Quiz Discussion

A train approaches a tunnel AB. Inside the tunnel, a cat is located at a point i.e. \(\frac{5}{{12}}\) of the distance AB measured from entrance A. When the train whistles the Cat runs. If the cat moves to exit B, the train catches the cat exactly at the exit. The speed of the train is greater than the speed of the cat by what order?

• 1] 1 : 6
• 2] 3 : 5
• 3] 6 : 1
• 4] 5 : 4
• 5] None of these

The average speed of a train is 20% less on the return journey than on onward journey. The train halts for half an hour at the destination station before starting on the return journey. If the total time taken for the to and fro journey is 23 hours, covering a distance of 1000 km, the speed of the train on the return journey is:

• 1] 60 km/hr
• 2] 50 km/hr
• 3] 40 km/hr
• 4] 55 km/hr

A gun is fired from a fort. A man hears the sound 10 seconds later. If the sound travels at the rate of 330 m/sec, find the distance between the fort and the man.

• 1] 330 km
• 2] 33 km
• 3] 3.3 km
• 4] 0.33 km

A train travelling with a speed of 60 kmph catches another train travelling in the same direction and then leaves it 120 m behind in 18 seconds. The speed of the second train is

• 1] 26 kmph
• 2] 35 kmph
• 3] 36 kmph
• 4] 63 kmph

The distance between two places R and S is 42 km. Anita starts from R with a uniform speed of 4 km/hr towards S and at the same time Romita starts from S towards R also with some uniform speed. They meet each other after 6 hours. The speed of Romita is :

• 1] 18 km/hr
• 2] 20 km/hr
• 3] 3 km/hr
• 4] 8 km/hr

A man travels 600 km by train at 80 km/hr, 800 km by ship at 40 km/hr, 500 km by aeroplane at 400 km/hr and 100 km by car at 50 km/hr. What is the average speed for the entire distance :

• 1]

  \({ \text{60 km/hr}}\)

• 2]

  \(60\frac{5}{123}{ \text{ km/hr}}\)

• 3]

  \({ \text{62 km/hr}}\)

• 4]

  \(65\frac{5}{123}{ \text{ km/hr}}\)

Ashok left from place A for place B at 8 am and Rahul left place B for place A at 10.00 am the distance between place A and B is 637 km. If Ashok and Rahul are travelling at a uniform speed of 39 kmph and 47 kmph respectively, at what time will they meet ?

• 1] 5.30 pm
• 2] 4.30 pm
• 3] 5 pm
• 4] 4 pm

A man goes downstream with a boat to some destination and returns upstream to his original place in 5 hours. If the speed of the boat in still water and the stream are 10 kmph and 4 kmph respectively, the distance of the destination from the starting place is:

• 1] 16 km
• 2] 18 km
• 3] 21 km
• 4] 25 km

A motor boat takes 2 hours to travel a distance of 9 km downstream and it takes 6 hours to travel the same distance against the current. The speed of the boat in still water and that of the current (in km/h) respectively are:

• 1] 6, 5 km/h
• 2] 3, 1.5 km/h
• 3] 8, 5 km/h
• 4] 9, 3 km/h

Two guns were fired from the same place at an interval of 8 minutes. A person approaching the place observes that 5 minutes 52 seconds have elapsed between the hearing of the sound of the two guns. If the velocity of the sound is 330 m/sec, the man was approaching the place at what speed (in km/hr) ?

• 1] 24 km/hr
• 2] 27 km/hr
• 3] 30 km/hr
• 4] 36 km/hr