Quiz Discussion

A truck covers a distance of 550 metres in 1 minute whereas a bus covers a distance of 33 kms in 45 minutes. The ratio of their speed is :

• 1] 4 : 3
• 2] 3 : 5
• 3] 3 : 4
• 4] 50 : 3

A plane flying north at 500 mph passes over a city at 12 noon. A plane flying east at the same altitude passes over the same city at 12.30 pm. The plane is flying east at 400 mph. To the nearest hundred miles, how far apart are the two planes at 2 pm ?

• 1] 600 miles
• 2] 1000 miles
• 3] 1100 miles
• 4] 1200 miles
• 5] 1300 miles

Points 'A' and 'B' are 70 km apart on a highway and two cars start at the same time. If they travel in the same direction, they meet in 7 hours, but if they travel towards each other they meet in one hour. Find the speed of the two cars (in km/hr).

• 1] 20, 30
• 2] 40, 30
• 3] 30, 50
• 4] 20, 40

A motor boat takes 2 hours to travel a distance of 9 km downstream and it takes 6 hours to travel the same distance against the current. The speed of the boat in still water and that of the current (in km/h) respectively are:

• 1] 6, 5 km/h
• 2] 3, 1.5 km/h
• 3] 8, 5 km/h
• 4] 9, 3 km/h

Two men start together to walk a certain distance, one at 4 km/hr and another at 3 km/hr. The former arrives half an hour before the latter. Find the distance :

• 1] 8 km
• 2] 7 km
• 3] 6 km
• 4] 9 km

Two guns were fired from the same place at an interval of 8 minutes. A person approaching the place observes that 5 minutes 52 seconds have elapsed between the hearing of the sound of the two guns. If the velocity of the sound is 330 m/sec, the man was approaching the place at what speed (in km/hr) ?

• 1] 24 km/hr
• 2] 27 km/hr
• 3] 30 km/hr
• 4] 36 km/hr

Narayan walking at a speed of 20 km/h reaches his college 10 minutes late. Next time he increases his speed by 5 km/h, but finds that he is still late by 4 minutes. What is the distance of his college from his house?

• 1] 10 km
• 2] 6 km
• 3] 12 km
• 4] 15 km

A boy rides his bicycle 10 km at an average speed of 12km/hr and again travels 12km at an average speed of the 10km/hr. His average speed for the entire trip is ?

• 1]

  10.8

• 2]

  10.4

• 3]

  11

• 4]

  12

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

Two cyclists start on a circular track from a given point but in opposite directions with speeds of 7 m/sec and 8 m/sec respectively. If the circumference of the circle is 300 metres, after what time will they meet at the starting point ?

• 1] 20 sec
• 2] 100 sec
• 3] 200 sec
• 4] 300 sec