Time, Speed and Distance
Time, Speed and Distance: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as Time, Speed and Distance, Time, Relative Speed in Same Direction, Alligation to Find Average Speed when Distance is Constant, Equation of Motion when Time is Constant, Relative Speed, Motion, etc.
Important Questions on Time, Speed and Distance
A Train is running at the average speed . How long will it take to pass a standing man?

A bullock cart has to cover a distance of in . If it covers half of the journey in time, the speed to cover the remaining distance in the time left has to be:

A thief steals a car at pm and drives it at kmph. The theft is discovered at pm and the owner sets off in another car at kmph when will he overtake the thief ?

The average speed of a train is times the average speed of a car. The car covers a distance of in . How much distance will the trains cover in ?

A man walking at th of his original speed reaches his destination in minutes later than the usual time. Then the usual time is:

During a journey of , a train covers the first with a speed of and completes the remaining distance with a speed of . What is the average speed of the train during the whole journey

A man in a train notices that he can count telephone posts in one minute. If they are known to be metres apart, at what speed is the train travelling?

Study the following information carefully and answer the question given below:
Sita left college for the taxi stand earlier than usual. If she takes to reach the taxi stand. She reached the stand at . What time does she usually leave college for the taxi stand?

A man travels on a scooter from to at a speed of and returns from to at . The total journey was performed by him in . Find the distance from to .

A Kinetic Honda covers a distance of in while a car covers the same distance in . What is the ratio of their speeds?

Sarita and Julie start walking from the same place in the opposite directions. If Julie walks at a speed of . and Sarita at a speed of , in how much time will they be apart?

With an average speed of a train reaches its destination in time. If it goes with an average speed of it is late by . Find the total journey.

A car at the speed of . What is the speed of the car in meters per second

A thief is noticed by a policeman from a distance of m. The thief starts running and the policeman chases him. The thief and the policeman run at the rate of km and km per hour respectively. What is the distance between them after minutes?

If a car travels in and another in , the average speed of the car is:

During a race, the speed of X is less than that of Y and the sum of the time taken by both of them to complete the race is . If the speed of Z is more than that of Y, then find the time taken by Z to complete the same race:

Sheetal decided to run rounds of a circular track of in certain time with certain speed. She starts running but after completing some round around the track she reduces her speed by due to which he takes extra as scheduled. But if she reduces her speed by completing more rounds she would have reached earlier than the time she actually reached.
Find the original speed of Sheetal?

A long train cross a single line bridge in after that the train cross another train which is waiting for a signal in a different line in . The speed of the other train is and length is . Then find the time taken by train to cross the same bridge?

Question contains a statement followed by Quantity I and II. Read the information clearly and answer your questions accordingly.
The time taken by a motorboat to travel upstream is more than the time taken by it to travel the same distance in downstream. The speed of the motorboat in still water is more than that the speed of stream.
Quantity I : How much time the motorboat will take to travel the same distance in upstream?
Quantity II : How much time the motorboat will take to travel downstream if due to wind, the speed of stream was increased by ?

The train is running at the rate of crosses a boy who is running at in opposite direction in . Train crosses train which is running at the rate of in the same direction in . Find the length of the train .
