SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Time, Speed & Distance (Boat and Streams) - 1 - SSC CGL MCQ

A train without stoppage travels with an average speed of 50 km/h, and with stoppage, it travels with an average speed of 40 km/h. For how many minutes does the train stop on an average per hour?    (SSC CGL-2018)

Given that lengths of the paths of a ball thrown with different speeds by two boys are the same, and that the average speed for the first and second throws are respectively 90 km/h  and 162 km/h, then what is the time taken by the first throw to cover the length if the same for the second thrown is one second?    (SSC CHSL-2018)

A boat can go 30 km downstream and 24 km upstream in 2 hours 27 minutes. Also, it can go 10 km downstream and 4 km upstream in 37 minutes. What is the speed of the boat upstream (in km/h)?    (SSC Sub. Ins. 2018)

If a train runs with the speed of 48 km/h, it reaches its destination late by 12 minutes. However, if its speed in 64 km/h it is late by 3 minutes only. The right time for the train to cover its journey (in minutes) is:    (SSC Sub. Ins. 2018)

A bus starts running with the initial speed of 33 km/hr and its speed increases every hour by certain amount. If it takes 7 hours to cover a distance of 315 km, then what will be hourly increament (in km/hr) in the speed of the bus?    (SSC Sub. Ins. 2017)

A motorcyclist left  later than the scheduled time but in order to reach its destination 21km away in time, he had to increase his speed by 12 km/hr from the usual speed. What is usual speed (in km/hr) of the motorcyclist?

A train covers a distance of 12 km in 10 minutes. If it takes 6 seconds to pass a telegraph post, then the length of the train is:    (SSC MTS 2017)

If a train maintains an average speed of 42 km per hour, it arrives at its destination at the right time, if however, the average speed is 40 km per hour, it arrives 15 minutes late. Find the length of the journey?    (SSC MTS 2017)

Two cars travel from city A to city B at a speed of 36 km/hr and 48 km/hr respectively. If one car takes 3 hours lesser time than the other car for the journey, then the distance between City A and City B is    (SSC CHSL 2017)

A bus starts running with the initial speed of 21 km/hr and its speed increases every hour by 3 km/hr. How many hours will it take to cover a distance of 252 km?    (SSC CGL 2017)

A train leaves Delhi at 10 a.m. and reaches Jaipur at 4 p.m. on same day. Another train leaves Jaipur at 12 p.m. and reaches Delhi at 5 p.m. on same day. What is the time of day (approximately) when the two trains will meet?    (SSC CGL 2017)

A train travels 40% faster than a car. Both start from point A at the same time and reach point B, 140 km away at the same time. On the way the train takes 25 minutes for stopping at the stations. What is the speed (in km/hr) of the train?    (SSC CGL 2017)

A boat goes 15 km upstream and  downstream in 3 hours 15 minutes. It goes 12 km upstream and 14 km downstream in 3 hours. What is the speed of the boat in still water?    (SSC CGL 2017)

A man travelled a distance 72 km in 12 hour. He travelled partly on foot at 5 km/hour and partly on bicycle at 10 km/ hour. The distance travelled foot is    (SSC Sub. Ins. 2016)

Points A and B are 100 km apart on a highway. One car starts from A and another from B at the same time. If the cars travel in the same direction, they meet in 5 hours. If the cars travel towards each other, they meet in 1 hour. What is the speed of the faster car?    (SSC Sub. Ins. 2016)

A train, 200 m long, is running at a speed of 54 km/hr. The time in seconds that will be taken by train to cross a 175 m long bridge is    (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2016)

A man covers a total distance of 100 km on bicycle. For the first 2 hours, the speed was 20 km/hr and for the rest of the journey, it came down to 10 km/hr. The average speed will be    (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2016)