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Time, Speed & Distance Complete Theory
We will discuss following concepts in Time Speed Distance (TSD)

1. TSD Basics
2. Relative Speed applications in Trains
3. Boats & Streams
4. Races and Tracks

Introduction (TSD basics)

 If a person travels from place p to q, we say, in a specified time he must be moved

some distance with respect to initial point. The basic relationship between speed,
time and distance, speed can be defined as the amount of distance covered in a
given time.
The basic formulae is, Speed (S)  Time (T) = Distance (D)
 Here, speed may have units like km/hour, m/s, m/hour, depends on combination
of distance and time units. Speed is denoted by (s), time is denoted by (t), and
distance is denoted by (d).

Unit’s conversion

1 mile = 1.6 km
1 km = 1000 meters = 0.625 miles
1 hour = 60 minutes
1 minute = 60 seconds
1 hour = 60  60 seconds = 3600 seconds.
1 km/hour  1000meters/3600seconds =(5/18) m/s
1 m/s = (1/1000km)/ (1/3600hr) = (3600/1000) km/hour = (18/5) km

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 Suppose we say a car travels with 100 km/hr, it means it can cover 100 km in 1
hour i.e. 60 min. and car cover 100  (1/2) = 50 km in half an hour. Above formula
is very important, it can applied to the problems based on time, speed, distance,
relative speeds, boats and streams, circular tracks, races and even in clocks…etc.

Foundation

1. Walking at the rate of 2kmph a man cover certain distance in 2hr 45 min. running at
a speed of 11kmph the man will cover the same distance in?
(a) 30 min (b) 45 min (c) 60 min (d) none

2. Keerthi goes to office at a speed of 3km/h and returns to her home at a speed of 2
km/h. If she takes 10 hours in all, what is the distance between her office and her
home?
(a) 12 km (b) 24 km (c) 18 km (d) 20 km

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Important Considerations
 Case 1: If time is constant, equation becomes, speed is directly proportional to
distance,
 s  d. So, s  d, then d1 / d 2 = s1 / s2

3. A bus moving with speed 30 km/hour for first 2 hours and then with speed 40
km/hour for next 2 hours, find the ratio of distance covered?
(a) 4: 3 (b) 3: 4 (c) 3: 2 (d) 1: 2

4. If two cars started from P and Q points towards each other with speeds 60 km/hour
and 80 km/hour respectively, distance between two points P and Q is 210 km, then
find the distance between P and meeting point R?
(a) 60 (b) 180 (c) 120 (d) 90

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5. If the two cars started from P and Q points towards each other with speeds 40
km/hour and 50 km/hour respectively, find the time after how many minutes they
meet each other, if the distance between P and Q is 900 km?
(a) 600 minutes (b) 200 minutes (c) 480 minutes (d) 400 minutes

6. Hyderabad and Nagpur are two stations 600 km apart. A train starts from Hyderabad
and moves towards Nagpur at the rate of 25 km/h, after two hours another from
Nagpur at the rate of 35 km/h. How far (in kms) from Hyderabad will they cross each
other?
(a) 279.166 (b) 475 (c) 266.66 (d) 280

7. Two persons started at the same time from P and Q towards each other; if they meet
at a point 40 km from P. Find the speed of the second person, if the speed of the first
person is 30 km/hour and distance between P and Q is 100 km?
(a) 45 km/hr (b) 54 km/hr (c) 36 km/hr (d) 50 km/hr

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Case 2: If speed is constant, equation becomes time  distance, i.e. time directly
proportional to distance. Therefore, t1 / t2  d1 / d 2 .

8. Vivek and Bharath go home daily after office by office cab which has a speed of 40
kmph. Vivek takes 20% more time than Bharath to reach his home. If Bharath’s
house is at a distance of 30 km from the office. Then calculation the distance of
vivek’s house from the office?
(a) 36 km (b) 44 km (c) 48 km (d) 32 km
Case 3: When distance is constant speed  1/time, speed is inversely proportion to
time. Therefore, s1 / s2  t2 / t1 .

9. A person struck in huge traffic, and moves at 3/4th of his original speed, due to this
he reached his class by 10 minutes late. Find the original time to reach class?
(a) 30 minutes (b) 45 minutes (c) 60 minutes (d) 10 minutes

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10. Find the ratio of the time taken to cover two distances in the ratio 4 : 5 at speeds in
the ratio 4 : 3 respectively.
(a) 1: 1 (b) 5: 3 (c) 3: 5 (d) 4: 3

Relative Speed Concept:

 Suppose there a situation when two cars are travelling with 80 km/hour and 60
km/hour respectively. Does the first car speed 80 km/hour with respect to the
second car? Does the second car speed 60 km/hour with respect to the first one?

 Never, whenever we need to find out speed of a moving body with respect to
another moving body, relative motion comes into picture. Whenever we say a car
travelling with speed 80km/hr we mean speed is 80km/hr with respect to a fixed
or a stationary point.

Case 1: If they are moving in opposite direction, generally if a person is coming towards
our side, it takes less time to meet him, and compared to if he stay there only. Less time
becomes speed increasing so speeds will be add up, relative speed = s1 + s2 .

Case 2: Two moving bodies are moving in same direction with speeds s1 and s2
respectively, relative speed becomes difference of the speeds of two bodies

 If s1 > s2 relative speed = s1 - s2

 If s1 < s2 relative speed = s2 - s1

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11. Arun and Bhasker start from place P at 6 AM and 7.30 AM respectively and run in
the same direction. Arun and Bhasker run at 8 km/hr and 12 km/hr respectively.
Bhasker overtake Arun at
(a) 11.30 AM (c) 11 AM (c) 10.30 AM (d) 9 AM

12. A thief spotted by the police man from a distance of 400m, when police saw thief he
started running to caught him ever thief also running away, if the police man
running with 9km/hr and thief running away with 5km/hr, distance travelled by
police to caught thief?
(a) 1 km (b) 900 m (c) 500 m (d) 400 m

Train crossing a pole/man/platform/bridge/train:

 Whenever one object of certain length crosses another object of finite length,
incrossing the object completely it covers a distance equal to the sum of the
lengths.The distance to be covered is independent of the direction in which it is
crossingi.e. whether the two objects are crossing each other in opposite directions
or if oneis overtaking the other i.e. in same direction, the distance to be covered for
one tocompletely cross the other is the sum of the lengths.

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 Usually a train is crossing either a pole or a man (stationary or walking) or a
platform or bridge or another train (obviously moving). For all such cases you
could use the following with the modifications as noted below:
L1  L2
 Time taken to cross =
S1  S2

 If one of the object is a pole or a man, its length will be 0 (zero)

 If one of the object is stationary (e.g. pole, platform, bridge), its speed will be 0
(zero)

Case 1:
 If a train is crossing a station object (If does not have any length), time taken by
the train to cross that object is,  t = l1 / s1 (Here, length of train l1 is distance) and
length of object is zero and speed of object is also zero.

Case 2:
 If a train crossing a stationary object which is having length of l2 , at speed s1 .

 Total length is = l1 + l2 , so t = ( l1 + l2 )/ s1 .

Case 3:
 Train crossing a moving object (ex: person) without any length. In this case object
also moving, so we should take relative speed, let s2 be speed of moving object,

relative speed becomes,= s1 + s2 . If they moving in opposite direction. So, equation

becomes, t = l1 / ( s1 + s2 )

 If they are moving in same direction t = l1 / ( s1 – s2 )

Case 4:
 If the train is crossing another moving object at speed s2 with length ( l2 ). If they

are moving in the opposite direction t = ( l1 + l2 )/ ( s1 + s2 ). If they are moving in same

direction t = ( l1 + l2 )/ ( s1 – s2 )

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13. A train 110 m long travels at 60 kmph. How long does it take?
(a) To pass a telegraph post by the side of the track?
(b) To pass a man running at 6 kmph in the same direction as the train?
(c) To pass a man running at 6 kmph in the opposite direction?
(d) To pass a station platform 240 m long?
(e) To pass another train 170 m long, running at 40 kmph in the same direction?
(f) To pass another train 170 m long, running at 60 kmph in the opposite direction?

(Boats & Streams) Concepts

 Problems on boats and streams based on basic equation of speed &time. Speed of
the boat (speed of its own), which is also called the speed of the boat in still water (
s b ). Here still water won’t have any speed.

 Speed of the stream (or) water current ( s s ).

 Total movement of the boat depends on three cases.

Case 1:
 If the boat is moving in still water, speed of the movement is given by = s b . (Since,
there is no movement for water).

Case 2:
 If the boat is moving against the flow of stream (or) water, known as moving up
stream, so the speed of movement is given by u s = s b – s s

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Case 3:
 If the boat is moving down stream (along with water flow (or) stream), speed of
movement is given by d s = s b + s s .

In some questions, they may ask swimmer (or) cyclist cycling along with wind (instead of
boat/river), the procedure will be same for above all the problems.
Note: Do not confuse with relative speed

14. A man goes down stream at x km/h and upstream at y km/h. The speed of the boat
in still water is:
(a) 0.5 (x + y) (b) 0.5 (x - y) (c) x + y (d) x – y

15. A boat speed is 6 km/hr in still water, if stream running at 3km/hour, how much
time it takes to reach a place and comeback, if the distance between starting point
and a place is 63 km?
(a) 20 hours (b) 24 hours (c) 30 hours (d) 48 hours

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16. A man can row with the speed 8 km/hour in still water, if the stream is moving with
4 km/hour, it takes 3 hour to row a place and come back, find the distance between
starting point and the place?
(a) 12 km (b) 9 km (c) 18 km (d) 15 km

Tracks & Races Concepts

 We know that whenever it is required to compare speeds of two (or) more bodies
relative speed comes into picture. Take a case, when two (or) more bodies are
moving around circular path (or) track the relative speed depends on the direction,
if they are moving in the same direction relative speed is equal to difference of their
speeds. If they are moving in the opposite direction relative to speed is equal to
sum of their speed. Suppose two (or) more persons start the race we are interested
in knowing two things
 First meeting : Answer is always LCM of timings, let us understand with an
example.

17. A and B start from the same point at the same time the circular track. A finish one
full cycle in 36 seconds and B finish same in 45 seconds. Find the time when they
will meet for the first time at starting point if they run in
1) Same direction 2) Opposite direction
(a) 270 (b) 360 (c) 90 (d) 180

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ii) First meeting at starting point: This is completely a different situation.
When running in opposite directions:

When running in the same direction:

18. In a circular race of a length 2700m, if A and B start from the same point with
speeds 27km/hr and 18km/hr respectively. Find the time taken by them for the first
meet if they travel in
(1) Same direction

(a) 1080 (b) 540 (c) 216 (d) 270

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(2) Different direction
(a) 1080 (b) 540 (c) 216 (d) 270

Problems on Races

 A and B two persons are contesting in a race competition, If A has reached the
winning point still B has another 20 meters to reach destination, we say that A
has won the race by 20 meters. If A reaches the winning post by 10 seconds before
B reaches, we say A has won the race by 10 seconds.

 If one of the person starts little later than other one. Suppose, A starts first and he
covered 100 meters, then B starts, we say A has start of 100m, if A starts the race
first, after 10 seconds, then B starts, then we say A has a start of 10 seconds.

19. A runs with 40m/s and B runs with 30 m/s, if A beats B by 40 meters, find the
length of the race?

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20. A and B runs contesting a 1000 meter race, running with speeds 30 km/hour and 27
km/hour respectively. Find who wins the race by what distance?

21. A can run 1km race in 6min and B can cover the same distance in 6min 40 seconds,
by what distance can A beat B?

22. A runs (4/3) times as fast as B. If A beats B by 20 meters in a race, find the length of
the race and ratio of times taken by them to complete the race?

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Practice Set (On TSD basics)

1. A journey of 72 km takes 1 hour less by a fast train than by a slow train. If the
average speed of the fast train be 12 kmph more than that of slow train, what is the
average speed (in kmph) of the slow train?
(a) 32 (b) 36 (c) 24 (d) 18

2. If a boy walks from his house to school at 4 km per hour, he reaches the school 10
minutes earlier than the scheduled time. However, if he walks at the rate of 3 km per
hour, he reaches 10 minutes late. Find the distance of his school from his house
(a) 5 km (b) 4 km (c) 4.5 km (d) 6 km

3. Train A starts from city P to city Q with a velocity of 40 kmph. Train B starts at city P
towards city Q, 1 hour after train A with a speed of 60 kmph. If both the trains reach
station Q simultaneously, what is the distance between cities, P and Q?
(a) 120 km (b) 90 km (c) 160 km (d) 80 km

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4. A starts towards Q from P at 9 am with a speed of 60 km/hr. B starts from Q to P a
little later and travels at 80 km/hr. They meet, when B has traveled 60 km. After
they met, If both reach their destination at the same times. Then what is the distance
between P and Q?
(a) 210 km (b) 140 km (c) 150 km (d) None

5. Munna walks to a viewpoint and returns to the starting point by his car and thus
takes a total time of 8 hours 10 minutes. He would have gained 2 hours 40 minutes
by driving both ways. How long would it have taken for him to walk both ways?
(a) 10 h 10 min (b) 11 h (c) 10 h 50 min (d) 12 h

6. A person travel 600km distance by train & car. If he travels 120km by train and rest
by car then he takes 14hr. If he travels 60km by train and rest by car then he takes
30 min more time to cover the whole distance. Find the sped of train & car?
(a) 40k/h&80km/h (b) 60k/h&80km/h
(c) 60k/h&40km/h (d) None of these

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7. The height of flag pole is 30ft. Grease is applied to the pole, a monkey attempts to
climb the pole, it climbs 3ft. every second but slips down 2ft in the next second.
When will the monkey reach the top of the flag pole?
(a) 60 sec (b) 51 sec (c) 55 sec (d) 61 sec

8. If a man cycles at 10 km/hr then he arrives at a certain place at 1 pm. If he cycles at

15 km/hr from the same starting point, he will arrive at the same destination at 11
am. At what speed must he cycle to get there at noon:
(a) 11 km/hr (b) 12 km/hr (c) 13 km/hr (d) 14 km/hr

9. A wheel rotates 10 times in a minute and moves 20 feet forward in each rotation.
How much time does the wheel take if it moves 970 feet forward?
(a) 2 min (b) 4.85min (c) 48.5 min (d) 9.7 min

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10. A person completes 8 revolutions along a circular path in 40 min. If diameter of circle
becomes 10 times what is the time taken to complete 1 full cycle on a new track ?

(a) 25 min (b) 45 min

(c) 50 min (d) 36 min

11. Two Candles of equal height glowed at same time. 1st candle burn in 4 hours. 2nd
candle burn in 3 hours completely at constant speeds after how much time height of
the 1st one becomes twice of the 2nd one?

(a) 2hr 10 min (b) 2 hrs 20 min

(c) 2 hrs 24 min (d) 2 hrs 30 min

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Trains Questions

12. Two trains, of same length, are running in parallel tracks in the same direction with
speed 60 km/hour and 90 km/hour respectively. The latter completely crosses the
former in 30 seconds. The length of each train (in meters) is
(a) 100 (b) 115 (c) 150 (d) 125

13. Two trains are moving in opposite directions with the respective speeds of 36 kmph
and 45 kmph. They will cross each other in 20 seconds. If they are moving in the
same direction at the same speed, how much time will they take to cross each other?
(a) 2 min (b) 5 min (c) 3 min (d) 9 min

14. Two trains are moving in the same direction. The speed of the faster train is twice the
speed of the slower train. The faster train takes 60 sec to overtake the slower train. If
they move in opposite directions, how much time will they take to cross each other?
(a) 20 sec (b) 30 sec (c) 45 sec (d) 10 sec

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15. A train crosses a bridge of length 150 meter in 15 seconds and a man standing on it
in 9 sec. The train is travelling at a uniform speed. Length of train is
(a) 135 m (b) 90 m (c) 200 m (d) 225 m

Boats & Streams Questions

16. A boat speed is 16km/hour in still water, if it taken total of 8hours to go to a place of
60km, for way and return, find the speed of stream?
(a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 10

17. A person can swim on against stream at 10km/hr and along with stream at
15km/hour; find the person speed (km/hour) in still water and speed of stream?
(a) 12.5 & 2.5 (b)10.5 & 2.5 (c) 12.5 &4.5 (d) 20.5 & 2.5

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18. A boat travels 40km in 8hr in upstream and 56km in 8hr in downstream, speed of
the stream?
(a) 1km/hour (b) 6 km/hour (c) 8 km/hour (d) 4 km/hour

19. For a person if it takes twice as long to row up as to row down the river, find the
speed of stream if person can row at 12 km/hour?
(a) 14km/hour (b) 8 km/hour (c) 12 km/hour (d) 4km/hour

20. A boat travel 42 km distance in down- stream & 21 km in upstream then total time
taken is 13 hrs, the same boat travel 14 km in down-stream as much time taken for
6 km in upstream. What is the speed of boat in still water?
(a) 12 km/h (b) 5 km/h (c) 30 km/h (d) 10 km/h

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Tracks & Races Questions

21. If A, B and C start the race in a circular track in the same direction at the starting
point, they take 24, 32 and 48 seconds respectively to finish the race. Find the time
taken by them to meet for the first time at the starting point?
(a) 96 seconds (b) 16 seconds (c) 80 seconds (d) 60 seconds

22. In a circular length of 2700m, A, B and C with respective speeds 9, 18 and 27

km/hour started at the same point at same time in a same direction, find the time to
meet for them for the first time?
(a)1080 (b) 2160 (c) 540 (d) 270

23. If A beats B by 200 meters in a race, ratio of their speeds 5: 4, then find the length
(in meters) of the race?
(a) 2000 (b) 800 (c) 1000 (d) 600

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24. B can run 2100 meters race in 10 min and A can cover the same distance in 15 min,
by what distance (in meters) can B beat A?
(a) 500 (b) 1400 (c) 700 (d) 600

25. If A beats B by 100 meters in a race of 1000 meters and A beats C by 190 meters in
the same race, find by what distance (in meters) B beats C in the same race?
(a) 400 (b) 200 (c) 300 (d) 100

26. In a 1km race, A beats B by 40 meters (or) 20 seconds, find the time (in minutes)
taken by A to finish the race?
(a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 10

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27. In one kilometer race, A beats B by 36 metres or 9 seconds. Find A's time over the
course.
(a) 240 s (b) 244 s (c) 241 s (d) 200 s

28. In 500 m race, A has start of 50 meters, the ratio of their speeds is 3: 2, who wins the
race by what distance?
(a) A by 150 meters (b) B by 200meters
(c) B by 150 meters (d) A by 200 meters

29. In 500 m race, A has start of 50 meters, the ratio of their speeds is 2: 3, who wins the
race by what distance?
(a) A by 150 meters (b) A by 200 meters
(c) B by 166.66 meters (d) B by 116.66 meters

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30. In a 100 meters race, if B has start of 4 meters and still lost the race A by 4 seconds,
find the speed of B if A’s speed is 5 m/s?
(a) 6 m/s (b) 4 m/s (c) 1 m/s (d) 2 m/s

UPSC PYQS

1. A person X from a place A and another person Y from a place B set out at the same
time to walk towards each other. The places are separated by a distance of 15 km. X
walks with a uniform speed of 1.5 km/hr and Y walks with a uniform speed of 1
km/hr in the first hour, with a uniform speed of 1.25 km/hr in the second hour and
with a uniform speed of 1.5 km/hr in the third hour and so on.
Which of the following is/are correct?
1. They take 5 hours to meet.
2. They meet midway between A and B

Select the correct answer using the code given below. (UPSC CSAT 2021)
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2

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2. A boy plays with a ball and he drops it from a height of 1.5 m. Every time the ball
hits the ground, it bounces back to attain a height 4/5th of the previous height. The
ball does not bounce further if the previous height is less than 50 cm. What is the
number of times the ball hits the ground before the ball stops bouncing? (UPSC
CSAT 2021)
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 7

3. A man takes half time in rowing a certain distance downstream than upstream. What
is the ratio of the speed in still water to the speed of current? (UPSC CSAT 2020)
(a) 1:2 (b) 2:1 (c) 1:3 (d) 3:1

4. A frog tries to come out of a dried well 4.5 m deep with slippery walls. Every time the
frog jumps 30 cm, slides down 15 cm. What is the number of jumps required for the
frog to come out of the well? (UPSC CSAT 2020)
(a) 28 (b) 29 (c) 30 (d) 31

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5. X, Y and Z are three contestants in a race of 1000m. Assume that all run with
different uniform speeds. X gives Y a start of 40 m and X give Z a start of 64 m. If Y
and Z were to compete in a race of 1000 m, how many metres start will Y give to
Z?(UPSC CSAT 2019)
(a) 20 (b) 25 (c) 30 (d) 35

6. Two persons, A and B are running on a circular track. At the start, B is ahead of A
and their positions make an angle of 30o at the centre of the circle. When A reaches
the point diametrically opposite to his starting point, he meets B. What is the ratio of
speeds of A and B, if they are running with uniform speeds? (UPSC CSAT 2018)
(a) 6 : 5 (b) 4 : 3 (c) 6 : 1 (d) 4 : 2

7. A train 200 m long is moving at the rate of 40 km/h. In how many seconds will it
cross a man standing near the railway line? (UPSC CSAT 2018)
(a) 12 (b) 15 (c) 16 (d) 18

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8. There are three pillars, X, Y and Z of different heights. Three spiders A, B and C start
to climb on these pillars simultaneously. In one chance. A climbs on X by 6cm but
slips down 1 cm. B climbs on Y by 7 cm but slips down 3 cm. C climbs on Z by 6.5
cm but slips down 2 cm. If each of the requires 40 chances to reach the top of the
pillars, what is the height of the shortest pillar?
(UPSC CSAT 2017)
(a) 161 cm (b) 163 cm (c) 182 cm (d) 210 cm

9. A freight train left Delhi for Mumbai at an average speed of 40 km/hr. Two hours
later, an express train left Delhi for Mumbai, following the freight train on a parallel
track at an average speed of 60 km/hr. How far from Delhi would the express train
meet the freight train? what is the height of the shortest pillar?
(UPSC CSAT 2017)
(a) 480 km (b) 260 km (c) 240 km (d) 120 km

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10. In a race, a competitor has to collect 6 apples which are kept in a straight line on a
track and a bucket is placed at the beginning of the track which is a starting point.
The condition is that the competitor can pick only one apple at a time, run back with
it and drop it in the bucket. If he has to drop all the apples in the bucket, how much
total distance he has to run if the bucket is 5 meters from the first apple and all
other apples are placed 3 meters apart ? (UPSC CSAT 2016)
(a) 40 m (b) 50 m (c) 150 m (d) 75 m

11. A person is standing on the first step from the bottom of a ladder. If he has to climb 4
more steps to reach exactly the middle step, how many steps does the ladder have?
(UPSC CSAT 2016)
(a) 8 (b) 9 (c) 10 (d) 11

12. A and B walk around a circular park. They start at 8 a.m. from the same point in the
opposite directions. A and B walk at a speed of 2 rounds per hour and 3 rounds per
hour respectively. How many times shall they cross each other after 8·00 a.m. and
before 9.30. a.m.? (UPSC CSAT 2016)
(a) 7 (b) 6 (c) 5 (d) 8

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13. Four friends A, B, C and D need to cross a bridge. A maximum of two persons can
cross it at a time. It is night and they just have one lamp. Persons that cross the
bridge must carry the lamp to find the way. A pair must walk together at the speed of
slower person. After crossing the bridge, the person having faster speed in the pair
will return with the lamp each time to accompany another person in the group.
Finally, the lamp has to be returned at the original place and the person who returns
the lamp has to cross the bridge again without lamp. To cross the bridge, the time
taken by them is as follows :
A : 1 minute, B : 2 minutes,
C : 7 minutes and D : 10 minutes.
What is the total minimum time required by all the friends to cross the bridge?
(UPSC CSAT 2016)
(a) 23 minutes (b) 22 minutes
(c) 21 minutes (d) 20 minutes

14. A daily train is to be introduced between station A and station B starting from each
at 6 AM and the journey is to be completed in 42 hours. What is the number of trains
needed in order to maintain the Shuttle Service? (UPSC CSAT 2016)
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 7

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15. In a 500 metres race, B starts 45 metres ahead of A, but A wins the race while B is
still 35 metres behind. What is the ratio of the speeds of A to B assuming that both
start at the same time? (UPSC CSAT 2015)
(a) 25: 21 (b) 25: 20 (c) 5:3 (d) 5:7

16. Two cities A and B are 360 km apart. A car goes from A to B with a speed of 40
km/hr and returns to A with a speed of 60 km/hr. What is the average speed of the
car? (UPSC CSAT 2015)
(a) 45 km/hr (b) 48 km/hr (c) 50 km/hr (d) 55 km/hr

17. Two pipes A and B can independently fill a tank completely in 20 and 30 minutes
respectively. If both the pipes are opened simultaneously, how much time will they
take to fill the tank completely? (UPSC CSAT 2015)
(a) 10 minutes (b) 12 minutes (c) 15 minutes (d) 25 minutes

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18. Location of B is north of A and location of C is east of A. The distances AB and AC
are 5 km and 12 km respectively. The shortest distance (in km) between the locations
B and C is (UPSC CSAT 2014)
(a) 60 (b) 13 (c) 17 (d) 7

19. Two cars start towards each other, from two places A and B which are at a distance
of 160 km. They start at the same time 08 :10 AM. If the speeds of the cars are 50
km and 30 km per hour respectively, they will meet each other at (UPSC CSAT 2014)
(a) 10 :10 AM (b) 10 :30 AM (c) 11:10 AM (d) 11:20 AM

20. A straight line segment is 36 cm long. Points are to be marked on the line from both
the end points. From each end, the first point is at a distance of 1cm from the end,
the second point is at a distance of 2 cm from the first point and the third point is at
a distance of 3 cm from the second point and so on. If the points on the ends are not
counted and the common points are counted as one, what is the number of points ?
(UPSC CSAT 2014)
(a)10 (b) 12 (c) 14 (d) 16

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21. A and B decide to travel from place X to place Y by bus. A has Rs.10 with him and he
finds that it is 80% of the bus fare for two persons. B finds that he has Rs. 3 with
him and hands it over to A. In this context, which one of the following statements is
correct ? (UPSC CSAT 2014)
(a) Now the money A has is just enough to buy two tickets.
(b) A still needs Rs.2 for buying the tickets.
(c) After buying the two tickets A will be left with 50 paise.
(d) The money A now has is still not sufficient to buy two tickets.

22. A person can walk a certain distance and drive back in six hours. He can also walk
both ways in 10 hours. How much time will he take to drive both ways?
(UPSC CSAT 2013)
(a) Two hours
(b) Two and a half hours
(c) Five and a half hours
(d) Four hours

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23. Four cars are hired at the rate of Rs.6 per km plus the cost of diesel at Rs.40 a litre.
In this context, consider the details given in the following table: (UPSC CSAT 2013)

Car Mileage Hours Total Payment (₹)

A 8 20 2120
B 10 25 1950
C 9 24 2064
D 11 22 1812

Which car maintained the maximum average speed?

(a) Car A (b) Car B (c) Car C (d) Car D

24. A thief running at 8 km/hr is chased by a policeman whose speed is 10 km/hr. If the
thief is 100 m ahead of the policeman, then the time required for the policeman to
catch the thief will be (UPSC CSAT 2013)
(a) 2 min (b) 3 min (c) 4 min (d) 6 min

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25. A train travels at a certain average speed for a distance of 63 km and then travels a
distance of 72 km at an average speed of 6 km/hr more than its original speed. If it
takes 3 hours to complete the total journey, what is the original speed of the train in
km/hr? (UPSC CSAT 2013)
(a) 24 (b) 33 (c) 42 (d) 66

26. Mr. Kumar drives to work at an average speed of 48 km per hour. The time taken to
cover the first 60% of the distance is 10 minutes more than the time taken to cover
the remaining distance. How far is his office? (UPSC CSAT 2012)
(a) 30 km (b) 40 km (c) 45 km (d) 48 km

27. If a bus travels 160 km in 4 hours and a train travels 320 km in 5 hours at uniform
speeds, then what is the ratio of the distances travelled by them in one hour ?
(UPSC CSAT 2011)
(a) 8 : 5 (b) 5 : 8 (c) 4 : 5 (d) 1 : 2

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