Time, Speed and Distance CUET General Test MCQs

Question: A motorcycle covers 40 km with a speed of 20 km/h. Find the speed of the motorcycle for the next 40 km journey so that the average speed of the whole journey will be 30 km/h.
a)a 70 km/h
b) 52.5 km/h
c) 60 km/h
d) 60.5 km/h

Answer: c

Question: A train running at a uniform speed crosses a 122 m long platform in 17 s and a 210 m long bridge in 25 s. The speed of the train is
a) 46.5 km/h
b) 37.5 km/h
c) 37.6 km/h
d) 39.6 km/h

Answer: d

Question: A bus can complete a journey in 12 h. The first half is completed at 22 km/h and the second half at 26 km/h. Find the distance.
a) 280 km
b) 284 km
c) 286 km
d) 288 km

Answer: c

Question: A train 110 m long is running at the speed of 72 km/h to pass a 132 m long platform in how many times?
a) 9.8 s
b) 12.1 s
c) 12.42 s
d) 14.3 s

Answer: b

Question: A man takes 6 h 30 min in walking to a certain place and riding back. He would have gained 2 h 10 min by riding both ways. How long would he take to walk both ways?
a) 8 h 20 min
b) 4 h 10 min
c) 8 h 40 min
d) 4 h 20 min

Answer: c

Question: If a man covers 10 1/5 km in 3 h, the distance covered by him in 5 h is
a) 16 km
b) 15 km
c) 18 km
d) 17 km

Answer: d

Question: When a person cycled at 10 km/h he arrived at his office 6 min late. He arrived 6 min early, when he increased his speed by 2 km/h. The distance of his office from the starting place is
a) 6 km
b) 7 km
c) 12 km
d) 16 km

Answer: c

Question: If a man runs at 2m/s, how many kilometres does he run in 1 h 20 min?
a) 8.4
b) 6.9
c) 9.6
d) 7.4

Answer: c

Question: Nalanda and Nawada are two towns. Sabir goes from Nalanda to Nawada at 30 km/h and comes back to the starting point at 70 km/h. What is the average speed during the whole journey?
a) 12 km/h
b) 60 km/h
c) 24 km/h
d) 42 km/h

Answer: d

Question: A train 200 m long is running at 72 km/h. In how much time will it pass a platform 200 m long?
a) 10 s
b) 20 s
c) 400 s
d) 17 s

Answer: b

Question: A railway officer standing on a railway bridge which is 200 m long finds that the train crosses the bridge in 19 s but himself in 9 s . Find the length of the train.
a) 135 m
b) 180 m
c) 72 m
d) 90 m

Answer: b

Question: Two buses, one of them takes 7 1/2 h to travel 300 km and another takes 9 h to travel 450 km.
Find the ratio of speed of two buses.
a) 2 : 3
b) 4 : 3
c) 4 : 5
d) 8 : 9

Answer: c

Question: A boatman can row his boat at a speed of 8 km/h in still water. If a river f lows at a speed of 2 km/h, then how long will the boatman take to row his boat 1200 m with the direction of the current?
a) 7.2 min
b) 7.4 min
c) 7.6 min
d) 7.8 min

Answer: a

Question: Walking at the rate of 4 km an hour, a man covers a certain distance in 3 h 45 min. If he covers the same distance on cycle, cycling at the rate of 16.5 km/h, the time taken by him is
a) 55.45 min
b) 54.55 min
c) 55.44 min
d) 45.55 min

Answer: b

Question: Two cyclists start from the same place in opposite directions. One goes towards north at 18 km/h and the other goes towards south at 20 km/h. What time will they take to be 47.5 km apart?
a) 1 1/4h
b) 2 h
c) 3 h
d) None of these

Answer: a

Question: A train crosses a platform 100 m long in 60 s at a speed of 45 km/h. The time taken by the train to cross an electric pole is
a) 8 s
b) 52 s
c) 1 min
d) 40 s

Answer: b

Question: A man goes uphill with an average speed of 24 km/h and comes down with an average speed of 36 km/h. The distance travelled in both the cases being the same, the average speed for the entire journey is
a) 30 km/h
b) 28.8 km/h
c) 32 km/h
d) None of these

Answer: b

Question: A man walking with 3/4 of his usual speed, reaches office 20 min late. His usual time is
a) 50 min
b) 80 min
c) 70 min
d) 60 min

Answer: d

Question: A train 700 m long is running at the speed of 72 km/h. If it crosses a tunnel in 1 min, then the length of the tunnel is
a) 650 m
b) 500 m
c) 550 m
d) 700 m

Answer: b

Question: A car covers a certain distance in 8 h. If the speed is increased by 4 km/h. This distance could be covered in 7 1/2 h. This distance is
a) 420 km
b) 480 km
c) 640 km
d) 700 km

Answer: b

Question: Two trains of length 120 m and 80 m are running in the same direction with velocities of 40 km/h and 50 km/h respectively. The time taken by them to cross each other is
a) 60 s
b) 75 s
c) 72 s
d) 80 s

Answer: c

Question: Raghubir after travelling 84 km, found that if he travelled 5 km an hour more, he would take 5 h less, he actually travelled at a rate of
a) 7 km/h
b) 10 km/h
c) 5 km/h
d) 6 km/h

Answer: a

Question: A motor boat takes 2 h to travel a distance of 9 km down the current and it takes 6 h to travel the same distance against the current. The speed of the boat in still water and that of the current (in km/h) respectively are
a) 3, 2
b) 3.5, 2.5
c) 3, 1.5
d) 3, 1

Answer: c

Question: A man covers a certain distance on scooter. Had he moved 3 km/h faster, he would have taken 40 min less. If he had moved 2 km/h slower, he would have token 40 min more. The distance (in km) is
a) 42.5
b) 36
c) 37.5
d) 40

Answer: d

Question: A boy is running at a speed of p km/h to cover a distance of 1 km. But due to the slippery ground, his speed reduced by q km/h ( p> q) . If he takes r h to cover the distance, then
a) 1/r = pq/p + q
b) 1/r = p + q
c) r = p − q
d) 1/r = p − q

Answer: d

Question: A man completes 30 km of a journey at 6 km/h and the remaining 40 km in 5 h. His average speed for whole journey is
a) 6 4/11 km/h
b) 7 km/h
c) 7 1/2 km/h
d) 8 km/h

Answer: b

Question: A man covers half of his journey at 6 km/h and the remaining half at 3 km/h. His average speed is
a) 4.5 km/h
b) 3 km/h
c) 4 km/h
d) 9 km/h

Answer: c

Question: If a train runs at 40 km/h, it reaches its destination late by 11 min. But, if it runs at 50 km/h, it is late by 5 min only. The correct time for the train to complete its journey is
a) 15 min
b) 21 min
c) 13 min
d) 19 min

Answer: d

Question: A constable is 114 m behind a thief. The constable runs 21 m the thief 15 m in a minute. In what time will the constable catch the thief?
a) 17 min
b) 19 min
c) 16 min
d) 18 min

Answer: b

Question: Distance between two towns P and Q is 240 km. A motor cycle rider starts from P towards Q at 8 pm at a speed of 40 km/h. At the same time another motor cycle rider starts from Q towards P at 50 km/h. At what time will they meet?
a) 9 : 45 pm
b) 10 : 40 pm
c) 11 pm
d) 10 : 30 pm

Answer: b

Question: The distance between two places A and B is 15 km. Ram walks from A to B at 4 km/h and Shyam walks from B to A at 6 km/h. Both start at 7 am. At what time will they meet?
a) 7 : 45 am
b) 8 : 30 am
c) 7 : 14 am
d) 8 : 30 pm

Answer: b

Question: The ratio of the speeds of three cars is 2 :3 : 4. What is the ratio of the times taken by them in covering the same distance?
a) 2 : 3 : 4
b) 4 : 3 : 2
c) 4 : 3 : 6
d) 6 : 4 : 3

Answer: d

Question: If the speed of a train is increased by 5 km/h from its normal speed it would have taken 2 h less to cover 300 km. What is its normal speed?
a) 20 km/h
b) 25 km/h
c) 30 km/h
d) 45 km/h

Answer: b

Question: A train is going at a speed of 180 km/h. Its speed is
a) 15 m/s
b) 30 m/s
c) 40 m/s
d) 50 m/s

Answer: d

Question: A 200 m long train crosses a platform of double its length in 36 s. The speed of the train is
a) 60 km/h
b) 48 km/h
c) 64 km/h
d) 66 km/h

Answer: a

Question: A man standing on a railway platform observes that a train going in one direction takes 4 s to pass him. Another train of same length going in the opposite direction takes 5 s to pass him. The time taken (in seconds) by the two trains to cross each other will be
a) 49/9
b) 40/9
c) 50/9
d) 31/9

Answer: b

Question: A train running at 36 km/h takes 10 s to pass a telegraph pole. How long would it take to cross a platform 110 m long?
a) 24 s
b) 31 s
c) 21 s
d) 33 s

Answer: c

Question: A train 270 m long is moving at a speed of 25 km/h. It will cross a man coming from the opposite direction at 2 km/h in
a) 36 s
b) 32 s
c) 28 s
d) 24 s

Answer: a

Question: A train is moving at a speed of 132 km/h. If the length of the train is 110 m, how long will it take to cross a railway platform 165 m long?
a) 7.5 s
b) 15 s
c) 10 s
d) 5 s

Answer: a

Question: A is twice as fast as Band B is thrice as fast as C. The journey covered by C in 42 min will be covered by A in
a) 7 min
b) 28 min
c) 63 min
d) 14 min

Answer: a

Question: Two trains 105 m and 90 m long run at the speeds of 45 km/h and 72 km/h respectively in opposite directions on parallel tracks. How much time do they take to cross each other?
a) 5 s
b) 6 s
c) 7 s
d) 8 s

Answer: b