DEPARTMENT OF TRAINING & PLACEMENT

TIME DISTANCE AND SPEED

TYPE – 1
PLATEFORM BASED QUESTIONS
1.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 meters) is :

(1)500 (2) 600. (3) 750 . (4) 900

2.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

3.A train takes 18 seconds to pass through a platform 162 m long and 15
seconds to pass through another platform 120 M long. The length of the
train (in m) is:

(1)70 (2) 80. (3) 90 (4) 105

4.A train 50 meter long passes a platform 100 metre long in 10 seconds.
The speed of the train in km/hr is

(1)10 (2) 54. (3) 15. (4) 100

5.A train, 200 meter long, is running at a speed of 54 km/hr. The time in
seconds that will be taken by train to cross a 175 Metre long bridge is:
(1)12.5 (2) 20 (3) 25. (4) 10

6.A train 180 m long moving at the speed of 20 m/sec. overtakes a man
moving at a speed of 10m/sec in the same Direction. The train passes the
man in :

(1)6 sec (2) 9 sec (3) 18 sec (4) 27 sec

7.A train 100m long is running at the speed of 30 km/hr. The time (in
second) in which it will pass a man standing near The railway line is :

(1)10 (2) 11. (3) 12 (4) 15

8.A train 150m long passes a km stone in 30 seconds and another train of
the same length travelling in opposite Direction in 10 seconds. The speed of
the second train is :

(1)90 km/hr (2) 125 km/hr (3) 25 km/hr (4) 75 km/hr

9.The time taken by a train 160 m long, running at 72 km/hr, in crossing an

electric pole is:

(1)8 seconds (2) 9 seconds. (3) 6 seconds. (4) 4 seconds

10.In what time will a 100 meter long train running with a speed of 50
km/hr cross a pillar?

(1)7.0 seconds (2) 72 seconds (3) 7.2 seconds (4) 70 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. AnotherTrain 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 meters long. If
they walk towards each other at the rate of 5m/minuteAnd 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) 7 1/2seconds (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 start at the same time from A and B and proceed toward
each other at the speed of 75 km/hr and 50 km/hr Respectively. When
both meet at a point in between, one train was found to have travelled 175
km more than the other. Find the distance between A and B.

(1)875 km. 2) 785 km. (3) 758 km. (4) 857 km.

TYPE :- 2
16.Two trains start at the same time from Aligarh and Delhi and proceed
towards each other at the rate of 14 km and 21 Km per hour respectively.
When they meet, it is found that one train has travelled 70 km more than
the other. The distance Between two stations is ?

(1)350 km (2) 210 km. (3) 300 km (4) 140 km

17. 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

18) A man with 3/5 of his usual speed reaches the destination 2 ½ hours
late. Find his usual time to reach the destination.

(1)4 hours (2) 3 hours (3) 3 ¾ hours. (4) 4 ½ hours

19) 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

20) A man goes from A to B at a uniform speed of 12 kmph and returns

with a uniform speed of 4kmph His average speed (inKmph) for the whole
journey is :

(1)8. (2) 7.5. (3) 6. (4) 4.5

21) A man travels a distance of 24 km at 6 kmph. Another distance of 24 km

at 8 kmph and a third distance of 24 km at 12 Kmph.His average speed for
the whole journey (in kmph) is

(1).8 2/3. (2) 8. (3) 2 10/13 (4) 9

22) A constant distance from Chennai to Bangalore is covered by Express

train at 100 km/hr. If it returns to the same Distance at80 km/hr, then the
average speed during the whole journey is

(1) 90.20 km/hr (2) 88.78 km/hr (3) 88.98 km/hr (4) 88.89 km/hr

TYPE :- 3
23) A constable is 114 metres behind a thief. The constable runs 21 metres
and the thief runs 15 metres in a minute. In What timeWill the constable
catch the thief ?

(1)19 minutes (2) 18 minutes (3) 17 minutes (4) 16 minutes

24) Two trains of equal length are running on parallel lines in the same
direction at 46 km/h and 36 km/h. The faster train Passes, the slower train
in 36 seconds. The length of each train is :

(1)82 m. (2) 50 m . (3) 80 m. (4) 72 m

25) If a man walks 20 km at 5 km/hr, he will be late by 40 minutes. If he

walks at 8 km/hr, how earlyfrom the fixed time will He reach?
(1)15 minutes (2) 25 minutes (3) 50 minutes (4) 1 ½ hours

26) A car completes a journey in 10 hours. If it covers half of the journey at

40 kmph and the remaining half at 60 kmph, The distance covered by car is

(1)400 km (2) 480 km (3) 380 km b. (4) 300 km

27.The speed of two trains are in the ratio 6 : 7. If the second train runs 364
km in 4 hours, then the speed of first train Is ?

(1)60 km/hr (2) 72 km/hr. (3) 78 km/hr (4) 84 km/hr

28) A thief is noticed by a policeman from a distance of 200m. The thief

starts running and the policeman chases him. The thief and the policeman
run at the rate of 10 km./ hr and 11 km./hr respectively. What is the
distance between Them after 6 minutes ?

(1)100 m. (2) 190 mv. (3) 200 m (4) 150 m

29 . Two trains travel in the same direction at the speed of 56 km/h and 29
km/h respectively. The faster train passes a Man in the slower train in 10
seconds. The length of the faster train (in metres) is

(1)100 (2) 80 (3) 75. (4) 120

30 . A policeman goes after a thief who has 100 metres start, if the
policeman runs a kilometre in 8 min, and the thief a Km in 10 min, the
distance covered by thief before he is over-powered is

(1)350 m (2) 400 m (3) 320 m (4) 420 m

TYPE :- 4
31. If a train runs at 40 km/hour, it reaches its destination late by 11
minutes. But if it runs at 50 km/ hour, it is late by 5 Minutes only. The
correct time (in minutes) for the train to complete the journey is

(1)13 (2) 15. (3) 19. (4) 21

32) A train covers a distance of 10 km in 12 minutes. If its speed is
decreased by 5 km/hr, the time taken by it to cover The same distance will
be :

(1)10 minutes (2) 13 minutes 20 sec (3) 13 minutes (4) 11 minutes 20 sec

33.Walking at a speed of 5 km/hr, a man reaches his office 6 minutes late.

Walking at 6 km/hr, he reaches there 2 Minutes early. The distance of his
office is

(1)3 km (2) 4 km. (3) 3.5 km (4) 2 km

33.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

TYPE :- 5
BOAT AND STREAM BASES QUESTIONS

34. A man rows a boat 18 kilometres in 4 hours downstream and returns

upstream in12 hours. The speed of the stream (in km per hour) is :

(1)1 (2) 1.5 (3) 2. (4) 1.75

35. A motorboat in still water travels at a speed of 36 kmph. It goes 56 km

upstream in 1 hour 45 minutes. The time taken By it to cover the same
distance down the stream will be :

(1).2 hours 25 minutes (2) 3 hours (3) 1 hour 24 minutes (4) 2 hours 21
minutes

36.A boat travels 24 km upstream in 6 hours and 20 km downstream in 4

hours. Then the speed of boat in still water andThe speed of water current
are respectively
(1)4 kmph and 3 kmph. (2) 4.5 kmph and 0.5 kmph

(3) 4 kmph and 2 kmph (4) 5 kmph and 2 kmph

37. If a boat goes 100 km downstream in 10 hours and 75 km upstream in

15 hours, then the speed of the stream is

(1)2 km/hour (2) 2·5 km/hour (3) 3 km/hour (4) 3·5 km/hour

38.The speed of a boat in still water is 10 km/hr. It covers (upstream) a

distance of 45 km in 6 hours.The speed (in km/hr) Of the stream is

(1)2.5 (2) 3 . (3) 3.5 (4) 4

39) A man can row upstream at 12km/hr and downstream at 18km/hr.

The man’s rowing speed in still water is

(1)15 km/hr. (2) 5 km/hr (3) 3 km/hr (4) 10 km/hr

40. A man can row 30 km downstream and return in a total of 8 hours. If

the speed of the boat in still water is four times The speed of the current,
then the speed of the current is ?

(1)1 km/hour (2) 2 km/hour (3) 4 km/hour (4) 3 km/hour

41) A man can row 6 km/h in still water. If the speed of the current is 2
km/h, it takes 3 hours more in upstream than in The downstream for the
same distance. The distance is ?

(1)30 km (2) 24 km (3) 20 km (4) 32 km

42) A boat running downstream covers a distance of 30 km in 2 hours.

While coming back the boat takes 6 hours to Cover the same distance. If the
speed of the current is half of that of the boat, then what is the speed of the
boat in Kmph?

(1)15 kmph. (2) 5 kmph. (3) 10 kmph (4) cannot be determined