Time, Speed and Distance SSC CGL Questions

SSC CGL-Quantitative Aptitude

Time, Speed and Distance MCQ Questions


7.
A thief takes off on his bike at a certain speed, after seeing a police car at a distance of 250 m. The police car starts chasing the thief and catches him. If the thief runs 1.5 km before being caught and the speed of the police car is 70 km/h, then what is the speed of thief’s bike (in km/h)?
SSC CGL 2024-26.9.2024-2
A.
65
B.
60
C.
55
D.
50
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ANSWER :
B. 60
8.
Two athletes are participating in a race on a circular track of 220 m. Ravi runs at the speed of 22 m/s, while Kapil runs at the speed of 11 m/s. They start from the same point, at the same time and in the same direction. After how many seconds will they meet for the first time?
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A.
15 seconds
B.
16 seconds
C.
20 seconds
D.
24 seconds
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ANSWER :
C. 20 seconds
9.
A policeman noticed a thief at some distance. The policeman started running to catch the thief and the thief also started running at the same time. The speed of both policeman and the thief was 12 km per hour and 10 km per hour, respectively. It took 30 minutes for the policeman to catch the thief. Find the initial distance (in metres) between them.
SSC CGL 2024-25.9.2024-2
A.
500
B.
600
C.
1000
D.
100
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ANSWER :
C. 1000
10.
Seema walks around a circular field at the rate of 3 rounds per hour, while Priya runs around it at the rate of 8 rounds per hour. They start in the same direction from the same point at 11:54 p.m. They shall first cross each other at:
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A.
12:06 p.m.
B.
12:00 a.m.
C.
12:06 a.m.
D.
11:59 p.m.
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ANSWER :
C. 12:06 a.m.
11.
A and B started their journeys from X to Y and Y to X, respectively. After crossing each other, A and B completed the remaining part of their journey in \(6\dfrac{1}{8}\) hours and 8 hours respectively. If the speed of A is 32km/h, then the speed in km/h of B is :
SSC CGL 2021-12.04.2022-2
A.
21
B.
28
C.
30
D.
25
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ANSWER :
B. 28
12.
A journey of 900 km is completed in 11 h. If two-fifth of the journey is completed at the speed of 60 km/h, at what speed is the remaining journey completed?
SSC CGL 2021-12.04.2022-3
A.
108
B.
72
C.
84
D.
90
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ANSWER :
A. 108