TIME & DISTANCE (MCQs)

A person crosses a 600 m long street in 5 minutes. What is his speed in km per hour?  

  • (a) 3.6  
  • (b) 7.2  
  • (c) 8.4  
  • (d) 10  
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An aeroplane covers a certain distance at a speed of 240 kmph in 5 hours. To cover the same distance in 1 hour, it must travel at a speed of:  

  • (a) 300 kmph  
  • (b) 360 kmph  
  • (c) 600 kmph  
  • (d) 720 kmph  
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If a person walks at 14 km/hr instead of 10 km/hr, he would have walked 20 km more. The actual distance travelled by him is:  

  • (a) 50 km  
  • (b) 56 km  
  • (c) 70 km  
  • (d) 80 km  
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A train can travel 50% faster than a car. Both start from point A at the same time and reach point B 75 km away from A at the same time. On the way, however, the train lost about 12.5 minutes while stopping at the stations. The speed of the car is:  

  • (a) 100 kmph  
  • (b) 110 kmph  
  • (c) 120 kmph  
  • (d) 130 kmph  
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Excluding stoppages, the speed of a bus is 54 kmph and including stoppages, it is 45 kmph. For how many minutes does the bus stop per hour?  

  • (a) 9  
  • (b) 10  
  • (c) 12  
  • (d) 20
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In a flight of 600 km, an aircraft was slowed down due to bad weather. Its average speed for the trip was reduced by 200 km/hr and the time of flight increased by 30 minutes. The duration of the flight is:  

  • (a) 1 hour  
  • (b) 2 hours  
  • (c) 3 hours  
  • (d) 4 hours  
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A man completes a journey in 10 hours. He travels the first half of the journey at the rate of 21 km/hr and the second half at the rate of 24 km/hr. Find the total journey in km.  

  • (a) 220 km  
  • (b) 224 km  
  • (c) 230 km  
  • (d) 234 km  
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The ratio between the speeds of two trains is 7:8. If the second train runs 400 km in 4 hours, then the speed of the first train is:  

  • (a) 70 km/hr  
  • (b) 75 km/hr  
  • (c) 84 km/hr  
  • (d) 87.5 km/hr  
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A man on tour travels first 160 km at 64 km/hr and the next 160 km at 80 km/hr. The average speed for the first 320 km of the tour is:  

  • (a) 35.55 km/hr  
  • (b) 36 km/hr  
  • (c) 71.11 km/hr  
  • (d) 71 km/hr  
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A car travelling at 5/7 of its actual speed covers 42 km in 1 hr 40 min 48 sec. Find the actual speed of the car.

  • (a) 17 * 6/7 km/hr  
  • (b) 25 km/hr  
  • (c) 30 km/hr  
  • (d) 35 km/hr  
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