SPEED, TIME & DISTANCE

1. A certain race is made up of three stretches: A, B and C, each 2 km long, and to be covered by a certain mode
of transport. The following table gives these modes of transport for the stretches, and the minimum and
maximum possible speeds (in km hr) over these stretches. The speed over a particular stretch is assumed to be
constant. The previous record for the race is 10 min.

Min. Max.
A Car 40 60
B Motorcycle 30 50
C Bicycle 10 20

Mr. Tortoise completes the race at an average speed of 20 km/hr. His average speed for the first two stretches
is four times that for the last stretch. Find the speed over stretch C.
(a) 15 km/hr (b) 12 km/hr (c) 10 km/hr (d) This is not possible
2. A car after travelling 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 minutes late. If the engine had developed the same
problem after travelling 30 km from A, then it would have reached B only 36 minutes late. The original speed
of the car (in km per hour) 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
Direction for questions 3 and 4 : Answer the questions based on the following information.
Boston is 4 hr ahead of Frankfurt and 2 hr behind India. X leaves Frankfurt at 6 p.m. on Friday and reaches
Boston the next day. After waiting there fore 2 hr, he leaves exactly at noon and reaches India at 1 a.m. On his
return journey, he takes the same route as before, but halts at Boston for 1 hr less than his previous halt there. He
then proceeds to Frankfurt.
3. If his journey, including stoppage, is covered at an average speed of 180 mph, what is the distance between
Frankfurt and India?
(a) 3600 miles (b) 4500 miles (c) 5580 miles (d) Data insufficient
4. If X had started the return journey from India at 2.55 a.m. on the same day that he reached there, what is X’s
average speed for the entire journey (to and fro)?
(a) 176 mph (b) 180 mph (c) 165 mph (d) Data insufficient
5. A man travels three-fifths of a distance AB at a speed 3a, and the remaining at a speed 2b. If he goes from B
to A and return at a speed 5c in the same time, then which of the following is true?
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(a)   (b) a + b = c (c)   (d) None of these
a b c a b c
6. A bird sitting on a wall spots an approaching train, which is 720 km away and moving at a speed of 15 m/s.
The bird starts flying towards the train and as soon as it reaches the train, it flies back towards the wall. It
continues to do this to and fro motion till the time the train crashes into the wall. If the bird can fly at a speed
of 120 kmph, find the total distance covered by the bird while it was flying towards the wall.
(a) 860 km (b) 660 km (c) 440 km (d) 1000 km (e) 800 km
7. Karan and Arjun run a 100-meter race, in which Karan beats Arjun by 10 metres. To do a favour to Arjun,
Karan starts 10 metres behind the starting line in a second 100 metres race. They both run at their earlier
speeds. Which of the following is true in connection with the second race?
(a) Karan and Arjun reach the finishing line simultaneously
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 (b) Arjun beats Karan by 1 metre
(c) Arjun beats Karan by 11 metres
(d) Karan beats Arjun by 1 metre
8. Rajesh walks to and fro to a shopping mall. He spends 30 minutes shopping. If he walks at speed at 10 km an
hour, he returns to home at 19.00 hours. If he walks at 15 km an hour, he returns to home at 18.30 hours. How
fast must he walk in order to return at 18.15 hours?
(a) 17 km/hour (b) 17.5 km/hour (c) 18 km/hour (d) 19 km/hour
(e) None of these
9. A dog stands at a point A. At a distance of 40 m from A, stands a fox. The dog starts chasing the fox and goes
in pursuit of the fox 40 m away. The dog takes leaps of 2 m against 1 m long leaps of the fox. Had the dog
taken two leaps against the fox’s three, at what distance from A, would the dog have caught up with the fox?
(a) 150 m (b) 160 m (c) 140 m (d) 120 m (e) 130 m
10. Anuva takes 20 min less than the usual time to reach her office if her speed increases by 5 km/hr, and takes 30
min more than the usual time if her speed decreases by 5 km/hr. What is her usual speed?
(a) 20 km/hr (b) 30 km/hr (c) 25 km/hr (d) 35 km/hr (e) None of these
Direction for questions 11 and 12 : Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
Chiku and Charu are running along a circular path with a diameter of 1050 m at the speeds of 15 m/s and 25 m/s
respectively while Chaman is running along the path AB (diameter of the circular path) at the speed of 35 m/s.
Chaman turns back immediately after reaching the point B and does the same as he reaches the point A. All of
them start from point A simultaneously.
11. If Charu and Chiku are running in the opposite direction, what is the shortest distance (in metres) along the
circular path between point A and the point at which Charu and Chiku meet for the third time?
(a) 247.5 (b) 412.5 (c) 660 (d) 1320 (e) 2887.5
12. If Charu and Chiku are running in the opposite direction, what is the shortest distance (in metres) between
Charu and Chiku along the circular path when Chaman reaches the point B for the fifth time?
(a) 150 (b) 270 (c) 412.5 (d) 900 (e) 750
13. A passenger train departs from Ahmadabad at 6 pm for Bombay. At 9 p.m., an express train, whose average
speed exceeds that of the passenger train by 15 km/h, leaves Bombay for Ahmadabad. Two trains meet each
other mid-route. At what time, do they meet, given that the distance between the cities is 1080 km?
(a) 4 pm (b) 2 pm (c) 12 mid-night (d) 6 am
14. A, B and C start running simultaneously around a circular track from the same point in the same direction.
Speeds of A, B and C are 10 km/hr, 15 km/hr and 18 km/hr respectively. If the circumference of the track is
900 m then, find the time after which all of them will be together for the first time.
(a) 52 min (b) 58 min (c) 60 min (d) 56 min (e) 54 min
15. Amarendra and Dharmendar 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 Dharmendra 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

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 (c) 300 seconds earlier than Dharmendra (d) 300 seconds later than Dharmendra
(e) None of these
16. At 12:30 p.m. the engine of a train was exactly mid way of a tunnel which is thrice as long as the train. It
completely emerged from the tunnel after 25 s. How much time will the train take to completely cross a
tunnel which is four times as long as the previous tunnel?
(a) 120 s (b) 130 s (c) 140 s (d) 125 s (e) 135 s
17. In a 500 m race, the ratio of the speeds of two contestants A and B is 2 : 3. If A has a start of 170 m, then A
wins by
(a) 5 m (b) 10 m (c) 15 m (d) 20 m
18. Binod and Neeraj start from one end of a 1000 m track while Deleep starts from the other end. Binod is 50%
faster than Neeraj and Deleep is 150% faster than Neeraj. If Binod meets Deleep in 25 s, how long does
Neeraj take to meet Deleep?
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(a) 30 s (b) 35 s (c) 28 s (d) 26 s
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19. Three runners, A, B and C run a race, with A finishing 12 m ahead of B and 18 m ahead of C, while B
finishes 8 m ahead of C. Each covers the entire distance at a constant speed. What was the length of the race?
(a) 36 m (b) 48 m (c) 60 m (d) 72 m
20. A train approaches a tunnel AB. Inside the tunnel is a cat located at a point that is 3/8 of the distance AB
measured from the entrance A. When the train whistles the cat runs. If the cat moves to the entrance of the
tunnel A, the train catches the cat exactly at the entrance. If the cat moves to the exit B, the train catches the
cat at exactly the exit. What is the ratio of the speed of the train to that of the cat?
(a) 3 : 1 (b) 4 : 1 (c) 5 : 1 (d) None of these
21. In a race of 200 m, A beats S by 20 m and N by 40 m. If S and N participate a race of 100 m with exactly the
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
22. A car after travelling a distance of 110 km develops a problem in the engine and proceeds at 3/4th of its former
speed and arrives at the destination 60 min late. Had the problem developed 30 km further on, the car would
have arrived 12 min sooner. Find the original speed of the car.
(a) 45 km/h (b) 60 km/h (c) 50 km/h (d) None of these
23. A, B and C are moving on a circular track. A, who is the only one moving in anticlockwise direction at a
speed twice that of B and thrice that of C, takes 10 s to cover the entire track. If all the three start
simultaneously, after how long they meet for the second time at the starting point after the start?
(a) 120 s (b) 240 s (c) 360 s (d) 480 s (e) None of these
24. Anuj likes to jog in a park. While jogging he also calculates his speed and the number of steps taken by him.
He observes that the steps taken by him per minute are 5 times his speed in km/hr. What is the distance he
covers per step if he jogs at a uniform speed?
10 20
(a) 3 m (b) m (c) m (d) 5 m (e) Data insufficient
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25. Three persons A, B and C start running clockwise simultaneously from a point on the circular track whose
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radius is   km. The ratio of speeds of A, B and C is 3 : 5 : 7 respectively. What is the difference between
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the distance travelled by A and the distance travelled by C when all three persons meet for the first time at a
point on the track?
(a) 105 km (b) 131.25 km (c) 262.50 km (d) 210 km
26. A group of soldiers are marching with a speed of 5 m/s. The distance between the first and the last row of
soldiers is 100 m. A dog starts running from the last row and moves towards the first row, turns and comes
back to the last row. If the dog has travelled 400 m, the speed of the dog is :

(a) 5 2 m/s (b) 3 5 m/s (c) 6 5 m/s (d) 6 2 m/s

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27. Mandar travelled first rd distance of his journey at a speed of 40 kmph, rd of the remaining distance at 50
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kmph and the rest at 90 km/hr. Find his average speed.
(a) 64 kmph (b) 60 kmph (c) 54 kmph (d) 58 kmph (e) None of these
28. A thief escaped from police custody. Since he was sprinter, he could run at a speed of 40 km/hr. The police
realized it after 3 hr and started chasing him in the same direction at 50 km/hr. The police had a dog which
could run at 60 km/hr. The dog would run to the thief and then return to the police and then would run back
towards the thief. It kept on doing so till the police caught the thief. Find the total distance travelled by the
dog in the direction of the thief.
(a) 720 km (b) 600 km (c) 640 km (d) 680 km (e) 660 km
29. A can give a start of 20 m to B and B can give a start of 10 m to C in a race of 200 m. By how many metres
can A beat C in the same race?
(a) 21 m (b) 28 m (c) 29 m (d) 31 m
30. Two trains start from A and B and head towards B and A respectively. Train from A starts at 11 p.m. and
reaches B at 5 p.m. next day. Train from B starts at 10 p.m. the same day on which the train starts from station
A and reaches A at 6 a.m. the next day. At what time (approximately) will they cross each other?
(a) 4 a.m. (b) 3.55 a.m. (c) 2.51 a.m. (d) 4.05 a.m. (e) 3.51 a.m.
31. Anil and Dheeraj run a 4 km race on a circular course 400 m long in the same direction. If their speeds are in
the ratio of 3 : 2, how many times does Anil pass Dheeraj?
(a) 2 times (b) 3 times (c) 4 times (d) 5 times
32. In a 4000 metre race around a circular stadium having a circumference of 1000 meters, the fastest runner and
the slowest runner each the same point at the end of the 5th minute, for the first time after the start of the race.
All the runners have the same starting point and each runner maintains a uniform speed throughout the race. If
the fastest runner runs at twice the speed of the slowest runner, what is the time taken by the fastest runner to
finish the race?
(a) 20 min (b) 15 min (c) 10 min (d) 5 min
33. Pallavi and Richa start simultaneously P and Q towards Q and P respectively. They meet on the way at T
which is at a distance of 120 m from P. If Pallavi and Richa take 16 s and 25 s to reach their respective
destinations from T, then what is the distance between P and Q?
(a) 214 m (b) 200 m (c) 240 m (d) 216 m (e) 224 m

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34. Nikhil reaches school everyday at 5 p.m. to pick up his child. On Saturday, the school got cover at 4 p.m. and
the child started walking towards home. Nikhil met him on his way and returned home 30 min earlier. For
how log did the child walk?
(a) 40 min (b) 50 min (c) 45 min (d) 55 min (e) 60 min
35. Amol and Avash start moving simultaneously around a circular track from the same point in the same
direction. Amol can complete 1 round in 16 seconds and Avash can do the same in 28 seconds. Find the time
after which they would be together for the first time.
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(a) 40 s (b) s (c) 27 s (d) 37 s (e) None of these
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36. Excluding stoppages, the average speed of a bus is 54 km/hr, and including stoppages it is 45 km/hr. For how
many minutes does the bus stop per hour?
(a) 12 min (b) 10 min (c) 11 min (d) 15 min (e) 16 min
37. Vinit has to cover a certain distance of 7 km in 1 hr 12 min. If he walks some distance at 4 km/h and rides a
horse for some distance at 10 km/h, he reaches his destination in time. How far should he walk on foot?
(a) 14/3 km (b) 11/3 km (c) 13/3 km (d) 10/3 km
38. City Bus Corporation runs two buses from terminus A to terminus B, each bus making 5 round trips in a day.
There are no stops in between. These buses ply back and forth on the same route at different but uniform
speeds. Each morning the buses start at 7 AM from the respective terminuses. They meet for the first time at a
distance of 7 km from terminus A. Their next meeting is at a distance of 4 km from terminus B, while
travelling in opposite directions. Assuming that the time taken by the buses at the terminuses is negligibly
small, and the cost of running a bus is Rs. 20 per km, find the daily cost of running the buses (in Rs.).
(a) 3200 (b) 4000 (c) 6400 (d) 6800 (e) None of these
39. Anurag is walking across a railroad bridge that goes Adelaide to Brisbane. He starts at Adelaide and when he
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is across the bridge he hears a train approaching from behind. The speed of the train is 60 m/hr. Anurag
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can run fast enough so that he turns and runs back towards Adelaide he will meet the train at Adelaide, and if
he runs forward toward Brisbane, the train will overtake him at Brisbane. By the time the train reaches
Adelaide, when portion of the bridge must have been covered by Anurag, by then?
1 3 3 5
(a) (b) (c) (d)
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40. Train X departs from station A at 11 a.m. for station B, which is 180 km far from A. Train Y departs from
station B at 11 a.m. for station A. Train X travels at an average speed of 70 km/hr and does not stop anywhere
until it arrives at station B. Train Y travels at an average speed of 50 km/hr, but has to stop for 15 min at
station C, which is 60 km away from station B, enroute to station A. Ignoring the lengths of the trains, what is
the distance, to the nearest kilometer, from station A to the point where the trains cross each other?
(a) 112 km (b) 118 km (c) 120 km (d) None of these
41. A car, is climbing up a hill at a speed of 90 kmph. A rabbit, sitting at the top of the hill, spots her car when it
is 1170 km away and starts running down the hill towards the car at a speed of 140 kmph. As soon as it meets
the car, the rabbit turns back towards the top of the hill at a speed of 120 kmph. The rabbit continues this to
and fro motion from the top of the hill towards the car and again back at the top of the hill till the car reaches
the top of the hill. Find the total distance covered by the rabbit.
(a) 1840 km (b) 1340 km (c) 1640 km (d) 1680 km

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42. A can beat B by 20 m in a 200 m race. B can beat C by 10 m in a 250 m race. By how many metres can A
beat C in a 100 m race?
(a) 14 m (b) 12 m (c) 12.8 m (d) 14.8 m (e) 13.6 m
43. A sprinter starts running on a circular path of radius r metres. Her average speed (in metres/minute) is r
r r r
during the first 30 seconds, during next one minute, during next 2 minutes, during next 4 minutes,
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and so on. What is the ratio of the time taken for the nth round to that for the previous round?
(a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 16 (d) 32
44. A boat takes 20 min and 30 min to cover a particular distance downstream and upstream respectively. If the
speed of the boat in still water is 20 m/s, the speed of the stream is
(a) 6 m/s (b) 8 m/s (c) 3 m/s (d) 4 m/s (e) 5 m/s
45. Yuvraj went to a place 11.9 km upstream and came back from that place in his boat. Total time taken in the
entire trip is 6 hours. If the speed of the stream is 2 kmph, find the speed of Yuvraj’s boat in still water.
(a) 3.6 kmph (b) 5.2 kmph (c) 5.6 kmph (d) 4.8 kmph (e) 4.4 kmph
46. A boat takes 22 hours for travelling downstream from point P to point Q and coming back to point R midway
between P and Q. If the speed of the stream is 3 kmph and speed of the boat in still water is 12 kmph, then
what is the distance between P and Q?
(a) 120 km (b) 270 km (c) 180 km (d) 90 km
47. The normal speed of a boat in still water is 4 times the speed of the river. The boat goes upstream and takes 2
hrs to reach B from A. By what percent should the boat increase/decrease its speed if it is required to reach A
from B in exactly 1 hour 30 minutes?
(a) increase by 20% (b) increase by 25% (c) decrease by 20% (d) decrease by 25%
48. A starts driving from P to Q at 9 am and B starts driving from Q to P at 10 am B is 50% faster than A. What is
the time when they meet if P and Q are 300 km apart and A’s speed is 50 km/h.
(a) 12:30 pm (b) 12 noon (c) 11:00 am (d) 11:30 am
49. A beats B by 20 m in a 100 m race and B beats C by 20 m in a 100 m race. How much start should A give to
C in a 100 m race so that both of them reach the winning post at the same time?
(a) 30 m (b) 44 m (c) 32 m (d) 36 m
50. Mahima beats Kareena in 1000 m race by 50 s and Bhumika by 450 m. If Kareena and Bhumika run 1000 m
race, Kareena wins by 40 s. How much time does Bhumika take to run 1000 m?
(a) 210 s (b) 225 s (c) 180 s (d) 200 s

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