Quantitative Ability Time, Speed and Distance (Class Exercise) «© Launcher Ay ‘Anuj likes to jog in a park. While jogging he (a) 40 min (b) 50 min also calculates his speed and the number of (c) 45 min (d) 55 min steps taken by him. He observes that the 7 steps taken by him per minute are 5 times | 5» Aman covered a distance of 200 kms partly his speed in km/hr. What is the distance he by train and partly by bus. Had he covered covers per step if he jogs at a uniform speed? the entire distance by bus, he would have 7 taken 10 hours more and had he covered the (a)3m (3m entire distance by train, he would have taken 6 hours less. What was the difference () 22m (5m between the distances (in kms) covered by = him by bus and train? Abird sitting on a wall spots an approaching (a) 60 (b) 75 train, which is 720 km away and moving at (c) 50 (a) 90 a speed of 15 m/s. The bird starts flying . towards the train and as soon as it reaches | 6 _Pravingoes from Mumbaiito Pune ata speed the train, it flies back towards the wall. It of 40 kmph and comes back at a speed of continues to do this to and fro motion till the 60 kmph, taking exactly the same path. Find time the train crashes into the wall. If the bird his average speed for the entire journey. can fly at a speed of 120 kmph, find the total (a) 50 kmph (b) 48 kmph distance covered by the bird while it was flying (c) 52 kmph (d) 54 kmph towards the wall. Ogun jenn 7. Mandar travelled frst rd distance of his Pallavi and Richa start simultaneously from 1 P and Q towards Q and P respectively. They Joumey at a speed of 40 kmph, rc of the meet on the way at T which is at a distance remaining distance at 50 kmph and the rest of 120 m from P. If Pallavi and Richa take at 90 km/hr. Find his average speed. 16 s and 25 s to reach their respective (a) 64 kmph (b) 60 kmph destinations from T, then what is the distance (c) 54 kmph (d) None of these between P and Q? (a)2t4m (b) 200m 8. A and B were 580 miles apart and they (c) 240m (d) 216m started driving towards each other. A's carhad Nikhil reaches school everyday at 5 p.m. to hee ae Ghet of 20 mph, 4 hr per day c ays, when it had met B's car. If B had pick up his child. On Saturday, the schoo! - driven 3 hr per day for § days, what was B's got over at4 p.m. and the child started walking speed? ‘ = towards home. Nikhil met him on his way (a) mph (b) 9mph and returned home 30 min earlier. How long (c) 10 mph 41 did the child walk? P (6) 12mph Qa-5 > Z Career Gu Page 1— >» iT Tanncher 9. Acartravels at 50 kmvnrfor the first halt time the total distance travelled by the dog in the of the journey, at 25 kv for the hall of the direction ofthe thief. remaining time of the journey, at 12.5 km/hr (a) 720 km (b) 600 km forthe half of the remaining time of the journey (c) 640 km (d) 660 km and so on until the car accomplishos its journey. The average speed of tho car is | 14. Acan beat B by 20 mina 200 m race. Bcan approximately equal to beat C by 10 m in a 250 m race. By how (a) 100 km/hr (b) 50 km/hr many metres can A beat C in a 100 m race? (6) 33 kmvhr (2) 25 km/hr (a) 14m (0) 12m (6) 12.8m (4) 13.6 m 10. Excluding stoppages, the average speed ofa bus is 54 knvhr, and including stoppages it | 15. The winning relay team in a high school is 45 km/hr. For how many minutes does the sports competition clocked 48 minutes for a bus stop per hour? distance of 13.2 km. Its runners A, B, C and (a) 12 min (0) 10 min D maintained speeds of 15 kmph, 16 kmph, (0) 11 min (4) 15 min 47 kanph, and 18 kmph respectively. What is the ratio of the time taken by B to that taken 11. A dog stands at a point A. Ata distance of byD? 40 m from A, stands a fox. The dog starts (a) 5:16 (b) 5:17 chasing the fox and goes in pursuit of a fox (9:8 (d)8:9 40 m away. The dog takes leaps of 2m Fee eonG leaps ofthe fox the dog | 46° In a 500 mi race, the ratio of the speeds of takes two leaps against the fox's three, then two contestants A and Bis 2:3. If Ahas a at what distance from A, will the dog catch cient ot 170 ay tien A wine oy up with the fox? em (10m (@) 150m (b) 160 m igism (@) 20m (c) 140 m (d) 120 m 12. Two trains start from A and B and head | 1” ee ee ae towards B and A respectively. Train from A moving eeoslaor 12 eisiosidar sheoied and Starts at 11 p.m. and reaches B at 5 p.m takes 3 second less to get out of the escalator next day. Train from B starts at 10 p.m. the than when he was moving on the stationary same day on which the train starts from escalator. How many steps are there in the station A and reaches A at 6 a.m. the next Helionty cecalsioy? day. At what time (approximately) will they (a) tatoos (b) 10 steps cross each other? ac iaesen (©) 25 steps (d) 20 steps (c) 2.51 a.m. (0) 3.51 a.m. 18. Rajat takes 11 steps to reach the bottom of n ; on 13. A thief escaped from police custody. Since ine seine toteiaterm Glee soltine 7 hewas.a sprinter, he could run ata speed of 21 sec to reach the bottom. How many steps 40 km/hr. The police realized it after 8 hr and are visible on the escalator when it is not started chasing him in the same direction at imine 50 km/hr. The police had a dog which could (Note: The escalator is coming down in both run at 60 km/hr, The dog would run to the the cases) thief and then retum to the police and then 75 (ovat would run back towards the thief. It kept on ()88 (a0 doing so til the police caught the thief. Find Page 2 > Z Career QA-519. 20. 21. 23. An escalator is coming down at a constant | 24. speed. Vivek takes 40 steps to reach to the bottom. The time in which he takes 15 steps, ‘Samar manages to reach the bottom by taking 45 steps. If the escalator were turned off, how many steps would they have to take to walk down? (a) 48 (0) 56 (b) 45 (d)97 Arpitis running on an escalator that is coming down at constant speed. If Arpit runs down at 12 steps/sec and reaches the bottom in 12 sec, then find the speed (in steps/sec) of the escalator if it is known that the number of steps which are visible when the escalator is stationary is 264. (a9 (1 (b) 10 (d) 12 A boat takes 22 hours for travelling downstream from point P to point Q and coming back to point R midway between P and Q. If the speed of the stream is 3 kmph and speed of the boat in still water is 12 kmph, then what is the distance between P and Q? (a) 120 km (b) 270 km (©) 180 km (d) 90 km The normal speed of a boat in still water is 4 times the speed of the river. The boat goes | 57 upstream and takes 2 hrs to reach B from A. By what percent should the boat increase/ decrease its speed if itis required to reach A from B in exactly 1 hour 30 minutes? (a) increase by 20% (b) increase by 25% (c) decrease by 20% (d) decrease by 25% oa A, B and C start running simultaneously around a circular track from the same point in the same direction. Speeds of A, B and C are 10 km/hr, 15 km/hr and 18 km/hr respectively. If the circumference of the track is 900 m then, find the time after which all of them will be together for the first time. (a) 52 min (b) 58 min (c) 60 min (d) 54 min 25. 26. ‘Amol and Avash start moving simultaneously around a circular track from the same point in the same direction. Amol can complete 1 round in 16 seconds and Avash can do the ‘same in 28 seconds. Find the time after which they would be together for the first time. (@) 40s (b) 2 s (© ak s (d) 37s A, Band C are moving on a circular track. A, who is the only one moving in anticlockwise direction and moving at a speed twice that of Band thrice that of C, takes 10 s to cover the entire track. If all the three start simultaneously, when would they meet for the second time at the starting point after the start? (a) 120s (c) 360s (b) 240s (d) 480s Abus travels at 30 km/hr for 2 hr, 40 km/hr for 3 hrand the remaining distance at 60 km/hr. If the total distance to be covered is 300 km, then how much time did it take to complete the journey? (a) Shr (b) 7hr (c) 10 hr (d) 14 hr It a person has a speed of 40 km/hr, he reaches the office 5 min late and if he increases his speed to 50 km/hr, he reaches the office 3 min early, Calculate the distance to be covered. (a) 18 km. (c) 30 km (b) 26.6 km (d) 36 km A bike during a fog passed a man who was walking at the rate of 3 krv/hr in the same direction. He could see the bike for 4 min and it was visible to him up to a distance of 100 m. What was the speed of the bike? 1 2 (a)45 kmvhr (b) 4, krvnr (4 ; knvhr (0) 4 krvhr a nn QA-5 > 4 Career “* Launcher Page 329. A CL student starts from his home and | 30. reaches CL centre at 2.30 pm by his car. On a certain day due to an inconvenionco in his. 3 car, he reduced his speed to 4 th of his usual speed and thus he was late by 10 minutes. How much time does he take normally? (a) 40 minutes —_(b) 20 minutes (©)30 minutes (4) 7.5 minutes A train is moving at a speed of 108 knv/hr. If the length of the train is 90 m, then how long will it take to cross a railway platform 120 m long? (a) 7 sec (b) 6 sec ()12sec (d) 9sec.IA-5 Time, Speed and Distance (Home Exercise) ‘Two trains of length 120 m and 180 mrunon parallel lines. When they run in the same direction it will take 15 sec to cross each other and when they run in opposite direction it will take 5 sec. Find the speeds of the two trains. (a) 126 km/hr, 96 km/hr (b) 144 km/hr, 72 knvhr (c) 100 km/hr, 90 kmvhr (d) 162 km/hr, 90 km/hr Aman can row 7 kmph in still water. If in a river running at 2 km an hour, it takes 56 minutes to row to a place and back, then how far is the place from the starting point? (a)2km (b) 7 km (0) 3km (d)9km ‘A man can row Sthot a km upstream in 30 min and return in 12 min. Find the speed of the boat in still water. 21 21 ki (a) jg km/hr (by F4 km/hr 19 19 km/h km/hr (©) yg km/hr (a), km Two runners A and B, are running on a circular track of length 14 km. If A and B started simultaneously from the same point but in opposite directions with speeds 15m/sec and 20mvsec respectively. What is the distance covered by A when they cross each other for the first time? (a) 6 km (b) 8 km (c)5km (d)9km A boat takes 22 hours for travelling downstream from point P to point Q and coming back to point R midway between P >» Z Career and Q, If the speed of the stream is 3 kmph and speed of the boat in still water is 12 kmph, then what is the distance between P and Q? (a) 120 km (b) 270 km (©) 180 km (d) 90 km Rajruns 4 : times as fast as Ravi. If Raj gives Ravi a start of 80 m, then how far must the winning post be so that Raj and Ravi reach there at same time? (a) 150m (b) 190 m (c) 200m (d)215m In a circular race of 900 m length, A and B start with speeds 27 km/hr and 36 km/hr respectively starting at the same time from the same point. When will they meet for the first time at the starting point when running in opposite direction? (a) 2 minutes 50 sec (b) 6 minutes (0) 5 minutes 40 sec (d)7 minutes X,Y and Z run around a circular track 1200 m long at respective speeds of 18, 27 and 45 km/hr. If they start at the same point and at the same time in the same direction, when will they meet again at the starting point? (a)8 minutes ——_(b) 7.2 minutes (c)7.5 minutes (d) 9 minutes If a boy walks from his house to his school at the rate of 4 km/hr, he reaches school 10 min earlier than the scheduled time. However, if he walks at the rate of 3 km/hr, he reaches school 10 min later than the scheduled time. Find the distance between the school and his house. (a) 6km (b) 4.5 km (0) 4km (d) 3km aT Page 514. Page 6 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? (a) 20 km/hr (©) 25 krvhr (b) 30 krvhr (d) 35 km/hr ‘At 12:30 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 25 s. How much time will the train take to completely cross a tunnel which is four times as long as the previous tunnel? (a) 120s (b) 130s, (0) 140s (d) 125s Two trains are running on parallel tracks and they travel at the rates of 25 kmph and 30 kmph. Ifthe first tain leaves an hour earlier than the second train, how long will it take for the second train to catch up with the first train? (a) 3hr (b) 4 hr ()6hr (d) Shr A train crosses a 250 m long platform. The speed of the train is 36 km/hr. The total time taken by the train to cross the platform is 365 s. The length of the train is (a) 120m (b) 110m (0) 125m (d) 100m Ina race of 200 m, A beats S by 20 mand N by 40 m. If S and N are running a race of 100 “m with exactly the same speed as before, then by how many metres will S beat N? (a) 11.11 (b) 10m (©) 12m (d)25m Karan and Arjun run a 100-meter race, where Karan beats Arjun by 10 metres. To do a favour to Arjun, Karan starts 10 metres behind the starting line in a second 100 metre race. They both run at their earlier speeds. Which of the following is true in connection with the second race? (a) Karan and Arjun reach the finishing line simultaneously. 20. > Z Career «© Launcher (a2 (b) Arjun beats Karan by 1 metre (¢) Arjun beats Karan by 11 metres. (a) Karan beats Arjun by 1 metre. ‘An escalator is coming down at 2 steps/sec. Prashant starts from top and comes down at 4 steps/sec. Meena starts from bottom and moves up at 5 steps/sec. If they start together and meet on a particular step after 10 sec, then find the number of steps that are visible when the escalator is stationary. (a) 119 (b) 89 ()95 (d)90 ‘An escalator is moving up at a constant speed. Govind runs at 8 steps/sec and teach to the bottom in 18 sec. At the same time Sajid runs at 4.25 steps/sec and reach to the top in 24 sec. Find the speed of the escalator in steps/sec. (0)3 4 7% On On an upward moving escalator, Amit, Sanjeev and Vicky take 10 steps, 8 steps and 5 steps respectively to reach the top. On the same upward moving escalator Amit takes 30 steps to come down from the top. Find the ratio of the time taken by Sanjeev and Vicky to reach the top. (a) 7:16 (b)8:5 (c)5:8 (d) 7:10 A boat takes 20 min and 30 min to cover a particular distance downstream and upstream respectively. If the speed of the boat in still water is 20 m/s, the speed of the stream is (a)6ms (b) 8 ms (c) 3ms (d)4ms Yuvraj went toa place 11.9 km upstream and came back from that place in his boat. Total time taken in the entire trip is 6 hours. If the speed of the stream is 2 kmph, find the speed of Yuvraj’s boat in still water. (a) 3.6 kmph (b) 5.2 kmph (c) 5.6 kmph (¢) 4.8 kmph Qa-5