Quiz Discussion

A car goes 20 metres in a second. Find its speed in km/hr.

• 1] 20 km/hr
• 2] 18 km/hr
• 3] 72 km/hr
• 4] 36 km/hr

A walk at a uniform rate of 4 km an hour; and 4 hr after his start, B bicycles after him at the uniform rate of 10 km an hour. How far from the starting point will B catch A ?

• 1] 16.7 km
• 2] 18.6 km
• 3] 21.5 km
• 4] 26.7 km

Two runner start running together for a certain distance, one at 5 km/h and another at 8 km/h. The former arrives one and half an hour before the latter. The distance in Km is :

• 1] 12 km
• 2] 20 km
• 3] 25 km
• 4] 36 km

In a 1-kilometre race, A can beat B by 30 meters, while in a 500-meter race B can beat C by 25 meters. By how many meters will A beats C in a 100-meter race?

• 1] 7.85
• 2] 7.25
• 3] 7.15
• 4] 7.03

A bullock cart has to cover a distance of 120 km in 15 hours. If it covers half of the journey in \(\frac{3}{5}\)th time, the second to cover the remaining distance in the time left has to be :

• 1] 6.4 km/hr
• 2] 6.67 km/hr
• 3] 10 km/hr
• 4] 15 km/hr

A train can travel 50% faster than a car. Both start from point A at the same time and reach point B 75 kms away from A at the same time. On the way, however, the train lost about 12.5 minutes while stopping at the stations. The speed of the car is :

• 1] 100 kmph
• 2] 110 kmph
• 3] 120 kmph
• 4] 130 kmph

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 man can row 15 km/h in still water and he finds that it takes him twice as much time to row up than as to row down the same distance in the river. The speed of current (in km/h) :

• 1] 6 km/h
• 2] 6.5 km/h
• 3] 4.5 km/h
• 4] 5 km/h

Karan and Arjun run a 100 metre race, where Karan beats Arjun by 10 metre. To do a favour to Arjun, Karan starts 10 metre behind the starting line in a second 100 race. They both run at their earlier speeds. Which of the following is true in connection with the race?

• 1] Karan and Arjun reach the finishing line simultaneously
• 2] Arjun beats Karan by 1 metre
• 3] Arjun beats Karan by 11 metre
• 4] Karan beats Arjun by 1 metre
• 5] Cannot be said

A train is 250 m long. If the train takes 50 second to cross a tree by the railway line, then the speed of the train on Km /hr is :

• 1] 9 km/hr
• 2] 5 km/hr
• 3] 18 km/hr
• 4] 10 km/hr