Quiz Discussion

Mr A started half an hour later than usual for the marketplace. But by increasing his speed to \(\frac{3}{2} \)times his usual speed he reached 10 minutes earlier than usual. What is his usual time for this journey?

• 1] 1 hours
• 2] 2 hours
• 3] 3 hours
• 4] 45 minutes
• 5] None of these

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

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 is twice fast as B and B is thrice fast as C is. The journey covered by C in \(\frac{3}{2}\) hours will be covered by A is:

• 1] 15 minutes
• 2] 20 minutes
• 3] 30 minutes
• 4] 1 hour

The average speed of a train in the onward journey is 25% more than that in the return journey. The train halts for one hour on reaching the destination. The total time taken for the complete to and fro journey is 17 hours, covering a distance of 800 km. The speed of the train in the onward journey is :

• 1] 45 km/hr
• 2] 47.5 km/hr
• 3] 52 km/hr
• 4] 56.25 km/hr

A moving train crosses a man standing on a platform and the platform 300 metres long in 10 seconds and 25 seconds respectively. What will be the time taken by the train to cross a platform 200 metre long ?

• 1]

  \(16\frac{2}{3} \)seconds

• 2]

  18 seconds

• 3]

  20 seconds

• 4]

  22 seconds

I started on my bicycle at 7 am to reach a certain place. After going a certain distance, my bicycle went out of order. Consequently, I rested for 35 minutes and came back to my house walking all the way. I reached my house at 1 pm. If my cycling speed is 10 kmph and my walking speed is 1 kmph, then on my bicycle I covered a distance of :

• 1]

  \(4\frac{61}{66}\) km

• 2]

  \(13\frac{4}{9}\) km

• 3]

  \(14\frac{3}{8}\) km

• 4]

  \(15\frac{10}{21}\) km

A person X starts from Lucknow and another person Y starts from Kanpur to meet each other. Speed of X is 25 km/h, while Y is 35 km/h. If the distance between Lucknow and Kanpur be 120 km and both X and Y start their journey at the same time, when they will meet ?

• 1]

  1 hours later

• 2]

  2 hours later

• 3]

  \(\frac{1}{2}\) hours later

• 4]

  3 hours later

The speed \(3\frac{1}{3}\) m/sec when expressed in km/hr becomes :

• 1] 8 km/hr
• 2] 9 km/hr
• 3] 10 km/hr
• 4] 12 km/hr

A hunter fired two shots from the branch of a tree at an interval of 76 seconds. A tiger separating too fast hears the two shots at an interval of 83 seconds. If the velocity of the sound is 1195.2 km/h, then find the speed of the tiger.

• 1] 112.8 km/h
• 2] 100.8 km/h
• 3] 80.16 km/h
• 4] 85.16 km/h
• 5] None of these