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Time and Distance problems


  • 1. A man whose speed is 4.5 kmph in still water rows to a certain upstream point and back to the starting point in a river which flows at 1.5 kmph, find his average speed for the total journey ?

  • Options
  • A. 5 kmph
  • B. 7 kmph
  • C. 3 kmph
  • D. 4 kmph
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  • 2. A bus covers its journey at the speed of 80km/hr in 10hours. If the same distance is to be covered in 4 hours, by how much the speed of bus will have to increase ?

  • Options
  • A. 85 km/hr
  • B. 95 km/hr
  • C. 105 km/hr
  • D. 120 km/hr
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  • 3. In what time a 360 m. long train moving at the speed of 44 km/hr will cross a 140 m. long bridge ?

  • Options
  • A. 36 sec
  • B. 39 sec
  • C. 41 sec
  • D. 43 sec
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  • 4. K and L starts walking towards each other at 4 pm at speed of 3 km/hr and 4 km/hr respectively. They were initially 17.5 km apart. At what time do they meet ?

  • Options
  • A. 6:00 am
  • B. 6:30 pm
  • C. 5:45 am
  • D. 5:52 pm
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  • 5. Mr. Karthik drives to work at an average speed of 48 km/hr. Time taken to cover the first 60% of the distance is 20 minutes more than the time taken to cover the remaining distance. Then how far is his office ?

  • Options
  • A. 40 km
  • B. 50 km
  • C. 70 km
  • D. 80 km
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  • 6. A man covered a certain distance at some speed. Had he moved 3 kmph faster, he would have taken 40 minutes less. If he had moved 2 kmph slower, he would have taken 40 minutes more. The distance (in km) is

  • Options
  • A. 30
  • B. 36
  • C. 40
  • D. 42
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  • 7. Buses start from a bus terminal with a speed of 20 km/hr at intervals of 10 minutes. What is the speed of a man coming from the opposite direction towards the bus terminal if he meets the buses at intervals of 8 minutes?

  • Options
  • A. 5 kmph
  • B. 6 kmph
  • C. 7.5 kmph
  • D. 8 kmph
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  • 8. The ratio of the speeds of a car, a jeeps and a tractor is 3 : 5 : 2. The speed of the jeep is 250 per cent of the speed of the tractor and tractor covers 360 km in 12 hours. What is the average speed of car and jeep together?

  • Options
  • A. 50 kmph
  • B. 60 kmph
  • C. 70 kmph
  • D. 80 kmph
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  • 9. A man travels 480 km in 4 hours, partly by air and partly by train. If he had travelled all the way by air, he would have saved 4/5 of the time he would have taken to travel by train and would have arrived at his destination 2 hours early. Find the distance he covered by travelling by train.

  • Options
  • A. 80 km
  • B. 120 km
  • C. 110 km
  • D. 90 km
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  • 10. A person goes to his office at 1/3rd of the speed at which he returns from his office. If the average speed during the whole trip is 12 m /h . what is the speed of the person while he was going to his office?

  • Options
  • A. 10
  • B. 6
  • C. 8
  • D. can't be determined
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