CAMPUS RECRUITMENT

TRAINING
SKILL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING

TOPIC : RATIO & PROPORTION

CAMPUS RECRUITMENT TRAINING
TOPIC : TIME & WORK
TOPIC : SPEED TIME AND DISTANCE – 1
SIMPLE STD PROBLEMS
1. Ramu covers 560 km at a speed of 70 km/hr and the next 240
km at a speed of 120 km/hr. What is his average speed?
(1)85 km/hr
(2)80 km/hr
(3) 50 km/hr
(4) 40 km/hr

2. A vehicle usually covers 250 km in 4 hours. En route, it

developed a problem and as a result, its speed reduced by 12.5
km/hour. Find the time taken by the vehicle to cover the next 200
km?
(3)6 hours
(4)5 hours
(3) 7 hours
(4) 4 hours
3. If a person had walked at a speed of 20 km/hr instead of
15 km/hr, he would have walked 20 km more. The actual
distance travelled by him is
(1)60 km
(2)80 km
(3) 100 km
(4) 90 km

4. Two boys Ram and Shyam are copying a book which

contains 601 lines. Ram starts from the first line, and writes
100 lines per hour. Shyam starts from the last line and writes
50 lines per hour. At which line will they meet?
(3)400th line
(4)401st line
(3) 403rd line
(4) 300th line
5. A truck covers a distance at a speed of 40 km/hr in 5 hours.
What should his speed be to cover this distance in 1-3/5
hours?
(1)20 km/hr
(2)15 km/hr
(3) 125 km/hr
(4) 100 km/hr

6. When a vehicle travels at 5/8th of the usual speed, it covers

400 km in 8 hours. What is the usual speed of the vehicle?
(3)80 km/hr
(4)50 km/hr
(3) 60 km/hr
(4) 25 km/hr
7. A man travelled a distance of 54 km in 9 hours. He travelled
some distance on foot at a speed of 4 km/hr and the remainder
on a bicycle at a speed of 9 km/hr. The distance travelled on foot
is?
(1)32.4 km
(2)21.6 km
(3) 30 km
(4) 24 km

8. The average speed of a bus is 40 km/hr if stoppage time is

excluded and 30 km/hr if stoppage time is included. How many
minutes per hour are spent on stoppages?
(3)10 minutes
(4)20 minutes
(3) 15 minutes
(4) 21 minutes
9. The ratio of the speeds of A and B is 4:1. A and B are moving
towards each other from points P and Q respectively. They meet
at a point R such that QR = 50 m. What is the distance between
points P and Q?
(1)200 m
(2)150 m
(3) 250 m
(4) 100 m

10. Two trains start at 5 am, one from Chennai towards

Hyderabad the other from Hyderabad towards Chennai. Both
trains reach their respective destinations at 7 pm. At what time
did they meet?
(3)1 pm
(4)2 pm
(3) 12 noon
(4) 11 am
11. A train starts at 5 am from Chennai and reaches Hyderabad
at 7 pm. Another train starts at 7 am from Hyderabad and
reaches Chennai at 9 pm. At what time do they meet?
(1)1 pm
(2)2 pm
(3) 12 noon
(4) 11 am

12. A person travelling in a vehicle hears two gunshots at an

interval of 36 minutes. The two gunshots were actually fired at
an interval of 39 minutes. If the speed of sound is 330 m/sec,
what is the speed of the vehicle?
(3)27.5 m/sec
(4)27 m/sec
(3) 30 m/sec
(4) 40 m/sec
13. Two trains 120 km apart, travel towards each other along the
same track. The speeds of the trains are 11 km/hr and 13 km/hr.
After how many hours will they collide?
(1)4 hours
(2)5 hours
(3) 6 hours
(4) 2 hours

14. If Ram travels at a speed of 4 km/hr from his home to office,

he goes late by one hour. If his speed is 5 km/hr he goes early by
one hour. What is the distance between his office & home and
what is the usual time taken to cover the distance?
(3)50 km, 4.5 hours
(4)45 km, 9 hours
(3) 40 km, 9 hours
(4) 35 km, 7 hours
BOATS AND STREAM

1.Speed of the boat in still water is 20 kmph. If the

upstream speed of Boat is 14 kmph.
A) Find the speed of current
B) Downstream speed of boat

2.Upstream and downstream speed of the boat was 9

kmph and 15 kmph find
C) Speed of the boat in still water
D) Speed of the current

3.In one hour, a boat goes 11 km along the stream and

5 km against the stream. The speed of boat in still
water in km/hr?
4. A certain boat covers a distance of 16
km in 2 hrs downstream while covering
the same distance upstream, it takes 4 hrs.
what is the speed of the boat in still water?

5. A man can row three quarters of a

kilometre in 11 ¼ minutes while rowing
against the stream. The speed in kmph of
the man in still water if downstream rowed
in 7.5 min?
6. A man takes twice as long to row a
distance against the stream as to row the
same distance in favour of the stream . The
ratio of the speed of boat in still water and
stream is?

7.The motorboat whose speed is 15 kmph

in still water, will go 30 km downstream
and come back in a total 4 hrs ns 30
minutes. Find the speed of current?