Quiz Discussion

In a 500m race, B gives A a start of 160m.The ratio of the speeds of A and B is 2:3. What was the distance by which the
winner beat the loser?​

• 1]

  B win by 10 metre

• 2]

  A win by 10 metre

• 3]

  B win by 20 metre

• 4]

  A win by 20 metre

In 100 m race, A covers the distance in 36 seconds and B in 45 seconds. In this race A beats B by:

• 1]

  20 m

• 2]

  25 m

• 3]

  22.5 m

• 4]

  9 m

A team played 40 games in a season and won in 24 of them. What percent of games played did the team win ?

• 1] 70%
• 2] 40%
• 3] 60%
• 4] 35%

A runs 1 2/3 or  times as fast as B. If A gives B a start of 80 m, how far must the winning post be so that A and B might reach it at the same time?

• 1] 200 m
• 2] 300 m
• 3] 270 m
• 4] 160 m

In a 500 m race, the ratio of the speeds of two contestants A and B is 3 : 4. A has a start of 140 m. Then, A wins by:

• 1] 60 m
• 2] 40 m
• 3] 20 m
• 4] 10 m

In a game of 100 points, A can give B 20 points and C 28 points. Then, B can give C:

• 1] 8 points
• 2] 10 points
• 3] 14 points
• 4] 40 points

In a 1000 m race, A can beat B by 100 m. In a race of 400 m, B can beat C by 40 m. By how many metres will A beat C in a race of 500 m ?

• 1] 85 m
• 2] 95 m
• 3] 105 m
• 4] 115 m

In a race of 200 m, A can beat B by 31 m and C by 18 m. In a race of 350 m, C will beat B by:

• 1]

  22.75 m

• 2]

  25 m

• 3]

  19.5 m

• 4]

  m

In a 800 metre race, A defeated B by 15 seconds. If A's speed was 8 km/hr, the speed of B was -

• 1]

  16/27 km/hr

• 2]

  27/16 km/hr

• 3]

   km/hr

• 4]

   km/hr

In a 400 m race, A gives B a start of 5 seconds and beats him by 15 m. In another race of 400 m, A beats B by 7 1/7 seconds. Their respective speed are -

• 1] 6 m/sec, 7 m/sec
• 2] 5 m/sec, 7 m/sec
• 3] 8 m/sec, 7 m/sec
• 4] 9 m/sec, 7 m/sec