Time and Distance CUET General Test MCQs

Question: A car moving at 48 km/hr completes a journey in 10 hours. By how much the speed of this car should be increased so as to do this journey in 8 hours?
a) 8 km/hr.
b) 12 km/hr
c) 10 km/hr
d) 15 km/hr

Answer: b

Question: The distance between two stations A and B is 300 km. A train leaves the station A with a speed of 40 km/hr. At the same time another train departs from the station B with a speed of 50 km/hr. How much time will these two trains take to cross each other?
a) 3 hrs 40 min
b) 3 hrs 20 min
c) 2 hrs 20 min
d) 3 hrs 45 min

Answer: b

Question: A monkey wants to climb up a glazed pole. He climbs 12 metres in 1 minute and then he slips back 3 metres in the next minute. If the pole is 63 metre high, how long does he take to climb at the top of the pole?
a) 11 1/4 min
b) 12 1/2 min
c) 12 3/4 min
d) 14 3/4 min

Answer: c

Question: A motorist covers a certain distance at a average speed of 48 km/h in 45 minutes. What speed in km/h he must maintain to cover the same distance in 30 minutes?
a) 66 km/h
b) 79 km/h
c) 80 km/h
d) 72 km/h

Answer: d

Question: A policeman saw a thief at a distance of 200 m. The policeman and the thief started running at the same time. If the policeman runs at a speed of 4 1/6 m per second and the thief at a speed of 3 1/3 m per second, after what time the policeman will catch the thief?
a) 12 min
b) 10 min
c) 9 min
d) 4 min

Answer: d

Question: A man takes 6 hours 35 minutes in walking to a certain place and riding back. He would have taken 2 hours less by riding both ways. What would be the time he would take to walk both ways?
a) 10 hours
b) 8 hours 35 minutes
c) 8 hours 25 minutes
d) 8 hrs

Answer: b

Question: Kanchan walks from her home at 4 kms per hour and reaches her school 5 minutes late. If she walks at 5 kms per hour, she reaches the school 2½ minutes earlier. How far is the school from her home?
a) 3.5 kms
b) 2.5 kms
c) 2.75 kms
d) 3.2 kms

Answer: b

Question: A girl rides her bicycle 10 km at an average speed of 12 km/hr and another 12 km at an average speed of 10 km/hr. Her average speed for the entire journey is approximately:
a) 12.2 km/hr
b) 11.2 km/hr
c) 10.8 km/hr
d) 10.4 km/hr

Answer: c

Question: Starting from a point at a speed of 4 km/hr a man reaches at a cerain place and returns back to the point from where he had started journey on bicycle at the speed of 16 km/hr. His average speed during the entire journey will be:
a) 6.4 km/h
b) 8.4 km/h
c) 5.4 km/h
d) 10 km/h

Answer: a

Question: A and B start walking at the same time on a circular path with circumference 35 metre. If they walk in the same direction at 4 km/hr and 5 km/hr respectively, after what time will they meet together?
a) 35 hours
b) 27 hours
c) 24 hours
d) 40 hours

Answer: a

Question: Gulshan starts from a place P at 2 p.m. and walks to Q at 5 km per hour. Tarun starts from P at 3 p.m. and follows Gulshan on bicycle at 10 km per hour. By when Tarun will catch Gulshan?
a) At 5.30 p.m.
b) At 4.00 p.m.
c) At 4.30 p.m.
d) At 6.00 p.m.

Answer: b

Question: A school bus covers a distance from a village to school at the speed of 12 km/hr and reaches the school 8 minute late. The next day the bus covers the same distance at the speed of 20 km/hr and reaches the school 10 minutes early. What is the distance between village and the school?
a) 6 km
b) 9 km
c) 12 km
d) 15 km

Answer: b

Question: Two points A and B are 150 km apart. A man completes his onward journey from A to B in 3 hours 20 minutes and return journey from B to A in 4 hours 10 minutes. His average speed during the entire journey will be less than his average speed during the journey from A to B by:
a) 5 km/h
b) 7.5 km/h
c) 9 km/h
d) 3 km/h

Answer: a

Question: By increasing the speed of the bus by 10 km/hr the time of journey for 72 km is reduced by 36 minutes. What was the original speed of the bus?
a) 30 km/hr
b) 35 km/hr
c) 40 km/hr
d) 45 km/hr

Answer: a

Question: A car completes a fixed journey in 8 hours. It covers half distance at the speed of 40 km/hr and rest at the 60 km/hr, the distance of the journey is:
a) 400 km
b) 420 km
c) 384 km
d) 350 km

Answer: c

Question: Raman drove from home to a neighbouring town at the speed of 50 km/hr and on his returning journey, he drove at the speed of 45 km/hr and also took an hour longer to reach home. What distance did he cover each way?
a) 900 km
b) 500 km
c) 450 km
d) 225 km

Answer: c

Question: While walking at 3/5 of his usual speed Kamalkant reaches at his destination late by 30 minutes. His usual time consumed in reaching to his destination is:
a) 32 min
b) 40 min
c) 45 min
d) 42 min

Answer: c

Question: Nilesh goes to school from his village at the speed of 4 km/hr and returns from school to village at the speed of 2 km/hr. If he takes 6 hours in all, then what is the distance between the village and the school?
a) 8 km
b) 6 km
c) 5 km
d) 4 km

Answer: a

Question: A car covers four consecu tive extensions of 3 km each at the speeds of 10 km/hr, 20 km/hr, 30 km/ hr and 60 km/hr. Its average speed of journey is:
a) 30 km/hr
b) 25 km/hr
c) 20 km/hr
d) 10 km/hr

Answer: c

Question: A man covers a distance of 6 km at the rate of 4 km/hr and other 4 km at 3 km/hr this average speed is
a) 3 5/9 km/hr
b) 3 9/17 km/hr
c) 5 9/17 km/hr
d) 9 3/17 km/hr

Answer: b