Q1:

2026: 31 May Shift 2

Time, Speed & Distance

Medium

Applied

In a kilometer race, A beats B by 100 meters and B beats C by 125 meters. Then A beats C by

Answer options
Option 3
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2026: 31 May Shift 2 MAT question 1

Q2:

2026: 30 May Shift 2

Time, Speed & Distance

Medium

Applied

A motorboat completes a round trip of 150 km between two places A and B in 8 hours. If downstream speed of the motorboat is 25 km/hr, then the upstream speed of the motorboat is

Answer options
Option 3
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2026: 30 May Shift 2 MAT question 2

Q3:

2026: 30 May Shift 2

Time, Speed & Distance

Hard

Applied

In a race of 1000 metres, X gives Y a start of 175 m and defeats him by 50 seconds. If speed of X is 5 m/s, then the speed of Y is

Answer options
Option 2
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2026: 30 May Shift 2 MAT question 3

Q4:

2026: 30 May Shift 1

Time, Speed & Distance

Easy

Applied

The speed of a boat in still water is 15 km/hr. It takes twice as long to go upstream to a point as to return downstream to the starting point. The speed of the stream is:

Answer options
Option 1
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2026: 30 May Shift 1 MAT question 4

Q5:

2026: 30 May Shift 1

Time, Speed & Distance

Medium

Applied

In a 900 meters race, A gives B a start of 150 meters and defeats him by 50 seconds. If the speed of A is 4.5 m/sec, then speed of B is:

Answer options
Option 1
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2026: 30 May Shift 1 MAT question 5

Q6:

2026: 29 May Shift 2

Time, Speed & Distance

Easy

Applied

A boat goes 24 km upstream in 4 hours and 32 km downstream in 4 hours. The speed of the boat in still water is:

Answer options
Option 3
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2026: 29 May Shift 2 MAT question 6

Q7:

2026: 29 May Shift 1

Time, Speed & Distance

Easy

Applied

The speed of a boat in still water is 12 km/hr. It takes twice as long to go upstream to a point as to return downstream to the starting point, then the speed of the stream is :

Answer options
Option 3
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2026: 29 May Shift 1 MAT question 7

Q8:

2026: 26 May Shift 2

Time, Speed & Distance

Medium

Applied

Ravi row to a place 45km distant and back in 20 hours. He finds that he can row 12km with stream in the same time as 4km against the stream ,then the speed of the stream is:

Answer options
Option 2
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2026: 26 May Shift 2 MAT question 8

Q9:

2026: 26 May Shift 2

Time, Speed & Distance

Medium

Applied

In a 10 km race, A, B and C each running at uniform speed get the gold, silver and bronze medals respectively. If A beats B by 1 km and B beats C by 1 km, then by how many meters does A beat C?

Answer options
Option 3
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2026: 26 May Shift 2 MAT question 9

Q10:

2026: 25 May Shift 1

Time, Speed & Distance

Medium

Applied

In a race of 800 m, A beats B by 80 m and in a race of 600 m, B beats C by 40 m. Then A will beat C in a race of 1000 m by :

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Q11:

2026: 25 May Shift 1

Time, Speed & Distance

Medium

Applied

A boat goes downstream at a speed of 18 km/hr and upstream at a speed of 'm' km/hr. The boat travelled 90 km downstream in a river and then returned back taking altogether 12.5 hours. Then which of the following are true ?

A. m=12m = 12

B. m=15m = 15

C. Speed of water current is 3 km/hr

D. Speed of water current is 1.5 km/hr

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Q12:

2026: 22 May Shift 2

Time, Speed & Distance

Medium

Applied

A motor boat can travel 5 km/hr in still water. It travelled 9 km downstream in river and then returned back taking altogether 10 hours. The rate of flow of water in the river is:

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Q13:

2026: 22 May Shift 1

Time, Speed & Distance

Hard

Applied

In a kilometer race, A beats B by 30 seconds and B beats C by 15 seconds. If A beats C by 180 m, then

Match List-I with List-II

List-IList-II
(A) Time taken by A to run 1 km(I) 250 seconds
(B) Time taken by B to run 1 km(II) 45 seconds
(C) Time taken by C to run 1 km(III) 235 seconds
(D) A beats C by(IV) 205 seconds

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Q14:

2026: 22 May Shift 1

Time, Speed & Distance

Medium

Applied

A boat can travel 36 km upstream in 5 hours. If the speed of the stream is 2.4 km/hr, how much time will the boat take to cover a distance of 78 km downstream?

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Q15:

2026: 21 May Shift 2

Time, Speed & Distance

Medium

Applied

In a 200 meter race, Taniya beats Geetansh by 40 meters or by 10 seconds. The time taken by Taniya to complete the race will be:

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Q16:

2026: 21 May Shift 2

Time, Speed & Distance

Medium

Applied

The ratio of the speed of a motorboat and that of the current of water is 14 : 8. The boat goes a certain distance along with the current in 3 hours 12 minutes. How much time does it take to come back?

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Q17:

2026: 21 May Shift 1

Time, Speed & Distance

Medium

Applied

In a 100 m race, A gives a start of 10 m to B but still beats B by 5 seconds. If the speed of B is 4.5 km/hr, then the speed of A is:

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Q18:

2026: 21 May Shift 1

Time, Speed & Distance

Easy

Applied

A motorboat can travel 10 km against the stream in 30 minutes and returns back at the same point in 10 minutes. The speed of the stream is,

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Q19:

2026: 19 May Shift 2

Time, Speed & Distance

Easy

Applied

A man rows 15 km upstream in 5 hours and 25 km downstream in 5 hours. The speed of the current is:

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Q20:

2026: 19 May Shift 2

Time, Speed & Distance

Easy

Applied

In a 1000 m race, Arun reaches the final point in 56 seconds and Pradeep reaches in 70 seconds. By how much distance does Arun beat Pradeep?

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Q21:

2026: 19 May Shift 1

Time, Speed & Distance

Medium

Applied

Usain Bolt runs a 100 m race and defeats his rival by 1 m. If Usain's speed was 9 m/s, the speed of the rival was :

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Q22:

2026: 19 May Shift 1

Time, Speed & Distance

Easy

Applied

A man rows a boat downstream 30 km and upstream 20 km. It takes him 5 hours to cover each distance. Which of the following are TRUE?

(A) The speed of the boat in still water is 10 km/hr.

(B) The speed of the boat in still water is 5 km/hr.

(C) The speed of the current is 1 km/hr.

(D) The speed of the current is 6 km/hr.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Q23:

2026: 18 May Shift 2

Time, Speed & Distance

Easy

Applied

Mr. X runs 5 times as fast as Mr. Y. If Mr. X gives Mr. Y a start of 80 meters, how far must the goal on the race course be so that Mr. X and Mr. Y reach it at the same time?

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Q24:

2026: 18 May Shift 2

Time, Speed & Distance

Medium

Applied

Let the speed of a boat in still water be uu km/hr and the speed of the water current in a river be vv km/hr. If a man rows distance DD down stream and same distance upstream, then average speed of total journey is

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Q25:

2026: 18 May Shift 1

Time, Speed & Distance

Easy

Applied

A man can row a boat in still water at the rate of 4 km/hr. He finds that it takes him twice as long to row upstream of a river as to row downstream of the same river, then the speed of the current of the river is

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Q26:

2026: 18 May Shift 1

Time, Speed & Distance

Medium

Applied

In a 600 m race, A beats B by 37.5 m or by 10 seconds, then the time taken by B to finish the race is

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Q27:

2026: 15 May Shift 1

Time, Speed & Distance

Easy

Applied

A can run 22.5 m while B runs 25 m in the same time. In a 1000 m race, by how much distance B beats A?

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Q28:

2026: 15 May Shift 1

Time, Speed & Distance

Medium

Applied

A motorboat can row at the speed of 10 km/h in still water. If the river is flowing at 5 km/h, and it takes 20 hours for a round trip, then the distance between the two places is

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Q29:

2026: 12 May Shift 2

Time, Speed & Distance

Easy

Applied

A person can row a motor boat in still water at the rate of 12 km/hr. It takes him thrice as long to row upstream of a river as to row downstream of the same river. The speed of the stream is :

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Q30:

2026: 12 May Shift 2

Time, Speed & Distance

Medium

Applied

A runs four times as fast as B. If A gives B a start of 90 meters, how far must the goal on the race course be so that A and B reach it at the same time ?

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