Quiz Discussion

In a 500 m race, the ratio of the speeds of two contestants A and B is 3 : 4. A has a start of 140 m. Then, A wins by:

• 1] 60 m
• 2] 40 m
• 3] 20 m
• 4] 10 m

A team played 40 games in a season and won in 24 of them. What percent of games played did the team win ?

• 1] 70%
• 2] 40%
• 3] 60%
• 4] 35%

In a 400 m race, A gives B a start of 5 seconds and beats him by 15 m. In another race of 400 m, A beats B by 7 1/7 seconds. Their respective speed are -

• 1] 6 m/sec, 7 m/sec
• 2] 5 m/sec, 7 m/sec
• 3] 8 m/sec, 7 m/sec
• 4] 9 m/sec, 7 m/sec

In a kilometre race, A beats B by 100 m and B beats C by 150 m. In the same race, by how many metres does A beat C ?

• 1] 225 m
• 2] 235 m
• 3] 240 m
• 4] 250 m

Two bike riders ride in opposite directions around a circular track, starting at the same time from the same point. Biker A rides at a speed of 16 kmph and biker B rides at a speed of 14 kmph. If the track has a diameter of 40 km, after how much time (in hours) will the two bikers meet?

• 1]

  6.52

• 2]

  8.14

• 3]

  4.18

• 4]

  5.02

In a kilometre race, A beats B by 30 seconds and B beats C by 15 seconds. If A beats C by 180 m, the time taken by A to run 1 kilometre, is ?

• 1] 200 sec
• 2] 205 sec
• 3] 210 sec
• 4] 250 sec

In a 300 m race A beats B by 22.5 m or 6 seconds. B's time over the course is:

• 1] 86 sec
• 2] 80 sec
• 3] 76 sec
• 4] None of these

In a 100 m race, A can give B 10 m and C 28 m. In the same race B can give C:

• 1] 18 m
• 2] 20 m
• 3] 27 m
• 4] 9 m

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

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

A and B take part in 100 m race. A runs at 5 kmph. A gives B a start of 8 m and still beats him by 8 seconds. The speed of B is:

• 1] 5.15 kmph
• 2] 4.14 kmph
• 3] 4.25 kmph
• 4] 4.4 kmph