Quiz Discussion

An ant climbing up a vertical pole ascends 12 meters and slips down 5 meters in every alternate hour. If the pole is 63 meters high how long will it take it to reach the top?

• 1] 18 hours
• 2] 17 hours
• 3] 16 hours 35 min
• 4] 16 hours 40 min
• 5] None of these

Amit travelled black to home in a car, after visiting his friend in a distant village. When he stated at his friend's house the car had exactly 18 litres of petrol in it. He travelled along at a steady 40 kilometres per hour and managed a 10 kilometres per litre of petrol. As the car was old, the fuel tank lost fuel at the rate of half a litre per hour. Amit was lucky as his car stopped just in front of his home because it had rum out of fuel and he only just made it. How far was it from his friend's home to Amit's home ?

• 1] 150 km
• 2] 170 km
• 3] 180 km
• 4] None of these

A tiger is 50 of its own leaps behinds a deer. The tiger takes 5 leaps and per minutes to the deer's 4. If the tiger and the deer cover 8 m and 5 m per leap respectively, what distance will the tiger have to run before it caches the deer?

• 1] 600 m
• 2] 700 m
• 3] 800 m
• 4] 1000 m
• 5] None of these

A train increases its normal speed by 12.5% and reaches its destination 20 min earlier. What is the actual time taken by the train in the journey ?

• 1] 145 minutes
• 2] 160 minutes
• 3] 180 minutes
• 4] 220 minutes

A person crosses a 600 m long street in 5 minutes. What is his speed in km per hour?

• 1] 3.6 km/hr
• 2] 7.2 km/hr
• 3] 8.4 km/hr
• 4] 10 km/hr

If A travels to his school from his house at the speed of 3 km/h, then he reaches the school 5 minutes late. If he travels at the speed of 4 km/h, he reaches the school 5 minutes earlier than school time. The distance of his school from his house is:

• 1] 1 km
• 2] 2 km
• 3] 3 km
• 4] 4 km

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

A train approaches a tunnel AB. Inside the tunnel is a cat located at a point that is \(\frac{3}{8}\) of the distance AB measured from entrance A. When the train whistles, that cat runs. If the cat moves to entrance A of the tunnel, the train catches the cat exactly at the entrance. If the cat moves to exit B, the train catches the cat at exactly the exit. The ratio of the speed of the train to that of the cat is of the order :

• 1] 3 :1
• 2] 4 : 1
• 3] 5 : 1
• 4] None of these

A train without stopping travels 60 km/h and with stoppage 40 km/h. What is the time taken for stoppage on a route 300 km?

• 1] 10 hours
• 2] 20 hours
• 3] 5 hours
• 4] 2.5 hours

An aeroplane covers a certain distance at a speed of 240 kmph in 5 hours. To cover the same distance in \(1\frac{2}{3}\) hours, it must travel at a speed of :

• 1] 300 kmph
• 2] 360 kmph
• 3] 600 kmph
• 4] 720 kmph