TIME, SPEED AND DISTANCE

07 (Practice sheet)

1. A person walks a distance from point A to B at 15 km/h, and from point B to A at 30 km/h. If he takes 3
hours to complete the journey, then what is the distance from point A to B?
A B 15 B A 30
A B
(a) 25 km (b) 10 km (c) 15 km (d) 30 km
(CHSL-2020)
2. A train takes 45 minutes to cover a certain distance at a speed of 80 km/h. If the speed is increased by
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125%, then how long will it take the train to cover of the same distance?
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(a) 25 minutes (b) 30 minutes (c) 32 minutes (d) 28 minutes
(CHSL-2020)

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3. Ram travelled 1200 km by air which is formed of his trip. He travelled one-third of the trip by car and the
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rest by train. The distance (in km) travelled by train was
1200 2/5

(a) 480 (b) 800 (c) 1600 (d) 1800

(SSC CGL Tier-I 2013)
4. A train travels 40% faster than a car. Both start from point A at the same time and reach point B, 140 km
away at the same time. On the way the train takes 25 minutes for stopping at the stations.What is the speed
(in km/hr) of the train?
40% A 140 B
25 ( )
(a) 67 (b) 134.4 (c) 145.9 (d) 160
( CAPFs 2017)
5. A starts from a point at a speed of 30 metre/second After 3 seconds, B starts chasing A from the same
point with a speed of 50 metre/second, What will be the total distance (in metres) travelled by A and B
before A is caught by B ?
A B,50 A
B A A B
(a) 360 (b) 450 (c) 600 (d) 720
(SSC CGL Tier-I 2017)
6. A bus travels 2/5 of a total journey at its usual speed. The remaining distance was covered by bus at 6/7 of its
usual speed. Due to slow speed it reaches its destination 50 minutes late. If the total distance is 200 kms
then what is the usual speed (in km/hr) of bus?
2/5 6/7
50 200
(a) 20/57 (b) 24 (c) 28 (d) 72
(SSC CGL Tier-I 2017)

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7. A and B are 20 km apart, A can walk at an average speed of 4 km/hr and B at 6 km/hr. If they start
walking towards each other at 7 am, when they will meet?
A' 'B' 20 A B 7
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(a) 8:00 am (b) 8:30 am (c) 9:00 am (d) 10:00 am

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8. A person started his journey in the morning. At 11 a. m. he covered of the journey and on the same day
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at 4.30 p.m. he covered of the journey. He started his journey at
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11 : 00 4 : 30
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(a) 6:00 a.m. (b) 3:30 a.m. (c) 7:00 a.m. (d) 6:30 a.m.
9. Ruchir walks at 20 km/hr and Rukma cycles at 25 km/hr towards each other. What was the distance between them
when they started if they meet after 48 minutes?
20 25 48

(a) 54 km (b) 45 km (c) 36 km (d) 27 km

10. A man travels 430 kilometres partly by rail and partly by steamer. He spends 10 hours more time on
steamer. If the velocity of the steamer is 25 km/hr and the velocity of rail is 65 km/hr, how much distance
does he cover by stemer?
430 10
25 65
(a) 360 km (b) 300 km (c) 450 km (d) 540 km
11. Two people A and B are at a distance of 110 km from each other at 10:30 AM. After 30 mins, A starts moving
towards B at a speed of 20 km/hr while at 12 PM. B starts moving away from A at a speed of 15 km/hr. At what time
(in AM) will they meet on the next day?
A B 10:30 A 20 B
B, A
(a) 6 : 00 (b) 8 : 00 (c) 4 : 00 (d) 3 : 00
12. Renu was sitting inside train A, which was travelling at 50 km/h. Another train, B whose length was three times the
length of A crossed her in the opposite direction in 15 seconds. If the speed of train B was 58 km/h. then the length
of train A (in m) is:
A A B
B A
(a) 210 (b) 180 (c) 160 (d) 150
(SSC CGL Mains 2019)