Quiz Discussion

A car travels from P to Q at a constant speed. If its speed were increased by 10 km/hr, it would have taken one hour lesser to cover the distance. It would have taken further 45 minutes lesser if the speed was further increased by 10 km/hr. The distance between two cities is :

• 1] 540 km
• 2] 420 km
• 3] 600 km
• 4] 620 km

A man performs \(\frac{3}{5}\) of the total journey by rail, \(\frac{7}{20}\) by bus, and the remaining 6.5 km on foot. His total journey is :

• 1] 65 km
• 2] 100 km
• 3] 120 km
• 4] 130 km

A student goes to school at the rate of \(2\frac{1}{2}\) km/hr and reaches 6 min late. If he travels at the speed of 3 km/hr he is 10 min early. What is the distance to the school?

• 1]

  4 km

• 2]

  \(3\frac{1}{4}\) km

• 3]

  1 km

• 4]

  \(3\frac{1}{2}\) km

The distance between two places R and S is 42 km. Anita starts from R with a uniform speed of 4 km/hr towards S and at the same time Romita starts from S towards R also with some uniform speed. They meet each other after 6 hours. The speed of Romita is :

• 1] 18 km/hr
• 2] 20 km/hr
• 3] 3 km/hr
• 4] 8 km/hr

One of the two buses completes a journey of 300 km in 7½ hours an the other a journey of 450 km in 9 hours.  The ratio of their average speeds is:

• 1]

  2:3

• 2]

  3:4

• 3]

  4:5

• 4]

  8:9

Without stoppage, a train travels a certain distance with an average speed of 60 km/h, and with stoppage it covers the same distance with an average speed of 40 km/h. On an average, how many minutes per hour does train stop during the journey ?

• 1] 20 min/hour
• 2] 15 min/hour
• 3] 10 min/hour
• 4] 12 min/hour

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

If a person walks at 14 km/hr instead of 10 km/hr, he would have walked 20 km more. The actual distance travelled by him is:

• 1] 50 km
• 2] 56 km
• 3] 70 km
• 4] 80 km

A is twice fast as B and B is thrice fast as C. The journey covered by C in 78 minutes will be covered by A in :

• 1] 13 min
• 2] 15.5 min
• 3] 17 min
• 4] 12 min

A man takes 50 minutes to cover a certain distance at a speed of 6 km/hr. If he walks with a speed of 10 km/hr, he covers the same distance in :

• 1] 10 min
• 2] 20 min
• 3] 30 min
• 4] 40 min