Quiz Discussion

The ratio of speeds of A and B is 2 : 3 and therefore A takes 20 minutes more time than B. What is the ratio of time taken by A and B?

• 1] 2 : 3
• 2] 2 : 5
• 3] 3 : 2
• 4] 3 : 5

A person wishes to reach his destination 90 km away 3 hours but for the first half of the journey his speed was 20 km/hr. His average speed for the rest of the journey should be :

• 1] 4 km/hr
• 2] 0.75 km/min
• 3] 1 km/min
• 4] None of these

Each wheel of a car is making 5 revolutions per second. If the diameter of a wheel is 84 cm, then the speed of the car in cm/sec would be :

• 1] 420 cm/sec
• 2] 264 cm/sec
• 3] 1000 cm/sec
• 4] 1320 cm/sec

A soldier fired two bullets at an interval of 335 seconds moving at a uniform speed V1. A terrorist who was running ahead of the soldier in same direction, hears the two shots at an interval of 330 seconds. If the speed of sound is 1188 km/h, then who is the faster and how much?

• 1] Soldier, 22 km/h
• 2] Terrorist, 25 km/h
• 3] Soldier, 18 km/h
• 4] Terrorist, 20 km/h
• 5] None of these

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 farmer travelled a distance of 61 km in 9 hours. He travelled partly on foot @ 4 km/hr and partly on bicycle @ 9 km/hr. The distance travelled on foot is:

• 1] 14 km
• 2] 15 km
• 3] 16 km
• 4] 17 km

The area of square park is 25 sq. Km. Time taken to complete a round of the field once, at a speed of 3 kmph is:

• 1] 4 hours 60 minutes
• 2] 4 hours 50 minutes
• 3] 6 hours 40 minutes
• 4] 5 hours 40 minutes

Jane travelled \(\frac{4}{7}\) as many miles on foot as by water and \(\frac{2}{5}\) as many miles on horseback as by water. If she covered a total of 3036 miles, how many miles did she travel on foot?

• 1] 1540 miles
• 2] 880 miles
• 3] 756 miles
• 4] 616 miles

Train A leaves Ludhiana for Delhi at 11 am, running at the speed of 60 km/hr. Train B leaves Ludhiana for Delhi by the same route at 2 pm on the same day, running at the speed of 72 km/hr. At what time will the two trains meet each other ?

• 1] 2 am on the next day
• 2] 5 am on the next day
• 3] 5 pm on the next day
• 4] None of these

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