Quiz Discussion

A is travelling at 72 km per hour on a highway while B is travelling at a speed of 25 mitres per second. What us the difference in their speeds in mitres per second ?

• 1]

  \(1\frac{1}{2} \)m/sec

• 2]

  2 m/sec

• 3]

  3 m/sec

• 4]

  5 m/sec

Walking at the rate of 4 km an hour, a man cover a certain distance in 3 hours 45 minutes. If he covers the same distance on cycle, cycling at the rate of 16.5 km/hour, the time taken by him is :

• 1] 55.45 minutes
• 2] 54.55 minutes
• 3] 55.44 minutes
• 4] 45.55 minutes

A boy rides his bicycle 10 km at an average speed of 12km/hr and again travels 12km at an average speed of the 10km/hr. His average speed for the entire trip is ?

• 1]

  10.8

• 2]

  10.4

• 3]

  11

• 4]

  12

A man travels 600 km by train at 80 km/hr, 800 km by ship at 40 km/hr, 500 km by aeroplane at 400 km/hr and 100 km by car at 50 km/hr. What is the average speed for the entire distance :

• 1]

  \({ \text{60 km/hr}}\)

• 2]

  \(60\frac{5}{123}{ \text{ km/hr}}\)

• 3]

  \({ \text{62 km/hr}}\)

• 4]

  \(65\frac{5}{123}{ \text{ km/hr}}\)

The speed of two trains are in the ratio 6 : 7. If the second train runs 364 km in 4 hours, then the speed of first train is :

• 1] 60 km/hr
• 2] 72 km/hr
• 3] 78 km/hr
• 4] 84 km/hr

A is 10 miles west of B. C is 30 miles north of B. D is 20 miles east of C. What is the distance from A to D ?

• 1]

  10 miles

• 2]

  30 miles

• 3]

  \(10\sqrt {10}  \) miles

• 4]

  \(10\sqrt {13}  \) miles

• 5]

  \(30\sqrt {2}  \) miles

A boy rides his bicycle 10 km at an average speed of 12 km/hr and again travels 12 km at an average speed of 10 km//hr. His average speed for the entire trip is approximately:

• 1] 10.4 km/hr
• 2] 10.8 km/hr
• 3] 11 km/hr
• 4] 12.2 km/hr

A man performs \(\frac{3}{5}\) of the total journey by rail, \(\frac{7}{20}\) by bus, and the remaining 6.5 km on foot. His total journey is :

• 1] 65 km
• 2] 100 km
• 3] 120 km
• 4] 130 km

Two horses started simultaneously towards each other and meet each other 3 hr 20 mins later. How much time will it take the slower horse to cover the whole distance if the first arrived at the place of departure of the second 5 hours later than the second arrived at the point of departure of the first?

• 1] 10 hours
• 2] 5 hours
• 3] 15 hours
• 4] 6 hours
• 5] None of these

The wheel of an engine of 300 cm in circumference makes 10 revolutions in 6 seconds. What is the speed of the wheel (in km/h)?

• 1] 18
• 2] 20
• 3] 27
• 4] 36