Time, Speed and Distance

Total Questions: 50

41. Two cars start from the same place at the same time at right angles to each other. Their speeds are 54 km/h and 72 km/h, respectively. After 20 seconds, the distance between them will be: [SSC CHSL 17/03/2020 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (d) 500 m
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42. X and Y are two stations which are 280 km apart. A train starts at a certain time from X and travels towards Y at 60 km/h. After 2 hours, another train starts from Y and travels towards X at 20 km/h. After how many hours does the train leaving from X meets the train which left from Y? [SSC CGL 09/03/2020 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (c) 4
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43. A person travels a distance of 240 km, partly by train and the rest by bus. He takes 3½ hours if he travels 150 km by train and the rest by bus. If he travels 140 km by bus and the rest by train, he takes 3⅔ hours. What is the speed of the train (in km/h)? [SSC CPO 09/12/2019 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (b) 75
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44. Renu was sitting inside train A, which was travelling at 50 km/h. Another train, B, whose length was three times the length of A crossed her in the opposite direction in 15 seconds. If the speed of train B was 58 km/h, then the length of train A (in m) is: [SSC CGL Tier II (12/09/2019)]

Correct Answer: (d) 150
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45. A train runs 50% faster than a car. Both start running from the same point and meet after covering a distance of 360 km. In the middle of this journey, the train stops for two hours due to some faults in the engine. What is the speed of the train? (in km/h) [SSC MTS 16/08/2019 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (d) 90
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46. A train goes from P to Q with a speed µ km/h, then from Q to R ( QR = 2PQ) with a speed 3µkm/h, and returns from R to P with a speed µ/2km/h. What is the average speed (in km/h ) of the train for the entire journey starting from P and back to P? [SSC CHSL 11/07/2019 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (a)
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47. The platform of a station 400 m long starts exactly where the last span of a bridge 1.2 km long ends. How long(in min.) will a train 200 m long and travelling at the speed of 72 km/h take to cover the distance between the starting point of the span of the bridge and the far end of the platform? [SSC CHSL 11/07/2019 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (b) 1.5
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48. A 360 m long running at a uniform speed, crosses a platform in 55 seconds and a man standing on the platform in 24 seconds. What is the length (in metres) of the platform? [SSC CHSL 03/07/2019 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (d) 465
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49. Amit travelled from A to B at an average speed of 80 km/h. He travelled the first 75% of the distance in two-third of the time and the rest at a constant speed of x km/h. The value of x is: [SSC CHSL 02/07/2019 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (b) 60
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50. A man travels a certain distance at 12km/h and returns to the starting point at 9km/h. The total time taken by him for the entire journey is 2⅓ hours. The total distance (In km) covered by him is: [SSC CHSL 01/07/2019 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (c) 24
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