Time, Speed and Distance

Total Questions: 50

31. A man walking at a speed of 3km/h crosses a square field diagonally in 5 minutes. What is the area of the field (in m²) ? [SSC CGL 24/08/2021 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (b) 31250
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32. A takes 2 hours more than B to cover a distance of 40 km. If A doubles 1 his speed, he takes 1½ hour more than B to cover 80 km. To cover a distance of 120 km, how much time (in hours) will B take travelling at his same speed? [SSC CGL 20/08/2021 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (d)
Solution:

Let, the speed of A = A
Let, the speed of B = B

33. A train leaves station A at 8 am and reaches station B at 12 noon. A car leaves station B at 8:30 am and reaches station A at the same time when the train reaches station B. At what time do they meet? [SSC CGL 16/08/2021 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (c) 10:08 am
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34. X and Y start at the same time to ride from place A to place B, which is 80km away from A. X travels 4 km/hour slower than Y.Y reaches place B and at once turns back meeting X, 16 km from place B. Y's speed(in km/h) is: [SSC CHSL 04/08/2021 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (d) 12
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35. Vaibhav and Vignesh each travel a distance of 78 km such that the speed of Vaibhav is faster than that of Vigriesh. The sum of their speeds is 91 kmph and the total time taken by both is 3 hours and 30 minutes. The speed (Km/h) of Vaibhav is: [SSC CHSL 15/04/2021 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (c) 52
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36. Train A takes 1⅘ hours more than the time taken by train B to cover a distance of 360 km. If the speed of train A doubles, it will take 36 min less than the time taken by train B to travel the same distance. What is the speed of train B? (in kmph) [SSC CHSL 13/04/2021 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (d) 120
Solution:

37. Two trains start at the same time from two stations and proceed towards each other at speeds of 90 km/h and 70 km/h, respectively. When they meet, it is found that one train has travelled 140 km more than the other. What is the distance between the two stations? (in km) [SSC CHSL 12/04/2021 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (d) 1120
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38. A person travels a distance of 300km and then returns to the starting point. The time taken by him for the outward journey is 5 hours more than the time taken for the return journey. If he returns at a speed of 10km/h more than the speed of going, what is the average speed (in km/h) for the entire journey? [SSC CPO 23/11/2020 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (a) 24
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39. A delivery boy started from his office at 10a.m. to deliver an article. He rode his scooter at a speed of 32 km/h. He delivered the article and waited for 15 minutes to get the payment. After the payment was made, he reached his office at 11: 25 a.m., travelling at a speed of 24 km/h. Find the total distance travelled by the boy. [SSC CGL Tier II (18/11/2020)]

Correct Answer: (a) 32 km
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40. The distance between two railway stations is 1176 km. To cover this distance, an express train 5 hours less than a passenger train while the average speed of the passenger train is 70 km/h less than that of the express train. The time taken by the passenger train to complete the travel is: [SSC CHSL 13/10/2020 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (d) 12
Solution: