Time And Distance - Handout 1
1) A car moves with the speed of 180km/h, then its speed in meters per second is:
a)
5 b) 30 c)
40 d) 50
2)
A speed of 20 m/sec is same as
a)
72
km/h b)54 km/h
c)52 km/h d) None
3) The
speed of a vehicle is 40 km/h. What distance it can cover in 18 seconds?
a)100m b)200m c)300m d)150m
4) A
motor bike can cover a distance of 270 km in 5 hours. What is its speed in m/s
?
a)
12.5 b)13.3 c)15 d)20
5) Ravi
walks 4.5 km/h from house he reaches school in 10minutes. What is the distance
between school and house?
a)
450
m
b) 550 m c) 750m
d) 850 m
6) In
what time can a bus cover a distance of 162 m at the speed of 18 m/s ?
a)9 sec b)10 sec c)18
sec d)12 sec
7) A car
travels to a place at 40 km/h and returns at 60km/h. What is the average speed?
a)100
km/h b)50
km/h
c)48 km/h d)52 km/h
8) A
man travels half of his journey at 30 km/h and the remaining half at 20 km/h. What
is the average speed for the total journey
a)22
km/h b)24 km/h c)28km/h d)31km/h
9) A
person travels from P to Q at speed of 40kmph and returns to P by increasing
his speed by 150%.What is his average speed for the both the trips?
a)36
kmph b)45 kmph c)48 kmph d)50kmph
10) A
man goes from A to B at 24 km/h and
returns from B to A at 40 km/h. If he takes 5 hours in all, what is the
distance between A and B?
a)
150
km
b)75
km c)300km d)100km
11) The
ratio between the speed of a bus, car and train is 3:8:9.The car moved
uniformly and covered a distance of 1040 km in 13 hours. What is the average
speed of the bus and the train together?
a)48
kmph b)54 kmph c)60 kmph d)75 kmph
12) A
bus has to cover a distance of 100 km in 8 hours. If 3/5 of the distance is covered in 4 hours, then
what should be the speed of the bus to cover the rest of the distance in the
remaining time ?
a)10 km/h b)12 km/h c)15 km/h
d)20 km/h
13) A
train has to cover a distance of 500km in 10 hrs. It covered 7/10 of the total
distance in 3/5 of the total time. At which speed should it travel to cover the
rest of the distance in the rest of the time?
a)30
km/h b)35 km/h c)37.5
km/h d)40 km/h
14) A
person travels 1/3 of his journey at 10 km/h , next 1/3 at 30km/h and remaining
1/3 at 60km/h. What is his average speed during the journey?
a)15
km/h b)20 km/h c)25km/h d)30km/h
15) A
bus travels 225 km in 3.5 hours and 370 km in 5 hours. What is the average
speed of bus?
a)60km/h b)70 km/h c)75km/h
d)80 km/h
16) A
bus travels 40km in 50 minutes and then travels at a speed 45 km/h for 1 hour
40 minutes. What is the average speed of the car?
a)40 km/h
b)43 km/h c)46 km/h d)50
km/h
17) A train takes one and half hour to cover 120kms. In how many minutes it cover the same
distance if the speed is increased by 20
km/h?
a)
72hrs b) 1hr72min c)
1hr 12min d) 12min
18) A bus
starts from Kakinada at the rate of 60kmph and reaches Rajahmundry in 45
minutes. If the speed is reduced by 6 km/h , how much more time will the train
take to return from station Rajahmundry to Kakinada?
a)2 min b)3 min
c)4 min d)5min
19) A car covers a distance in 50 minutes if it runs at a speed
of 48 km/h. The speed at which the car must run to reduce the time of journey
to 40 minutes will be
a)60
km/h b)70 km/h c)75 km/h
d)80km/h
20) A
car runs at the speed of 50 kmph when not serviced and runs at 60 kmph, when
serviced. After servicing the car covers a certain distance in 6 hours.How much
time will the car take to cover the same distance when not serviced?
a)8.2 hours b)6.5 hours c)8
hours d)7.2 hours
21) A person performs 2/5 of
total journey by bus , ½ by train and remaining 10 km by car. What is the total
journey?
a)200 km b)120 km c)100 km d)90km
22) A person performs 3/5
of the total journey by motorbike, 7/20th of journey by bus and
remaining 5 km by train. What is the total journey?
a)100
km b)120 km c)128 km d)200km
23) The
ratio between the speed of a bus and train is 15:27 respectively. Also a car
covered a distance of 720 km in 9 hours. The speed of the bus is ¾ of the speed
of the car. How much distance will the train cover in 7 hours?
a)756 km b)384 km c)760 km d)None
24) A
bus started its journey from A to B in 44 min with its average speed of 50
kmph. If the average speed of the bus is increased by 5 kmph, how much time
will it take to cover the same distance?
a)35 min b)38 min c)40 min d)48 min
25) A
man walked at a speed of 4 kmph from point A to B and came back from point B to
A at the speed of 6 kmph. What would be the ratio between the time taken by man
in walking from point A to B to from point B to A respectively?
a)5 :3 b)2:3 c)2:1 d)3:2
26) The ratio between the speeds of A and B is 5 :7 and A takes
35 minutes to cover a distance. In what time does B covers the same distance?
a)10 min b)15 min
c)25 min d)30min
27) Train
A takes 40 minutes to cover a distance of 120km. If the speed of train B 25% faster than A , it will cover the same
distance in
a)24 min b)32
min c)38 min d)40 min
28) A
bus covers a distance of 368 km at a certain speed in 8 hours. How much time
would a car take at an average speed which is 18 km/hr more than that of the
speed of the bus to cover a distance which is 16 km more than that travelled by
the bus ?
a)5 hours b)6 hours c)7 hours d)8
hours
29) Walking at 7/5 of his usual rate, a boy reaches his school
12 min early. Find his usual time ?
a) 30 min b)
34 min c) 40 min d)
42 min.
30) Rajesh
is walking at a speed of 10 kmph. After
every km, he takes rest for 4 minutes. How much time will Rajesh take to cover
a distance of 10 km?
a) 75
min b)90 min c)96
min d)2 hours
31) A
bus covered a certain distance from village A to village B at the speed of 60
kmph. However on its return journey, it got stuck in traffic and covered the same
distance at the speed of 40 kmph and took 2 hours more to reach its
destination. What is the distance between village A and B ?
a)200km b)220 km c)240km d)280km
32) There
is a hill behind a person’s house. He walks up the top of the hill at at speed
of 1.5 kmph but walks down it at 4.5 kmph. If it takes him 6 hours for the
entire journey, the distance (in km) from his house to the top of the hill is
a)5.25 km b)6 km c)6.75 km d)9 km
33) A
student walks from his house at 3 km/h and reaches his school by 15 minutes
late and if he walks at 4 km/h , he reaches 15 minutes earlier. What is the
distance from his house to school?
a)
3 km b)4 km c)5 km d)6
km
34) A
and B start together to walk a certain distance , A at
a
speed of 8km/h and B at a speed of 6 km/h. A arrives 15 minutes before B. What
is the distance?
a)10
km b)1 km c)6 km
d)4 km
35) Excluding
stoppages, the speed of a train is 54 km/h and including stoppages it is 45 km/h.
How many minutes does the train stop in 1 hour?
a)
10 min b)12 min c)15min d)20min
36) A
man takes 8 hours in walking to a certain place and riding back. He would have
gained 2 hours by riding both ways. What time would he take to walk both ways?
a)4 hours b)8 hours c)10 hours d)12 hours
37) Raj
covered a certain distance of one side by cycle and other side by scooter in 2
hours 20 minutes .If had covered the total distance by cycle then time consumed
was 3 hours 30 minutes. In what time he can cover the distance by scooter?
a) 1 hr 10 min b)1 hr 15 min c)
2hrs d)None
38) Vasudha
travelled a certain distance in 2 hours 5 min. She travelled this distance
partly by car and partly by bus. The speed of the car is 42 kmph and speed of
the bus is 28 kmph. If the distance travelled by the car is equal to the
distance travelled by bus, what is the total distance that she travelled?
a)50
km b)45 km c)70 km d)85km
39) Ravi
and Raju start walking in the same direction at 12km/h and 10 km/h
respectively. In how many hours will they be 16km apart?
a)4 hours b)5 hours c)6
hours d)8 hours
40) Two
men A and B start a journey from same place at a speed of 3 kmph and 3.5 kmph respectively.
If they move in the same direction , then what is the distance between them
after 4 hours?
a)1.85km b)2km c)3 km d)3.5km
41) Sameera
and Sravani walking in opposite directions at
12km/h and 10 km/h
respectively. In how many hours will they be 66 km apart?
a)6 hours b)33
hours c)3 hours d)5 hours
42)
A thief steals a bike at 10.30 am and
rides a speed of 50km/h . The theft was discovered at 11 a.m and policeman
started chasing immediately at a speed of 55 km/h in his car. At what time the
police man can catch the thief?
a)3 pm b)4 pm c)5 pm d)6
p.m
43) A thief steals a money bag from a man at 11 a.m. and starts running at 10km/h. Police is informed by the man at 12 min past
11 a..m. and the police man chases him on a cycle at 15km/h. At what time is the robber caught by the
police?
a)
11.36 am b) 12 c)12: 20 d)
None
44)
Electric poles are placed such that any two
adjacent poles are 25m apart each .A man crossed 241 poles in 2 hours, then
what is the speed of man?
a)3
km/h b)4 km/h
c)5 km/h d)6 km/h
45)
There are 20 poles with a constant
distance between each pole. A car takes 24 seconds to to reach the 12th
pole. How much time will it take to reach the last pole?
a)25.25 sec b)17.45 sec c)41.45 sec d)None
46) A monkey starts climbing up a tree 20ft. tall. Each minute,
it climbs 3 feet and slips back 2 feet. How much time would it take the monkey
to reach the top?
a)18 minutes b)20 minutes c)24 minutes d)None
47)
A monkey climbing up a pole, ascends 5
m and slips down 2 m in alternate minutes. If the pole is 35 m high, how many
minutes will it take him to reach the top ?
a)
18 min b)20
min c)21 min d)28
min
