CBSE Class 5 Mathematics Time and Distance MCQs

Question - The ratio of length of two trains is 5 : 3 and the ratio of their speed is 6 : 5. The ratio of time taken by them to cross a pole is ?
a) 5 : 6
b) 11 : 8
c) 25 : 18
d) 27 : 16

Answer : C

Question - Sound travels at 330 metre per second. The distance (in kilometre) of a thunder cloud when its sound follows the flash after 10 seconds is : ?
a) 0.33 km
b) 3.3 km
c) 33 km
d) 33.3 km

Answer : B

Question - The distance between place A and B is 999 km. An express trainleaves place A at 6 am and runs at a speed of 55.5 km/hr. The train stops on the way for 1 hour 20 minutes. It reaches B at ?
a) 1.20 am
b) 12 pm
c) 6 pm
d) 11 pm

Answer : A

Question - A car goes 10 metres in a second. Find its speed in km/hour ?
a) 40
b) 32
c) 48
d) 36

Answer : D

Question - A boy rides his bicycle 10km at an average speed of 12 km/hr and again travels 12 km at an average speed of 10 km/hr. His average speed for the entire trip is approximately ?
a) 10.4 km/hr
b) 10.8 km/hr
c) 11.0 km/hr
d) 12.2 km/hr

Answer : B

Question - A truck covers a distance of 550 metre in one minute where as a bus covers a distance of 33 km in 3/4 hour. Then the ratio of their speeds is ?
a) 1 : 3
b) 2 : 3.
c) 3 : 4
d) 1 : 4

Answer : C

Question - A jeep is chasing a car which is 5km aheaD. Their respective speed are 90 km/hr and 75 km/hr. After how many minutes will the jeep catch the car ?
a) 18 min
b) 20 min
c) 24 min
d) 25 min

Answer : B

Question - Sound travels 330 metre in a second. When the sound follows the flash of lightning after 10 seconds the thunder cloud will be at a distance of ?
a) 1300 metre
b) 2000 metre
c) 3650 metre
d) 3300 metre

Answer : D

Question - A bullock cart has to cover a distance of 120 km. in 15 hours. If it covers half of the journey in 3/5 th time, the speed to cover the remaining distance in the time left has to be ?
a) 6.4 km/hr
b) 6.67 km/hr
c) 10 km/hr
d) 15 km/hr

Answer : C

Question - A train leaves station A at 5 AM and reaches station B at 9 AM on the same day. Another train leaves station B at 7 AM and reaches station A at 10:30 AM on the same day. The time at which the two trains cross each other is ?
a) 8 : 26 AM
b) 7: 36 AM
c) 7: 56 AM
d) 8 AM

Answer : C

Question - A speed of 45 km per hour is the same as ?
a) 12.5 metre/second
b) 13 metre/second
c) 15 metre/second
d) 12 metre/second

Answer : A

Question - A car travels 80 km. in 2 hours and a train travels 180 km. In 3 hours. The ratio of the speed of the car to that of the train is ?
a) 2 : 3
b) 3 : 2
c) 3 : 4
d) 4 : 3

Answer : A

Question - A car travels from P to Q at a constant speed. If its speed were increased by 10 km/h, it would have been taken one hour lesser to cover the distance. It would have taken further 45 minutes lesser if the speed was further increased by 10 km/h. The distance between the two cities is ?
a) 540 km
b) 420 km
c) 600 km
d) 620 km

Answer : C

Question - A bus travels 150 km in 3 hours and then travels next 2 hours at 60 km/hr. Then the average speed of the bus will be ?
a) 55 km/hr.
b) 54 km/hr.
c) 50 km/hr.
d) 60 km/hr.

Answer : B

Question - In a race of 1000 m, A can beat B by 100m. In a race of 400 m, B beats C by 40 m. In a race of 500m. A will beat C by ?
a) 95 m
b) 50 m
c) 45 m
d) 60 m

Answer : A

Question - Ram travelled 1200 km by air which formed 2 5 of his trip. He travelled one-third of the trip by car and the rest by train. The distance (in km) travelled by train was ?
a) 480
b) 800
c) 1600
d) 1800

Answer : B

Question - A and B started at the same time from the same place for a certain destination. B walking at 5/6 of A’s speed reached the destination 1 hour 15 minutes after A. B reached the destination in ?
a) 6 hours 45 minutes
b) 7 hours 15 minutes
c) 7 hours 30 minutes
d) 8 hours 15 minutes

Answer : C

Question - It takes eight hours for a 600 km journey, if 120 km is done by train and the rest by car. It takes 20 minutes more, if 200 km is done by train and the rest by car. The ratio of the speed of the train to that of the car is ?
a) 3 : 5
b) 3 : 4
c) 4 : 3
d) 4 : 5

Answer : B

Question - A farmer travelled a distance of 61 km in 9 hours. He travelled partly on foot at the rate 4 kmph and partly on bicycle at the rate 9 kmph. The distance travelled on foot is ?
a) 16 km
b) 14 km
c) 17 km
d) 15 km

Answer : A

Question - Walking at 6/7 th of his usual speed a man is 25 minutes late. His usual time to cover this distance is ?
a) 2 hours 30 minutes
b) 2 hours 15 minutes
c) 2 hours 25 minutes
d) 2 hours 10 minutes

Answer : A

Question - When a person cycled at 10 km per hour he arrived at his office 6 minutes late. He arrived 6 minutes early, when he increased his speed by 2 km per hour. 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 - Gautam goes to office at a speed of 12 kmph and returns home at 10 kmph. His average speed is ?
a) 11 kmph
b) 22 kmph
c) 10.9 kmph
d) 12.5 kmph

Answer : C

Question - A is faster than B. A and B each walk 24 km. The sum of their speeds is 7 km/hr and the sum of times taken by them is 14 hours. Then A’s speed is equal to: ?
a) 3 km/hr.
b) 4 km/hr.
c) 5 km/hr
d) 7 km/hr.

Answer : B

Question - A man goes from Mysore to Bangalore at a uniform speed of 40 km/hr and comes back to Mysore at a uniform speed of 60 km/hr. His average speed for the whole journey is ?
a) 48 km/hr
b) 50 km/hr
c) 54 km/hr
d) 55 km/hr

Answer : A

Question - A man crosses a road 250 metres wide in 75 seconds. His speed in km/hr is ?
a) 10
b) 12
c) 12.5
d) 15

Answer : B

Question - A man travels 50 km at speed 25 km/h and next 40 km at 20 km/h and there after travels 90 km at 15 km/h. His average speed is ?
a) 18 kmph.
b) 25 kmph.
c) 20 kmph.
d) 5 kmph.

Answer : A

Question - Ravi has a roadmap with a scale of 1.5 cm for 18 km. He drives on that road for 72 km. What would be his distance covered in that map ?
a) 4 cm
b) 6 cm
c) 8 cm
d) 7 cm

Answer : B

Question - Gautam travels 160 kms at 32 kmph and returns at 40 kmph. Then his average speed is ?
a) 72 kmph
b) 71.11 kmph
c) 36 kmph
d) 35.55 kmph

Answer : D

Question - 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 ?
a) 6.00 A. m.
b) 3.30 A. m.
c) 7.00 A. m.
d) 6.30 A. m.

Answer : D

Question - A train travels 500 m in first minute. In the next 4 minutes, it travels in each minute 125 m more than that in the previous minute. The average speed per hour of the train during those 5 minutes will be ?
a) 30 km/hr
b) 45 km/hr
c) 50 km/hr
d) 55 km/hr

Answer : B

Question - A man travelled a distance of 61 km in 9 hours, partly on foot at the rate of 4 km/hr and partly on bicycle at the rate of 9 km/hr. The distance travelled on foot was ?
a) 12 km
b) 16 km
c) 20 km
d) 24 km

Answer : B

Question - Two trains started at the same time, one from A to B and the other from B to A. If they arrived at B and A respectively 4 hours and 9 hours after they passed each other, the ratio of the speed of the two trains was ?
a) 2 : 1
b) 3 : 2
c) 4 : 3
d) 5 : 4

Answer : B

Question - Walking at 5 km/hr a student reaches his school from his house 15 minutes early and walking at 3 km/hr he is late by 9 minutes. What is the distance between his school and his house ?
a) 5 km
b) 8 km
c) 3 km
d) 2 km

Answer : C

Question - A man rides at the rate of 18 km/hr, but stops for 6 mins. To change horses at the end of every 7th km. The time that he will take to cover a distance of 90 km is ?
a) 6 hrs.
b) 6 hrs. 12 min.
c) 6 hrs. 18 min.
d) 6 hrs. 24 min.

Answer : B

Question - A certain distance is covered by a cyclist at a certain speed. If a jogger covers half the distance in double the time, the ratio of the speed of the jogger to that of the cyclist is ?
a) 1 : 4
b) 4 : 1
c) 1 : 2
d) 2 : 1

Answer : A

Question - A car travels from A to B at the rate of 40 km/h and returns from B to A at the rate of 60 km/h. Its average speed during the whole journey is ?
a) 48 km/h
b) 50 km/h
c) 45 km/h
d) 60 km/h

Answer : A