Speed, Time, Distance & Trains

Class Work

(1) A certain distance is covered at a speed V km/h. If half of the same distance
is covered in double the time, then the ratio for the former speed to that of
the latter is
(a) 4:1
(b) 1:4
(c) 2:1
(d) 1:2

(3) A car starts running with the initial speed of 40 kmph, with its speed
increasing every hour by 5 kmph. How many hours will it take to cover a
distance of 385 km?
(a) 9 hrs
(b) 9 (1/2)hrs
(c) 8 (1/2)hrs
(d) 7 hrs

(4) Two buses, one moving towards north and the other towards east, leave
the same place at the same time. The speed of one of them is greater than
that of the other by 5 km/hr. At the end of 2 hours, they are at a distance of 50
km from each other. The speed of the bus going slower is
(a) 15km/h
(b) 12 km/h
(c) 10km/h
(d) 20km/h

(7) Point P lies between points A and B such that the length of BP is thrice
that of AP. Car 1 starts from A and moves towards B. Simultaneously, car 2
starts from B and moves towards A. Car 2 reaches P one hour after car 1
reaches P. If the speed of car 2 is half that of car 1, then the time, in minutes,
taken by car 1 in reaching P from A is
(a) 15
(b) 12
(c) 10
(d) can not determine

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(8) The distance from A to B is 60 km. Partha and Narayan start from A at the
same time and move towards B. Partha takes four hours more than Narayan
to reach B. Moreover, Partha reaches the mid-point of A and B two hours
before Narayan reaches B. The speed of Partha, in km per hour,is
(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) 6

(11) Without stoppage, a train travels a certain distance with an average speed
of 60 km/hr, and with stoppages it covers the same distance with an average
speed of 40 km/hr. On an average, how many minutes per hour does the train
stop during the journey?
(a) 20 min/hr
(b) 15 min/hr
(c) 10 min/hr
(d) 12 min/hr

(12) Jayshree goes to office at a speed of 6 km/hr and returns to her home at
a speed of 4 km/hr. If she takes 10 hours in all, what is the distance between
her office and her home?
(a) 24 km
(b) 10 km
(c) 30 km
(d) 12 km

(15) A car driver, driving in a fog, passes a pedestrian who was walking at the
rate of 2 km/hr in the same direction. The pedestrian could see the car for 6
min and it was visible to him up to distance of 0.6 km. What was the speed of
car?
(a) 30 km/hr
(b) 15 km/hr
(c) 20 km/hr
(d) 8 km/hr

(16) Harsh and Vijay move towards Hosur starting from IIM, Bangalore, at a
speed of 40 km/hr and 60 km/hr respectively. If Vijay Hosur 200 minutes
earlier then Harsh, what is the distance between IIM, Bangalore, and Hosur?
(a) 600 km

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(b) 400 km
(c) 900 km
(d) 200 km

(18) Ram and Sham are running in opposite direction around a circular track
of length 20π meters. Speed of Ram is 33.33% of the speed of Sham. Find
straight line distance between their first meeting point and the second
meeting point. It is given that they start simultaneously from a common
starting point.
(a) 10√2 m
(b) 10 m
(c) 5 m
(d) 5√2 m

(1) The Sinhagad express left Pune at noon sharp. Two hours later Deccan
queen started from Pune in the same direction. Deccan queen overtook the
Sinhagad express at 8.00 pm. Find the average speed of two trains over this
journey if sum of their average speed is 70 km/hr?
(a)34.28 km/hr
(b) 35 km/hr
(c) 50 km/hr
(d) 12 km/hr

(12) Amar travels 600 km to his house partly by train and the rest by car. He
takes 8 hours if he travels 120 km by train and rest by car. He takes 20 min
more if he travels 200 km by train and rest by car find the speed of train in
km/hr?
(a) 45 km/hr
(b) 60km/hr
(c) 75 km/hr
(d) None of these

(3) A journey of 192 km between two cities takes two hours less by a fast train
than by a slow train. If the average speed of fast train is 16 km/hr, then the
average speed of slow train is ….
(a) 17.2 km/hr
(b) 20.2 km/hr
(c) 18.2 km/hr
(d) 19.2 km/hr

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(6) Two passenger trains start at the same hour in the day from two different
stations and move towards each other at the rate of 16 kmph and 21 kmph
respectively. When they meet, it is found that one train has travelled 60 km
more than the other one. The distance between the two stations is ?
(a) 387 kms
(b) 242 kms
(c) 145 kms
(d) 444 kms
(7) Two trains start from Delhi and Poona towards each other at 7 a.m. with
speeds of 85 kmph and 67 kmph respectively. They cross each other at 3.30 p.
m. What is the distance between Delhi & Poona ?
(a) 3612 km
(b) 1245 km
(c) 1292 km
(d) 2700 km

(8) A train crosses a man running at 9 km/hr in 40 seconds and another

man running at 6 km/hr in 30 seconds. Find the speed of train, if both men
are running in the same direction as the train.
(a) 36 km/hr
(b) 65 km/hr
(c) 18 km/hr
(d) 27 km

(13) Two trains, Calcutta Mail and Bombay Mail, start at the same time from
station Kolkata and Mumbai respectively towards each other. After
passing each other, they take 12 hours and 3 hours to reach Mumbai and
Kolkata respectively. If Culcutta is moving at the speed of 48 km/hr, the
speed of Bombay mail is.......
(a) 24 km/hr
(b) 22 km/hr
(c) 21 km/hr
(d) 96 km/hr

(14) A train leaves Muzaffarpur for Hazipur at 2:15 pm and travels at the rate of
50 km/hr. Another train leaves Hazipur for Muzaffarpur at 1:35 pm and travels
at the rate of 60 km/hr. If the distance between Muzaffarpur and Hazipur is
590 m at what distance from Muzaffarpur will the two trains meet?

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(a) 200 km
(b) 300km
(c) 250 km
(d) 225 km

(15) A train leaves Vidharbha at 6 am and reaches Ranchi at 10:00 am. Another
train leaves Ranchi at 8 am and reaches vidharbha at 11:30 am. At what time
do the two trains cross one another?
(a) 9:26 am
(b) 9:00 am
(c) 8:36 am
(d) 8:56 am

(20) A train overtook two people who are walking at the same direction in
which the train is going, at the rate of 2 km/hr and 4 km/hr and passes
completely in 9 and 10 sec respectively. The length of the train is......
(a) 172 m
(b) 154 m
(c) 180 m
(d) 145 m

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