Quiz Discussion

Four sisters Suvarna, Tara, Uma and Vibha are playing a game such that the loser doubles the money of each of the other players from her share. They played four games and each sister lost one game in alphabetical order. At the end of fourth game, each sister had Rs. 32. How much money did Suvarna start with ?

• 1] Rs. 60
• 2] Rs. 34
• 3] Rs. 66
• 4] Rs. 28

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%

In a race of 200 m, B can give a start of 10 m to A and C can give a start of 20 m to B. The start that C can give to A in the same race is ?

• 1] 27 m
• 2] 29 m
• 3] 30 m
• 4] 25 m

A and B take part in a 100 metres race. A runs at 5 km an hour. A gives B a start of 8 metres and still beats him by 8 seconds. The speed of B is ?

• 1] 4.45 km/hr
• 2] 4.14 km/hr
• 3] 4.15 km/hr
• 4] 4.25 km/hr

In a 200 m race, A beats B by 35 m or 7 seconds. A's time over the course is-

• 1] 40 sec
• 2] 47 sec
• 3] 33 sec
• 4] None of these

A man starts in a boat from A toward B against the stream. After reaching a point M on the way, he throws a rubber ring into the water. He takes 8 minutes from then to reach his destination and the ring exactly A at that moment. If the distance between  A and B is 4 km, then find the speed of boat in still water

• 1]

  15 kmph

• 2]

  12 kmph

• 3]

  30 kmph

• 4]

  45 kmph

A and B take part in 100 m race. A runs at 5 kmph. A gives B a start of 8 m and still beats him by 8 seconds. The speed of B is:

• 1] 5.15 kmph
• 2] 4.14 kmph
• 3] 4.25 kmph
• 4] 4.4 kmph

In a kilometre race, A beats B by 30 seconds and B beats C by 15 seconds. If A beats C by 180 m, the time taken by A to run 1 kilometre, is ?

• 1] 200 sec
• 2] 205 sec
• 3] 210 sec
• 4] 250 sec

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

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