Quiz Discussion

Mr A started half an hour later than usual for the marketplace. But by increasing his speed to \(\frac{3}{2} \)times his usual speed he reached 10 minutes earlier than usual. What is his usual time for this journey?

• 1] 1 hours
• 2] 2 hours
• 3] 3 hours
• 4] 45 minutes
• 5] None of these

Ravi walks to and fro to a shopping mall. He spends 30 minutes shopping. If he walks at a speed of 10 km an hour, he returns home at 19.00 hours. If he walks at 15 km an hour, her returns home at 18.30 hours. How far must he walk in order to return home at 18.15 hours ?

• 1] 17 km/hr
• 2] 17.5 km/hr
• 3] 18 km/hr
• 4] 19 km/hr
• 5] None of these

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 motorboat in still water travels at speed of 36 kmph. It goes 56 km upstream in 1 hour 45 minutes. The time taken by it to cover the same distance down the stream will be:

• 1] 2 Hours 25 Minutes
• 2] 3 Hours
• 3] 1 Hours 24 Minutes
• 4] 2 Hours 21 Minutes

Four people are running around a circular ground from a point on the circumference at 9.00 am. For one round, these four persons take respectively 40, 50, 60 and 30 minutes. At what time will they meet together again ?

• 1] 4.30 pm
• 2] 7.00 pm
• 3] 6.00 pm
• 4] 5.30 pm

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

Two guns are fired from the same place at an interval of 6 minutes. A person approaching the place observes that 5 minutes 52 seconds have elapsed between the hearings of the sound of the two guns. If the velocity of the sound is 330 m/sec, the man was approaching that place at what speed (in km/h)?

• 1] 24 kmph
• 2] 27 kmph
• 3] 30 kmph
• 4] 36 kmph

A man covered a certain distance at some speed. Had he moved 3 kmph faster, he would have taken 40 minutes less. If he had moved 2 kmph slower, he would have taken 40 minutes more. The distance (in km) is :

• 1]

  35 km

• 2]

  \(36\frac{2}{3}\) km

• 3]

  \(37\frac{1}{2}\) km

• 4]

  40 km

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

A ship, 40 kilometers from the shore, springs a leak which admits \(3\frac{3}{4}\) tonnes of water in 12 minutes. 60 tonnes would suffice to sink her, but the ship's pumps can throw out 12 tonnes of water in one hour. Find the average rate of sailing, so that she may reach the shore just as she begging to sink?

• 1]

  \(1\frac{1}{2}\) km/hr

• 2]

  \(2\frac{1}{2}\) km/hr

• 3]

  \(3\frac{1}{2}\) km/hr

• 4]

  \(4\frac{1}{2}\) km/hr