Time and Distance & boats and streams

1.) A man covers a certain distance at 36 kmph. How many meters does he cover in 2 minutes?
a) 1000 m (b) 120 m
(c) 1200 m (d) 600 m
2. In what times will a train 100 metres long cross an electric pole, if its speed be 144 km/ hr?
(a) 2.5 seconds (b) 4.25 seconds
(c) 5 seconds (d) 12.5 seconds
3. A man rows downstream 32 km and 14 km upstream. If he takes 6 hours to cover each distance, then
the velocity (in kmph) of the current is:
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(a) 2 (b) 1
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(c) 12 (d) 2
4. A person crosses a 600 m long street in 5 minutes. What is his speed in km per hour?
(a) 3.6 (b) 7.2
(c) 8.4 (d) 10
5.) A car travels a distance of 715 km at a uniform speed. If the speed of the car is 10 kmph more, it
takes 2 hours less to cover the same distance. The original speed was
a.) 45 kmph (b) 55 kmph
(c) 60 kmph (d) 65 kmph
6. A man takes twice as long to row a distance against the stream as to row the same distance in favour
of the stream. The ratio of the speed of the boat (in still water) and the stream is:
(a) 2 : 1 (b) 3 : 1
(c) 3 : 2 (d) 4 : 3
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7. One of the two buses completes a journey of 300 km in 7 hours and the other a journey of 450 km
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in 9 hours. The ratio of their average speeds is:
(a) 2 : 3 (b) 3 : 4
(c) 4 : 5 (d) 8 : 9
8.) Two trains start from stations A and B and travel towards each other at speed of 50 kmph and 60
kmph respectively. At the time of their meeting, the second train has travelled 120 km more than the
first. The distance between A and B is
a.) 990 km (b) 1200 km
(c) 1320 km (d) 1440 km
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9. A train travels at an average of 50 miles per hour for 22 hours and then travels at a speed of 70 miles
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per hour for 12 hours. How far did the train travel in the entire 4 hours?
(a) 120 miles (b) 150 miles
(c) 200 miles (d) 230 miles
10. A boat can travel with a speed of 13 km / hr in still water. If the speed of the stream is 4 km / hr,
find the time taken by the boat to go 68 km downstream.
(a) 2 hours (b) 3 hours
(c) 4 hours (d) 5 hours
11. 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) 556 kms
12. A train covers a distance of 10 km in 12 minutes. If its speed is decreased by 5 km the time taken
by it to cover the same distance will be:
(a) 10 min (b) 11 min 20 sec
(c) 13 min (d) 13 min 20 sec
13. A train moves past a telegraph post and a bridge 264 m long in 8 seconds and 20 seconds
respectively. What is the speed of the train?
(a) 69.5 km/hr (b) 70 km/hr
(c) 79 km/hr (d) 79.2 km/hr
14. A person has to cover a distance of 6 km in 45 minutes. If he covers one-half of the distance in two-
thirds of the total time; to cover the remaining distance in the remaining time, his speed (in km / hr)
must be:
(a) 6 (b) 8
(c) 12 (d) 15
15.) Two stations A and B are 110 km apart on a straight line. One train starts from A at 7 a.m. and
travels towards B at 20 kmph. Another train starts from B at 8 a.m. and travel towards A at a speed of
25 kmph. At what time will they meet?
a.) 9 a.m. (b) 10 a.m.
(c) 11 a.m. (d) 10.30 a.m.
16. 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
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17. A man can row 93 kmph in still water and finds that it takes him thrice as much time to row up than
as to row down the same distance in the river. The speed of the current is:
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(a) 33km/hr (b) 39 km/hr
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(c) 43 km/hr (d) 42 km/hr
18. A farmer travelled a distance of 61 km in 9 hours. He travelled partly on foot @ 4 km / hr and
partly on bicycle @ 9 km / hr. The distance travelled on foot is:
(a) 14 km (b) 15 km
(c) 16 km (d) 17 km
19. Two trains of equal lengths take 10 seconds and 15 seconds respectively to cross a telegraph post. If
the length of each train be 120 metres, in what time (in seconds) will they cross each other travelling in
opposite direction?
(a) 10 (b) 12
(c) 15 (d) 20
20. A car driver travels from the plains to the hill station, which are 200 km apart at an average speed of
40 km / hr. In the return trip, he covers the same distance at an average speed of 20 km / hr. The
average speed of the car over the entire distance of 400 km is :
(a) 25 km/hr (b) 26.67 km/hr
(c) 28.56 km/hr (d) 30 km/hr
21.) A railway train 100m long is running at a speed of 45 km/hr. In what time will it pass a man
standing near the railway line?
a.) 8 second (b) 10 second
(c) 12 second (d) none of these
22. A boy goes to his school from his house at a speed of 3 km I hr and returns at a speed of 2 km I hr.
If he takes 5 hours in going and coming, the distance between his house and school is:
(a) 5 km (b) 5.5 km
(c) 6 km (d) 6.5 km
23. A boat covers 24 km upstream and 36 km downstream in 6 hours while it covers 36 km upstream
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and 24 km downstream in 62 hours. The velocity of the current is:
(a) 1 km/hr (b) 1.5 km/hr
(c) 2 km/hr (d) 2.5 km/hr
24. A man on tour travels first 160 km at 64 km I hr and the next 160 km at 80 km/hr. The average
speed for the first 320 km of the tour is:
(a) 35.55 km/hr (b) 36 km/hr
(c) 71.11 km/hr (d) 71 km/hr
25.) Two trains start at the same time, one from Liverpool to Manchester and the other from
Manchester to Liverpool; and running steadily complete the journey in 42 min and 56 min respectively.
How long are they moving from the moment of starting before they meet?
a.) 16 (b) 24
(c) 18 (d) 40
26. A motorist covers a distance of 39 Ian in 45 minutes by moving at a speed of x kmph for the first 15
minutes, then moving at double the speed for the next 20 minutes and then again moving at his original
speed for the rest of the journey. Then, x is equal, to :
(a) 31.2 (b) 36
(c) 40 (d) 52
27. Mary jogs 9 km at a speed of 6 km per hour. At what speed would she need to jog during the next
1.5 hours to have an average of 9 Ian per hour for the entire jogging session?
(a) 9 kmph (b) 10 kmph
(c) 12 kmph (d) 14 kmph
28. A man can row 18 kmph in still water. It takes him thrice as long to row up as to row down the
river. Find the rate of stream.
(a) 1 km/hr (b) 9 km/hr
(c) 2 km/hr (d) 2.5 km/hr
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29. A man can reach a certain place in 30 hours. If he reduces his speed by th, he goes 10 km less in
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that time. Find his speed.
(a) 4 km/hr (b) 5 km/hr
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(c) 5 2 km/hr (d) 6 km/hr
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30. Walking 7 th of his usual speed, a man is 12 minutes too late. The usual time taken by him to cover
that distance is:
(a) 1 hour (b) 1 hr 12 min
(c) 1 hr 15 min. (d) 1 hr 20 min

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