TIME SPEED AND DISTANCE
1) Convert the speed 45kmph into meter per second.
1)12.5mps 2) 12mps 3) 15mps 4) 15.5mps
5) none of these
2) Convert the speed 47.5 meter per second into kmph.
1) 185kmph 2) 171kmph 3) 142kmph 4) 156kmph
5) none of these
3) A person crosses a 800 m long street in 3 minutes 20
seconds. What is his speed in km per hour?
1) 15kmph 2) 11.5kmph 3) 12.6kmph 4) 14.4kmph
5) none of these
4) The speed of a car increases by 3 kms after every one
hour.If the distance travelling in the first one hour was 30
kms .What was the total distance travelled in 10 hours?
1) 285km 2) 300km 3) 435km 4) 252km 5) none of
these
5) A is twice fast as B and B is thrice as fast as C. The journey
covered by C in 96 minutes will be covered by A in?
1)16hrs 2) 18min 3) 18hrs 4) 16min 5) none of these
6) A motor car starts with the speed of 80 km/hr with it's
speed increasing every two hours by 10 kmph. In how many
hours will it covers 650kms?
1) 6hrs 2) 7hrs 3) 8hrs 4) 10hrs 5) none of these
7) A man complete a journey in 12 hours. He travels first
half of the journey at the rate of 32 km/hr and second half
at the rate of 35 km/hr. Find the total journey in km.
1) 36km 2) 805km 3) 402km 4) 420km 5) none of these
8) The ratio between the speeds of two trains is 3 : 4. If the
second train runs 1000 km in 10 hours, then the speed of
the first train is:
1) 75kmph 2) 50kmph 3) 48kmph 4) 60kmph 5) none of
these
9) A boy goes to his school from his house at a speed of 2
km/hr and return at a speed of 5kmph. If he takes 14 hours
in going and coming, the distance between his house and
school is?
1) 18km 2) 12km 3) 20km 4) 15km 5) none of these
10) A man on tour travels first 140 km at 56 km/hr and the
next 140 km at 44 km/hr. The average speed for the first
280 km of the tour is:
1) 37.6kmph 2) 49.28kmph 3) 54.62 4) 36.58 5) none of
these
11) If a person walks at 8 km/hr instead of 6 km/hr, he
would have walked 12 km more. The actual distance
travelled by him is:
1) 36km 2) 48km 3) 24km 4) 52km 5) none of these
12) If a person walks at 7 km/hr instead of 4 km/hr, he
would have walked 15 km more. The actual distance
travelled by him is:
1) 15km 2) 20km 3) 25km 4) 30km 5) none of these
13) Walking at (3/4)th of his usual speed a person is 15 min
late to office. Find his usual time to cover the distance.
1) 20min 2) 30min 3) 45min 4) 1hour 5) none of these
14) Walking at (2/3)th of his usual speed a person is 25 min
late to office. Find his usual time to cover the distance.
1) 20min 2) 30min 3) 40min 4) 50min 5) none of these
15) Two men A and B start from a place P walking at 4 km
and 6 km an hour respectively. How many km will they be
apart at the end of 4 hours if they walk in same direction ?
1) 6km 2) 7km 3) 8km 4) 12km 5) none of these
16) Two men A and B start from a place P walking at 2.5 km
and 4 km an hour respectively. How many km will they be
apart at the end of 5 hours if they walk in same direction ?
1) 7.5km 2) 8.5km 3) 9.5km 4) 10.5km 5) none of these
17) A man covers a certain distance by car driving at 60
km/hr and he returns back to the starting point riding on a
scooter at 40 km/hr. Find his average speed for the whole
journey.
1) 32kmph 2) 57kmph 3) 45kmph 4) 48kmph 5) none of
these
18) A man can cover a certain distance in 2 hour 18 minutes
by covering three fifth of the distance at 4 km/hr and rest at
5 km/hr. Find the total distance.
1) 15km 2) 10km 3) 22km 4) 11km 5) none of these
19) An aero plane flies along the four sides of a square at
the speed of 125, 250, 500 and 1000kmph. Find the average
speed of the plane around the field .
1) 254kmph 2) 275.5kmph 3) 285.66kmph 4)
266.66kmph 5) none of these
20) A man is walking at a speed of 8 km per hour. After
every km he takes rest for 12 minutes. How much time will
he take to cover a distance of 36 km ?
1) 12.5 hours 2) 11.5 hours 3) 18.5 hours 4) 14.5 hours
5) none of these
21) If I walk at 8kmph, I miss a train by 3 minutes. However,
if I walk at 10kmph I reach
the station 3 minutes before the departure of the train. The
distance between my house and the station is
1) 4km 2) 6km 3) 5km 4) 6.5km 5) none of these
22) A man covers a part of the journey at 35kmph and the
balance at 55kmph taking total of 10 hours to cover the
distance of 410 km. How many hours has he been driving at
35kmph?
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1) 7 hours 2) 4 hours 3) 6 hours 24 minutes 4) cannot be
determined 5) none of these
23) Running at the rate of 8kmph a man cover certain
distance in 2hr 15 min. Walking at a speed of 4kmph the
man will cover the same distance in ?
1) 4hr 30 minutes 2) 3hr 30 minutes 3) 2hr 50 minutes 4)
cannot be determined 5) none of these
24) An express train traveled at an average speed of 60
km/hr, stopping for 5 minutes after every 90 km. How long
did it take to reach its destination 720 km from the starting
point?
1) 10 hrs 20 min 2) 12 hrs 35 min 3) 11 hrs 40 min 4) 12
hrs 30 min 5) none of these
25) Excluding stoppages, the speed of a bus is 48kmph and
including stoppages, it is 36kmph. For how many minutes
does the bus stop per hour?
1) 18 2) 10 3) 15 4) cannot be determined 5) none of
these
26) An aero plane covers a certain distance at a speed of
250kmph in 5 hours. To cover the same distance in 25/6
hours, it must travel at a speed of?
1) 450kmph 2) 400kmph 3) 350kmph 4) 300kmph 5)
none of these
27) Three persons are walking from a place A to another
place B. Their speeds are in the ratio of 2:3:4. The time ratio
to reach B by these persons will be ?
1) 6:3:4 2) 6:4:3 3) 4:9:3 4) 15:20:10 5) none of these
KEY ANSWERS:
4) Find the time taken by a train of length 260m to cross
another train of length 140m running in opposite direction.
The speeds of the trains are 50kmph and 40kmph
respectively.
1) 16s 2)12s 3) 20s 4) 8s 5) none of these
5) Find the time taken by a train of length 280m to cross
another train of length 200m running in same direction.
The speeds of the trains are 96kmph and 78kmph
respectively.
1) 2m 18s 2) 2m 36s 3) 1m 18s 4) 1m 36s 5) none of
these
6) Find the time taken by a train of length 250m to cross a
man sitting in another train of length 200m running in
opposite direction. The speeds of trains are 57kmph and
53kmph
1) 10s 2) 20s 3) 30s 4) 40s 5) none of these
7) Find the time taken by a train of length 300m to cross a
man sitting in another train of length 280m running in same
direction. The speeds of trains are 67kmph and 52kmph
1) 2m 24s 2) 3m 24s 3) 1m 12s 4) 2m 12s
5) none of these
8) A train running at 60kmph crosses a platform of length
350m in 25 seconds. Find the length of the train.
1) 100 meters 2) 66.66 meters 3) 150 meters 4) 180
meters 5) none of these
9) A train 150m long is running at the speed of 27 km / hr.
Find the time taken by it to pass a man standing near the
railway line.
1) 10s 2)30s 3) 50s 4) 20s 5) none of these

1.A 2.B 3.D 4.C 5.D 6.B 7.E 8.A 10) A train is moving at a speed of 72kmph. If the length of
9.C 10.B 11.A 12.B 13.C 14.D 15.C 16.A the train is 130meters, how long will it take to cross a
17.D 18.B 19.D 20.B 21.D 22.A 23.A 24.B railway platform 250meters long?
25.D 26.D 27.B 1) 17s 2) 21s 3) 18s 4) 19s 5) none of these

RELATIVE SPEED
1) Find the time taken by train to cross a man standing on a
platform. The length and speed of the train are 255m and
51kmph
1) 16s 2) 14s 3) 18s 4) 20s 5) none of these
2) Find the time taken by a train of length 150m to cross a
man running in opposite direction at 6kmph. The speed of
the train is 48kmph.
1)10s 2) 8s 3) 6s 4) 5s 5) none of these
11) Two trains of lengths 225m and 125m running on
parallel tracks in opposite directions at speeds 80kmph and
64kmph. Find the time taken by the trains to completely
cross each other.
1) 8.75s 2) 20s 3) 25s 4) 10s 5) none of these
12) A train of length 260m running at a speed of 85kmph
crosses another train of length 280m going in same
direction on a parallel track in 72s. Find the speed of the
slower train.
1) 30m/s 2) 25m/s 3) 45m/s 4) 58m/s 5) none of these

3) Find the time taken by a train of length 180m to cross a 13) A trains speeds past a pole in 10s and speeds past a
man running in same direction at 6kmph. The speed of the platform of 260m long in 30s. Find the length of the train
train is 87kmph. 1) 150m 2) 140m 3) 125m 4) 130m 5) none of these
1) 4s 2) 6s 3) 8s 4) 10s 5) none of these

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14) A 180 meter long train moving with an average speed of
72kmph crosses a platform in 33 seconds. A man crosses the
same platform in 4 minutes. What is the speed of the man
in meters/second?
1) 2m/s 2) 3m/s 3) 4m/s 4) 1m/s 5) none of these
15) A man sitting in a train which is traveling at 70kmph
observes that a goods train, traveling in opposite direction,
takes 6 seconds to pass him. If the goods train is 250m long,
find its speed?
1) 40m/s 2) 75m/s 3) 60m/s 4) 80m/s 5) none of these
16) A man sitting in a train which is traveling at 52kmph
observes that a goods train, traveling in same direction,
takes 72 seconds to pass him. If the goods train is 280m
long, find its speed?
1) 55kmph 2) 62kmph 3) 68kmph 4) 66kmph 5) none of
these
17) A train travelling at 72kmph completely crosses another
train having one fourth of its length and travelling in
opposite direction at 18kmph, in 25 seconds. It also passes a
railway platform in 45 seconds. The length of the platform
is:
1) 100m 2) 300m 3) 400m 4) 200m 5) none of these
18) Two trains, each 150m long, moving in opposite
directions, cross each other in 18 seconds. If one is moving
twice as fast the other, then the speed of the lower train is :
1) 15kmph 2) 20kmph 3) 18kmph 4) 30kmph 5) none of
these
19) The length of a train and that of a platform are equal. If
with a speed of 108kmph, the train crosses the platform in
40 seconds, then the length of the train (in metres) is
1) 400m 2) 500m 3) 600m 4) 700m 5) none of these
20) It takes 12hrs for train A to travel certain distance, train
B which runs 20kms faster than train A and covers the
distance in 5/7 of the time taken by train A. How fast is each
train travel?
1) 30kmph & 50kmph 2) 40kmph & 60kmph 3) 20kmph &
40kmph 4) 50kmph & 70kmph 5) none of these
21) The speeds of two trains are in the ratio 5:7. They are
going in opposite directions along parallel tracks. If each
takes 6 seconds to cross a telegraph post, find the time
taken by the trains to cross each other completely.
1) 4s 2) 5s 3) 6s 4) 8s 5) none of these
22) Two cars A and B start at 8am and 9am respectively
from place P to Q. The speeds of car are 36kmph and
48kmph. Both the cars meet at 12pm at certain place and
faster car takes 3hrs to cover the remaining distance. Find
the distance between P and Q.
1) 288kms 2) 144kms 3) 280kms 4) 225kms 5) none of
these
23) Time taken by a train running at 90kmph to cross a man
standing on a platform is 6 seconds. What is the time taken
by the train to cross a platform of length 250m?
1) 14s 2) 16s 3) 13s 4) 18s 5) none of these
KEY ANSWERS:
1.C 2.A 3.C 4.A 5.D 6.E 7.C 8.C
9.D 10.D 11.A 12.D 13.D 14.A 15.D 16.D
17.C 18.B 19.C 20.D 21.C 22.A 23.B
BOATS AND STREAMS
1) If the downstream speed of boat is 20kmph and
upstream is 12kmph, find the speed of a boat in still water.
1) 14kmph 2) 16kmph 3) 20kmph 4) 12kmph 5) none of
these
2) If the downstream speed of boat is 24kmph and
upstream is 15kmph, find the speed of a boat in still water.
1) 17.5kmph 2) 20.5kmph 3) 21kmph 4) 19.5kmph 5)
none of these
3) If the downstream speed of boat is 20kmph and
upstream is 12kmph, find the speed of stream.
1) 4kmph 2) 6kmph 3) 2kmph 4) 3kmph 5) none of these
4) If the downstream speed of boat is 24kmph and
upstream is 15kmph, find the speed of stream.
1) 7.7kmph 2) 11.5kmph 3) 9.5kmph 4) 10kmph 5)
none of these
5) A man row 42km downstream in 3hours and 30km
upstream in 5 hours. Find the speed of stream.
1) 4kmph 2) 6kmph 3) 2kmph 4) 3kmph 5) none of these
6) A man row 10km upstream in 4hours and 33km in 6
downstream hours. Find the speed of stream.
1) 2kmph 2) 5kmph 3) 1.5kmph 4) 6kmph 5) none of
these
7) A man row 21km downstream in 3hours and 8km
upstream in 4 hours. Find the speed of man in still water.
1) 7kmph 2) 6kmph 3) 8kmph 4) 9kmph 5) none of these
8) A man row 50km downstream in 5hours and 15km
upstream in 5 hours. Find the speed of man in still water.
1) 10kmph 2) 11kmph 3) 12kmph 4) 13kmph 5) none of
these
9) A boat travels from P to Q and comes back in 17 hours. If
the speed of the boat in still water is 17kmph and speed of
current is 7kmph, find the distance between P and Q.
1) 120km 2) 45km 3) 75km 4) 90km 5) none of these
10) A boat travels from P to Q and comes back in 9 hours. If
the speed of the boat in still water is 18kmph and speed of
current is 6kmph, find the distance between P and Q.
1) 72km 2) 36km 3) 48km 4) 60km 5) none of these
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11) A boat takes 14 hours less to travel 176km downstream

then to travel the same distance upstream. if the speed of
the boat in still water is 15kmph . The speed of the stream is
1) 14kmph 2) 7kmph 3) 8kmph 4) 16kmph
12) A boat takes 3 hours less to travel 72km downstream
then to travel the same distance upstream. if the speed of
the boat in still water is 18kmph . The speed of the stream is
1) 4kmph 2) 5kmph 3) 7kmph 4) 6kmph 5) none of these

13) A boat can travel with a speed of 15kmph in still water.

If the speed of stream is 4kmph, find the time taken by the
boat to go 38km downstream?
1) 2hrs 2) 3hrs 3) 4hrs 4) 5hrs 5) none of these
14) A boat can travel with a speed of 13kmph in still water.
If the speed of stream is 7kmph, find the time taken by the
boat to go 36km upstream?
1) 10hrs 2) 11hrs 3) 13hrs 4) 6hrs 5) none of these

15) A man can row at 9kmph in still water. If the river is

running at 5km an hour, it takes him 18 hours to row to a
certain place and back. How far is the place?
1) 24kmph 2) 28kmph 3) 56kmph 4) 54kmph 5) none of
these
16) A man can row at 18kmph in still water. If the river is
running at 6km an hour, it takes him 10 hours 30 minutes to
row to place and back. How far is the place?
1) 84km 2) 38km 3) 44km 4) 46km 5) none of these

17) A man can row at 8.5kmph in still water. If in a river

running at 3.5kmphkmph it takes him 8 hours 30 minutes to
row to a place and back. How far is the place?
1) 10km 2) 11km 3) 12km 4) 13km 5) none of these
18) A man can row at 7.5kmph in still water. If in a river
running at 2.5kmphkmph it takes him 4 hours 30 minutes to
row to a place and back. How far is the place?
1) 12km 2) 15km 3) 18km 4) 17km 5) none of these

19) A man can row 12kmph in still water and finds that it
takes in twice as much time to row up than as to row down
the same distance in the river. Speed of the current is
1) 4kmph 2) 6kmph 3) 8kmph 4) 10kmph 5) none of
these
20) A man can row 15kmph in still water and finds that it
takes in thrice as much time to row up than as to row down
the same distance in the river. Speed of the current is
1) 83/4kmph 2) 61/4kmph 3) 93/2kmph 4) 71/2kmph
5) none of these

KEY ANSWERS:

1.B 2.D 3.A 4.C 5.A 6.C 7.E 8.E

9.A 10.B 11.B 12.D 13.C 14.D 15.B 16.A
17.C 18.B 19.A 20.D

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