Quiz Discussion

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

A and B start from the same point and in the same direction at 7 am to walk around a rectangular field 400 m × 300 m. A and B walk at the rate of 3 km/hr and 2.5 km/hr respectively. How many times shall they cross each other if they continue to walk till 12.30 pm ?

• 1] Not even once
• 2] Once
• 3] Twice
• 4] Thrice

A plan left 40 minutes late due to bad whether and order to reach its destination 1600 km away in time, it had increase its speed by 400 kmph from its usual speed. Find the usual speed of the plane?

• 1] 600 km/hour
• 2] 400 km/hour
• 3] 1000 km/hour
• 4] 800 km/hour

The speed of a bus is 72 kmph. The distance covered by the bus in 5 sec is :

• 1] 50 metres
• 2] 74.5 metres
• 3] 100 metres
• 4] 60 metres

With an uniform speed, a car covers a distance in 8 hours. had the speed been increased by 4 km/hr, the same distance could have been covered in 7 hr and 30 min. What is the distance covered ?

• 1] 420 km
• 2] 480 km
• 3] 520 km
• 4] 640 km

Three runners A, B and C run a race, with runner A finishing 12 metres ahead of runner B and 18 metres ahead of runner C, in another race of same type runner B finished 8 metres ahead of runner C. Each runner travels the entire distance at a constant speed. The length of the race is :

• 1] 36 metres
• 2] 48 metres
• 3] 60 metres
• 4] 72 metres

Buses start from a bus terminal with a speed of 20 km/hr at intervals of 10 minutes. What is the speed of a man coming from the opposite direction towards the bus terminal if he meets the buses at intervals of 8 minutes ?

• 1] 3 km/hr
• 2] 4 km/hr
• 3] 5 km/hr
• 4] 7 km/hr

The average speed of a bus is one-third of the speed of a train. The train covers 1125 km in 15 hours. How much distance will the bus cover in 36 minutes ?

• 1] 12 km
• 2] 18 km
• 3] 21 km
• 4] 75 km
• 5] None of these

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 man starts climbing a 11 m high wall at 5 pm. In each minute he climbs up 1 m but slips down 50 cm. At what time will he climb the wall?

• 1] 5:30 pm
• 2] 5:21 pm
• 3] 5:25 pm
• 4] 5:27 pm