Quiz Discussion

A long distance runner run 9 laps of a 400 metres track everyday. His timings (in min) for four consecutive days are 88, 96, 89 and 87 respectively. On an average, how many metres/minutes does the runner cover ?

• 1] 17.78 m/min
• 2] 40 m/min
• 3] 90 m/min
• 4] None of these

A man covers a total distance of 100 km on bicycle. For the first 2 hours, the speed was 20 km/hr and for the rest of the journey, it came down to 10 km/hr. The average speed will be :

• 1]

  \(12\frac{1}{2}\) km/hr

• 2]

  13 km/hr

• 3]

  \(\frac{1}{8}\) km/hr

• 4]

  20 km/hr

A, B and C start together from the same place to walk round a circular path of length 12km. A walks at the rate of 4 km/h, B 3 km/h and C \(\frac{3}{2}\) km/h. They will meet together at the starting place at the end of:

• 1] 10 hours
• 2] 12 hours
• 3] 15 hours
• 4] 24 hours

A runs \(\frac{7}{4}\) times as fast as B. If A gives B a start of 300 m, how far must the winning post be if both A and B have to end the race at the same time?

• 1] 1400 m
• 2] 700 m
• 3] 350 m
• 4] 210 m

A man covers the journey from station A to station B at a uniform speed of 36 kmph and returns to A with a uniform speed of 45 kmph, his average speed for the whole journey is:

• 1] 40 kmph
• 2] 40.5 kmph
• 3] 41 kmph
• 4] 42 kmph

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

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

A minibus takes 6 hour less to cover 1680 km distance, if its speed is increased by 14 kmph ? What is the usual time of the minibus ?

• 1] 15 hours
• 2] 24 hours
• 3] 25 hours
• 4] 30 hours

Sabarmati express takes 18 seconds to pass completely through a station 162 m long and 15 seconds through another station 120 m long. The length of the train is :

• 1] 132 m
• 2] 100 m
• 3] 80 m
• 4] 90 m

Excluding stoppages, the speed of a bus is 54 kmph and including stoppages, it is 45 kmph. For how many minutes does the bus stop per hour ?

• 1] 9 min
• 2] 10 min
• 3] 12 min
• 4] 20 min