Quiz Discussion

In a race of 200 meters, B can gives a start of 10 meters to A, and C can gives a start of 20 meters to B. The starts that C can gives to A, in the same race is:

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

A man can walk uphill at the rate of \(2\frac{1}{2}\) km/hr and downhill at the rate of \(3\frac{1}{4}\) km/hr. If the total time required to walk a certain distance up the hill and return to the starting point was 4 hr 36 min, then what was the distance walked up the hill by the man ?

• 1]

  4 km

• 2]

  \(4\frac{1}{2} \)km

• 3]

  \(5\frac{1}{2}\) km

• 4]

  \(6\frac{1}{2}\)km

A person can row \(7\frac{1}{2}\) km an hour in still water. Finds that it takes twice the time to row upstream than the time to row downstream. The speed of the stream is:

• 1] 2 kmph
• 2] 2.5 kmph
• 3] 3 kmph
• 4] 4 kmph

The speed of a car increases by 2 kms after every one hours. If the distance travelled in the first one hour was 35 kms, what was the total distance travelled in 12 hours ?

• 1] 456 kms
• 2] 482 kms
• 3] 552 kms
• 4] 556 kms
• 5] None of these

In a 1-kilometre race, A can beat B by 30 meters, while in a 500-meter race B can beat C by 25 meters. By how many meters will A beats C in a 100-meter race?

• 1] 7.85
• 2] 7.25
• 3] 7.15
• 4] 7.03

If a distance of 50 m is covered in 1 minute, 90 m in 2 minutes and 130 m 3 minutes. Find the distance covered in 15th minute.

• 1] 610 minutes
• 2] 750 minutes
• 3] 1000 minutes
• 4] 650 minutes

Walking at the rate of 4 km an hour, a man cover a certain distance in 3 hours 45 minutes. If he covers the same distance on cycle, cycling at the rate of 16.5 km/hour, the time taken by him is :

• 1] 55.45 minutes
• 2] 54.55 minutes
• 3] 55.44 minutes
• 4] 45.55 minutes

A farmer travelled a distance of 61 km in 9 hours. He travelled partly on foot @ 4 km/hr and partly on bicycle @ 9 km/hr. The distance travelled on foot is:

• 1] 14 km
• 2] 15 km
• 3] 16 km
• 4] 17 km

A tiger is 50 of its own leaps behinds a deer. The tiger takes 5 leaps and per minutes to the deer's 4. If the tiger and the deer cover 8 m and 5 m per leap respectively, what distance will the tiger have to run before it caches the deer?

• 1] 600 m
• 2] 700 m
• 3] 800 m
• 4] 1000 m
• 5] None of these

The speed of A and B are in the ratio 3 : 4. A takes 20 minutes more than B to reach a destination. Time in which A reach the destination?

• 1]

  \(1\frac{1}{3}\) hours

• 2]

  2 hours

• 3]

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

• 4]

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