Time and Distance Questions

FACTS  AND  FORMULAE  FOR  TIME  AND  DISTANCE

1.Speed = DistanceTime,  Time=DistanceSpeed, Distance= Speed×Time 

 

2. x km/hr = x×518 m/sec

 

3. x m/sec = x×185 km/hr

4. If the ratio of the speeds of A and B is a:b , then the ratio of the times taken by them to cover the same distance is or b : a

5. Suppose a man covers a certain distance at x km/ hr and an equal distance at y km/hr . Then, the average speed during the whole journey is 2xyx+ykm/hr.

Q:

Peter belongs to Town A and Paul belongs to Town B. They start their journeys towards each others towns following the same route at the same time. They meet somewhere on the way and continue with their journeys. After meeting Paul, Peter takes another 13.5 hrs to reach his destination while Paul takes another 6hrs to reach Peter's town. If Peter travelled at the speed of 30 kmph, what was Paul's speed in kmph?

A) 42.5 B) 40
C) 45 D) 47.5
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 45

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1 1979
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A runner starts running from a point at 6:00 am with a speed of 8 km/hr. Another racer starts from the same point at 8:30 am in the same direction with speed of 10 km/hr. At what time of the day (in p.m.) will the second racer will overtake the other runner?

A) 8:00 B) 4:00
C) 6:30 D) 5:30
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 6:30

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0 1956
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A car travelling at an average speed of 72 km/hr takes 9 minutes to travel a certain distance. By how much should it increase its speed (in km/hr) to travel the same distance in 8 minutes?

A) 8 B) 9
C) 7 D) 6
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 9

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1 1955
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A man travelled a distance of 60 km in 7 hours. He travelled partly on foot @ 6 km/hr and partly on bicycle @ 12 km/hr. What is the distance (in kms) travelled on foot?

A) 15 B) 9
C) 48 D) 24
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 24

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1 1955
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Abhay and Chintan are riding their motorcycles. They start from the same point. Abhay rides 7 km North, then turns to his left and rides 4 km. In the meanwhile Chintan rides 6 km West, then turns North and rides 7 km, then turns to his left and rides 8 km. Where is Abhay with respect to Chintan?

A) 4 km East B) 10 km West
C) 4 km Wes D) 10 km East
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 10 km East

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0 1950
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A man walks at a speed of 3 kmph. He doubles his speed after reaching exactly half way. He walks for 5 hours in all. What is the total distance travelled by him?

A) 19 km B) 15 km
C) 12 km D) 20 km
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 20 km

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Let total distance be 2D.

 

He walks half distance i.e, (2D/2) = 'D' distance with 3 kmph and

The next 'D' with 6 kmph.

 

 

Using formula,

Time = Distance/speed

 

(D/3) + (D/6) = 5

 

D =10 ,

Hence, Total distance 2D  =  20 kms.

 

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15 1946
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A thief is stopped by a policeman from a distance of 400 metres. When the policeman starts the chase, the thief also starts running. Assuming the speed of the thief as 5 km/h and that of policeman as 9 km/h, how far the thief would have run, before he is over -taken by the policeman?

A) 400 metres B) 600 metres
C) 500 metres D) 300 metres
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 500 metres

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0 1942
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Krishna cycled a distance of 90 km at a certain speed. If he cycled 3 km slower every hour, he would have taken 5 more hours to reach his destination. What is the speed in kmph at which Krishna actually cycled?

 

A) 7.5 B) 18
C) 15 D) 9
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 9

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4 1939