Quiz Discussion

An athlete claimed that his timing for a 100 m dash should be corrected because the starting signal was gives by a gun fired from a point 10 m away from him and the timekeeper was standing close to the gun. The error due to this could be (in seconds) :

• 1] 0.03 sec
• 2] 0.1 sec
• 3] 0.5 sec
• 4] 0.7 sec

A postman goes with a speed of 36 km/h what is the speed of postman in m/s?

• 1] 4.5 m/s
• 2] 6 m/s
• 3] 5 m/s
• 4] 10 m/s

Two cars are moving with speed v1, v2 towards a crossing along two roads, If their distance from the crossing be 40 metres and 50 metres at an instant of time then they do not collide if their speeds are such that :

• 1]

  v1 : v2 =16 : 25

• 2]

  v1 : v2 e 4 : 5

• 3]

  v1 : v2 e 5 : 4

• 4]

  v1 : v2 e 25 : 16

A car covers a distance from town 1 to town 2 at the speed of 56 km/hr and from town 2 to town 1 at the speed of 53 km/hr. What is the average speed of the car ?

• 1] 53.5 km/hr
• 2] 54 km/hr
• 3] 55 km/hr
• 4] 55.5 km/hr
• 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

In covering a distance of 30 km, Abhay takes 2 hours more than Sameer. If Abhay doubles his speed, then he would take 1 hour less than Sameer. Abhay's speed is:

• 1] 5 km/hr
• 2] 6 km/hr
• 3] 6.25 km/hr
• 4] 7.5 km/hr

A man on tour travels first 160 km at 64 km/hr and the next 160 km at 80 km/hr. The average speed for the first 320 km of the tour is:

• 1] 35.55 km/hr
• 2] 36 km/hr
• 3] 71.11 km/hr
• 4] 71 km/hr

An express train travelled at an average speed of 100 kmph, stopping for 3 min after 75 km. A local train travelled at a speed of 50 kmph, stopping for 1 min after every 25 km. If the trains began travelling at the same time, how many kilometres did the local train travel in the time it took the express train to travel 600 km ?

• 1] 287.5 km
• 2] 307.5 km
• 3] 325 km
• 4] 396 km

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

Train A leaves Ludhiana for Delhi at 11 am, running at the speed of 60 km/hr. Train B leaves Ludhiana for Delhi by the same route at 2 pm on the same day, running at the speed of 72 km/hr. At what time will the two trains meet each other ?

• 1] 2 am on the next day
• 2] 5 am on the next day
• 3] 5 pm on the next day
• 4] None of these