CAT Time Speed and Distance previous year questions

18 Time Speed and Distance questions from CAT 2021–2025 (Quant), each with its answer and a step-by-step solution.

• Q10Shruti travels a distance of 224 km in four parts for a total travel time of 3 hours. Her speeds in these four parts…CAT 2025 Slot 1 · Quant · Time Speed and Distance
• Q19Rita and Sneha can row a boat at 5 km/h and 6 km/h in still water, respectively. In a river flowing with a constant…CAT 2025 Slot 2 · Quant · Time Speed and Distance
• Q6Rahul starts on his journey at 5 pm at a constant speed so that he reaches his destination at 11 pm the same day.…CAT 2025 Slot 3 · Quant · Time Speed and Distance
• Q16Ankita walks from A to C through B, and runs back through the same route at a speed that is 40% more than her walking…CAT 2025 Slot 3 · Quant · Time Speed and Distance
• Q15Two places A and B are 45 kms apart and connected by a straight road. Anil goes from A to B while Sunil goes from B to…CAT 2024 Slot 1 · Quant · Time Speed and Distance
• Q17A bus starts at 9 am and follows a fixed route every day. One day, it traveled at a constant speed of 60 km per hour…CAT 2024 Slot 2 · Quant · Time Speed and Distance
• Q15A train travelled a certain distance at a uniform speed. Had the speed been 6 km per hour more, it would have needed 4…CAT 2024 Slot 3 · Quant · Time Speed and Distance
• Q8Brishti went on an 8-hour trip in a car. Before the trip, the car had travelled a total of x km till then, where x is…CAT 2023 Slot 1 · Quant · Time Speed and Distance
• Q14Arvind travels from town A to town B, and Surbhi from town B to town A, both starting at the same time along the same…CAT 2023 Slot 1 · Quant · Time Speed and Distance
• Q11Ravi is driving at a speed of 40 km/h on a road. Vijay is 54 meters behind Ravi and driving in the same direction as…CAT 2023 Slot 2 · Quant · Time Speed and Distance
• Q13A boat takes 2 hours to travel downstream a river from port A to port B, and 3 hours to return to port A. Another boat…CAT 2023 Slot 3 · Quant · Time Speed and Distance
• Q6Trains A and B start traveling at the same time towards each other with constant speeds from stations X and Y,…CAT 2022 Slot 1 · Quant · Time Speed and Distance
• Q22Two ships meet mid-ocean, and then, one ship goes south and the other ship goes west, both travelling at constant…CAT 2022 Slot 2 · Quant · Time Speed and Distance
• Q10Two cars travel from different locations at constant speeds. To meet each other after starting at the same time, they…CAT 2022 Slot 3 · Quant · Time Speed and Distance
• Q12Moody takes 30 seconds to finish riding an escalator if he walks on it at his normal speed in the same direction. He…CAT 2022 Slot 3 · Quant · Time Speed and Distance
• Q4Two trains cross each other in 14 seconds when running in opposite directions along parallel tracks. The faster train…CAT 2021 Slot 1 · Quant · Time Speed and Distance
• Q5Two trains A and B were moving in opposite directions, their speeds being in the ratio 5 : 3. The front end of A…CAT 2021 Slot 2 · Quant · Time Speed and Distance
• Q3Mira and Amal walk along a circular track, starting from the same point at the same time. If they walk in the same…CAT 2021 Slot 3 · Quant · Time Speed and Distance