Speed

EXCERCISE-1
1) A horse runs a distance of 1200m in 3 min and 20 s. The speed of the horse
is_________
1) 60 ms–1 2) 65 ms–1 3) 40 ms–1 4) 6ms –1
2) A car is moving at a speed of 15 ms–1. In how much time will it cover a distance of
1.2 km ?
1) 70 s 2) 80 s 3) 18 s 4) 45 s
3) A bus is moving at 20ms–1. How much distance in kilometres will the bus cover in 25
minutes ?
1) 30 km 2) 20 km 3) 40 km 4) 50 km
4) A scooterist covers a distance of 3 kilometres in 5 minutes. Calculate his speed in
kilometres per hour (km/h)
1) 28 2) 36 3) 42 4) 78
5) The train ‘A’ travelled a distance of 120 km in 3hr whereas another train ‘B’
travelled a distance of 180 km in 4 hours. Which train travelled faster ?
1) train A 2) train B 3) Both are equally faster 4) none
*6) A particle travels different distances s1 & s2 with different speeds v1 & v2 in the
same direction. Find the expression for the average speed.

s1  s 2 s s s1v1  s 2v 2
1) 2) s 1 s2 3) 4) none of these
s1v1  s 2v 2 1
 2 t1  t 2
v1 v 2

7) A runner runs 100 m in 10 s, then turns around and jogs 50m back toward the
starting point in 30 s. The average speed of the runner is
1) 1.25ms–1 2) 2.50ms–1 3) 3.75ms–1 4) 4ms–1
*8) If a particle travels with speeds v1, v2 and v3 during the time intervals t1,t2 and t3
respectively, then average speed is equal to ____________ [ ]
v1t1  v 2 t2  v 3 t 3 v1  v 2  v3 t1  t2  t 3
1) t1  t 2  t3 2) t1  t 2  t 3 3) 1 4) v t  v t  v t
1 1 2 2 3 3

| JEE | GUJCET | NIRMAAN CLASSES”VIII to X”|

CONTACT No.: +917698011021, +919173920007
 AVERAGE SPEED

EXCERCISE-2
*1) When a body covers first one third distance with speed 1m/s, the second one third
distance with speed 2m/s and the last one third distance with speed 3m/s then
average speed is ____________ [ ]
1) 2.24 m/s 2) 1.79 m/s 3) 2.66 m/s 4) 1.64 m/s

2) A bus travelling the first one-third distance at a speed of 10 km/h, the next one
fourth at 20km/h and the remaining at 40 km/h. The average speed of the bus is
nearly. [ ]

1) 9 km/h 2) 16 km/h 3) 18 km/h 4) 48 km/h

*3) A particle moving in a straight line covers half the distance with speed of 3m/s. The
other half of the distance is covered in two equal time intervals with speed of
4.5 m/s and 7.5 m/s respectively. The average speed of the particle during this
motion is

1) 4.0 m/s 2) 5.0 m/s 3) 5.5 m/s 4) 4.8 m/s [ ]

4) An aeroplane flies round a square field PQRS of each side 100 km. Its speed along
PQ is 400 km/h, along QR is 500 km/h, along RS is 600 km/h and along SP is 700
km/h. The average speed of the aeroplane over the entire trip is nearly [ ]

1) 550 km/h 2) 600 km/h 3) 527 km/h 4) 500 km/h

5) A car travels the first half of a distance between two places at a speed of 30 km/h
and the second half of the distance at 50 km/h. The average speed of the car for the
whole journey is _____________ [ ]

1) 42.5 km/h 2) 40.0 km/h 3) 37.5 km/h 4) 35.0 km/h

6) A car moves for half of its time at 80 km/h and for next half of time at 40 k/h. Total
distance covered is 60 km. The average speed of the car is____________ [ ]

1) 60 km/h 2) 80 km/h 3) 120 km/h 4) 180 km/h

*7) A car travels 30 km at a uniform speed of 40 km/h and the next 30 km at a

uniform speed of 20 km/h. Find its average speed.

1) 35km/h 2) 40km/h 3) 22km/h 4) 26.6km/h

8) A train travels at a speed of 60 km/h for 0.5 h, at 30 km/h for the next 0.2 h and
then at 70 km/h for the next 0.7 h. What is the average speed of the train ?

1) 60 km/h 2) 38 km/h 3) 54 km/h 4) 70 km/h

| JEE | GUJCET | NIRMAAN CLASSES”VIII to X”|

CONTACT No.: +917698011021, +919173920007