CLASS : 8
SUBJECT : MATHEMATICS
CHAPTER :SPEED, TIME AND DISTANCE
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Contents
1 MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (1-10): 1
2 VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (11-15): 2
3 SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (16-20): 3
4 LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS (21-25): 3
1 MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (1-10):
1. Two trains of lengths 200 m and 300 m are running on parallel tracks in opposite directions
at speeds of 54 km/hr and 72 km/hr respectively. The time taken for them to completely
pass each other is:
(A) 10 seconds (B) 12 seconds (C) 14.4 seconds (D) 16 seconds
2. A boat takes twice as long to row upstream as to row downstream the same distance in
still water. If the speed of the stream is 5 km/hr, the speed of the boat in still water is:
(A) 10 km/hr (B) 15 km/hr (C) 20 km/hr (D) 25 km/hr
3. A man covers 13 of a journey at 20 km/hr, 21 at 30 km/hr, and the rest at 60 km/hr. His
average speed for the whole journey (in km/hr) is:
(A) 28 (B) 30 (C) 32 (D) 36