TIME , SPEED AND DISTANCE MCQ SET 1
1. Dimple is travelling at a speed of 90 km/h on a highway , while Sachin is travelling at a speed of 108 km/h . What is the difference in their speeds , in metres per second ?
(a) 5
(b) 6
(c) 4
(d) 3
Answer: A
2. A man runs 200 metres in 24 seconds . His speed is :
(a) 30 km/h
(b) 32 km/h
(c) 24 km/h
(d) 33 km/h
Answer: A
3. A car covers a distance of 90 km in 50 min . What is its speed (in m/s)?
(a) 30
(b) 90
(c) 108
(d) 60
Answer: A
4. The speed of a train is 108 km/h . The distance covered by the train in 11 seconds will be:
(a) 620 m
(b) 540 m
(c) 440 m
(d) 330 m
Answer: D
5. Which of the following is Not a correct statement ?
(a) The speed of 20,/s is less than the speed of 85km/h .
(b) Time may be calculated by dividing the distance by the speed .
(c) covering the same distance in lesser time implies a higher speed .
(d) The speed of 99 km/h is less than the speed of 24 m/s .
Answer: D
6. A bus is running at a speed of 60 km/h to cover a distance in 50 min . To reduce the time of journey to 20 min , at what speed (in km/h) should the bus run?
(a) 120
(b) 90
(c) 140
(d) 150
Answer: D
7. A bus covered a distance of 162 km . If speed of this bus is 15 m/s , then what will be the time taken ?
(a) 3 hours
(b) 2 hours
(c) 5 hours
(d) 4 hours
ย Answer: A
8. Vipin travels one – third of the distance of a journey at a speed of 30 km/h and the remaining distance at a speed of 40 km/h . If he took a total of 12 hours to complete the journey , what was the total distance (in km) of the journey?
(a) 445
(b) 450
(c) 412
(d) 432
Answer: D
9. The distance between two towns is covered in 7 hours and 30 minutes at the speed of 72 km/h . The time saved if the speed is increased by 25% is :-
(a) 1 hours 36 minutes
(b) 1 hour 50 minutes
(c) 1 hour 30 minutes
(d) 1 hour 20 minutes
Answer: C
10. A lady walks to her office every day from home and maintains a fixed time for the same on one day she decreases her speed by 25% . By what friction of her usually time will she be late on that day ?
(a) 1/3
(b) 1/4
(c) 1/6
(d) 2/3
Answer: A
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