Quiz Discussion

Two horses started simultaneously towards each other and meet each other 3 hr 20 mins later. How much time will it take the slower horse to cover the whole distance if the first arrived at the place of departure of the second 5 hours later than the second arrived at the point of departure of the first?

• 1] 10 hours
• 2] 5 hours
• 3] 15 hours
• 4] 6 hours
• 5] None of these

Walking \({\frac{6}{7}}\) th of his usual speed, a man is 12 minutes too late. The usual time taken by him to cover that distance is :

• 1] 1 hour
• 2] 1 hr 12 min
• 3] 1 hr 15 min
• 4] 1 hr 20 min

Due to the technical snag in the signal system two trains start approaching each other on the same track from two different stations, 240 km away each other. When the train starts a bird also starts moving to and fro between the two trains at 60 kmph touching each train each time. The bird initially sitting on the top of the engine of one of the trains and it moves so till these trains collide. If these trains collide one and half hour after start, then how many kilometers bird travels till the time of collision of trains?

• 1] 90 km
• 2] 130 km
• 3] 120 km
• 4] 95 km
• 5] None of these

A man performs \(\frac{2}{15}\) of the total journey by rail, \(\frac{9}{20}\) by bus and the remaining 10 km, on the cycle. His total journey is :

• 1] 31.2 km
• 2] 38.4 km
• 3] 32.8 km
• 4] 24 km

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 man crosses a road 250 metres wide in 75 seconds. His speed in km/hr is :

• 1] 10 km/hr
• 2] 12 km/hr
• 3] 12.5 km/hr
• 4] 15 km/hr

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

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

It takes eight hours for a 600 km journey, if 120 km is done by train and the rest by car. It takes 20 minutes more, if 200 km is done by train and the rest by car. The ratio of the speed of the train to that of the cars is:

• 1] 2 : 3
• 2] 3 : 2
• 3] 3 : 4
• 4] 4 : 3

An ant moved for several seconds and covered 3 mm in the first second and 4 mm more in each successive second than its predecessor. If the ant had covered 1 mm in the first second and 8 mm more in each successive second, then the difference between the path it would cover during the same time and actual path would be more than 6 mm but less than 30 mm. find the time for which the ant moved (in seconds).

• 1] 5 s
• 2] 4 s
• 3] 6 s
• 4] 2 s
• 5] None of these