Quiz Discussion

Two men start together to walk a certain distance, one at 4 km/hr and another at 3 km/hr. The former arrives half an hour before the latter. Find the distance :

• 1] 8 km
• 2] 7 km
• 3] 6 km
• 4] 9 km

In a flight of 6000 km, an aircraft was slowed down due to bad weather. The average speed for the trip was reduced by 400 kmph and the time of flight increased by 30 minutes. The original planned duration of the flight was :

• 1]

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

• 2]

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

• 3]

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

• 4]

  \({5\frac{1}{3}}\) hours

A 6 × 6 grid is cut from an 8 × 8 chessboard. In how many ways can we put two identical coins, one on the black square and one on a white square on the grid, such that they are not placed in the same row or in the same column?

• 1] 216 ways
• 2] 324 ways
• 3] 144 ways
• 4] 108 ways

Two joggers left Delhi for Noida simultaneously. The first jogger stopped 42 min later when he was 1 km short of Noida and the other one stopped 52 min later when he was 2 km short of Noida. If the first jogger jogged as many kilometers as the second, and the second as kilometers as first, the first one would need 17 min less than the second. Find the distance between Delhi and Noida?

• 1] 5 km
• 2] 15 km
• 3] 25 km
• 4] 35 km
• 5] 24 km

A is twice fast as B and B is thrice fast as C. The journey covered by C in 78 minutes will be covered by A in :

• 1] 13 min
• 2] 15.5 min
• 3] 17 min
• 4] 12 min

An individual is cycling at a speed of 25 km per hour. He catches his predecessor who had started earlier in two hours. What is the speed of his predecessor who had started 3 hours earlier ?

• 1] 15 kmph
• 2] 12 kmph
• 3] 10 kmph
• 4] 8 kmph

It takes eight hours for a 600 km journey, if 120 km is done by train and the rest by car. It takes 20 minutes more, if 200 km is done by train and the rest by car. The ratio of the speed of the train to that of the cars is:

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

A car takes 15 minutes less to cover a distance of 75 km, if it increases its speed by 10 km/hr from its usual speed. How much time would it take to cover a distance of 300 km using this speed ?

• 1]

  5 hrs

• 2]

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

• 3]

  6 hrs

• 4]

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

A train, 110 m long is running at a speed of 60 km/hr. How many seconds does it to cross another train, 170 m long standing on parallel track ?

• 1] 15.6 seconds
• 2] 16.8 seconds
• 3] 17.2 seconds
• 4] 18 seconds

A motor car does a journey in 17.5 hours, covering the first half at 30 km/h and the second half at 40 km/h. Find the distance of the journey?

• 1] 684 km
• 2] 600 km
• 3] 624 km
• 4] 584 km