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A Student travels from his home to Academy at 4 km/h and reaches Academy 20 min late. If the
speed had been 6 km/h he would have reached 10 min early.
1) Find the distance from his home to Academy?
A) 4km B) 6km C) 8km D) 9km
2) What is the correct time for student to reach Academy?
A) 90 minutes B) 80 minutes C) 70 minutes D) 100 minutes
3) What is the speed of student to reach Academy at exact time?
A) 4 km/h B) 4.14 km/h C) 5.14 km/h D) 5.5 km/h
4) A man covers a certain distance on his car. If he drive the car at speed of 30 km/h, it
destination late by 15 minutes, but if he drive the car at speed 40 km/h. It is late by 5 minutes
only. The correct time for the car to complete its journey is
5) Travelling at 4/5th of the original speed a train is 10 min late. Find the usual time taken by the
train to complete the journey?
A) 40 minutes B) 50 minutes C) 30 minutes D) NOTA
6) While traveling from office to home, Ram’s car got some problem so he took 25% more than
the usual time to reach home. His speed in this case is what part of the usual speed?
𝟏 𝒕𝒉 𝟓 𝒕𝒉 𝟒 𝒕𝒉
A) ( ) B) ( ) C) ( ) D) NOTA
𝟒 𝟒 𝟓
7) The ratio of the speeds of A and B is 3:7. If B takes 20 min less than A to cover a certain
distance, then what is the time taken (in min) by A to cover the same distance?
A) 15 min B) 20 min C) 35 min D) 50 min
8) The ratio between the speed of Hemant and Nitish is 6: 7. If Hemant takes 30 minutes more
than Nitish to cover a distance. Find the actual time taken by Hemant and Nitish?
(A) 120 min & 180 min (B) 180 min & 120 min
(C) 210 min & 180 min (D) 180 min & 210 min
9) Two persons cover the same distance at speed of 25 km/h and 30 km/h respectively. Find the
distance travelled if one person takes 25 minute more than the other.
A) 61.5 km B) 60.5 km C) 63.5 km D) 62.5 km
10) A train travels a distance of 600 km at a constant speed. If the speed of the train is increased
by 5 km/hr, the journey would take 4 hrs less. Find the speed of the train.
A) 100 km/h B) 75 km/h C) 50 km/h D) 25 km/h
11) An express train travelled at an average speed of 100 kmph, stopping for 3 minutes after
every 75km. How long it take to reach its destinations 600 km from the starting point?
(A) 5 hr 36 min (B) 3 hr 21 min (C) 6 hr 21 min (D) 6 hr 24 min
12) A is twice fast as B and B is thrice fast as C is. The journey covered by C in 42 minutes. The
journey will be covered by A is
A) 5 minutes B) 6 minutes C) 6.5 minutes D) 7 minutes
13) Amit and Aman have to travel from Delhi to Jaipur in their respective cars. Amit is driving at
60 kmph while Aman is driving at 90 kmph. Find the time taken by Aman to reach Jaipur if Amit
takes 9 hrs.
A) 4 hrs B) 6 hrs C) 8 hrs D) 9 hrs
14) Ram and Shyam are standing at two ends of a room with a width of 30 m. They start walking
towards each other along the width of the room with a speed of 2 m/s & 1m/s respectively. Find
the total distance travelled by Ram when he meets Shyam for the third time.
A) 100 m B) 90 m C) 150 m D) 95 m
15) Two trains start at the same time from Durg and New Delhi, proceed toward each other at
the rate of 80 km/h and 95 km/h respectively. When they meet, it is found that one train has
travelled 180 km more than other. Find the distance between Durg and New Delhi.
A) 1800 km B) 2000 km C) 2100 km D) 2300 km
16) A train X traveling at 100 kmph start from Agra at 5 pm and reaches Delhi at 11 pm. Another
train Y traveling at 120 kmph starts from Delhi at 6 pm and reaches Agra at 11 pm. At what time
trains will meet?
A) 8:16 PM B) 9:16 PM C) 8:25 PM D) 9:25 PM
17) Train A starts its journey from Bhilai to New Delhi while train B starts from New Delhi to
Bhilai. After crossing each other they finish their journey in 81 hours and 121 hours respectively.
Then what will be speed of train B if train A speed is 44 km/h?
18) Alia and Ranbir started simultaneously in opposite directions from home P and Q
respectively. Each of them run towards starting point of other. After crossing each other, Alia
and Ranbir took 40 minutes and 90 minutes respectively to reach their destinations. Find the
time taken by them to meet each other.
A) 65 min B) 90 min C) 135 min D) NOTA
19) The thief Bhagu Ram is spotted by the police man Pakad Singh from a distance of 200 m.
Once they see each other start running. What is the distance Bhagu Ram whose running at 5
kmph would have covered before being caught by Pakad Singh running at 7 kmph?
A) 600 m B) 500 m C) 700 m D) NOTA
20) In a Kilometre race, A beats B by 200m. In the same race, B beats C by 200m. By what
distance (in m) does A beat C?
A) 200 m B) 360 m C) 640 m D) 160 m
21) In a race, Amar gave Bhaskar a head start of 400m. If the ratio of speed of Aman and Bhaskar
is 5 : 3 and both reach the finishing point simultaneously. Find the length of the race (in meters).
A) 400 m B) 600 m C) 1000 m D) 1200 m
22) In a 100m race, A beats B by 20m or 4 seconds B beats C by 30m. Find the speed of C.
𝟕 𝟕 𝟕 𝟕
A) 𝒎/𝒔 B) 𝒎/𝒔 C) 𝒎/𝒔 D) 𝒎/𝒔
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
23) A train of length 250m can cross a pole in 6 seconds. How long will it take to cross a platform
of length 500 m.
A) 12 sec B) 18 sec C) 20 sec D) 24 sec
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A man is standing on Railway Bridge which is 180 m long. He find that a train crosses the bridge
in 20 seconds but himself in 8 seconds.
24) Find the length of the train?
A) 500 B) 120 C) 150 D) 210
25) Find its speed in m/s?
A) 50 B) 12 C) 15 D) 21
26) A train traveling at a speed of 4 m/s. Raman is standing on the road. How much time will it
take for the train to cross him if the length of the train is 200 m?
A) 45 sec B) 50 sec C) 52 sec D) NOTA
27) Train A which is 125 m long is traveling at 108 kmph. On a parallel track, the 180m long train
B is travelling at 72 kmph, in the same direction. Train B, a passenger is walking towards rear end
of the train at a speed of 9 kmph. In how many seconds will train A completely cross the
passenger in train B?
A) 14.4 B) 10 C) 16.67 D) 24
28) How much time a 100m long train traveling at a speed of 8 m/s will take to overtake another
train which is 80 m and is traveling in the same direction at a speed of 4 m/s.
A) 40 sec B) 42 sec C) 45 sec D) 48 sec
29) A train travels a distance of 20 km in the first 2 hours, 20 km in the next 3 hours and 60 km in
last 5 hours. What is the average speed of the train for the entire journey?
A) 10 kmph B) 12 kmph C) 14 kmph D) NOTA
30) A person travels from A to B with a speed of 60 kmph and returns from B to A at 40 km/hr.
What is the average speed for the whole journey?
A) 64 kmph B) 48 kmph C) 50 kmph D) 60 kmph
31) Nisha covers first 1/3rd of the distance walking at 2 kmph, second 1/3rd of the distance
running at 3 kmph and the rest cycling at 6 kmph. Find the average speed for the whole journey?
A) 3 kmph B) 3.66 kmph C) 9.81 kmph D) 5 kmph
32) A person travels from one place to another place at 30 kmph and returns at 120 kmph. If the
total time taken in 5 hours, then find the distance?
A) 100 km B) 110 km C) 120 km D) 125 km
33) Arpita rows a boat at 15 kmph upstream and 20 kmph downstream. Find the speed with
which Arpita rows the boat in still water and also find the speed of the stream?
𝟓 𝟑𝟓 𝟑𝟓 𝟓 𝟓 𝟑𝟑 𝟏𝟓 𝟑𝟓
A) , B) , C) , D) ,
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
34) The speed of Narmada River is 5 kmph. A stationary buoy is placed in the river. Find the time
taken by the floating buoy to reach a stone which is 10 km downstream from the point where it
is now?
A) 2.5 hrs B) 2 hrs C) 3 hrs D) 3 hrs
35) Ram can row a boat in still water at 10 kmph. He decides to go boating in a river. To row
𝟏
upstream he takes 2 hours and to row downstream he takes 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔 . Find the speed of the
𝟐
river.
𝟖 𝟗 𝟏𝟎 𝟏𝟏
A) 𝒌𝒎𝒑𝒉 B) 𝒌𝒎𝒑𝒉 C) 𝒌𝒎𝒑𝒉 D) 𝒌𝒎𝒑𝒉
𝟕 𝟕 𝟕 𝟕
36) A tourist covers half of this journey by train at 60 kmph, half of the remainder by bus at 30
kmph and the rest by cycle at 10 kmph. The average speed of the tourist in kmph during his
entire journey is [GATE 2013, 2 MARKS]
A) 36 B) 30 C) 24 D) 18
37) A train that is 280 meters long, traveling at a uniform speed, crosses a platform in 60 seconds
and passes a man standing on the platform in 20 seconds. What is the length of the platform in
meters?
Ans: [GATE 2014, 2 MARKS (ME, EC)]
38) A man can row at 8 km per hour in still water. If it takes him thrice as long to row upstream,
as to row downstream, then find the stream velocity in km per hour.
Ans: [GATE 2014, 2 MARKS (ME, EC)]
39) A student reaches his school 15 minutes before time by going there from his house at a
speed of 5 km/hr and reaches late by 9 minutes by going with a speed of 3 km/hr. Accordingly
distance between his
house and school is--- [CGPSC-2014]
A) 5 km B) 8 km C) 3 km D) 2 km
40) A person covers a certain distance at a certain speed. If the decrease his speed by 20% then
he takes 16 minutes more to cover the same distance. Find the time taken by him to cover the
original distance at original speed. [ONGC 2014]
41) A man completes 30 km of a journey at 𝟔 𝒌𝒎𝒑𝒉 and the remaining 40 km of the journey in
5 hours. His average speed for the whole journey is: [RRB-2014(JE), BILASPUR]
𝟒 𝟏
A) 𝟔 𝒌𝒎𝒑𝒉 B) 𝟕 𝒌𝒎𝒑𝒉 C) 𝟕 𝒌𝒎𝒑𝒉 D) 𝟖 𝒌𝒎𝒑𝒉
𝟏𝟏 𝟐
42) A 320 m long train moving with an average speed of 120 km/hr crosses a platform in 24 sec.
A man crosses the same platform in 4 minutes. What is the speed of man in m/s? [GATE]
A) 2.4 B) 1.5 C) 1.6 D) 2
43) A boy goes to school from his village at 3 kmph and return back at 2 kmph. If he takes 5
hours in all, the distance between the village and school is [VIZAG STEEL PLANT, 2015]
A) 6 km B) 7 km C) 8 km D) 9 km
44) A man covered a distance of 2000 km in 18 hours partly by bus at 72 kmph and partly by train
at 160 kmph. The distance covered by bus is [VIZAG STEEL PLANT, 2015]
A) 1280 km B) 720 km C) 860 km D) 640 km
45) A tiger is 50 leaps of its own behind a deer. The tiger takes 5 leaps per minute to the deer’s 4.
If the tiger and the deer cover 8 m and 5 m per leap, respectively. What distance in meter will
the tiger have to run before it catches the deer? [GATE 2015]
Ans:
46) It takes 10 s and 15 s respectively, for two trains traveling at different constant speeds to
completely pass a telegraph post. The length of the first train is 120 m and that of the second
train is 150 m. The magnitude of the difference in the speeds of the two trains (in m/s) is
[GATE 2016]
(A) 2.0 (B) 10.0 (C) 12.0 (D) 22.0
47) Trucks(10 m long) and cars(5 m long) go on a single lane bridge. There must be a gap of at
least 20 m after each truck and a gap of at least 15 m after each car. Trucks and cars travel at a
speed of 36 kmph. If cars and trucks go alternatively. What is the maximum number of vehicles
that can use the bridge in one hour? [GATE 2017, 2 Marks]
(A) 1440 (B) 1200 (C) 720 (D) 600
48) From the time the front of a train enters a platform, it takes 25 seconds for the back of the
train to leave the platform, while travelling at a constant speed of 54 km/h. At the same speed, it
takes 14 seconds to pass a man running at 9 km/h in the same direction as the train. What is the
length of the train and that of the platform in meters, respectively?
[GATE 2018, 2 MARKS (ME)]
(A) 210 and 140 (B) 162.5 and 187.5
(C) 245 and 130 (D) 175 and 200
49) An automobile travels from city A to city B and returns to city A by the same route. The
speed of the vehicle during the on word and return journeys were constant at 60 km/h and 90
km/h, respectively. What is the average speed in km/h for the entire journey?
[GATE 2018, 2 MARKS (IN)]
A) 72 B) 73 C) 74 D) 75
50) Two cars start at the same time from the same location and go in the same direction. The
speed of the first car is 50 km/h and the speed of the second car is 60 km/h. The number of
hours it take for the distance between the two cars to be 20 km is____. [GATE 2019]
A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 6
51) Two trains Started at 7 AM from the same point. The first train travelled north at a speed of
80km/h and the second train travelled south at a speed of 100 km/h. The time at which they
were 540 km apart is ________AM. [GATE 2019]
A) 9 B) 10 C) 11 D) 11.30
52) Which of the following condition hold good for a train which crosses the bridge of length 𝒍 in
𝒍
time 𝒕𝟏 and crosses another bridge of length in time 𝒕𝟐 ? [ESE-2019, GS Paper]
𝟐
𝒕𝟏 𝒕𝟏 𝒍
1) 𝒕𝟐 = 2) 𝟐𝒕𝟐 > 𝒕𝟏 3) 𝒕𝟐 < 4) speed of train is if 𝒕𝟏 − 𝒕𝟐 = 𝟓
𝟐 𝟐 𝟏𝟎
select the correct answer using the codes given below:
A) 1 and 4 only B) 2 and 4 only C) 1 and 3 only D) 2 and 3 only
53) A tourist covers half of his journey by train at 60 km/h, half of the remainder by bus at 30
km/h and the rest by cycle at 10 km/h. Average speed of the tourist during the journey is
[ESE-2019, GS Paper]
54) Pintu, Chintu & Mintu are in a cycle race of 1.5 km. Pinto cycle twice as fast as Chintu. Mintu
cycle 1/3rd as fast as Chintu. Mintu complete the race in 45 minutes. Then where was Chintu
from the finishing line when Pintu finished the race?
A) 200 𝒎 B) 250 𝒎 C) 300 𝒎 D) 𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐀
55) Manish sees a thief at a distance of 80m. Manish starts chasing the thief who is running at a
speed of 5 m/s. Manish is chasing him with a speed of 7 m/s. How much distance does the thief
cover before Manish catches him?
A) 280 𝒎 B) 80 𝒎 C) 200 𝒎 D) 𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐀
56) Deepak travels 80 km at a speed of 16 km/hr using a cycle, 125 km at 25 km/hr by bike and
another 135 km at 9 km/hr by running. Then, find his average speed for the entire distance
travelled?
𝟑𝟒𝟎 𝟔𝟖 𝟏𝟕𝟎 𝟕
A) 𝒌𝒎/𝒉𝒓 B) 𝒌𝒎/𝒉𝒓 C) 𝒌𝒎/𝒉𝒓 D) 𝒌𝒎/𝒉𝒓
𝟑 𝟓 𝟑 𝟐
Answer Key:-
1) B 2) C 3) C 4) D 5) A 6) C 7) C 8) C 9) D
10) D 11) C 12) D 13) B 14) A 15) C 16) A 17) C 18) D
19) B 20) B 21) C 22) B 23) B 24) B 25) C 26) B 27) B
28) C 29) A 30) B 31) A 32) C 33) B 34) B 35) C 36) C
37) 560 38) 4 39) C 40) D 41) B 42) D 43) A 44) B 45) 800
46) A 47) A 48) D 49) A 50) B 51) B 52) B 53) C 54) D
55) C 56) B

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