CBSE Class 7 Mathematics Speed Time and Distance MCQs

Question: To measure speed, you should know, total distance covered and total
a) time
b) Pressure
c) temperature

Answer: time

Question: A speed of 60 kilometres per hour means a distance of 60 kilometres in a time span of
a) 1 hour
b) 2 hours
c) 10 hours

Answer: 1 hour

Question: 1km./hr = _______ m/sec.
a) 5/18
b) 6/18
c) 18/5

Answer: 5/18

Question: A boy took 4(1/2) hours to complete a 42km Marathon. What was his average running speed?
a) 9(2/9)km/hr
b) 10(1/9)km/hr
c) 9(1/3)km/hr
d) 12(1/9)km/hr

Answer: 9(2/9)km/hr

Question: If you travel 60km in 4 hours, your average speed =
a) 15km/h
b) 10km/h
c) 20km/h

Answer: 15km/h

Question: 144 km/hr = _________ m/sec.
a) 40m/sec
b) 35m/sec
c) 45m/sec

Answer: 40m/sec

Question: 30m/sec = ________ km/h
a) 108km/h
b) 100km/h
c) 118km/h

Answer: 108km/h

Question: The distance run by a horse in 20 seconds at a speed of 15m/sec =
a) 300m
b) 250m
c) 400m
d) 350m

Answer: 300m

Question: Which of the following is the slowest speed?
a) 90m/min
b) 6(1/2)km/h
c) 3km/sec
d) None of these

Answer: 90m/min

Question: A car moves at a speed of 54km/hr the speed of the car in metres per second is
a) 15m/sec
b) 25m/sec
c) 5m/sec
d) 35m/sec

Answer: 15m/sec

Question: A car is running at a speed of 99 km/hr. What distance will it cover in 30 seconds?
a) 825m
b) 850m
c) 875m
d) 900m

Answer: 825m

Question: A motorist covers a distance of 1500m in 1 min 12 sec the speed of the motorist in m/sec is
a) 1500/70 m.sec
b) 126/6 m.sec
c) 1600/70 m.sec

Answer: 1500/70 m.sec

Question - A man riding his bicycle covers 150 metres in 25 seconds. What is his speed in km per hour ?
a) 25
b) 21.6
c) 23
d) 20

Answer : B

Question - In a one-kilometre race A, B and C are the three participants. A can give B a start of 50 m. and C a start of 69 m. The start, which B can allow C is ?
a) 17 m
b) 20 m
c) 19 m
d) 18 m

Answer : B

Question - A boy is late by 9 minutes if he walks to school at a speed of 4 km/hour. If he walks at the rate of 5 km/hour, he arrives 9 minutes early. The distance to his school is ?
a) 9 km
b) 5 km
c) 4 km
d) 6 km

Answer : D

Question - Walking at the rate of 4 km an hour, a man covers a certain distance in 3 hours 45 minutes. If he covers the same distance on cycle, cycling at the rate of 16•5 km/hour, the time taken by him is ?
a) 55.45 minutes
b) 54.55 minutes
c) 55.44 minutes
d) 45.55 minutes

Answer : B

Question - The speed of a car is 54 km/hr. What is its speed in m/sec ?
a) 15 m/sec
b) 19 m/sec
c) 194.4 m/sec
d) 150 m/sec

Answer : A

Question - To cover a distance of 216 km in 3.2 hours, what should be the average speed of the car in metre/second ?
a) 67.5 metre/second
b) 33.75 metre/second
c) 37.5 metre/second
d) 18.75 metre/second

Answer : D

Question - Shri X goes to his office by scooter at a speed of 30km/h and reaches 6 minutes earlier. If he goes at a speed of 24 km/h, he reaches 5 minutes late. The distance of his office is ?
a) 20 km
b) 21 km
c) 22 km
d) 24 km

Answer : C

Question - A man walks a certain distance and rides back in 4 hours 30 minutes. He could ride both ways in 3 hours. The time required by the man to walk both ways is ?
a) 4 hours 30 minutes
b) 4 hours 45 minutes
c) 5 hours
d) 6 hours

Answer : D

Question - A train travelled at a speed of 35 km/hr for the first 10 minutes and at a speed of 20 km/hr for the next 5 minutes. The average speed of the train for the total 15 minutes is ?
a) 30 km/hr
b) 23 km/hr
c) 31 km/hr
d) 29 km/hr

Answer : A

Question - A cyclist, after cycling a distance of 70 km on the second day, finds that the ratio of distance covered by him on the first two days is 4 : 5. If he travels a distance of 42 km. on the third day, then the ratio of distance travelled on the third day and the first day is ?
a) 4 : 3
b) 3 : 2
c) 3 : 4
d) 2 : 3

Answer : C

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

Answer : D

Question - A train starts from A at 7 A. m. towards B with speed 50 km/h. Another train starts from B at 8 A. m. with speed 60 km/h towards A. Both of them meet at 10 A. m. at C. The ratio of the distance AC to BC is ?
a) 5 : 6
b) 5 : 4
c) 6 : 5
d) 4 : 5

Answer : B

Question - A boy goes to his school from his house at a speed of 3 km/hr and returns at a speed of 2 km/ hr. If he takes 5 hours in going and coming, the distance between his house and school is ?
a) 6 km
b) 5 km
c) 5.5 km
d) 6.5 km

Answer : A

Question - A man goes from A to B at a uniform speed of 12 kmph and returns with a uniform speed of 4 kmph His average speed (in kmph) for the whole journey is ?
a) 8
b) 7.5
c) 6
d) 4.5

Answer : C

Question - If a man reduces his speed to 2/3, he takes 1 hour more in walking a certain distance. The time (in hours) to cover the distance with his normal speed is ?
a) 2
b) 1
c) 3
d) 1.5

Answer : A

Question - A walks at a uniform rate of 4 km an hour; and 4 hours after his start, B bicycles after him at the uniform rate of 10 km an hour. How far from the starting point will B catch A ?
a) 16.7 km
b) 18.6 km
c) 21.5 km
d) 26.7 km

Answer : D

Question - A train is moving with the speed of 180 km/hr. Its speed (in metres per second) is ?
a) 5
b) 40
c) 30
d) 50

Answer : D

Question - A train travelling at a speed of 55 km/hr travels from place X to place Y in 4 hours. If its speed is increased by 5 km/hr., then the time of journey is reduced by ?
a) 25 minutes
b) 35 minutes
c) 20 minutes
d) 30 minutes

Answer : C

Question - P and Q are 27 km away. Two trains with speed of 24 km/hr and 18 km/hr respectively start simultaneously from P and Q and travel in the same direction. They meet at a point R beyond Q. Distance QR is ?
a) 126 km
b) 81 km
c) 48 km
d) 36 km

Answer : B

Question - A train is running at a speed of 116 km/hr. The distance covered by the train in metres in 18 seconds is ?
a) 900 metre
b) 1160 metre
c) 508 metre
d) 580 metre

Answer : D

Question - A motorist travels to a place 150 km away at an average speed of 50 km/hr and returns at 30 km/hr. His average speed for the whole journey in km/hr is
a) 37.5
b) 37
c) 35
d) 40

Answer : A

Question - Ram arrives at a Bank 15 minutes earlier than scheduled time if he drives his car at 42 km/hr. If he drives car at 35 km/hr he arrives 5 minutes late. The distance of the Bank from his starting point is
a) 70 km
b) 210 km
c) 72 km
d) 60 km

Answer : A

Question - A man takes 6 hours 15 minutes in walking a distance and riding back to the starting place. He could walk both ways in 7 hours 45 minutes. The time taken by him to ride both ways, is ?
a) 4 hours
b) 4 hours 30 minutes
c) 4 hours 45 minute
d) 5 hours

Answer : C

Question - A car completes a journey in 10 hours. If it covers half of the journey at 40 kmph and the remaining half at 60 kmph, the distance covered by car is ?
a) 400 km
b) 480 km
c) 380 km
d) 300 km

Answer : B

Question - A man travels some distance at a speed of 12 km/hr and returns at a speed of 9 km/hr. If the total time taken by him is 2 hrs 20 minutes the distance is ?
a) 35 km
b) 21 km
c) 9 km
d) 12 km

Answer : D

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

Answer : C

Question - A plane can cover 6000 km in 8 hours. If the speed is increased by 250 kmph, then the time taken by the plane to cover 9000 km is ?
a) 8 hours
b) 6 hours
c) 5 hours
d) 9 hour

Answer : D

Question - The speed of two trains are in the ratio 6 : 7. If the second train runs 364 km in 4 hours, then the speed of first train is ?
a) 60 km/hr
b) 72 km/hr
c) 78 km/hr
d) 84 km/hr

Answer : C

Question - A bus travels at the speed of 36 km/hr, then the distance covered by it in one second is ?
a) 10 metre
b) 15 metre
c) 12.5 metre
d) 13.5 metre

Answer : A

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 - A man goes to a place on bicycle at speed of 16 km/hr and comes back at lower speed. If the average speed is 6.4 km/hr in total journey, then the return speed (in km/hr) is ?
a) 10
b) 8
c) 6
d) 4

Answer : D

Question - A is twice as fast runner as B, and B is thrice as fast runner as C. If C travelled a distance in 1 hour 54 minutes, the time taken by B to cover the same distance is ?
a) 19 minutes
b) 38 minutes
c) 51 minutes
d) 57 minutes

Answer : B

Question - A and B run a 5 km race on around course of 400 m. If their speed are in the ratio 5 : 4, the number of times, the winner passes the other, is ?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 5

Answer : C

Question - Two men start together to walk a certain distance, one at 4 km/h and another at 3 km/h. The former arrives half an hour before the later. Find the distance ?
a) 8 km
b) 7 km
c) 6 km
d) 9 km

Answer : C

Question - Walking 6/7 th of his usual speed, a man is 12 minutes late. The usual time taken by him to cover that distance is ?
a) 1 hour
b) 1 hour 12 minutes
c) 1 hour 15 minutes
d) 1 hour 20 minutes

Answer : B