TIME AND DISTANCE

Ex.1 Two trains 99 metres and 121 metres long respectively run in the same direction with a
speed of 32 and 40 km hr respectively. Find the time in which they will take to cross each other
from the moment they meet.
Sol. Since the trains are running in the same direction.
Their relative speed
= 40 – 32 = 8 km/hr
and the total length of both the trains
= 99 + 121 = 220 m
or, = 0.22 km.
Time taken to cross each other
or, = 0.22/8 hrs
= 0.22×60×60/8 secs.
= 99 Secs. Ans.
By Short-cut Method
Reqd. Time = a+b/u~v
Here a = 0.099km, b = 0.121km, u = 32
and v = 40
= 0.099 + 0.121/32 ~ 40 = 0.22/8hrs
= 99 Secs. Ans.

Ex.2 A person standing on a platform which is 170 metres long, observed that a train which took
7 ½ seconds to pass him and passed completely through the station in 21 seconds. Find the length of
the train.
Sol. Let the length of the train be x metres and its speed y metres per sec.
Distance traveled in crossing the platform
= (170 + x) m
and Time taken in crossing the platform
= 21 secs.
Y = 170 + x/21 …(i)
But distance travelled in crossing the man
= x metres
and Time taken in crossing the platform
= 7 ½ secs.
Y = x/15/2 = 2x/15 …(ii)
From equation (i) and (ii),
170 + x/21 = 2x/15
or, 2550 + 15x = 42x
or, 27x = 2550
x = 2550/27
= 94 4/9 metres Ans.
 By Short-cut Method
Length of the train = x × T/T1 – T
Here x = 170m, T = 7 ½ secs. And T1 = 21 secs.
= 170 × 7 ½ /21 – 7 ½ = 1275/13 ½
= 94 4/9 m. Ans.

Ex.3 A man can row three quarter of a km. against the river in 11 ¼ minutes and return in 7 ½
minutes. What is the speed of the man in still water ?
Sol. Speed of the man down the river
= 3/4 × 60/7.5
= 6 km/hr
and Speed of the man against the river
= 3/4 × 60×4/45
= 4 km/hr
If x km/hr and y km/hr be the speed of man in still water and the river respectively, then
x + y = 6 and x – y = 4.
x = 5 km/hr. Ans.
By Short-cut Method
Speed of the man in still water
= 1/2 (x + y)
Here x = 6, y = 4.
= 1/2 (6 + 4)
= 5 km/hr. Ans.

Ex.4 How many minutes does Aditya take to cover a distance of 400 m, if he runs at a speed of 20
km/hr ?
Sol. Aditya’s speed = 20 km/hr = (20 × 5/18) m/sec = 50/9 m/sec.
Time taken to cover 400 m = (400 × 9/50) sec = 72 sec = 1 12/60 min = 1 1/5 min.
Ex.5 While covering a distance of 24 km, a man noticed that after walking for 1 hour and 40
minutes, the distance covered by him was 5/7 of the remaining distance. What was his speed in
metres per second ?
Sol. Let the speed be x km/hr.
Then, distance covered in 1 hr. 40 min. i.e., 1 2/3 hrs = 5x/3 km.
Remaining distance = (24 – 5x/3) km.
5x/3 = 5/7 (24 – 5x/3)  5x/3 = 5/7 (72–5x/3)  7x = 72 – 5x
 12x = 72  x = 6
Hence, speed = 6 km/hr = (6 × 5/18) m/sec = 1 2/3 m/sec.
Ex. 6 If a man walks at the rate of 5 kmph, he misses a train by 7 minutes. However, if he walks at
the rate of 6 kmph, he reaches the station 5 minutes before the arrival of the train. Find the distance
covered by him to reach the station.
Sol. Let the required distance be x km.
Difference in the times at two speeds = 12 min = 1/5 hr.
x/5 – x/6 = 1/5  6x – 5x = 6  x = 6.
Hence, the required distance is 6 km.
Ex.7 A and B are two stations 390 km apart. A train starts from A at 10 a.m. and travels towards
B at 65 kmph. Another train starts from B at 11 a.m. and travels towards A at 35 kmph. At what
time do they meet ?
Sol. Suppose they meet x hours after 10 a.m. Then,
(Distance moved by first in x hrs) + [Distance moved by second in (x – 1) hrs] = 390.
65x + 35 (x-1) = 390  100x = 425  x = 4 1/4.
So, they meet 4 hrs. 15 min. after 10 a.m. i.e., at 2.15 p.m.
Ex.8 A thief is spotted by a policeman from a distance of 100 metres. When the policeman starts
the chase, the thief also starts running. If the speed of the thief be 8 km/hr and that of the policeman
10 km/hr, how far the thief will have run before he is overtaken ?
Sol. Relative speed of the policeman = (10 – 8) km/hr = 2 km/hr.
Time taken by policeman to cover 100 m = (100/1000 × 1/2 ) hr = 1/20 hr.
In 1/20 hrs, the thief covers a distance of (8 × 1/20) km = 400 m.

EXERCISE
1. A motorist sets out from Agra to Mathura. At the same time another motorist leaves
Mathura for Agra. The distance between Agra and Mathura is 60 km. If the first
motorist at 45 km an hour, at what rate must the second motorist go so that the both
would meet 20 km from Agra ?
(A) 60km an hour (B) 20km an hour
(C) 80km an hour (D) 40km an hour
2. A person standing on a platform which is 170 metres long, observed that a train which
took 7 ½ seconds to pass him, and passed completely through the station in 21 seconds.
Find the length of the train.
(A) 446 metres (B) 94.44 metres (C) 236 metres (D) 280 metres
3. Two trains, running at the rates of 75 km and 60 km per hour respectively on parallel
rails in opposite direction are observed to pass each other in 8 sec and when they are
running in the same direction at the same rates as before, a person sitting in the faster
train observes that he passes the other in 31 ½ secs. Find the length of the faster train.
(A) 131 ¼ metres (B) 94.44 metres (C) 168 ¾ metres (D) 250 metres
4. A train is running at 45 km per hour. A man is riding on bicycle at 9 miles per hour on
the railway line in the direction in which the train is going. The train passes him in 7 ½
seconds. Find the length of the train.
(A) 75 metres (B) 65 metres (C) 70 metres (D) 62 metres
5. A train of 24 carriages, each carriage of 60 metres length, with engine of 60 metres
length, is running at a speed of 60 km per hour. Find out the time within which the train
will cross the bridge admeasuring 1 ½ km in length.
(A) 2 minutes (B) 2 ½ minutes (C) 3 ½ minutes (D) 3 minutes
6. A railway train travellinga uniform speed clears a platform 110 metres long in 10
seconds and passes a telegraph post in 5 seconds. Find the speed of the train.
(A) 22 metres per second (B) 21 metres per second
(C) 22.5 metres per second (D) 21.5 metres per second
7. Two trains 121 metres and 99 metres in length respectively are running in opposite
direction, one at the rate of 40 km and the other at the rate of 32 km an hour. In what
time will they be completely clear of each other from the moment they meet ?
(A) 11.5 seconds (B) 10 seconds (C) 10.5 seconds (D) 11 seconds
8. A goods train 158 metres long is travelling at the average speed of 32 km per hour leaves
Delhi at 6 a.m. another mail train 134 metres long is travelling at the average speed of 80
km per hour leaves Delhi at 12 noon and follows the goods train. At what distance from
Delhi will the mail train completely cross the goods train ?
(A) 192.288km (B) 200 km (C) 192 km (D) 320.48 km
9. A goods train starts from Bombay to Nandgaon and runs at the speed of 32 km per hour.
Three hours later, a passenger train also starts from Bombay and reaches at Nandgaon
at the same time as the goods train. If the speed of the passenger train exceeds the speed
of the goods train by 16 km an hour, find the distance between Bombay and Nandgaon :
(A) 412 km (B) 330 km (C) 288 km (D) 250 km
10. Two men together start on a journey in the same direction. They travel 9 and 15 kms
respectively daily. After travelling for 6 days the man travelling at 9 km per hour
doubles his speed and both of them finish the distance in the same time. Find the time
taken by them to reach their destination.
(A) 17 days (B) 18 days (C) 19 days (D) 22 days
11. A man has to reach 40 km away. He walks at the rate of 4 km per hour for the first 16
km and then travels in a tonga for the rest of the journey. However, if he had travelled
by tonga for the first 16 km and covered the remaining distance on foot at 4 km. per
hour, he would taken an hour longer to complete the journey. Find the speed of the
tonga___
(A) 8km per hour (B) 9km per hour (C) 5km per hour (D) 10km per hour
12. The driver of a car driving at the speed of 38 km per hour locates a bus 40 metres ahead
of him. After 20 seconds the bus is 60 metres behind. Find the speed of the bus.
(A) 25km per hour (B) 18km per hour
(C) 20km per hour (D) 19km per hour
13. A man rows up stream 8 km and down stream 220 kms taking 4 hours each time. Find
the speed of the man in still water.
(A) 3.5km per hour (B) 4km per hour
(C) 3km per hour (D) 4.5km per hour
14. A passenger train running at the speed of 80 km/hour leaves the railway station 6 hours
after a goods train leaves and overtakes it in 4 hours. What is the speed of the goods train
?
(A) 32 km/hr (B) 50 km/hr (C) 45 km/hr (D) 64 km/hr
15. Two cyclist start together for a point A, 20 km away. One cyclist goes steadily at 10 km/h
while the other goes faster but constant speed. The faster cyclist reaches the point A and
returns to meet the slower cyclist exactly half way to the point A. The speed of the faster
cyclist was.
(A) 15 km/h (B) 24 km/h (C) 30 km/h (D) 26 km/h
16. The distance between two station A and B is 220 km. A train leaves the station A with a
speed of 80 km per hour. After half an hour another train departs from the station B
with a speed of 100 km per hour. The distance from the station A of the point where both
the trains meet is___
(A) 100 km (B) 120 km (C) 110 km (D) 80 km
17. Starting from a common point two cars run in opposite directions. The speed of one car
is 15 km/hr more than that of the other car. If the distance between them is 1000 km and
they cover it in 8 hours, what is the speed in km/hr of the faster car ?
 (A) 75 (B) 70 (C) 55 (D) 125
18. Which of the following trains is the fastest ?
(A) 25 m/sec (B) 1500 m/min (C) 90 km/hr (D) None of these
19. One of the two buses completes a journey of 300 km in 7 ½ hours and the other a journey
of 450 km in 9 hours. The ratio of their average speeds is :
(A) 2 : 3 (B) 3 : 4 (C) 4 : 5 (D) 8 : 9
20. A train travels at an average of 50 miles per hour for 2 ½ hours and then travels at a
speed of 70 miles per hour for 1 ½ hours. How far did the train travel in the entire 4
hours ?
(A) 120 miles (B) 150 miles (C) 200 miles (D) 230 miles
21. Sound is said to travel in air at about 1100 feet per second. A man hears the axe striking
the tree, 11/5 seconds after he sees it strike the tree. How far is the man from the wood
chopper ?
(A) 2197 ft (B) 2420 ft (C) 2500 ft (D) 2629 ft
22. A certain distance is covered by a cyclist at a certain speed. If a jogger covers half the
distance in double the time, the ratio of the speed of the jogger to that of the cyclist is :
(A) 1 : 2 (B) 2 : 1 (C) 1 : 4 (D) 4 : 1
23. Anna left for city A from city B at 5.20 a.m. She traveled at the speed of 80 km/hr for 2
hours 15 minutes. After that the speed was reduced to 60 km/hr. If the distance between
two cities is 350 kms, at what did Anna reach city A ?
(A) 9.20 a.m. (B) 9.25 a.m. (C) 9.35 a.m. (D) 10.05 a.m. (E) None of these
24. A can complete a journey in 10 hours. He travels first half of the journey at the rate of 21
km/hr and second half at the rate of 24 km/hr. Find the total journey in km.
(A) 220 km (B) 224 km (C) 230 km (D) 234 km
25. A person travels from P to Q at a speed of 40 kmph and returns by increasing his speed
by 50%. What is his average speed for both the trips ?
(A) 36 kmph (B) 45 kmph (C) 48 kmph (D) 50 kmph
26. A car driver travels from the plains to the hill station, which are 200 km apart at an
average speed of 40 km/hr. In the return trip, he covers the same distance at an average
speed of 20 km/hr. The average speed of the car over the entire distance of 400 km is :
(A) 25 km/hr (B) 26.67 km/hr (C) 28.56 km/hr (D) 30 km/hr
27. A, B and C are on a trip by a car. A drives during the first hour at an average speed of 50
km/hr. B drives during the next 2 hours at an average speed of 48 km/hr. C drives for the
next 3 hours at an average speed of 52 km/hr. They reached their destination after
exactly 6 hours. Their mean speed was :
(A) 50 km/hr (B) 50 1/3 km/hr (C) 51 1/3 km/hr (D) 52 km/hr
28. A man travels 600 km by train at 80 km/hr, 800 km by ship at 40 km/hr, 500 km by
aeroplane at 400 km/hr and 100 km by car at 50 km/hr. What is the average speed for
the entire distance ?
(A) 60 km/hr (B) 60 5/123 km/hr (C) 62 km/hr (D) 65 5/123 km/hr
29. Mary jogs 9 km at a speed of 6 km per hour. At what speed would she need to jog during
the next 1.5 hours to have an average of 9 km per hour for the entire jogging session ?
(A) 9 kmph (B) 10 kmph (C) 12 kmph (D) 14 kmph
30. 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 have run at its own speed ?
(A) 7 hours (B) 8 hours (C) 14 hours (D) 16 hours
31. A train when moves at an average speed of 40 kmph, reaches its destination on time.
When its average speed becomes 35 kmph, then it reaches its destination 15 minutes late.
Find the length of journey.
(A) 30 km (B) 40 km (C) 70 km (D) 80 km
32. 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 :
(A) 35 (B) 36 2/3 (C) 37 1/2 (D) 40
33. A car travels from P to Q at a constant speed. If its speed were increased by 10 km/hr, it
would have taken one hour lesser to cover the distance. It would have taken further 45
minutes lesser if the speed was further increased by 10 km/hr. What is the distance
between the two cities ?
(A) 420 km (B) 540 km (C) 600 km (D) 650 km
34. A train can travel 50% faster than a car. Both start from point A at the same time and
reach point B 7 kms away from A at the same time. On the way, however, the train lost
about 12.5 minutes while stopping at the stations. The speed of the car is :
(A) 100 kmph (B) 110 kmph (C) 120 kmph (D) 130 kmph
35. A car covers a distance of 715 km at a constant speed. If the speed of the car would have
been 10 km/hr more, then it would have taken 2 hours less to cover the same distance.
What is the original speed of the car ?
(A) 45 km/hr (B) 50 km/hr (C) 55 km/hr (D) 65 km/hr
36. Three person are walking from a place A to another place B. Their speeds are in the
ratio of 4 : 3 : 5. The time ratio to reach B by these persons will be :
(A) 4 : 3 : 5 (B) 5 : 3 : 4 (C) 15 : 9 : 20 (D) 15 : 20 : 12
37. It takes eight hours for a 600 km journey, if 120 km is done by train and the rest by car.
It takes 20 minutes more, if 200 km is done by train and the rest by car. The ratio of the
speed of the train to that of the car is :
(A) 2 : 3 (B) 3 : 2 (C) 3 : 4 (D) 4 : 3
38. A is twice as fast as B and B is thrice as fast as C is. The journey covered by C in 54
minutes will be covered by B in :
(A) 18 min (B) 27 min (C) 38 min (D) 9 min
39. A walks around a circular field at the rate of one round while B runs around it at the
rate of six rounds per hour. They start in the same direction from the same point at 7.30
a.m. They shall first cross each other at :
(A) 7.42 a.m. (B) 7.48 a.m. (C) 8.10 a.m. (D) 8.30 a.m.
40. A thief is noticed by a policeman from a distance of 200 m. The thief starts running and
the policeman chases him. The thief and the policeman run at the rate of 10 km and 11
km per hour respectively. What is the distance between them after 6 minutes ?
(A) 100 m (B) 150 m (C) 190 m (D) 200 m
41. Two guns were fired from the same place at an interval of 10 minutes and 30 seconds,
but a person in the train approaching the place hears the second shot 10 minutes after
the first. The speed of the train (in km/hr), supposing that speed travels at 330 metres per
second, is :
(A) 19.8 (B) 58.6 (C) 59.4 (D) 111.80
 42. The jogging track in a sports complex is 726 metres in circumference. Deepak and his
wife start from the same point and walk in opposite directions at 4.5 km/hr and 3.75
km/hr respectively. They will meet for the first time in :
(A) 4.9 min (B) 5.28 min (C) 5.5 min (D) 6 min
43. Two trains start from P and Q respectively and travel towards each other at a speed of
50 km/hr and 40 km/hr respectively. By the time they meet, the first train has traveled
100 km more than the second. The distance between P and Q is :
(A) 500 km (B) 630 km (C) 660 km (D) 900 km

ANSWER
1.C 2.B 3.C 4.A 5.D 6.B 7.D 8.D 9.C 10.B
11.A 12.C 13.A 14.A 15.C 16.B 17.B 18.D 19.C 20.D
21.B 22.C 23.E 24.B 25.C 26.B 27.B 28.D 29.C 30.B
31.C 32.D 33.A 34.C 35.C 36.D 37.C 38.A 39.A 40.A
41.C 42.B 43.D