TIME SPEED & DISTANCE

BESIC UNDERSTENDING TO 5. The distance between two towns is covered in 7

SOLVE HIGHER QUESTIONS hours at a speed of 50 km/h. By how much should
the speed (in km/h) be increased so that 2 hours
1. What distance will be covered by a bus moving of traveelling time will be saved ?
at 108 km/h in 40 seconds ? 50 7
108 km/h 40
2
SSC CHSL 02/06/2022 (Afternoon) SSC CGL 20/04/2022 (Evening)
(a) 1 km 600 m (b) 1 km 400 m (a) 70 (b) 20
(c) 1 km 800 m (d) 1 km 200 m (c) 40 (d) 30
2. A man runs 200 m in 24 seconds. His speed is: 6. How much time (in seconds) does the earth take
24 200 m to rotate through an angle of 135 degrees about
its axis ?
SSC CHSL 02/06/2022 (Evening) 135
(a) 30 km/h (b) 32 km/h
(c) 24 km/h (d) 33 km/h SSC MTS 05/10/2021 (Morning)
3. Ram is travelling at a speed of 72 km per hour (a) 21600 (b) 28800
while Shyam is traverlling at a speed of 90 km (c) 32400 (d) 33600
per hour. What is the difference in their speeds 7. A car covers a distance of 450 km at a certain
(in m per second) ? uniform speed (in km/h). The number of hours
72 km/h 1
it takes for the journey is of the number rep-
90 km/h 8
(m/s ) resenting the speed. The time taken (in hours)
by the car to cover the distance is:
SSC CHSL 26/05/2022 (Evening)
(a) 5 (b) 4
450
(c) 6 (d) 7
4. A car covers a distance of 90 km in 50 min. What
is the speed in (m/s) ? 1
8
50 90 km
(m/s)
SSC MTS 06/10/2021 (Afternoon)
SSC CGL 19/04/2022 (Afternoon)
(a) 9 (b) 6
(a) 60 (b) 90
1 1
(c) 108 (d) 30 (c) 6 (d) 7
4 2
1
8. A man covered a distance of 280 km in 8 hours 11. The ratio of the distance Ravina and Suhel had
on a motorcycle. How much distance will be cov- to travel from their respective houses to their
ered on a bicycle in 2 hours, if he rides the bi- workplaces was 4 : 7. If Suhel had to travel 63
3 km, how much did Ravina have to travel ?
cycle at of the speed of the motorcycle ?
14
4:7
8 280
63
(km)
3
2 SSC CHSL 03/06/2022 (Morning)
14
(a) 40 (b) 32
(c) 39 (d) 36
SSC MTS 07/10/2021 (Morning)
12. The distance travelled by a person varies
(a) 25 (b) 15
directily with the duration of the journey. If the
(c) 24 (d) 20 person travels 378 km in 7 hours, in how many
9. An aeroplane covers a certain distance at a speed hours, in how many hours will the person cover
918 km ?
1
of 320 km/h in 5 hours. To cover the same dis-
2
tance in 4 hours, it must travel at a speed of: 7 378 km
918 km
1
5 320
2
SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Evening)
4
(a) 16 (b) 15
(c) 18 (d) 17

SSC MTS 12/10/2021 (Evening) 5 7

13. A man covers of a total journey by train,
(a) 460 (b) 440 12 18
(c) 420 (d) 450 of the journey by bus and the remaining 7 km
on foot. His total journey (in km) is:
10. Which of the following is NOT a correct state-
ment ? 5
,
12
SSC CGL 05/12/2022 (Shift - 03) 7
7
(a) The speed of 20 m/s is less than the speed of 18
85 km/h.
20 m/s 85 km/h SSC CHSL 10/08/2021 (Evening)
(b) Time may be calculated by dividing the dis- (a) 36 (b) 35
tance by the speed. (c) 32 (d) 40
14. The speed of a car increases by 2km/h after ev-
ery one hour. If the distance travelled in the first
(c) Covering the same distance in lesser time im- one hour was 35 km, what was the total distance
plies a higher speed. travelled in 12 hours ?
2

(d) The speed of 99 km/h is less than the speed of 35 12

24 m/s.
SSC CPO 16/03/2019 (Evening)
99 km/h 24 km/s

2
 (a) 560 km (b) 650 km 18. A person takes 40 minutes more than his usual
(c) 558 km (d) 552 km time when he covers a distance of 20 km at 5
km/hr. If he covers the same distance at 8 km/
3 hr, he takes x minutes.
15. The average speed of a car is 1 times the aver--
5 40
age speed of a bus. A tractor covers 1150 km in 5 20
23 hours. How much distance will the car cover 8
in 4 hours if the speed of the bus is twice the
x
speed of the tractor ?
x
SSC CPO 11/12/2019 (Evening)
3 (a) 48 (b) 54
1 23 1150 km
5 (c) 45 (d) 50
19. A students walked 6 km from his house to reach
4 the metro station, then boarded a metro that has
SSC CHSL 09/06/2022 an average speed of 60 km/h, and reached the
destination. It took 3 hours for the entire jour-
(a) 540 (b) 740 ney. If the average speed of the entire journey is
(c) 440 (d) 640 32 km/h, then the speed of walking is ........... .
16. For the first part of her journey, Sunita trav-
elled at a speed of 450 m/min and, for the rest of 6
the journey, at a speed 1.4 times of her initial 60
speed. If Sunita travelled a total distance of 33.3 3
km in 1 hour, what was the distance that Sunita 32
travelled at a lower speed ?
SSC CGL 13/12/2022 (Shift 02)
450 m/
(a) 1.5 km/h (b) 3 km/h
min
(c) 2 km/h (d) 4 km/h
1.4
20. A journey of 900 km is completed in 11 hours. If
1 33.3 km two-fifths of the journey is completed at the
(km) speed of 60 km/h, at what speed (in km/h) is the
SSC CHSL 10/06/2022 (Morning) remaining journey completed ?
(a) 11.50 (b) 11.15 900 11
(c) 11.25 (d) 11.20 60

17. While covering a distance of 51 km, a man no-

ticed that after walking for one hour and 40
SSC CGL 12/04/2022 (Evening)
5
minutes, the distance covered by him was of (a) 108 (b) 72
12
(c) 84 (d) 90
the remaining distance. What was his speed ?
TYPE–A
51
40 21. If Ram covers a certain journey at 60% of his
usual speed, he reaches the destination late by
5 36 min. His usual time (in min) to reach the des-
12 tination is:
SSC MTS 18/10/2021 (Morning)
(a) 7 (b) 10 60% 36
(c) 8 (d) 9

3
 SSC CGL 01/12/2022 (Shift-04) SSC MTS 11/10/2021 (Morning)
(a) 60 (b) 72 (a) 41 (b) 37.8
(c) 50 (d) 54 (c) 42 (d) 63
3 25. Two girls move in opposite direcions, one from
22. Walking at of his usual speed, a man covers a A to B and other from B to A. The girl from A
5
reaches the destination in 12 minutes. The girl
certain distance in one hour and 40 minutes more
from B stops on the way for 10 minutes and
than the time he takes to cover the distance at
reaches her destination in 25 minutes. If A's
his usual speed. The time taken by him to cover
speed is 5 km/h, then what is the speed of B ?
the small distance at his usual speed is:
A
3
B B A A
5 12 B 10
25
1 40 A 5
B
SSC MTS 13/10/2021 (Afternoon)
5
SSC MTS 07/10/2021 (Morning) (a) 3 km/h (b) 1 kmph
7
7 3
(a) (b) (c) 4 km/h (d) 2.4 km/h
2 2
1
5 5 26. If a person walked at 12 km/h instead of 8
(c) (d) 2
2 3
km/h, he would have walked 14 km more. The
23. The speeds of three cars are in the ratio of 3 : 4 actual distance travelled by him was:
: 8. The ratio of the time taken by these cars for
travelling the same distance is: 1
8 12
2
3:4:8
14

SSC MTS 07/10/2021 (Afternoon)

SSC MTS 13/10/2021 (Evening)
(a) 8 : 6 : 3 (b) 6 : 8 : 3
(a) 32 (b) 30
(c) 8 : 3 : 6 (d) 6 : 3 : 8
(c) 36 (d) 34
24. A bus moves from station A towards station B,
which is at a distance of 189 km. An hour later a 27. A and B travel the same distance at speeds of 8
car, the ratio of whose speed with the bus is 3 : km/h and 12 km/h, respectively. If B takes 30
2, starts from station A and moves towards sta- minutes less than that taken by A, what is the
tion B. Find the speed of the bus (in km/h), if the distance (in km) travelled by each one of them ?
car arrives at station B half an hour earlier than A B 8
the bus. 12 B, A
A B 30
189
3:2 SSC MTS 22/10/2021 (Morning)
A B (a) 12 (b) 10
(c) 15 (d) 8
1 28. Walking at 60% of his usual speed, a man
B
2 reaches his destination 1 hour 40 minutes late.
4
 His usual time (in hours) to reach the destina-
tion is: (km/h)
60% SSC CHSL 08/06/2022 (Evening)
1 40 (a) 12 (b) 15
(c) 13 (d) 14
1
SSC CGL Tier-II 13/09/2019 32. If a man travels at km / h on a journey and
x
1 1
(a) 2 (b) 2 1
2 4 returns at km / h , then his average speed for
x2
1 1 the journey is:
(c) 3 (d) 3
8 4
1
29. Two cyclists X and Y start at the same time from km / h
x
place A to go towards place B at a speed of 6 km/
h and 8 km/h, respectively. Despite stopping for 1
km / h
15 minutes during the journey, Y reaches 10 x2
minutes earlier than X. The distance between
the places A and B is:
SSC CGL 02/12/2022 (Shift 03)
X Y A
B 6 x 1 2
(a) (b)
8 x2 x x2
15 Y, X 10 1 2 x2
(c) 2 (d)
A B x x x 1
(km) 33. A motorcycle covers 50 km at a speed of 25 km/
SSC CGL 6/03/2020 (Afternoon) h. Find the speed of the motorcycle for the next
(a) 10 (b) 16.5 50 km of the journey so that the average speed
(c) 8 (d) 6 of the whole journey will be 30 km/h.
25 km/h 50 km
TYPE–B
50 km
30. A car covers a certain distance travelling at a
speed of 60 km/h and returns to the starting
30 km/h
point at a speed of 40 km/h. The average speed
of the car for the entire journey is: SSC CHSL 01/06/2022 (Afternoon)
60 km/h (a) 32.5 km/h (b) 37.5 km/h
40 km/h (c) 40 km/h (d) 35 km/h
34. Ruksana travelled at 60 km/h while going from
point A to point B, and returned via the same
route at a different speed. If Ruksana's overall
SSC CHSL 27/05/2022 (Evening)
average speed during the two-way journey was
(a) 20 km/h (b) 48 km/h 48 km/h, what was her speed while travelling
(c) 120 km/h (d) 50 km/h from B to A ?
31. A ship sails out to a mark at the speed of 15 km/ A B 60
h and sails back to the starting point at the speed km/h
of 10 km/h. The average speed of sailing of the
ship is:
48 km/h
15 km/h
B A
10 km/h

5
 SSC CHSL 02/06/2022 (Afternoon) 45 km 70 km/h
(a) 42 km/h (b) 40 km/h
(c) 45 km/h (d) 36 km/h
35. A man completes a journey in ten hours. He trav- (km/h )
els at a speed of 21 km/h for the first half of the SSC CHSL 31/05/2022 (Morning)
journey and at a speed of 24 km/h for the sec-
ond half. Calculate the total distance travelled 3
(a) 52 (b) 51
(in kilometers). 7
93
(c) 51 (d) 51
21 km/h 97
24 km/h 39. A car runs first 275 km at an average speed of
50 km/h and the next 315 km at an average speed
of 70 km/h. What is the average speed (in km)
SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Evening) for the entire journey ?
(a) 212 (b) 224 275 km, 50 km/h
(c) 235 (d) 230 315 km, 70 km/h
(km
1
36. A student goes to school a ta speed of 5 km/h )
2
SSC CGL 11/04/2022 (Afternoon)
3 (a) 58.5 (b) 60
and returns at a speed of 4 km/h. If he takes 4
4 (c) 59 (d) 62
hours for the entire journey, then the total dis-
tance covered by the student (in km) is: 40. While travelling from Nashik to Daman, Harsh
drove for 1 hour at a speed of 50 km/h and for
SSC CGL Tier-2 29/01/2022
the next three hours at 60 km/h. What was his
(a) 11 (b) 24 average speed for the whole trip ?
(c) 16 (d) 22 1
37. John drives 250 km at 50 km/h and then he 50 km/h
drives 350 km at 70 km/h. Find his average speed 60 km/h
for the whole journey in km/h.
250 km 50 km/h
SSC CHSL 02/06/2022 (Evening)
350 km
(a) 56 km/h (b) 57.5 km/h
70 km/h
(c) 55 km/h (d) 58.5 km/h
(km/h)
41. A person travel 5x distance at a speed of 5 km/h,
x distance at a speed of 5 km/h and 4x distance
SSC CHSL 08/12/2022 (Shift 02) at a speed of 6 km/h, and takes a total of 112
(a) 55 km/h (b) 60 km/h minutes. What is the total distance (in km) trav-
(c) 58 km/h (d) 65 km/h elled by the person ?
38. Sunila drove her car at an average speed of 45 5 km/h 5x 5 km/h
km/h for the first 75 km of a trip, and then at an x 6 km/h 4x
average speed of 70 km/h for the remaining 45 112
km of the trip. If she made no stops during the
(km )
trip, what was Sunil's average speed (in km/h)
for the enitre trip ? SSC CGL 13/04/2022 (Evening)
75 km 45 km/ (a) 8 (b) 10
h (c) 9 (d) 12

6
 TYPE–C 45. A helicopter covers around a square field by 200
km/h, 300 km/hr, 400 km/h and 600 km/h re-
42. The average speed of a train running at a speed
spectively. Find average speed of the helicopter.
of train running at a speed of 30 km/h during
the first 100 km, at the speed of 40 km/h during
the second 100 km and at the speed of 50 km/h 200 300 400
during the last 100 km is nearly .......... . 600
100 km 30 km/h
100 km 40 km/h (a) 300 km/hr (b) 310 km/hr
100 km 50 (c) 340 km/hr (d) 320 km/hr
km/h 46. A train runs 50% faster than a car. Both start
running from the same point and meet after cov-
ering a distance of 360 km. In the middle of this
SSC CHSL 27/05/2022 (Afternoon)
journey, the train stops for two hours due to
(a) 40.2 km/h (b) 38.3 km/h some faults in engine. What is the speed of the
(c) 39.2 km/h (d) 37.5 km/h train ?
43. A person travels equal distances at speeds of 5 50%
km/h, 8 km/h and 10 km/h and takes a total time 360
of 2 hours and 33 minutes . The total distance km
travelled by him was:
5 8 10 2
(km/h)
2 33
SSC MTS 16/08/2019 (Evening)
(km)
(a) 80 (b) 60
SSC MTS 13/10/2021 (Evening) (c) 72 (d) 90
(a) 18 (b) 10
47. A car travelled distances of 10 km, 20 km and
(c) 5 (d) 8 30 km at speeds of 30 km/h, 40 km/h and 60 km/
44. Three cities A, B and C are located such that h, respectively. The average speed of the car is:
they form the vertices of an equilateral triangle 30 km/h, 40 km/h 60 km/h
if joined by straight lines. Rashid travels from A 10 km, 20 km 30 km
to B at the speed of 40 km/h, from B to C at the
speed of 60 km/h and from C to A at the speed of
72 km/h. Find the average speed of Rashid for SSC CHSL 08/06/2022 (Morning)
the entire journey. (a) 45 km/h (b) 20 km/h
A, B C (c) 30 km/h (d) 40 km/h
48. Two-thirds of a certain distance was covered at
A B 40 km/h the speed of 45 km/h, one-fourth at the speed of
B C 60 km/h C A 60 km/h and the rest at the speed of 75 km/h.
Find the average speed per hour for the whole
72 km/h
journey. (correct to 2 decimal places)
45 km/h
SSC CHSL 08/06/2022 (Evening)
60 km/h
2 75 km/h
(a) 54 (b) 56
3
1
(c) 55 (d) 57
3 SSC CGL 13/04/2022 (Shift - 04)

7
 (a) 51.25 km/h (b) 45.75 km/h (a) 12 (b) 18
(c) 58.25 km/h (d) 49.77 km/h (c) 15 (d) 16
49. Vikas covered a certain distance by bike. If he TYPE–E
covers 40% of the distance at 40 km/h, 50% of
53. Ramesh drives from his home at a speed of 40
the distance at 25 km/h and the remianing 10%
km/h and reaches his collage 25 minutes late.
distance at 10 km/h. Find his average speed over
The next day he increases his speed by 10 km/h,
the whole distance.
yet he is late by 10 minutes. How far is his col-
lage from his home ?
40% 40 km/h 50% 25
40 km/h
km/h 10% 10 km/h
25
10 km/h
10
SSC CGL 03/12/2022 (Shift - 02)
(a) 25 km/h (b) 48 km/h
SSC CHSL 24/05/2022 (Morning)
(c) 26 km/h (d) 30 km/h
(a) 50 km (b) 55 km
TYPE–D (c) 45 km (d) 60 km
50. Excluding stoppages, the speed of a bus is 60 km/
1
h and including stoppages, it is 51 km/h. For how 54. Amita travels from her house at 3 km/h and
many minutes does the bus stop per hour ? 2
reaches her school 6 minutes late. The next day
60
51 1
she travels at 4 km/h and reaches school 10
2
min early. What is the distance between her
SSC CGL 07/10/2021 (Afternoon) house and the school ?
(a) 9 (b) 12
1
(c) 8 (d) 10 3
2
51. A train without stoppage travel with an average
6
speed of 50 km/h and with the stoppage, it trav-
els with an average speed of 40 km/h. For how 1
4
many minutes does the train stop on an average 2
per hour ? 10
50
40 SSC CGL Tier-II 16/11/2020
(a) 5.4 km (b) 5.6 km
(c) 4.8 km (d) 4.2 km
SSC CGL 10/06/2019 (Afternoon)
55. Ravi starts for his school from his house on his
(a) 12 (b) 13 cycle at 8 : 20 a.m. If he runs his cycle at a speed
(c) 14 (d) 15 of 10 km/h, he reaches his alocohol 8 minutes
52. The speed of a bus without stoppage is 40 km/h late, and if he drives the cycle at a speed of 16
and with stoppage is 32 km/h. How many min- km/h, he reaches his school 10 minutes early. The
utes per hour does the bus stop ? school starts at:
40 8 : 20
32 10

8 16
SSC CGL 08/10/2021 (Afternoon)

8
 10
(a) 16 km/hr (b) 18 km/hr
SSC CHSL 18/03/2020 (Morning) (c) 17 km/hr (d) 20 km/hr
(a) 8 : 50 a.m. (b) 8 : 40 a.m. TYPE–F
(c) 9 : 00 a.m. (d) 9 : 40 a.m. 59. A bus travels 700 km at a certain speed. If the
56. A man starts from his house and travels at 30 bus driver reduces the speed of bus by 20 km/h
km/h, he reaches his office late by 10 minutes, then the bus will take four hours more to travel
and travelling at 24 km/h, he reaches his office the same distance. Then find the initial speed of
late by 18 minutes. The distance (in km) from the bus ?
his house to his office is: 700
30 20
10 4
24
18
(a) 10 km/hr (b) 50 km/hr
(c) 70 km/hr (d) 90 km/hr
SSC CGL Tier-II 12/09/2019 60. A person has to cover 360 km distance. If he in-
(a) 18 (b) 16 creases his speed by 10 km/h he reaches 3 hours
(c) 12 (d) 20 early. Find his initial speed.
57. If Raman drives his bike at a speed of 24 km/hr, 360
he reaches his office 5 minutes late. If he drives 10 3
at a speed of 30 km/hr he reaches his office 4
minutes early. How much time (in minutes) will (a) 10 km/hr (b) 20 km/hr
he take to reach his office at a speed of 27 km/hr (c) 30 km/hr (d) 40 km/hr
?
61. A journey of 96 km takes one hour less by a fast
24 km/h
train (A) than by a slow train (B) if the average
5 speed of B is 16 km/h less than that of A, then
30 km/h the average speed (in km/h) of A is:
4 27 96 (A) (B)
km/h B
A 16
SSC CGL 20/04/2022 (Afternoon) A
(a) 45 (b) 55 SSC CGL 07/07/2019 (Evening)
(c) 40 (d) 50 (a) 64 (b) 8
58. When a person decreases its speed by 6 km/h, (c) 54 (d) 60
reaches his destination 20 minutes late while 62. A covered a distance of 240 km at a certain speed.
when he decreases its speed by 2 km/h, he Had his speed been 8 km/h less, then the time
reaches 5 minutes late. Find actual speed of the taken would have been one hour more for cov-
person ? ering the same distance. How much time (in
6 hours) will he take to cover a distance of 480 km
20 at his original speed ?
2 A 240
5 8

9
 480 10

SSC CGL Tier-II 29/01/2022 (a) 300 km/hr (b) 280 km/hr
(a) 8 (b) 10 (c) 320 km/hr (d) 350 km/hr
(c) 11 (d) 9 66. If speed of train increases by 10 km/hr then time
63. A person travels a distance of 300 km and then taken to reach destination decreases by 1 hour.
returns to the starting point. The time taken by If speed increases by 10 km/hr further, time
him for the outward journey is 5 hours more agian reduces by 45 minutes. Find distance cov-
than the time taken for the return journey. If he ered by the train.
returns at a speed of 10 km/h more than the 10
speed of going, what is the average speed (in km/
h) for the entire journey ? 1
300 10
45

5 (a) 420 km (b) 430 km

10 (c) 410 km (d) 425 km
67. A man starts to travel in order to reach his in
SSC CPO 23/11/2020 (Evening) laws at the speed of 60 km/h and reaches 1 hour
(a) 24 (b) 15 late. If he travels at 80 km/h then the reaches 2
(c) 20 (d) 30 hours early. What is the distance between his
home and his in laws. Also find out the actual
64. A truck covers a distance of 384 km at certain time taken to travel the distance.
speed. If the speed is decreased by 16 km/h, it
will take 2 hours more to cover the same dis- 60
tance. 75% of its original speed (in km/h) is: 1 80
384 2
16

(a) 810 km, 22 h (b) 720 km, 11 h

75% (c) 360 km, 33 h (d) 540 km, 32 h

SSC CGL 04/06/2019 (Morning) 68. An airplane took off from the starting point 45
minutes later than the scheduled time. The des-
(a) 45 (b) 54
tination was 2100 km away from the starting
(c) 48 (d) 42 point. To reach on time, the pilot had to increase
65. Annu covers certain distance with her own the speed by 40% of its usual speed. What was
speed, but when she reduces her speed by 10 km/ the increased speed (in km/h) ?
hr, her time duration for the journey increases 45
by 40 hr, but when she increases her original
speed by 15 km/hr time taken by her is 10 hours
less than the origianl time. Find the distance 2100
covered by her. 40%

10 SSC MTS 22/1/2021 (Morning)

40 (a) 1870 (b) 2520
15 (c) 2940 (d) 1120

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 TYPE–G distance of 90 km, how much time will B take
travelling at his speed ?
69. A takes 30 minutes more than B to cover a
A 40 B 2
distacne of 15 kim at a certain speed. But if A
doubles his speed, he takes one hour less than B A
to cover the same distance. What is the spedd 1
(in km/h) of B ? 80 B 1
2
A 15 90
B 30 B
A
B B
SSC CGL Tier-II 15/11/2020
1 3
SSC CGL 04/06/2019 (Afternoon) (a) 1 (b) 1
8 8
(a) 6 (b) 5
1 1
1 1 (c) 1 (d) 1
(c) 6 (d) 5 6 3
2 2
TYPE–H
70. A takes 8 hours more than the time taken by B
to cover a distance of 160 km. If A doubles his 73. After seeing a policeman from a distance of 500
speed, he takes 3 hours more than B to cover the m, a thief starts running at a speed of 10 km/h.
same distance. After noticing, the policeman chases immedi-
ately with a speed of 12 km/h, and the thief is
A, B 160
caught. The distance run by the policeman is:
8 A
500 m
10 km/h
B 3 B
12 km/h

SSC CGL 17/08/2021 (Morning)

(km)
(a) 72 (b) 80
SSC CHSL 10/06/2022 (Evening)
(c) 70 (d) 75
(a) 2.4 (b) 3
71. Mohan takes 2 hours more than kishore to walk
(c) 2.5 (d) 3.6
63 km. If Mohan increases his speed by 50% then
he can make it in 1 hour less than Kishore. How 74. A chan snatcher appears at a distance of 500 m
much time does Kishore take to walk 63 km ? on a signal. He starts chasing the running chain
snatcher with a speed of 5 m/s while snatcher
63 2
follows it with a speed of 15 m/s. What is the
distance covered by the chain snatcher when the
50% 1 policeman of the chain snatcher is caught ?
63 500 m
5 m/s
SSC CHSL 06/08/2021 (Evening)
(a) 7 (b) 9 15 m/s
(c) 6 (d) 5
72. A takes 2 hours more than B to cover a distance
1
of 40 km. If A doubles his speed he takes 1 SSC CGL 03/12/2022 (Shift 03)
2
hours more than B to cover 80 km. To cover a (a) 200 m (b) 180 m
(c) 150 m (d) 250 m

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75. A policeman spotted a thief 40 m ahead of him. an hour. The bike owner starts to chase him on
The moment they both saw each other they another bike at 58 km/h. The thief will be caught
started running in the same direcion on the same at ........... .
track. The thief was running at 10 m/sec and 12 : 30 p.m.
the policeman was chasing him at the speed of 48 km/h
12 m/sec. How much distance (in m) the police-
58
man needed to cover to catch the thief ?
km/h
40

SSC CGL 03/12/2022 (Shift 02)

10 m/sec 12 m/
(a) 3 : 40 p.m. (b) 3 : 54 p.m.
sec
(c) 3 : 10 p.m. (d) 3 : 24 p.m.
79. A thief stole jewellery from a shop at 8 : 15 p.m.
and left on a bike at a speed of 60 km/h. The
SSC CGL 12/12/2022 (Shift 04) police were informed at 8 : 30 p.m. If the police
(a) 180 (b) 240 want to arrest the thief at 9 : 00 p.m., what should
(c) 200 (d) 225 be the minimum speed of the police jeep ?
76. A thief running at speed of 'x' km/h is chased by 8 : 15 p.m.
a policeman running at a speed of 10 km/h. If 60 km/h
the thief is ahead by 100 m, the policeman 8 : 30 p.m.
catches the thief after 3 minutes. At what speed
9 : 00 p.m.
is the thief running ('x' being the unknown
speed) ?
'x' km/h 10 SSC CGL 08/12/2022 (Shift 04)
km/h (a) 60 km/h (b) 75 km/h
100 3 (c) 80 km/h (d) 90 km/h
TYPE–I
('x' )? 81. Menu and Daya travel from point A to B, a dis-
SSC CGL 09/12/2022 (Shift 03) tance of 105 km, at speeds of 10 km/h and 25
km/h, respectively. Daya reaches point B first
(a) 4 km/h (b) 8 km/h
and returns immediately and meets Menu at
(c) 10 km/h (d) 6 km/h point C. Find the distance from point A to point
77. A dog saw a cat at a distance of 280 m. The cat C.
started running at the speed of 10 km/h and the 10 km/h 25 km/h
dog also ran to catch it with the speed of 24 km/
A B 105 km
h. How much time will the dog take to catch the
cat ? B
C A
280 m
C
10 km/h
24 km/h SSC CGL 09/12/2022 (Shift 02)
(a) 35 km (b) 60 km
(c) 45 km (d) 62 km
SSC CGL 06/12/2022 (Shift 02)
(a) 1.4 min (b) 1.5 min 82. Sita and Geeta start at the same time to ride from
(c) 1.2 min (d) 1.3 min place A to place B, which is 90 km away from
place A. Sita travels 3 km per hour slower than
78. A thief steals a bike at 12 : 30 p.m. and drives it Geeta. Geeta reaches place B and at once turns
at 48 km/h. But the theft is discovered after half back, meeting sita 15 km from place B. Geeta's

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 speed (in km/h) is: 10
A B (km)
A 90
3 SSC CGL Tier-II 18/11/2020
B (a) 10 (b) 12
B 15 (c) 18 (d) 15
86. A man travelled a distance of 1200 km in 16
hours. He travelled partly by car at a speed of
SSC MTS 14/10/2021 (Morning) 40 km/h and partly by train at a speed of 80 km/
(a) 9 (b) 6 h. What is the distance travelled by car ?
(c) 7.5 (d) 10.5 16 1200
83. P and Q are 27 km away. Two trains with speed 40
of 24 km/hr and 18 km/hr respectively start si- 80
multaneously from P and Q and travel in the
same direction. They meet at a point R beyond SSC CHSL 19/10/2020 (Morning)
Q. Find distance QR.
(a) 100 km (b) 120 km
P Q 27 (c) 96 km (d) 80 km
P Q 24 18
TYPE–K
87. A and B start moving from places x and y and y
Q R QR
to x, respectively, at the same time on the same

(a) 81 km (b) 72 km 4
day. After crossing each other, A and B take 5
(c) 63 km (d) 90 km 9
hours and 9 hours, respectively to reach their
TYPE–J respective destinaion. If the speed of A is 33 km/
84. In a trip, Ram covers a distance of 200 km in 10 hr, then the speed (in km/hr) of B is ?
hours. First he started his journey by bike at a
A B x
speed of 15 km/h, after that his bike got dam-
y y x
aged and the rest of the journey he completed
by his friend's car at a speed of 25 km/h. Ratio A B
of distances covered by bike and car .......... is. 4
5 9
10 200 9
15 A 33 km/h B km/
h
SSC CGL Mains 2020
25
2
(a) 22 (b) 25
3
SSC CHSL 09/06/2022 (Morning)
1
(a) 3 : 5 (b) 2 : 3 (c) 24 (d) 2
3
(c) 1 : 1 (d) 5 : 3
88. A man travelled a distance of 47 km in 6 hours.
85. A man travelled a distance of 42 km in 5 hours.
He travelled partly on foot at the rate of 6 km/h 1
He travelled partly on foot at the rate of 6
and partly on bicycle at the rate of 10 km/h. The 2
distance travelled on foot is: 1
km/h and partly on bicycle at the rate of 8
5 42 2
km/h. The distance travelled on foot is:
6

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 6 47 91. A and B start moving towards each other from
1 X and Y, respectively, at the same time on the
6 same day. The speed of A is 20% more than the
2 speed of B. After meeting on the way, A and B
1 1
8 take p hours and 7 hours, respectively to reach
2 5
Y and X respectively. What is the value of P ?
A B X
SSC MTS 11/10/2021 (Afternoon) Y A
(a) 13 (b) 15 B 20%
(c) 12 (d) 16 A B, Y X
1
89. A and B started their journeys from X to Y and p 7 p
Y to X, respectively. After crossing each other, A 5
and B comleted remaining parts of their jour- SSC CGL Tier-II 15/11/2020
(a) 5 (b) 5.5
1
neys in 6 hours and 8 hours, respectively. If (c) 6 (d) 4.5
8
the speed of A is 32 km/h then the speed, in km/ 92. A and B started their journeys from X to Y to X,
h of B is: respectively. After crossing each other, A and B
completed the remaining parts of their journey
A B X Y Y X
A 1
in 6 h and 8 h respectively. If the speed of B is
8
1
B 6 28 km/h, then the speed (in km/h), of A is:
8
A B X Y Y X
8 A 32 km/
h B km/h
1
SSC CGL 12/04/2022 (Afternoon) A B 6
8
(a) 21 (b) 28
(c) 30 (d) 25 8 B 28
A ( )
90. Suman travels from place x and y and Rekha
travels from Y to X, simultaneously. After meet-
ing on the way, Suman and Rekha reach Y and SSC CGL Tier-II 11/09/2019
X, in 3 hours 12 minutes and one hour 48 min- (a) 40 (b) 42
utes, respectivley. If the speed of Rekha is 9 km/ (c) 32 (d) 36
h then the speed (in km/h) of suman is.
93. Radha walks with the speed of 45 km/h from A
X Y and Shyam walks towards her from B. After
Y X meeting each other at C they reach at each
3 12 other's home in 4 hours and 9 hours respectively.
1 48 Y X Find the distance between A & B and speed of
9 Shyam.
A 45 B
SSC CGL 18/08/2021 (Afternoon)
1
(a) 7 (b) 6 4 9
2
3 (a) 10 km/h, 240 km (b) 20 km/h, 360 km
(c) 8 (d) 6
4 (c) 30 km/h, 450 km (d) 40 km/h, 540 km

14
 TYPE–L 8 A 11
94. Two cars A and B leave Delhi at 8 : 30 a.m. and
9 a.m. for shimla, respectively. They travel at (a) 3 am (b) 6 am
the speeds of 40 km/h and 50 km/h respectively. (c) 8 am (d) 9 am
How many km away from Delhi will the two cars 98. Two cities A and B are 135 km apart on a straight
be together ? track. One car starts from A at 8 a.m. and trav-
A B 8 : 30 a.m. els towards B at 25 km/h. Another car starts from
9 a.m. B at 9 a.m. and travels towards A at a speed of
40 50 30 km/h. At what time will they meet ?
A B 135 km
(km) A 8 a.m.
SSC CGL 07/03/2020 (Morning) B 25 km/h
(a) 200 (b) 45 9 a.m. B
(c) 100 (d) 5 A 30 km/h

95. Vaishnav left from place A at 11 a.m. for place

B, and Suman left from place B at 2 p.m. for SSC CGL 09/12/2022 (Shift 01)
place A. The distance between them is 516 km. (a) 11 a.m. (b) 10 a.m.
If Vaishnav's speed is 44 km/h and Suman's (c) 10 : 45 a.m. (d) 11 : 30 a.m.
speed is 52 km/h then at what time will they meet
99. Ram starts from point A at 8 a.m. and reaches
each other ?
point B at 2 p.m. on the same day. On the same
A 11 B day, Raju starts from point B at 8 a.m. and
B 2 reaches point A at 6 p.m. on the same day. Both
A 516 points A and B are separated by only a straight
44 line track. At what time they both meet ?
52 A 8 a.m.
B 2 p.m.
SSC MTS 12/10/2021 (Evening) B 8 a.m.
(a) 7 p.m. (b) 6 p.m. A B
(c) 5 p.m. (d) 8 p.m.
96. A person starts to walk from A at 7 am and
reaches at B at 10 am and a person from B starts SSC CGL 12/12/2022 (Shift 03)
to walk at 7 am and reaches at A, at 1 pm. Find (a) 11 : 45 a.m. (b) 9 : 42 a.m.
the time at which they will meet. (c) 10 : 42 a.m. (d) 12 : 42 p.a.
A 7 B TYPE–M
10 B 100. A man walks at a speed of 8 km/h. After every
7 A 1 km, he takes a rest for 4 minutes. How much
time will he take to cover a distance of 6 km ?
(a) 3 am (b) 6 am 8
(c) 9 am (d) 12 am 4
97. A person from A starts to walk at 7 am and 6
reaches at B at 10 am and a person from B starts
to walk at 8 am and reaches at A, at 11 am. Find
SSC CGL Tier-II 18/11/2020
the time at which they will meet.
(a) 60 (b) 65
A 7 B
(c) 70 (d) 69
10 B

15
101. A man is walking at a speed of 12 km/h. After B. If they move in the same direction, they meet
every km, he takes a rest for 3 minutes. How after 12 hours, but if they move towards each
much time will he take to cover a distance of 6 9
other they meet after hours. The speed (in
km ? 8
12 km/h) of the car moving at a faster speed is:
3 A B 144
6 A
B
SSC CHSL 21/10/2020 (Afternoon) 12
(a) 42 (b) 40 9
(c) 48 (d) 45 8
TYPE–N
102. Two cars X and Y start running towards each
other from two places 216 km apart. The ratio SSC CGL 04/03/2020 (Evening)
of the speeds of X and Y is 5 : 7 and the speed of (a) 70 (b) 72
X is 60 km/h. After how many minutes will X (c) 60 (d) 54
and Y meet each other ?
105. The distance between two places A nad B is 140
X Y, 216 km. Two cars x and y start simultaneously from
X Y A and B, respectively. If they move in the same
5:7 X 60 direcion, they meet after 7 hours. If they move
X Y towards each other, they meet after one hour.
What is the speed (in km/h) of car y if its speed
is more than that of car x ?
SSC CHSL 19/04/2021 (Morning)
A B 140
(a) 75 (b) 72
x y A B
(c) 90 (d) 80
7
103. Places A and B are 396 km apart. Train X leaves
from A for B and train Y leaves from B for A at
y
the same time on the same day on parallel tracks.
y x
1
Both trains meet after 5 hours. The speed of
2
SSC CGL Tier-II 03/02/2022
Y is 10 km/h more than that of X. What is the
speed (in km/h) of Y ? (a) 60 (b) 100
A B 396 X, A B (c) 80 (d) 90
Y, B A TYPE–O
106. If a person travels at a speed of 48 km/h, he will
reach one time. He covers two-thirds of his jour-
1
5 Y X ney of five-sixths of time. At what speed (in
2 kmph) should he travel to cover the remaining
10 Y distance to reach his destination on time.
48
SSC CGL Tier II 12/09/2019
(a) 41 (b) 54
(c) 31 (d) 56
104. Places A and B are 144 km apart. Two cars start
simultaneously, one from A and the other from

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 SSC CHSL 16/04/2021 (Evening) 110. The speed of A is 20 km/h more than the speed
(a) 100 (b) 96 of B. The time that A takes to travel a distance
(c) 50 (d) 48 of 300 km is 2 hours less than the time that B
takes to travel a distance of 240 km. What is the
107. Ram travelled from a place Z to P at an average speed (in km/h) of A ?
speed of 130 km/h. He travelled the first 75% of
A B 20
the distance in two-third of the time and rest at
x A 300
an average speed of x km/h. The value of is: B 240
2
Z P 130 2 A
75%
x SSC MTS 06/10/2021 (Morning)
x (a) 30 (b) 40
2 (c) 45 (d) 50
SSC CGL 20/04/2022 (Morning) 111. The ratio of the distance between two places A
(a) 51 (b) 48.75 and B to the distance between places B and C is
(c) 97.5 (d) 19.25 3 : 5. A man travels from A to B at a speed of x
108. Travelling at 60 km/h, a person reaches his des- km/h and from B to C at a speed of 50 km/h. If
his average speed for the entire journey is 40
tination in a certain time. He covers 60% of his
km/h, then what is the value of (x - 10) : (x + 1) ?
journey in 2/5th of the time. At what speed (in
km/h) should he travel to cover the remaining A B B
journey so that he reaches the destinaion right C 3:5
on time ? A B x B C
60 50
40
2 (x - 10) : (x + 1)
60%
5 SSC CGL Tier-II 29/01/2022
(a) 31 : 20 (b) 11 : 10
(c) 10 : 11 (d) 20 : 31
SSC CGL Tier-II 11/09/2019 5
(a) 40 (b) 48 112. A car travels distance of x km at a speed of 5
9
(c) 42 (d) 36 m/sec and returns at 5 m/sec to the starting point.
MISCELLANEOUS 3
If the total time taken by the car is 7 hours,
109. Vaibhav and Vignesh each travel a distance of 5
78 km such that the speed of Vaibhav is faster then the value of (x + 3) is:
than that of Vignesh. The sum of their speeds is
91 kmph and the total time taken by both is 3 5
x 5
hours and 30 minutes. The speed of Vaibhav is: 9
78 5

91 3
7 (x + 3)
3 30 5
SSC MTS 07/10/2021 (Evening)
SSC CHSL 15/04/2021 (Evening) (a) 78 (b) 80
(a) 48 kmph (b) 45 kmph (c) 75 (d) 72
(c) 52 kmph (d) 54 kmph
17
113. A train can travel 40% faster than a car. Both
the train and car start from point A at the same 5
time and reach point B, which is 70 kms away 10
from A, at the same time. On the way, however,
the train lost about 15 minutes while stopping
at stations. The speed of the train in km/hr is: (a) 20 (b) 15
(c) 25 (d) 30
40%
A 116. R jogs at twice the speed of walking and runs at
twice the speed of jogging. From his home to
B A 70
office, he covers half of the distance by walking
and the rest by jogging. From his ofice to home,
15 he covers half the distance jogging and the rest
by running. What is his average speed (in km/h)
in a complete round from his home to office and
SSC MTS 22/10/2021 (Evening)
back home if the distance between his office and
(a) 100 (b) 80 home is 10 km and he walk at the speed of 5 km/
(c) 112 (d) 90 h?
114. A person travelled a distance of 150 km and then R
returned to the starting point. The time taken
1
for the outward journey was 2 hours moree
2
than that for the return journey. His speed for
the return was 10 km/h more than that for the
outward journey. His speed for the return jour-
ney, in km/h, was:
(km/h )
150
10 km
5 km/h
1
2 SSC CGL 05.12.2022 (Shif-I)
2
90 60
(a) (b)
8 8
10
60 80
(c) (d)
SSC MTS 26/102021 9 9
(a) 30 (b) 35
(c) 25 (d) 20
115. A person covers a distance of 300 km and then
returns to the starting point. The time taken by
him for the outward journey is 5 hours more
than the time taken for the return journey. If he
returns at a speed of 10 km/h more than the
speed of going, What was the speed (in km/h)
for the outward journey ?
300

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 TRAIN
TYPE–A (125y3 - 1) km
1 SSC CGL 02/12/2022 (Shift-02)
1. A train covers a distance of 225 km in 2 hours (a) (5y3 - 1) km/h (b) (25y2 - 5y + 1) km/h
2
with a uniform speed. The time taken , in hours, (c) (5y + 1) km/h (d) (25y2 + 5y + 1) km/h
so cover a distance of 450 km with the same speed 5. The ratio of the speeds of two trains is 5 : 8. If
is : the second train runs 600 km in 4 hours, then
1 the speed of the first train (in km/h) is:
2 225 km 5:8
2
4 600
450 km

SSC MTS 07/10/2021 (Evening)

(a) 25.5 (b) 62.5
SSC CGL 13/04/2022 (Morning)
(c) 37.75 (d) 93.75
(a) 5 (b) 4
(c) 3 (d) 6 TYPE–B
2. The distance covered by a train in (x + 1) hours 6. A goods train 350 m long passes through a tun-
is (x3 + 1) km. What is the speed of the train ? nel of length 1250 m in 80 seconds. What is the
(x + 1) (x3 + 1) speed of the train ?
350 m 1250 m 80
SSC CHSL 16/10/2020 (Evening)
SSC CGL TIER-II 07/03/2023
(a) (x3 - 1) km/h (b) (x2 - x + 1) km/h
2 (a) 64 km/h (b) 56 km/h
(c) (x + x + 1) km/h (d) (x + 1) km/h
(c) 78 km/h (d) 72 km/h
3. A train travels from Rajput to Asanol at the rate
of x km/h and from Asanol to Raipur at the rate 7. A 240-m long train crosses a 360-m long tunnel
of 35 km/h. If the average rate for the whole jour- in 30 seconds. What is the speed of the train (in
km/hr) ?
1 240 m 360 30
ney is 29 km/h, then find the value of x ?
6 (km/h )
x SSC CGL 21/04/2022 (Evening)
35 (a) 72 (b) 43.2
(c) 60 (d) 28.8
291/6 x 8. A train 700 m long, is running at a speed of 60
(CRPF HCM 2023) km/h. If it takes 72 seconds to cross a bridge,
(a) 24 km/h (b) 25 km/h then find the length of the bridge.
(c) 30 km/h (d) 20 km/h 700 60 km/h
4. The distance covered by a train in (5y -1) hours 72
is (125y3 - 1) km. The speed of the train is: (m)
(5y -1) SSC MTS 27/10/2021 (Morning)

1
 (a) 1700 (b) 1200 14. A train travelling at 36 km/h crosses a pole in 25
(c) 600 (d) 500 seconds. How much time (in seconds) will it
9. A train of length 350 m crosses a bridge of length make to cross a bridge 350 m long ?
250 m in 20 seconds. What is the speed of the 36 25
train (in km/h) ? 350
350 250 20
SSC CGL Tier-II 16/11/2020
(a) 48 (b) 56
SSC CHSL 12/10/2020 (Evening) (c) 72 (d) 60
(a) 95 (b) 72 15. A train has 23 compartments and each compart-
(c) 108 (d) 88 ment is 49 m long. This train crosses a pole in
10. A train, 150 m long, is running at 90 km/h. How 115 seconds if 9 compartments were removed
long (in seconds) will it take to cross a platform then how long would this train of 14 compart-
that is 300 m long ? ments take to cross the same pole.
150 90 23 49
300 115
9
SSC CHSL 16/10/2020 (Morning) 14
(a) 6 (b) 18
(c) 12 (d) 50 (a) 14 sec (b) 7 sec
11. A train travels at a speed of 66 km/h and halts (c) 10 sec (d) 70 sec
at five junctions for a certain time. It covers a TYPE–D
distance of 1485 km in one day. For how long 16. A 50 m long train crosses a man sitting in an-
(in minutes) does the train stop at each junc- other train going in same direction in 10 sec. If
tion, if it halts for the same period of time at all speed of first train is 40 km/hr then find speed
the junction. of second train.
66 50
10
1485
40

(a) 18 km/hr (b) 20 km/hr

SSC CHSL 05/08/2021 (Afternoon) (c) 21 km/hr (d) 22 km/hr
(a) 15 (b) 18 17. Two trains are moving in the same direction at
(c) 12 (d) 20 a speed of 36 km/hr and 48 km/hr. The time
TYPE–C taken by faster train to cross a man sitting in
the slower train is 33 seconds. What will be the
12. 150 m long train crosses a man in 8 sec. Find the length of the faster train ?
speed of train in km/hr. 36 48
150 8

(a) 62.5 km/h (b) 65.5 km/h

33
(c) 67.5 km/h (d) 67 km/h
13. Speed of train is 72 km/h and it crosses a man in
SSC CGL 07/12/2022 (Shift - 04)
5 minutes. Find the length of the train.
(a) 770 m (b) 90 m
72
(c) 110 m (d) 180 m
5
18. Two trains are moving in the opposite direcion
at the speed of 48 km/hr and 60 km/hr respec-
(a) 2 km (b) 3 km tively. The time taken by the slower train to cross
(c) 6 km (d) 12 km a man sitting in the faster train is 12 seconds.

2
 What is the length of the slower train ? (c) 27 km/h (d) 36 km/h
48 60 23. A train crosses two men running in the direc-
tion of train whose speeds are 10 km/h and 12
km/h in 5 seconds and 7 seconds respectively.
12 Find the speed of train.
2
10 12
SSC CGL 08/12/2022 (Shift - 02) 5 7
(a) 480 m (b) 720 m
(c) 180 m (d) 360 m (a) 7 km/h (b) 11 km/h
(c) 13 km/h (d) 17 km/h
TYPE–E
24. A train overtake two persons walking along the
19. A train passes two bridges of lengths 800 m and
tracks in 9.3 seconds and 9.4 seconds, respec-
400 m in 100 seconds and 60 seconds respectively.
tively. The speed of the persons walking in the
The length of the train is:
same direction as the train is 4.5 km/h and 5.4
800 400 km/h, respectively. What is the speed of the train
100 60 in ( km/h) ?

(a) 80 m (b) 90 m 9.3 9.4

(c) 200 m (d) 150 m
20. A railway engine passes two bridge of length 400 4.5 5.4
m and 235 m in 100 seconds and 60 seconds re-
spectively. Twice the length of the railway en- (CRPF HCM 2023)
gine (in m) is :
(a) 95.4 (b) 91.7
400 m 235 m
(c) 93.2 (d) 89.1
100 60
TYPE–G
SSC CGL 18/04/2022 (Afternoon) 25. A train takes 1 hour 20 minutes to travel between
(a) 24 (b) 25 5
two stations, P and Q. If it travels at of its
(c) 12.5 (d) 12 6
21. A train crosses a 400 m-long platform in 50 sec- usual speed, how long will it take to travel be-
onds. It crosses another 600 m-long platform in tween P and Q ?
60 seconds. What are the length and the speed P Q 1
of the train ? 20
400 m 50 5
600 m 60 P Q
6

SSC CHSL 31/05/2022 (Morning) SSC MTS 13/10/2021 (Morning)

(a) 600 m; 72 km/h (b) 550 m; 75 km/h (a) 1 h 24 min (b) 1 h 48 min
(c) 500 m; 70 km/h (d) 650 m; 74 km/h (c) 1 h 36 min (d) 1 h 12 min
TYPE–F 26. A train takes 1 hour 20 minutes to travel between
22. A train crosses two men running in the direc-
2
tion of train whose speed are 5 km/h and 7 km/ two stations P and Q. If it travels at of its
h in 10 seconds and 11 seconds respectively. Find 7
the speed of train . usual speed, how long will it take to travel be-
2 tween P and Q ?
P Q
5 7
1 20
10 11
2
P
(a) 9 km/h (b) 18 km/h 7

3
 Q 320 540
P Q 108 km/h
(SSC PHASE IX 2022) 144 km/h
(a) 4 hour 10 minutes (b) 5 hour 20 minutes
(c) 4 hour 40 minutes (d) 3 hour 30 minutes
27. A train can travel 40% faster than a car. Both SSC CGL 2023 PRE
the train and the car start from point A at the (a) 86 s (b) 54 s
same time and reach point B, which is 70 km (c) 32 s (d) 68 s
away from point A , at the same time. On the
31. A train travelling at 70 km/h crosses another
way, however, the train lost about 15 minutes
train travelling in the same direction at 34 km/h
while stopping at stations. The speed of the car
in 25 seconds. What is the combined length of
in km/h is:
both the trains (in m) ?
40%
70
A
34
B
25
A 70
15
SSC CGL 2023 PRE
(a) 225 (b) 250
SSC MTS 12/10/2021 (Morning)
(c) 325 (d) 500
(a) 120 (b) 80
32. Two trains of length 130m and 120 m are run-
(c) 90 (d) 100 ning on parallel lines in the same direction at a
TYPE–H speed of 40 km/h and 50 km/h, respectively. In
28. A train covers the distance between two stations how much time will they pass each other ?
X and Y in 6 hours. If the speed of the train is 130 m 120 m
reduced by 13 km/h, then it travels the same dis- 40 km/h
tance in 9 hours. Find the distance between the 50 km/h
two stations.
X Y 6
SSC CGL 2023 PRE
13 km/h
(a) 85 sec (b) 62 sec
9
(c) 63 sec (d) 90 sec
33. Two trains of equal length, running at a spped
SSC CHSL 30/05/2022 (Morning) of 120 km/h and 100 km/h, respectively, are run-
(a) 220 km (b) 234 km ning on parallel tracks in the same direction. The
(c) 185 km (d) 215 km faster train crosses the slower train in 45 sec-
29. Two trains each 200 m long are moving in oppo- onds, the length of each train (in m) is ?
site directions. They cross each other in 10 sec- 120
onds. If the speed of one train is 90 km/h, find 100
the speed of the other train.
200 m 45
10
90 km/h (CRPF HCM 2023)
(a) 125 (b) 150
SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Evening) (c) 160 (d) 140
(a) 90 km/h (b) 45 km/h 34. What will be the length of train P when it is run-
(c) 54 km/h (d) 36 km/h ning at 75 km/h and crosses another train Q run-
30. Twp trains P and Q of lengths 320 m and 540 m, ning in the opposite direction in 12 seconds ?
respectively, are running in the same direction P 75
on parallel tracks 108 km/h and 144 km/h, re-
spectively. How much time will the trains take
Q 12
to the cross each other completely ?

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 In order to answer this question which of the moving with 4 km/hr. he saw a train coming from
statements I and II is/are sufficient ? behind & disappeared in 3 minute if the length
I II of train is 200 m, find the speed of the train ?
400
I. Length of the train Q is 220m. 4
Q 220 3
II. Speed of the train Q is 110 km/h. 200
Q 110
(CRPF HCM 2023) (a) 20 km/h (b) 24 km/h
(a) only statement I is true (c) 30 km/h (d) 40 km/h
39. A train crosses a man going along the railway
(b) Both statement I & II is together are necessary
track at 6 km/hr. The man could see the train
(c) Neither statements I nor statement II is neces- upto 2 minute and find the speed of the train if
sary at the time of disappearance the distance be-
(d) Only statement II is sufficient tween train to man was 1200 metre & length of
35. The distance between two stations A and B is train is 300 metre ?
200 km. A train runs from A to B at a speed of 6
75 km/hr, while another train runs from B to A
at a speed of 85 km/hr. What will be the dis- 2
tance between the two train (in km) 3 minutes 1200
before they meet ?
300
A B 200
A B 75
(a) 39 km/hr (b) 45 km/hr
B A 85
(c) 51 km/hr (d) 57 km/hr
3
40. The platform of a station 400 m long starts ex-
actly where the last span of a bridge 1.2 km long
SSC CGL 21/04/2022 (Morning) ends. How long (in min.) will a train 200 m long
(a) 5 (b) 8 and travelling at the speed of 72 km/h take to
(c) 10 (d) 6 cover the distance between the starting point of
the span of the bridge and the far end of the
TYPE–I platform ?
36. Two trains of equal length cross a pole in 5 sec
400
and 7 sec respectively. In what time they will
cross each other going in same direction. 1.2
5 72
7 200

(a) 35 sec. (b) 30 sec.

(c) 20 sec. (d) 32 sec. SSC CHSL 11/07/2019 (Morning)
37. Two trains of equal length cross a pole in 12 sec. (a) 1.6 (b) 1.5
and 15 sec. respectively. In what time they will (c) 1.8 (d) 1.2
cross each other going in same direction ? TYPE–K
12 41. ‘A’ and 'B’ are two stations 494 km apart. A train
15 starts from station ‘A’ at 3 p.m. and travels to-
wards station ‘B’ at 83 km/h. Another train starts
from station ‘B’ at 4 p.m. and travels towards
station A’ at 54 km/h. At what time do they meet?
(a) 120 sec. (b) 115 sec.
'A' 'B' 494 km
(c) 118 sec. (d) 125 sec.
'A' 3
TYPE–J 'B' 83 km/h
TYPE–J 'B' 4
38. A man could see 400 m during fog when he was 'A' 54 km./h

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 A B 800
SSC CHSL 10/06/2022 (Afternoon) X A B 40
(a) 7 p.m. (b) 7 a.m. Y
(c) 8 p.m. (d) 9 a.m. B A 60
42. Two stations A & B are 275 km apart on a A
straight line. One train starts from A at 6:00 AM
and travels at 50 km/h. Another train starts from
SSC CGL 06/06/2019 (Afternoon)
B at 7:00 AM and travels towards A at a speed
of 62.5 km/h. at what time will they meet ? (a) 380 (b) 320
A B 275 (c) 300 (d) 360
A 6.00 46. The distance between two stations, A and B is
428 km. A train starts from station 'A' at 6:00
50 a.m. and moves towards station 'B' at an aver-
7:00 B A age speed of 48 km/h. Another train starts from
62.5 station 'B' at 6:20 a.m. and moves towards sta-
tion 'A' at an average speed of 55 km/h. At what
(CRPF HCM 2023) time will the train meet ?
(a) 10:00 AM (b) 09:00 AM A B 428
(c) 11:00 AM (d) 08:00 AM A 6
43. S1 and S2 are two stations which are 195 km a B 48
part. A train starts from S1 at 4:00 pm and moves B 6:20
towards S2 at the speed of 65 km/h. Another train A 55
starts from S2 at 5:00 pm and moves towards S1
at the speed of 35 km/h. At what time will the
SSC CGL 5/03/2020 (Evening)
two trains meet ?
(a) 10:20 a.m. (b) 9:40 a.m.
S1 S2 195 km
(c) 10:00 a.m. (d) 10:40 a.m.
S1 4:00 pm S2
65 km/h TYPE–L
S2 5:00 pm S1 47. Two trains start at the same time from two sta-
tions and proceed towards each other at speed
35 km/h of 90 km/h and 70 km/h, respectively. When they
meet, it is found that one train has travelled 140
SSC CGL 2023 PRE km more than the other. What is the distance
(a) 6:06 p.m. (b) 6:30 p.m. between the two stations ? (in km)
(c) 6:15 p.m. (d) 6:18 p.m.
44. Two trains leave Agra for Calcutta at 9:00 a.m. 90 70
and 9:30 a.m., respectively, and travel at 240 km/
h and 300 km/h, respectively. How many 140
kilometres from Agra will the two trains meet ?
9:00 a.m.
9:30 a.m. 240 SSC CHSL 12/04/2021 (Afternoon)
km/h 300 km/h (a) 980 (b) 1100
(km) (c) 1200 (d) 1120
48. Two trains start at the same time from two sta-
SSC CHSL 30/05/2022 (Afternoon) tions and proceed towards each other at speeds
(a) 270 (b) 300 of 90 km/h and 60 km/h respectively. When they
(c) 600 (d) 240 meet, it is found that one train has travelled 120
45. The distance between two stations A and B is km more than the other. What is the distance
800 km. A train X starts from point A and moves between the two stations.
towards point B at a speed of 40 km/h and an- A B
other train Y starts from point B and moves to- 50 60
wards A at 60 km/h. HOw far from A will they
cross each other ?

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 120 (a) 25 km/h (b) 50 km/h
(c) 75 km/h (d) 100 km/h
(a) 990 km (b) 1200 km 53. A person cover a distance of 760 km partly by
(c) 1320 km (d) 440 km train and partly by car. If he travels 160 km by
TYPE–M train rest by car it takes 8 hours and if he covers
240 by train and rest by car it takes him 8 hours
49. A metro leaves after every 15 minutes. A person
12 minute to cover that distance. Find the speed
is running towards metro then he catches the
of train and car.
metro after 12 minutes. If speed of metro is 16
km/h. Find speed of man. 760
15
12 160
16 8 240
12
(a) 2 km/h (b) 4 km/h
(c) 6 km/h (d) 8 km/h (a) 20 km/h, 40 km/h (b) 40 km/h, 80 km/h
50. Metro laves after every 10 minutes. A person (c) 80 km/h, 100 km/h (d) 100 km/h, 120 km/h
starts running towards metro then he catches TYPE–O
metro after 8 minutes. If speed of metro is 24 54. From point H, at 6 : 30 pm, a train starts mov-
km/h then what is the speed of the person. ing towards point K at the speed of 90 km/hr.
10 Another train starts moving from point K at 7 :
8 30 p.m. towards point H at the speed of 72 km/
24 hr. Both the train meet at 11 : 30 p.m. at point J.
What is the ratio of the distance HJ and KJ ?
(a) 2 km/h (b) 3 km/h H 6 : 30 K
(c) 6 km/h (d) 12 km/h 90
51. Two bullets are fired from a place at an interval 7 : 30 K
of 5 minutes. A person approaching that place H 72
hears it at the gap of 4 minutes, 30 seconds. If J 11 : 30
speed of sound in 330 m/s then what is the speed HJ KJ
of person (in km/h).
5 SSC CGL 06/12/2022 (Shift-04)
(a) 25 : 16 (b) 5 : 16
4 30 (c) 36 : 25 (d) 31 : 19
330 55. Two stations R and S are 400 km apart from
each other. A train leaves from R to S and si-
(a) 130 km/h (b) 132 km/h multaneously another train leaves from S to R.
(c) 136 km/h (d) 140 km/h Both trains meet after 10 hours. If the speed of
the first train is 4 km/hr more than the second
TYPE–N train, then what is the speed of the slower train?
52. A person cover a distance of 450 km partly by R S 400
train and partly by car. If he travels 100 km by R S
train rest by car it takes 8 hours and if he covers
170 km by train and rest by car it takes him 8 S R
hours 12 minute to cover that distance. Find the 10
speed of train. 4
450
SSC CGL 13/12/2022 (Shift-04)
100 (a) 18 km/h (b) 26 km/h
8 170 (c) 16 km/h (d) 22 km/h
12 56. Train A running at 81 km/h takes 72 sec to over-
take train B, when both the trains are running

7
 in the same direction, but it takes 36 sec to cross leap and dog covers 2.75 m in 1 leap. Then in
each other if the trains are running in the oppo- how many leaps will the dog catch the Rabbit.
site direction. If the length of train B is 600 m,
then find the length of train A. (in m) 125
81 km/h A, B 4 3
72 sec
1.75
2.75
36 sec B
600 A (a) 500 leaps (b) 515 leaps
(c) 525 leaps (d) 550 leaps
SSC CGL 13/12/2022 (Shift-03)
TYPE–Q
(a) 600 (b) 480
60. After travelling 333 km a train meets with an
(c) 590 (d) 900 accident and its speed becomes 119/787 of its
57. The lengths of two trains are 380 m and 220 m. actual speed and therefore reaches 4 hours late.
The faster of these two trains takes 20 seconds If this accident had occurred after travelling 111
to overtake the other, when travelling in same km more then the train would have been 3 hours
direction. The trains take 12 seconds to cross late. Find the distance.
each other, when travelling in opposite direction. 333
What is the speed (in km/h) of the faster train ?
119/
380 220
787 4
111
20
3
12
(a) 111 km (b) 777 km
(c) 555 km (d) 999 km
61. After travelling 200 km a train met with an ac-
SSC PHASE IX 2022 cident and its speed became 4/5th of its actual
(a) 108 (b) 126 speed and reached 45 minutes late. If this acci-
(c) 144 (d) 90 dent had happend after 40 more km the train
TYPE–P would have reached the station 30 minutes late.
Find out the distance and speed of train.
58. A dog is chasing a rabbit. Initially distance be-
tween them is 400 leaps of dog. The time taken 200
by dog to take 4 leaps is equal to 6 leaps taken 4/5
by rabbit in that time. Rabbit covers 1.5 m in 1 45
leap and dog covers 2.5 m in 1 leap. In how many 40
leaps will eh dog catch the rabbit ? 30

400
6 4 (a) 10 km/h, 160 km (b) 20 km/h, 180 km
(c) 30 km/h, 240 km (d) 40 km/h, 320 km
1.5
2.5

(a) 1000 leaps (b) 2000 leaps

(c) 4000 leaps (d) 8000 leaps
59. A dog is chasing a rabbit. Initially distance be-
tween them is 125 leaps of dog. Time taken by
rabbit to take 4 leaps is equal to time taken by
dog to take 3 leaps. Rabbit covers 1.75 m in 1

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 BOAT & STREAM
1. The speed of a boat when travelling downstream 4. To go a distance of 144 km upstream, a takes 12
is 48 km/h, whereas when travelling upstream it hours while it takes her only 9 hours to row the
is 32 km km/h. What is the speed of the boat in same distance downstream. What is the speed of
still water ? the stream ?
48 144
12
32

SSC SELECTION POST XI 2023 SSC CGL 2023 PRE

(a) 80 km/h (b) 30 km/h (a) 3 km/h (b) 1 km/h
(c) 40 km/h (d) 20 km/h (c) 1.5 km/h (d) 2 km/h
2. The effective speed of a boat is 15.2 km/h against 5. A boat covers a distance of 80 km downstream in
the stream and 20.8 km/h along the stream. Find 8 h while it takes 10 h to cover the same distance
the speed of the stream. upstream. What is the speed (in km/h) of the boat
in still water ?
15.2 km/h 20.8 km/h 80 km 8

SSC CGL 2023 PRE 10

(a) 18 km/h (b) 1.8 km/h (km/h
(c) 2.8 km/h (d) 3 km/h SSC CGL 2023 PRE
3. A boat running upstream takes 10 hours to cover (a) 18 (b) 12
a certain distance, while it takes 7 hours to cover (c) 9 (d) 16
the same distance running downstream. What is 6. A man takes 15 minutes to row 16 km down-
the ratio between the speed of the boat and that stream, which is 25% less than the time he takes
of the water current, respectively ? to row the same distance upstream. How many
km can the man row in an hour in still water ?
10 (Rounded off the nearest whole number)
7 16
15

SSC CGL 2023 PRE 25%

(a) 17 : 5 (b) 3 : 17
(c) 2 : 17 (d) 17 : 3

1
 SSC CGL 2023 PRE SSC CGL TIER - II 11/09/2019
(a) 56 (b) 60 (a) 2.8 (b) 3.2
(c) 58 (d) 54 (c) 2.4 (d) 2.2
7. A boat covers 35 km downstream in 2 h and cov- 11. The speed of the boat in still water is 18 km/h
ers the same distance upstream in 7 h. Find the and the speed of the current is 6 km/h. In how
speed (in km/h) of the boat in still water. much time (in hours) will the boat travel a dis-
35 2 tance of 90 km upstream and the same distance
downstream ?
7
18
6
SSC CGL TIER - II 03/03/2023 90
(a) 11.25 (b) 28.75
(c) 18.25 (d) 10.55 SSC CGL TIER - II 12/09/2019

8. A woman can row 36 km downstream in 4 hours 1 1

(a) 9 (b) 11
and 49 km upstream in 7 hours. What is the speed 2 4
of the current ? (c) 12 (d) 10
36 km 12. A boat can travel with a speed of 19 km/h in still
4 49 km water. If the speed of the stream is 3 km/h, then
7 what will be the total time (in hours) taken by the
boat to go 88 km downstream and 24 km up-
stream.
SSC CHSL 07/06/2022 (Evening)
19
(a) 2 km/h (b) 1.5 km/h
3
(c) 3 km/h (d) 1 km/h
88
9. A watercraft is rowed down 32 km along a river
24
in 4 hours and 10 km against the river in 5 hours.
Find the speed of the watercraft and that of the
river. SSC CHSL 04/08/2021 (Morning)
4 32 (a) 4.5 (b) 5
km 5 (c) 4 (d) 5.5
10 km 13. The speed of boat a down the stream is 125% of
the speed in still water. If the boat takes 30 min-
SSC CHSL 01/06/2022 (Morning) utes to cover 20 km in still water, then how much
time (in hours) will it take to cover 15 km up-
(a) 4.5 km/h 2.5 km/h
stream ?
(b) 4 km/h 3 km/h
(c) 5 km/h 3 km/h
125% 20 km
(d) 3.5 km/h 1.5 km/h
30
10. Abhi rows upstream a distance of 28 km in 4 hours 15 km
and rows downstream a distance of 50 km in 2
hours. To row a distacne of 44.8 km in still water,
he will take: SSC CGL 2023 (Pre.)
28 4 3 1
(a) (b)
50 2 4 2
44.8

2
 1 6 5
(c) (d) 1
4
SSC MTS 07/10/2021 (Aftenoon)
14. A boat can cover a distance of 56 km downstream
in 3.5 hours. The ratio of the boat in still water (a) 3 (b) 4
and the speed of the stream is 3 : 1. How much (c) 2 (d) 2.5
time will it take to cover a distance of 41.6 km 18. A steamer and a motor boat cover the stretch
downstream ? between a seaport and a dock in 7 hours 20 min-
56 km 3.5 utes and 10 hours 40 minutes, respectively. What
is the ratio of thier speeds ?
3:1 41.6 km
7 20
SSC CGL 18/04/2022 (Morning) 10 40
(a) 2.1 (b) 1.5
(c) 2.6 (d) 1.8 SSC MTS 18/10/2021 (Evening)
15. A person can row 5 m/sec in still water. The speed (a) 15 : 11 (b) 3 : 2
of the stream is 6 km/h. The time (in hours) taken (c) 16 : 11 (d) 8 : 5
by him to row a distance of 76.8 km downstream 19. The speed of a motorboat in still water is 20 km/
is: h. It travels 150 km downstream and then returns
5 to the starting point. If the round trip takes a
6 total of 16 hours, what is the speed (in km/h) of
76.8 the flow of the river ?
20
SSC MTS 05/10/2021 (Afternoon) 150
(a) 3.5 (b) 2.8
(c) 3.2 (d) 2.4 16
16. A person can row at 10 km/h in still water. The
SSC CGL 24/08/2021 (Evening)
1
speed of the stream is 1 m / sec. The time (in (a) 6 (b) 4
9
(c) 8 (d) 5
hours) taken by him to row a distance of 72 km
upstream is: 20. The speed of a boat in still water is 6 km/h. Time
taken by the boat to cover a certain distance up-
10
stream is hours more than the time taken to cover
1 the same distance downstream. If the speed of
1
9 the stream is 2 km/h, then what is the total dis-
72 tance, upstream and downstream, covered by the
boat ?
6
SSC MTS 05/10/2021 (Evening)
1 2
(a) 5 (b) 10
7 7
3
(c) 10 (d) 12
2
17. The speed of a boat in still water is 30 km/h and
the rate of the current is 6 km/h. The distance (in
km) travelled upstream in 5 minutes is:
SSC MTS 08/08/2019 (Morning)
30
(a) 72 km (b) 24 km

3
 (c) 48 km (d) 36 km 24. The speed of a boat in still water is 6 km/h. If it
21. The speed of a boat downstream is 150% more takes four times to go against the curretn than to
than its speed upstream. If the time taken by the go in the direction of the current, what will be the
boat for going 80 km downstream and 50 km speed of the current ?
upstream is 8.2 hours, then what is the speed (in 6 km/h
km/h) of the boat downstream ?

150%
80 km SSC CPO 14/03/2019 (Evening)
50 km 8.2 (a) 2.5 km/h (b) 5 km/h
(c) 4.2 km/h (d) 3.6 km/h
SSC CHSL 15/04/2021 (Morning)
3
(a) 16 (b) 30 25. A boat racer can row 21 km / h in still water. If
2
(c) 24 (d) 25 the speed of river is 12.5 km/h, it takes him 40
1 minutes to row to a place and back, how far off is
22. The speed of a boat in still water is 5 km / h. It the place (consider up to two decimals) ?
3
is found that the boat takes thrice as much time 3
to row up than it does to row down the same dis-
21 km / h
2
tance in the river stream. Find the speed of the 12.5
river stream.
1 40
5 km / h
3
?
SSC CGL 06/12/2022 (Shift-01)
5 2
(a) 5 km (b) 5 km
27 5
SSC CGL 05/12/2022
5 5
23 22 (c) 4 km (d) 3 km
(a) m/s (b) m/s 27 27
27 27
26. A boat's speed in still water is 22 km/h, while the
20 19 river is flowing with a speed of 8 km/h and the
(c) m/s (d) m/s
27 27 time taken to cover a certain distance upstream
23. A man can swim in still water at a speed of 6 km/ is 4 hours more than the time taken to cover the
h, but he takes thrice as long to swim upstream same distance downstream. Find the distance.
as downstream. The speed of the man, when swim- 22 km/h
ming downstream is: 8 km/h
6 km/h

SSC CHSL 03/06/2022 (Evening)

SSC CHSL 06/06/2022 (Afternoon) (a) 105 km (b) 110 km
(a) 3 km/h (b) 2 km/h (c) 115 km (d) 125 km
(c) 9 km/h (d) 6 km/h 27. A man can row 5 km/h in still water. If the speed

4
 of the current is 2.5 km/h, it takes 4 hours more 44 km 35 km
in upstream than in the downstream for the same 33 km
distance. The distance is :
28 km
5 km/h
2.5 km/h
SSC CGL 11/04/2022 (Evening)
(a) 7 (b) 5
4
(c) 6 (d) 8
31. A motor boat whose speed is 20 km/h in still wa-
SSC CHSL 24/05/2022 (Afternoon) ter takes 30 minutes more to go 24 km upstream
(a) 10.5 km (b) 15 km than to cover the same distance downstream. If
(c) 7.5 km (d) 12 km the speed of the boat in still water is increased by
28. A boat takes 4 hours to travel from P to Q down- 2 km/h, then how much time will it take to go 39
stream and from Q to P upstream. What is the km downstream and 30 km upstream ?
speed (in km/h) of the boat in still water, if the 20 km/h
distance between P to Q is 6 km and speed of the 24 km
river is 2 km/h ? 30
P Q 2 km/h
Q P 4 30 km
P Q 6 km
2 km/h SSC CGL 11/04/2022 (Morning)
(a) 2 40 (b) 3 10
ICAR Technician 2023 (c) 3 40 (d) 4 50
(a) 3 (b) 4 32. A man rows to a place 48 km distant and comes
(c) 6 (d) 2 back in 14 hours. He finds that he can row 4 km
29. A boat takes a total of 4 hours to go 42 km up- with the stream in the same time as 3 km against
stream and 30 km downstream. The speed of the the stream. The speed of the stream is :
stream is 8 km/h. HOw much time (in hours) will 48 km
the boat take to go 54 km downstream ? 14
42 km 4 km
30 km 4 3 km
8 km/h
54 km SSC CGL 07/12/2022 (Shift-02)
ICAR Technician 2023 (a) 1.5 km/h (b) 3.5 km/h
1 7 (c) 1.8 km/h (d) 1 km/h
(a) 1 (b) 2
2 10 33. The time taken by a boat to travel 13 km down-
stream is the same as time taken by it to travel 7
4 1
(c) 1 (d) 2 km upstream. If the speed of the stream is 3 km/
5 4 hr, then how much time (in hours) will it take to
30. A boatman can row his boat in still water at a travel a distnace of 44.8 km in still water ?
speed of 9 km/hr. He can also row 44 km down- 13
stream and 35 km upstream in 9 hours. How much
7
time (in hours) will he take to row 33 km down-
stream and 28 km upstream ?
9 km/h 3
9 44.8

5
 SSC CGL 4/03/2020 (Afternoon) Q
12 3 P Q 120 m
(a) 4 (b) 5 (km/h
25 5
SSC CGL 01/12/2022 (Shift-03)
2 13
(c) 5 (d) 4 (a) 0.4 (b) 0.2
5 25
(c) 1 (d) 0.6
34. The distance between two points A and B is 100
km. The time taken by a boat to travel upstream 37. A boat goes 20 km upstream and 44 km down-
on Tuesday is equal to the time taken by it to travel stream in 8 hours. In 5 hours, it goes 15 km up-
downstream on Saturday. The speed of the stream stream and 22 km downstream. Determine the
on Tuesday is 2 kmph and on Saturday is half of speed of the boat in still water.
the speed on Tuesday. If the speed of the boat in 8 20
still water on Tuesday is 22 kmph, then find the 44 5
speed of boat in still water on Saturday. 15 22
A B 100

SSC CGL 2028 Pre

(a) 6 km/h (b) 10 km/h
2 (c) 8 km/h (d) 7 km/h
38. Dharmendra can row 80 km upstream and 110
22 km downsteam in 13 hours. Also he can row 60
km upstream and 88 km downstream in 10 hours.
(CRPF HCM 2023) What is the speed (in km/h) of the current ?
(a) 12 kmph (b) 19 kmph 13 80 km
(c) 15 kmph (d) 21 kmph 110 km
35. A man rows a boat a certain distance downstream 10 60 km
in 9 hours, while it take 18 hours to row the same 88 km
distance upstream. How many hours will it take (km/h
him to row three-fifth of the same distance in still SSC CGL 2023 PRE
water ?
(a) 6 (b) 16
(c) 10 (d) 12
9
39. A boat can cover 120 km upstream and back in a
total of 30 hours, and 25 km upstream and 40 km
18 downstream in a total of 7 hours. How much dis-
tance will the boat cover in 16 hours in still wa-
ter?
SSC CGL 01/12/2022 (Shift-02) 120 km
(a) 9.5 (b) 7.2 30 hrs.
(c) 10 (d) 12 25 km
36. A swimmer swims from a point P against the cur- 40 km 7
rent for 6 min and them swims back along the 16
current for next 6 min and reaches at a point Q.
If the distance between P and Q is 120 m then the SSC CGL 2023 PRE
speed of the current (in km/h) is :
(a) 200 km (b) 180 km
P 6
(c) 175 km (d) 225 km
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 RACE
1. An athlete runs an 800 m race in 96 seconds. His SSC CHSL 05/08/2021 (Evening)
speed (in km/h) is: (a) 7.2 (b) 6
96 800 (c) 6.75 (d) 7.5
5. In a race, there are 4 members in a team. Each
SSC CGL Tier-II 18/11/2020 member has to cover 5 km one after another. If
(a) 40 km/h (b) 20 km/h the total time taken is 30 minutes, then what would
have been the average speed ?
(c) 25 km/h (d) 30 km/h
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2. An athlete crosses a distance of 900 m in 10 min-
5 km
utes. What is is speed in km per hour ?
30
900 10

SSC CGL 06/12/2022 (Shift-04)

SSC CHSL 14/10/2020 (Evening)
(a) 5.4 km/h (b) 3.6 km/h km km
(a) 50 (b) 40
(c) 4.8 km/h (d) 6.9 km/h hr hr
3. A runner is running at a speed of 40 km/h. If he m m
(c) 50 (d) 40
runs at a speed of 30 km/h, then what will the sec sec
decrease in the percentage of his speed be ? 6. Rakesh runs 4/3 times as fast as Mukesh. In a
40 race, if Rakesh gives a lead of 60 m to Mukesh,
30 find the distance from the starting point where
both of them will meet.
SSC CHSL 12/10/2020 (Afternoon) 4/3
(a) 15% (b) 20% 60 m
(c) 25% (d) 30%
4. During his morning walk, Atul walks for 45 min- SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Morning)
utes at a speed of 8 km/h and takes 15 rounds of (a) 232 m (b) 240 m
a park. Shekar takes 10 rounds of the same park (c) 264 m (d) 255 m
in 40 minutes. What is the speed of Shekhar in 7. Riya runs 3/2 times as fast as Prerna. In a race, if
km/h ?
Riya gives a lead of 100 m to Prerna, find the
8 distance Riya has to run before both of them meet.
45 15 3/2
10 40 100 m

(m)

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 SSC CHSL 09/06/2022 (Afternoon) 12. In a 1500-m race, if A beats B by 100 m and B
(a) 315 (b) 300 beats C by 150 m, then by what distance (in m)
(c) 265 (d) 240 does A beat C ?
1500 m A, B 100 m
2
8. Ashok runs 2 times as fast as Bharat. If Ashok B, C 150 m A, C
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gives Bharat a head start of 160 m, then how far
must the winning post be so that Ashok and SSC CHSL 03/06/2022 (Afternoon)
Bharat can reach it at the same time ? (a) 140 (b) 150
(c) 100 (d) 240
2
2 13. In a 1500 m race, X beats Y by 100 m and X beat
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160 m Z by 240 m. By what distance does Y beat Z in
the same race ?
1500 X, Y 100 Z
240 Y, Z
SSC CGL 2023 PRE
(a) 225 m (b) 256 m
SSC CGL 2023 PRE
(c) 240 m (d) 200 m
(a) 160 m (b) 140 m
9. A runs 4/3 times as fast as B. In a race, if A gives
(c) 150 m (d) 200 m
a lead of 80 m to B, find the distance from the
starting point where they both will meet. 14. In a linear race of 500 n, A can beat B by 50 m
A, B 4/3 and in a race of 600 n, B can beat C by 60 m. By
how many m will A beat C in a race of 400 m ?
A, B 80
500 m A, B 50 m
600 m B, C 60 m
400 m A, C
SSC Selection Post 2023
(a) 300 m (b) 360 m
SSC CGL 08/12/2022 (Shift-03)
(c) 320 m (d) 340 m
(a) 70 (b) 68
10. In 100 m race A beats B by 10 m and B beats C
(c) 76 (d) 72
by 10 m. By what distance A beat C (in m) ?
15. In a 1610 m race, Amarjeet reaches the final point
100 A, B 10
in 91 seconds and Dinesh reaches the final point
B, C 10 A, C
in 115 seconds. By how much distance does
Amarjeet beat Dinesh ?
SSC MTS 9 August 2019 (Afternoon) 1610 91
(a) 19 (b) 18 115
(c) 20 (d) 21
11. In 100 m race A beats B by 20 m and B beats C
by 20 m. By how much distance does A beat C. SSC SELECTION POST XI 2023
100 A, B 20 (a) 326 m (b) 340 m
B, C 20 A, C (c) 336 m (d) 330 m
16. In a 1170 m race, Raman reaches the final point
SSC CGL 02/12/2022 (Shift-03) in 65 seconds and Mohan reaches the final point
(a) 64 m (b) 24 m in 90 seconds. By how much distance does Raman
(c) 25 m (d) 36 m beat Mohan ?

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 1170 65 9
90 40

SSC CGL 2023 PRE

(a) 325 m (b) 300 m (a) 40 : 33 (b) 51 : 46
(c) 375 m (d) 350 m (c) 35 : 27 (d) 17 : 14
17. P gives Q a head-start of 2 seconds in a 400 m 21. In a 400 m race, A runs at a speed of 16 m/sec. If
race, but both finish the race at the same time. A gives B a start of 15 m and still beats him by 10
Find the time taken by P to finish the race if the sec, then what is the speed of B ?
speed of Q is 2 m/sec. 400 A 16
P, Q 400 2 A, B 15
(head start) 10
Q 2
SSC CGL 02/12/2022 (Shift-02)
(a) 11 m/sec (b) 10 m/sec
SSC CGL 2023 PRE (c) 13 m/sec (d) 9 m/sec
(a) 198 seconds (b) 199 seconds 22. Two runners, Sony and Mony, start running on a
(c) 200 seconds (d) 195 seconds circular track of length 200 m at speeds of 18 and
18. In 1 km linear race, P beats Q by 120 m or 30 sec. 24 km/h, respectively, in the same direction. Af-
What is the time taken by P to cover the race? ter how much time from the start will they meet
again at the starting point ?
1 P, Q 120 30
P
18 24 200

SSC CGL 2023 PRE

(a) 220 sec (b) 250 sec
SSC CGL 2023 PRE
(c) 235 sec (d) 240 sec
(a) 120 sec (b) 110 sec
19. In a linear race of 1000 m, A beats B by 50 m or
(c) 100 sec (d) 90 sec
5 seconds. What is the difference between the
speeds (in m/s) of A and B ? 23. In a circular race along a track of length 3600 m,
X and Y run at speeds of 27 km/h and 45 km/h,
1000 m A, B 50 m 5
respectively. Suppose they start at the same time
A B (m/s ) and in the same direction, when will they meet
again at the starting point ?
SSC CGL 06/12/2022 (Shift-03) 3600 X
10 10 Y 27 45
(a) 1 (b)
19 19
9 9
(c) (d)
19 10
SSC SELECTION POST XI 2023
20. Satish gives Manoj a headstart of 40 m in race of
700 m. Satish runs at the speed of 9 km/h. If satish (a) 1440 sec. (b) 720 sec.
managed to beat Manoj by 40 seconds, find the (c) 2200 sec. (d) 1200 sec.
ratio of speeds of Satish and Manoj if they started 24. In a race around a circular cycling track of 75
the race at the same time. km, two cyclists are riding at a speed of 30 km/h
700 40 and 25 km/h. After what time (in hours) will they

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 meet at the point from where they started their
journey ?
75 (CRPF HCM 2023)
30
4 7
25 (a) 2 (b) 1
7 9
5 2
(c) 1 (d) 2
SSC CGL 2023 PRE 9 7
(a) 16 (b) 7 28. In a circular race of 4225 m, X and Y start from
(c) 14 (d) 15 the point and at the same time at speeds of 54
km/h and 63 km/h. When will they meet again for
25. In a circular race of 1600 m, A and B start from the first time one the track when they are run-
the same point and at the same time with speeds ning in the opposite direction ?
of 27 km/h and 45 km/h, respectively. After how
4225 m X Y
long will they meet again for the first time on the
track when they are running in the same direc- 54 km/h 63 km/
tion ? h
1600 m A B
27 km/h 45 km/h SSC CGL 2023 PRE
(a) 120 (b) 130
(c) 140 (d) 150
29. In a circular race of 2500 m, a man and a woman
SSC CGL 2023 PRE start from a point towards opposite directions
(a) 90 seconds (b) 320 seconds with speeds of 37 km/h and 35 km/h, respectively.
After how much time from the start of the race
(c) 240 seconds (d) 180 seconds
will they meet for the first time ?
26. Ali and Badal start from the same position and at
2500
the same time in a 1200 m circular race, with
37 km/h 35 km/h
speeds of 27 km/h and 45 km/h, respectively. Find
after how much time they will meet again on the
track for the first time when they are both run-
ning in the same direction.
SSC CHSL 02/06/2022 (Morning)
1200 m 27 km/h 45 (a) 2 min 40 sec (b) 2 min 30 sec
km/h (c) 2 min 5 sec (d) 2 min 20 sec
(sec) 30. A circular running path is 1452 m in circumfer-
ence. Two men start from the same point and walk
SSC CHSL 01/06/2022 (Afternoon) in opposite direction at the speed of 7.5 km/h and
(a) 280 (b) 240 9 km/h, respectively. When will they meet for the
first time ?
(c) 250 (d) 220
1452
27. In a circular track of 2700 m, A and B run to-
wards each other starting from the same point at
speeds of 27 km/h and 36 km/h. After what time 7.5 9
will they meet for the first time (in minutes) ?
2700 A B
27 36 SSC CGL 2023 PRE

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 (a) 5.17 min (b) 5.28 min (c) 10 (d) 5
(c) 5.71 min (d) 5.82 min 34. In a 1500 m race, if vehicle P gives vehicle Q a
31. Having started from the point and at the same start of 200 m, then vehicle P wins the race by 8
time, two runners - P and Q - are running around sec. Alternatively, If vehicle P gives vehicle Q a
a circular track of length 500 m in opposite di- start of 400 m, the race ends in a dead heat. How
rections with the speed of 6 m/s and 10 m/s, re- long does vehicle P take to run 1500 m ?
spectively. If they exchange their speeds after 1500 m P Q 200
meeting for the first time, who will reach the start- m P, 8
ing point first ? P Q
400 m
P Q 6 m/s 10 m/ P 1500 m
s 500 m
SSC CGL 07/12/2022 (Shift-01)
(a) 44 sec. (b) 45 sec.
(c) 40 sec. (d) 60 sec.
SSC CGL 2023 (Pre) 35. In a 200 m linear race, if A give B a start of 25 m,
(a) Q (b) P then A wins the race by 10 seconds. Alternatively,
(c) Both P and Q will reach at the same time/P If a gives B and start of 45 m, the race ends in a
dead heat. HOw long does A take run 200 m?
(d) P Q 200 m A, B 25 m
32. Anjali and Babita are running on a circular track A 10
in opposite directions from same time at same A, B
point with speeds of 8 m/sec. and 6 m/sec, respec- 45 m
tively. If the length of the circular track is 960 m, A 200
how many times they will meet ? m
SSC CGL 2023 PRE
8 m/ (a) 78 seconds (b) 77 seconds
s 6 m/s (c) 78.5 seconds (d) 77.5 seconds
960 m 36. In a 1200 m race, bike A beats bike B by 100 m.
Bike B beats bike C by 100 m in a 600 m race. If
SSC CHSL 09/06/2022 (Evening) bike A beats bike C by 30 sec. in a 720 m race,
(a) 7 (b) 6 then waht is the speed of bike C ?
(c) 12 (d) 14 1200 m A, B 100 m
33. Two persons started running on a circular track 600 m B, C
simultaneously with speeds of 20 m/s and 30 m/s 100 m A 720 m
in opposite directions. If the circumference of the c 30
circular track is 100 m, then find at how many c
distinct points they will cross each other ?
SSC CGL 03/12/2022

20 m/s 30 m/s 17 26
(a) m/s (b) m/s
100 m 3 9
17 26
(c) m/s (d) m/s
9 3
SSC CGL 2023 PRE 37. In a km race, A beats B by 30 seconds and B
(a) 3 (b) 2 beats C by 15 seconds. If A beats C by 180 m, the

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 time taken by A to run 1 km is :
A, B 30 B, C
15 A, 180
C A 1

(a) 250 sec. (b) 205 sec.

(c) 200 sec. (d) 210 sec.
38. A and B run 1 km and A wins by 25 seconds. A
and C run 1 km and A wins by 275 metre. When
B and C run the same distance, B wins by 30
seconds. The time taken by A to run 1 km is :
A B, 1 A 25
A C1 A, 275
B C
B, 30 A 1

(a) 2 min 25 sec. (b) 2 min 50 sec.

(c) 3 min 20 sec. (d) 3 min 30 sec.
39. Three bikes, A, B and C, start racing at the same
time and from the same point in the same direc-
tion in a circular path. A completes a round in 56
sec, B in 48 sec. and C in 70 sec. After what time
will they meet again at the starting point ?
A, B C

A 56 B 48
C 70

CRPF HCM 2023

(a) 32 minutes (b) 20 minutes
(c) 36 minutes (d) 28 minutes

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