (b) 800 (c) 900 (d) 600

11. The ratio of length of two trains is 5:3 and the ratio of their speeds is 6:5. The ratio of
time by them to cross a pole is:
(a) 18:25 (b) 25:8 (c) 25:18 (d) 27:24
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12. A truck covers a distance of 550metres in 1min whereas a bus covers a distance of
33 kms in 45min. The ratio of their speed is:
(a) 4:3 (b) 3:5 (c) 3:4 (d) 3:7

13. A boy runs 20km in 2.5h. How long will he take to run 32km at double the previous
speed?
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(a)2h(b)22h (c)4h (d)3h

14. The speed of two trains are in the ratio 6:7. If the second train runs 367km in 4hr,
then the speed of first train is:
(a) 52km/hr (b) 65km/hr (c) 78km/hr (d) 104km/hr

15. The ratio of length of two trains is 4:3 and the ratio of their speed is 6:5. The ratio of
time taken by them to cross a pole is:
(a) 5:6 (b) 5:8 (c) 10:9 (d) 20:19

16. A is twice as fast as B and B is thrice as fast as C is. The journey covered by C in
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1 2hr will be covered by A in:
(a) 15min (b) 20min (c) 30min (d) 1hr

17. Two cars are moving with speed 𝑣1 , 𝑣2 towards a crossing along two roads. If their
distance from the crossing be 40metres and 50metres at an instant of time then they
do not collide if their speeds are such that:
(a) 𝑣1 : 𝑣2 = 16: 25(b) 𝑣1 : 𝑣2 ≠ 4: 5(b) 𝑣1 : 𝑣2 ≠ 5: 4(d) 𝑣1 : 𝑣2 ≠ 25: 16

18. A runs twice as fast as B and B runs thrice as fast as C. The distance covered by C in
72min, will be covered by A in:
(a) 18min (b) 24min (c) 36min (d) 12min

19. A man travelled a certain distance by train at the rate of 25kmph and walked back at
the rate of 4kmph. If the whole journey took 5hours 48min, the distance was:
(a) 25km (b) 40km (c) 20km (d) 30km
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20. A person, who can walk down a hill at the rate of 4 2 𝑘𝑚/h and up the hill at the rate
of 3km/hr. He ascends and comes down to his starting point in 5hrs. How far did he
ascend?
(a)12km (b)10km (c)18km (d)9km

21. A distance is covered by a cyclist at a certain speed. If a jogger covers half the distance in
double the time, the ratio of the speed of the jogger to that of the cyclist is:
(a) 1:4 (b) 4:1 (c) 1:5 (d) 4:3
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22. By walking 4 of his usual speed a man reaches his office 20min later than his usual time. The
usual time taken by him to reach his office is:
(a)75min(b)60min(c)40min(d)80m
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23. Walking at 7th of his usual speed a man is 25min late. His usual time to cover this distance is:
(a) 2hr30min (b) 2hr15min (c) 2hr25min (d) 2hr10min

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24. A car travelling with 7 of its usual speed covers 42km in 1hr40min48sec. What is the usual
speed of the car?
(a) 40km/h (b) 35km/h (c) 25km/h (d) 30km/h

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25. A car travelling with of its usual speed covers 42km in 1hr40min48sec. What is the usual
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speed of the car?
(a) 40km/h (b) 35km/h (c) 25km/h (d) 30km/h
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26. A student walks from his house at a speed of 22km/hr and reaches his school 6min late. The
next day he increases his speed by 1km/hr and reaches 6min before school time. How far is
the school from his house?
5 7 9 11
(a)4km (b)4km (c)4km (d) 4 km

27. Walking at 5km/h a student reaches his school from his house 15min early and walking at
3km/h he is late by 9min. What is the distance between his school and his house?
(a) 4km (b) 9km (c) 3km (d) 6km

28. A man cycles at the speed of 8km/h and reaches office at 11am and when he cycles at the
speed of 12km/h, he reaches office at 9am. At what speed should he cycle so that he reaches
his office at 10am?
(a) 9.6km/h (b) 10km/h (c) 10km/h (d) Cannot be determined

29. If a man walks 20km at 5km/hr he will be late by 40min. If he walks at 8km/hr how early
from the fixed time will he reach?
(a) 100m (b) 25m (c) 50min (d) 55min
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30. A man can reach a certain place in 30hrs. If he reduces its speed by , he goes 10km less in
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that time. Find his speed per hour.
(a) 6km/h (b) 7km/h (c) 4km/h (d) 5km/h

31. The length of a train and that of platform are equal. If with a speed of 90km/h the train
crosses the platform in one minute, then the length of the train (in metres) is:
(a) 650m (b) 600m (c) 750m (d) 800m
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32. A train 270metres long is running at a speed of 36km per hour then it will cross a bridge of
length 180m in:
(a) 44sec (b) 45sec (c) 50sec (d) 48sec

33. A train 280m long moving at the speed of 20m/s over takes a man moving at a speed of
10m/s in the same direction. The train passes the man in:
(a) 42sec (b) 7sec (c) 28sec (d) 14sec

34. How many seconds will a 500metre long train take to cross a man walking with a speed
of3km/h in the direction of the moving train if the speed of the train 63km/h?
(a) 31sec (b) 30sec (c) 32sec (d) 33sec

35. A passenger train 150m long is travelling with a speed of 36km/h. If a man is cycling in the
direction of train at 9km/h, the time taken by the train to pass the man is:
(a) 40sec (b) 19sec (c) 18sec (d) 20sec