Question Bank: Time, speed, and distance

22 August, 2024

Question Bank: Time, speed, and distance
  1. A train is travelling at the rate of 45km/hr. How many seconds it will take to cover a distance of 4/5 km ?

    (1) 36 sec.
    (2) 64 sec.
    (3) 90 sec.
    (4) 120 sec.
  2. An aeroplane covers a certain distance at a speed of 240 km hour in 5 hours. To cover the same distance in 1⅔ hours, it must travel at a speed of :

    (1) 300 km./hr.
    (2) 360 km./hr.
    (3) 600 km./hr.
    (4) 720 km./hr.
  3. A man walking at the rate of 5 km/hr. crosses a bridge in 15 minutes. The length of the bridge (in metres) is :

    (1) 600
    (2) 750
    (3) 1000
    (4) 1250
  4. A man crosses a road 250 metres wide in 75 seconds. His speed in km/hr is :

    (1) 10
    (2) 12
    (3) 12.5
    (4) 15
  5. An athlete runs 200 metres race in 24 seconds. His speed (in km/ hr) is :

    (1) 20
    (2) 24
    (3) 28.5
    (4) 30
  6. The length of a train and that of a platform are equal. If with a speed of 90 km/hr the train crosses the platform in one minute, then the length of the train (in metres) is :

    (1) 500
    (2) 600
    (3) 750
    (4) 900
  7. A train passes two bridges of lengths 800 m and 400 m in 100 seconds and 60 seconds respectively. The length of the train is :

    (1) 80 m
    (2) 90 m
    (3) 200 m
    (4) 150 m
  8. A train 300 metres long is running at a speed of 25 metres per second. It will cross a bridge of 200 metres in

    (1) 5 seconds
    (2) 10 seconds
    (3) 20 seconds
    (4) 25 seconds
  9. A train 800 metres long is running at the speed of 78 km/hr. If it crosses a tunnel in 1 minute, then the length of the tunnel (in metres) is :

    (1) 77200
    (2) 500
    (3) 1300
    (4) 13
  10. A train is moving at a speed of 132 km/hour. If the length of the train is 110 metres, how long will it take to cross a railway platform 165 metres long?

    (1) 5 seconds
    (2) 7.5 seconds
    (3) 10 seconds
    (4) 15 seconds
  11. The distance between two cities A and B is 330 km. A train starts from A at 8 a.m. and travels towards B at 60 km/hr. Another train starts from B at 9 a.m. and travels towards A at 75 km/hr. At what time do they meet?

    (1) 10 a.m.
    (2) 10 : 30 a.m.
    (3) 11 a.m.
    (4) 11 : 30 a.m.
  12. Two men are standing on opposite ends of a bridge 1200 metres long. If they walk towards each other at the rate of 5m/minute and 10m/minute respectively, in how much time will they meet each other ?

    (1) 60 minutes
    (2) 80 minutes
    (3) 85 minutes
    (4) 90 minutes
  13. Two trains, one 160 m and the other 140 m long are running in opposite directions on parallel rails, the first at 77 km an hour and the other at 67 km an hour. How long will they take to cross each other?

    (1) 7 seconds
    (2) 7½seconds
    (3) 6 seconds
    (4) 10 seconds
  14. Two trains are running in opposite direction with the same speed. If the length of each train is 120 metres and they cross each other in 12 seconds, the speed of each train (in km/hour) is

    (1) 72
    (2) 10
    (3) 36
    (4) 18
  15. Two trains 140 m and 160 m long run at the speed of 60 km/hour and 40 km/hour respectively in opposite directions on parallel tracks. The time (in seconds) which they take to cross each other, is :

    (1) 10 sec.
    (2) 10.8 sec.
    (3) 9 sec.
    (4) 9.6 sec.
  16. A train running at 7/11 of its own speed reached a place in 22 hours. How much time could be saved if the train would run at its own speed?

    (1) 14 hours
    (2) 7 hours
    (3) 8 hours
    (4) 16 hours
  17. A man with 3/5 of his usual speed reaches the destination 2½ hours late. Find his usual time to reach the destination.

    (1) 4 hours
    (2) 3 hours
    (3) 3¾ hours
    (4) 4½ hours
  18. A car travelling with 5/7 of its usual speed covers 42 km in 1 hour 40 min 48 sec. What is the usual speed of the car?

    (1) 17 ⁶/₇ km/hr
    (2) 35 km/hr
    (3) 25 km/hr
    (4) 30 km/hr
  19. Walking at three-fourth of his usual speed, a man covers a certain distance in 2 hours more than the time he takes to cover the distance at his usual speed. The time taken by him to cover the distance with his usual speed is

    (1) 4.5 hours
    (2) 5.5 hours
    (3) 6 hours
    (4) 5 hours
  20. By walking at 3/4 of his usual speed, a man reaches his office 20 minutes later than his usual time. The usual time taken by him to reach his office is

    (1) 75 minutes
    (2) 60 minutes
    (3) 40 minutes
    (4) 30 minutes
  21. A boy rides his bicycle 10km at an average speed of 12 km/hr and again travels 12 km at an average speed of 10 km/hr. His average speed for the entire trip is approximately :

    (1) 10.4 km/hr
    (2) 10.8 km/hr
    (3) 11.0 km/hr
    (4) 12.2 km/hr
  22. A person travels 600 km by train at 80km/hr, 800 km by ship at 40 km/hr 500 km by aeroplaneat 400 km/hr and 100 km by car at 50km/hr. What is the average speed for the entire distance ?

    (1) 65 ⁵/₁₂₃ km/hr
    (2) 60 km./hr.
    (3) 60 ⁵/₁₂₃ km/hr
    (4) 62 km./hr.
  23. A train moves with a speed of 30 kmph for 12 minutes and for next 8 minutes at a speed of 45 kmph. Find the average speed of the train:

    (1) 37.5 kmph
    (2) 36 kmph
    (3) 48 kmph
    (4) 30 kmph
  24. A man covers half of his journey at 6km/hr and the remaining half at 3km/hr. His average speed is

    (1) 9 km/hr
    (2) 4.5 km/hr
    (3) 4 km/hr
    (4) 3 km/hr
  25. A man goes from A to B at a uniform speed of 12 kmph and returns with a uniform speed of 4 kmph His average speed (in kmph) for the whole journey is :

    (1) 8
    (2) 7.5
    (3) 6
    (4) 4.5
  26. In covering a certain distance, the speed of A and B are in the ratio of 3 : 4. A takes 30 minutes more than B to reach the destination. The time taken by A to reach the destination is :

    (1) 1 hour
    (2) 1½hours
    (3) 2 hours
    (4) 2½ hours
  27. The speed of A and B are in the ratio 3 : 4. A takes 20 minutes more than B to reach a destination. In what time does A reach the destination ?

    (1) 1⅓ hours
    (2) 2 hours
    (3) 2⅔ hours
    (4)1⅔ hours
  28. The ratio of length of two trains is 5 : 3 and the ratio of their speed is 6 : 5. The ratio of time taken by them to cross a pole is

    (1) 5 : 6
    (2) 11 : 8
    (3) 25 : 18
    (4) 27 : 16
  29. A train starts from A at 7 a.m. towards B with speed 50 km/h. Another train starts from B at 8 a.m. with speed 60 km/h towards A. Both of them meet at 10 a.m. at C. The ratio of the distance AC to BC is

    (1) 5 : 6
    (2) 5 : 4
    (3) 6 : 5
    (4) 4 : 5
  30. Two trains started at the same time, one from A to B and the other from B to A. If they arrived at B and A respectively 4 hours and 9 hours after they passed each other, the ratio of the speed of the two trains was

    (1) 2 : 1
    (2) 3 : 2
    (3) 4 : 3
    (4) 5 : 4