CAT Time, Speed & Distance questions 48 since 2017

Across the 24 CAT papers from 2017 to 2025, Time, Speed & Distance was asked 48 times, in 24 of the 24 papers. CAT asks about 2.0 Time, Speed & Distance questions per paper on average; in 2022–2025 it was 1.3 per paper, against 2.7 in the four years before (falling). Below is how often it appeared each year, the ideas CAT keeps reusing, and every question with its answer.

How many Time, Speed & Distance questions come in CAT each year?

Time, Speed & Distance ideas CAT has repeated

• After meeting, speed ratio = √(ratio of remaining times) 4 questions, 2020–2023
• Meeting time moving towards each other vs. in the same direction 3 questions, 2018–2022
• Late at one speed, early at another: solve for distance 3 questions, 2017–2024
• Delay or stoppage on the way: new speed needed to arrive on time 4 questions, 2020–2025
• Boats and streams: upstream = b − s, downstream = b + s 3 questions, 2017–2025
• Trains crossing: relative speed covers the sum of lengths 3 questions, 2020–2021
• Races: 'A beats B by x' as distance ratios over the course 3 questions, 2017–2020
• One starts later from the other end: cover the head start, then meet 3 questions, 2017–2020

All Time, Speed & Distance questions, newest first

CAT 2025

• CAT 2025 Slot 3 · QA Q6 Rahul starts on his journey at 5 pm at a constant speed so…
• CAT 2025 Slot 3 · QA Q16 Ankita walks from A to C through B, and runs back through…
• CAT 2025 Slot 2 · QA Q19 Rita and Sneha can row a boat at 5 km/h and 6 km/h in still…
• CAT 2025 Slot 1 · QA Q10 Shruti travels a distance of 224 km in four parts for a…

CAT 2024

• CAT 2024 Slot 3 · QA Q15 A train travelled a certain distance at a uniform speed. Had…
• CAT 2024 Slot 2 · QA Q17 A bus starts at 9 am and follows a fixed route every day…
• CAT 2024 Slot 1 · QA Q15 Two places A and B are 45 kms apart and connected by a…

CAT 2023

• CAT 2023 Slot 3 · QA Q13 A boat takes 2 hours to travel downstream a river from port…
• CAT 2023 Slot 2 · QA Q11 Ravi is driving at a speed of 40 km/h on a road. Vijay is 54…
• CAT 2023 Slot 1 · QA Q8 Brishti went on an 8-hour trip in a car. Before the trip…
• CAT 2023 Slot 1 · QA Q14 Arvind travels from town A to town B, and Surbhi from town B…

CAT 2022

• CAT 2022 Slot 3 · QA Q10 Two cars travel from different locations at constant speeds…
• CAT 2022 Slot 3 · QA Q12 Moody takes 30 seconds to finish riding an escalator if he…
• CAT 2022 Slot 3 · QA Q21 Two ships are approaching a port along straight routes at…
• CAT 2022 Slot 2 · QA Q22 Two ships meet mid-ocean, and then, one ship goes south and…
• CAT 2022 Slot 1 · QA Q6 Trains A and B start traveling at the same time towards each…

CAT 2021

• CAT 2021 Slot 3 · QA Q3 Mira and Amal walk along a circular track, starting from the…
• CAT 2021 Slot 2 · QA Q5 Two trains A and B were moving in opposite directions, their… answer only
• CAT 2021 Slot 1 · QA Q21 Two trains cross each other in 14 seconds when running in… answer only

CAT 2020

• CAT 2020 Slot 3 · QA Q13 Anil, Sunil, and Ravi run along a circular path of length 3… answer only
• CAT 2020 Slot 3 · QA Q21 A and B are two railway stations 90 km apart. A train leaves… answer only
• CAT 2020 Slot 3 · QA Q22 Vimla starts for office every day at 9 am and reaches… answer only
• CAT 2020 Slot 2 · QA Q1 In a car race, car A beats car B by 45 km, car B beats car C… answer only
• CAT 2020 Slot 2 · QA Q15 The distance from B to C is thrice that from A to B. Two… answer only
• CAT 2020 Slot 2 · QA Q19 Two circular tracks T1 and T2 of radii 100 m and 20 m… answer only
• CAT 2020 Slot 2 · QA Q20 A and B are two points on a straight line. Ram runs from A… answer only
• CAT 2020 Slot 1 · QA Q4 A train travelled at one-thirds of its usual speed, and…
• CAT 2020 Slot 1 · QA Q7 A straight road connects points A and B. Car 1 travels from…
• CAT 2020 Slot 1 · QA Q14 Two persons are walking beside a railway track at respective…
• CAT 2020 Slot 1 · QA Q19 Leaving home at the same time, Amal reaches office at 10:15…

CAT 2019

• CAT 2019 Slot 2 · QA Q12 A cyclist leaves A at 10 am and reaches B at 11 am. Starting… answer only
• CAT 2019 Slot 2 · QA Q14 John jogs on track A at 6 kmph and Mary jogs on track B at… answer only
• CAT 2019 Slot 2 · QA Q21 Two ants A and B start from a point P on a circle at the… answer only
• CAT 2019 Slot 1 · QA Q14 Two cars travel the same distance starting at 10:00 am and… answer only
• CAT 2019 Slot 1 · QA Q19 In a race of three horses, the first beat the second by 11… answer only
• CAT 2019 Slot 1 · QA Q22 One can use three different transports which move at 10, 20… answer only
• CAT 2019 Slot 1 · QA Q32 The wheels of bicycles A and B have radii 30 cm and 40 cm… answer only

CAT 2018

• CAT 2018 Slot 2 · QA Q1 Points A, P, Q and B lie on the same line such that P, Q and… answer only
• CAT 2018 Slot 2 · QA Q17 On a long stretch of east-west road, A and B are two points… answer only
• CAT 2018 Slot 2 · QA Q20 Points A and B are 150 km apart. Cars 1 and 2 travel from A… answer only
• CAT 2018 Slot 1 · QA Q4 The distance from A to B is 60 km. Partha and Narayan start… answer only
• CAT 2018 Slot 1 · QA Q17 Point P lies between points A and B such that the length of… answer only
• CAT 2018 Slot 1 · QA Q23 Train T leaves station X for station Y at 3 pm. Train S… answer only

CAT 2017

• CAT 2017 Slot 2 · QA Q2 In a 10 km race. A, B, and C, each running at uniform speed… answer only
• CAT 2017 Slot 2 · QA Q4 Arun drove from home to his hostel at 60 miles per hour… answer only
• CAT 2017 Slot 2 · QA Q12 A motorbike leaves point A at 1 pm and moves towards point B… answer only
• CAT 2017 Slot 1 · QA Q4 A man leaves his home and walks at a speed of 12 km per… answer only
• CAT 2017 Slot 1 · QA Q7 A man travels by a motor boat down a river to his office and… answer only

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