TIME, SPEED & DISTANCE

Class 1 6. B starts 4 minutes after A from the same point, for

a place at a distance of miles from the starting
1. A car covers a distance of 𝟓𝟐𝟖 𝒌𝒎 in a certain
point. A on reaching the destination turns back
time at a speed of 𝟔𝟔 𝒌𝒎/𝒉. How much distance
and walks a mile where he meets B. If A’s speed is
would a truck cover at an average speed which is
a mile in 8 minutes then B’s speed is a mile in
𝟐𝟒 𝒌𝒎/𝒉 less than that of the car in time which is
____minutes.
hours more than that taken by car?
a) b) 𝟏𝟐 c) 𝟏𝟎 d)
a) 𝟑𝟑𝟔 𝒌𝒎 b) 𝟔𝟖𝟐 𝒌𝒎
c) 𝟓𝟗𝟖 𝒌 c) 𝟔𝟑𝟎 𝒌𝒎
7. B starts 𝟒. 𝟓 minutes after A from the same point,
e) none of these
for a place at a distance of 𝟑. 𝟓 miles from the
starting point. A on reaching the destination turns
2. The distance between place A and B is 𝟗𝟗𝟗 𝒌𝒎.
back and walk a mile where he meets B. If A’s
An express train leaves place A at 6 am and runs
at the speed of 𝟓𝟓. 𝟓 𝒌𝒎/𝒉. The train stops on the speed is a mile in minutes then B’s speed is a
way for hour 𝟐𝟎 𝐦𝐢𝐧⁡. It reaches B at: mile in ____ minutes
a) 𝟏: 𝟐𝟎 𝒂𝒎 b) 𝟏𝟐 𝒑𝒎
a) b) 𝟏𝟎 c) 𝟏𝟐⁡ d)
c) 𝟔 𝒑𝒎 d) 𝟏𝟏 𝒑𝒎

8. Vaibhav and Vignesh each travel a distance of 78

3. A gun is fired on board a ship at sea and an echo km such that the speed of Vaibhav is faster than
is heard from a cliff after the lapse of 𝟗. 𝟔 sec. The
that of Vignesh. The sum of their speeds is 91 k/h
velocity of sound is 𝟏𝟏𝟎𝟎 ft/sec. The distance of
and the total time taken by both is 3 hours and 30
cliff from the ship is
minutes. The speed of Vaibhav is:
a) 𝟏𝟎𝟓𝟔 feet b) 𝟓𝟐𝟖𝟎 feet a) 48 km/h b) 45 km/h
c) 𝟏𝟎𝟓𝟔𝟎 feet d) 𝟐𝟏𝟏𝟐𝟎 feet c) 45 km/h d) 52 km/h

4. A truck driver has to cover a total distance of 260 9. A takes 2 hours more than B to cover a distance of
km in 4 hours. He drives at a speed of 56 km/h for 40 km. If A doubles his speed, he takes hour
the first 75 minutes, and the next 90 km at a speed
more than B to cover 80 km. To cover a distance
of 60 km/h. At what speed (in km/h) must he drive
of 120 km, how much time (in hours) will B take
the remaining distance in order to complete the travelling at his same speed?
journey in 4 hours
a) b) c) d)
a) 65 b) 58 c) 80 d) 75

5. A man walks at a speed of 𝟖 𝒌𝒎/𝒉. After every 10. A train runs first 75 km at a certain uniform speed
kilometer, he takes a rest for minutes. How much and next 90 km at an average speed of 10 km/h
time will he take to cover a distance of 𝟔 𝒌𝒎? more than the normal speed. If it takes 3 hours to
complete the journey, then how much time will
a) 𝟕𝟎 minutes b) 𝟔𝟗 minutes the train take to cover 300 km with normal speed?
c) 𝟔𝟎 minutes d) 𝟔𝟓 minutes
a) 6 hours b) 5 hours 15 minutes
 c) 5 hours d) 5 hours 25 minutes 16. A and B travel the same distance at speeds of
km/h and 𝟏𝟎 𝒌𝒎/𝒉 respectively. If A takes 𝟑𝟔
minutes more than B, the distance travelled by
11. Three cars travelled distance in the ratio 𝟏 : 𝟐 : 𝟑.
each is
If the ratio of the time of travel is 𝟑 : 𝟐 : 𝟏, then
a) 𝟒𝟖 𝒌𝒎 b) 𝟓𝟒 𝒌𝒎
the ratio of their speeds is
c) 𝟔𝟎 𝒌𝒎 d) 𝟔𝟔 𝒌𝒎
a) 𝟑 : 𝟗 : 𝟏 b) 𝟏 : 𝟑 : 𝟗
c) 𝟏 : 𝟐 : 𝟒 d) 𝟒 : 𝟑 : 𝟐 17. A car covers a certain distance in 𝟒. 𝟓 hours. If the
speed is increased by 𝟓 𝒌𝒎/𝒉, it would take half
12. 𝑨𝑩𝑪𝑫 is a square track. 𝑷𝑸𝑹𝑺 is an another hour less to cover the same distance. Find the
square track such that P, Q, R, S are the mid points slower speed of the car:
of 𝑨𝑩, 𝑩𝑪, 𝑪𝑫 and 𝑫𝑨 respectively. Two friends
Karan and Taran are standing at P, Karan runs on a) 𝟓𝟎𝒌𝒎/𝒉 b) 𝟒𝟎𝒌𝒎/𝒉
the track 𝑨𝑩𝑪𝑫 and Taran runs along the track c) 𝟒𝟓𝒌𝒎/𝒉 d) 𝟔𝟎𝒌𝒎/𝒉
𝑷𝑸𝑹𝑺. The ratio of their speeds is 𝟐 : 𝟑. Find the
ratio of the times taken by them on complete one 18. A train running at 𝟕/𝟏𝟏 of its own speed reached
round? a place in hrs. How much time could be saved
if the train would have run at its normal speed?
a) 𝟑 : 𝟏 b) c) 𝟑 : 𝟒 d) 𝟒 : 𝟏
a) 𝟏𝟒 b) c) d) 𝟏𝟔
13. If a person travels at a speed of 48 km/h, he will
reach his destination on time. He covers twothirds
19. A student rides on a bicycle at 8 km/h and reaches
of his journey in five-sixths of time. At what speed
his school 𝟐. 𝟓 𝒎𝒊𝒏⁡. late. The next day he
(in km/h) should he travel to cover the remaining
increases his speed to 𝟏𝟎 𝒌𝒎/𝒉 and reaches
distance to reach his destination on time?
school 𝟓 𝒎𝒊𝒏⁡. early. How far is the school from
a) 100 b) 96 c) 50 d) 48 his house?
a) 𝟏𝟐 b) c) d) 𝟏𝟎
14. A person has to cover a distance of 160 km in 15
hours. If he covers of the distance in of the time, 20. Starting from his house one day, a student walks
then what should be his speed (in km/h) to cover at a speed of 𝟐. 𝟓 𝒌𝒎/𝒉 and reaches his school 𝟏𝟖
the remaining distance in the remaining time? 𝒎𝒊𝒏⁡late. Next day at the same time he
increases his speed by 𝟏 𝒌𝒎/𝒉 and reaches the
a) 𝟔. 𝟒 b) 6 c) 𝟔. 𝟓 d) 8 school 𝟔 𝒎𝒊𝒏⁡. late. How far is the school from
his house?
15. The speeds of A and B are in ratio 𝟑 : 𝟒. A takes 𝟐𝟎 a) 𝟐 𝒌𝒎 b) 𝟏. 𝟓 𝒌𝒎
minutes more than B to reach a destination. c) 𝟏 𝒌𝒎 d) 𝟏. 𝟕𝟓 𝒌𝒎
In what time does A reach the 21. A runs twice as fast as B and B runs thrice as fast
destination? as C. The distance covered by C in 𝟕𝟐 minutes, will
a) b) be covered by A in:
c) 𝟐 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒓 d)

a) 𝟏𝟖 minutes b) 𝟐𝟒 minutes
 c) 𝟏𝟔 minutes d) 𝟏𝟐 minutes What is ratio of 𝑨𝑿 to 𝑩𝑿?
a) 𝟐 : 𝟑 b) 𝟑 : 𝟐 c) 𝟐 : 𝟓 c) 𝟓 : 𝟑
22. A father and his son start at a point A with speeds
of 12 km/h and 18 km/h respectively and reach
27. Two busses A and B started simultaneously from
another point B. If his son starts 60 min after his
cities P and Q towards cities Q and P respectively.
father started from A and reaches B, 60 min
The distance between the cities P and Q is 𝟑𝟓𝟎
before his father, then what is the distance
𝒌𝒎. If the ratio of the speed of A and B is 𝟑 : 𝟒, at
between A and B?
what distance from city Q, the busses meet ?
a) 90 km b) 72 km
a) 𝟏𝟓𝟎 𝒌𝒎 b) 𝟏𝟖𝟎 𝒌𝒎
c) 36 km d) None of these
c) 𝟐𝟎𝟎 𝒌𝒎 d) 𝟐𝟒𝟎 𝒌𝒎
23. If a man increases his speed by 𝟐𝟓%, he can save
𝟑𝟎 minutes of journey time. Find his usual journey 28. X and Y start at the same time to ride from place
time. A to place B, which is 80 km away from A. X travels
4 km per hour slower than Y. Y reaches place B and
a) 𝟔𝟎 𝒎𝒊𝒏⁡ b) 𝟏𝟓𝟎 𝒎𝒊𝒏⁡ at once turns back meeting X, 16 km from place B.
c) 𝟗𝟎 𝒎𝒊𝒏⁡ d) 𝟏𝟐𝟎 𝒎𝒊𝒏⁡ Y's speed (in km/h) is:
a) 8 b) 12 c) 15 d) 9
24. If a man increases his speed by 𝟐𝟓%, he can save
𝟑𝟎 minutes of journey time. Instead, he increases
29. A boy is standing on a railway bridge 𝑨𝑩 at a point
his speed by 𝟓𝟎%, how much journey time he can
‘C’ such that the length 𝑨𝑪 is thrice the length 𝑩𝑪.
save?
The boy observed that a train has just entered the
a) 𝟔𝟎 min b) 𝟓𝟎 min bridge from ‘A’. If he can run with a speed of 𝟏𝟓
c) 𝟒𝟓 min d) 𝟒𝟎 min 𝒌𝒎𝒑𝒉 towards ‘B’, he can just escape. Find the
speed of the train?
25. A man started his journey 40 minutes later than a) 𝟒𝟓 𝒌𝒎𝒑𝒉 b) 𝟔𝟎 𝒌𝒎𝒑𝒉⁡
usual time due to family fight. But due to urgent c) 𝟕𝟓 𝒌𝒎𝒑𝒉 d) 𝟗𝟎 𝒌𝒎𝒑𝒉
work he increased his speed to 𝟏𝟔𝟎% of his usual
speed so he reached 35 minutes earlier at his Answer Key
destination. What is the usual time taken by him
for the journey? 1. C 2. A 3. B 4. C 5. D

a) 3 hours 6. C 7. D 8. D 9. D 10. A
11. B 12. B 13. B 14. D 15. D 16. B
b) 3 hours 15 minutes
17. B 18. C 19. C 20. D
c) 3 hours 30 hours 21. D 22. B 23. B 24. B 25. D
d) 3 hours 20 minutes 26. B 27. C 28. B 29. B

26. Distance between two points 𝑨𝑩 = 𝟏𝟏𝟎 𝒌𝒎.

Class 2
Manoj starts running from A at a speed of 𝟔𝟎
𝒌𝒎/𝒉 and Ravi starts running from B at a speed 1. A man cycles with a speed of 10 km/h and reaches
of 𝟒𝟎 𝒌𝒎/𝒉 at the same time. They meet at a his office at 1 pm. However, when he cycles with a
point X, somewhere on the line 𝑨𝑩. speed of 15 km/h, he reaches his office at 11 am. At
 what speed should he cycle, so that he reaches his 6. A takes 8 hours more than the time taken by B to
office at 12 noon? cover a distance of 160 km. If A doubles his speed,
a) 12.5 km/h b) 12 km/h he takes 3 hours more than B to cover the same
distance. The speed (in km/h) of B is:
c) 13 km/h d) 13.5 km/h
a) 72 b) 70 c) 75 d) 80
2. Train A takes 1 hour more than train B to travel a
distance of 720km. Due to engine trouble, speed of 7. A takes 2 hours 30 minutes more than B to walk 40
train B falls by a third, so it takes 3 hour more than km. If A doubles his speed, then he can make it in 1
train A to complete the same journey. What is the
hour less than B. What is the average time taken by
speed of train A ?
A and B to walk a 40 km distance?
a) 80 b) 90 c) 60 d) 70
a) 7 hours 15 minutes
b) 5 hours 45 minutes
3. Train A takes 45 minutes more than Train B to travel
a distance of 450km. Due to engine trouble speed of c) 6 hours
train B falls by a quarter, so it takes 30 minutes more d) 5 hours 15 minutes
than train A to complete the same journey. What is
the speed of train A
8. Mohan takes 2 hours more than Kishore to walk 63
a) 90 b) 120 c) 100 d) 110 km. If Mohan increases his speed by 𝟓𝟎%, then he
can make it in 1 hour less than Kishore. How much
time does Kishore take to walk 63 km?
4. P and Q are 𝟐𝟕 𝒌𝒎 away. Two trains with speeds of
𝟐𝟒 𝒌𝒎/𝒉 and 𝟏𝟖 𝒌𝒎/ a) 7 hours b) 9 hours
𝒉 respectively start simultaneously from P and c) 6 hours d) 5 hours
Q and travel in the same direction. They meet
at a point R beyond Q. Distance 𝑸𝑹 is P 9. Two person P & Q start walking simultaneously from
A toward B. Distance between A and B is 100 km.
a) 𝟏𝟐𝟔 Speed of P is 26 km/h and speed of Q is 54 km/h.
After reaching at B person Q returns immediately
𝒌𝒎 b) 𝟖𝟏 𝒌𝒎 towards A and on the way person Q meets person P
at the distance of 𝑿 km from B. Find the value of ?
c) 𝟒𝟖 𝒌𝒎 d) 𝟑𝟔 𝒌𝒎
a) 25 b) 35 c) 20 d) 45

5. A person covers a certain distance with certain

10. A jogging park has a circular track and a square track
speed. If he increases his speed by 15 km/hr, then
enclosing the circle. The edges of
he will be 16 min. early. By how much time he will
be late if he reduces his speed by 12 km/hr, if his the square are tangential to the circle. Two friends,
initial speed is 60 km/hr. A and B, start jogging simultaneously from the point
a) 15 min b) 20 min where the circular track touches the side of the
square track and completed a lap in same time. A
c) 25 min d) 24 min
jogs along the square track, while B jogs along the
circular track . What is the ratio of the speeds of A
and B?
 a) 𝟐 : 𝝅 b) 𝟒 : 𝝅 c) 6 h 18 m d) 7 h
c) 𝝅 : 𝟐 d) 𝝅 : 𝟒
16. A train is to cover 𝟑𝟕𝟎 km at a uniform speed. After
11. During his morning walk. Atul, walks for 45 minutes running 𝟏𝟎𝟎 km. the train could run at a speed 𝟓
at a speed of 8 km/h and takes 15 rounds of a park. km/h less than is normal speed due to some
Shekhar takes 10 rounds of the same park in 40 technical fault. The train got delayed by 𝟑𝟔 minutes.
minutes. What is the speed of Shekhar in km/h? What is the normal speed of the train, in km/h?
a) 40 b) 48 c) 50 d) 45
a) 7.2 b) 6
c) 𝟔. 𝟕𝟓 d) 𝟕. 𝟓
17. Akhil takes 30 minutes extra to cover a distance of
150 km if he drives 10 km/h slower than his usual
12. Amit takes 𝟐𝟎 minutes to drive from his home to speed. How much time will he take to drive 90 km if
office. How much time Sumit takes to drive from his he drives 15 km per hour slower than his usual
home to office, if his speed is twice to that of Amit speed?
and the distance between Amit’s home and office is
a) 2 h 45 m b) 2 h 30 m
𝟐𝟓% less than the distance between Sumit’s home
and office? c) 2 h d) 2 h 15 m

a) 𝟕. 𝟓 min b) 𝟏𝟎 min
18. A passenger train departs from Delhi at 6 p.m. for
c) 𝟏𝟑. 𝟑𝟑 min d) min
Mumbai. At 9 p.m. an express train, whose average
speed exceeds that of the passenger train by 15 km
13. Due to inclement weather, an air plane reduced its / hour leaves Mumbai for Delhi. Two trains meet
speed by 300 km/hr, and reached the destination of each other mid-route. At what time do they meet,
1200 km late by 2 hrs. Then the schedule duration of given that the distance between the cities is 1080
the flight was km? a) 9 p.m. b) 2 a.m.
a) 1 hour b) 1.5 hour c) 12 mid-night d) 6 a.m.
c) 2 hour d) 2.5 hour

19. A jogger covered a certain distance at some speed.

14. A covered a distance of 240 km at a certain speed. Had he moved 3 km/h faster, he would have taken
Had his speed been 8 km/h less, then the time taken 20 minutes less. If he had moved 1 km/h slower, he
would have been one hour more for covering the would have taken 10 minutes more. What is the
same distance. How much time (in hours) will he distance that he jogged? a) 9 b) 10 c) 12 d) 8
take to cover a distance of 480 km at his original
speed?
20. A car travels from P to Q at a constant speed. If its
a) 9 b) 8 c) 11 d) 10 speed were increased by 10 km/h, it would have
been taken one hour lesser to cover the distance. It
would have taken further 45 minutes lesser if the
15. A train covers 450 km at a uniform speed. If the speed was further increased by 10 km/h. The
speed had been 5 km/h more, it would have taken 1 distance between the two cities is
hour less to cover the same distance. How much
time will it take to cover 315 km at its usual speed? a) 540 b) 420 c) 600 d) 620

a) 7 h 52 m b) 6 h 30 m Answer Key
 1. B 2. A 3. C 4. B 5. B 𝟓𝟐𝒌𝒎/𝒉 and the rest at 𝟔𝟓𝒌𝒎/𝒉, then find the
6. D 7. B 8. A 9. B 10. B total distance.
11. B 12. C 13. C 14. D 15. D 9. The ratio of the distance between two places A and
16. C 17. C 18. D 19. C 20. B B to the distance between places B and C is 𝟑 : 𝟓. A
man travels from A to B at a speed of km/h and
from B to C at a speed of 50 km/h. If his average
Class 3 speed for the entire journey is 40 km/h, then what
1. A person travels 600 km by train at 𝟖𝟎 𝒌𝒎/𝒉, 800 is the value of : (𝒙
km by ship at 𝟒𝟎𝒌𝒎𝒑𝒉, 𝟓𝟎𝟎 km by airplane at + 𝟏)?
400kmph and 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝒌𝒎 by car at 50 kmph. What is
the average speed for the entire journey?
10. A man travel from a point to at the speed of
2. A man completed a certain journey by car. If he 𝑩
𝟓𝟎𝒌𝒎/𝒉 and then further from to at
covered 𝟑𝟎% of the distance at the speed of 𝟐𝟎 𝟕𝟓𝒌𝒎/𝒉. Then he returns from to at 𝒙 𝒌𝒎/𝒉. If
𝒌𝒎/𝒉, 𝟔𝟎% of the distance at 𝟒𝟎𝒌𝒎𝒑𝒉 and the the ratio of the distance between to and to is
remaining distance at 𝟏𝟎𝒌𝒎𝒑𝒉. His average speed 𝟐 : 𝟑, respectively, and the average speed for the
entire journey is
of the whole journey was
, then what is the value of ?
3. One-fifth of a journey is covered at a speed of 30
km/h, one-fourth of the journey at a speed of 25
km/h and the rest at 60 km/h. What is the average 11. A man goes from A to B at a uniform speed of 𝟏𝟐
speed (in km/h, correct to one decimal place) for the
𝒌𝒎/𝒉 and returns with a uniform speed of 𝟒 𝒌𝒎/𝒉.
whole journey?
4. One-third of a journey is covered at a rate of 40 His average speed for the whole journey is
km/h, one-fourth at the rate of 35 km/h, and the 12. A man travelled a certain distance by train at the
rest at the rate of 45 km/h. The average speed for rate of 𝟐𝟓 𝒌𝒎/𝒉 and walked back at the rate of 𝟒
the whole journey (in km/h) is 𝒌𝒎/𝒉. If the whole journey took 5 hours and 𝟒𝟖
min. The distance was
5. A person covers 𝟒𝟎% of the distance from A to B at
8 km/hr, 𝟒𝟎% of the remaining distance at 9 km/hr 13. A student goes to school at a speed of km/h and
returns at a speed of 4 km/h. If he takes hours for
and the rest at 12 km/hr. His average speed in
the entire journey, then the total distance covered
(km/hr) for the journey is by the student (in km) is:

6. A car covers four successive 7 km distances at 14. A car travels a distance of km at a speed of m/sec
speeds of 10 km/hour, 20 km/hour, 30 km/hour and
and returns 5 m/sec to the starting point. If the total
60 km/hour respectively. Its
average speed over this distance is time taken by the car is hours, then the value of
7. A car travels along the four sides of a square at (𝒙 + 𝟑) is:
speeds 𝒗, 𝟐𝒗, 𝟑𝒗 and 4 , respectively. If is the
average speed of the car in its travel around the
15. A delivery boy started from his office at 10 a.m. to
square, then which one of the following is correct?
deliver an article. He rode his scooter at a speed of
8. If a car covers a certain distance in 1 hour 24
32 km/h. He delivered the article and waited for 15
minutes by covering two-third of the distance at
minutes to get the payment. After the payment was
made, he reached his office at 11:25 a.m. travelling
 at a speed of 24 km/h. Find the total distance 𝟏𝟎 𝒌𝒎/𝒉 and for exactly half of the remaining time
travelled by the boy. he travelled at 𝟏𝟑 𝒌𝒎/𝒉 and the rest of the time at
16. A person travels a distance of 300 km and then 𝟏𝟕 𝒌𝒎/𝒉. Find his average speed.
returns to the starting point. The time taken by him 23. Two trains A and B, starts from stations X and Y
for the outward journey is 5 hours more than the towards Y and X respectively. After passing each
time taken for the return journey. If he returns at a other, they take hours 𝟒𝟖 min and hours 𝟐𝟎 min to
speed of 10 km/h more than the speed of going, reach Y and X respectively. If train A is moving at the
what is the average speed (in km/h) for the entire speed of 45km/h then the speed of train B (in km/h)
journey? is
24. A and B started their journeys from to Y and
17. Kiran covered half of the distance with 𝟑𝟎 𝒌𝒎𝒑𝒉.
Y to , respectively. After crossing each other,
With what speed she has to cover the remaining half
A and B completed the remaining parts of
of the journey so that the average speed of the
their journeys in h and 8 h respectively. If the
whole journey will be
speed of B is 28 km/h, then the speed (in
𝟒𝟎 𝒌𝒎𝒑𝒉? km/h) of A is:
18. A train travels a distance of 𝟏𝟗𝟐 𝒌𝒎 at an average 25. P and Q start running simultaneously—one from
speed of 80 km/h from station P to another station point A to B and the second from point B to A. P’s
Q. It then travels back to P and the whole journey speed is 𝟔/𝟓𝒕𝒉 of Q’s speed. If after crossing Q, P
took h 𝟑𝟔 min. Find the average speed of the train takes h to reach B, how much time does Q take to
on the return journey to P. reach A after crossing P?
19. A man had to travel 49 km, which he divided into six 26. Two busses ‘A’ and ‘B’ started simultaneously from
stretches which were exact multiples of either 4 km cities P and Q towards cities Q and P respectively.
or 5 km. The first four stretches were 4 km, 5 km, 8 The ratio of the speeds of A and B is 𝟑 : 𝟒. The busses
km and 10 km. Multiples of 4 km and 5 km were meet at am in between P and Q. If bus A reaches
travelled at the rates of 40 and 60 km/h, city Q at pm, at what time bus B reaches city P?
respectively, and between two consecutive 27. Suresh started travelling from place X to Y and
stretches, he rested for six minutes. What was his Rakesh from Y to X, at 9:00 AM. After meeting on
average speed (in km/h) for the whole journey? the way, Suresh and Rakesh reach Y and X, in 3
20. A race has three parts. The speed and time required hours 12 minutes and one hour 48 minutes,
to complete the individual part for a runner is respectively. At what time did they meet each other
displayed on the following chart. What is the on the way.
average speed of this runner?

21. Amar drives his car for 2 hours at a speed of 70 Answer Key
km/h, for 3 hours at a speed of 80 km/h and for 1 1. A 2. A 3. A 4. D 5. C 6. B 7. C 8. A 9. A 10. D
hour at a speed of 40 km/h and reaches his 11. C
hometown. What is his average speed (in km/h)? 12. C 13. D 14. C 15. C
16. C 17. D 18. D 19. B 20. B
22. Sanjeev travelled the first half of the distance from
21. B 22. B 23. C 24. C 25. A
his house to school at a speed of
26. C 27. A
 Class 4 speed of 𝟔𝟎𝒌𝒎𝒑𝒉. A third train ‘C’ left
1. A constable is 𝟏𝟏𝟒 meter behind a thief. The Bangalore to Chennai at 𝟏𝟏 𝒂𝒎 with a speed
constable runs 𝟐𝟏 meters and the thief runs 𝟏𝟓 of speed of 𝟖𝟎𝒌𝒎𝒑𝒉. If all three trains meet
meters in a minute. In how many minutes the at the same instant, find the distance between
constable will catch the thief? Chennai and Bangalore?

2. Points ‘A’ and ‘B’ are 𝟕𝟎 𝒌𝒎 apart on a highway. 8. A train X departs from station A at 𝟏𝟎. 𝟎𝟎 𝒂. 𝒎.
A car starts from ‘A’ and another from ‘B’ at the for station B, which is 400 km away. Another train
same time. If they travel in the same direction, Y departs from B at 11.a.m for station A. Train X
they meet in hours, but if they travel towards travels at an average speed of 60 km/hr and does
each-other, they meet in one hour. Find the speed not stop anywhere until it arrives at station B.
of the two cars (in km/h) Train Y travels at an average speed of 𝟓𝟎 𝒌𝒎/𝒉𝒓,
but has to stop for 𝟑𝟎 minutes at station C, which
is 𝟏𝟎𝟎 kms away from station B enroute to station
3. The distance between two persons A and B is 600 A. lgnoring the lengths of the trains, what is the
km. When they start moving towards each other distance, to the nearest km, from station A to
they meet in 12 hours. If A started moving 5 hours point where the trains cross other?
after B, then they meet in the next 10 hours. Find 9. The driver of a car, which is travelling at a speed
the speed of B. of 75 km/h, locates a bus 80 m ahead of him.
Travelling in the same direction. After 15 seconds,
4. The distance between two cities A and B is 𝟑𝟑𝟎 he finds that the bus is 40 m behind the car. What
km. A train starts from A at am and travels is the speed of the bus (in km/h)?
towards B at 60km/h. Another train starts from B
10. Three trains ‘A’ ‘B’ &’C’ left Delhi to Mumbai and
at am and travels towards A at
travel in the same direction at speeds of 𝟒𝟎, 𝟔𝟎
𝟕𝟓𝒌𝒎/𝒉. At what time do they meet? and 𝟖𝟎 𝒌𝒎 per hour respectively. Train ‘B’ starts
two hours after ‘A’. If both trains ‘B’ and ‘C’
5. Train ‘A’ left Delhi to Ahmedabad at am with a overtake train ‘A’ at the same instant , how many
speed of 𝟒𝟎 𝒌𝒎𝒑𝒉. Another train ‘ B’ left Delhi hours after train ‘A’ , did trains ‘C’ start (Neglect
for Ahmedabad at 𝟏𝟎 am with a speed of 𝟔𝟎 the length of the trains) ?
𝒌𝒎𝒑𝒉. If train ‘B’ overtake train ‘A’ at Baroda 11. P towards a point Q at noon and at 𝟏: 𝟎𝟎 pm ship
which is at a distance of 𝟐/𝟓𝒕h of the distance Hemu starts from Q towards P. If ship Vikrant is
between Delhi and Ahmedabad from Delhi. Find expected to complete the voyage in h and ship
the distance between Delhi and Ahmedabad? Hemu is moving at a speed of 𝟐/𝟑rd of that of ship
Vikrant, at what time are the two ships expected
6. A boy started from his house by bicycle at 𝟏𝟎 a.m.
at a speed of 𝟏𝟐 𝒌𝒎 per hour. His elder brother 12. Bhaskar and Neeraj start from one end of a 𝟏𝟎𝟎𝟎
started after hour 𝟏𝟓 minutes by scooter along m track while Deleep starts from the other end.
the same path and caught him at 𝟏: 𝟑𝟎 p.m. The Bhaskar is 𝟓𝟎% faster than Neeraj and Deleep is
speed of the scooter will be (in km/h): 𝟏𝟓𝟎% faster than Neeraj. If Bhaskar meets
Deleep in 𝟐𝟏 s, how long does Neeraj take to meet
Deleep?
7. Train ‘A’ left Chennai to Bangalore at
𝟖 𝒂𝒎 with speed of 𝟒𝟓 𝒌𝒎𝒑𝒉. Another train
13. From two places 𝟔𝟎 𝒌𝒎 apart. A and B starts
‘B’ left Chennai to Bangalore at 𝟏𝟎 𝒂𝒎 with a
towards each other at the same time and meet
 each other after 6 hours. Had A travelled with 𝟐/𝟑 moving at the speed of 𝟖𝟎 𝒌𝒎/𝒉 passes the other
of his speed and B travelled with double of his train in 𝟏𝟖 sec. If the length
speed, they would have met after 5 hours. The of the other train is 𝟏𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝒎, then its speed
speed of A in km/h is
(in km/h) is
14. Two brothers started walking towards each other
from two different cities which are 110 km apart. 20. A train of length 𝟐𝟎𝟎 𝒎 crosses a cyclist coming
Their initial speed was 5 km/hr each. After every in opposite direction with a speed of 𝟓𝒎/𝒔 in 𝟏𝟎
hour, the younger brother decreased his speed by sec. In how much time, the same train can cross
1 km/hr due to tiredness but the elder brother an other cyclist coming in opposite direction with
increased his speed by 1 km/hr. In how many a speed of 𝟏𝟎𝒎/𝒔?
hours, from starting the journey, they will meet
each other. 21. A moving train passes a platform 𝟓𝟎 𝒎 long in 𝟏𝟒
15. A train 𝟖𝟎𝟎 𝒎 long is running at the speed of seconds and a lamp-post in 10 seconds. The speed
𝟕𝟖𝒌𝒎/𝒉. If it crosses a tunnel in minute, then of train is(in km/h)
the length of the tunnel is 𝟖𝟎𝟎 कककककककक 22. A train travelling with uniform speed crosses two
ककककक𝟕𝟖 कककक/कककककक ककककक कक bridges of lengths 𝟑𝟎𝟎 m and 𝟐𝟒𝟎 m in 𝟐𝟏 and 𝟏𝟖
ककककककयदद यह कककककककएक ककककक seconds respectively. The speed of the train in
ककककककककककक, ककककककककक km/h is
कककककककककककककककक 23. A train passes two bridges of lengths 𝟖𝟎𝟎 𝒎 and
a) 𝟕𝟎𝟎 b) 𝟓𝟎𝟎 𝟒𝟎𝟎 𝒎 in 𝟏𝟎𝟎 seconds and 𝟔𝟎 seconds
respectively. The length of the train is(in meters)
c) 𝟏𝟑𝟎𝟎 d) 𝟏𝟑
24. Two persons are walking in the same direction at
rates 𝟑 𝒌𝒎/𝒉 and 𝟔 𝒌𝒎/𝒉. A train comes running
16. The length of a train and a platform are equal. If from behind and passes them in s and 𝟏𝟎 s. The
with a speed of 𝟗𝟎𝒌𝒎/𝒉 the train crosses speed of the train is:
the platform in one minute, then the length of the
25. A train travelling at the speed of km/h crossed a
train (in meters) is
200 m long platform in 30 seconds and overtook a
17. A train travelling at 48kmph crosses another train, man walking in the same direction at the speed of
having half its length and travelling in opposite 6 km/h in 20 seconds. What is the value of ?
direction at 𝟒𝟐𝒌𝒎/𝒉, in 𝟏𝟐 seconds. It also Answer Key
passes a railway platform in 𝟒𝟓 seconds. The 1. A 2. B 3. A 4. C 5. C
length of the railway platform is 𝟒𝟖 6. C 7. D 8. D 9. D 10. A
11. D 12. C 13. A 14. C 15. B
18. Two trains are running in opposite direction with
the same speed. If the length of the each train is 16. B 17. B 18. C 19. D 20. C
𝟏𝟐𝟎 𝒎 and they cross each other in 𝟏𝟐 sec, the 21. B 22. A 23. D 24. D 25. C
speed of each train (in km/h)is
26. C 27. D

19. Two trains are moving on two parallel tracks but

in opposite directions. A person sitting in the train
Class 5
1. A man can swim 𝟑𝒌𝒎/𝒉𝒓 in still water. If the
velocity of the stream is 𝟐 𝒌𝒎/𝒉𝒓, the time
 taken by him to swim to a place 𝟏𝟎 𝒌𝒎 11. A man can row 𝟑𝟎 𝒌𝒎 downstream and return
upstream and back is: in a total of hours. If the speed of the boat in
2. A boat travels 𝟐𝟒 𝒌𝒎 upstream in hours and still water is four times the speed of
20 km downstream in hours. Then the speed the current, then the speed of the current is
of boat in still water and the speed of water
current are respectively 12. A boat covers a round trip journey between
3. A boat rows 𝟏 𝒌𝒎 in minutes, along the two points A and B in a river in T hours. If its
stream and 𝟔 𝒌𝒎 in hour against the stream. speed in still water becomes 2 times, it would
The speed of the stream is (in km/h) take hours for the same journey. Find
4. A person can row a distance of 𝟏 𝒌𝒎 upstream the ratio of its speed in still water to the speed
in 𝟏𝟎 min and downstream in 𝟒⁡min. What is of the river.
the speed of the stream? 13. A man can row 𝟔 𝒌𝒎/𝒉 in still water. If the
5. A man can row at a speed of 𝟒. 𝟓 𝒌𝒎/𝒉 in still speed of the current is 2 km/h, it takes 3 hours
water. If he takes times as long to row a more in upstream than in the downstream for
distance upstream as to row the same distance the same distance. The distance is:
downstream, then the speed of the stream in 14. A boat sails downstream from a point P to
km/h is: point Q, which is 24 km away from P, and then
returns to P. If the actual speed of the boat (in
6. A boat goes 𝟔 𝒌𝒎/𝒉 in still water, but takes still water) is 6 km/h, the entire trip from P to
thrice as much time in going the same distance Q takes 3 hours less than that from Q to P.
against the current. The speed of the current ( What should be the actual speed (in km/h) of
in km/h) is: the boat to sail from P to Q in 2 hours?
7. A man can row at 𝟓 𝒌𝒎/𝒉 in still water. If the
15. A motorboat whose speed is 𝟐𝟎 km/h in still
velocity of the current is 𝟏 𝒌𝒎/𝒉 and it takes
water takes 30 minutes more to go 𝟐𝟒 km
him hour to row to a place and come back,
upstream than to cover the same distance
how far is the place?
downstream. If the speed the boat in still
8. A man goes downstream with a boat to some water is increased by 𝟐 𝒌𝒎/𝒉, then how much
destination and returns upstream to the time will it take to go 𝟑𝟗 𝒌𝒎 downstream and
original place in hours. If the speed of the 30 km upstream?
boat in still water and the stream are 𝟏𝟎 km/h
16. The speed of a boat downstream is 𝟏𝟓𝟎%
and 𝟒 𝒌𝒎/𝒉 respectively, the distance of the
more than its speed upstream. If the time
destination from the starting place is
taken by the boat for going 80 km downstream
9. A boat goes 𝟏𝟐 𝒌𝒎 downstream and comes and 50 km upstream is 8.2 hours, then what is
back to the starting point in hours. If the the speed (in km/h) of the boat downstream?
speed of the current is 𝟑 𝒌𝒎/𝒉, then the
speed in km/h of the boat in still water is
17. A man can row a boat 78 km downstream and
10. A motor-boat can travel at 10 km/hour in still 42 km upstream in 6 hours. The speed of the
water. It travelled 91 km downstream in a river stream is 6 km/h. In how many hours can he
and then returned to the same place, taking row the boat a distance of 100 km in still
altogether 20 hours. Find the rate of flow of water?
river.

18. A boat covers 𝟏𝟐 𝒌𝒎 upstream and 18 km

downstream in 3 hours, while it covers 36 km
 upstream and 𝟐𝟒 𝒌𝒎 downstream in 6.5 25% faster than his normal speed and
hours. What is the speed of the current? ‘A’ run with his normal speed, then in a 𝟏𝟎𝟎 race,?
19. A boat goes 𝟐𝟒 𝒌𝒎 upstream and 𝟐𝟖 𝒌𝒎
downstream in hours. It goes 𝟑𝟎 𝒌𝒎
upstream and 𝟐𝟏 𝒌𝒎 downstream in hours a) B beats A by 𝟏𝟓 𝒎
and 𝟑𝟎 minutes. The speed of the stream b) B beats A by 𝟏𝟐. 𝟓 𝒎
20. A motor boat, travelling at the same speed, c) B beats A by 𝟏𝟏. 𝟏𝟏 𝒎
can cover 25 km upstream and 39 km
downstream in 8 hours. At the same speed, it d) A beats B by 𝟑𝟓 𝒎
can travel 35 km upstream and 52 km
downstream in 11 hours. The speed of the 3. ‘A’ can beat ‘B’ by 𝟐𝟎 𝒎 in a 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝒎 race. If ‘A’
stream is decreases his speed by 𝟐𝟎% and ‘B’ increases
21. P, Q and R are the three towns on a river which his speed by 𝟐𝟎%, then in a 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝒎 race,
flows uniformly. Q is equidistant from P and R.
I row from P to Q and back in 𝟏𝟎 hours and I
4. In a race of 𝟏𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝒎, A can beat B by 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝒎. In a
can row from P to R in 4 hours. Compare the
race of 𝟒𝟎𝟎 𝒎, B beats C by 𝟒𝟎 𝒎. In a race of
speed of my boat in still water with that of the
river. 𝟓𝟎𝟎 𝒎. A will beat C by
22. X, Y are two points in river. Points P and Q 5. In a 𝟏 𝒌𝒎 race A, B and C are three participant. A
divide the straight line XY into three equal can give B a start of 𝟓𝟎 𝒎 and C a start of 𝟔𝟗 𝒎.
parts. The river flows along XY and the time The start which B can allow C is
taken by a boat to row from X to Q and from Y
and Q are in the ratio 𝟒 : 𝟓. The ratio of the 6. ‘A’ can beat ‘B’ by sec in a 𝟏𝟎𝟎𝒎 race. If the
speed of the boat downstream to that of the speed of ‘A’ is 𝟓𝒎/𝒔, Find the speed of ‘B’?
river current is equal to: 7. In a kilometer race, A beats B by 𝟑𝟎 seconds and B
beats C by 𝟏𝟓 seconds. If A beats C by 𝟏𝟖𝟎 meters,
the time taken by A to run kilometer is

8. In a 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝒎 race, Tom runs at a speed of 𝟓 𝒎/𝒔. If

Answer Key Tom gives a start of 4 m to Jerry and still beats him
1. C 2. B 3. A 4. D 5. B by 12 s, what is the speed of Jerry?
6. C 7. D 8. A 9. C 10. A 9. In a 200 m walk race, Zakia walks at an average
11. B 12. A 13. B 14. C 15. B speed of 5 km/h. She gives a start of 20 m to Veena
and still beats her by 18 seconds. What is the
16. D 17. A 18. C 19. C 20. C
average speed of Veena (in km/h) ?
21. B 22. A
10. ‘A’ can beat ‘B’ by 𝟏𝟎 sec and ‘C’ by 𝟐𝟎 sec in a 𝟏𝟎𝟎
𝒎 race. If the ratio of speed of ‘A’ & ‘B’ is 𝟓: , find
1. , A gives a start of 𝟏𝟎 𝒎 to B. Despite this, A wins the ratio of speed of ‘B’ & ‘C’?
the race by 𝟐𝟎 𝒎. What is the ratio of the speed
11. The speed of ‘A’ is 𝟐𝟎% more than that of ‘B’ and
of A and B?
the speed of ‘B’ is 𝟐𝟓% more than that of ‘C’, if ‘A’
can beat ‘C’ by ‘d’ meters in 𝟔𝟎𝟎 𝒎 race, find ‘d’?
2. If ‘A’ and ‘B’ run with their normal speeds, ‘A’ can
beat ‘B’ by 10 in a 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝒎 race. Instead, if ‘B’ run
12. Suman can give Bhuwan a start of 𝟐𝟎 𝒎 in a 𝟏𝟎𝟎
race. To do a favour to Bhuwan, if Suman start 19. A and B started from a same point on a circular
from 𝟐𝟎 𝒎 behind the starting line, in a 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝒎 track of length 𝟕𝟐𝟎 and run in same direction
race, then with speeds 𝟖 𝒎/𝒔 and 𝟓 𝒎/𝒔 respectively. If they
run continuously, how many times do they meet
13. ‘A’ can beat ‘B’ by sec in a 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝒎 race. If the each hour?
difference of speeds of ‘A’ and ‘B’ is 𝟏 𝒎/𝒔, find 20. A and B started from a same point on a circular
the speed of ‘A’? track of length 𝟓𝟎𝟎 and run in the same
14. Three athletes run a 4 km race. Their speeds are in direction with speeds 𝟓 𝒎/𝒔 and 𝟒 𝒎/𝒔
the ratio 𝟏𝟔 : 𝟏𝟓 : 𝟏𝟏. When the winner wins the respectively. If they run continuously, after what
race, then the distance between the athlete in the time do they meet at the starting point?
second position to the athlete in the third position 21. A and B started from a same point on a circular
is track of length 𝟔𝟎𝟎 𝒎 and run in same direction
15. In a race of 𝟏𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝒎, A beats B by 𝟏𝟓𝟎 𝒎, while in with speeds 𝟔 𝒎/𝒔 and 𝟒 𝒎/ 𝒔 respectively. If
another race of 𝟑𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝒎, C beats D by 𝟒𝟎𝟎 𝒎. they run continuously, how many times do they
Speed of B is equal to that of D. (Assume that A, B, meet at the starting point each hour?
C, and D run with uniform speed in all the events). 22. Two friends A and B are standing at one corner of
If A and C participate in a race of 𝟔𝟎𝟎𝟎 , then a square track of side 𝟐𝟎𝟎 𝒎. If they keep running
which one of the following is correct? 𝟏𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝒎 in clockwise direction with speeds 𝟓 𝒎/𝒔 and 𝟒
16. Three runners A, B and C run a race, with runner A 𝒎/𝒔, after how much time they meet at the
finishing 12 meters ahead of runner B and 18 starting point?
meters ahead of runner C, while runner B finishes 23. Three friends A, B and C start running around a
8 meters ahead of runner C. Each runner travels circular track of length 𝟖𝟎𝟎 with speeds 𝟖 𝒎/𝒔,
the entire distance at a constant speed. The length 𝟓 𝒎/𝒔 and 𝟒 𝒎/𝒔. They start from same point. A
of the race is and B run in clock wise direction and C runs in anti-
clock wise direction. If they continue running till
all of them meet at the starting point, find the
17. In a race A, B and C take part. A beats B by 𝟑𝟎 𝒎,
distance run by A?
B beats C by 𝟐𝟎 𝒎 and A beats C by 𝟒𝟖 𝒎. Which
of the following is/are correct? 1) The length of 24. Three cyclists start on a circular track from a given
the race is 𝟑𝟎𝟎 𝒎. 2) The speeds of A, B and C are point in same direction with speeds of 𝟔 𝒎/𝒔 and
in the ratio 𝟖 𝒎/𝒔 and 𝟗 𝒎/𝒔 respectively. If the
circumference of the circle is 𝟔𝟎𝟎 meters after
𝟓𝟎 : 𝟒𝟓 : 𝟒𝟐.
what time will they meet for the first time?
Select the correct answer using codes given below.
A)Only 1 b) Only 2

c) Both 1 and 2 d) Neither 1 nor 2 25. In a 𝟏𝟓𝟎𝟎 race around a stadium having the
circumference of 𝟐𝟎𝟎 𝒎, the top runner runs at
twice the speed of the last runner. How many
18. A circular running path is 𝟔𝟎𝟎 meters in times the top runner crosses the last runner?
circumference. Two men start from the same
point and walk in opposite directions @ 5 m/s and (Don’t consider the starting)
𝟑 𝒎/𝒔 respectively. After how much time will they
meet for the first time?
26. Two men, A and B run a 4 km race on a course 𝟎. and from P to R in 16 hours 40 min. How long
𝟐𝟓 km round. If their speeds are in the ratio 𝟓 : 𝟒, would it take to go from R to P?
how often does the winner pass the another?
a) 3 hr. b) 5 hr
Answer Key
1. B 2. C 3. C 4. A 5. B
c) 6 hr d) 7 hr
6. C 7. B 8. C 9. C 10. C
11. C 12. B 13. C 14. A 15. C 16. B 5. Excluding stoppages, the speed of a train in 𝟓𝟎
𝒌𝒎/𝒉 and including stoppage, it is 𝟒𝟎 𝒌𝒎/𝒉
17. C 18. D 19. C 20. C
for how many minutes does the train stop per
21. B 22. A 23. D 24. D 25. C hour?
26. C a) 𝟏𝟎 b) 𝟏𝟐 c) 𝟏𝟓 d) 𝟏𝟖

Class 7 6. Excluding stoppages, the speed of a bus is 𝟖𝟎

1. A man in a train notices that he can count 𝟐𝟏 𝒌𝒎/𝒉 and including stoppage, it Is 𝟔𝟎 𝒌𝒎/𝒉.
telephone posts in one minute. If they are For how many minutes does the bus stop per
known to be 𝟓𝟎 meters apart, then at what hour?
speed is the train travelling?
a) 𝟓𝟕 𝒌𝒎/𝒉⁡ b) 𝟔𝟎 𝒌𝒎/𝒉
a) 𝟏𝟐 b) 𝟏𝟓 c) 𝟏𝟖 d) 𝟐𝟎
c) 𝟔𝟑 𝒌𝒎/𝒉 d) 𝟓𝟓 𝒌𝒎/𝒉

7. A farmer travelled a distance of 61 km in 9

2. I walk a certain distance and ride back taking a hours. He travelled party on foot at the rate 4
total time of 𝟑𝟕 minutes. I could walk both kmph and party on bicycle at the rate 9 kmph.
ways in minutes. How long would it take me The distance travelled on foot is
to ride both ways?
a) 16 km b) 14 km
c) 17 km d) 15 km
a) 𝟗. 𝟓 minutes b) 𝟏𝟗
minutes 8. A man travelled a distance of 80 km in 7 hrs
c) 𝟏𝟖 minutes d) 𝟐𝟎 partly on foot at the rate of 8 km per hour and
minutes partly on bicycle at 16 km per hour. The
distance travelled on the foot is
3. A man takes h 𝟑𝟎 min in going by a cycle and a) 32 km b) 48 km
coming back by scooter. He would have lost
h 𝟏𝟎 min by going on cycle both ways. How c) 36 km d) 44 km
long would it take him to go by scooter both
ways? 9. Adhikari travels 𝟔𝟎𝟎 𝒌𝒎 to his house partly by
1) h 3) h 4) train and partly by car. He takes h if he travels
𝟏𝟐𝟎 𝒌𝒎 by train and the rest by car. He takes
𝟐𝟎 min more if he travels 𝟐𝟎𝟎 𝒌𝒎 by train and
4. On a river, Q is the mid-point between two the rest by car. Find the speed of the train in
points P and R on the same bank of the river. A km/h.
boat can go from P to Q and back in 12 hours, a) b) 𝟔𝟎
 c) 𝟕𝟓 d) None of these 𝒂) 𝟓𝟎 𝒌𝒎/𝒉⁡ b) 𝟔𝟎 𝒌𝒎/𝒉 c)
𝟕𝟐 𝒌𝒎/𝒉 d) 𝟓𝟓 𝒌𝒎/𝒉
10. A man travels 450 km to his home partly by
train and partly by car. He takes 8 hrs 40 mins 15. A train after travelling 50kms meets with an
if he travels 240 km by train and rest by car. He accident and then proceeds at 3/4th of its
takes 20 mins more if he travels 180 km by former speed and arrives at its destination 35
train and the rest by car. The speed of the car minutes late. Had the accident occurred 24
in km/hr is kms further, it would have reached the
a) 45 b) 50 c) 60 d) 48 destination only 25 minutes late. The speed of
the train is?
a) 36 b) 48 c) 54 d) 58
11. It takes 11 h for a 600 km journey if 120 km is
done by train and the rest by car. It takes 40
min more if 200 km are covered by train and 16. A train after traveling 150 km meets with an
the rest by car. What is the ratio of speed of accident and then proceeds at 3/5 of its former
the car to that of the train? speed and arrives at its destination 8 hours
late. Had the accident occurred 360 km
a) 𝟑 : 𝟐 b) 𝟐 : 𝟑
further, it would have reached the destination
c) 𝟑 : 𝟒 d) 𝟒 : 𝟑 2 hours late. What is the difference between
the numerical values of the total distance
12. Buses start from a bus terminal with a speed of traveled and the normal speed of the train?
𝟐𝟎𝒌𝒎/𝒉 at intervals of 𝟏𝟎 min. What is the a) 590 b) 630 c) 670 d) 592
speed of a man coming from the opposite
direction towards the bus terminal if he meets
the buses at intervals of 8 minutes? Answer Key
6. B 7. A 8. A 9. B 10. A
a) 𝟑 𝒌𝒎/𝒉 b) 𝟒 𝒌𝒎/𝒉
11. B 12. C 13. B 14. B 15. B
c) 𝟓 𝒌𝒎/𝒉 d) 𝟕 𝒌𝒎/𝒉
16. A
13. Two guns are fired from the same place at an
interval of min. A person approaching the
place observes a time lapse of min 𝟓𝟐 sec in
between the sounds of the two guns. If the
velocity of the sound is 𝟑𝟑𝟎 𝒎/𝒔𝒆𝒄⁡, the men
was approaching that place at the speed of (in
km/h)
a) 𝟐𝟒 b) 𝟐𝟕⁡ c) 𝟑𝟎 d) 𝟑𝟔

14. Buses start from a bus terminal with same

speed at intervals of 𝟏𝟎 min. A man walking at
𝟏𝟎 𝒌𝒎/𝒉 in the same direction as that of
buses, meets the buses at the intervals of 𝟏𝟐
minutes. What is the speed of buses?