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

In a race of 200 meters, B can gives a start of 10 meters to A, and C can gives a start of 20 meters to B. The starts that C can gives to A, in the same race is:

• 1] 30 meters
• 2] 25 meters
• 3] 29 meters
• 4] 27 meters

A man crosses a road 250 metres wide in 75 seconds. His speed in km/hr is :

• 1] 10 km/hr
• 2] 12 km/hr
• 3] 12.5 km/hr
• 4] 15 km/hr

Two trains for Mumbai leave Delhi at 6 am and 6.45 am and travel at 100 kmph and 136 kmph respectively. How many kilometers from Delhi will the two trains be together:

• 1] 262.4 km
• 2] 260 km
• 3] 283.33 km
• 4] 275 km
• 5] None of these

Two cyclists start from the same place in opposite directions. One goes towards north at 18 kmph and the other goes towards south at 20 kmph. What time will they take to be 47.5 km apart ?

• 1]

  \({ \text{1}}\frac{1}{4}{ \text{ hrs}}\)

• 2]

  \({ \text{2}}\frac{1}{4}{ \text{ hrs}}\)

• 3]

  2 hrs 23 min

• 4]

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

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

Four people are running around a circular ground from a point on the circumference at 9.00 am. For one round, these four persons take respectively 40, 50, 60 and 30 minutes. At what time will they meet together again ?

• 1] 4.30 pm
• 2] 7.00 pm
• 3] 6.00 pm
• 4] 5.30 pm

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

Roorkee express normally reaches its destination at 50 km/h in 30 hours. Find the speed at which it travels to reduce the time by 10 hours?

• 1] 38 km/h
• 2] 76 km/h
• 3] 75 km/h
• 4] 60 km/h

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