Quiz Discussion

A ship leaves on a long voyage. When it is 18 miles from shore, a sea plane, whose speed is ten times that of the ship, is sent to deliver mail. How far from the shore does the sea plane catch up with the ship?

• 1] 24 miles
• 2] 25 miles
• 3] 22 miles
• 4] 20 miles
• 5] None of these

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]

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

A passenger train 150 m long is travelling with a speed of 36 km/hr. If a man is cycling in the direction of train at 9 km/hr, the time taken by the train to pass the man is :

• 1] 10 seconds
• 2] 15 seconds
• 3] 18 seconds
• 4] 20 seconds

A thief steals a car at 2.30 pm and drives it at 60 kmph. The theft is discovered at 3 pm and the owner sets off in another car at 75 kmph. When will he overtake the thief ?

• 1]

  4.30 pm

• 2]

  4.45 pm

• 3]

  5 pm

• 4]

   5.15 pm

A man can row 15 km/h in still water and he finds that it takes him twice as much time to row up than as to row down the same distance in the river. The speed of current (in km/h) :

• 1] 6 km/h
• 2] 6.5 km/h
• 3] 4.5 km/h
• 4] 5 km/h

A long distance runner run 9 laps of a 400 metres track everyday. His timings (in min) for four consecutive days are 88, 96, 89 and 87 respectively. On an average, how many metres/minutes does the runner cover ?

• 1] 17.78 m/min
• 2] 40 m/min
• 3] 90 m/min
• 4] None of these

Ashok left from place A for place B at 8 am and Rahul left place B for place A at 10.00 am the distance between place A and B is 637 km. If Ashok and Rahul are travelling at a uniform speed of 39 kmph and 47 kmph respectively, at what time will they meet ?

• 1] 5.30 pm
• 2] 4.30 pm
• 3] 5 pm
• 4] 4 pm

A distance of 425 km separates two trains moving towards each other at a speed of 200 km/hr each. What will be the distance between them after 1 hr 30 min, if they reduce their speed by half, every half an hour ?

• 1] 75 km
• 2] 120 km
• 3] 150 km
• 4] 200 km

A train 100 m long is running at the speed of 30 km/hr. The time (in second) in which it passes a man standing near the railway line is :

• 1] 10 seconds
• 2] 11 seconds
• 3] 12 seconds
• 4] 15 seconds

A boy is running at a speed of p kmph to cover a distance of 1 km. But, due to the slippery ground, his speed is reduced by q kmph (p > q). If he takes r hours to cover the distance, then:

• 1]

  \(\frac{1}{r} = p - q\)

• 2]

  r = p - q

• 3]

  \(\frac{1}{r} = p + q\)

• 4]

  r = p + r