Quiz Discussion

The driver of an ambulance sees a school bus 40 m ahead of him after 20 seconds, the school bus is 60 meter behind. If the speed of the ambulance is 30 km/h, what is the speed of the school bus?

• 1] 10 kmph
• 2] 12 kmph
• 3] 15 kmph
• 4] 22 kmph

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

A plane flying north at 500 mph passes over a city at 12 noon. A plane flying east at the same altitude passes over the same city at 12.30 pm. The plane is flying east at 400 mph. To the nearest hundred miles, how far apart are the two planes at 2 pm ?

• 1] 600 miles
• 2] 1000 miles
• 3] 1100 miles
• 4] 1200 miles
• 5] 1300 miles

Train X leaves New York at 1 am and travels east at a constant speed of x mph. If train Z leaves New York at 2 am and travels east, at what constant rate of speed will train Z have to travel in order to catch train X at exactly 5.30 am ?

• 1]

  \(\frac{5}{6}x\)

• 2]

  \(\frac{9}{8}x\)

• 3]

  \(\frac{6}{5}x\)

• 4]

  \(\frac{9}{7}x\)

• 5]

  \(\frac{3}{2}x\)

A train, 110 m long is running at a speed of 60 km/hr. How many seconds does it to cross another train, 170 m long standing on parallel track ?

• 1] 15.6 seconds
• 2] 16.8 seconds
• 3] 17.2 seconds
• 4] 18 seconds

Ravi walks to and fro to a shopping mall. He spends 30 minutes shopping. If he walks at a speed of 10 km an hour, he returns home at 19.00 hours. If he walks at 15 km an hour, her returns home at 18.30 hours. How far must he walk in order to return home at 18.15 hours ?

• 1] 17 km/hr
• 2] 17.5 km/hr
• 3] 18 km/hr
• 4] 19 km/hr
• 5] None of these

A car traveling with \(\frac{5}{7}\) of its usual speed covers 42 km in 1 hr 40 min 48 sec. What is the usual speed of the car?

• 1]

  \(17\frac{6}{7}\) km/hr

• 2]

  35 km/hr

• 3]

  25 km/hr

• 4]

  30 km/hr

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

Two planes move along a circle of circumference 1.2 km with constant speeds. When they move in different directions, they meet every 15 seconds and when they move in the same direction, one plane overtakes the other every 60 seconds. Find the speed of the slower plane.

• 1] 0.04 km/s
• 2] 0.03 km/s
• 3] 0.05 km/s
• 4] 0.02 km/s
• 5] None of these

A person can row \(7\frac{1}{2}\) km an hour in still water. Finds that it takes twice the time to row upstream than the time to row downstream. The speed of the stream is:

• 1] 2 kmph
• 2] 2.5 kmph
• 3] 3 kmph
• 4] 4 kmph