Time Speed and Distance Sheet
Time Speed and Distance Sheet
1. A bus travels 720 km in 20 hours. Calculate its average 5. Sachin walks around a square plot and covers the dis-
speed in meters/second. tance of each side at the speed of 50 m/min, 60 m/min,
30 m/min and 20 m/min respectively. What is the aver-
age speed of walking.
(a) 12 (b) 15
(c) 18 (d) 10
2. A plane files a distance of 1800 km in 5 hours. What is 1
(a) 30 m/min (b) 33 %
its average speed in meters/second? 3
(c) 32 m/min (d) 35 m/min
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6. A car covers four successive 7 km distances at speed of
10 kmph, 20 kmph, 30 kmph, and 60 kmph hour re-
(a) 200 (b) 10 spectively. Its average speed over this distance is:-
(c) 20 (d) 100
3. A taxi goes from City A to City B at an average speed of
84 km/h. In the return journey due to traffic the average
speed of the taxi falls by 24 km/h. find the average speed
of the taxi (in km/h) for the total journey? (a) 60 km/hour (b) 20 km/hour
A B (c) 40 km/hour (d) 30 km/hour
7. Rohan had to travel from A and B. He covers 75% of the
distance at a speed of 60 km/h and the remaining
distance at a speed of 40 km/h. What was his average
speed for the entire journey?
(a) 72 (b) 75
A B
(c) 70 (d) 68
4. An aeroplane flies along the sides of an equilateral
triangle at the speed of 300 km/h, 200 km/h and 240 1
(a) 55 km/h (b) 53 km/h
km/h, respectively. The average speed of the plane 3
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while flying around the triangle is: (c) 50 km/h (d) 54 km/h
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8. A man covers 60% of distance by Bus at the speed of 40
km/h, next 30% of distance by Auto at 20 km/h and
remaining distance by Cycle at the speed of 10 km/h.
(a) 240 km/h (b) 150 km/h Find average speed of Journey.
(c) 140 km/h (d) 40 km/h
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(c) 8 min (d) 10 min
13. Without stoppage a train travels a certain distance with
(a) 25 km/h (b) 28 km/h
an average speed of 63 km/h and with stoppage it
(c) 30 km/h (d) 35 km/h
3 covers the same distance with an average speed of 56
9. A man covers of distance by Train at the speed of 500 km/h. On an average, how many min per hour does the
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km/h, next of distance by Bus at the speed of 35 km/ train stop during Journey?
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h and remaining distance by Auto at the speed of 20
km/h. Find average speed of Journey.
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7 (a) 6 min (b) 6 min 20 sec
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5 (c) 6 min 40 sec (d) 7 min
14. A train is running at an average speed of 80 km per hour
stopping for 3 min after every 60 km distance. How
(a) 30 km/h (b) 35 km/h much time taken by train to cover 480 km distance?
(c) 38 km/h (d) 40 km/h
10. A man travels a distance of 30 km at a speed of 6 km/h
and completes the remaining distance 40 km in 5 hours.
Find his average speed during the whole journey: (a) 6 hr. 24 min (b) 6 hr 21 min
(c) 6 hr. 18 min (d) 6 hr 15 min
15. A boy is running at an average speed of 12 km/h
stopping for 12 min after every 1 km distance. How
(a) 7 km/hr (b) 8 km/hr much time taken by boy to cover 36 km distance?
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(c) 6 km/h (d) 5 km/hr
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11. Excluding stoppages, the speed of a bus is 60 kmph and
including stoppages, it is 45 kmph. For how many min-
(a) 7 hr 40 min (b) 3 hr 35 min
utes does the bus stop per hour? (c) 10 hr (d) 8 hr
60 16. A man walks at a speed of 8 km/h. After every kilometre,
he takes a rest for 4 minutes. How much time will he
45 take to cover a distance of 6 km?
(a) 12 (b) 9
(c) 15 (d) 10
12. Without stoppage the speed of a car is 48 km/h and (a) 69 minutes (b) 60 minutes
due to stoppage the average speed of journey reduced (c) 65 minutes (d) 70 minutes
to 42 km/h. For how many min. per hour does the car 4
17. Running of his usual speed a boy reached 11 min
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stop.
later than scheduled time. What is the usual time to
cover the distance.
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(a) 363 (b) 308
(a) 44 min (b) 48 min (c) 280 (d) 336
(c) 55 min (d) 60 min 22. A woman reaches the office diriving at a speed of 40
11 km/h 4 minutes earlier while she arrives 5 minutes late
18. Running of his usual speed a boy reached 24 min
8 if she drives at the speed of 32 km/h, what is the
earlier than scheduled time. What is the usual time to
distance covered by him?
cover the distance.
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(a) 2 (b) 3
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1 1 (a) 12.9 (b) 16.8
(c) 3 (d) 2
4 2 (c) 15.4 (d) 18.2
20. Two cars A and B travel from one city to another, at 24. A bus runs at a speed of 80 km/hr. and reaches its
speeds of 72 km/hr and 90 km/hr respectively. If car B destination with a delay of 10 minutes. If it had moved
takes 1 hour lesser than car A for the journey, then what at a speed of 90 km/hr., it would have reached only 8
is the distance (in km) between the two cities? minutes late. The right time to complete the journey
A B by bus is:
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(a) 20 Km./hr. (b) 26 Km./hr. (a) 70 km (b) 85 km
(c) 36 Km./hr. (d) 30 Km./hr. (c) 90 km (d) 120 km
26. In a flight of 1200 km, an airoplane was slow down due 30. A dog chase a Rabbit and takes 6 leaps for every 7 leaps
to bad weather and its average speed for trip is reduced of Rabbit but 5 leaps of Dog are equal to 6 leaps of
by 300 km/h and duration of flight increased by 40 min. Rabbit. Compare the speed of Dog and Rabbit.
Find actual speed of plane.
(a) 36 : 35 (b) 35 : 36
(a) 600 km/h (b) 750 km/h (c) 6 : 5 (d) 7 : 12
(c) 900 km/h (d) 1200 km/h 31. A dog chase a Rabbit and takes 7 leaps for every 8 leaps
27. A man travelled from a village to a postoffice at a speed of rabbit but 2 leaps of dog are equal to 3 leaps of rabbit
of 25 km/h and walked back at a speed of 4 km/h. If compare their speed.
the whole journey took 5 hours 48 minutes, then find
the distance of the post office from the village.
(a) 7 : 6 (b) 16 : 15
(c) 21 : 16 (d) 21 : 19
(a) 20 m (b) 20 km
32. Two cars travel from the same houses at a speed of 20
(c) 40 m (d) 40 km
km/h at an interval of 10 minutes. At what speed does
28. A thief is 400 meters ahead of a policeman. The thief
a woman come in the opposite direction towards the
runs away and policeman starts chasing together.
house. If she gets cars in 8 minutes interval.
Suppose the speed of the thief is 10 km/h and the speed
of the police is 15 km/h. Calculate the distance the thief
covered before the policeman caught.
(a) 5 (b) 6
(c) 7 (d) 4
33. Buses departed from a bus terminal at an interval of 8
(a) 750 meter (b) 800 meter min. A man coming towards the bus terminal meets the
(c) 850 meter (d) 900 meter buses at interval of 7 min. If speed of man is 6 km/ h
29. A thief runs by a car from a city located 400 km away at what is the speed of Buses.
a speed of 600 km/h. Just 30 minutes later police starts
chasing the thief at a speed of 80 km/h. How much
distance covered by the police to catch the thief?
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34. Two rifles are fired from same place at a difference of 1
(a) 1 hour (b) 1 hourss
11 min 45 sec. But a man who is coming towards the 2
place in train hears the second sound after 11 min. If 1
(c) 2 hours (d) 2 hourss
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speed of sound is 330 m/sec find speed of train.
38. 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
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41. Two boys Rishi and Vamsi start at the same time to ride how much should it increase its speed (in km/hr) to com-
from Lucknow to Kanpur that is 95 km away. Rishi plete the lap in 12 minutes?
travels 5 km/h slower than Vamsi. Vamsi reaches Kanpur
and immediately start to travel back. On his return
journey he meets Rishi who is 25 km away from Kanpur.
Find Sishi's speed.
(a) 24 (b) 21
(c) 27 (d) 30
46. Train A and B start at the same time. Train A travels at
55 km/h from station X to station Y and train B travels
at 80 km/h form station Y to station X. They cross each
other after 1 hours and 36 minutes. What is the dis-
(a) 8 km/h (b) 5 km/h tance (in km) between stations X and Y?
(c) 7 km/h (d) 6 km/h A B A X
42. Two person A and B walk from P to Q which are at 21 Y
km at 3 km/h and 4 km/h. B reaches Q return immedi- B Y X
ately and meets A to R. Find distance from P to R.
A B, X Y
P Q (a)196 (b) 232
B, Q A R
(c) 240 (d) 216
P R
47. A and B are 15 kms apart and when travelling towards
(a) 12 km (b) 16 km
each other meet after half an hour whereas they meet
(c) 28 km (d) 18 km
two and a half hours later if they travel in the same
43. A bullet fired from a rifle travels at an average speed of
direction. The faster of the two travels at the speed of
2520 km/hr. It hits the target after 0.2 seconds. How far
A B
(in m) is the target from the rifle?
(a) 40 (b) 50
(c) 45 (d) 55
45. A racing car going at an average speed of 108 km/hr (a) 7 hour 20 min (b) 7 hour 15 min
takes 15 minutes to complete a lap on a racing track. By (c) 7 hour 35 min (d) 7 hour 45 min
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49. A man travelled a distance of 61 km in 9 h. He travelled (a) 7 (b) 4
partly on foot at the speed of 4 km/h and partly on (c) 5 (d) 6
bicycle at the speed of 9 km/h. What was the distance 53. A man is walking at a speed of 14 km/h. After every
travelled on Foot? km, he takes rest for 7 minutes. How much time will he
take to cover a distance of 7 km?
(a) 12 km (b) 16 km
(c) 18 km (d) 14 km 1 1
(a) 1
hourss (b) 2 hourss
50. Two trains A and B starts from station P to Q and Q to P 5 3
at the same time after passing each other it take 4 hr 1 1
(c) 1 hourss (d) hourss
48 min and 3 hr 20 min to reach their destination. If 3 5
speed of train A is 45 km/h. Find speed of train B. 54. Ram rides at the rate of 36 km/h but stops for five
A B p Q Q P minutes to take a drink at the end of every 10 km. Find
the time that Ram will take to cover a distance of 84
km.
A B
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62. A thief is noticed by a policeman from a distance of 150
m. The thief starts running and the policeman chases
him. The thief and the policeman run at the rate of 8
(a) 95.35 (b) 93.75 kmph and 10 kmph respectively. At what distance will
(c) 65.35 (d) 18.75 the policeman catch the thief?
58. A cyclist rides 20 km in 120 minutes and rides another
25 km in 150 minutes. What is the average speed of the
cyclist, in km/h ?
(a) 62.5 minutes (b) 67.5 minutes (a) 63 minutes (b) 70 minutes
(c) 78.5 minutes (d) 72.5 minutes (c) 56 minutes (d) 49 minutes
61. A man takes 6 hours to go to a place and come back by 65. A person covers first 25 km in 60 minutes and next 38
walking both the ways. He could have saved 2 hours by km in 30 minutes. What is his average speed for the
riding both the ways. The distance covered in the whole whole journey?
journey is 20 miles. What is the average speed for the
whole journey if he goes by walking and comes back by
riding?
(a) 46 km/hr (b) 49 km/hr
(c) 42 km/hr (d) 36 km/hr
66. A person walks 10 km at a speed of 2.5 km per hour,
then runs 10 km at a speed of 5 km per hour and then
goes 30 km by bus at the speed of 30 km per hour. What
(a) 8 miles/hr (b) 5 miles/hr is the average speed of the man? (in Kmph)
(c) 6 miles/hr (d) 4 miles/hr
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(a) 9 (b) 8.25 (a) 66 km (b) 99 km
(c) 7.14 (d) 7 (c) 77 km (d) 88 km
67. A person can walk at a speed of 0.5 meters/second. How 71. Monika took a non-stop flight to visit her grandparents.
far will he walk in 8 minutes? The 650 km trip took 1 hour and 30 minutes. Because
of the bad weather, the return trip took 2 hours and 30
minutes. What was her average speed for the round
(a) 250 m (b) 200 m trip?
(c) 240 m (d) 120 m
68. A truck covers a distance of 540 km at a certain speed
in 9 hours. How much time (in hours) would a car take
at an average speed which is 16 km/hr more than that
of the speed of the truck to cover a distance which is 68 (a) 1300 kmph (b) 550 kmph
km more than that travelled by the truck ? (c) 325 kmph (d) 690 kmph
72. A car covers the first 140 km of a journey in 10 hours
and the next 260 km in 15 hours. What is the average
speed of the Car for the whole journey? (in km/hr)
(a) 10 (b) 8
(c) 6 (d) 12 (a) 16 km/hr (b) 14 km/hr
69. A man covers half part of a certain distance at 25 km/ (c) 10 km/hr (d) 15 km/hr
hr. He covers 40 percent of remaining distance at the 73. Ram walks at the speed of 12 km/hr and reaches his
speed of 8 km/hr and covers rest of the distance at the school 12 minutes late. If he walks at 16 km/hr, then he
speed of 18 km/hr. What is his average speed (km/hr) reaches 8 minutes before the scheduled time. What is
for the entire journey? the distance of his school form his home?
(a) 16 km (b) 30 km
650 540 (c) 20 km (d) 24 km
(a) (b)
37 37 74. A car travels from A to B at 44 km/hr and returns from
600 380 B to A at 66 km/hr. Find its average speed (km/hr) during
(c) (d)
37 37 the whole journey?
70. A man travelled a distance of 110 km in 11 hours. He A B
travelled some distance on foot at 6 km/hr and B A
remaining distance on a bicycle at 14 km/hr. What is
the distance travelled by bicycle? (a) 63.3 (b) 52.8
(c) 68.2 (d) 55.4
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75. A man covers half part of a certain distance at 60 km/ (a) 50 km/h (b) 60 km/h
hr. He covers 40 percent of the remaining distance at (c) 55 km/h (d) 45 km/h
the speed of 12 km/hr and covers the rest of the 79. A man travelled certain distance by auto at the speed
distance at the speed of 18 km/hr. What is his average of 25 km/h and walked back at the speed of 4 km/h. If
speed for the entire journey? (in km/hr) the whole journey took 5 hr 48 min. The distance was-
(a) 20 km (b) 22 km
(c) 28 km (d) 29 km
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(a) 24 (b) 80. Buses departed from a bus terminal at an interval of 8
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(c) 36 (d) 40 min. A man coming towards the bus terminal meets the
76. A man covers a distance from his house to office at the buses at interval of 7 min. If speed of man is 6 km/ h
speed of 30 km/h and reached 11 min late. If he covers what is the speed of Buses.
the distance at 40 km/h he reached 4 min earlier. What
is the distance from house to office.
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83. A and B travel the same distance at speed of 9 km/hr
and 10 km/hr respectively. If A takes 36 minutes more (a) 480 min
than B, the distance travelled by each is (b) 520 min
A B (c) 560 min
A, B (d) 600 min
85. A man travelled a distance of 42 km in 5 hours; He trav-
(a) 48 km (b) 54 km elled partly on foot at the rate of 6 km/h and partly on
(c) 60 km (d) 66 km bicycle at rate of 10 km/h. The distance travelled on
84. A man take 6 hr 30 min in walking to certain place and foot is:
riding back. He would have gained 2 hr 10 min by riding
both ways. How long would he take to walk both ways.
(a) 15 km (b) 12 km
(c) 10 km (d) 18 km
1. (D) 11. (C) 21. (B) 31. (C) 41. (C) 51. (C) 61. (D) 71. (C) 81. (A)
2. (D) 12. (B) 22. (B) 32. (A) 42. (D) 52. (C) 62. (D) 72. (A) 82. (C)
3. (C) 13. (C) 23. (B) 33. (C) 43. (B) 53. (A) 63. (C) 73. (A) 83. (B)
4. (A) 14. (B) 24. (A) 34. (D) 44. (C) 54. (A) 64. (A) 74. (B) 84. (B)
5. (B) 15. (C) 25. (C) 35. (B) 45. (C) 55. (C) 65. (C) 75. (A) 85. (B)
6. (B) 16. (C) 26. (C) 36. (D) 46. (D) 56. (D) 66. (C) 76. (A)
7. (B) 17. (A) 27. (B) 37. (C) 47. (B) 57. (B) 67. (B) 77. (D)
8. (A) 18. (C) 28. (B) 38. (A) 48. (A) 58. (C) 68. (B) 78. (A)
9. (B) 19. (D) 29. (D) 39. (D) 49. (B) 59. (D) 69. (C) 79. (A)
10. (A) 20. (C) 30. (A) 40. (A) 50. (A) 60. (B) 70. (C) 80. (B)
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