Quiz Discussion

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

A man crosses a road 250 metres wide in 75 seconds. His speed in km/hr is :

• 1] 10 km/hr
• 2] 12 km/hr
• 3] 12.5 km/hr
• 4] 15 km/hr

An athlete runs 200 meters race in 24 seconds. His speed in km/h is

• 1] 20
• 2] 24
• 3] 28.5
• 4] 30

Ashok left from place A for place B at 8 am and Rahul left place B for place A at 10.00 am the distance between place A and B is 637 km. If Ashok and Rahul are travelling at a uniform speed of 39 kmph and 47 kmph respectively, at what time will they meet ?

• 1] 5.30 pm
• 2] 4.30 pm
• 3] 5 pm
• 4] 4 pm

Four people are running around a circular ground from a point on the circumference at 9.00 am. For one round, these four persons take respectively 40, 50, 60 and 30 minutes. At what time will they meet together again ?

• 1] 4.30 pm
• 2] 7.00 pm
• 3] 6.00 pm
• 4] 5.30 pm

A boy stated from his house on bicycle at 10 am at a speed of 12 km per hour. His elder brother started after 1 hr 15 min on scooter along the same path and caught him at 1.30 pm. The speed of the scooter will be (in km/hr) ?

• 1]

  4.5 km/hr

• 2]

  36 km/hr

• 3]

  \(18\frac{2}{3}\) km/hr

• 4]

  9 km/hr

A train 350 m long is running at the speed of 36 km/h. If it crosses a tunnel in 1 minute, the length of the tunnel in metres:

• 1] 200 meters
• 2] 250 meters
• 3] 300 meters
• 4] 150 meters

Anna left for city A from city B at 5.20 am. She travelled at the speed of 80 km/hr for 2 hours 15 minutes. After that the speed was reduced to 60 km/hr. If the distance between two cities is 350 kms, at what time did Anna reach reach city A ?

• 1] 9.20 am
• 2] 9.25 am
• 3] 9.35 am
• 4] 10.05 am
• 5] None of these

A train running at a speed of 54 km/hr crosses a platform in 30 seconds. The platform is renovated and its length is doubled. Now, the same train running at same speed crosses the platform in 46 seconds. Find the length of the train.

• 1] 180 metres
• 2] 200 metres
• 3] 210 metres
• 4] 240 metres
• 5] 450 meters

How long must a driver take to drive the final 70 miles of a trip if he wants to average 50 miles an hour for the entire trip and during the first part of the trip he drove 50 miles in \(1\frac{1}{2}\) hours ?

• 1] 54 min
• 2] 1 hr
• 3] 66 min
• 4] 70 min