Quiz Discussion

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 certain distance is covered at a certain speed. If half of this distance is covered in double the time, the ratio of the two speed is :

• 1] 1 : 16
• 2] 4 : 1
• 3] 2 : 1
• 4] 1 : 4

Two ladies simultaneously leave cities A and B connected by a straight road and travel towards each other. The first lady travels 2 km/hr faster than the second lady and reaches B one hour before the second lady reaches A. The two cities A and B are 24 km apart. How many kilometres does each lady travel in one hour ?

• 1] 5 km, 3 km
• 2] 7 km, 5 km
• 3] 8 km, 6 km
• 4] 6 km, 14 km

A person can row a boat d km upstream and the same distance downstream in 5 hours 15 minutes. Also, he can row the boat 2d km upstream in 7 hours. How long will it take to row the same distance 2d km downstream?

• 1]

  \(\frac{{3}}{{2}}\) hours

• 2]

  7 hours

• 3]

  \(\frac{{29}}{{4}}\) hours

• 4]

  \(\frac{{7}}{{2}}\) hours

A motor car does a journey in 17.5 hours, covering the first half at 30 km/h and the second half at 40 km/h. Find the distance of the journey?

• 1] 684 km
• 2] 600 km
• 3] 624 km
• 4] 584 km

A man performs \(\frac{2}{15}\) of the total journey by rail, \(\frac{9}{20}\) by bus and the remaining 10 km, on the cycle. His total journey is :

• 1] 31.2 km
• 2] 38.4 km
• 3] 32.8 km
• 4] 24 km

If A travels to his school from his house at the speed of 3 km/h, then he reaches the school 5 minutes late. If he travels at the speed of 4 km/h, he reaches the school 5 minutes earlier than school time. The distance of his school from his house is:

• 1] 1 km
• 2] 2 km
• 3] 3 km
• 4] 4 km

Starting from his house one day,a student walks at a speed of 2.5 kmph and reaches his house 6 minutes late.Next day he increases his speed by 1kmph and reaches school 6 minutes early.How far is the school from his house.

• 1]

  7/4 km

• 2]

  3/2 km

• 3]

  4/5 km

• 4]

  1/2 km

To reach point B from point A at 4 pm, Sara will have to travel at an average speed of 18 kmph. She will reach point B at 3 pm if she travels at an average speed of 24 kmph. At what average speed should Sara travels to reach point B at 2 pm ?

• 1] 36 km/hr
• 2] 28 km/hr
• 3] 25 km/hr
• 4] 30 km/hr

A gun is fired at a distance of 1.7 km from Ram and he hears the sound after 25 seconds. The speed of sound in meter per second is

• 1] 60 m/s
• 2] 62 m/s
• 3] 64 m/s
• 4] 68 m/s