Time Speed Distance

Question 1

Samuel covers the distance from his home to his office at a speed of 25 km/hr and comes back at a speed of 4 km/hr. He completes the whole journey within 5 hours 48 minutes. Find out the distance from his home to office:

• 20 km
• 18 km
• 15 km
• 25 km

Question 2

Two cars with speed of 15 kmph and 30 kmph respectively are 100 km apart and face each other. The distance between them 5 minutes before crossing is

• 2.75
• 3.75
• 4.75
• 5.75

Question 3

If John walks at the speed of 5 km/h, he reaches his office 7 minutes late. However, if he walks at the speed of 6 km/h, he reaches his office 5 minutes early. How far is his office from his home?

• 9
• 8
• 10
• 6

Question 4

A policeman sees a thief at a distance of 100 meters and starts to chase him. The thief sees him and starts to run too. If the thief is running at the speed of 8 km/hr and the policeman is running at the speed of 10 km/hr, find out the distance covered by the thief before the policeman catches him.

• 250 meters
• 400 meters
• 450 meters
• 401 meters

Question 5

Paul has to travel 24 km. After walking for 1 hour 40 minutes he sees that he has covered 5/7 of the distance left to cover. Find out Paul’s speed in meters per second.

• 5/3 m/s
• 7/5 m/s
• 2/3 m/s
• 8/5 m/s

Question 6

The ratio of the speed of two trains is 7:8. If the second train covers 400 km in 4 h, find out the speed of the first train.

• 69.4 km/h
• 78.6 km/h
• 87.5 km/h
• 40.5 km/h

Question 7

Rajdhani Express halts for 3 minutes every time it covers a distance of 75 km. If the train runs at a speed of 100 km/h and the destination is 600 km away from the source, find out the time taken to reach the destination station from the source station.

• 6 h 23 min
• 6 h 22 min
• 6 h 21 min
• 6 h 24 min

Question 8

Max completes his journey at an average speed of 9 km/h. He covers the first 9 km at a speed of 6 km/h and he takes 1·5 hours to cover the remaining distance. Find out the speed at which he covered the remaining distance.

• 11 km/h
• 12 km/h
• 13 km/h
• 15 km/h

Question 9

Peter and Beckon start to walk in the same direction together. If Peter\'s speed is 5 km/h and Beckon\'s speed is 6 km/h, find out the time duration after which they are 17 km apart.

• 17
• 15
• 19
• 20

Question 10

A car covers a distance of 450m in 90 secs. What is the speed in km/hr?

• 20
• 5
• 10
• 18