SSC Quantitative Aptitude Speed, Time and Distance Question Bank

done Speed Time and Distance (I) Total Questions - 44

• question_answer1)
  Two donkeys are standing 400 m apart. First donkey can run at a speed of 3 m/s and the second can run at 2 m/s. If two donkeys run towards each other after how much time will they bump into each other? [SSC CGL Tier II, 2017]
  A)
  60 s done clear
  B)
  80 s done clear
  C)
  400 s done clear
  D)
  40 s done clear
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• question_answer2)
  Rubi goes to a multiplex at the speed of 3 km/h to see a movie and reaches 5 min late. If she travels at the speed of 4 km/h, she reaches 5 min early. Then the distance of the multiplex from her starting point is [SSC CGL Tier II, 2017]
  A)
  2 km    done clear
  B)
  5 km done clear
  C)
  2 m done clear
  D)
  5 m done clear
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• question_answer3)
  A man travels some distance at a speed of 12 km/h and returns at a speed of 9 km/h. If the total time taken by him is 2 h 20 min, the distance is [SSC CGL Tier II, 2017]
  A)
  35 km done clear
  B)
  21 km done clear
  C)
  9 km done clear
  D)
  12 km done clear
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• question_answer4)
  A and B are 15 km apart and when travelling towards each other meet after half an hour whereas they meet two and a half hours later if they travel in the same direction. The faster of the two travels at the speed of [SSC CGL Tier II, 2017]
  A)
  15 km/h done clear
  B)
  18 km/h done clear
  C)
  10 km/h done clear
  D)
  8 km/h done clear
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• question_answer5)
  A man starts from a place P and reaches the place Q in 7 h. He travels 1/4th of the distance at 10 km/h and the remaining distance at 12 km/h. The distance (in km) between P and Q is [SSC CGL Tier II, 2015]
  A)
  80 done clear
  B)
  70 done clear
  C)
  72 done clear
  D)
  90 done clear
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• question_answer6)
  If a man walks at the rate of 5 km/h, he misses a train by 7 min. However if he walks at the rate of 6 km/h, he reaches the station 5 min before the arrival of the train. The distance covered by him to reach the station is [SSC CGL Tier II, 2015]
  A)
  7 km done clear
  B)
  6.25 km done clear
  C)
  4 km done clear
  D)
  6 km done clear
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• question_answer7)
  A car driver leaves Bengaluru at 8 : 30 am and expects to reach a place 300 km from Bengaluru at 12 : 30 pm at 10 : 30 he finds that he has covered only 40% of the distance. By how much he has to increase the speed of the car in order to keep up his schedule? [SSC CGL Tier II, 2014]
  A)
  45 km/h done clear
  B)
  40 km/h done clear
  C)
  35 km/h done clear
  D)
  30 km/h done clear
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• question_answer8)
  A man is walking at a speed of 10 km/h. After every km, he takes a rest for 5 min. How much time will he take to cover a distance of 5 km? [SSC CGL Tier II, 2014]
  A)
  60 min done clear
  B)
  50 min done clear
  C)
  40 min done clear
  D)
  70 min done clear
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• question_answer9)
  A man completes 30 km of a journey at 6 km/h and the remaining 40 km of the journey in 5 h. His average speed for the whole journey is
  A)
  \[6\frac{4}{11}km/h\] done clear
  B)
  \[7\,km/h\] done clear
  C)
  \[7\frac{1}{2}km/h\] done clear
  D)
  \[8\,km/h\] done clear
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• question_answer10)
  The speeds of A and B are in the ratio 3 : 4. A takes 20 min more than B to reach a destination. In what time does A reach the destination?
  A)
  \[1\frac{1}{3}h\] done clear
  B)
  \[2\,h\] done clear
  C)
  \[1\frac{2}{3}h\] done clear
  D)
  \[2\frac{2}{3}h\] done clear
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• question_answer11)
  A is twice as fast as B and B is thrice as fast as C. The journey covered by C in 42 min will be covered by A in
  A)
  7 min done clear
  B)
  14 min done clear
  C)
  28 min done clear
  D)
  63 min done clear
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• question_answer12)
  The ratio between the speeds of two trains is 7 : 8. If the second train runs 400 km in 5 h, the speed of the first train is
  A)
  70 km/h done clear
  B)
  200 km/h done clear
  C)
  250 km/h done clear
  D)
  350 km/h done clear
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• question_answer13)
  The distance between places A and B is 999km. An express train leaves place A at 6 : 00 am and runs at a speed of 55.5 km/h. The train on the way for 1 h 20 min. It reaches B at
  A)
  1 : 20 am done clear
  B)
  12 : 00 pm done clear
  C)
  6 : 00 pm done clear
  D)
  11 : 00 pm done clear
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• question_answer14)
  A student walks from his house at \[2\frac{1}{2}km/h\] and reaches his school late by 6 min. Next day, he increases his speed by 1 km/h and reaches 6 min before school time. How far is the school from his house?
  A)
  \[\frac{5}{4}km\] done clear
  B)
  \[\frac{7}{4}km\] done clear
  C)
  \[\frac{9}{4}km\] done clear
  D)
  \[\frac{11}{4}km\] done clear
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• question_answer15)
  If a boy walks from his house to school at the rate of 4 km/h, he reaches the school 10 min earlier than the scheduled time. However, if he walks at the rate of 3 km/h, he reaches 10 min late. Find the distance of his school from his house.
  A)
  5 km done clear
  B)
  4 km done clear
  C)
  6 km done clear
  D)
  4.5 km done clear
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• question_answer16)
  R and S start walking towards each other at 10 am at speeds of 3 km/h and 4 km/h, respectively. They were initially 17.5 km apart. At what time do they meet?
  A)
  11 : 30 am done clear
  B)
  12 : 30 pm done clear
  C)
  1 : 30 pm done clear
  D)
  2 : 30 pm done clear
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• question_answer17)
  Two trains are running 40 km/h and 20 km/h respectively, in the same direction. The fast train completely passes a man sitting in the slow train in 5 s. The length of the fast train is
  A)
  \[23\frac{2}{9}m\] done clear
  B)
  \[27\,m\] done clear
  C)
  \[27\frac{7}{9}m\] done clear
  D)
  \[23\,m\] done clear
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• question_answer18)
  A certain distance is covered by a cyclist at a certain speed. If a jogger covers half the distance in double the time, the ratio of the speed of jogger to that of the cyclist is
  A)
  1 : 4 done clear
  B)
  4 : 1 done clear
  C)
  1 : 2 done clear
  D)
  2 : 1 done clear
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• question_answer19)
  The speeds of three cars are in the ratio 2 : 3 : 4. The ratio of the times taken by these cars to travel the same distance is
  A)
  2 : 3 : 4 done clear
  B)
  4 : 3 : 2 done clear
  C)
  4 : 3 : 6 done clear
  D)
  6 : 4 : 3 done clear
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• question_answer20)
  Sunil covers a distance by walking for 6 h. While returning his speed decreases by 1 km/h and he takes 9 h to cover the same distance. What was his speed in return journey?
  A)
  2 km/h done clear
  B)
  3 km/h done clear
  C)
  5 km/h done clear
  D)
  Can't be determined done clear
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• question_answer21)
  A man started 20 min late and travelling at a speed of \[1{\scriptstyle{}^{1}/{}_{2}}\] times of his usual speed reaches his office in time. The time taken by the man to reach his office at his usual speed is
  A)
  40 min done clear
  B)
  1 h 20 min done clear
  C)
  1 h done clear
  D)
  30 min done clear
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• question_answer22)
  By how much per cent must a motorist increase his speed in order to reduce the time by 20%, taken to cover a certain distance?
  A)
  20 done clear
  B)
  25 done clear
  C)
  30 done clear
  D)
  None of these done clear
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• question_answer23)
  Arun and Bhaskar start from place P at 6 am and 7 : 30 am respectively and run in the same direction. Arun and Bhaskar run at 8 km/h and 12 km/h, respectively. Bhaskar overtakes
  A)
  10 : 30 am done clear
  B)
  9 am done clear
  C)
  11 : 30 am done clear
  D)
  11 am done clear
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• question_answer24)
  A constable is 114 m behind a thief. The constable runs 21 m and the thief 15 m in a minute. In what time will the constable catch the thief?
  A)
  16 min done clear
  B)
  17 min done clear
  C)
  18 min done clear
  D)
  19 min done clear
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• question_answer25)
  A bus covers a distance of 300 km in \[7\frac{1}{2}h\] and another bus covers a distance of 450 m in 9 h. The ratio of their speeds will be
  A)
  2 : 3 done clear
  B)
  4 : 3 done clear
  C)
  4 : 5 done clear
  D)
  8 : 9 done clear
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• question_answer26)
  A man walking at 3 km/h crosses a square field diagonally in 2 min. The area of the field is
  A)
  \[2500\,{{m}^{2}}\] done clear
  B)
  \[3000\,{{m}^{2}}\] done clear
  C)
  \[5000\,{{m}^{2}}\] done clear
  D)
  \[6000\,{{m}^{2}}\] done clear
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• question_answer27)
  Renu 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 speed was  8 km/h, the area of the field is
  A)
  64 sq km done clear
  B)
  8 sq km done clear
  C)
  4 sq km done clear
  D)
  Can't be determined done clear
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• question_answer28)
  Walking 6/7th of his usual speed, a man is 12 min too late. The usual time taken by him to cover that distance is
  A)
  1h done clear
  B)
  1 h 12 min done clear
  C)
  1 h 15 min done clear
  D)
  1 h 20 min done clear
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• question_answer29)
  A man driving at \[\frac{3}{4}\text{th}\] of his original speed reaches his destination 20 min later than the usual time. Then, the usual time is
  A)
  45 min done clear
  B)
  60 min done clear
  C)
  48 min done clear
  D)
  120 min done clear
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• question_answer30)
  A man travelled a distance of 61 km in 9 h partly on foot at the rate of 4 km/h and partly on bicycle at the rate of 9 km/h. The distance travelled on foot was
  A)
  12 km done clear
  B)
  16 km done clear
  C)
  20 km done clear
  D)
  24 km done clear
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• question_answer31)
  A man goes from a place A to B at a speed of 12 km/h and returns from B to A at a speed of 18 km/h. The average speed for the whole journey is
  A)
  \[14\frac{2}{5}km/h\] done clear
  B)
  \[15\,\,km/h\] done clear
  C)
  \[15\frac{1}{2}km/h\] done clear
  D)
  \[16\,km/h\] done clear
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• question_answer32)
  The average speed of a car is \[1\frac{4}{5}\] times the average speed of a bus. A tractor covers 575 km in 23 h. How much distance will the car cover in 4 h, if the speed of the bus is twice the speed of the tractor?
  A)
  340 km done clear
  B)
  480 km done clear
  C)
  360 km done clear
  D)
  450 km done clear
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• question_answer33)
  A truck covers a certain distance in 8 h at the speed of 63 km/h. What is the average speed of a car which travels a distance of 120 km more than the truck in the same time?
  A)
  78 km/h done clear
  B)
  72 km/h done clear
  C)
  84 km/h done clear
  D)
  88 km/h done clear
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• question_answer34)
  The average speed of a bus is 67 km/h. The bus was scheduled to start at 12 pm. It was scheduled to reach a destination 335 km away from its starting point at 7 pm and a halt was scheduled on the way. For how long was the halt scheduled?
  A)
  3 h done clear
  B)
  2 h done clear
  C)
  1 h done clear
  D)
  Can't be determined done clear
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• question_answer35)
  Walking at 3 km/h, Pintu reaches his school 5 min late. If he walks at 4 km/h he will be 5 min early. The distance of Pintu's school from his house is
  A)
  \[1\frac{1}{2}\,km\] done clear
  B)
  2 km done clear
  C)
  \[2\frac{1}{2}\,km\] done clear
  D)
  5 km done clear
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• question_answer36)
  Shri X goes to his office by scooter at a speed of 30 km/h and reaches 6 min earlier. If he goes at a speed of 24 km/h, he reaches 6 min late. The distance of his office is
  A)
  20 km done clear
  B)
  21 km done clear
  C)
  22 km done clear
  D)
  24 km done clear
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• question_answer37)
  Raju runs 1250 m on Monday and Friday. Another days he runs 1500 m except for Sunday (he does not run on Sunday). How many kilometres will he run in 3 weeks? (First day starting from Monday)
  A)
  12.5 done clear
  B)
  20.5 done clear
  C)
  8.5 done clear
  D)
  25.5 done clear
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• question_answer38)
  Deepa rides her bike at an average speed of 30 km/h and reaches her destination in 6 h. Hema covers the same distance in 4 h. If Deepa increases her average speed by 10 km/h and Hema increases her average speed by 5 km/h, what would be the difference in their time taken to reach the destination?
  A)
  54 min done clear
  B)
  1 h done clear
  C)
  40 min done clear
  D)
  45 min done clear
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• question_answer39)
  A truck covers a distance of 360 km in 8 h. A car covers the same distance in 6 h. What is the respective ratio between the speed of the truck and the car?
  A)
  3 : 5 done clear
  B)
  3 : 4 done clear
  C)
  1 : 2 done clear
  D)
  4 : 5 done clear
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• question_answer40)
  The ratio of the speeds of a car, a jeep and a tractor is 3 : 5 : 2. The speed of the jeep is 250% the speed of the tractor, which covers 360 km in 12 h. What is the average speed of car and jeep together?
  A)
  60 km/h done clear
  B)
  75 km/h done clear
  C)
  40 km/h done clear
  D)
  Can't be determined done clear
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• question_answer41)
  Water is flowing at the rate of 5 km/h through a pipe of diameter 14 cm into a rectangular tank which is 50 m long and 44 m wide. The time taken (in hour) for the rise in the level of water in the tank to be 7 cm is
  A)
  2 done clear
  B)
  \[1\frac{1}{2}\] done clear
  C)
  3 done clear
  D)
  \[2\frac{1}{2}\] done clear
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• question_answer42)
  A is twice as fast runner as B and B is thrice as fast runner as C. If C travelled a distance in 1 h 54 min, the time taken by B to cover the same distance is
  A)
  19 min done clear
  B)
  38 min done clear
  C)
  51 min done clear
  D)
  57 min done clear
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• question_answer43)
  A passenger train 150 m long is travelling with a speed of 36 km/h. If a man is cycling in the direction of train at 9 km/h, then the time taken by the train to pass the man is
  A)
  10 s done clear
  B)
  15 s done clear
  C)
  18 s done clear
  D)
  20 s done clear
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• question_answer44)
  Ravi consistently runs 350 m everyday except on Tuesday when he runs 500 m. How many kilometres will he run in two weeks? (In this question week starts from Monday)
  A)
  4.5 done clear
  B)
  4.8 done clear
  C)
  5.2 done clear
  D)
  5.4 done clear
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