A train 400 m long running at 90 km/h enters a tunnel 800 m long. How long does it take to clear the tunnel completely?
Correct answer A. 48 seconds
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Time and Distance MCQs
Time and Distance MCQs test how speed, time and distance relate to one another, using the rule that distance equals speed multiplied by time. They suit aptitude test candidates in Pakistan, India and Bangladesh, and each question reveals its correct answer immediately, so you can check every step of your working.
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Two trains start at the same moment from stations P and Q towards each other. After meeting, the first train takes 16 hours to reach Q and the second takes 9 hours to reach P. What is the ratio of their speeds (first : second)?
Correct answer C. 3 : 4
A boy runs round a square field of side 75 m at 9 km/h. How long does he take to complete one round?
Correct answer B. 120 seconds
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A cart wheel has a diameter of 70 cm. Taking π = 22/7, how many complete revolutions will it make in covering 1.1 km?
Correct answer A. 500
A car covers 900 m in 45 seconds. What is its speed in km/h?
Correct answer C. 72 km/h
A man walks to a village at 6 km/h and rides back by tonga at 18 km/h. The round trip takes 4 hours in all. How far is the village?
Correct answer C. 18 km
Car A leaves town X at 8 a.m. towards town Y at 45 km/h. Car B leaves Y at 9 a.m. towards X at 55 km/h. If X and Y are 345 km apart, at what time do they meet?
Correct answer D. 12 noon
A 200 m long train running at 60 km/h passes a jogger running at 12 km/h in the opposite direction. How long does it take to pass him?
Correct answer B. 10 seconds
Two trains, each 125 m long, run in opposite directions on parallel tracks and cross each other in 10 seconds. If one runs at 40 km/h, what is the speed of the other?
Correct answer A. 50 km/h
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A train crosses a 350 m bridge in 30 seconds and a lamp post in 16 seconds. What is the speed of the train?
Correct answer C. 90 km/h
Cycling at 12 km/h, a student is 8 minutes late for college; cycling at 15 km/h, he is 4 minutes early. How far is the college?
Correct answer C. 12 km
By walking at 3/2 of his usual speed, Kamal reaches the market 25 minutes earlier than usual. What is his usual time?
Correct answer B. 75 minutes
Two cyclists start from the same point and ride in opposite directions at 14 km/h and 16 km/h. After how long will they be 75 km apart?
Correct answer A. 2.5 hours
Car P leaves a depot at 10:00 a.m. at 48 km/h. Car Q leaves the same depot at 10:30 a.m. on the same road at 64 km/h. How far from the depot does Q overtake P?
Correct answer C. 96 km
A train covers 150 km in the first 2 hours, halts for 30 minutes, then covers 90 km in 1 hour 30 minutes. What is its average speed for the whole journey including the halt?
Correct answer B. 60 km/h
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A train passes two men walking in its direction of travel at 3 km/h and 5 km/h in 10 seconds and 11 seconds respectively. What is the speed of the train?
Correct answer B. 25 km/h
A traveller covers 600 km in 8 hours, partly by train at 80 km/h and the rest by car at 60 km/h. How many kilometres did he travel by train?
Correct answer C. 480 km
Stations A and B are 330 km apart. A train leaves A at 7 a.m. towards B at 60 km/h and another leaves B at 8 a.m. towards A at 75 km/h. How far from A do they meet?
Correct answer B. 180 km
A coach covers a distance in 5 hours at 66 km/h. At what speed must it travel to cover the same distance in 3 hours 40 minutes?
Correct answer B. 90 km/h
Two signal guns are fired from the same spot at an interval of 11 minutes 30 seconds. A person on a train approaching the spot hears the second shot 11 minutes after the first. If sound travels at 330 m/s, what is the speed of the train?
Correct answer C. 54 km/h
About Time and Distance MCQs
This topic is a staple of quantitative reasoning sections. Questions include buses with and without stoppages, where you find how many minutes per hour are spent stopped, and journeys split into halves at different speeds, which call for average speed rather than a simple mean. You will also see problems where a faster or slower speed changes the time taken, aircraft slowed by bad weather, and towns on a straight line. Some items are data sufficiency questions asking which statements are enough to find the answer. Converting km/h to m/s by multiplying by 5/18 is a frequent step.
Exams that include Time and Distance MCQs
Pakistan
- NTS
- FPSC
- PPSC
- OTS
- ISSB
- Army/Navy/PAF initial tests
India
- SSC CGL
- IBPS PO
- RRB NTPC
- CDS
- Campus placements
Bangladesh
- Bank job exams
- BCS
- Government job tests
Frequently asked questions
How do you find average speed when equal distances are covered at two speeds?
When equal distances are covered at speeds x and y, the average speed is 2xy divided by x plus y, not the simple average. For example, travelling equal distances at 40 km/h and 60 km/h gives an average speed of 48 km/h, because more time is spent at the slower speed.
How do you solve bus stoppage problems?
Find the difference between the speed without stoppages and the speed with stoppages, then divide it by the speed without stoppages and multiply by 60. For speeds of 54 and 45 km/h, the bus loses 9 km each hour, so it stops for 9/54 of an hour, which is 10 minutes per hour.
Last reviewed October 2026