Practice MCQ Questions and Answer on Speed Time and Distance
1.
Narayan walking at a speed of 20 km/h reaches his college 10 minutes late. Next time he increases his speed by 5 km/h, but finds that he is still late by 4 minutes. What is the distance of his college from his house?
- (A) 10 km
- (B) 6 km
- (C) 12 km
- (D) 15 km
2.
A train, 300m long, passed a man, walking along the line in the same direction at the rate of 3 kmph in 33 seconds. The speed of the train is:
- (A) 30 kmph
- (B) 32 kmph
- (C) $$32\frac{8}{{11}}$$ kmph
- (D) $$35\frac{8}{{11}}$$ kmph
3.
A boy is running at a speed of p kmph to cover a distance of 1 km. But, due to the slippery ground, his speed is reduced by q kmph (p > q). If he takes r hours to cover the distance, then:
- (A) $$\frac{1}{r} = p - q$$
- (B) $$r = p - q$$
- (C) $$\frac{1}{r} = p + q$$
- (D) $$r = p + r$$
4.
The speeds of John and Max are 30 km/hr and 40 km/hr. Initially Max is at a place L and Jhon is at a place M. The distance between L and M is 650 kms. John started his journey 3 hours earlier than Max to meet each other. If they meet each other at a place P somewhere between L and M, then the distance between P and M is :
- (A) 220 kms
- (B) 250 kms
- (C) 330 kms
- (D) 320 kms
5.
Car A travels at the speed of 65 km/hr and reaches its destination in 8 hours. Car B travels at the speed of 70 km/hr and reaches its destination in 4 hours. What is the ratio of the distance covered by car A and car B respectively ?
- (A) 7 : 11
- (B) 13 : 7
- (C) 7 : 13
- (D) 11 : 7
6.
Ram starts from point A at 8 a.m. and reaches point B at 2 p.m. on the same day. On the same day, Raju starts from point B at 8 a.m. and reaches point A at 6 p.m. on the same day. Both points A and B are separated by only a straight line track. At what time they both meet?
- (A) 11:45 a.m.
- (B) 9:42 a.m.
- (C) 10:42 a.m.
- (D) 12:42 p.m.
7.
A car after traveling 18 km from a point A developed some problem in the engine and the speed became $$\frac{4}{5}$$ th of its original speed. As a result, the car reached point B 45 minutes late. If the engine had developed the same problem after traveling 30 km from A, then it would have reached 36 minutes late. The original speed of the car (in km/h) is:
- (A) 25 kmph
- (B) 30 kmph
- (C) 20 kmph
- (D) 35 kmph
8.
Anna left for city A from city B at 5.20 am. She travelled at the speed of 80 km/hr for 2 hours 15 minutes. After that the speed was reduced to 60 km/hr. If the distance between two cities is 350 kms, at what time did Anna reach reach city A ?
- (A) 9.20 am
- (B) 9.25 am
- (C) 9.35 am
- (D) 10.05 am
9.
A and B start from the same point and in the same direction at 7 am to walk around a rectangular field 400 m ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ 300 m. A and B walk at the rate of 3 km/hr and 2.5 km/hr respectively. How many times shall they cross each other if they continue to walk till 12.30 pm ?
- (A) Not even once
- (B) Once
- (C) Twice
- (D) Thrice
10.
The wheel of a car has 210 cm diameter. How many revolutions per minute must the wheel make so that the speed of the car is kept at 120 km/h?
- (A) 326.42
- (B) 245
- (C) 303.03
- (D) 289