Questions Based on Time and Distance

Author:R. S. Aggarwal
SSC CGL Tier 1
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A man covers half of his journey by train at 90 km/h, one-third of the remainder by bus at 30 km/h and the rest by cycle at 10 km/h.. The average speed during the entire journey is:

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A man cycles from A to B, a distance of 21 km in 1hr40 min. The road from A is level for 13 km and then it is uphill to B. The man's average speed on level is 15 km/hr. His average uphill speed is_______.

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A man takes 6 hours to walk to a certain place and riding back. However, he could have gained 212 hours , if he had covered both ways by riding. How long would he have taken to walk both ways?

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A car covers a certain distance in 8 hours. If the speed is increased by 4 km/hr, this distance could be covered in 712 hours. This distance is______.

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An aeroplane started its flight 30 min later than the scheduled time. In order to reach his destination $1500 \mathrm{~km}$ away in time, it increased its speed by $250 \mathrm{~km} / \mathrm{hr}$. His normal speed is

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A boy is running at a speed of p km/hr to cover1 km . Due to slippery road, his speed is reduced by q km/hr. If he takes r hours to cover this distance, which of the following is true?

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The ratio of the speeds of A and $B$ is 3: 4. In order to reach a destination A takes 30 minutes more than B. What is the time taken by A?

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A runs twice as fast as B and B runs thrice as fast as C. $A$ certain distance was covered by C in 42 minutes. How much time will A take to cover this distance?

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A train covered the distances of 10 km, 20 km and 30 km at the speeds of 50 km/hr, 60 km/hr and 90 km/hr respectively. The average speed of the train over the whole journey is:

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A man walking at the rate of 3 km/hr crosses a square field diagonally in 2 minutes. The area of the field is:

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Suresh started cycling along the boundaries of a square _field ABCD from corner point A. After half an hour, he reached the corner point C; diagonally opposite to A. If his spe_ed was 8 km/hr, the area of the field is :

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An express train travelled at an average speed of 100 km/hr, stopping for 3 minutes after 75 km. A local train travelled at a speed of 50 km/hr, stopping for 1 minute after every 25 km. If the trains began travelling at the some time, how many kms did the local train travel in the time it took the express train to travel 600 km?

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Laxman has to cover a distance of 6 km in 45 minutes. If he covers one-half of the distance in 23 rd time, what would be his speed to cover the remaining distance in remaining time?

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The ratio between the rates of travelling of A and B is 2 : 3 and therefore, A takes 10 minutes more than the time taken by B to reach a destination. ·If A had walked at double the speed, he would have covered the distance in

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A thief steals a car at 1.30 p.m. and drives it at 60 km per hour. The theft is discovered at 2 p.m. and the owner sets off in another car at 80 km per hour. At what time will he overtake the thief?

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A and B are two stations 1000 km apart. A train starts from A and moves towards B at 40 km/hr. Another train starts from B at the same time and moves towards A at 60 km/hr. How far from A will they cross each other?

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A train covered a certain distance at a uniform speed. If the train had been 6 km/hr faster, it would have taken 4 hours less than the scheduled time. And, if the train were slower by 6 km/hr, it would have taken 6 hours more than the scheduled time. The length of journey is:

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A train covers a distance in 50 minutes if it runs at a uniform speed of 48 km/hr. The speed at which the train must run to reduce the time of journey to 40 minutes, will be:

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A train covers a distance from station A to station B at a uniform speed of 60 km/hr and returns to A at a uniform slower speed. If the average speed for the whole trip be 48 km/hr, the return speed of the train is:

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Two trains start from stations A and B and travel towards each other at 50 km/hr and 60 km/hr respectively. At the time of their meeting, the second train has covered 120 km more that the first. The distance between A and B is: