Wednesday 28 January 2015

Time and Distance Questions With Explanation

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

A. 8.2
B. 4.2
C. 6.1
D. 7.2

2. 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. 12
B. 11
C. 10
D. 9


3. A car traveling with 5/7 of its actual speed covers 42 km in 1 hr 40 min 48 sec. What is the actual speed of the car?

A. 30 km/hr
B. 35 km/hr
C. 25 km/hr
D. 40 km/hr

4. Two boys starts from the same place walking at the rate of 5 kmph and 5.5 kmph respectively in the same direction. What time will they take to be 8.5 km apart?

A. 17 hr
B. 14 hr
C. 12 hr
D. 19 hr


5. A Man travelled a distance of 61 km in 9 hours. He travelled partly on foot at 4 km/hr and partly on bicycle at 9 km/hr. What is the distance travelled on foot?

A. 12 km
B. 14 km
C. 16 km
D. 18 km

6. A man goes to his office from his house at a speed of 3 km/hr and returns at a speed of 2 km/hr. If he takes 5 hours in going and coming, what is the distance between his house and office?

A. 3 km
B. 4 km
C. 5 km
D. 6 km

7. A man rides his bicycle 10 km at an average speed of 12 km/hr and again travels 12 km at an average speed of 10 km/hr. What is his average speed for the entire trip approximately?

A. 11.2 kmph
B. 10 kmph
C. 10.2 kmph
D. 10.8 kmph

8. If a person walks at 14 km/hr instead of 10 km/hr, he would have walked 20 km more. What is the actual distance travelled by him?

A. 80 km
B. 70 km
C. 60 km
D. 50 km

9. A car travels at an average of 50 miles per hour for 2 1/2 hours and then travels at a speed of 70 miles per hour for 1 1/2 hours. How far did the car travel in the entire 4 hours?

A. 210 miles
B. 230 miles
C. 250 miles
D. 260 miles

10. A man walking at the rate of 5 km/hr crosses a bridge in 15 minutes. What is the length of the bridge (in metres)?

A. 1250
B. 1280
C. 1320
D. 1340


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