Time and Distance – 1/5

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Time – Speed – Distance relationship, Speed – Units consistency
Proportional Relationship between Distance , Speed and Time
 Distance Covered ??

1. A train travelling at 54 km/hr takes 15 s to cross a man standing by the track.

What is the length of the train ?
2. A train travelling at 72 km/hr takes 15 s to cross a platform which is 50 m long.
What is the length of the train ?
3. Prof. Mandal walks to the market and comes back in an auto. It takes him 180
minutes to make the round trip. If he take an auto both ways it takes him 60 minutes.
On a Sunday, he decides to walk both ways. How long would it take him?

(1) 200 minutes

(2) 240 minutes
(3) 280 minutes
(4) 300 minutes
4. The speeds of the scooter, car and train are in the ratio of 1 : 2 : 8. If all of them
cover equal distance, the ratio of time taken / speed for each of the vehicle is:
(SNAP)
(1) 8 : 4 : 1
(2) 64 : 16 : 1
(3) 16 : 4 : 1
(4) 16 : 1 : 4
5. Two trains start at the same time from A and B and proceed towards each other at 80
km/hr and 95 km/hr respectively. When they meet it is found that one has travelled 120
km more than the other. Find the distance between Delhi and Hyderabad.
(1) 760 km
(2) 1400 km
(3) 640 km
(4) 1800 km
6. By walking at 3/5th of his usual speed, a man reaches office 20 minutes later than his
normal travel time. What is the time he taken normally to reach the office ?

(1) 30 min

(2) 40 min

(3) 35 min

(4) 50 min
7. A starts at home at P % of his usual speed. He reaches his office late by 60 min. What is
time he normally takes to cover the distance is for the following cases

(i) X = 50 %

(ii) X = 75 %
8. If a boy walks from his house to his school at the rate of 5 km/hr, he reaches school
10 min earlier than the scheduled time. However, if he walks at the rate of 4 km/hr, he
reaches school 10 min later than the scheduled time. Find the distance between the
school and his house ( approx. )
(1) 6 km
(2) 6.7 km
(3) 8 km
(4) 5.33 km
(5) 5 km
9. Anuva takes 20 min less than the usual time to reach her office if her speed
increases by 5 km/hr, and takes 30 min more than the usual time if her speed
decreases by 5 km/hr. What is her usual speed?
(1) 20 km/hr
(2) 30 km/hr
(3) 25 km/hr
(4) 35 km/hr
(5) None of these
10. Rajesh walks to and fro to a shopping mall. He spends 30 minutes shopping. If he
walks at speed of 10 km/hr an hour, he returns home at 19.00 hours. If he walks at 15
km an hour, he return home at 18.30 hours. How fast must he walk in order to return at
18.15 hours? (XAT )
(1) 17 km/hour
(2) 17.5 km/hour
(3) 18 km/hour
(4) 19 km/hour
(5) None of the above
11. At 10:00 p.m. the engine of a train was exactly mid way of a tunnel which is thrice
as long as the train. It completely emerged from the tunnel after 50 s. How much time
will the train take to completely cross a tunnel which is four times as long as the
previous tunnel?
(1) 240 s
(2) 260 s
(3) 280 s
(4) 250 s
(5) 270 s
12. A train approaches a tunnel AB. Inside the tunnel is a cat located at a point that is
3/8 of the distance AB measured from the entrance A. When the train whistles the cat
runs. If the cat moves to the entrance of the tunnel A, the train catches the cat exactly
at the entrance. If the cat moves to the exit B, the train catches the cat at exactly the
exit. What is the ratio of the speed of the train to that of the cat? (CAT)
(1) 3 : 1
(2) 4 :1
(3) 5 : 1
(4) None of these
13. Pallavi and Richa start simultaneously from P and Q towards Q and P respectively.
They meet on the way at T which is at a distance of 120 m from P. If Pallavi and Richa
take 16 s and 25 s to reach their respective destinations from T, then what is the
distance between P and Q?
(1) 214 m
(2) 200 m
(3) 240 m
(4) 216 m
14. A car after traveling 18 km from a point A developed some problem in the engine
and speed became 4/5 of its original speed. As a result, the car reached point B 45
minutes late. If the engine had developed the same problem after traveling 30 km from
A, then it would have reached B only 36 minutes late. The original speed of the car (in
km per hour) and the distance between the points A and B (in km.) are (CAT)
(1) 25, 130
(2) 30,150
(3) 20, 90
(4) None of these
15. Only a single rail track exists between stations A and B on a railway line. One hour
after the northbound Super fast train N leaves station A for station B, a south-bound
passenger train S reaches station A from station B. The speed of the super fast train is
twice that of a normal express train E, while the speed of a passenger train S is half
that of E. On a particular day, N leaves for B from A, 20 min behind the normal
schedule. In order to maintain the schedule, both N and S increased their speeds. If the
super fast train doubles its speed, what should be the ratio (approximately) of the
speeds of passenger train to that of the super fast train so that the passenger train S
reaches exactly at the scheduled time at A on that day?
(CAT)
(1) 1 : 3
(2) 1 : 4
(3) 2 : 17
(4) 3 : 17
16. A person shooting a target, which is 465 m away, hears the bullet strike it 4.5 s after
he fires. A spectator, equidistant from the target and the shooting point (but out of the
line of danger), hears the bullet strike 3 s after he hears the sound of the gun. Find the
speed of the sound.
(1) 300 m/s
(2) 310 m/s
(3) 333.3 m/s
(4) 340 m/s
17. A man covered a distance of 200 kms partly by train and partly by bus. Had he
covered the entire distance by bus, he would have taken 10 hours more and had he
covered the entire distance by train, he would have taken 6 hours less. What was the
difference between the distances (in kms) covered by him by bus and train?
(1) 60
(2) 75
(3) 50
(4) 90
18. Two boats start simultaneously towards each other at different speeds from the
parallel and opposite banks of a lake. When they pass each other for the first time, they
are 300 m from one of the banks. After the first meeting, they continue to move towards
the opposite banks. Once they reach the opposite banks, they turn around and move
towards each other once again. When they pass each other the second time, they are
200 m from the other bank. Find the ratio of the speeds of the two boats.
(Assume both the boats travel at uniform speed, speed of river is negligible and neglect
values of turnaround time)
(1) 2 : 1
(2) 4 : 3
(3) 7 : 3
(4) None of these
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