Quiz Discussion

A person travels from P to Q at a speed of 40 kmph and returns by increasing his speed by 50%. What is his average speed for both the trips ?

• 1] 36 kmph
• 2] 45 kmph
• 3] 48 kmph
• 4] 50 kmph

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

A man walks a certain distance in certain time, if he had gone 3 km per hour faster, he would have taken 1 hour less than the scheduled time. If he had gone 2 km per hour slower, he would have taken one hour longer on the road. The distance (in km) is :

• 1] 60
• 2] 45
• 3] 65
• 4] 80

A and B walk around a circular track. They start at 8 am from the same point in the opposite directions. A and B walk at a speed of 2 rounds per hour and 3 rounds per hour respectively. How many times shall they cross each other before 9.30 am ?

• 1] 5 times
• 2] 6 times
• 3] 7 times
• 4] 8 times

The speed of a car increases by 2 kms after every one hours. If the distance travelled in the first one hour was 35 kms, what was the total distance travelled in 12 hours ?

• 1] 456 kms
• 2] 482 kms
• 3] 552 kms
• 4] 556 kms
• 5] None of these

Two cyclists start from the same place in opposite directions. One goes towards north at 18 kmph and the other goes towards south at 20 kmph. What time will they take to be 47.5 km apart ?

• 1]

  \({ \text{1}}\frac{1}{4}{ \text{ hrs}}\)

• 2]

  \({ \text{2}}\frac{1}{4}{ \text{ hrs}}\)

• 3]

  2 hrs 23 min

• 4]

  \({ \text{2}}\frac{1}{2}{ \text{ hrs}}\)

Running at \(\frac{5}{4}\) of his usual speed, an athlete improves his timing by 5 minutes. The time he usually takes to run the same distance is:

• 1] 30 min.
• 2] 28 min.
• 3] 25 min.
• 4] 23 min.

A ship leaves on a long voyage. When it is 18 miles from shore, a sea plane, whose speed is ten times that of the ship, is sent to deliver mail. How far from the shore does the sea plane catch up with the ship?

• 1] 24 miles
• 2] 25 miles
• 3] 22 miles
• 4] 20 miles
• 5] None of these

A thief seeing a policeman at a distance of 150 metres starts running at 10 kmph and the policeman gives immediate chase at 12 kmph. When the thief is overtaken the thief has traveled a distance of:

• 1] 750 m
• 2] 900 m
• 3] 800 m
• 4] 1 km

Ravi and Ajay start simultaneously from a place A towards B 60 km apart. Ravi's speed is 4km/h less than that of Ajay. Ajay, after reaching B, turns back and meets Ravi at a places 12 km away from B. Ravi's speed is:

• 1] 12 km/h
• 2] 10 km/h
• 3] 8 km/h
• 4] 6 km/h