General Aptitude

Time and Distance

167 questions in this chapter, page 2 of 4.

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ABC26GN3641 · An aeroplane covers a certain distance at a speed of 240 kmph in 5 hours. To cover the same distance in 1 2/3 hours, it must travel at a…
ABC26GN3642 · A salesman travels a distance of 50 km in 2 hours and 30 minutes. How much faster, in kilometres per hour, on an average, must he travel to… · 2002
ABC26GN3643 · A person has to cover a distance of 6 km in 45 minutes. If he covers one-half of the distance in two-thirds of the total time; to cover the…
ABC26GN3644 · A man performs 3/5 of the total journey by rail, 7/20 by bus and the remaining 6.5 km on foot. His total journey is
ABC26GN3645 · A person wishes to reach his destination 90 km away in 3 hours but for the first half of the journey his speed was 20 km/hr. His average… · 2008
ABC26GN3646 · A train is scheduled to cover the distance between two stations 46 km apart in one hour. If it travels 25 km at a speed of 40 km/hr, find…
ABC26GN3647 · How long must a driver take to drive the final 70 miles of a trip if he wants to average 50 miles an hour for the entire trip and during… · 2006
ABC26GN3648 · A can complete a journey in 10 hours. He travels first half of the journey at the rate of 21 km/hr and second half at the rate of 24 km/hr…
ABC26GN3649 · A motorcyclist completes a certain journey in 5 hours. He covers one-third distance at 60 km/hr and the rest at 80 km/hr. The length of the…
ABC26GN3650 · A person travels equal distances with speeds of 3 km/hr, 4 km/hr and 5 km/hr and takes a total time of 47 minutes. The total distance (in…
ABC26GN3651 · A person travels 285 km in 6 hours in two stages. In the first part of the journey, he travels by bus at the speed of 40 km per hour. In… · 2007
ABC26GN3652 · A is faster than B. A and B each walk 24 km. The sum of their speeds is 7 km/hr and the sum of times taken by them is 14 hours. Then, A 's…
ABC26GN3653 · A person travels from P to Q at a speed of 40 kmph and returns by increasing his speed by 50%. What is his average speed for both the trips? · 2003
ABC26GN3654 · An aeroplane flies from place A to place B at the speed of 500 km/hr. On the return journey, its speed is 700 km/hr. The average speed of… · 2009
ABC26GN3655 · A car covers a distance from Town I to Town II at the speed of 56 km/hr and from Town II to Town I at the speed of 53 km/hr. What is the… · 2007
ABC26GN3657 · A man drives 150 km to the seashore in 3 hours 20 min. He returns from the shore to the starting point in 4 hours 10 min. Let r be the… · 2010
ABC26GN3658 · The average speed of a train in the onward journey is 25% more than that in the return journey. The train halts for one hour on reaching…
ABC26GN3659 · I started on my bicycle at 7 a.m. to reach a certain place. After going a certain distance, my bicycle went out of order. Consequently, I…
ABC26GN3660 · A, B and C are on a trip by a car. A drives during the first hour at an average speed of 50 km/hr. B drives during the next 2 hours at an…
ABC26GN3661 · A car covers the first 39 kms of its journey in 45 minutes and covers the remaining 25 km in 35 minutes. What is the average speed of the… · 2007
ABC26GN3662 · A train travels at a speed of 30 km/hr for 12 minutes and at a speed of 45 km/hr for the next 8 minutes. The average speed of the train for… · 2005
ABC26GN3663 · A man on tour travels 160 km by car at 64 km/ hr and another 160 km by bus at 80 km/hr. The average speed for the whole journey is · 2008
ABC26GN3664 · A boy rides his bicycle 10 km at an average speed of 12 km/hr and again travels 12 km at an average speed of 10 km/hr. His average speed… · 2008
ABC26GN3665 · A man travels 600 km by train at 80 km/hr, 800 km by ship at 40 km/hr, 500 km by aeroplane at 400 km/hr and 100 km by car at 50 km/hr. What…
ABC26GN3666 · A cyclist rides 24 km at 16 kmph and further 36 km at 15 kmph. Find his average speed for the journey. · 2008
ABC26GN3667 · A person travels three equal distances at a speed of x km / hr, y km / hr and z km / hr respectively. What is the average speed for the… · 2007
ABC26GN3668 · A car travels the first one-third of a certain distance with a speed of 10 km/hr, the next one-third distance with a speed of 20 km/hr, and…
ABC26GN3669 · A motorist covers a distance of 39 km in 45 minutes by moving at a speed of x kmph for the first 15 minutes, then moving at double the…
ABC26GN3670 · Mary jogs 9 km at a speed of 6 km per hour. At what speed would she need to jog during the next 1.5 hours to have an average of 9 km per…
ABC26GN3671 · A family, planning a weekend trip, decides to spend not more than a total of 8 hours driving. By leaving early in the morning, they can… · 2010
ABC26GN3672 · A car travelling with 5/7 of its actual speed covers 42 km in 1 hr 40 min 48 sec. Find the actual speed of the car. · 2005
ABC26GN3673 · A train running at 7/11 of its own speed reached a place in 22 hours. How much time could be saved if the train would have run at its own…
ABC26GN3674 · A man can reach a certain place in 30 hours. If he reduces his speed by 1/15 th, he goes 10 km less in that time. Find his speed. · 2002
ABC26GN3675 · Walking 6/7 th of his usual speed, a man is 12 minutes too late. The usual time taken by him to cover that distance is
ABC26GN3676 · The average speed of a train is 20% less on the return journey than on the onward journey. The train halts for half an hour at the… · 2010
ABC26GN3678 · A student walks from his house at a speed of 2 1/2 km per hour and reaches his school 6 minutes late. The next day he increases his speed… · 2007
ABC26GN3679 · With an average speed of 50 km/hr, a train reaches its destination in time. If it goes with an average speed of 40 km/hr, it is late by 24… · 2008
ABC26GN3680 · If a train runs at 40 kmph, it reaches its destination late by 11 minutes but if it runs at 50 kmph, it is late by 5 minutes only. The…
ABC26GN3681 · Robert is travelling on his cycle and has calculated to reach point A at 2 P.M. if he travels at 10 kmph; he will reach there at 12 noon if… · 2003
ABC26GN3684 · A man covered a certain distance at some speed. Had he moved 3 kmph faster, he would have taken 40 minutes less. If he had moved 2 kmph…
ABC26GN3685 · A train covered a certain distance at a uniform speed. If the train had been 6 km/hr faster, then it would have taken 4 hours less than the… · 2006
ABC26GN3686 · A car travels from P to Q at a constant speed. If its speed were increased by 10 km/hr, it would have taken one hour lesser to cover the…
ABC26GN3687 · A train can travel 50% faster than a car. Both start from point A at the same time and reach point B 75 kms away from A at the same time… · 2003
ABC26GN3688 · Excluding stoppages, the speed of a bus is 54 kmph and including stoppages, it is 45 kmph. For how many minutes does the bus stop per hour?
ABC26GN3689 · A flight of Jet Airways from Delhi to Mumbai has an average speed of 700 km/hr without any stoppage, whereas a flight of Kingfisher from… · 2009
ABC26GN3690 · A bus covered a certain distance from village A to village B at the speed of 60 km/hr. However on its return journey it got stuck in… · 2010
ABC26GN3691 · A train covers a distance between two stations A and B in 45 minutes. If the speed of the train is reduced by 5 km/hr, then it covers the… · 2009
ABC26GN3692 · A train travels a distance of 600 km at a constant speed. If the speed of the train is increased by 5 km/hr, the journey would take 4 hours… · 2010
ABC26GN3694 · With a uniform speed a car covers the distance in 8 hours. Had the speed been increased by 4 km/hr, the same distance could have been…
ABC26GN3695 · Two men start together to walk to a certain destination, one at 3 kmph and another at 3.75 kmph. The latter arrives half an hour before the…