Quiz Discussion

A plane left half an hour later than the scheduled time and in order to reach its destination 1500 kilometers away in time, it had to increase its speed by 33.33 percent over its usual speed. Find its increased speed.

• 1] 250 kmph
• 2] 500 kmph
• 3] 750 kmph
• 4] 1000 kmph
• 5] 1200 kmph

A man goes downstream with a boat to some destination and returns upstream to his original place in 5 hours. If the speed of the boat in still water and the stream are 10 kmph and 4 kmph respectively, the distance of the destination from the starting place is:

• 1] 16 km
• 2] 18 km
• 3] 21 km
• 4] 25 km

A motor car does a journey in 17.5 hours, covering the first half at 30 km/h and the second half at 40 km/h. Find the distance of the journey?

• 1] 684 km
• 2] 600 km
• 3] 624 km
• 4] 584 km

A and B run a kilometre and A wins by 25 sec. A and C run a kilometre and A wins by 275 m. When B and C run the same distance, B wins by 30 sec. The time taken by A to run a kilometre is :

• 1] 2 min 25 sec
• 2] 2 min 50 sec
• 3] 3 min 20 sec
• 4] 3 min 30 sec

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

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

An aeroplane flies from place A to place B at the speed of 500 km/hr. On the return journey, its speed is 700 km/hr. The average speed of the aeroplane for the entire journey is ?

• 1]

  \(566\frac{2}{3}{ \text{ km/hr}}\)

• 2]

  \(583\frac{1}{3}{ \text{ km/hr}}\)

• 3]

  \(583\frac{2}{3}{ \text{ km/hr}}\)

• 4]

  \(600{ \text{ km/hr}}\)

In covering a distance of 30 km, Abhay takes 2 hours more than Sameer. If Abhay doubles his speed, then he would take 1 hour less than Sameer. Abhay's speed is:

• 1] 5 km/hr
• 2] 6 km/hr
• 3] 6.25 km/hr
• 4] 7.5 km/hr

Two men P and Q start a journey from the same place at a speed of 3 km/hr and \(3\frac{1}{2}\) km/hr respectively. If they move in the same direction then what is the distance of them after 4 hours?

• 1]

  3 km

• 2]

  \(2\frac{1}{2} \)km

• 3]

  2 km

• 4]

  \(\frac{1}{2}\) km

A man can walk uphill at the rate of \(2\frac{1}{2}\) km/hr and downhill at the rate of \(3\frac{1}{4}\) km/hr. If the total time required to walk a certain distance up the hill and return to the starting point was 4 hr 36 min, then what was the distance walked up the hill by the man ?

• 1]

  4 km

• 2]

  \(4\frac{1}{2} \)km

• 3]

  \(5\frac{1}{2}\) km

• 4]

  \(6\frac{1}{2}\)km