Quiz Discussion

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

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

A and B travel the same distance at speed of 9 km/hr and 10 km/hr respectively. If A takes 36 min more than B, the distance travelled by each is :

• 1] 48 km
• 2] 54 km
• 3] 60 km
• 4] 66 km

In a race of 200 meters, B can gives a start of 10 meters to A, and C can gives a start of 20 meters to B. The starts that C can gives to A, in the same race is:

• 1] 30 meters
• 2] 25 meters
• 3] 29 meters
• 4] 27 meters

A and B run a kilometre and A wins by 25 sec. A and C run a kilometre and A wins by 275 m. When B and C run the same distance, B wins by 30 sec. The time taken by A to run a kilometre is :

• 1] 2 min 25 sec
• 2] 2 min 50 sec
• 3] 3 min 20 sec
• 4] 3 min 30 sec

Two boats, travelling at 5 km/h and 10 km/h, head directly towards each other. They begin at a distance of 20 km from each other. How far apart are they (in km) one minute before they collide?

• 1]

  \(\frac{{1}}{{12}}\)

• 2]

  \(\frac{{1}}{{6}}\)

• 3]

  \(\frac{{1}}{{4}}\)

• 4]

  \(\frac{{1}}{{3}}\)

• 5]

  None of these

The ratio of speeds of A and B is 2 : 3 and therefore A takes 20 minutes more time than B. What is the ratio of time taken by A and B?

• 1] 2 : 3
• 2] 2 : 5
• 3] 3 : 2
• 4] 3 : 5

The length of a train and that of a platform are equal. If with a speed of 90 km/hr the train crosses the platform in one minute, then the length of the train (in meters) is ?

• 1] 500 meters
• 2] 600 meters
• 3] 750 meters
• 4] 900 meters

Two trains start from the same point simultaneously and in the same direction. The first train travels at 40 km /h, and the speed of the second train is 25% more than the speed of first train. Thirty minutes later, a third train starts from same point and in the same direction. It over takes the second train 90 minutes later than it overtook the first train. What is the speed of the third train?

• 1] 20 km/h
• 2] 40 km/h
• 3] 60 km/h
• 4] 50 km/h
• 5] 80 km/h

A 6 cm long cigarette burns up in 15 minutes if no puff is taken.For every puff, it burns three times as fast during the duration of the puff.If the cigarette burns itself in 13 minutes, then how many puffs has the smoker taken if the average puff lasted 3 seconds?

• 1] 17
• 2] 18
• 3] 20
• 4] 22
• 5] None of these