Time and Distance Aptitude MCQ Questions with Answers

Question - A man walking at the rate of 5 km/hr. crosses a bridge in 15 minutes. The length of the bridge (in metres) is ?
a) 600
b) 750
c) 1000
d) 1250

Answer : D

Question - A runs twice as fast as B and B runs thrice as fast as C. The distance covered by C in 72 minutes, will be covered by A in ?
a) 18 minutes
b) 24 minutes
c) 16 minutes
d) 12 minutes

Answer : D

Question - A car can finish a certain journey in 10 hours at the speed of 42 kmph. In order to cover the same distance in 7 hours, the speed of the car (km/h) must be increased by ?
a) 12
b) 15
c) 18
d) 24

Answer : C

Question - A man starts from a place P and reaches the place Q in 7 hours. He travels 1/4 th of the distance at 10 km/hour and the remaining distance at 12 km/hour. The distance between P and Q is ?
a) 72 km
b) 90 km
c) 80 km
d) 70 km

Answer : C

Question - Two buses travel to a place at 45 km./hr. and 60 km./hr. respectively. If the second bus takes 5 and 1/2 hours less than the first for the journey, the length of the journey is ?
a) 900 km.
b) 945 km.
c) 990 km.
d) 1350 km.

Answer : C

Question - A train runs at an average speed of 75 km/hr. If the distance to be covered is 1050 kms, how long will the train take to cover it ?
a) 13 hrs
b) 12 hrs
c) 15 hrs
d) 14 hrs

Answer : D

Question - If a train runs at 70 km/hour, it reaches its destination late by 12 minutes. But if it runs at 80 km/hour, it is late by 3 minutes. The correct time to cover the journey is ?
a) 58 minutes
b) 2 hours
c) 1 hour
d) 59 minutes

Answer : C

Question - A man can cover a certain distance in 3 hours 36 minutes if he walks at the rate of 5 km/hr. If he covers the same distance on cycle at the rate of 24 km/hr, then the time taken by him in minutes is ?
a) 40
b) 45
c) 50
d) 55

Answer : B

Question - A man completed a certain journey by a car. If he covered 30% of the distance at the speed of 20km/hr, 60% of the distance at 40km/hr and the remaining distance at 10km/hr; his average speed for the whole journey was ?
a) 25 km/hr
b) 28 km/hr
c) 30 km/hr
d) 33 km/hr

Answer : A

Question - 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 ?
a) 6 hours
b) 3 hours
c) 4 hours
d) 4 hours 30 min

Answer : A

Question - 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 ?
a) 25 km
b) 30 km
c) 20 km
d) 15 km

Answer : C

Question - A car goes 20 metres in a second. Find its speed in km/hr ?
a) 18
b) 72
c) 36
d) 20

Answer : B

Question - A truck travels at 90 km/hr for the first 1 and 1/2 hours. After that it travels at 70 km/hr. Find the time taken by the truck to travel 310 kilometres ?
a) 2.5 hrs
b) 3 hrs
c) 3.5 hrs
d) 4 hrs

Answer : D

Question - A car covers a certain distance in 25 hours. If it reduces the speed by 1/5 th, the car covers 200 km. less in that time. The speed of car is ?
a) 60 km./hr.
b) 30 km./hr.
c) 40 km./hr.
d) 50 km./hr.

Answer : C

Question - A truck covers a distance of 550 metres in 1 minute whereas a bus covers a distance of 33 kms in 45 minutes. The ratio of their speed is ?
a) 4 : 3
b) 3 : 5
c) 3 : 4
d) 50 : 3

Answer : C

Question - If a distance of 50 m is covered in 1 minute, that 90 m in 2 minutes and 130 m in 3 minutes find the distance covered in 15 minutes ?
a) 610 m
b) 750 m
c) 1000 m
d) 650 m

Answer : A

Question - Walking at three-fourth of his usual speed, a man covers a certain distance in 2 hours more than the time he takes to cover the distance at his usual speed. The time taken by him to cover the distance with his usual speed is ?
a) 4.5 hours
b) 5.5 hours
c) 6 hours
d) 5 hours

Answer : C

Question - A journey takes 4 hours 30 minutes at a speed of 60 km/hr. If the speed is 15 m/s, then the journey will take ?
a) 5 hours
b) 5 hours 30 minutes
c) 6 hours
d) 6 hours 15 minutes

Answer : A

Question - A speed of 30.6 km/hr is the same as ?
a) 8.5 m/second
b) 10 m/second
c) 12 m/second
d) 15.5 m/second

Answer : A

Question - A train is travelling at the rate of 45 km/hr. How many seconds it will take to cover a distance of 4/5 km ?
a) 36 second
b) 64 second
c) 90 second
d) 120 second

Answer : B

Question - A train runs from Howrah to Bandel at an average speed of 20 km/hr and returns at an average speed of 30 km/hr. The average speed (in km/hr) of the train in the whole journey is ?
a) 20
b) 22.5
c) 24
d) 25

Answer : C

Question - A man walking at 3 km/hour crosses a square field diagonally in 2 minutes. The area of the field (in square metre) is ?
a) 3000
b) 5000
c) 6000
d) 2500

Answer : B

Question - A man travelled a distance of 80 km in 7 hrs partly on foot at the rate of 8 km per hour and partly on bicycle at 16km per hour. The distance travelled on the foot is ?
a) 32 km
b) 48 km
c) 36 km
d) 44 km

Answer : A

Question - A and B are 20 km apart. A can walk at an average speed of 4 km/ hour and B at 6 km/hr. If they start walking towards each other at 7 A. m., when they will meet ?
a) 8.00 A.m.
b) 8.30 A.m.
c) 9.00 A.m.
d) 10.00 A.m.

Answer : C

Question - Two persons ride towards each other from two places 55 km apart, one riding at 12km/hr and the other at 10 km/hr. In what time will they be 11 km apart ?
a) 2 hours and 30 minutes
b) 1 hour and 30 minutes
c) 2 hours
d) 2 hours and 45 minutes

Answer : C

Question - A car covers four successive 7 km distances at speeds of 10 km/hour, 20 km/hour, 30 km/hour and 60 km/hour respectively. Its average speed over this distance is ?
a) 30 km/hour
b) 20 km/hour
c) 60 km/hour
d) 40 km/hour

Answer : B

Question - Walking at a speed of 5 km/hr, a man reaches his office 6 minutes late. Walking at 6 km/hr, he reaches there 2 minutes early. The distance of his office is ?
a) 3 km
b) 4 km
c) 3.5 km
d) 2 km

Answer : B

Question - A bus moving at 40 km per hour covers a distance in 6 hours 15 minutes. If it travels the same distance at 50 km per hour how long will it take to cover the distance ?
a) 2 hrs.
b) 6 hrs.
c) 4 hrs.
d) 5 hrs

Answer : D

Question - A train running at 7/11 of its own speed reached a place in 22 hours. How much time could be saved if the train would run at its own speed ?
a) 14 hours
b) 7 hours
c) 8 hours
d) 16 hours

Answer : C

Question - A train moves with a speed of 30 kmph for 12 minutes and for next 8 minutes at a speed of 45 kmph. Find the average speed of the train ?
a) 37.5 kmph
b) 36 kmph
c) 48 kmph
d) 30 kmph

Answer : B

Question - A man travels for 14 hours 40 minutes. He covers half of the journey by train at the rate of 60 km/hr and rest half by road at the rate of 50 km/hr. The distance travelled by him is ?
a) 720 km
b) 800 km
c) 960 km
d) 1000 km

Answer : B

Question - A train covers a distance of 10 km in 12 minutes. If its speed is decreased by 5 km/hr, the time taken by it to cover the same distance will be ?
a) 10 minutes
b) 13 minutes 20 sec
c) 13 minutes
d) 11 minutes 20 sec

Answer : B

Question - The speed of a bus is 72 km/hr. The distance covered by the bus in 5 seconds is ?
a) 100 m
b) 60 m
c) 50 m
d) 74.5 m

Answer : A

Question - A and B start at the same time with speed of 40 km/hr and 50 km/hr respectively. If in covering the journey A takes 15 minutes longer than B, the total distance of the journey is ?
a) 46 km
b) 48 km
c) 50 km
d) 52 km

Answer : C

Question - By walking at 3/4 of his usual speed, a man reaches his office 20 minutes later than his usual time. The usual time taken by him to reach his office isBy walking at 3/4 of his usual speed, a man reaches his office 20 minutes later than his usual time. The usual time taken by him to reach his office is ?
a) 75 minutes
b) 60 minutes
c) 40 minutes
d) 30 minutes

Answer : B

Question - A man is walking at a speed of 10 kmph. After every km, he takes a rest for 5 minutes. How much time will he take to cover a distance of 5 km ?
a) 60 minutes
b) 50 minutes
c) 40 minutes
d) 70 minutes

Answer : B

Question - I walk a certain distance and ride back taking a total time of 37 minutes. I could walk both ways in 55 minutes. How long would it take me to ride both ways ?
a) 9.5 minutes
b) 19 minutes
c) 18 minutes
d) 20 minutes

Answer : B