Quiz Discussion

A minibus takes 6 hour less to cover 1680 km distance, if its speed is increased by 14 kmph ? What is the usual time of the minibus ?

• 1] 15 hours
• 2] 24 hours
• 3] 25 hours
• 4] 30 hours

An athlete runs 200 meters race in 24 seconds. His speed in km/h is

• 1] 20
• 2] 24
• 3] 28.5
• 4] 30

Two trains started at the same time, one from A to B and other from B to A. if they arrived at B and A respectively in 4 hours and 9 hours after they passed each other, the ratio of the speeds of the two trains was:

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

A journey of 192 km between two cities take 2 hours less by a fast train than by a slow train. If the average speed of the slow train is 16 km/hr less than that of the fast train, the average speed of the fast train is :

• 1] 32 km/hr
• 2] 36 km/hr
• 3] 48 km/hr
• 4] 64 km/hr

Two buses start from a bus terminal with a speed of 20 km/h at interval 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 interval of 8 minutes?

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

A car covers a distance from town 1 to town 2 at the speed of 56 km/hr and from town 2 to town 1 at the speed of 53 km/hr. What is the average speed of the car ?

• 1] 53.5 km/hr
• 2] 54 km/hr
• 3] 55 km/hr
• 4] 55.5 km/hr
• 5] None of these

A motorboat in still water travels at speed of 36 kmph. It goes 56 km upstream in 1 hour 45 minutes. The time taken by it to cover the same distance down the stream will be:

• 1] 2 Hours 25 Minutes
• 2] 3 Hours
• 3] 1 Hours 24 Minutes
• 4] 2 Hours 21 Minutes

The speed \(3\frac{1}{3}\) m/sec when expressed in km/hr becomes :

• 1] 8 km/hr
• 2] 9 km/hr
• 3] 10 km/hr
• 4] 12 km/hr

A student goes to school at the rate of \(2\frac{1}{2}\) km/hr and reaches 6 min late. If he travels at the speed of 3 km/hr he is 10 min early. What is the distance to the school?

• 1]

  4 km

• 2]

  \(3\frac{1}{4}\) km

• 3]

  1 km

• 4]

  \(3\frac{1}{2}\) km

A runs twice as fast as B and B runs thrice as fast as C. The distance covered by C in 72 minutes, will be covered by A in:

• 1] 18 minutes
• 2] 24 minutes
• 3] 16 minutes
• 4] 12 minutes