Speed time & distance level 1(Basic fundamentals)
Q1. A train is travelling at the rate of 45km/hr. How many seconds it will take to cover a distance of
4/5 km ?
(1) 36 sec. (3) 90 sec.
(2) 64 sec. (4) 120 sec.
2. An aeroplane covers a certain distance at a speed of 240 km hour in 5 hours. To cover the same
distance in 1 2/3 hours, it must travel at a speed of :
(1) 300 km./hr. (2) 360 km./hr.
(3) 600 km./hr. (4) 720 km./hr.
3. A man walking at the rate of 5 km/hr. crosses a bridge in 15 minutes. The length of the bridge
(in metres) is :
(1) 600 (2) 750 (3) 1000 (4) 1250
4. A man crosses a road 250 metres wide in 75 seconds. His speed in km/hr is :
(1) 10 (2) 12 (3) 12.5 (4) 15
5. An athlete runs 200 metres race in 24 seconds. His speed (in km/ hr) is :
(1) 20 2) 24 (3) 28.5 (4) 30
6. A car goes 10 metres in a second. Find its speed in km/hour.
(1) 40 (2) 32 (3) 48 (4) 36
7. A car travelling at a speed of 40 km/hour can complete a journey in 9 hours. How long will it take
to travel the same distance at 60 km/hour ?
(1) 6 hours (2) 3 hours
(3) 4 hours (4) 4 1/2 hours
8. A man travelled a certain distance by train at the rate of 25 kmph. and walked back at the rate of 4
kmph. If the whole journey took 5 hours 48 minutes, the distance was
(1) 25 km (3) 20 km
(2) 30 km (4) 15 km
9. A boy goes to his school 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, the distance between his house and school is :
(1) 6 km (3) 5.5 km
(2) 5 km (4) 6.5 km
10. A boy runs 20 km in 2.5 hours. How long will he take to run 32 km at double the previous speed
?
(1) 2 hours (2) 2 1/2 hours
(3) 4 1/2 hours (4) 5 hours
11. A train is moving with the speed of 180 km/hr. Its speed (in metres per second) is :
(1) 5 (2) 40
(3) 30 (4) 50
12. A man riding his bicycle covers 150 metres in 25 seconds. Whatis his speed in km per hour ?
(1) 25 (2) 21.6
(3) 23 (4) 20
13. A and B travel the same distance at speed of 9 km/hr and 10 km/ hr respectively. If A takes
minutes more than B, the distance travelled by each is
(1) 48 km (3) 60 km
(2) 54 km (4) 66 km
14. A person started his journey in the morning. At 11 a.m. he covered 3 8 of the journey and on
the same day at 4.30 p.m. he covered 5/6 of the journey. He started his journey at
(1) 6.00 a.m. (2) 3.30 a.m.
(3) 7.00 a.m. (4) 6.30 a.m.
15. The speed of a bus is 72 km/hr. The distance covered by the bus in 5 seconds is
(1) 100 m (2) 60 m
(3) 50 m (4) 74.5 m
16. Two men start together to walk a certain distance, one at 4 km/h and another at 3 km/h. The
former arrives half an hour before the latter. Find the distance.
(1) 8 km (3) 6 km
(2) 7 km (4) 9 km
17. A train starts from a place A at 6 a.m. and arrives at another place B at 4.30 p.m. on the same
day. If the speed of the train is 40 km per hour, find the distance travelled by the train ?
(1) 420 km (3) 320 km
(2) 230 km (4) 400 km
18. Walking at the rate of 4 km an hour, a man covers a certain dis tance in 3 hours 45 minutes. If
he covers the same distance on cycle, cycling at the rate of 16·5 km/hour, the time taken by him is
(1) 55.45 minutes (2) 54.55 minutes
(3) 55.44 minutes (4) 45.55 minutes
19. A train covers a distance of 10 km in 12 minutes. If its speed is decreased by 5 km/hr, the tim
taken by it to cover the same distance will be :
(1) 10 minutes (2) 13 minutes 20 sec
(3) 13 minutes (4) 11 minutes 20 sec
20. A bullock cart has to cover a distance of 120 km. in 15 hours. If it covers half of the journey in
3/5th time, the speed to cover the remaining distance in the time left has to be
(1) 6.4 km/hr (2) 6.67 km/hr (3) 10 km/hr (4) 15 km/hr