PLUS

Mathematics 07
Time, Speed and Distance

Number of Questions : 35

1. Nilesh takes four hour less for a journey of (a) 3 min 55 sec (b) 4 min 10 sec
420 km if he increases the speed of his bike (c) 3 min 45 sec (d) 4 min 5 sec
by 28 kmph. What is the original speed of his
bike? 6. The distance between two towns is 24 kms.
(a) 28 km/hr (b) 70 km/hr A certain stretch of it is uphill and rest of the
(c) 42 km/hr (d) None of these
stretch is downhill. A man takes 6 2 hrs to
2. A person has to travel a total distance of 400 3
km. He travels at the constant speed of 50 travel from one town to other, if he travels at a
km/hr for the first 150 minutes. If he wants to speed of 3 km/hr and 6 km/hr for uphill and
cover the whole journey in 4 hour and 30 downhill respectively. How long is the uphill
minutes, then at what speed he has to travel stretch?
his rest of the journey to complete it on time? (a) 10 km (b) 8 km
(c) 16 km (d) 12 km
(a) 62.5 km/hr
(b) 137.5 km/hr
(c) 80 km/hr 7. A man goes uphill at 24 km/hr and comes
down at 36 km/hr. What is his average
(d) Cannot be determined
speed?
(a) 30 km/hr (b) 28.8 km/hr
3. If a person has a speed of 40 km/hr, he
(c) 32.6 km/hr (d) 35 km/hr
reaches the office 5 min late and if he
increases his speed to 50 km/hr, he reaches
the office 3 min early. Calculate the distance 8. Virendra goes from city A to city B at a speed
to be covered. of 64 km/hr and travels back from city B to
(a) 18 km (b) 26.6 km city A at a speed of 48 krn/hr by car. What is
(c) 30 km (d) 36 km the average speed of the car?
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(a) 48 km/hr (b) 45 km/hr
4. A man covered a certain distance at some speed 11
had he moved 3 km per hour faster, he would
have taken 40 minutes less. If he had moved 2 2 6
(c) 53 km/hr (d) 54 km/hr
km per hour slower, he would have taken 40 7 7
minutes more. The distance (in km) is
(a) 20 (b) 35 9. A girl rides her horse for 10 km at an average
2 speed of 12 km/hr and for 12 km at an average
(c) 36 (d) 40 speed of 10 km/hr. What is the average speed
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for the entire trip?
5. In a km race, Alok beats Nikhil by 20 m or (a) 1.44 km/hr (b) 5 km/hr
5 sec. Find Alok’s time over the course. (c) 10.8 km/hr (d) 11.9 km/hr

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10. A train has to cover 120 km in 15 hours. If it 15. Two runners A and B, are running on a circular
1 2 track of length 14 km. If A and B started
covers rd of the journey in th of the time simultaneously from the same point but in
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and also covers the remaining journey with opposite direction with speeds 15m/s and
uniform speed. What should be its speed for 20m/s respectively. What is the distance
the remaining journey? covered by A when they meet each other for
80 the first time?
(a) 32 km/hr (b) km / hr
9 (a) 6 km (b) 8 km
80 (c) 5 km (d) 9 km
(c) 9 km/hr (d) km/hr
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16. A train of length 150 m passes a stationary
11. Two buses take 12 hrs to cover a distance of man in 6 secs. The same train passes a
120 km between A and B. A bus starts from platform of certain length in 14 secs. What is
Point A at 8:00 am. and another bus starts the length of the platform?
from Point B at 10:00 am. on the same day. (a) 210 m (b) 190 m
At what time do the two buses meet? (c) 160 m (d) 200 m
(a) 1 pm (b) 2 pm
(c) 3 pm (d) 4 pm 17. A train passes a man standing at the station
in 5 sec and crosses a 240 m long platform
12. A train P starts from Delhi at 9 a.m. and in 25 sec. Calculate the length and the speed
reaches Ambala at 10.30 a.m., while another of the train.
train Q starts from Ambala at 9 a.m. and (a) 30 m, 6 m/sec (b) 40 m, 8 m/sec
reaches Delhi at 11 a.m. The two trains will (c) 50 m, 10 m/sec (d) 60 m, 12 m/sec
cross each other at around:
(a) 9:31 a.m. (b) 9:45 a.m. 18. A train passes a platform in 36 seconds and
(c) 9.51 a.m. (d) 10:13 a.m.
a man standing on the platform in 20 seconds.
If the speed of the train is 54 km/hr, then what
13. Kiran and Aamir started a race from point A
is the length of platform?
towards point B at a speed of 40 km/hr and
(a) 340 m (b) 240 m
30 km/hr respectively. As soon as Kiran
reaches point B, she immediately returns (c) 186 m (d) 250 m
back towards point A. After traveling for 28
km she met Aamir on the way. What is the 19. An express train of length 120 m takes 72
distance between the two points? secs to pass a goods train moving in the same
(a) 196 km (b) 200 km direction at a speed of 36 km/hr. If the length
(c) 240 km (d) 164 km of the goods train is 80 m, then what is the
speed of the express train?
14. A man covers a distance of 51 kms from P to (a) 46 km/hr (b) 49.33 km/hr
Q, partly on cycle and partly by walking. From (c) 50.43 km/hr (d) 64 km/hr
P to Q, he travels 3 hours on cycle and 5
hours by walking. On returning from Q to P, 20. A train 200 m long is running at a speed of 64
he travels 4 hours on cycle and an hour by kmph. In what time will it cross a man who is
walking. If his speed remains constant running at 8 kmph in the direction opposite to
through-out the journey, then what is his that in which the train is moving?
speed on cycle? (a) 7 sec. (b) 8 sec.
(a) 3 km/hr (b) 12 km/hr
(c) 9 sec. (d) 10 sec.
(c) 6 km/hr (d) 2.4 km/hr

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21. A boat travels 24 km upstream in 6 hours and (a) 120 km (b) 270 km
20 km downstream in 4 hours. Then the speed (c) 180 km (d) 90 km
of boat in still water and the speed of water
current are respectively: 27. Two boats A and B start towards each other
(a) 4 kmph and 3 kmph from two places, 108 km apart. Speeds of
(b) 4.5 kmph and 0.5 kmph the boats A and B in still water are 12km/hr
(c) 4 kmph and 2 kmph and 15km/hr respectively. If A proceeds down
(d) 5 kmph and 2 kmph and B up the stream, they will meet after
(a) 4.5 hours (b) 4 hours
22. A boy can swim in still water at a speed of 10 (c) 5.4 hours (d) 6 hours
km/hr. If the speed of the current would have
been 5 kmph, then the boy could swim 60 28. A motor boat can travel at 6 km/hr in still water.
km It traveled 20 km downstream in a river and
(a) upstream in 4 hours then returned, taking altogether 12 hours.
(b) downstream in 12 hours What is the rate of flow of the river?
(c) upstream in 6 hours
(a) 4.5 km/hr (b) 4 km/hr
(d) downstream in 4 hours
(c) 3 km/hr (d) 2.5 km/hr
23. A man swims downstream a distance of 15
km in 1 hour. If the speed of the current is Directions for questions 29 to 32: Answer the
5km/hour, the time taken by the man to swim questions on the basis of the information given below.
the same distance upstream is
(a) 1 hour 30 minutes Arjun’s driver was supposed to pick him from the
(b) 45 minutes office at 5:15 PM after the meeting with his clients
(c) 2 hours 30 minutes got over. However one of the clients was unwell so
(d) 3 hours Arjun was relieved from work at 4:00 PM itself. He
called his driver immediately and came to know that
the driver had started from home exactly at 4:00
24. A boat takes equal time to cover a distance
PM to reach office (driving at constant speed) as
of 12 km upstream and 20 km downstream. If
per schedule. Arjun called for a cab and started
the speed of the stream is 2 km/h, then what
towards home at 4:30 PM travelling at a constant
is the speed of the boat?
speed of 12.5 m/sec and met the driver on the way.
(a) 8 km/hr (b) 10 km/hr
In this way they reached home at 6:00 PM.
(c) 7 km/hr (d) 5.5 km/hr
29. What is the distance between Arjun’s office
25. A boat takes 10 minutes to reach a place
and his home?
upstream. It can come back to the same place (a) 90 km (b) 112.5 km
in 5 minutes, down the stream. If the speed (c) 125 km (d) 75 km
of the stream is 2 m/sec, what is the speed
of the boat? 30. What is the ratio of the distance covered by
(a) 6 m/s (b) 4 m/s the cab and Arjun’s driver when they meet
(c) 8 m/s (d) 2.5 m/s on the road?
(a) 2 : 5 (b) 1: 5
26. A boat takes 22 hours for travelling (c) 1 : 4 (d) 3 : 4
downstream from point P to point Q and
coming back to point R midway between P 31. How long will Arjun’s driver take to reach the
and Q. If the speed of the stream is 3 kmph airport which is 67.5 km away from home?
and speed of the boat in still water is 12 kmph, (a) 45 minutes (b) 1 hour
then what is the distance between P and Q? (c) 75 minutes (d) 30 minutes

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32. At what time would Arjun reach home if went 33.
by the cab all the way from his office to
home?
(a) 7:00 PM (b) 9:30 PM
(c) 6:30 PM (d) 8:00 PM
Directions for questions 33 to 35: Answer the
questions on the basis of the information given below. 34.
Three cars leave point A for point B in equal time
intervals. They reach point B simultaneously and
immediately leave for point C which is 150 km away
from point B and in the direction opposite to point A. 35.
The first car arrives at point C an hour after the second
car. The third car, after having reached point C,
immediately turns back and heads towards point B.
The first and the third car meet a point that is 50 km
away from point C.
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Find the speed of the first car and the third
car.
(a) First car : 50 km/hr, Third car : 75 km/hr
(b) First car : 37.5 km/hr, Third car : 50 km/hr
(c) First car : 60 km/hr, Third car : 75 km/hr
(d) First car : 37.5 km/hr, Third car : 75 km/hr
How long does the second car take to cover
the distance from point B to point C?
(a) 3 hours (b) 4 hours
(c) 2 hours (d) 1.5 hours
If the second car covers the distance from
point A to point B in 1.5 hours, then what will
be the time taken by the third car to cover the
total distance from point A to point C?
(a) 4 hours (b) 1.5 hours
(c) 3 hours (d) 2.5 hours
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