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questions on TIME AND DISTANCE
Posted Date: 10 Mar 2008 Resource Type: Articles/Knowledge Sharing Category: General
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Posted By: rajasekhar Member Level: Gold
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TIME AND DISTANCE
1.Express a speed of 54 km/hr in meters/second.
a)15 m/sec b)20 m/sec c)25 m/sec d)30 m/sec
2.A car can cover 350 km in 4 hours.If the speed is decreased by 12 1/2 kmph,how much time
does the car take to cover a distance of 450 km?
a)4 hrs b)5 hrs c)2 hrs d)6 hrs
3.A person covers a certain distance at a certain speed.If he increaseshis speed by 25 %
then he takes 12 minutes less to cover the same distance.Find the time taken by him initially
to cover the distance at the original speed
a)3 hrs b)2 hrs c)1 hr d)7 hrs
4.A car covers a certain distance going at a speed of 60 kmph and returns to the starting point
at a speed of 40 kmph.Find the average speed for the whole journey.
a)48 kmph b)42 kmph c)34 kmph d)40 kmph
5.What is the time taken by a train running at 54 km/hr to cross a man standing on a platform,
the length of the train being 180 m?
a)6 seconds b)12 seconds c)16 seconds d)18 seconds
6.How long will a train 100 m long and travelling at a speed of 45 kmph,take to corss a platform
of length 150 m?
a)20 sec b)29 sec c)27 sec d)cannot be determined
7.Find the length of the bridge,which a train 120 m long travelling at 54 kmph can cross in 30
seconds.
a)340 m b)350 m c)330 m d)390 m
8.A worker reaches his work place 15 minutes late by walking at 4kmph from his house.The next day
he increases his speed by 2kmph and reaches in time.Find the distance from his house to his
work place
a)2 km b)6 km c)8 km d)3 km
9.A person leaves his house and travelling at 4 kmph reaches his office 10 minutes late.Had he
travelled at 7kmph he would have been 20 mins early.Find the distance from the house to the
office?
a)14/3 b)2 c)14/9 d)14/6
10.Find the time taken by a train 150 m long running at a speed of 63 kmph to cross another train
of lenth 100 m long running at a speed of 45 kmph in the same direction
a)25 seconds b)50 seconds c)75 seconds d)100 seconds
11.A train crosses two persons,cycling in the same direction as the train in 12 and 18 seconds
respectively.If the speeds of the two cyclists are 9 and 18 kmph respectively.Find the length
and speed of the train.
a)80 m b89 m c)98 m d)90 m
12.Two trains running at 45 and 54 kmph cross each other in 12 seconds when they run in opposite
directions.When they run in the same direction,a person in the faster train observes that he
crossed the other train in 32 seconds.Find the lengths of the two trains
a)250 b)450 c)260 d)234
13.Two trains of length 150 m and 250m run on parallel lines.When they run in the same direction it
will take 20 seconds to cross each other and when they run in opposite direction it willl take 5
seconds.Find the speeds of the two trains.
a)180 and 108 b)272 and 211 c)123 and 828 d)none of these
14.The average speed for an entire journey is 60 kmph without considering the stoppages.When the
stoppages are considered the average speed becomes 48 kmph.How many minutes per hour on an
average were the stoppages?
a)10 mins b)12 mins c)16 mins d)none of these
15.I had to catch a bus which was 225 m ahead of me.The bus also started at the same time.If the
speed of the bus was 2.5 m/sec and my spped was 36 kmph,in how much time can i catch the bus?
a)20 seconds b)25 seconds c)30 seconds d)40 seconds
16.The distance from my house to my friends house is 12 km.I walked at a speed of 4 kmph and
after every kilometre took rest for 10 mins.How much time did it take for me to reach my
friends house?
a)3 hrs b)4 hrs and 50 mins c)5 hrs d)none of these
17.A train covered a distance of 250 km,partly at an average speed of 40 kmph and partly at 60
kmph.Find the distance convered at 40 kmph if it took 5 hrs for the train to cover the distance.
a)150 km b)120 km c)100km d)cannot be determined
18.A bus covered a distance of 160 km in 4 hrs covering a part of it at 30 kmph and the remaining
at 70 kmph.For how much time did the us travel at 70 kmph?
a)0.5 hr b)1 hr c)1 1/2 hs d)2 hrs
19.A car takes 2 hours more to cover a distance of 480 km when its speed is reduced by 8 kmph.
Find its usual speed
a)48 kmph b)55 kmph c)60 kmph d)64 kmph
20.A person covered the first 40 km of his journey at 50 kmph,the next 70 km at 35 kmph and the
remaining distance in 12 mins.If the average speed of the entire journey is 52 kmph.Find the
distance covered in the last strech of the journey.
a)22 km b)34 km c)40 km d)46 km
21.A train takes 10 seconds to cross a man standing on a platform and 44 seconds to cross the
platform.What is the length of the platform.What is the length of the platform if the speed
of the train is 72 kmph?
a)440 m b)570 m c)680 m d)none of these
22.A train travelling at 36 kmph takes 48 seconds to cross a bridge.It then crosses a man cycling
at the rate of 9 kmph in the same direction in 20 seconds.Find the length of the bridge
a)150 m b)220 m c)280 m d)330 m
23.A train crosses two bridges 370 m and 480 m long in 51 and 62 seconds respectively.Find the
speed of the train.
a)24 kmph b)36 kmph c)45 kmph d)64 kmph
24.A man started 15 minutes late and by travelling at a speed which is 5/4rth of his usual speed
reached his office 20 mins early.What is the usual time of the journey?
a)85mins b)100 mins c)135 mins d)175 mins
25.A parachutist,before he opens his parachute,falls for a time t1,and covers a distance of 5t1^2
and after he opens his parachute he falls for a time t2 and covers a distance Vt2.V is the
velocity attained just before the parachute is opened and is given by 5t1.After what time did
he open the parachute,if the total distance covered by the parachutist is 1500m and the total
time is 30 seconds?
a)10 seconds b)20 seconds c)18 seconds d)12 seconds
26.Akash,Anurag and Rishab are running around a circular track of length 900 m with respective
speeds of 15 m , 20 m and 30 m/sec.Akash and Anurag are running in the same direction while
Rishab is running in the opposite direction.After how much time will all the three of them
meet for the first time?
a)20 seconds b)60 seconds c)120 seconds d)180 seconds
27.A police patrol party travelling at 60 kmph crosses an escaping thief travelling in the opposite
direction at 48 kmph.The police party has to travel for a further 5 minutes before it can find
a gap in the median where it can take a U turn and start chasing the thief.After how much time
after the police party crosses the thief does it catch him?
a)25 mins b)50 mins c)15 mins d)32 mins
28.In a 1000 m race A reaches the goal 5 seconds earlier and beats B by 50 m.What is A's speed?
a)10 m/s b)10 10/19 m/s c)9 9/19 m/s d)11 9/19 m/s
29.Two points A and B are diametrically opposite points on a circular road of circumference 12 km.
A cyclist started from A and made three rounds.He made the first round with a speed of 12 kmph
and decreased his speed by 3 kmph for every round.What is the interval between the first time
he passes through B and the third time he passes through B?
a)200 mins b)100 mins c)85 mins d)170 mins
30.Two men left simultaneously two places A and B.One of them left A for B while the other left B
for A.Both travel each at his own uniform velocity.The first person on reaching B returns to A
and then again travels bach to B and so on.What will be the distance covered by the first person
when they meet for the third time given the ratio of the speed of the first person to that of
the second person is 3:2 the distance between A and B is 500 m?
a)1000 m b)1500 m c)2500 m d)1200 m
31.A person takes 6 hours to go by car to a certain place and return by bus.He gains 2 hrs if he
goes both ways by car.How long would he have taken if he had gone by bus both ways?
a)4 hrs b)6 hrs c)8 hrs d)2 hrs
32.car A and car B are travelling on two perpendicular roads towards city C with equal speeds.
car A starts from a distance of 100 km ar 11 a.m while car B starts from a distance of 70 km
at 12 noon.At 2p.m the two cars are 50 km apart.What is the speed with which they are
travelling?
a)25 kmph b)20 kmph c)30 kmph d)15 kmph
33.Two trains of length 200 m and 100 m simultaneously wnter a tunnel of length 300m from
opposite ends at the same time on parallel tracks.The respective speeds of the two trains
are 36 kmph and 18 kmph.After how much time from the instant the two trains entered the tunnel
will the tunnel be free of traffic again?
a)40 seconds b)30 seconds c)120 seconds d)80 seconds
34.Rajat had covered one third of the total distance of his trip when his scooter failed .He then
parked it and covered the remaining distance on foot,spending 20 times as long walking as
riding.How many times was his riding speed more than his walking speed?
a)20 b)19 c)10 d)9
35.Ashish and Bali run towards each other from P and Q respectively with respective speeds of
36 kmph and 45 kmph.After meeting each other if Ashish reaches Q in 5 hours,in how many hours
will Bali reach P?
a)3 b)3 1/5 c)4 d)8
36.A train of length 180 m travelling at 72 kmph overtook a mortorcyclist travelling at 36 kmph
at 4 p.m.At 5 p.m it overtook another cyclist travelling in the opposite direction at a speed
of 18 kmph.When will the cyclist meet the motorcyclist?
a)1 hr 20 mins b)1 hr 30 min c)1 hr 45 min d)none of the above
37.Two men left simulataneously two places A and B.one of them left A for B and the other B for A.
Both travelled each with his own uniform velocity.Having arrived at their destination,they
turned back without stopping and turned back to their starting points.First time,they met on
their own jouney 18 km from B;the second time on their return journey 9 km from A.Find the
distance AB.
a)30 km b)45 km c)60 km d)cannot be determined
38.A car travels a total distance of 150 km.After travelling a part of the distance without any
trouble ,the car develops an engine problem and proceeds at 2/3rd of its former speed and
arrives at the destination 48 mins late.Had the problem developed 24 km furthur on,the car
would have arrived 12 min sooner.Find the original distance it travelled without any problem
and the speed over that part of the journey.
a)100km,60 kmph b)48km,36kmph c)72km,50kmph d)54km,60 kmph
39.Two cyclists simulatanueously start from A to B and B to A respectively.They cross each other after
a time t hours.The first person reaches B in another t1 hours while the second person reaches
A in another t2 hours.Then
a)t=t1+t2/2 b)t=2t1t2/t1+t2 c)t=sqrt(t1t2) d)t=t2-t1/2
40.Ramu starts from P towards Q at a speed of 30 kmph and after every 12 min increase his speed
by 5 kmph.If the distance between P and Q is 52 km,then how much time does he take to cover
the distance?
a)60 min b)72 min c)90 min d)120 min
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Responses
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| Author: Deepu 18 Mar 2008 | Member Level: Diamond Points : 2 | Hi Raj,
Nice collection,good job,keeping going your postings would help a lot for those who are going to face any interview.
-deepu
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