Time, Speed and Distance (Part-4)

Total Questions: 50

41. A policeman sees a thief and starts chasing him. The distance between the thief and the policeman is 200 m and the speed of the thief is 8 km/h. If the policeman was able to catch the thief in 20 minutes, then the speed of the policeman is _______ km/h. [SSC MTS 13/09/2023 (2nd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (c) 8.6
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42. Amit drove for 6 hours at a speed of 60 miles per hour and for 6 hours at 40 miles per hour. What was his average speed (in miles per hour) for the whole journey? [SSC MTS 14/09/2023 (1st Shift)]

Correct Answer: (d) 50
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43. A man decided to cover 7.5 km in 72 minutes. He decided to cover two thirds of the distance at 5 km/h and the remaining at some different speed. Find the speed after two third distance has been covered ? [SSC MTS 14/09/2023 (1st Shift)]

Correct Answer: (c) 12.5 km/h
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44. Smita is faster than Pihu. Smita and Pihu each walk 48 km. The sum of their speeds is 14 km/hr, and the sum of times taken by them is 28 hours. What is Smita's speed? [SSC MTS 14/09/2023 (3rd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (b) 12 km/hr
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45. A man goes from his house to a vegetable market at the speed of 15 km/h and walked back at the speed of 10 km/h. If the whole journey took 2 hours 30 minutes, find the distance from his house to the vegetable market (in km). [SSC MTS 14/09/2023 (3rd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (a) 15
Solution:

Let the distance is d km
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46. Rajinder drives his car at an average speed of 40 km per hour to cover half of his total distance and thereafter he increases his speed to 60 km per hour. He covers his journey in 7 hours. What is the average speed of Rajinder in this journey? [SSC CHSL 03/08/2023 (2nd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (b) 48 km per hour
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47. A person walked from his house to a supermarket at the rate of 10 kmph and walked back at the rate of 5 kmph. For the whole journey, he took 1 hour 30 minutes. Find the distance from his house to the supermarket (in km). [SSC CHSL 04/08/2023 (3rd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (b) 5
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48. If Aashima travels a certain distance with a speed of 80 km/h in 5 hours. Then how many hours (rounded off to 1 decimal point) approximately will she take to cover the same distance with a speed of 150 km/h? [SSC CHSL: 04/08/2023 (3rd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (a) 2.7 hours
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49. Aman decided to cover a distance of 12 km in 78 minutes. He decided to cover the initial two-thirds of the distance at 10 km/h/ and the remaining at some different speed. Find the speed for the last one-third of the distance. [SSC CHSL 07/08/2023 (1st Shift)]

Correct Answer: (b) 8 km/h
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50. A bus travels for three hours at 60 km/h, four hours at 50 km/h and the next five hours at 50 km/h. Find its average speed. [SSC CHSL 08/08/2023 (2nd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (a) 52.5 km/h
Solution: