Quiz Discussion

A man performs \(\frac{2}{15}\) of the total journey by rail, \(\frac{9}{20}\) by bus and the remaining 10 km, on the cycle. His total journey is :

• 1] 31.2 km
• 2] 38.4 km
• 3] 32.8 km
• 4] 24 km

Two persons A and B started from two different places towards each other. If the ratio of their speed be 3 : 5, then what is the ratio of distance covered by A and B respectively till the point of meeting?

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

A thief is noticed by a policeman from a distance of 200 metres the thief starts running and the policeman chases him. The thief and the policeman run at the rate of 10 km/hr and 11 km/hr respectively. What is the distance between them after 6 minutes ?

• 1] 100 m
• 2] 190 m
• 3] 200 m
• 4] 150 m

The distance between two places R and S is 42 km. Anita starts from R with a uniform speed of 4 km/hr towards S and at the same time Romita starts from S towards R also with some uniform speed. They meet each other after 6 hours. The speed of Romita is :

• 1] 18 km/hr
• 2] 20 km/hr
• 3] 3 km/hr
• 4] 8 km/hr

A plan left 40 minutes late due to bad whether and order to reach its destination 1600 km away in time, it had increase its speed by 400 kmph from its usual speed. Find the usual speed of the plane?

• 1] 600 km/hour
• 2] 400 km/hour
• 3] 1000 km/hour
• 4] 800 km/hour

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

A person crosses a 600 m long street in 5 minutes. What is his speed in km per hour?

• 1] 3.6 km/hr
• 2] 7.2 km/hr
• 3] 8.4 km/hr
• 4] 10 km/hr

A car takes 15 minutes less to cover a distance of 75 km, if it increases its speed by 10 km/hr from its usual speed. How much time would it take to cover a distance of 300 km using this speed ?

• 1]

  5 hrs

• 2]

  \(5\frac{1}{2}\) hrs

• 3]

  6 hrs

• 4]

  \(6\frac{1}{2}\) hrs

Two ports A and B are 300 km apart. Two ships leave A for B such that the second leaves 8 hours after the first. The ships arrive at B simultaneously. Find the time the slower ship spent on the trip if the speed of one of them is 10 km/h higher than that of the other.

• 1] 25 hours
• 2] 20 hours
• 3] 15 hours
• 4] 20 hours
• 5] 24 hours

A starts 3 Minutes after B for a place 4.5 km distant. B, on reaching his destination, immediately returns and after walking a km meets A. If A can walk 1 Km in 18 minutes,then what is B's speed?

• 1] 4 km/h
• 2] 6 km/h
• 3] 7 km/h
• 4] 5 km/h