Time, Speed and Distance (Part-3)

Total Questions: 50

11. With a uniform speed, a car covers a distance in 16 hours. Had the speed been increased by 20 km/h, the same distance would have been covered in 12 hours. The total distance covered by the car is: [SSC CHSL 10/07/2024 (3rd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (d) 960 km
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12. By what percentage should a racer increase the speed to reduce the time by 25% to cover a fixed distance? [SSC CHSL 11/07/2024 (1st Shift)]

Correct Answer: (b) 33⅓ %
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13. A and B are two stations 420 km apart. A train starts from A at 11 am and travels towards B at the speed of 70 kmph. Another train starts from B at 12 noon and travels towards A at the speed of 30 kmph. At what time do they meet? [SSC CHSL 11/07/2024 (2nd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (a) 3.30 pm
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14. Tom travelled 285 km in 6 hours. In his total travelling, he travelled the first part by busat 40 km/hr and the remaining part by train at 55 km/hr. How much distance has he travelled by train? [SSC CHSL 11/07/2024 (4th Shift)]

Correct Answer: (d) 165 km
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15. A car covers 20 km in the first quarter of an hour, 25 km in the second quarter of that hour and 15 km in the third quarter. The average speed of the car (in km/h) over the entire journey is: [SSC CPO 27/06/2024 (1st Shift)]

Correct Answer: (c) 80
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16. Two cars run to a place at the speeds of 45 km/h and 55 km/h, respectively. If the second car takes 40 minutes less than the first for the journey, then what is the length of the journey (in km)? [SSC CPO 27/06/2024 (2nd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (b) 165
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17. A 255-m long train is running at a speed of 72 km/h. It crosses a platform of length 745 m in: [SSC CPO 27/06/2024 (2nd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (c) 50 seconds
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18. A bus covers the first 50 km of its journey in 40 minutes and covers the remaining 75 km in 40 minutes. What is the average speed (in km/h) of the bus? [SSC CPO 27/06/2024 (2nd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (b) 93¾
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19. R reaches office from home in 30 minutes and comes back in 20 minutes. The distance to his office from home is 12.5 km. What is his average speed (in km / h ) from home to office and then back home? [SSC CPO 27/06/2024 (3rd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (d) 30
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20. A man travels some distance at a speed of 12 km/h and returns at a speed of 8 km/h. If the total time taken by him is 3 hours and 45 minutes, then the total distance (in km) travelled is: [SSC CPO 27/06/2024 (3rd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (c) 36
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