Speed, Time And Distance Test - 5

The J&K Express from Delhi to Srinagar was delayed by snowfall for 16 minutes and made upfor the delay on a section of 80 km travelling with a speed 10 km per hour higher than its normal speed. Find the original speed of the J&K Express (according to the schedule)

A pedestrian and a cyclist start simultaneously towards each other from Aurangabad and Paithanwhich are 40 km apart and meet 2 hours after the start. Then they resumed their trips and thecyclist arrives at Aurangabad 7 hours 30 minutes earlier than the pedestrian arrives at Paithan.Which of these could be the speed of the pedestrian?

Two cyclists start simultaneously towards each other from Aurangabad and Ellora, which are 28km apart. An hour later they meet and keep pedalling with the same speed without stopping. Thesecond cyclist arrives at Ellora 35 minutes later than the first arrives at Aurangabad. Find thespeed of the cyclist who started from Ellora.

A bus left point X for point Y. Two hours later a car left point X for Y and arrived at Y at the same time as the bus. If the car and the bus left simultaneously from the opposite ends X and Y towards each other, they would meet 1.33 hours after the start. How much time did it take the bus to travelfrom X to Y?

Two planes move along a circle of circumference 1.2 km with constant speeds. When they move in different directions, they meet every 15 seconds and when they move in the same direction, oneplane over takes the other every 60 seconds. Find the speed of the slower plane.

Two Indian tourists in the US cycled towards each other, one from point A and the other from point B. The first tourist left point A 6 hrs later than the second left point B, and it turned out ontheir meeting that he had travelled 12 km less than the second tourist. After their meeting, they kept cycling with the same speed, and the first tourist arrived at B 8 hours later and the second arrivedat A 9 hours later. Find the speed of the faster tourist.

Two ports A and B are 300 km apart. Two ships leave A for B such that the second leaves 8 hours after the first. The ships arrive at B simultaneously. Find the time the slower ship spent on the trip if the speed of one of them is 10 km/h higher than that of the other.

The Sabarmati Express left Ahmedabad for Mumbai. Having travelled 300 km, which constitutes 66.666 per cent of the distance between Ahmedabad and Mumbai, the train was stopped by a red signal. Half an hour later, the track was cleared and the engine-driver, having increased the speedby 15 km per hour, arrived at Mumbai on time. Find the initial speed of the Sabarmati Express.

Two horses started simultaneously towards each other and meet each other 3 h 20 min later. How much time will it take the slower horse to cover the whole distance if the first arrived at the place of departure of the second 5 hours later than the second arrived at the point of departure of the first?

A motorcyclist rode the first half of his way at a constant speed. Then he was delayed for 5minutes and, therefore, to make up for the lost time he increased his speed by 10 km/h. Find the initial speed of the motorcyclist if the total path covered by him is equal to 50 km.

Ravi, who lives in the countryside, caught a train for home earlier than usual yesterday. His wife normally drives to the station to meet him. But yesterday he set out on foot from the station to meet his wife on the way. He reached home 12 minutes earlier than he would have done had he waitedat the station for his wife. The car travels at a uniform speed, which is 5 times Ravi’s speed onfoot. Ravi reached home at exactly 6 O’clock. At what time would he have reached home if hiswife, forewarned of his plan, had met him at the station?

The metro service has a train going from Mumbai to Pune and Pune to Mumbai every hour, thefirst one at 6 a.m. The trip from one city to other takes 4*1/2hours, and all trains travel at the samespeed. How many trains will you pass while going from Mumbai to Pune if you start at 12 noon?

Two rifles are fired from the same place at a difference of 11 minutes 45 seconds. But a man who is coming towards the place in a train hears the second sound after 11 minutes. Find the speed oftrain.

A dog sees a cat. It estimates that the cat is 25 leaps away. The cat sees the dog and starts running with the dog in hot pursuit. If in every minute, the dog makes 5 leaps and the cat makes 6 leaps andone leap of the dog is equal to 2 leaps of the cat. Find the time in which the cat is caught by thedog (assume an open field with no trees)

A wall clock gains 2 minutes in 12 hours, while a table clock loses 2 minutes in 36 hours; bothare set right at noon on Tuesday. The correct time when they both show the same time next would be