RRB NTPC - Time and Distance One Line Questions & Answers

1. A person walks 20 km in 5 hours. How much faster must they walk to cover the same distance in 4 hours? — 0.5 km/hr

2. Two cyclists start from the same point to cover a distance of 60 km. One cyclist travels at 15 km/hr and the other at 10 km/hr. How much time will the faster cyclist save? — 2 hours

3. A boat's speed in still water is 10 km/hr. It takes 4 hours to travel upstream to a certain place and 3 hours to return. What is the speed of the stream? — 2.5 km/hr

4. Two trains are running on parallel tracks in the same direction at speeds of 70 km/hr and 50 km/hr. In how much time will they be 1 km apart if they start side by side? — 1.5 minutes

5. A train passes a platform in 10 seconds and a bridge of twice its length in 25 seconds. What is the ratio of the speed of the train to the speed of the bridge (if bridge had speed)? — 3:2

6. If a person walks at 5 km/hr, how far will they walk in 2.5 hours? — 12.5 km

7. A boat moves downstream at 14 km/hr and upstream at 8 km/hr. What is the speed of the boat in still water? — 10 km/hr

8. A train of length 100 meters takes 10 seconds to cross a bridge of length 200 meters. What is the speed of the train? — 30 m/s

9. A train 220 meters long is moving at 60 km/hr. In how much time will it pass a man standing on the platform? — 13.2 seconds

10. A train moving at 54 km/hr crosses a signal post in 8 seconds. What is the length of the train? — 150 meters

11. A train traveling at 40 km/hr passes a person in 12 seconds. What is the length of the train? — 133.33 meters

12. Two trains, A and B, running in opposite directions, cross each other in 10 seconds. Train A is 150 meters long and travels at 60 km/hr. Train B is 200 meters long and travels at 40 km/hr. What is the length of Train B? — 200 meters

13. Two persons A and B start walking from the same point at the same time in opposite directions. A walks at 5 km/hr and B walks at 7 km/hr. How far apart will they be after 2 hours? — 24 km

14. A person covers 60 km distance in 6 hours. To cover the same distance in 4 hours, what should be their average speed? — 15 km/hr

15. A train passes a pole in 15 seconds and a platform of 200 meters length in 25 seconds. What is the speed of the train? — 20 m/s

16. A train 200 meters long passes a man standing on a platform in 10 seconds. What is the speed of the train? — 20 m/s

17. A train 300 meters long is running at 75 km/hr. How long does it take to cross a platform 200 meters long? — 24 seconds

18. Two trains start from points A and B towards each other. The first train travels at 50 km/hr and the second at 40 km/hr. If the distance between A and B is 360 km, how far from A will they meet? — 200 km

19. A train takes 9 seconds to pass a pole and 15 seconds to pass a platform 120 meters long. What is the length of the train? — 180 meters

20. A boat travels upstream at 10 km/hr and downstream at 16 km/hr. What is the speed of the stream? — 3 km/hr

21. Two trains start at the same time, one from A to B and the other from B to A. After crossing each other, they take 8 hours and 4.5 hours respectively to reach their destinations. What is the ratio of their speeds? — 3:4

22. Two trains, A and B, start from the same point at the same time and travel in the same direction. Train A travels at 60 km/hr and Train B at 80 km/hr. What is the distance between them after 2 hours? — 40 km

23. A train of length 250 meters crosses a bridge of length 250 meters in 20 seconds. What is the speed of the train? — 25 m/s

24. Two trains start from points P and Q towards each other at speeds of 50 km/hr and 30 km/hr respectively. If they meet after 3 hours, what is the distance between P and Q? — 240 km

25. A train passes a platform of length 150 meters in 15 seconds and a signal post in 9 seconds. What is the length of the train? — 225 meters

26. A train takes 18 seconds to pass a platform 160 meters long and 12 seconds to pass a pole. What is the length of the train? — 240 meters

27. A train 150 meters long passes a signal post in 15 seconds. How long will it take to pass a platform 250 meters long? — 40 seconds

28. A train travels at a speed of 60 km/hr. How long will it take to cover a distance of 240 km? — 4 hours

29. A boat can travel at 10 km/hr in still water. If the speed of the stream is 2 km/hr, what is the time taken to cover a distance of 48 km downstream? — 4 hours

30. A boat travels downstream at 15 km/hr and upstream at 9 km/hr. What is the speed of the stream? — 6 km/hr

31. A man walks at 6 km/hr. How many hours will it take him to walk 27 km? — 4.5 hours

32. A man cycles at a speed of 15 km/hr. How many minutes will it take him to cover a distance of 10 km? — 40 minutes

33. Two trains start from points A and B towards each other. The first train travels at 50 km/hr and the second at 60 km/hr. They meet after 3 hours. If the second train had started 1 hour later, how much later would they have met? — 40 minutes

34. A train travels at 60 km/hr for 2 hours and then at 80 km/hr for 3 hours. What is the total distance covered? — 360 km

35. A person travels from city X to city Y at 30 km/hr and returns from Y to X at 50 km/hr. What is the average speed for the entire journey? — 37.5 km/hr

36. Two trains start at the same time from two stations A and B towards each other. The first train travels at 60 km/hr and the second train at 80 km/hr. If the distance between stations A and B is 700 km, when will they meet? — 5 hours

37. A person walks from point A to point B at 4 km/hr and returns from B to A at 6 km/hr. What is the average speed for the entire journey? — 4.8 km/hr

38. A car travels 150 km in 3 hours. What is its average speed? — 50 km/hr

39. A car travels 100 km in 2.5 hours. To cover the same distance in 2 hours, what should be its new average speed? — 50 km/hr

40. A car travels the first 30 km of a journey at a uniform speed of 60 km/hr and the next 30 km at a uniform speed of 40 km/hr. What is the average speed for the entire journey? — 48 km/hr

41. A car travels at 40 km/hr for the first hour and 60 km/hr for the second hour. What is its average speed over the two hours? — 50 km/hr

42. Two trains start from the same station at the same time in the same direction. Their speeds are 40 km/hr and 60 km/hr. What is the distance between them after 30 minutes? — 10 km

43. A person covers a distance of 600 meters in 5 minutes. What is their speed in km/hr? — 7.2 km/hr

44. A train moving at 72 km/hr crosses a platform in 10 seconds. What is the length of the platform if the train's length is 150 meters? — 200 meters

45. A car travels the first 100 km at 50 km/hr and the next 100 km at 75 km/hr. What is the average speed for the entire journey? — 60 km/hr

46. A man can row a boat at 15 km/hr in still water. If the speed of the stream is 5 km/hr, how long will he take to go to a place 60 km away and come back? — 8 hours

47. A train 180 meters long is running at 90 km/hr. In what time will it pass a man standing near the railway line? — 7.2 seconds

48. Two trains start from the same point at the same time in opposite directions. One travels at 60 km/hr and the other at 75 km/hr. After 40 minutes, how far apart will they be? — 90 km

49. A boat travels upstream at 8 km/hr and downstream at 12 km/hr. What is the speed of the boat in still water? — 10 km/hr

Time and Distance - One Line Questions