Time, Speed and Distance (Part-2)

Total Questions: 50

41. Moving at 6/7 of its usual speed, a bus is 20 minutes late. What is its usual time to cover the journey? [SSC CHSL 02/07/2024 (2nd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (d) 2 hours
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42. Mithila covers 50 km by bus in 90 minutes. After deboarding the bus, she takes rest for 15 minutes and covers another 30 km by a taxi in 35 minutes. Find the average speed (in km/h) for the whole journey. [SSC CHSL 02/07/2024 (3rd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (a) 34²⁄₇
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43. A policeman received information that a thief is at a distance of 1.5 km from him. The thief starts moving by car and the policeman chases him by car. The thief and the policeman are moving at the speeds of 90 km/h and 120 km/h respectively. At what distance (in km) will the police catch the thief? [SSC CHSL 02/07/2024 (3rd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (c) 6 km
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44. Two trains of lengths 310 m and 330 m, respectively, are 160 m apart, They start moving towards each other on parallel tracks, at speeds 130 km/h and 158 km/h, respectively. In how much time (in seconds) will the trains cross each other? [SSC CHSL 02/07/2024 (4th Shift)]

Correct Answer: (a) 10
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45. Two stations T1 and T2 300 km apart. A car starts from station T1 at 8 am and moves towards station T2 at a speed of 45 km/hr. and at 10 am another car starts from station T2 towards T1 at a speed of 60 km/hr. Then the cars will meet at: [SSC CHSL 03/07/2024 (1st Shift)]

Correct Answer: (a) 12:00 p.m.
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46. A bus driver must complete a 240 km trip in 4 hours. If he averages 70 km an hour for the first 3 hours of his trip, how fast must he travel (in km/h) in the last/final hour? [SSC CHSL 03/07/2024 (1st Shift)]

Correct Answer: (c) 30
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47. Ram and Shyam start Walking from the same place in the opposite direction. If Shyam walks at a speed of 5¼ km/hr and Ram at a speed of 3 km/hr, then after how much time will they be 44 km apart? [SSC CHSL 03/07/2024 (4th Shift)]

Correct Answer: (d) 5 hours 20 minutes
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48. Shankar covers a certain distance by a car driving at 40 km/h and he returns to the starting point riding on a scooter with a speed of 20 km/h. Find the average speed of the whole journey. [SSC CHSL 04/07/2024 (1st Shift)]

Correct Answer: (d) 26⅔ km/h
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49. A car covers a certain distance in 85 minutes, if it runs at a speed of 36 km/hr. The speed at which the car must run to reduce the time of journey to 51 minutes will be: [SSC CHSL 04/07/2024 (3rd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (b) 60 km/hr
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50. A girl walking at a speed of 9 km/h crosses a bridge in 45 minutes. Find the length of the bridge in meters. [SSC CHSL 05/07/2024 (1st Shift)]

Correct Answer: (b) 6750
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