Quiz Discussion

A man goes downstream with a boat to some destination and returns upstream to his original place in 5 hours. If the speed of the boat in still water and the stream are 10 kmph and 4 kmph respectively, the distance of the destination from the starting place is:

• 1] 16 km
• 2] 18 km
• 3] 21 km
• 4] 25 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

Train A leaves Ludhiana for Delhi at 11 am, running at the speed of 60 km/hr. Train B leaves Ludhiana for Delhi by the same route at 2 pm on the same day, running at the speed of 72 km/hr. At what time will the two trains meet each other ?

• 1] 2 am on the next day
• 2] 5 am on the next day
• 3] 5 pm on the next day
• 4] None of these

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

A boy stated from his house on bicycle at 10 am at a speed of 12 km per hour. His elder brother started after 1 hr 15 min on scooter along the same path and caught him at 1.30 pm. The speed of the scooter will be (in km/hr) ?

• 1]

  4.5 km/hr

• 2]

  36 km/hr

• 3]

  \(18\frac{2}{3}\) km/hr

• 4]

  9 km/hr

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

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

From two places, 60 km apart A and B start towards each other at the same time and meet each other after 6 hours. If A traveled with \(\frac{2}{3}\) of his usual speed and B traveled with double his speed they would have met after 5 hours. The speed of A is :

• 1] 4 km/hr
• 2] 6 km/hr
• 3] 10 km/hr
• 4] 12 km/hr

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 bus covers three successive 3 km stretches at speed of 10 km/hr, 20 km/hr and 60 km/hr respectively. Its average speed over this distance is :

• 1] 30 km/hr
• 2] 25 km/hr
• 3] 18 km/hr
• 4] 10 km/hr

A plane left half an hour later than the scheduled time and in order to reach its destination 1500 kilometers away in time, it had to increase its speed by 33.33 percent over its usual speed. Find its increased speed.

• 1] 250 kmph
• 2] 500 kmph
• 3] 750 kmph
• 4] 1000 kmph
• 5] 1200 kmph