Quiz Discussion

A person travels from P to Q at a speed of 40 kmph and returns by increasing his speed by 50%. What is his average speed for both the trips ?

• 1] 36 kmph
• 2] 45 kmph
• 3] 48 kmph
• 4] 50 kmph

A car traveled first 36 km at 6 km/h faster than the usual speed, but it returned the same distance at 6 km/h slower than usual speed. I the total time taken by car is 8 hours, for how many hours does it traveled at the faster speed ?

• 1] 4 hours
• 2] 3 hours
• 3] 2 hours
• 4] 1 hours

A train met with an accident 120 km from station A. It completed the remaining journey at \(\frac{5}{6}\) of its previous speed and reached 2 hours late at station B. Had the accident taken place 300 km further, it would have been only 1 hour late. What is the speed of the train?

• 1] 100 km/h
• 2] 12 km/h
• 3] 60 km/h
• 4] 50 km/h

A dog after traveling 50 km meets a swami who counsels him to go slower. He then proceeds at \(\frac{3}{4} \)of his former speed and arrives at his destination 35 min late. Had the meeting occurred 24 km further the dog would have reached its destination 25 min late. The speed of the dog is:

• 1] 48 kmph
• 2] 36 kmph
• 3] 54 kmph
• 4] 58 kmph

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

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

A man can cross a downstream river by steamer in 40 minutes and same by boat in 1 hour. If the time of crossing Upstream by streamer is 50% more than downstream time by steamer and the time required by boat to cross same river by boat in upstream is 50% more than time required by in downstream. What is the time taken for the man to cross the river downstream by steamer and then return to same place by boat half the way and by steamer the rest of the way?

• 1] 85 minutes
• 2] 115 minutes
• 3] 120 minutes
• 4] 125 minutes
• 5] None of these

Two boats, travelling at 5 km/h and 10 km/h, head directly towards each other. They begin at a distance of 20 km from each other. How far apart are they (in km) one minute before they collide?

• 1]

  \(\frac{{1}}{{12}}\)

• 2]

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

• 3]

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

• 4]

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

• 5]

  None of these

A cyclist moving on a circular track of radius 100 meters completes one revolution in 2 minutes. What is the average speed of cyclist (approx.)?

• 1] 314 m/min
• 2] 200 m/min
• 3] 300 m/min
• 4] 900 m/min
• 5] None of these

In a 1-kilometre race, A can beat B by 30 meters, while in a 500-meter race B can beat C by 25 meters. By how many meters will A beats C in a 100-meter race?

• 1] 7.85
• 2] 7.25
• 3] 7.15
• 4] 7.03