Quiz Discussion

A man completes a certain journey by a car. If he covered 30% of the distance at the speed of 20kmph. 60% of the distance at 40km/h and the remaining of the distance at 10 kmph, his average speed is:

• 1] 25 km/h
• 2] 28 km/h
• 3] 30 km/h
• 4] 33 km/h

A bullock cart has to cover a distance of 120 km in 15 hours. If it covers half of the journey in \(\frac{3}{5}\)th time, the second to cover the remaining distance in the time left has to be :

• 1] 6.4 km/hr
• 2] 6.67 km/hr
• 3] 10 km/hr
• 4] 15 km/hr

The speed \(3\frac{1}{3}\) m/sec when expressed in km/hr becomes :

• 1] 8 km/hr
• 2] 9 km/hr
• 3] 10 km/hr
• 4] 12 km/hr

Train A travelling at 60 km/hr leaves Mumbai for Delhi at 6 pm. Train B travelling at 90 km/hr also leaves Mumbai for Delhi at 9 pm. Train C leaves Delhi for Mumbai at 9 pm. If all the three trains meet at the same time between Mumbai and Delhi, then what is the speed of train C if the distance between Delhi and Mumbai is 1260 km ?

• 1] 60 km/hr
• 2] 90 km/hr
• 3] 120 km/hr
• 4] 135 km/hr

An athlete claimed that his timing for a 100 m dash should be corrected because the starting signal was gives by a gun fired from a point 10 m away from him and the timekeeper was standing close to the gun. The error due to this could be (in seconds) :

• 1] 0.03 sec
• 2] 0.1 sec
• 3] 0.5 sec
• 4] 0.7 sec

Two cars are moving with speed v1, v2 towards a crossing along two roads, If their distance from the crossing be 40 metres and 50 metres at an instant of time then they do not collide if their speeds are such that :

• 1]

  v1 : v2 =16 : 25

• 2]

  v1 : v2 e 4 : 5

• 3]

  v1 : v2 e 5 : 4

• 4]

  v1 : v2 e 25 : 16

Train A leaves Ludhiana for Delhi at 11 am, running at the speed of 60 km/hr. Train B leaves Ludhiana for Delhi by the same route at 2 pm on the same day, running at the speed of 72 km/hr. At what time will the two trains meet each other ?

• 1] 2 am on the next day
• 2] 5 am on the next day
• 3] 5 pm on the next day
• 4] None of these

A train covers a distance of \(193\frac{1}{3}\) km in \(4\frac{1}{4}\) hours with one stoppage of 10 minutes, two of 5 minutes, and one of 3 minutes on the way. The average speed of the train is :

• 1] 48 km/hr
• 2] 50 km/hr
• 3] 55 km/hr
• 4] 60 km/hr

Two trains for Mumbai leave Delhi at 6 am and 6.45 am and travel at 100 kmph and 136 kmph respectively. How many kilometers from Delhi will the two trains be together:

• 1] 262.4 km
• 2] 260 km
• 3] 283.33 km
• 4] 275 km
• 5] None of these

A train leaves Delhi at 4.1 pm and reaches Aligargh at 7.25 pm. The average speed of the train is 40 km/hr. What is the distance from Delhi to Aligarh ?

• 1] 120 km
• 2] 130 km
• 3] 135 km
• 4] 140 km