Speed Distance & Time

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TIME
AND DISTANCE

Multiple Choice Questions
(MCQS):

1.   The
speed of a bus is 72 km/hr. The distance covered by the bus in 5 seconds is

(1) 100 m

(2) 60 m

(3) 50 m

(4) 74.5 m

2.   Two
men start together to walk a certain distance, one at 4km/h and another at 3
km/h. The former arrives half and hour before the latter. Find the distance.

(1) 8 km

(2) 7 km

(3) 6 km

(4) 9 km

3.   A
train starts from a place A at 6 a.m. and arrives at another place B at 4.30
p.m. on the same day. If the speed of the train is 40 km per hour, find the
distance travelled by the train?

(1) 420 km

(2) 230 km

(3) 320 km

(4) 400 km

4.   Walking
at the rate of 4 km an hour, a man covers a certain distance in 3 hours 45
minutes. If he covers the same distance on cycle, cycling at the rate of 16.5
km/hour, the time taken by him is

(1) 55.45
minutes

(2) 54.55
minutes

(3) 55.44
minutes

(4) 45.55
minutes

5.   A
train covers a distance of 10 km in 12 minutes. If its speed is decreased by 5
km/hr. the time taken by it to cover the same distance will be:

(1) 10
minutes

(2) 13
minutes 20 sec

(3) 13
minutes

(4) 11
minutes 20 sec

6.  A man
walks



















 km
in

 hours. The time taken to walk 200 metres is

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

7.   A
bullock cart has to cover a distance of 120 km. in 15 hours. If it covers half
of the journey in

 time, the speed to cover the remaining
distance in the time left has to be

(1) 6.4
km/hr

(2) 6.67
km/hr

(3) 10
km/hr

(4) 15
km/hr

8.   A is
twice as fast as B and B is thrice as fast as C is. The journey covered by C in


 will be covered by A in

(1) 15
minutes

(2) 20
minutes

(3) 30
minutes

(4) 1 hour

9.   A
train is running at a speed of 116 km/hr. The distance covered by the train in
metres in 18 seconds is:

(1) 900
metre

(2) 1160
metre

(3) 508
metre

(4) 580
metre

10.               
To cover a certain distance with a speed
of 60 km/hr, a train takes 15 hours. If it covers the same distance in 12
hours, what will be its speed?

(1) 65
km/h

(2) 70
km/h

(3) 75
km/h

(4) 80
km/h

11.               
Sound travels at 330 metre per second. The
distance (in kilometre) of a thunder cloud when its sound follows the flash
after 10 seconds is:

(1) 0.33
km.

(2) 3.3
km.

(3) 33 km.

(4) 33.3
km.

12.               
Rohit crosses a 700 metre wide road n 35
seconds. What is the speed (in km/hr)?

(1) 54

(2) 76

(3) 72

(4) 84

13.               
Vipin crosses a 450 metre wide road in 9
seconds. What is the speed (in km/hr.)?

(1) 195

(2) 150

(3) 210

(4) 180

14.               
A takes 30 minutes more then B to cover a
distance of 15 km at a certain speed. But if A doubles his speed, he takes one
hour less than B to cover the same distance. What is the speed (in km/h) of B?

(1) 6

(2) 5

(3)

(4)

15.               
Walking at

 of
his usual speed, a person reaches his office 18 minutes late than the usual
time. His usual time in minutes is:

(1) 25

(2) 30

(3) 20

(4) 40

16.               
P travels for 6 hours at the rate of 5
km/hour and for 3 hours at the rate of 6 km/hour. The average speed of the
journey in km/hour is

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

17.               
A train travelled at a speed of 35 km/hr
for the first 10 minutes and at a speed of 20 km/hr for the next 5 minutes. The
average speed of the train for the total 15 minutes is

(1) 30
km/hr

(2) 23
km/hr

(3) 31
km/hr

(4) 29
km/hr

18.               
On a journey across Kolkata, a taxi
average 50 km per hour for 50% of the distance, 40 km per hour for 40% of it
and 20 km per hour for the remaining. The average speed (in km/hour) for the
whole journey is:

(1) 42

(2) 40

(3) 35

(4) 45

19.               
A and B are 20 km apart. A can walk at an
average speed of 4 km/hour and B at 6 km/hr. If they start walking towards each
other at 7 a.m., when they will meet?

(1) 8.00
a.m.

(2) 8.30
a.m.

(3) 9.00
a.m.

(4) 10.00
a.m.

20.               
A man walks from his house at an average
speed of 5 km per hour and reaches his office 6 minutes late. If he walks at an
average speed of 6 km/h he reaches 2 minutes early. The distance of the office
from his house is

(1) 6 km

(2) 9 km

(3) 12 km

(4) 4 km

21.               
A train runs at an average speed of 75
km/hr. If the distance to be covered is 1050 kms, how long will the train take
to cover it?

(1) 13 hrs

(2) 12 hrs

(3) 15 hrs

(4) 14 hrs

22.               
A car completed a journey of 400 km in

 hrs. The first

 th
of the journey was done at 30 km/hr. Calculate th speed for the rest of the
journey.

(1) 45
km/hr

(2) 25
km/hr

(3) 40
km/hr

(4) 30
km/hr

23.               
At an average of 80 km/hr Shatabdi Express
reaches Ranchi from Kolkata in 7 hrs. The distance between Kolkata and Ranchi
is

(1) 560
km.

(2) 506
km.

(3) 560 m.

(4) 650 m.

24.               
To cover a distance of 225 km in 2.5 hours
what should be the average speed of the car in metre/second?

(1) 90
metre/second

(2) 45
metre/second

(3) 50
metre/second

(4) 25
metre/second

25.               
A goes office at a speed of 10 km/hr and
returns home at 40 km/hr. What is his average speed (in km/hr)?

(1) 16

(2) 24

(3) 25

(4) 32

26.               
A car covers 630 km. in 20 hours.
Calculate its average speed in metre/second?

(1) 8.25

(2) 7.75

(3) 8.75

(4) 7.25

27.               
A train without stoppage travels with an
average speed of 50 km/h, and with stoppage, it travels with an average speed
of 40 km/h. For how many minutes does the train stop on an average per hour?

(1) 12

(2) 13

(3) 14

(4) 15

26.       
A car travels 80 km. in 2 hours and a
train travels 180 km. in 3 hours. The ratio of the speed of the car to that of
the train is:

(1) 2: 3

(2) 3: 2

(3) 3: 4

(4) 4: 3

28.               
The ratio between the speeds of two trains
is 5: 7. If the first train covers 300 km in 3 hours, then the speed (in km/h)
of the second train is:

(1) 150

(2) 140

(3) 120

(4) 100

29.               
The ratio between the speed of two trains
is 2: 5. If the first trains run 250 km in 5 h, then the sum of the speeds (in
km/h) of both the trains is:

(1) 175

(2) 150

(3) 180

(4) 165

30.               
A train covers a distance between station
A and station B in 45 minutes. If the speed of the train is reduced by 5 km/hr,
then the same distance is covered in 48 minutes. The distance between station A
and B is

(1) 60 km

(2) 64 km

(3) 80 km

(4) 55 km

31.               
If a train runs with the speed of 36 km/h,
it reaches its destination 15 minutes late. However, if its speed is 45 km/h,
it is late by only 4 minutes. The correct time to cover its journey in minutes
is:

(1) 22

(2) 27

(3) 25

(4) 40

32.               
Two trains of same length are running on
parallel tracks in the same direction at 54 km/h and 42 km/h respectively. The
faster train passes the other train in 63 seconds. What is the length (in
metres) of each train?

(1) 90

(2) 81

(3) 105

(4) 210

33.               
The speed of train A is 16 kmph less than
that of train B. Train B takes 4 hours less than train A in covering a distance
of 384 km. What is the speed of train B (in kmph)?

(1) 45

(2) 32

(3) 48

(4) 50

34.               
A train, 150m long, passes a pole in 15
seconds and another train of the same length travelling in the opposite
direction in 12 seconds. The speed of the second train is

(1) 45
km./hr

(2) 48
km./hr

(3) 52
km./hr

(4) 54
km./hr

35.               
Two trains start from station A and B and
travel towards each other at speed of 16 miles/hour and 21 miles/hour
respectively. At the time of their meeting, the second train has travelled 60
miles more than the first. The distance between A and B (in miles) is:

(1) 444

(2) 496

(3) 333

(4) 540

36.               
Two trains are running in opposite
directions with the speed. If the length of each train is 80 metres and they
cross each other in 16 seconds, then what is the speed (in km/hr) of each
train?

(1) 12

(2) 18

(3) 24

(4) 30

37.               
A train 150 metres long takes 20 seconds
to cross a platform 450 metre long. The speed of the train in, km per hour, is:

(1) 108

(2) 100

(3) 106

(4) 104

38.               
A moving train passes a platform 50 metre
long in 14 seconds and a lamp post in 10 seconds. The speed of the train (in
km/h) is:

(1) 24

(2) 36

(3) 40

(4) 45

39.               
A train, 200 metre long, is running at a
speed of 54 km/hr. The time in seconds that will be taken by train to cross a
175-metre-long bridge is:

(1) 12.5

(2) 20

(3) 25

(4) 10

40.               
A train passes two bridges of lengths 400
metre and 200 metre in 80 seconds and 60 seconds respectively. What is the
length (in metre) of the train?

(1) 200

(2) 400

(3) 350

(4) 720

41.               
A train of length 600 metre crosses a
platform of length 1000 metre in 80 seconds. What is the speed (in m/s) of the
train?

(1) 20

(2) 72

(3) 16

(4) 36

42.               
A 400 metre long train crosses an 800
metre long platform in 36 seconds. What is speed (in km/hr) of the train?

(1) 150

(2) 120

(3) 125

(4) 110

43.               
A train 150 m long passes a km stone in 30
seconds and another train of the same length travelling in opposite direction
in 10 seconds. The speed of the second train is:

(1) 90
km/hr

(2) 125
km/hr

(3) 25
km/hr

(4) 75
km/hr

44.               
A train 240 metres in length crosses a
telegraph post in 16 seconds. The speed of the train is

(1) 50
km/hr

(2) 52
km/hr

(3) 54
km/hr

(4) 56
km/hr

45.               
A train without stoppage travels with an
average speed of 65 km/h and with stoppage, it travels with an average speed of
52 km/h. For how many minutes does the train stop on an average per hour?

(1) 13

(2) 15

(3) 12

(4) 14

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