TIME & DISTANCE

1. A certain distance is covered by a train with a certain speed. If half the distance is
covered in double time, then the ratio of this speed to that of the original one is?
(a) 1 : 4(b) 4 : 1 (c) 1 : 2(d) 2 : 1
2. The speed of a car increases by 2 kms after every one hour. If the
distance travelled in the first one hour was 35 kms, what was the total
distance travelled in 12 hours?
(a) 456 kms (b) 482 kms (c) 552 kms (d) None of these
3. 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?
(a) 220 km (b) 224 km (c) 230 km (d) 234 km
4. Two trains each of 120 m in length, run in opposite directions with a velocity of
40 m/s and 20 m/s respectively. How long will it take for the tail ends of the two
trains to meet each other during the course of their journey?
(a) 20 s (b) 3 s (c) 4 s (d) 5 s
5. Two trains starting at the same time from two stations, 200 km apart and
going in opposite directions, cross each other at a distance of 110 km from
one of them. What is the ratio of their speeds?
(a) 11 : 20 (b) 9 : 20 (c) 11 : 9 (d) 19 : 20
6. Two runners start running together for a certain distance, one at
8 km/h and another at 5 km/h. The former arrives one and half an
hour, before the latter. The distance (in km) is?
(a) 12 (b) 20 (c) 25 (d) 36
7. Two persons A and B started from two different places towards each other. If the
ratio of their speed be 3 : 5, then what is the ratio of distance covered by A and B
respectively till the point of meeting , if time taken is same?
(a) 1 : 2 (b) 3 : 4 (c) 3 : 5 (d) 5 : 3
8. If a man travels at 30 km/h, he reaches his destination late by
10 minutes by if he travels at 42 km/h then he reaches 10
minutes earlier. The distance travelled by him is?
(a) 30 km (b) 35 km (c) 45 km (d) 36 km
9. If a man walks at the rate of 5 kmph, he misses a train by 7 minutes.
However, if he walks at the rate of 6 kmph, he reaches the station 5
minutes before the arrival of the train. Find the distance covered by him
to reach the station?
(a) 4 km (b) 6 km (c) 5 km (d) 7 km
10. A salesman travels a distance of 50 km in 2 hours and 30 minutes.
How much faster, in kilometres per hour, on an average, must he travel
to make such a trip in 5/6 hour less time?
(a) 10 (b) 20 (c) 30 (d) None of these
11. Sound is said to travel in air at about 1100 feet per second. A man hears
the axe striking the tree, 11/5 seconds after he sees it strike the tree. How
far is the man from the wood chopper?
(a) 2197 ft (b) 2420 ft (c) 2500 ft (d) 2629 ft
11. A boy goes to his school from his house at the speed of 6 km/hr &
returns at a speed of 5 km/hr. he takes 11 hours in going and coming, the
distance between his house & school is–
(a) 30 (b) 40 (c) 50 (d) 60
12. If A & B travel the same distance at the speed of 10 km/hr & 11
km/hr respectively. If A takes 48 minutes more than B, the distance
travelled each is:
(a) 55 km (b) 88 km (c) 77 km (d) 99 km
13. You arrive at your school 6 minutes late if you walk with a speed
of 5 km/hr but you arrive 10 minutes before the scheduled time if
you walk with a speed of 7 km/hr. The distance of your school from
your house.
(a) 19/3 km (b) 16/3 km (c) 14/3 km (d) 11/3 km
14. A man travelled a distance of 90 km is 9 hrs partly on foot at the rate
of 9 km/hr & partly on bicycle at 18 km/hr. The distance travelled on the
foot is:-
(a) 90 km (b) 80 km (c) 72 km (d) 60 km
15. A car driver leaves Bangalore at 7.30 am and expects to reach a place
300 km from Bangalore at 11.30 am. At 9.30 am he finds that he has
covered only 40% of the distance. By how much he has to increase the
speed of the car is order to keep up this schedule?
(a) 80 km/hr (b) 40 km/hr (c) 30 km/hr (d) 60 km/hr
16. A started his journey at a speed of 60 km/hr. After 45 minutes, B
started from the same place but with a speed of 80 km/hr. How much time
will B take to overtake A?
(a) 9/4 (b) 11/4 (c) 7/4 (d) 5/4
17. If a man walks at the rate of 8 km/hr, he misses the train by 10 minutes,
however if he walks at the rate of 10 km/hr, he reaches the station 8
minutes before. The arrival of the train. The distance covered by him to
reach the station is.
(a) 12 (b) 10 (c) 11 (d) 14
18. Walking at 3/4 of his usual speed, a man covers a distance is 2 hours
more than the time he takes to cover the distance at his usual speed. The
time taken by him to cover the distance with the usual speed?
(a) 6 hours (b) 5 hours (c) 4 hours (d) 2 hours
19. A man walks from his house at an average speed of 5 km/hr and
reaches his office 6 minutes late, if he walks at an average speed of 6
km/hr he reaches 2 minutes early. The distance of the office from his house
is
(a) 6 km (b) 9 km (c) 12 km (d) 4 km
20. A certain distance is covered by a cyclist at a certain speed. If
a jogger covers half the distance is 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 : 2 (d) 2 : 1
21. A cop follows a thief who is 200 meters ahead of the constable. If the
constable and the thief run at the speed of 8 km/hr & 7 km/hr respectively,
the constable would catch the thief in
(a) 10 min (b) 12 min (c) 15 min (d) 20 min
22. Two trains of equal length are running on parallel lines in the same
direction at the rate of 46 km/hr. & 36 km/hr. The faster train passes the
slower train is 36 seconds. The length of each train is
(a) 50 m (b) 72 m (c) 80 m (d) 82 m
23. Point A and B are 70 km apart on a highway. A car starts from ‘A’ and
another from ‘B’ at the same time. If they travel towards each other they
meet in 1 hour but if they travel is the same direction, they meet is 7
hours. Find the speed of the two cars?
(a) 20, 30 (b) 40, 30 (c) 30, 50 (d) 20, 40
25. The average speed of a car is 1 (4/5) times the average speed of a bus.
A tractor covers 575 km in 23 hours. How much distance will the car
cover in 4 hours if the speed of the bus is twice speed of the tractor?
(a) 340 km (b) 480 km (c) 360 km d) 450 km (e) None of
these
Sol. Average speed of a tractor = 25 km / h
The speed of a bus in an hour = 25 × 2 = 50 km
The speed of a car in an hour = 9/5 * 50 = 90 km
So, the distance covered by car in 4 h is
90 × 4 = 360 km
26. A man takes 6 hrs 30 min in walking to a certain place and riding back. He
would have gained 2 hrs 10 min by riding both ways. How long would he take
to walk both ways?
(a) 8 hr 30 min (b) 8 hr 40 min (c) 8 hr 50 min
(d) 9 hr (e) None of these
Sol. Walking + Riding = 6 hrs 30 min ……(1)
2 Riding = 6 hrs 30 min – 2 hrs 10 min
= 4 hrs 20 min ……(2)
Solving the above two relations (equations);
2 × (1) – (2) gives
2 walking = 13 hrs – 4 hrs 20 min = 8 hrs 40 minutes
28. 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