Quiz Discussion

A runs 1 2/3 or  times as fast as B. If A gives B a start of 80 m, how far must the winning post be so that A and B might reach it at the same time?

• 1] 200 m
• 2] 300 m
• 3] 270 m
• 4] 160 m

A and B take part in a 100 metres race. A runs at 5 km an hour. A gives B a start of 8 metres and still beats him by 8 seconds. The speed of B is ?

• 1] 4.45 km/hr
• 2] 4.14 km/hr
• 3] 4.15 km/hr
• 4] 4.25 km/hr

Four sisters Suvarna, Tara, Uma and Vibha are playing a game such that the loser doubles the money of each of the other players from her share. They played four games and each sister lost one game in alphabetical order. At the end of fourth game, each sister had Rs. 32. How much money did Suvarna start with ?

• 1] Rs. 60
• 2] Rs. 34
• 3] Rs. 66
• 4] Rs. 28

In a kilometre race, A beats B by 100 m and B beats C by 150 m. In the same race, by how many metres does A beat C ?

• 1] 225 m
• 2] 235 m
• 3] 240 m
• 4] 250 m

In a 200 metres race A beats B by 35 m or 7 seconds. A's time over the course is:

• 1] 40 sec
• 2] 47 sec
• 3] 33 sec
• 4] None of these

In a game of 100 points, A can give B 20 points and C 28 points. Then, B can give C:

• 1] 8 points
• 2] 10 points
• 3] 14 points
• 4] 40 points

In a race of 200 m, B can give a start of 10 m to A and C can give a start of 20 m to B. The start that C can give to A in the same race is ?

• 1] 27 m
• 2] 29 m
• 3] 30 m
• 4] 25 m

In a kilometre race, A beats B by 30 seconds and B beats C by 15 seconds. If A beats C by 180 m, the time taken by A to run 1 kilometre, is ?

• 1] 200 sec
• 2] 205 sec
• 3] 210 sec
• 4] 250 sec

In a 100 m race, A can beat B by 25 m and B can beat C by 4 m. In the same race, A can beat C by

• 1]

  21 m

• 2]

  26 m

• 3]

  28 m

• 4]

  29 m

In a 100 m race, A can beat B by 25 m and B can beat C by 4 m. In the same race, A can beat C by:

• 1] 21 m
• 2] 26 m
• 3] 28 m
• 4] 29 m