Quiz Discussion

A motorboat in still water travels at speed of 36 kmph. It goes 56 km upstream in 1 hour 45 minutes. The time taken by it to cover the same distance down the stream will be:

• 1] 2 Hours 25 Minutes
• 2] 3 Hours
• 3] 1 Hours 24 Minutes
• 4] 2 Hours 21 Minutes

A train passes two persons walking in the same direction at a speed of 3 kmph and 5 kmph respectively in 10 seconds and 11 seconds respectively. The speed of the train is

• 1] 28 kmph
• 2] 27 kmph
• 3] 25 kmph
• 4] 24 kmph

Sabarmati express takes 18 seconds to pass completely through a station 162 m long and 15 seconds through another station 120 m long. The length of the train is :

• 1] 132 m
• 2] 100 m
• 3] 80 m
• 4] 90 m

In a 100m race, Kamal defeats Bimal by 5 seconds. If the speed of Kamal is 18 kmph, then the speed of Bimal is:

• 1] 15.4 kmph
• 2] 14.5 kmph
• 3] 14.4 kmph
• 4] 14 kmph

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

Anna left for city A from city B at 5.20 am. She travelled at the speed of 80 km/hr for 2 hours 15 minutes. After that the speed was reduced to 60 km/hr. If the distance between two cities is 350 kms, at what time did Anna reach reach city A ?

• 1] 9.20 am
• 2] 9.25 am
• 3] 9.35 am
• 4] 10.05 am
• 5] None of these

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

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

Two guns are fired from the same place at an interval of 6 minutes. A person approaching the place observes that 5 minutes 52 seconds have elapsed between the hearings of the sound of the two guns. If the velocity of the sound is 330 m/sec, the man was approaching that place at what speed (in km/h)?

• 1] 24 kmph
• 2] 27 kmph
• 3] 30 kmph
• 4] 36 kmph

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