TIME SPEED AND DISTANCE

Q.1 A boy covers 300 metres in 30 seconds. What is his speed in km/h?
Q.2 If a train travels at 75% of its usual speed, it reaches the station 20 minutes
late. What is the usual time taken by the train (in minutes)?
Q.3 If a car slows down to 60% of its regular speed, by what fraction of the
usual time will it take extra to complete the journey?
Q.4 Ravi drives at 72 km/h and takes 3/5 hours to reach his village. If he wants
to reach in 3 hours instead, what should be his speed (in km/h)?
Q.5 If Ravi walks at 21 km/h instead of 14 km/h, he covers 28 km more. What
is the actual distance he covered?
Q.6 Two trains travel to the same station at speeds of 60 km/h and 80 km/h.The
faster train takes 45 minutes less than the slower one. What is the length of the
journey?
Q.7 A train covers a certain distance at 90 km/h in 100 minutes. What time will
it take at 60 km/h?
Q.8 A person goes to a market at 20 km/h and returns at 30 km/h. The total time
taken is 2 hours. Find the total distance travelled.
Q.9 A student goes to tuition at 6^1/4 km/h and returns at 5 km/h. If total time
taken is 4^1/2 hours, find total distance.
Q.10 If a man walks at 4 km/h, he reaches 20 minutes late, and if he walks at 6
km/h, he reaches 10 minutes early. Find the distance.
Q.11 If Sohan drives his car at a speed of 40 km/h, he reaches the airport 15
minutes late. If he drives at 60 km/h, he reaches 10 minutes early.
Find the time (in minutes) Sohan would take to reach the airport if he drives at
48 km/h.
AVERAGE SPEED
Q.12 A car travels 60 km in the first hour and 90 km in the next 2 hours. Find
the average speed of the car.
Q.13 A car covers 60 km in 45 minutes and then covers 90 km in 45 minutes.
Find its average speed (in km/h).
Q.14 A person goes to the market at 40 km/h and returns at 60 km/h. Find the
average speed.
Q.15 A car travels 240 km to a city at 80 km/h and returns at 60 km/h. What is
the average speed?
Q.16 Priya drives to college at 60 km/h and returns on the same route at 40
km/h. Find her average speed for the entire journey.
Q.17 A person covers ¼ of a journey at a speed of 20 km/h, ½ of the journey at
a speed of 40 km/h, and the remaining part at a speed of 60 km/h. What is the
average speed (in km/h) for the entire journey?
Q.18 The speed of a train excluding stoppages is 90 km/h and including
stoppages is 75 km/h. How many minutes per hour does the train stop?
Q.19 Speed of a train without stoppage is 60 km/h and with stoppage it is 45
km/h. If each stoppage lasts 5 minutes, how many stoppages are there in a 2-
hour journey?
Day 2
RELATIVE SPEED
Q.1 Two trains start towards each other from a distance of 1500 metres. The
first train runs at 25 m/s and the second at 35 m/s. After how many seconds do
they meet?
Q.2 From stations A and B, two trains move toward each other simultaneously.
One from A moves at 80 km/h. They meet after 1.5 hours, and the distance
between A and B is 255 km. What is the speed of the train from B?
Q.3 Two stations A and B are 360 km apart. A train starts from A at 7:00 AM at
a speed of 40 km/h. Another train starts from B at 10:00 AM towards A at a
speed of 80 km/h. At what time will they meet?
Q.4 Two buses leave the same depot in opposite directions. One travels at 60
km/h and the other at 80 km/h. How far apart will they be after 4 hours?
Q.5 A train and a bike start from points A and B respectively and travel towards
each other at speeds of 72 km/h and 48 km/h. By the time they meet, the train
has covered 60 km more than the bike. What is the distance between A and B?
Q.6 Two cars start from opposite ends and travel toward each other. One car
travels at 40 km/h, the other at 60 km/h. If the faster car travels 80 km more
than the slower one by the time they meet, find the total distance between them.
Q.7 A car and a truck start towards each other from points X and Y, at speeds of
45 km/h and 75 km/h respectively. When they meet, the truck has covered 120
km more than the car. What is the distance between X and Y? (2 Unit = 120)
Q.8 Rohit starts jogging from home towards school at 6 km/h. Two hours later,
his brother Ramesh starts on a bike from the same point at 18 km/h. How far
from home will Ramesh catch up with Rohit?
Q.9 Two trains leave Mumbai for Pune. One departs at 8:00 AM at 50 km/h.
The second departs at 9:00 AM at 70 km/h. At what distance from Mumbai will
they meet?
Q.10 A train leaves a station at 50 km/h. After 3 hours, another train leaves the
same station in the same direction and catches the first train in 5 hours. What is
the speed of the second train?
Q.11 A car thief drives off at 60 km/h at 1:00 PM. The owner discovers the theft
at 2:30 PM and starts chasing at 90 km/h. At what time will the owner overtake
the thief?
Q.12 A thief runs at a speed of 6 km/h. A policeman starts chasing him at a
speed of 9 km/h. If the thief had a head start of 300 meters, how long will the
policeman take to catch him?
Q.13 A thief runs at 10 km/h and has a 250 m head start. A policeman follows
at 14 km/h. How far will the thief run before he is overtaken?
Q.14 A criminal flees at 5:00 p.m. at 48 km/h. The police start at 5:15 p.m.
What should be the minimum speed of the police to catch him by 6:00 p.m.?
Q.15 A thief is 400 m ahead of a policeman. The thief runs at 8 km/h and the
policeman runs at 11 km/h. What will be the distance between them after 10
minutes?
Relative Speed more questions
Q.16 A and B start from the same point towards a destination. A moves at 45
km/h and B at 60 km/h. If A takes 20 minutes more than B to reach, what is the
distance?
Q.17 At 8:00 AM, the distance between R and S is 270 km. R starts moving
towards S at 8:45 AM with a speed of 60 km/h. S starts moving away from R at
9:15 AM with a speed of 40 km/h. At what time will R and S meet?
Q.18 Two places P and Q are 72 km apart. Two bikes start at the same time, one
from P and the other from Q. If they move in the same direction, they meet in 8
hours. If they move towards each other, they meet in 2 hours. Find their speeds.
Q.19 A and B start from point P towards point Q, which is 300 km away. A
moves at 40 km/h, B at 60 km/h. B reaches Q and returns immediately. They
meet at point R. What is the distance from R to Q?
Q.20 Ravi and Mohan travel from town X to Y, which is 120 km apart. Ravi
walks at 15 km/h and Mohan cycles at 30 km/h. Mohan reaches Y, returns
immediately, and meets Ravi at point Z. Find the distance from X to Z.
Q.21 A and B started from opposite ends of a 320 km road and moved towards
each other. After meeting, A took 9 hours to reach B’s starting point, and B took
16 hours to reach A’s starting point. If A’s speed is 36 km/h, find B’s speed.
Q. 22 A and B start their journeys from points P to Q and Q to P, respectively.
After crossing each other, A completes the remaining part of the journey in 4
1/2 hours, and B completes the remaining part in 8 hours. If A’s speed is 36
km/h, what is the speed of B in km/h?
Q.23 Two trains start from station A and station B and move towards each
other. After meeting, they take 9 hours and 4 hours to reach their destinations
respectively.If the train from station A runs at 36 km/h, find the speed of the
train from station B.

TRAIN BOAT & STREAM

Q.1 A train 450 meters long passes a pole in 30 seconds. Find its speed in m/s.
Q.2 A train running at 72 km/h crosses a pole in 25 seconds. What is the length
of the train? In metre.
Q.3 A 400-m long train is moving at 54 km/h. How long will it take to cross a
platform 200 meters long?
Q.4 A train of length 300 m is running at 90 km/h. It crosses a stationary train
of 200 m. Find the time taken.
Q.5 A train 400 m long passes through a tunnel 600 m long in 50 seconds. What
is the speed of the train?
Q.6 A train crosses a 350 m platform in 35 seconds and a 650 m platform in 55
seconds. What is its length and speed?
Q.7 A 720 m long train crosses a pole in 18 seconds. It crosses a bridge in 30
seconds. What is the length of the bridge?
Q.8 A train running at 54^1/2 km/h crosses a pole in 20 seconds. How much
time to cross a 500 m bridge?
Q.9 Two trains of lengths 240 m and 360 m respectively are 200 meters apart.
They start moving towards each other on parallel tracks, at speeds 108 km/h and
72 km/h respectively. In how much time (in seconds) will the trains cross each
other?
Q.10 Two trains 260 m and 340 m long are running in opposite directions at
speeds of 72 km/h and 108 km/h. when they cross each other.
Q.11 Two trains of lengths 180 m and 120 m are running in opposite directions.
The first train runs at 54 km/h. They cross each other in 10 seconds. What is the
speed of the second train?
Q.12 Train A is 200 m, Train B is 180 m. They run in the same direction at 54
km/h and 72 km/h. In how much time will they completely cross each other?
Q.13 A 300 m long train passes a man running at 6 km/h in the opposite
direction in 12 seconds. In how much time (in seconds) will it pass another man
running at 12 km/h in the same direction?
Q.14 A 300 m train overtakes a man walking at 6 km/h in the same direction in
15 seconds. In how much time will it pass a 600 m long bridge?
Q.15 A train passes a man running in the opposite direction in 15 seconds.
Speed of man is 6 km/h, train’s speed is 54 km/h. Find the length of the train.
Q.16 Two trains are moving in the same direction at 72 km/h and 54 km/h.The
faster train crosses a man in the slower train in 30 seconds. What is the length of
the faster train?

STREAM
Q.1 A boat covers 4 km in 12 minutes with the stream and 15 km in 3 hours
against the stream. What is the speed of the stream?
Q.2 Aman can row at 16 km/h in still water. He finds it takes 3 times as long to
row upstream as downstream. What is the speed of the stream?
Q.3 Ravi can row 12 km/h in still water. It takes him 1.5 times as long to row
upstream as downstream. Find the speed of the stream.
Q.4 A boat covers 80 km downstream in 5 hours. If its speed in still water is 15
km/h, find the time it will take to cover 45 km upstream.
Q.5 The speed of a boat in still water is 10 km/h, the speed of the stream is 2
km/h, and the man travels 24 km to a place and comes back. Find the total time
taken by him.
Q.6 A man covers 2 km in still water in 20 minutes. In river water (with
stream), it takes him 21 minutes. What is the speed of the stream?
Q.7 A boat covers a certain distance downstream in 3/2 hours, and comes back
upstream in 2 hours. If the speed of the stream is 2 km/h, find the speed of the
boat in still water, in fraction form.
Q.8 A man’s speed in still water is 6 km/h more than that of the stream. He
travels 48 km downstream and 30 km upstream in 9 hours. What is his speed in
still water? A) 18 km/h (B) 20 km/h (C) 9 km/h
Q.9 A boat’s speed in still water is 10 km/h, and the stream’s speed is 2 km/h. If
the round trip from A to B and back to A takes 3 hours, find the distance
between A and B.
Q. 10 A man rows 15 km upstream and 25 km downstream in 7 hours. He then
rows 25 km upstream and 15 km downstream in 9 hours. Find the rate of the
stream.
Q.11 A boat covers 18 km upstream and 42 km downstream in 7 hours, and 30
km upstream and 36 km downstream in 9 hours. Find the speed of the stream
and boat.

Race & Circular Motion

Q.1 In a 1500 m race, P beats Q by 100 m or 10 seconds. Find the difference in
their speeds in m/s.
Q.2 In a 1500 m race, R finishes in 75 seconds and S in 90 seconds. How much
distance does R beat S by?
Q.3 In a 200 m race, X beats Y by 40 m and Y beats Z by 40 m. By how much
distance does X beat Z?
Q.4 In a 1200 m race, A beats B by 100 m and B beats C by 100 m. By what
distance does A beat C?
Q.5 In a 1500 m race, Bike X beats Y by 150 m. Y beats Z by 150 m in a 900 m
race. If X beats Z by 20 sec in a 750 m race, what is the speed of Z?*
Q.6 In a 600 m race, X beats Y by 60 m. In a 700 m race, Y beats Z by 70 m.
By how many metres will X beat Z in a 500 m race?
Q.7 In a 200-metre race, if P gets a 8-metre head start, then he beats Q by 40
metres. If Q gets a 20-metre head start in a 100-metre race, then________
would win the race by ________ metres.
Q.9 In a 600 m race, Neha gave Priya a 30 m head start. Priya took 75 seconds
to finish the race and beat Neha by 3 seconds. Find Neha's speed in m/s
Q.10 Arun runs 7/3 times as fast as Tarun. If Arun gives a lead of 30 m to
Tarun, at what distance from the start will they meet?
Q. 11 In a 500 m race, P beats Q by 75 m. In a 2000 m race, R beats S by 300
m. If Q = S in speed, then in a 1000 m race between P and R, who wins and by
how many metres?
Q.12 P and Q run 800 metres. P beats Q by 20 seconds. P and R run 800 metres.
P beats R by 200 metres. Q beats R by 25 seconds. Find the time taken by P to
run 800 metres.
Q.13 In a 100 m race, A gives B a start of 6 metres and still beats him by 5
seconds. If A runs at 10 km/h, find B’s speed in km/h.
Q.14 In a 1200 m race, if Runner A gives Runner B a start of 150 m, then A
wins the race by 5 seconds. Alternatively, if A gives B a start of 300 m, the race
ends in a dead heat. How long does Runner A take to run the full 1200 m?
Day 2
Q.1 In a 500 m race, A runs at 12 km/hr and gives a start of 50 m to B. He still
defeats B by 20 seconds. Find the speed of B.
Q.2 Ravi runs 300 m in 36 seconds and Sohan in 40 seconds. How much start
(in meters) should Ravi give Sohan in a 1200 m race to end in a dead heat?
Q.3 In a 200 m race, A can give B a start of 30 m, and C a start of 50 m. How
much start can B give to C in the same race?
Q.4 X beats Y by 8 m in a 120 m race, and Y beats Z by 12 m in a 120 m race.
Find the ratio of times taken by X, Y, and Z.
Q.5 In a 1000 m race, Ravi gives Manoj a start of 60 m and still defeats him
by 15 seconds. If Ravi gives Manoj a 40-second start, Manoj wins the race
by 100 m. Find the ratio of Ravi's speed to Manoj's speed.Imp
Q.6 Farhan and Zubair run a race of 3.2 km. First, Farhan gives Zubair a lead of
400 m and still beats him by 36 seconds. On the way back, Farhan gives a time
lead of 3 minutes and is beaten by 500 m. Find the difference (in minutes) in the
time taken to complete 3.2 km.
Q.7 In a 1000 m race, A beats B by 120 m or 12 seconds. If they run another
1000 m race and B gets injured after 450 m, reducing his speed to half, then by
how many seconds will A beat B?
 CIRCULAR
Q.1 Two boys run on a 840 m circular track with speeds 14 m/s and 6 m/s in the
same direction. Find:
(i) Time after which they meet again
(ii) Time after which they meet at the starting point
(iii) Total meeting points on the track
Q.2 Two boys start running on a 360 m circular track in opposite directions. A
runs at 6 m/s, B at 3 m/s.
(i) Time of first meeting?
(ii) When will they meet again at the starting point?
(iii) Number of meeting points?
Q.3 Rahul and Karan start running from the same point on a 3000 m circular
track in the same direction. Speeds are 18 km/h and 12 km/h. After how much
time will they meet again on the track?
Q.4 Amit walks around a circular track at 6 rounds/hour, and Riya runs at 10
rounds/hour. They start from the same point at 4:20 PM in the same direction.
At what time will they cross each other for the first time?
Q.5 Three friends A, B, and C can complete one round of a circular track in 8
min, 12 min, and 15 min respectively. After how much time will they meet at
the starting point again?
Q.6 Three friends take 45 sec, 60 sec, and 72 sec to complete one lap of a
circular ground. If they start together, after how many seconds will they meet
again at the starting point?
Q.7 A and B are running a 15 km race on a 1500 m circular track. A completes
one round in 300 sec, B in 500 sec. After how much time will the faster runner
meet the slower one for the last time? Check answer if it is 3000
Q.8 On a 750 m circular track, Ramesh and Suresh start from the same point in
opposite directions at 6 m/s and 9 m/s. How many distinct places will they cross
each other before meeting at the starting point again?
Q.9 Two runners A and B run on a circular track of 600 m in opposite
directions. Their speeds are 5 m/s and 3 m/s respectively. Each time they meet,
A’s speed doubles and B’s speed halves. When will they meet for the second
time?