Quiz Discussion

A man walk a certain distance and rides back in 4 hours 30 minutes. He could ride both ways in 3 hours. The time required by the man to walk both ways is :

• 1] 4 hours 30 minutes
• 2] 4 hours 45 minutes
• 3] 5 hours
• 4] 6 hours

The speeds of John and Max are 30 km/hr and 40 km/hr. Initially Max is at a place L and Jhon is at a place M. The distance between L and M is 650 kms. John started his journey 3 hours earlier than Max to meet each other. If they meet each other at a place P somewhere between L and M, then the distance between P and M is :

• 1] 220 kms
• 2] 250 kms
• 3] 330 kms
• 4] 320 kms

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

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 truck covers a distance of 550 metres in 1 minute whereas a bus covers a distance of 33 kms in 45 minutes. The ratio of their speed is :

• 1] 4 : 3
• 2] 3 : 5
• 3] 3 : 4
• 4] 50 : 3

A and B start from the same point and in the same direction at 7 am to walk around a rectangular field 400 m × 300 m. A and B walk at the rate of 3 km/hr and 2.5 km/hr respectively. How many times shall they cross each other if they continue to walk till 12.30 pm ?

• 1] Not even once
• 2] Once
• 3] Twice
• 4] Thrice

A jeep is chasing a car which is 5 km ahead. Their respective speeds are 90 km/hr and 75 km/hr. After how many minutes will the jeep catch the car ?

• 1] 10 min
• 2] 20 min
• 3] 24 min
• 4] 25 min

A car traveling with \(\frac{5}{7}\) of its actual speed covers 42 km in 1 hour 40 minute 48 seconds. Find the actual speed of the car.

• 1]

  \(17\frac{6}{7}\) km/hr

• 2]

  25 km/hr

• 3]

  30 km/hr

• 4]

  35 km/hr

Two buses start from a bus terminal with a speed of 20 km/h at interval of 10 minutes. What is the speed of a man coming from the opposite direction towards the bus terminal if he meets the buses at interval of 8 minutes?

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

A 6 cm long cigarette burns up in 15 minutes if no puff is taken.For every puff, it burns three times as fast during the duration of the puff.If the cigarette burns itself in 13 minutes, then how many puffs has the smoker taken if the average puff lasted 3 seconds?

• 1] 17
• 2] 18
• 3] 20
• 4] 22
• 5] None of these