Previous Year Questions of Speed Distance & time for SSC CGL Tier-II 2016 Exam

November 12, 2016 Share Like Labels: ssc

Q1. A man rows to a place 48 km distant and back in 14 hours. He finds that he can row 4 km with the stream in the same time as 3 km against the stream. The rate of the stream is:
(a) 1 km/hr
(b) 1.8 km/hr
(c) 3.5 km/hr
(d) 1.5 km/hr

Q2. A man can row three-quarters of a kilometer against the stream in 45/4 minutes and return in 15/2 minutes. The speed of the man in still water is:
(a) 2 km/hr
(b) 3 km/hr
(c) 4 km/hr
(d) 5 km/hr

Q3. A man can row 5 kmph in still water. If the river is running at 1 kmph, it takes him 75 minutes to row to a place and back. How far is the place?
(a) 3 km
(b) 2.5 km
(c) 4 km
(d) 5 km

Q4. If a train 110 m long passes a telegraph pole in 3 seconds, then the time taken by it to cross a railway platform 165 m long is-
(a) 3 sec
(b) 4 sec
(c) 5 sec
(d) 7.5 sec

Q5. A train 150 m long moving at a speed of 25 metres per second overtakes a man moving at 5 metres/sec in opposite direction. The train will pass the man in-
(a) 5 sec
(b) 6 sec
(c) 4 2/7 sec
(d) 8 sec

Q6. A train 110 m long passes a man, running at 6 kmph in the direction opposite to that of the train, in 6 seconds. The speed of the train is-
(a) 60 km/hr
(b) 66 km/hr
(c) 54 km/hr
(d) 72 km/hr

Q7. A train B speeding with 120 kmph crosses another train C, running in the same direction in 2 minutes. If the lengths of the trains B and C be 100 m and 200 m respectively, what is the speed of the train C?
(a) 111 kmph
(b) 127 kmph
(c) 123 kmph
(d) 129 kmph

Q8. Two trains travel in opposite directions at 36 kmph and 45 kmph and a man sitting in slower train passes the faster train in 8 seconds. The length of the faster train is -
(a) 80 m
(b) 100 m
(c) 120 m
(d) 180 m

Q9. A train running at certain speed crosses a stationary engine in 20 seconds. To find out the speed of the train, which of the following information is necessary?
(a) Only the length of the train
(b) Only the length of the engine
(c) Either the length of the train or the length of the engine
(d) Both the length of the train and the length of the engine

Q10. A train overtakes two persons who are walking in the same direction in which the train is going, at the rate of 2 kmph and 4 kmph and passes them completely in 9 and 10 seconds respectively. The length of the train is-
(a) 72 m
(b) 54 m
(c) 50 m
(d) 45 m

Q11. Two stations A and B are 110 km apart on a straight line. One train starts from A at 7 a.m. and travels towards B at 20 kmph. Another train starts from B at 8 a.m. and travels towards A at a speed of 25 kmph. At what time will they meet?
(a) 9 a.m.
(b) 10 a.m.
(c) 11 a.m.
(d) 10.30 a.m.

Q12. Two trains are running in opposite directions towards each other with speeds of 54 kmph and 48 kmph respectively. If the length of one of the train is 250 m and they cross each other in 18 seconds, the length of the other trains is-
(a) 145 m
(b) 230 m
(c) 260 m
(d) 180 m

Q13. A train travelling at 48 kmph completely crosses another train having half its length and travelling in opposite direction at 42 kmph, in 12 seconds. It also passes a railway platform in 45 seconds. The length of the platform is
(a) 560 m
(b) 400 m
(c) 600 m
(d) 450 m

Q14. A train of length 150 m takes 10 seconds to pass over another train of 100 m long coming from the opposite direction. If the speed of the first train be 30 kmph, the speed of the second train is
(a) 36 kmph
(b) 54 kmph
(c) 60 kmph
(d) 72 kmph

Q15. A man sees a train passing over a bridge 1 km long. The length of the train is half that of the bridge. If the train clears the bridge in 2 minutes, the speed of the train is -
(a) 30 km/hr
(b) 45 km/hr
(c) 50 km/hr
(d) 60 km/hr