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

Karan and Arjun run a 100 metre race, where Karan beats Arjun by 10 metre. To do a favour to Arjun, Karan starts 10 metre behind the starting line in a second 100 race. They both run at their earlier speeds. Which of the following is true in connection with the race?

• 1] Karan and Arjun reach the finishing line simultaneously
• 2] Arjun beats Karan by 1 metre
• 3] Arjun beats Karan by 11 metre
• 4] Karan beats Arjun by 1 metre
• 5] Cannot be said

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

A man travels 50 km at speed 25 km/hr and next 40 km at 20 km/hr and there after travel 90 km at 15 km/hr. His average speed is :

• 1] 18 km/hr
• 2] 25 km/hr
• 3] 20 km/hr
• 4] 15 km/hr

A train covers a distance between two stations A and B in 45 minutes. If the speed of the train is reduced by 5 km/hr, then it covers the distance in 48 minutes. The distance between the stations A and B is :

• 1] 55 km
• 2] 60 km
• 3] 64 km
• 4] 80 km

A is 10 miles west of B. C is 30 miles north of B. D is 20 miles east of C. What is the distance from A to D ?

• 1]

  10 miles

• 2]

  30 miles

• 3]

  \(10\sqrt {10}  \) miles

• 4]

  \(10\sqrt {13}  \) miles

• 5]

  \(30\sqrt {2}  \) miles

In a race of 200 metres, B can give a start of 10 metres to A and C can give a start of 20 metres to B. The start that C can give to A, in the same race, is :

• 1] 30 metres
• 2] 25 metres
• 3] 29 metres
• 4] 27 metres

A runs \(\frac{7}{4}\) times as fast as B. If A gives B a start of 300 m, how far must the winning post be if both A and B have to end the race at the same time?

• 1] 1400 m
• 2] 700 m
• 3] 350 m
• 4] 210 m

A bus covered a certain distance from village A to village B at the speed of 60 km/hr. However on its return journey it got stuck in traffic and covered the same distance at the speed of 40 km/hr and took 2 hours more to reach its destination. What is the distance covered between villages A and B ?

• 1] 200 km
• 2] 240 km
• 3] 260 km
• 4] Cannot be determined
• 5] None of these

A train covers a distance of 10 km in 12 minutes. If its speed is decreased by 5 km/hr, the time taken by it to cover the same distance will be :

• 1]

  10 minutes

• 2]

  13 minutes 20 seconds

• 3]

  13 minutes

• 4]

  11 minutes 20 seconds