Type 1
1. A train covers a distance of 200 km with a speed of 10
km/h. What time is taken by the train to cover this
distance?
a) 20hr b) 30hr c) 35hr d) 40hr
2. A man riding his bicycle covers 150 metres in 25
seconds. What is his speed in km/hr ?
(1) 25 (2) 21.6 (3) 23 (4) 20
3.A man crosses a road 250 metres wide in 75 seconds.
His speed in km/hr is :
(1) 10 (2) 12 (3) 12.5 (4) 15
4. A man walking at the rate of 5 km/hr. crosses a bridge
in 15 minutes. The length of the bridge (in metres) is :
(1) 600 (2) 750 (3) 1000 (4) 1250
5. A train is travelling at the rate of 45km/hr. How many
seconds it will take to cover a distance of 4 /5 km ?
(1) 36 sec. (2) 64 sec. (3) 90 sec. (4) 120 sec
Type 2
6.A person covers a distance of 12 km, while walking at a
speed of 4 km/h. How much distance he would cover in
same time, if he walks at a speed of 6 km/h?
a)20km b) 18km c) 25km d) 30km
7. A car travelling at a speed of 40 km/hour can complete
a journey in 9 hours. How long will it take to travel the
same distance at 60 km/hour ?
(1) 6 hours (2) 3 hours (3) 4 hours (4) 4 1/2 hours
8.A person covers a certain distance with a speed of 18
km/h in 8 min. If he wants to cover the same distance in 6
min, what should be his speed?
(1) 24km/hr (2) 30km/hr (3) 40km/hr (4) 20km/hr
9. An aeroplane covers a certain distance at a speed of
240 km/hr in 5 hours. To cover the same distance in 1 2/3
hours, it must travel at a speed of :
(1) 300 km./hr. (2) 360 km./hr. (3) 600 km./hr. (4) 720
km./hr
10.A boy runs 20 km in 2.5 hours. How long will he take to
run 32 km at double the previous speed ?
(1) 2 hours (2) 2 1/2 hours (3) 4 1/2 hours (4) 5 hours
Type 3
11. A man travelled a certain distance by train at the rate
of 25 kmph and walked back at the rate of 4 kmph. If the
whole journey took 5 hours 48 minutes, the distance was
(1) 25 km (2) 30 km (3) 20 km (4) 15 km
12.A boy goes to his school from his house at a speed of 3
km/hr and returns at a speed of 2 km/ hr. If he takes 5
hours in going and coming, the distance between his
house and school is :
(1) 6 km (2) 5 km (3) 5.5 km (4) 6.5 km
13. A and B travel the same distance at speed of 9 km/hr
and 10 km/ hr respectively. If A takes 36 minutes more
than B, the distance travelled by each is
(1) 48 km (2) 54 km (3) 60 km (4) 66 km
Type 4
14.Shantanu covers a certain distance by car driving at 35
km/h and he returns back to the starting point riding on a
scooter with a speed of 25 km/h. Find the average speed
for the whole journey.
(1) 29.16km/hr (2) 42 km/hr (3) 29 km/hr (4) 20 km/hr
15.Sriya with her family travelled from Bolpur to Suri by
car at a speed of 40 km/hr and returned to Bolpur at a
speed of 50 km/ hr. The average speed for the whole
journey is
(1) 44 4 / 9 km/hr (2) 45 km/hr (3) 45 1 / 2 km/hr (4) 44.78
km/hr
16.A man covers three equal distances with the speeds of
10 km/hr, 20 km/hr and 30 km/hr respectively. Average
speed of the man in the whole journey:
a)150/13 b) 180/13 c) 150/11 d) 180/11
17. If a person covers 40 km at a speed of 10 km/h by a
cycle, 25 km at 5 km/h on foot and another 100 km at 50
km/h by bus. Then, find his average speed for the whole
journey?
(1) 15km/hr (2) 20 km/hr (3) 25 km/hr (4) 50 km/hr
18. A man travels for 5 hours 15 minutes. If he covers the
first half of the journey at 60 km/h and rest at 45 km/h.
Find the total distance travelled by him.
(1) 1028 6 7 km (2) 189 km (3) 378 km (4) 270 km
Type 5
19. You arrive at your school 5 minutes late if you walk
with a speed of 4 km/h, but you arrive 10 minutes before
the scheduled time if you walk with a speed of 5 km/h. The
distance of your school from your house (in km) is
(1) 4 (2) 5 (3) 10 (4) 2
20.A man cover a certain distance by 10 km/ hr and
becomes 15 mins late but if he travel the same distance
with 12 km/hr he becomes 5 mins late. Find the distance?
(a) 10 km (b) 20 km (c) 30 km (d) 40 km
21.A student goes to school at the rate of 5/2 km/hr and
reaches 6 minutes late. If he travels at the speed of 3
km/hr, he reaches 10 minutes earlier. The distance of the
school is
(1) 45 km (2) 20 km (3) 10 km (4) 4 km
22.In a fight of 600km, an aircraft was slowed down due to
bad weather. Its average speed for the trip was reduced
by 200 km/hr and the time of flight increased by 30
minutes. Find the duration of flight.
a)1hr b)2hr c)3hr d)4hr
Type 6
23.Shatabdi Express left Delhi 40 min late. After covering
half of the distance it increased its usual speed by 1/6 of
original speed and reached Chandigarh on scheduled
time. Find usual time taken by Shatabdi Express to cover
complete journey
(a) 560 minutes (b) 520 minutes (c) 540 minutes (d) 420
minutes
24.Walking at 60% of his usual speed, a man reaches his
destination 1 hour 40 minutes late. His usual time (in
hours) to reach the destination is :
(a) 2 1/2(b) 2 1/4 (c) 3 1/8 (d) 3 ¼
25.If Deepesh had walked 20 km/h faster he would have
saved 1 hour in the distance of 600km. what is the usual
speed of Deepesh?
A) 100 B) 120 C) 150 D) None of these
Type 7
26.A train without stoppage travels with an average speed
of 70 km/h. and with stoppage, it travels with the average
speed of 56km/h. How many minutes does the train stop
on an average per hour?
(a) 14 (b) 15 (c) 12 (d) 16 10
27. A train without stoppage travel with an average speed
of 50 km/h and with stoppage, it travels with an average
speed of 40 km/h. For how many minutes does the train
stop on an average per hour?
(a) 12 (b) 13 (c) 14 (d) 15
28. A man is walking at a speed of 10 kmph. After every
km, he takes a rest for 5 minutes. How much time will he
take to cover a distance of 5 km?
(1) 60 minutes (2) 50 minutes (3) 40 minutes (4) 70
minutes
29. A train covers a distance from Delhi to Dhanbad which
is 1300 km by the speed of 60 km/hr. There is stoppage of
5 min for every 100 km of distance. Find average speed of
the train with stoppage.
(a) 55 6 / 17 km/h (b) 57 5 / 17 km/h (c) 57 6/17 km/h (d)
55 5/17 km/h
Type 8
30.A helicopter covers around a square field by 200 km/h,
300 km/hr, 400 km/h and 600 km/h respectively. Find
average speed of the helicopter. ,
(a) 300 km/hr (b) 310 km/hr (c) 340 km/hr (d) 320 km/hr
31. A is twice as fast as B and B is thrice as fast as C is.
The journey covered by C in 1 1/2 hours will be covered
by A in
(1) 15 minutes (2) 20 minutes (3) 30 minutes (4) 1 hour
