Quiz Discussion

A cyclist rides 24 km at 16 kmph and further 36 km at 15 kmph. Find his average speed for the journey ?

• 1] 15.38 km/hr
• 2] 15.5 km/hr
• 3] 16 km/hr
• 4] None of these

Two trains started at the same time, one from A to B and other from B to A. if they arrived at B and A respectively in 4 hours and 9 hours after they passed each other, the ratio of the speeds of the two trains was:

• 1] 2 : 1
• 2] 3 : 2
• 3] 4 : 3
• 4] 5 : 4

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

If two incorrect watches are set at 12:00 noon at correct time, when will both watches show the correct time for the first time given that the first watch gains 1 min in one hour and second watch looses 4 min in two hours.

• 1] 6 PM, 25 days later
• 2] 12 noon, 30 days later
• 3] 12 noon, 15 days later
• 4] 6 AM, 45 days later
• 5] None of these

A thief seeing a policeman at a distance of 150 metres starts running at 10 kmph and the policeman gives immediate chase at 12 kmph. When the thief is overtaken the thief has traveled a distance of:

• 1] 750 m
• 2] 900 m
• 3] 800 m
• 4] 1 km

A starts 3 Minutes after B for a place 4.5 km distant. B, on reaching his destination, immediately returns and after walking a km meets A. If A can walk 1 Km in 18 minutes,then what is B's speed?

• 1] 4 km/h
• 2] 6 km/h
• 3] 7 km/h
• 4] 5 km/h

Two trains 150 m and 120 m long respectively moving from opposite direction cross each other in 10 sec. If the speed of the second train is 43.2 km/hr, then the speed of the first train is :

• 1] 54 km/hr
• 2] 50 km/hr
• 3] 52 km/hr
• 4] 51 km/hr

The average speed of a train in the onward journey is 25% more than that in the return journey. The train halts for one hour on reaching the destination. The total time taken for the complete to and fro journey is 17 hours, covering a distance of 800 km. The speed of the train in the onward journey is :

• 1] 45 km/hr
• 2] 47.5 km/hr
• 3] 52 km/hr
• 4] 56.25 km/hr

Two men start together to walk a certain distance, one at 4 km/hr and another at 3 km/hr. The former arrives half an hour before the latter. Find the distance :

• 1] 8 km
• 2] 7 km
• 3] 6 km
• 4] 9 km

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]

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