Quiz Discussion

A star is 8.1 × 1013 km away from the earth. Suppose light travels at the speed of 3.0 × 105 km per second. How long will it take the light from the star to reach the earth ?

• 1] 7.5 × 103 hours
• 2] 7.5 × 104 hours
• 3] 2.7 × 1010 seconds
• 4] 2.7 × 1011 seconds

A is twice fast as B and B is thrice fast as C. The journey covered by C in 78 minutes will be covered by A in :

• 1] 13 min
• 2] 15.5 min
• 3] 17 min
• 4] 12 min

A train 300 m long passed a man walking along the line in the same direction at the rate of 3 km/hr in 33 sec. The speed of the train is :

• 1]

  30 km/hr

• 2]

  32 km/hr

• 3]

  \(32\frac{8}{{11}}\)  km/hr

• 4]

  \(35\frac{8}{{11}}\)  km/hr

In a race of 1000m, A can beat B by 100m. In a 400m, B beats C by 40m. In a race of 500m. A will beat C by

• 1] 95m
• 2] 50m
• 3] 45m
• 4] 60m

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

There are 8 equidistant points A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H in the clockwise direction on the periphery of a circle. In a time interval t, a person reaches from A to C with uniform motion while another person reaches the point E from the point B during the same time interval with uniform motion. Both the persons move in the same direction along the circumference of the circle and start at the same instant. How much time after the start, will the two persons meet each other ?

• 1] 4t
• 2] 7t
• 3] 9t
• 4] Never

The speed of electric train is 25% more than that of steam engine train. What is the time taken by an electric train to cover a distance which a steam engine takes 4 hours 25 minutes to cover ?

• 1]

  \(3\frac{1}{10}\) hrs

• 2]

  \(3\frac{11}{15}\) hrs

• 3]

  \(3\frac{11}{12}\) hrs

• 4]

  \(3\frac{8}{15}\) hrs

A man can walk uphill at the rate of \(2\frac{1}{2}\) km/hr and downhill at the rate of \(3\frac{1}{4}\) km/hr. If the total time required to walk a certain distance up the hill and return to the starting point was 4 hr 36 min, then what was the distance walked up the hill by the man ?

• 1]

  4 km

• 2]

  \(4\frac{1}{2} \)km

• 3]

  \(5\frac{1}{2}\) km

• 4]

  \(6\frac{1}{2}\)km

Excluding stoppages, the speed of a bus is 54 kmph and including stoppages, it is 45 kmph. For how many minutes does the bus stop per hour ?

• 1] 9 min
• 2] 10 min
• 3] 12 min
• 4] 20 min

Two persons A and B start simultaneously from P and Q respectively. A meets B at a distance of 60m from P. After A reaches Q and B reaches P, they turn around and start walking in opposite direction, now B meets A at a distance of 40m from Q. Find distance between P and Q?

• 1] 160 m
• 2] 100 m
• 3] 140 m
• 4] 105 m
• 5] None of These