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  • The distance of the college and home of Rajeev is 80km. One day he was late by 1 hour than the normal time to leave for the college, so he increased his speed by 4km/h and thus he reached to college at the normal time. What is the changed (or increased) speed of Rajeev?


  • Options
  • A. 28 km/h
  • B. 30 km/h
  • C. 40 km/h
  • D. 20 km/h

  • Correct Answer
  • 20 km/h 

    Explanation

    Let the normal speed be x km/h, then 

    80 x - 80 ( x + 4 ) = 1

    ? x 2 + 4 x - 320 = 0

    ? x (x + 20) - 16 (x + 20) = 0

    (x + 20 ) (x - 16) =0

     

    x = 16 km/h

     Therefore (x + 4) = 20 km/h

     Therefore increased speed = 20 km/h


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    • 1. A train overtakes two girls who are walking in the opposite direction in which the train is going at the rate of 3 km/h and 6km/h and passes them completely in 36 seconds and 30 seconds respectively. The length of the train is:

    • Options
    • A. 120m
    • B. 150m
    • C. 125m
    • D. None of these
    • Discuss
    • 2. In a one km race A gives B a start of 100m and in a one km race B gives a start of 80 m to C. In a 1 km race who will win and by how much distance from the worst performer between two losers?

    • Options
    • A. 182 m
    • B. 152 m
    • C. 172 m
    • D. 162 m
    • Discuss
    • 3. Akash leaves mumbai at 6 am and reaches Bangalore at 10 am . Prakash leaves Bangalore at 8 am and reaches Mumbai at 11:30 am. At what time do they cross each other?

    • Options
    • A. 10 am
    • B. 8:32 am
    • C. 8:56 am
    • D. 9:20 am
    • Discuss
    • 4. The distance between two cities A and B is 330 Km. A train starts from A at 8 a.m. and travel towards B at 60 km/hr. Another train starts from B at 9 a.m and travels towards A at 75 Km/hr. At what time do they meet?

    • Options
    • A. 10 a.m
    • B. 10.30 a.m
    • C. 11 a.m
    • D. 11.30 a.m
    • Discuss
    • 5. A man on tour travels first 160 km at 64 km/hr and the next 160 km at 80 km/hr. The average speed for the first 320 km of the tour is

    • Options
    • A. 35.55 km/hr
    • B. 36 km/hr
    • C. 71.11 km/hr
    • D. 71 km/hr
    • Discuss
    • 6. A train with 120 wagons crosses Arun who is going in the same direction, in 36 seconds. It travels for half an hour from the time it starts overtaking the Arun ( he is riding on the horse) before it starts overtaking the Sriram( who is also riding on his horse) coming from the opposite direction in 24 seconds. In how much time (in seconds) after the train has crossed the Sriram do the Arun meets to Sriram?

    • Options
    • A. 3560 sec
    • B. 3600 sec
    • C. 3576 sec
    • D. can't be determined
    • Discuss
    • 7. The number of degrees that the hour hand of a clock moves through between noon and 2.30 in the afternoon of the same day is

    • Options
    • A. 720
    • B. 180
    • C. 75
    • D. 65
    • Discuss
    • 8. The ratio between the speeds of two trains is 7: 8. If the second train runs 400 kms in 4 hours, then the speed of the first train is ?

    • Options
    • A. 83.5 km/hr
    • B. 84.5 km/hr
    • C. 86.5 km/hr
    • D. 87.5 km/hr
    • Discuss
    • 9. Amy has to visit towns B and C in any order. The roads connecting these towns with her home are shown on the diagram. How many different routes can she take starting from A and returning to A, going through both B and C (but not more than once through each) and not travelling any road twice on the same trip?

    • Options
    • A. 10
    • B. 8
    • C. 6
    • D. 4
    • Discuss
    • 10. A train covers a distance in 50 minutes, if it runs at a speed of 48kmph on an average. Find the speed at which the train must run to reduce the time of journey to 40 minutes.

    • Options
    • A. 50 km/hr
    • B. 60 km/hr
    • C. 65 km/hr
    • D. 70 km/hr
    • Discuss


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