Quiz Discussion

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

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 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

A and B start at the same time with speed of 40 km/hr. and 50 km/hr respectively. If in covering the journey A takes 15 min longer than B, the total distance of the journey is :

• 1] 40 km
• 2] 48 km
• 3] 50 km
• 4] 52 km

A man can reach a certain place in 30 hours. If he reduces his speed by 1/15th, he goes 10 km less in that time. Find his speed in km/ hr?

• 1]

  9 km/hr

• 2]

  2 km/hr

• 3]

  7 km/hr

• 4]

  5 km/hr

A person can row a boat d km upstream and the same distance downstream in 5 hours 15 minutes. Also, he can row the boat 2d km upstream in 7 hours. How long will it take to row the same distance 2d km downstream?

• 1]

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

• 2]

  7 hours

• 3]

  \(\frac{{29}}{{4}}\) hours

• 4]

  \(\frac{{7}}{{2}}\) hours

If a person walks at 14 km/hr instead of 10 km/hr, he would have walked 20 km more. The actual distance travelled by him is:

• 1] 50 km
• 2] 56 km
• 3] 70 km
• 4] 80 km

The area of square park is 25 sq. Km. Time taken to complete a round of the field once, at a speed of 3 kmph is:

• 1] 4 hours 60 minutes
• 2] 4 hours 50 minutes
• 3] 6 hours 40 minutes
• 4] 5 hours 40 minutes

A candle of 6 cm long burns at the rate of 5 cm in 5 hour and an another candle 8 cm long burns at the rate of 6 cm in 4h. What is the time required to each candle to remain of equal lengths after burning for some hours, when they starts to burn simultaneously with uniform rate of burning?

• 1] 1 hours
• 2] 1.5 hours
• 3] 2 hours
• 4] 3 hours
• 5] 4 hours

Robert is travelling on his cycle and has calculated to reach point A at 2 P.M. if he travels at 10 kmph, he will reach there at 12 noon if he travels at 15 kmph. At what speed must he travel to reach A at 1 P.M.?

• 1] 8 kmph
• 2] 11 kmph
• 3] 12 kmph
• 4] 14 kmph