Quiz Discussion

A man on tour travels first 160 km at 64 km/hr and the next 160 km at 80 km/hr. The average speed for the first 320 km of the tour is:

• 1] 35.55 km/hr
• 2] 36 km/hr
• 3] 71.11 km/hr
• 4] 71 km/hr

A man crosses a road 250 metres wide in 75 seconds. His speed in km/hr is :

• 1] 10 km/hr
• 2] 12 km/hr
• 3] 12.5 km/hr
• 4] 15 km/hr

A motor boat takes 2 hours to travel a distance of 9 km downstream and it takes 6 hours to travel the same distance against the current. The speed of the boat in still water and that of the current (in km/h) respectively are:

• 1] 6, 5 km/h
• 2] 3, 1.5 km/h
• 3] 8, 5 km/h
• 4] 9, 3 km/h

The average speed of a train is 20% less on the return journey than on onward journey. The train halts for half an hour at the destination station before starting on the return journey. If the total time taken for the to and fro journey is 23 hours, covering a distance of 1000 km, the speed of the train on the return journey is:

• 1] 60 km/hr
• 2] 50 km/hr
• 3] 40 km/hr
• 4] 55 km/hr

A person can row \(7\frac{1}{2}\) km an hour in still water. Finds that it takes twice the time to row upstream than the time to row downstream. The speed of the stream is:

• 1] 2 kmph
• 2] 2.5 kmph
• 3] 3 kmph
• 4] 4 kmph

The distance between two cities A and B is 330 km. A train starts from A at 8 am and travels towards B at 60 km/hr. Another train starts from B at 9 am and travels towards A at 75 km/hr. At what time do they meet ?

• 1] 10.00 am
• 2] 10.30 am
• 3] 11.00 am
• 4] 11.30 am

Ashok left from place A for place B at 8 am and Rahul left place B for place A at 10.00 am the distance between place A and B is 637 km. If Ashok and Rahul are travelling at a uniform speed of 39 kmph and 47 kmph respectively, at what time will they meet ?

• 1] 5.30 pm
• 2] 4.30 pm
• 3] 5 pm
• 4] 4 pm

Two trains 105 meters and 90 meters long, run at the speeds of 45 kmph and 72 kmph respectively, in opposite directions on parallel tracks. The time which they take to cross each other, is:

• 1] 8 seconds
• 2] 6 seconds
• 3] 7 seconds
• 4] 5 seconds

A man travels 50 km at speed 25 km/hr and next 40 km at 20 km/hr and there after travel 90 km at 15 km/hr. His average speed is :

• 1] 18 km/hr
• 2] 25 km/hr
• 3] 20 km/hr
• 4] 15 km/hr

A man covered a certain distance at some speed. Had he moved 3 kmph faster, he would have taken 40 minutes less. If he had moved 2 kmph slower, he would have taken 40 minutes more. The distance (in km) is :

• 1]

  35 km

• 2]

  \(36\frac{2}{3}\) km

• 3]

  \(37\frac{1}{2}\) km

• 4]

  40 km