Time and Distance

1. The ratio of the speeds of a car, a train and a bus is 5:9:4. The average speed of the car, the bus and the
train is 72km/hr. What is the average speed of the car and the train together? Aggarwal 11

2. Car A travels at the speed of 65 km/hr and reaches its destination in 8 hours. Car B travels at the speed
of 70 km/hr and reaches its destination in 4 hours. What is the ratio of the distance covered by car A and
car B respectively? Aggarwal 12

3. A is 10 miles west of B. C is 30 miles north of B. D is 20 miles east of C. What is the distance from A to
D? Aggarwal 16

4. Jane travelled 4/7 as many miles on foot as by water and 2/5 as many miles on horseback as by water. If
she covered a total of 3036 miles, how many miles did she travel on foot? Aggarwal 19

5. 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? Aggarwal 24

6. Ravi can walk a certain distance in 40 days when he rests 9 hours a day. How long will he take to walk
twice the distance, twice as fast and rest twice as long each day? Aggarwal 27

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? Aggarwal 38

8. An express train travelled at an average speed of 100 kmph, stopping for 3 minutes after 75 km. A local
train travelled at a speed of 50 kmph, stopping for 1 minute after every 25 km. If the trains began
travelling at the same time, how many kilometers did the local train travel in the time it took the express
train to travel 600 km? Aggarwal 41

9. The speeds of A and B are in the ratio 3:4. A takes 20 minutes more than B to reach a destination. In
what time does A reach the destination? Aggarwal 46

10. A takes 2hr more than B to walk D km but If A doubles his speed then he can make it in 1hr less than B.
How much time does B require for walking D km? Agg 48

11. A salesman travels a distance of 50 km in 2 hours and 30 minutes. How much faster, in kilometers per
hour, on an average, must he travel to make such a trip in 5/6 hour less time? Aggarwal 52

12. A person has to cover a distance of 6 km in 45 minutes. If he covers one-half of the distance in two-
thirds of the total time, to cover the remaining distance in the remaining time, his speed in km/hr must
be? Aggarwal 53 BB AD 2016

13. A is faster than B. A and B each walk 24 km. The sum of their speeds is 7 km/ hr and the sum of times
taken by them is 14 hours. Then, A's speed is equal to? Aggarwal 62 Janata EO 2017

14. An aeroplane flies from place A to B at the speed of 500 km/hr. On the return journey, its speed is 700
km/hr. The average speed of the aeroplane for the entire journey is? Aggarwal 64

15. 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? Aggarwal 68
16. A car travelling with 5/7 of its actual speed covers 42 km in 1 hr 40 min 48 sec. Find the actual speed of
the car? Aggarwal 82

17. A man can reach a certain place in 30 hours. If he reduces his speed by 1/15 th, he goes 10 km less in
that time. Find his speed. Aggarwal 84 2 Banks Officer 2018

18. Ravi walks to and fro to a shopping mall. He spends 30 minutes shopping. If he walks at a speed of 10
km 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? Aggarwal 92

19. A man covered a certain distance at some speed. 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. The distance (in
km) is? Aggarwal 94

20. A flight of jet Airways from Delhi to Mumbai has an average speed of 700 km/hr without any stoppage,
whereas a flight of kingfisher from Delhi to Mumbai has an average speed of 560 km/hr with stoppage
at Baroda. What is the average stoppage time per hour of kingfisher flight if both the planes fly at the
same speed? Aggarwal 99

21. A bus covered a certain distance from village A to village B at the speed of 60 km/hr. However on its
return journey it got stuck in traffic and covered the same distance at the speed of 40 km/hr and took 2
hours more to reach its destination. What is the distance covered between villages A and B? Aggarwal
100

22. With a uniform speed, a car covers a distance in 8 hours. Had the speed been increased by 4 km/ hr the
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same distance could have been covered in 7 2 hours. What is the distance covered? Aggarwal 104 8
Banks SO 2018

23. If a person walks at 14 km/hr instead of 10 km/hr, he would have walked 20 km more. The actual
distance travelled by him is? Aggarwal 106 BKB Officer 2017

24. In a flight of 6000 km, an aircraft was slowed down due to bad weather. The average speed for the trip
was reduced by 400 kmph and the time of flight increased by 30 minutes. The original planned duration
of the flight was? Aggarwal 111 PKB SEO

25. Paschim Express left Delhi for Mumbai at 14:30 hrs traveling at a speed of 60 kmph and August Kranti
Express left Delhi for Mumbai on the same day at 16:30 hrs traveling at a speed of 80 kmph. How far
away from Delhi will the two trains meet (excluding stoppages)? Aggarwal 125

26. Aryan runs at a speed of 40 metres/minute. Rahul follows him after an interval of 5 minutes and runs at
a speed of 50 metres/minute. Rahul's dog runs at a speed of 60 metres/minute and starts along with
Rahul. The dog reaches Aryan and then comes back Rahul, and continues to do so till Rahul reaches
Aryan. What is the total distance covered by the dog? Aggarwal 130

27. A train started from station A and proceeded towards station B at a speed of 48 km /hr. Forty five
minutes later another train started from station B and proceeded towards station A at 50 km/hr. If the
distance between the two stations is 232 km, at what distance from station A will the trains meet?
Aggarwal 140
28. Buses start from a bus terminal with a speed of 20 km/hr at intervals of 10 minutes. What is the speed of
a man coming from the opposite direction towards the bus terminal if he meets the buses at intervals of 8
minutes? Aggarwal 150

29. 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? Aggarwal 158

30. A car overtakes a bus travelling from Delhi to Jaipur at 4:30 p.m. The car reaches Jaipur at 6:00 p.m.
After stopping there for 1 hour, it starts back towards Delhi and meets the same bus at 7.30 p.m which
was moving towards Jaipur at that time. If both the bus and the car were traveling with uniform speeds
on the same route. At what time would the bus reach Jaipur? Aggarwal 170

31. A man travels for 5 hours 15 minutes. If he covers the first half of the journey at 60 km/hr and rest at 45
km/h. Find the total distance traveled by him? Aggarwal 173
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32. A student goes to school at the rate of 2 2 km/h and reaches 6 min late. If he travels at the speed of 3
km/ h he is 10 min early. What is the distance to the school? Aggarwal 179

33. The speeds of John and Max are 30 km/h and 40km/h. Initially Max is at a place L and John is at place
M. The distance between L and M is 650 kms. John started his journey 3 hours earlier than Max to meet
each other. If they meet each other at a place P somewhere between L and M, then the distance between
P and M is? Aggarwal 185

34. A car travels the first one third of a certain distance with a speed of 10 km/ hr, the next one third
distances with a speed of 20 km/hr and the last one third distances with a speed of 60 km/hr. The
average speed of the car for the whole journey is? Aggarwal 186

35. With a uniform speed, a car covers a distance in 8 hours. Had the speed been increased by 4 km/hr, the
same distance could have been covered in 7 hours and 30 minutes. What is the distance covered?
Aggarwal 187 8 Banks SO

36. If a runner takes as much time in running 20 meters as the car takes in covering 50 metres. The distance
covered by the runner during the time the car covers 1 km is? Aggarwal 191

Practice
37. An aeroplane started 30 minutes later than the schedule time from a place 1500 km away from its
destination. To reach the destination at the scheduled time the pilot had to increase the speed by 250
km/hr. What was the speed of the aero plane per hour during the journey? Ex 19 Sonali SO 2019

38. Akash leaves home for school which is 12 km from his house. After the school, he goes to his club
which is 7 km from his school. If his house, school and club all fall in a line, then what is the minimum
distance he has to travel to get back home? Aggarwal 21 Sonali Cash 2018

39. A person wishes to reach his destination 90 km away in 3 hours but for the first half of the journey his
speed was 20 km/hr. His average speed for the rest of the journey should be? Aggarwal 55

40. A can complete a journey in 10 hours. He travels first half of the journey at the rate of 21 km/ hr and
second half at the rate of 24 km/ hr. Find the total journey in km? Aggarwal 58 Pubali SO 2014
41. 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? Aggarwal 73

42. Mary jogs 9 km at a speed of 6 km per hour. At what speed would she need to jog during the next 1.5
hours to have an average of 9 km per hour for the entire jogging session? Aggarwal 80

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43. A student walks from his house at a speed of 2 2 km per hour and reaches his school 6 minutes late. The
next day he increases his speed by 1 km per hour and reaches 6 minutes before school time. How far is
the school from his house? Aggarwal 88

44. A train travels a distance of 600 km at a constant speed. If the speed of the train is increased by 5 km/hr,
the journey would take 4 hours less. Find the speed of the train? Aggarwal 102

45. Two boys A and B start at the same time to ride from Delhi to Meerut, 60 km away. A travels 4 km an
hour slower than B. B reached Meerut and at once turns back meeting A 12 km from Meerut. A’s rate
was? Aggarwal 113, Ex 20

46. A passenger train runs at the rate of 80 kmph. It starts from the station, 6 hours after a goods train leaves
the station. The passenger train overtakes the goods train after 4 hours. The speed of goods train is?
Aggarwal 133

47. A hare pursued by a hound is 60 of her own leaps before him. When the hare takes 4 leaps, the hound
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takes 3. In one leap the hare goes 1 4 metres and the hound 24 metres. In how many leaps will the
hound overtake the hare? Aggarwal 168

48. 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 speed of 10 km and 11 km per hour respectively.
What is the distance between them after 6 minutes? Aggarwal 188 Sonali SO FF 2019

Answer: 37.1000 38.5 39.1 40.224 41.71.11 42.12 43.7/4 44.25 45.8 46.32 47.252 48.100