Quiz Discussion

Points 'A' and 'B' are 70 km apart on a highway and two cars start at the same time. If they travel in the same direction, they meet in 7 hours, but if they travel towards each other they meet in one hour. Find the speed of the two cars (in km/hr).

• 1] 20, 30
• 2] 40, 30
• 3] 30, 50
• 4] 20, 40

A man completes a certain journey by a car. If he covered 30% of the distance at the speed of 20kmph. 60% of the distance at 40km/h and the remaining of the distance at 10 kmph, his average speed is:

• 1] 25 km/h
• 2] 28 km/h
• 3] 30 km/h
• 4] 33 km/h

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 speed and B traveled with double of his speed, they would have met after 5 hours. The speed of A is:

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

A man travels the distance of his journey \(\frac{3}{4}\) by bus, \(\frac{1}{6} \)by rickshaw, and remaining 2 km on foot. The total distance traveled by the man is :

• 1] 12 km
• 2] 18 km
• 3] 20 km
• 4] 24 km

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

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

The speed of a motor-boat is that of the current of water as 36:5. The boat goes along with the current in 5 hours 10 minutes. It will come back in:

• 1] 5 hours 50 minutes
• 2] 6 hours
• 3] 6 hours 50 minutes
• 4] 12 hours 10 minutes

Running at \(\frac{5}{4}\) of his usual speed, an athlete improves his timing by 5 minutes. The time he usually takes to run the same distance is:

• 1] 30 min.
• 2] 28 min.
• 3] 25 min.
• 4] 23 min.

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

A train without stopping travels 60 km/h and with stoppage 40 km/h. What is the time taken for stoppage on a route 300 km?

• 1] 10 hours
• 2] 20 hours
• 3] 5 hours
• 4] 2.5 hours