TIME & DISTANCE

Question:1
A boy goes to school @ 20km/hr and returns to his home @ 30km/hr respectively. If he
takes 2 ½ hrs in all, find the distance between the school and his home.
(a)15km (b)30km (c) 60km (d) None of these

Question:2
A person covers half of his journey @ 30km/hr and the rest half @ 45km/hr respectively.
If he takes 2 hrs in all, find the distance covered by the person.
(a) 60km (b)72km (c) 90km (d)120kms

Question:3
Varun can cover a distance in 3hr 30min by covering 2/3 of the distance at 4kmph and
the rest at 5kmph.the total distance is?
(a)10km (b)12km (c)15km (d)18km

Question: 4
Dhruv and Lakshya drive at the speeds of 36 Kmph and 54 kmph respectively. If Lakshya
takes 3 hours lesser than what Dhruv takes for the same distance. Then distance is :
(a)324 km (b) 524 km (c) 320 km (d)420 km

Question:5
A man walking @ 5km/hr reaches his destination 8 minutes late. If he walks @ 6km/hr,
he reaches his destination 4 minutes earlier. Find the distance.
(a) 5km (b) 6km (c) 12km (d) None of these

Question:6
If a person goes to his office @ 30km/hr, he reaches 15minutes late, but @ 45km/hr he
reaches 6 minutes late. Find the distance between his home & office.
(a)9kms (b)12kms (c)13.5kms (d)15kms

Question:7
A man moves from A to B at the rate of 4 km/hr. Had he moved at the rate of 3.67 km/hr,
he would have taken 2 hours more to reach the destination. What is the distance
between A and B?
(a)75kms (b)80kms (c)88kms (d)96kms

Question:8
P and Q walk from A to B, a distance of 21km at 3km/hr and 4km/hr respectively. Q
reaches B and immediately turns back meeting P at C. What is the distance from A to C?
(a) 12km (b)15 km (c)18km (d).24km

Question:9
A man and a woman 72 miles apart from each other, start traveling towards each other at
the same time. If the man covers 5 miles per hour to the women's 3 miles per hour, how
far will the woman have traveled when they meet?
(a) 27km (b) 36km (c) 45km (d) 54km

Question:10
One day, Seema started 30 minutes late from home and reached her office 50 minutes
late, while driving 25% slower than her usual speed. How much time in minutes does
Seema usually take to reach her office from home
(a)40min (b)50min (c)60min (d)1hr10min

Question:11
A person covers a certain distance at a certain speed. If he increases his speed by
33.33% then he takes 10 minutes less to cover the same distance. Find the time taken by
him initially to cover the distance at the original speed
(a)40minutes (b)1 hr 10minutes (c)1 hr 20minutes (d)1hr 30minutes

Question:12
A man started 15 minutes late and by travelling at a speed, which is 5/4th of his usual
speed reached his office 20 minutes early. What is the usual time of the journey?
(a).85mins (b)100mins (c)135mins (d)175mins

Question:13
A train can travel 50% faster than car. Both start from point A and reach point B 75km
away from A at the same time. On the way, however, the train lost about 12.5 minutes
while shopping at the stations. What is the speed of car?
(a)10km/hr (b)15km/hr (c)20km/hr (d).25km/hr

Question:14
A ship develops a leak 12 km from the shore. Despite the leak, the ship is able to move
towards the shore at a speed of 8 km/hr. However, the ship can stay afloat only for 20
minutes. If a rescue vessel were to leave from the shore towards the ship and it takes 4
minutes to evacuate the crew and passengers of the ship, what should be the minimum
speed of the rescue vessel in order to be able to successfully rescue the people aboard
the ship?
(a) 53 km/hr (b)37 km/hr (c) 28 km/hr (d)44 km/hr

Question:15
I had to catch a bus, which was 225 m ahead of me. The bus also started at the same
time. If the speed of the bus was 2.5 m/sec and my speed was 36kmph,in how much time
can i catch the bus?
(a).20 seconds (b)25 seconds (c)30 seconds (d)40 seconds

Question:16
Usually a person comes from a railway station with his wife by a car. One day he reached
at that station 1 hr earlier by another train and started walking to his home. On the way
he met his wife and came to their home by the car. If they reached their home 10 min
earlier, find the time for which he walked from the station.
(a) 50 min (b) 55 min (c) 1 hr (d).None of these

Question:17
A person has to reach at a point, which is 12km distance in 2 hrs. After half an hour of
the starting of the journey he returned to take his handbag. So he started running
speedily and took his handbag and reached at the destination in time. Find the difference
in new and actual speed.
(a) 2km/hr (b)3 km/hr (c) 4 km/hr (d)None of these

Question:18
A stairway 10ft high is such that each step accounts for half a foot upward and one-foot
forward. What distance will an ant travel if it starts from ground level to reach the top of
the stairway?
A.30 ft (b)33 ft (c)10 ft (d)29 ft

Question: 19
A Man travelled a distance of 61 km in 9 hours. He travelled partly on foot at 4 km/hr and
partly on bicycle at 9 km/hr. What is the distance travelled on foot?
(a)16 km (b)14 km (c)12 km (d)10 km
Question:20
I travel the first part of my journey at 45kmph and the second part at 60kmph and cover
the total distance of 300 km to my destination in 6 hours. How long did the first part of my
journey last?
(a).4 hours (b) 2 hours (c)3 hours (d)2 hours 30minutes

Question:21
A car covers a certain distance going at a speed of 60kmph and returns to the starting
point at a speed of 40kmph.Find the average speed for the whole journey.
(a) 48kmph (b)42kmph (c)34kmph (d)40kmph

Question:22
A person covers four equal parts of distances @ 20, 30, 40 & 60km/hr respectively. What
is his average speed for the whole journey?
(a)30km/hr (b)32km/hr (c)37.5km/hr (d)40km/hr

Question:23
A person travels equal distances with speed of 3 km/hr, 4 km/hr and 5 km/hr and takes a
total of 47 minutes. Find the total distane
(a)3 km (b)4 km (c)6 km (d)9 km

Question:24
A person covered the first 40 km of his journey at 50kmph,the next 70 km at 35kmph and
the remaining distance in 12mins.If the average speed of the entire journey is
52kmph.Find the distance covered in the last stretch of the journey.
(a)22 km (b)34 km (c)40 km (d)46 km

Question: 25
A man on tour travels first 160 km at 64 km/hr and the next 160 km at 80 km/hr. Find the
average speed for first 320 km of tour.
(a)70.11 km/hr (b)71.11 km/hr (c)72.11 km/hr (d)73.11 km/hr

Question: 26
A person travels from P to Q at a speed of 40 km/hr and returns by increasing his speed
by 50%. What is his average speed for both the trips ?
(a)44 km/hour (b)46 km/hour (c)48 km/hour (d)50 km/hour

Question:27
The average speed for an entire journey is 75kmph without considering the stoppages.
When the stoppages are considered the average speed becomes 60kmph.How many
minutes per hour on an average were the stoppages?
(a)10mins (b)12mins (c)16mins (d)20mins

Question:28
The distance from my house to my friend’s house is 12km.I walked at a speed of 4kmph
and after every kilometre took rest for 10mins.How much time did it take for me to reach
my friends house?
(a)3 hrs (b)4 hrs 50mins (c)5 hrs (d)5hrs 10 minutes

Question:29
Akash,Anurag and Rishab are running around a circular track of length 900 m with
respective speeds of 15 m , 20 m and 30 m/sec. Akash and Anurag are running in the
same direction while Rishab is running in the opposite direction. After how much time will
all the three of them meet for the first time?
(a)20 seconds (b)60 seconds (c)120 seconds (d)180 seconds

Question:30
Arun and Barun run towards each other from P and Q respectively with respective
speeds of 36 kmph and 45 kmph.After meeting each other if Arun reaches Q in 5 hours,in
how many hours will Barun reach P?
(a)3 (b)3 1/5 (c)4 (d)8

Question:31
A car travels a total distance of 150 km. After traveling a part of the distance without any
trouble, the car develops an engine problem and proceeds at 2/3rd of its former speed
and arrives at the destination 48mins late. Had the problem developed 24 km further on,
the car would have arrived 12 min sooner. Find the original distance it travelled without
any problem and the speed over that part of the journey.
(a)100km,60kmph (b)48km,36kmph (c)72km,50kmph (d)54km,60kmph

Question:32
A ball falls from a height of 8metres down and each time it bounces back up to half of
the distance from which it falls. What will be the distance travelled when it comes to at
rest?
(a)30 (b)25 (c)18 (d)24

Question:33
A lady starts from P towards Q and realizes that at a point R, if he walks 50 km further
she will be at a point S, which is as far away from R as it is from Q. What is the distance
between P and Q if the distance between P and R is half the distance from R to Q?
( Assume that P, Q, R and S are all on the same straight line)
(a) 150 km (b)200 km (c)250 km (d)125 km

Question:34
A bus leaves Mumbai at 3 pm. It travels for 1.5 hours at 60km/hr and then halts for 30
minutes. It then travels at an average speed of 50km/hr for the remaining duration to
reach Pune at 6pm. What is the distance between Mumbai and Pune?
(a)100 km (b)110 km (c)120 km (d)140 km

Question:35
Two hours after a freight train leaves Delhi a passenger train leaves the same station
traveling in the same direction at an average speed of 90 km/hr. After traveling 4 hrs the
passenger train overtakes the freight train. The average speed of the freight train was?
(a) 30km/hr b) 40km/hr (c) 58km/hr (d) 60km/hr

Question:36
There are two men one old and one young work in the same office and live in same
apartment. The old man takes 30 minutes to reach office and young man take 20 minutes
to reach the office . If old man starts at 10:00a.m for office and the young man at
10:05a.m then at what time will they meet?
(a)10:10a.m (b)10:15a.m (c)10:20a.m (d)10:25a.m

Question:37
A thief steals a car at 1.30pm and drives it at 60kmph.the theft is discovered at 3pm and
the owner sets off in another car at 75kmph when will he overtake the thief
(a)4p.m (b)4:30p.m (c)5p.m (d)5:30p.m

Question: 38
Two trains for Palwal leave Kanpur at 10a.m and 10:30 am and travel at the speeds of 60
kmph and 75 kmph respectively. After how many kilometres from Kanpur will the two
trains be together?
(a)120 (b)135 (c)150 (d)180

Question:39
A person starts his journey at the rate of 40km/hr. Two hours later another person starts
his journey from the same point in the same direction at the rate of 60km/hr. in how much
time will the second person be 20km ahead of the first person?
(a)3hrs (b)4hrs (c)5hrs (d)6hrs

Question:40
A and B start from their house at 1Oam. They travel from their house on MG road at
30Kmph and 6Okmph These is a T junction on their path. A turns left at the T junction at
12:00 noon B reaches the T junction earlier and turns right. Both of them continue
travelling till 2 : OO p.m. What is the distance between A and B at 2:OOpm
(a)150 km (b)180 km (c)200 km (d) 240 km

Question:41
Two boys starting from the same place walk at a rate of 5kmph and 5.5kmph
respectively. What time will they take to be 8.5km apart, if they walk in the same
direction?
(a)13hr (b)15hr (c)17hr (d) None of these

Question:42
Two trains start their journey from Delhi & Hyderabad and proceed towards each other @
75 and 90 km/hr respectively. When they meet each other it is found that one train has
covered 120 km more than the other. Find the distance between Delhi & Hyderabad.
(a) 1200 km (b)1320 km (c)1350 km (d)1400km

Question: 43
Robert is travelling on his cycle and has calculated to reach point A at 2 P.M. if he travels
at 10 kmph, he will reach there at 12 noon if he travels at 15 kmph. At what speed must
he travel to reach A at 1 P.M.?
(a)9 km/hour (b)10 km/hour (c)11 km/hour (d)12 km/hour

Question:44
Walking ¾ of his usual speed, a person reaches his destination 9 minutes late. Find his
usual time to cover the distance.
(a)18min (b)27min (c) 36min (d)45min