Quiz Discussion

A car driver, driving in a fog, passes a pedestrian who was walking at the rate of 2 km/h in the same direction. The pedestrian could see the car for 6 minutes and it was visible to him up to distance of 0.6 km. what was speed of the car?

• 1] 30 kmph
• 2] 15 kmph
• 3] 20 kmph
• 4] 8 kmph
• 5] 12 kmph

The diameter of each wheel of car is 70 cm. If each wheel rotates 400 times per minutes, then the speed of the car (in km/hr) if : \(\left( {{ \text{Take }}pi = \frac{{22}}{7}} \right)\)

• 1] 5.28 km/hr
• 2] 528 km/hr
• 3] 52.8 km/hr
• 4] 0.528 km/hr

In a race of one kilometre. A gives B a start of 100 metres and still wins by 20 seconds. But if A gives B a start of 25 seconds, B wins by 50 metres. The time taken by A to run kilometre is :

• 1]

  17 sec

• 2]

  \(\frac{{500}}{{29}}{ \text{sec}}\)

• 3]

  \(\frac{{1200}}{{29}}{ \text{sec}}\)

• 4]

  \(\frac{{700}}{{29}}{ \text{sec}}\)

Paschim Express left Delhi for Mumbai at 14.30 hrs travelling at a speed of 60 kmph and August Kranti Express left Delhi for Mumbai in the same day at 16.30 hrs travelling at a speed of 80 kmph. How far away from Delhi will the two trains meet (excluding stoppages) ?

• 1] 120 km
• 2] 360 km
• 3] 480 km
• 4] 500 km

A postman goes with a speed of 36 km/h what is the speed of postman in m/s?

• 1] 4.5 m/s
• 2] 6 m/s
• 3] 5 m/s
• 4] 10 m/s

A train passes two persons walking in the same direction at a speed of 3 kmph and 5 kmph respectively in 10 seconds and 11 seconds respectively. The speed of the train is

• 1] 28 kmph
• 2] 27 kmph
• 3] 25 kmph
• 4] 24 kmph

The speed of a motor-boat is that of the current of water as 36:5. The boat goes along with the current in 5 hours 10 minutes. It will come back in:

• 1] 5 hours 50 minutes
• 2] 6 hours
• 3] 6 hours 50 minutes
• 4] 12 hours 10 minutes

A boat covers 48 km upstream and 72 km downstream in 12 hours, while it covers 72 km upstream and 48 km downstream in 13 hours The speed of stream is :

• 1] 2 kmph
• 2] 2.2 kmph
• 3] 2.5 kmph
• 4] 4 kmph

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

The speed of a bus is 72 km /hr. The distance covered by the bus in 5 seconds is :

• 1] 100 metres
• 2] 60 metres
• 3] 50 metres
• 4] 74.5 metres