Speed Time and Distance-Test 1

Kiran covers a certain distance with his own speed , but when he reduces his speed
by 10 km/hr his time duration for the journey increases by 40 hrs, while if he
increases his speed by 5 km/hr from his original speed he takes 10 hrs less than the
original time taken . Find the distance covered by him.

A train met with an accident 60 km away from station A. It completed the remaining
journey at 5/6th of the original speed and reached station B 1 hr 12 mins late. Had the
accident taken place 60 km further, it would have been only 1 hr late. what was the
original speed of the train?

Two man start together to walk a certain distance, one at 4 km/hr and another at 5
km/hr. The former arrives half an hour before the latter. Find the distance.

In a flight of 600 km, 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. The duration of the flight is:

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

P and Q run at the speed 40m/s and 20m/s resp on the circular track of 800m, as its
circumference , when would the P and Q meet for the first time at the starting point if
they start simultaneously from the same point.

The speeds of Ram and Raj are 30 km/h and 40 km/h. Initially Raj is at a place L
and Ram is at a place M. The distance between L and M is 650 km. Ram started
his journey 3 hours earlier than Raj to meet each other. If they meet each other at a
place P somewhere between L and M, then the distance between P and M is?

The ratio between the speed of a car and a bike is 16 : 15 respectively. Also, a bus
covered a distance of 480 km in 8 hrs. The speed of the bus is three-fourth the speed of
the car. How much distance will the bike cover in 6 h?

How many seconds will a train 50 m in length, travelling at the rate of 42 km an
hour, rate to pass another train 80 m long, proceeding in the same direction at the rate
of 30 km an hour?

A man rides his bike 20 km at an average speed of 8 km/hr and again travels 45 km at
an average speed of 10 km/hr. What is his average speed for the ride approximately?

Two buses start at same time from Chennai and Bangalore, which are 250 km apart. If
the two buses travel towards each other, they meet after 1 hr and if they travel in
same direction they meet after 5 hrs. What is the speed of the bus starts from Chennai if it is know that the one which started from Chennai has more speed than the other one?

Car A leaves the city at 5 pmm and is driven at a speed of 30 km/hr. 3 hrs later another
car B leaves the city in the same direction as car A. In how much time will car B be
12 kms ahead of car A if the speed of car B is 50 km/hr?

Two train starts at the same time from Delhi and Agra and proceed towards each
other at the rate of 40 km/hr and 37 1/2 km/hr. When they meet it is found that
one train has traveled 200 km more than the other train. What is the distance between
Delhi and Agra?

If a car runs at 45km/hr, it reaches its destination late by 10 min but if runs at
60km/hr it is late by 4min. What is the correct time for the journey?

A bike rider starts at 40km/hr and he increases his speed in every 1 hour by
2km/hr. Then the maximum distance covered by him in 24 hrs is:

Two friends Ram and Ravi are travelling from point A to B, which are 600km apart.
Travelling at a certain speed Ram takes 1hr more than Ravi to reach point B. If Ram
doubles his speed he will take 1hr 30mins less than ravi to reach point B. At what
speed was Ram driving from point A to B?

A man takes 4hrs 30min in walking to a certain place and riding back. He would
have gained 2hrs by riding both ways. The time he would take to walk both ways, is:

Two trains of equal lengths take 10 seconds and 15 seconds respectively to cross a
telegraph post. If the length of each train be 300 metres, in what time will they cross
each other travelling in opposite direction?

The driver of a car sees a school van 60m ahead of him. After 30seconds the school
van is 60m behind. If the speed of the car is 45kmph, what is the speed of the School Van?

The distance between two cities A and B is 330km. A train starts from A at 8 AM. and
travels towards B at 60 km/hr. Another train starts from B at 9 AM. and travels towards A at 75 km/hr. At what time do they meet?

A man in a train he can count 31 telephone posts in one minute. If they are known to
be 45 m apart. Find the speed of the train.

If a man walks from his house to office at 6 km/hr , he is late by half an hour. However,
if he walks at 8 km/hr , he is late by 10 minutes only. What is the distance of his
office from his house.

A candle of 8 cm long burns at the rate of 7 cm in 7 hour and another candle of 10cm
long burns at the rate of 6 cm in 3 hour. What is the time required by each candle to
remain of equal lengths after burning for some hours, when they start to burn
simultaneously with uniform rate of burning?

Two trains, 190 m and 170 m long are going in the same direction. The faster train
takes one minute to pass the other completely. If they are moving in opposite
directions, they pass each other completely in 3 seconds. Find the speed of each train.

A motorcyclist covered (2/3)rd of a total journey at his usual speed. He covered the
remaining distance at (3/4)th of his usual speed. As a result, he arrived 30 minutes
later than the time he would have taken at usual speed. If the total journey was 180
km. What was his usual speed?