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Time and Distance Worksheet-1

Time and Distance Worksheet-1

 

  1. A car moves at the speed of 80 km / hr. What is the speed of the car in metres per second ?

(a) 8 m/sec                                    (b)

(c)                               (d) None of these

 

  1. An athlete runs 200 metres race in 24 seconds. His speed is :

(a) 20 km/hr                                 (b) 24 km/hr

(c) 28.5 km/hr                              (d) 30 km/hr

 

  1. Which of the following trains is the fastest?

(a) 25 m/sec                                  (b) 1500 m/min

(c) 90 km/hr                                 (d) None of these

 

  1. A person crosses a 600 m long street in 5 minutes. What is his speed in km per hour?

(a) 3.6                (b) 7.2                (c) 8.4                (d) 10

 

  1. 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

 

  1. How long will a boy take to run round a square field of side 35 metres, if he runs at the rate of 9 km/hr ?

(a) 50 sec           (b) 52 sec           (c) 54 sec           (d) 56 sec

 

  1. A car is running at a speed of 108 kmph. What distance will it cover in 15 seconds ?

(a) 45 metres                                 (b) 55 metres

(c) 450 metres                              (d) Cannot be determined

(e) None of these

 

  1. One of the two buses completes a journey of 300 km in hours and the other a journey of 450 km in 9 hours. The ratio of their average speeds is :

(a) 2 : 3              (b) 3 : 4              (c) 4 : 5               (d) 8 : 9

 

  1. 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 speeds is :

(a) 3 : 4              (b) 4 : 3              (c) 3 : 5               (d) 50 : 3

 

  1. The ratio between the speeds of two trains is 7 : 8. If the second train runs 400 kms in 4 hours, then the speed of the first train is :

(a) 87.5 km/hr                              (b) 75 km/hr

(c) 84 km/hr                                 (d) 70 km/hr

 

  1. A train travels at an average of 50 miles per hour for hours and then travels at a speed of 70 miles per hour for hours. How far did the train travel in the entire 4 hours ?

(a) 120 miles     (b) 150 miles     (c) 200 miles    (d) 230 miles

 

  1. A man in a train notices that he can count 21 telephone posts in one minute. If they are known to be 50 metres apart, then at what speed is the train travelling ?

(a) 55 km/hr     (b) 57 km/hr     (c) 60 km/hr    (d) 63 km/hr

 

  1. Sound is said to travel in air at about 1100 feet per second. A man hears the axe striking thetree, seconds after he sees it strike the tree. How far is the man from the wood chopper ?

(a) 2197 ft          (b) 2420 ft         (c) 2500 ft         (d) 2629 ft

 

  1. An express train travelled at an average speed of 100 km / hr, stopping for 3 minutes after every 75 km. How long did it take to reach its destination 600 km from the starting point ?

(a) 6 hrs 21 min                            (b) 6 hrs 24 min

(c) 6 hrs 27 min                            (d) 6 hrs 30 min

 

  1. 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 : 2               (b) 2 : 1               (c) 1 : 4               (d) 4 : 1

 

Answer Key:

(1)-c; (2)-d; (3)-d; (4)-b; (5)-d; (6)-d; (7)-c; (8)-c; (9)-a; (10)-a; (11)-d; (12)-d; (13)-b; (14)-a; (15)-c