SPEED TIME AND DISTANCE Question Sheet (Basic)
- Jul 23, 2025
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SPEED TIME AND DISTANCE Question
Directions for questions 1 to 70: Select the correct alternative from the given choices.
1. The speed of bus is 99 kmph. What is its speed in m/s?
a. 22.5 b. 27.5 c. 28.5 d. 25.5
2. A train travels 36 km in 15 minutes. Its speed is
a. 20 m/s b. 30 m/s c. 40 m/s d. 25 m/s
3. The speed of a car is 24 m/s. what is its speed in kmph?
a. 64.8 b. 86.4 c. 61.4 d. 80.4
4. The speed of 10 m/s in kmph is
a. 36 b. 54 c. 38 d. 72
5. If a man is travelling at 36 kmph, then how many meters does he covers in 40 seconds?
a. 400 b. 300 c. 2400 d. 240
6. If the speed of a man is 45 km per hour, then what is the distance travelled by him is 24 seconds?
a. 240 m b. 360 m c. 300 m d. 420 m
7. The speed of a train is 12 m/s and it takes 15 seconds to cross a telegraph post. What is the length of the train?
a. 300 m b. 250 m c. 225 m d. 180 m
8. The speed of a train is 15 m/s. the time it takes to cross a telephone pole is 10 seconds. What is the length of the train?
a. 100 m b. 1.5 m c. 150 m d. 200 m
9. What time does a train 150 m in length and moving at a speed of 90 kmph, take to cross an electric pole?
a. 4 sec b. 6 sec c. 5 sec d. 2 sec
10. A train 300 m long and moving at a speed of 25 m/s can cross a man standing on a platform in
a. 60 sec b. 24 sec c. 75 sec d. 12 sec
11. The speed of a train is 18 m/sec. if is length is 540 m, then how long will it take to cross a man standing on a platform?
a. 25 sec b. 60 sec c. 30 sec d. Can’t be determined
12. A train moving at a uniform speed crosses a platform 99 m long in 13 ½ seconds and an electric pole in 9 seconds. Find the length of the train.
a. 194 m b. 196 m c. 198 m d. 200 m
13. A train having a length of 400 m, travelling at a speed of 20 m/s, crosses a platform in one minute. What is the length of the platform?
a. 2000 m b. 800 m c. 400 m d. Can’t be determined
14. The speed of a train is 10 m/s. if it’s length is 540 m, then how long will it take to cross a tunnel?
a. 12 sec b. 54 sec c. 39 sec d. Can’t be determined
15. A train which is 350 m long passes a tunnel of length 550 at a speed of 54 km/hr in
a. 30 sec b. 23 (1/3) sec c. 36(2/3) sec d. 60 sec
16. A 310 m long train crosses a platform in one minute. If the speed of the train is 54 km/hr, then what is the length of the platform?
a. 690 m b. 550 m c. 590 m d. 510 m
17. The speed of a train, 150 m long, is 88 kmph. What time will it take to cross a platform 180 m long?
a. 11(1/2) sec b. 10(1/2) sec c. 13(1/2) sec d. 14(1/2) sec
18. A man goes to a city at 60 kmph and returns at 40 kmph. If he takes 10 hours in all, then what is the distance between the city and the man’s starting point?
a. 272 km b. 280 km c. 288 km d. 240 km
19. The distance between a boy’s school and his house is 65 km. he takes 90 min to go to his school from his house and 60 minutes to return home. What is his average speed for the entire journey?
a. 32 km/hr b. 42 km/hr c. 52 km/hr d. 27 km/hr
20. A man covers the distance between A and B in 30 min and returns from B to A in 60 min. if the distance between A and B is 40 km, then what is his average speed?
a. 26 kmph b. 53(1/3) kmph c. 66(2/3) kmph d. 70 kmph
21. A person travels the distance between two plates A and B in 48 min and return from B and A in 36 minutes. If the distance between A and B is 70 km, what is the average speed of the person?
a. 100 km/hr b. 204 km/hr c. 102 km/hr d. 196 km/hr
22. A certain distance is covered at a certain speed. If half of the same distance is covered in double the time, then the ratio of the former speed to that of the latter is
a. 4:1 b. 1:4 c. 2:1 d. 1:2
23. A motorcyclist covered two-thirds of a total journey at his usual speed. He covered the remaining distance at three-fourth of his usual speed. As a result, he arrived 30 minutes later than the time he would have taken at usual speed. If the total journey was 180 km, then what was his usual speed?
a. 40 kmph b. 36 kmph c. 30 kmph d. 32 kmph
24. In a journey, one-third of the distance is covered at 30 km/hr and the remaining at 40 km/hr. what is the average speed for the entire journey?
a. 35 km/hr b. 37.5 km/hr c. 36 km/hr d. 33.5 km/hr
25. A man can row a certain distance against the stream in six hours. However, he would take two hours less to cover the same distance with the current. If the speed of the current is 2 kmph, then what is the speed of the man in still water?
a. 10 kmph b. 12 kmph c. 14 kmph d. 8 kmph
26. A man can row three quarters of a kilometre against the current in 11 ¼ min and return in 7 ½ minutes. Find the speed of the speed of the man in still water.
a. 8 kmph b. 7 kmph c. 6 kmph d. 5 kmph
27. A man can row downstream at 12 kmph and upstream at 8 kmph. Find the ratio of the speed of the current to the speed of the man in still water.
a. 1:5 b. 5:4 c. 25:16 d. 16:25
28. A person can swim at a speed of 9 km per hour in still water. If the speed of the stream is 6 km per hr, then how long does he take swim up to a distance of 9 km and return the starting point?
a. 2 hr b. 2 ½ hr c. 3(3/5) hr d. 3(3/4) hr
29. A person can row at 9 km per hr in still water. He finds that it takes him twice as much time to row upstream as compared to down-stream. What is the speed of the current?
a. 3 kmph b. 4 ½ kmph c. 6 kmph d. 3 ½ kmph
30. A man can row at 6 kmph in still water and a river is flowing at 4 kmph. How long will the man take to go to a place 1 km downstream and return?
a. 36 min b. 24 min c. 12 min d. 18 min
31. A man can row at 12 kmph in still water. He finds that it takes him thrice as much time to row up the river as it takes to row down the river. What is the speed of the current?
a. 6 kmph b. 24 kmph c. 48 kmph d. 18 kmph
32. A person can row a distance of one km against the stream in ten minutes and along the stream on four minutes. What is the speed of the stream?
a. 3 km/hr b. 9 km/hr c. 5.6 km/hr d. 4.5 km/hr
33. A person can row 18 km downstream and 27 km upstream in three hours and 18 km upstream and 27 km downstream in two hours 42 minutes. What is the time taken by the person to row 25 km upstream?
a. 1(7/10) hr b. 1 ½ hr c. 2 hr d. 2(3/10) hr
34. It takes 45 minutes to cover a distance of 60 km by a car. How long will it take to cover the same distance if the speed of the car is reduced by 5 kmph?
a. 36 min b. 24 min c. 48 min d. 40 min
35. A train moves a certain distance in 8 hr. if it had moved 5 kmph faster, it would have covered the distance in 6 hr 40 min. find the original speed of the train.
a. 25 kmph b. 40 kmph c. 45 kmph d. 35 kmph
36. A car takes 9 hr to cover a certain distance at a speed of 60 kmph. At what speed must it travel in order to cover the same distance in 3 hr less time?
a. 75 kmph b. 180 kmph c. 84 kmph d. 90 kmph
37. Two persons, Sumeet and Abhinav, take 3 hr and 5 hr respectively to travel from Agra to New Delhi. If Sumeet’s speed is 30 km/hr, what is Abhinav’s speed?
a. 20 km/hr b. 18 km/hr c. 25 km/hr d. 60 km/hr
38. It takes 7 hr to cover a certain distance at a speed of 75 km/hr by a car. At what speed must one travel to cover the same distance in 2 hr less time?
a. 105 kmph b. 53(4/7) kmph c. 90 kmph d. 84(1/7) kmph
39. A train leaves Vijayawada at 9:00 p.m. and travels to Hyderabad at a speed of 72 kmph per hour. Another train leaves Hyderabad at 10:00 p.m. and travels to Vijayawada at a speed of 64 km per hr. how far from Hyderabad will the two trains meet?
a. 144 km b. 288 km c. 168 km d. can’t be determined
40. Two cars A and B start simultaneously from two different places and travel towards each other. They arrive at their destinations after 4 hr and 6 hr respectively. If speed of the car A is 48 km/hr, what is the speed of car B?
a. 36 km/hr b. 40 km/hr c. 32 km/hr d. 28 km/hr
41. A person in a car moving at a speed of 64 km/hr covers a certain distance in 9 hr. how much time does another person travelling by a van at a speed of 72 km/hr take to cover the same distance?
a. 6 hr b. 12 hr c. 8 hr d. 7 hr
42. A person covers a distance of 10 km in 2 hr and the next 10 km in 3 hr. what is the average speed of the person for the entire journey?
a. 4 km/hr b. 5.8 km/hr c. 3 km/hr d. 4.12 km/hr
43. A bus travels from A to B at a speed 65 kmph in one hour. If the speed is reduced by 15 kmph then, how much more time will it take to cover the same distance?
a. 12 min b. 16 min c. 18 min d. 44 min
44. In a kilometer race, A can give B a start of 40 m and B can give C a start of 25 m (in the same race) how many meters start can A give to C.
a. 46 m b. 56 m c. 66 m d. 64 m
45. A train consists of 12 bogies (inclusive of the engine). Each bogies is 5 m long. The train crosses a telegraph post in 18 seconds. Due to some problem two bogies were detached. Moving at the same speed the train now crosses the telegraph post in
a. 18 seconds b. 12 seconds c. 15 seconds d. 20 seconds
46. A can run 330 meters in 41 sec and B can run the same distance in 44 sec. By how many seconds will B win, if he has a 30 metre start?
a. 2 sec b. 1 sec c. 3 sec d. 1 ½ sec
47. In a kilometer race, A beats B by 20 meters. In a 2 kilometer race, A beats B by __________
a. 10 m b. 20 m c. 40 m d. 25 m
48. In a km race, A beats B by 50 m. In a 3 km race A beats B by ________
a. 150 m b. 300 m c. 400 m d. 600 m
49. In a kilometer race, if A gives B a start of 100 meters, both of them reach the finish line at the same time. If A’s speed as 20 m/s, then what is B’s speed?
a. 16 m/s b. 17 m/s c. 18 m/s d. 19 m/s
50. Some telegraph poles are placed 20 m apart. How many poles will a train pass in three hours at 60 kmph?
a. 1200 b. 2500 c. 4000 d. 9000
51. A bus crosses 19 electric poles in 10 seconds. If the distance between any two successive poles is 5 meters, then what is the speed of the bus?
a. 32.4 km/hr b. 33.2 km/hr c. 35.2 km/hr d. 34.4 km/hr
52. A train covers a certain distance in one hour and 45 minutes and another train covers twice the distance travelled by first in 2 hours and 45 minutes. What is the ratio of their speeds?
a. 7:11 b. 11:14 c. 1:2 d. 1:7
53. An escalator is moving to the top of a building at the rate of 15 feet/sec. A man runs on it to reach to the top at the rate of 5 feet/sec. When the escalator is not moving, a man has to climb 40 feet to reach the top. What is the time taken by the man to reach the top?
a. 2 sec b. 4 sec c. 6 sec d. 8 sec
54. An escalator is moving up at the rate of 12 feet/sec. A man runs on in to reach to the top at the rate of 9 feet/sec. Given that when the escalator is not moving, the man has to climb 42 feet to reach the top. What time does he take to reach the top?
a. 14 sec b. 9 sec c. 2 sec d. 4 sec
55. An escalator moves towards the top floor at a speed of 14 feet/sec. A man runs on in to reach to the top floor at a speed of 9 feet/sec. Given that, the man has to climb 253 feet to reach the top, when the escalator is not moving, what is the time taken by the man to reach the top?
a. 11 sec b. 12 sec c. 50.6 sec d. can’t be determined
56. Two trans are travelling in the same direction at 40 kmph and 60 kmph. The faster train overtakes the slower train in 3 min. If the length of the faster train is 400 m, then is length of the slower train?
a. 200 m b. 100 m c. 150 m d. 600 m
57. A 300 m long train is moving at a speed of 50 km per hr. In what time does it cross a per son walking in the opposite direction at 4 km per hour.
a. 18 sec b. 24 sec c. 20 sec d. 15 sec
58. A train which is 225 m long travels at 45 km/hr. in what time does it cross a man running at 18 km/hr in the same direction?
a. 20 sec b. 30 sec c. 25 sec d. 15 sec
59. A train 140 m in length travels at 72 kmph. What is the time taken by the train to cross a man jogging at 9 kmph in the same direction?
a. 8 sec b. 12 sec c. 15 sec d. 16 sec
60. Two trains are traveling in the same direction at 60 kmph and 40 kmph respectively. The faster train passes a man sleeping in the slower train in 9 seconds. What is the length of the faster train?
a. 240 m b. 50 m c. 320 m d. 300 m
61. Two trains started from a station, at the same time in the same direction, at speeds of 72 kmph and 60 kmph. What will be the distance between the two trains after 7 hours?
a. 42 km b. 50.4 km c. 63 km d. 84 km
62. In what time do two trains of lengths 380 m and 470 m, travelling in opposite directions at respective speeds 55 km/hr, and 35 km/hr, cross each other?
a. 34 sec b. 5 min c. 36 min d. 26 min
63. A train, which is 350 m long and travelling at a speed of 54 km/hr, overtakes a car traveling at 47 km/hr in
a. 50 sec b. 75 sec c. 3 min d. 2 min
64. Speed of sound is 330 m/s in air while it is 440 m/s in a liquid. The total time taken by sound to cover a distance of 6.6 km in air and 4.4 km in that liquid is
a. 20 sec b. 2 ½ sec c. 30 sec d. 50 sec
65. Speed of sound in air is 330 m/s and in a liquid it is 440 m/s. what is the approximate total time taken by sound to cover a distance of 5.5 km in air and 6.6 km in that liquid?
a. 30 sec b. 25 sec c. 31 (2/3) sec d. 27 sec
66. Speed of sound in air is 330 m/s and in a liquid it is 440 m/s. if in a certain time sound travels a distance of 6.6 km in air, how much distance can it travel in the liquid in the same time?
a. 1.1 km b. 8.8 km c. 3.3 km d. 5.5 km
67. A bus covers four successive distances of 45 km each at speeds of 10 kmph, 20 kmph, 30 kmph and 60 kmph respectively. What is the average speed of the bus?
a. 20 kmph b. 30 kmph c. 40 kmph d. 50 kmph
68. The speed of a bullet train is 540 kmph. How long will the bullet train take to cross a bridge 400 m long, if its own length is 200 mtr.?
a. 20 sec b. 30 sec c. 4 sec d. 12 sec
69. A cyclist has to cover 150 km in three hours. If he covers one-third of the distance in half of the total time, what should his average speed for the rest of the journey be?
a. 50 kmph b. 66.66 kmph c. 75 kmph d. 30 kmph
70. A bus travels without any stoppages, from Chennai to Machilipatnam, with an average speed of 60 kmph while wit stoppage its average speed for the journey is reduced to 55 kmph. How many minutes does the bus stop on an average per hour?
a. 20 min b. 11 min c. 25 min d. none of these
1 | b | 11 | c | 21 | a | 31 | a | 41 | c | 51 | a | 61 | d |
2 | c | 12 | c | 22 | a | 32 | d | 42 | a | 52 | b | 62 | a |
3 | b | 13 | b | 23 | a | 33 | c | 43 | c | 53 | a | 63 | c |
4 | a | 14 | d | 24 | c | 34 | c | 44 | d | 54 | c | 64 | c |
5 | a | 15 | d | 25 | a | 35 | a | 45 | c | 55 | a | 65 | c |
6 | c | 16 | c | 26 | d | 36 | d | 46 | b | 56 | d | 66 | b |
7 | d | 17 | c | 27 | a | 37 | b | 47 | c | 57 | c | 67 | a |
8 | c | 18 | d | 28 | c | 38 | a | 48 | a | 58 | b | 68 | c |
9 | b | 19 | c | 29 | a | 39 | d | 49 | c | 59 | a | 69 | b |
10 | d | 20 | b | 30 | a | 40 | c | 50 | d | 60 | b | 70 | d |
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