Quiz Discussion

The speed of a motor-boat is that of the current of water as 36:5. The boat goes along with the current in 5 hours 10 minutes. It will come back in:

• 1] 5 hours 50 minutes
• 2] 6 hours
• 3] 6 hours 50 minutes
• 4] 12 hours 10 minutes

A motor car does a journey in 17.5 hours, covering the first half at 30 km/h and the second half at 40 km/h. Find the distance of the journey?

• 1] 684 km
• 2] 600 km
• 3] 624 km
• 4] 584 km

Two boats go downstream from point X to Y. The faster boat covers the distance from X to Y, 1.5 times as fast as slower boat. It is known that for every hour slower boat lags behinds the faster boat by 8 km. however, if they go upstream, then the faster boat covers the distance from Y to X in half the time as the slower boat. Find the speed of the faster boat in still water?

• 1] 12 kmph
• 2] 20 kmph
• 3] 24 kmph
• 4] 25 kmph
• 5] None of these

It takes eight hours for a 600 km journey, if 120 km is done by train and the rest by car. It takes 20 minutes more, if 200 km is done by train and the rest by car. The ratio of the speed of the train to that of the cars is:

• 1] 2 : 3
• 2] 3 : 2
• 3] 3 : 4
• 4] 4 : 3

Two persons A and B start simultaneously from P and Q respectively. A meets B at a distance of 60m from P. After A reaches Q and B reaches P, they turn around and start walking in opposite direction, now B meets A at a distance of 40m from Q. Find distance between P and Q?

• 1] 160 m
• 2] 100 m
• 3] 140 m
• 4] 105 m
• 5] None of These

A moving train passes a platform 50 m long in 14 seconds and a lamp post in 10 seconds. The speed of the train (in km/hr) is :

• 1] 24 km/hr
• 2] 36 km/hr
• 3] 40 km/hr
• 4] 45 km/hr

A cyclist drove one kilometre, with the wind in his back, in 3 minutes and drove the same way back, against the wind, in 4 minutes. If we assume that the cyclist always puts constant force on the pedals, how much time would it take him to drive 1 km without wind ?

• 1]

  \(2\frac{1}{3}\) min

• 2]

  \(2\frac{3}{7}\) min

• 3]

  \(3\frac{3}{7}\) min

• 4]

  \(3\frac{7}{12}\) min

The ratio of speeds of A and B is 2 : 3 and therefore A takes 20 minutes more time than B. What is the ratio of time taken by A and B?

• 1] 2 : 3
• 2] 2 : 5
• 3] 3 : 2
• 4] 3 : 5

A can give 40 metres start to B and 70 metres to C in a race of one kilometre how many metres starts can B give to C in a race of one kilometre ?

• 1]

  30 metres

• 2]

  \(\frac{700}{29}\) metres

• 3]

  \(31\frac{1}{4}\) metres

• 4]

  32 metres

A person can row a boat d km upstream and the same distance downstream in 5 hours 15 minutes. Also, he can row the boat 2d km upstream in 7 hours. How long will it take to row the same distance 2d km downstream?

• 1]

  \(\frac{{3}}{{2}}\) hours

• 2]

  7 hours

• 3]

  \(\frac{{29}}{{4}}\) hours

• 4]

  \(\frac{{7}}{{2}}\) hours