Quiz Discussion

A plane flying north at 500 mph passes over a city at 12 noon. A plane flying east at the same altitude passes over the same city at 12.30 pm. The plane is flying east at 400 mph. To the nearest hundred miles, how far apart are the two planes at 2 pm ?

• 1] 600 miles
• 2] 1000 miles
• 3] 1100 miles
• 4] 1200 miles
• 5] 1300 miles

Two ladies simultaneously leave cities A and B connected by a straight road and travel towards each other. The first lady travels 2 km/hr faster than the second lady and reaches B one hour before the second lady reaches A. The two cities A and B are 24 km apart. How many kilometres does each lady travel in one hour ?

• 1] 5 km, 3 km
• 2] 7 km, 5 km
• 3] 8 km, 6 km
• 4] 6 km, 14 km

A thief steals a car at 2.30 pm and drives it at 60 kmph. The theft is discovered at 3 pm and the owner sets off in another car at 75 kmph. When will he overtake the thief ?

• 1]

  4.30 pm

• 2]

  4.45 pm

• 3]

  5 pm

• 4]

   5.15 pm

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 man travels for 5 hours 15 minutes. If he covers the first half of the journey at 60 km/hr and rest at 45 km/hr. Find the total distance travelled by him ?

• 1]

  \(1028\frac{6}{7}\) km

• 2]

  189 km

• 3]

  378 km

• 4]

  270 km

A car travels at a speed of 60 km/hr and covers a particular distance in one hour. How long will it take for another car to cover the same distance at 40 km/hr ?

• 1]

  \(\frac{5}{2}\) hours

• 2]

  2 hours

• 3]

  \(\frac{3}{2}\) hours

• 4]

  1 hour

An aeroplane flies twice as fast as a train which covers 60 miles in 80 minutes. What distance will the aeroplane cover in 20 minutes ?

• 1] 30 miles
• 2] 35 miles
• 3] 40 miles
• 4] 50 miles

A man covers a total distance of 100 km on bicycle. For the first 2 hours, the speed was 20 km/hr and for the rest of the journey, it came down to 10 km/hr. The average speed will be :

• 1]

  \(12\frac{1}{2}\) km/hr

• 2]

  13 km/hr

• 3]

  \(\frac{1}{8}\) km/hr

• 4]

  20 km/hr

Excluding stoppages, the speed of a bus is 54 kmph and including stoppages, it is 45 kmph. For how many minutes does the bus stop per hour ?

• 1] 9 min
• 2] 10 min
• 3] 12 min
• 4] 20 min

A person can row \(7\frac{1}{2}\) km an hour in still water. Finds that it takes twice the time to row upstream than the time to row downstream. The speed of the stream is:

• 1] 2 kmph
• 2] 2.5 kmph
• 3] 3 kmph
• 4] 4 kmph