Quiz Discussion

A person travels from P to Q at a speed of 40 kmph and returns by increasing his speed by 50%. What is his average speed for both the trips ?

• 1] 36 kmph
• 2] 45 kmph
• 3] 48 kmph
• 4] 50 kmph

A starts 3 Minutes after B for a place 4.5 km distant. B, on reaching his destination, immediately returns and after walking a km meets A. If A can walk 1 Km in 18 minutes,then what is B's speed?

• 1] 4 km/h
• 2] 6 km/h
• 3] 7 km/h
• 4] 5 km/h

A truck covers a distance of 550 metres in 1 minute whereas a bus covers a distance of 33 kms in 45 minutes. The ratio of their speed is :

• 1] 4 : 3
• 2] 3 : 5
• 3] 3 : 4
• 4] 50 : 3

A passenger train 150 m long is travelling with a speed of 36 km/hr. If a man is cycling in the direction of train at 9 km/hr, the time taken by the train to pass the man is :

• 1] 10 seconds
• 2] 15 seconds
• 3] 18 seconds
• 4] 20 seconds

A car goes 10 meters in a second. Find its speed in km/hour.

• 1] 40 km/hr
• 2] 32 km/hr
• 3] 48 km/hr
• 4] 36 km/hr

A 75 metres long train is moving at 20 kmph. It will cross a man standing on the platform in :

• 1] 12 seconds
• 2] 14 seconds
• 3] 13.5 seconds
• 4] 15.5 seconds

An ant moved for several seconds and covered 3 mm in the first second and 4 mm more in each successive second than its predecessor. If the ant had covered 1 mm in the first second and 8 mm more in each successive second, then the difference between the path it would cover during the same time and actual path would be more than 6 mm but less than 30 mm. find the time for which the ant moved (in seconds).

• 1] 5 s
• 2] 4 s
• 3] 6 s
• 4] 2 s
• 5] None of these

A train can travel 50% faster than a car. Both start from point A at the same time and reach point B 75 kms away from A at the same time. On the way, however, the train lost about 12.5 minutes while stopping at the stations. The speed of the car is :

• 1] 100 kmph
• 2] 110 kmph
• 3] 120 kmph
• 4] 130 kmph

A man walk a certain distance and rides back in 4 hours 30 minutes. He could ride both ways in 3 hours. The time required by the man to walk both ways is :

• 1] 4 hours 30 minutes
• 2] 4 hours 45 minutes
• 3] 5 hours
• 4] 6 hours

An express train travelled at an average speed of 100 km/hr, stopping for 3 minutes after every 75 km. How much time does the Train take to travel between two places which are 600 km apart?

• 1]

  6 hrs 21 min

• 2]

  6 hrs 24 min

• 3]

  6 hrs 27 min

• 4]

  6 hrs 30 min