Time And Distance – Aptitude Questions And Answers

1. A man takes 5 hours 45 min. In walking to a certain place and riding back. He would have gained 2 hours by riding both ways. The time he would take to walk both ways is : :

2. Two trains start from P and Q respectively and travel towards each other at a speed of 50 km/hr and 40 km/hr respectively.  By the time they meet, the first train has travelled 100
km more than the second. The distance between P and Q is:

3. Two trains starting at the same time from two stations 200 km apart and going in opposite directions cross each other at a distance of 110 km from one of the stations. What is the
ratio of their speeds ?

4. A and B walk around a circular track. They start at 9 a.m. from the same point in the opposite directions. A and B walk at a speed of 2 rounds per hour and 3 rounds per hour
respectively. How many times shall they cross each other before 9.30 a.m.?

5. Two guns were fired from the same place at an interval of 10 minutes and 30 seconds, but a person in the train approaching the place hears the second shot 10 minutes after the
first. The speed of the trian (in km/hr), supposing that speed travels at 330 metres per second, is:

6. A man takes 5 hours 45 min in walking to a certain place and riding back. He would have gained 2 hours by riding both ways. The time he would take to walk both ways is

7. A person crosses a 600 metre long street in 5 minutes. What is his speed in km per hour?

8. Excluding stoppages, the speed of a bus is 54 kmph and including stoppages, it is 45 kmph. For how many minutes does the bus stop per hour?

9. A man complete a journey in 10 hours. He travels first half of the journey at the rate of 21 km/hr and second half at the rate of 24 km/hr. Find the total journey in km.

10. A car traveling with 5/7 of its actual speed covers 42 km in 1 hr 40 min 48 sec. What is the actual speed of the car?

11. The speed of a car increases by 2 kms after every one hour. If the distance travelling in the first one hour was 35 kms. what was the total distance travelled in 12 hours?

12. A thief is noticed by a policeman from a distance of 200 m. The thief starts running and the policeman chases him. The thief and the policeman run at the rate of 10 km and 11 km
per hour respectively. What is the distance between them after 6 minutes?

13. A man walking at the rate of 5 km/hr crosses a bridge in 15 minutes. The length of the bridge (in metres) is

14. The number of degrees that the hour hand of a clock moves through between noon and 2.30 in the afternoon of the same day is

15. Two horses start trotting towards each other, one from A to B and another from B to A. They cross each other after one hour and the first horse reaches B, 5/6 hour before the
second horse reaches A. If the distance between A and B is 50 km. what is the speed of the slower horse?

16. A person crosses a 600 m long street in 5 minutes. What is his speed in km per hour?

17. An aeroplane covers a certain distance at a speed of 240 kmph in 5 hours. To cover the same distance in 1hours, it must travel at a speed of:

18. If a person walks at 14 km/hr instead of 10 km/hr, he would have walked 20 km more. The actual distance travelled by him is:

19. A train can travel 50% faster than a car. Both start from point A at the same time and reach point B 75 kms away from A at the same time. On the way, however, the train lost about about
12.5 minutes while stopping at the stations. The speed of the car is:

20. Excluding stoppages, the speed of a bus is 54 kmph and including stoppages, it is 45 kmph. For how many minutes does the bus stop per hour?

21. Express a speed of 36 kmph in meters per second?

22. Express 25 mps in kmph?

23. The speed of a train is 90 kmph. What is the distance covered by it in 10 minutes?

24. A car covers a distance of 624 km in 6 ½ hours. Find its speed?

25. In what time will a railway train 60 m long moving at the rate of 36 kmph pass a telegraph post on its way?