Quiz Discussion

A boy stated from his house on bicycle at 10 am at a speed of 12 km per hour. His elder brother started after 1 hr 15 min on scooter along the same path and caught him at 1.30 pm. The speed of the scooter will be (in km/hr) ?

• 1]

  4.5 km/hr

• 2]

  36 km/hr

• 3]

  \(18\frac{2}{3}\) km/hr

• 4]

  9 km/hr

A and B start at the same time with speed of 40 km/hr. and 50 km/hr respectively. If in covering the journey A takes 15 min longer than B, the total distance of the journey is :

• 1] 40 km
• 2] 48 km
• 3] 50 km
• 4] 52 km

A train leaves Delhi at 4.1 pm and reaches Aligargh at 7.25 pm. The average speed of the train is 40 km/hr. What is the distance from Delhi to Aligarh ?

• 1] 120 km
• 2] 130 km
• 3] 135 km
• 4] 140 km

In a 100m race, Kamal defeats Bimal by 5 seconds. If the speed of Kamal is 18 kmph, then the speed of Bimal is:

• 1] 15.4 kmph
• 2] 14.5 kmph
• 3] 14.4 kmph
• 4] 14 kmph

From two places, 60 km apart, A and B start towards each other at the same time and meet each other after 6 hours. If A traveled with \(\frac{2}{3}\) of his speed and B traveled with double of his speed, they would have met after 5 hours. The speed of A is:

• 1] 4 km/h
• 2] 6 km/h
• 3] 10 km/h
• 4] 12 km/h

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

If a 250 m long train crosses a platform of same length as that of the train in 25 seconds, then the speed of the train is:

• 1] 150 m/sec
• 2] 200 m/sec
• 3] 20 km/h
• 4] 72 km/h

A thief running at 8 km/hr is chased by a policeman whose speed is 10 km/hr. If the thief is 100 metres ahead of the policeman, then the time required for the policeman to catch the thief will be :

• 1] 2 minutes
• 2] 3 minutes
• 3] 6 minutes
• 4] 10 minutes

Two boats A and B start towards each other from two places, 108 km apart. Speed of the boats A and B in still water are 12 km/h and 15 km/h respectively. If A proceeds down and B up the stream, they will meet after:

• 1] 4.5 hours
• 2] 4 hours
• 3] 5.4 hours
• 4] 6 hours

A certain distance is covered at a certain speed. If half of this distance is covered in double the time, the ratio of the two speed is :

• 1] 1 : 16
• 2] 4 : 1
• 3] 2 : 1
• 4] 1 : 4