Time , Speed and Distance MCQ Set 1

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

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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

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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

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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

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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 .

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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

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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

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 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

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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

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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

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Answer: A