Quiz Discussion

Three runners A, B and C run a race, with runner A finishing 12 metres ahead of runner B and 18 metres ahead of runner C, in another race of same type runner B finished 8 metres ahead of runner C. Each runner travels the entire distance at a constant speed. The length of the race is :

• 1] 36 metres
• 2] 48 metres
• 3] 60 metres
• 4] 72 metres

A is twice fast as B and B is thrice fast as C is. The journey covered by C in \(\frac{3}{2}\) hours will be covered by A is:

• 1] 15 minutes
• 2] 20 minutes
• 3] 30 minutes
• 4] 1 hour

Two trains start from a certain place on two parallel tracks in the same direction. The speed of the trains are 45 km/hr and 40 km/hr respectively. The distance between the two trains after 45 minutes will be :

• 1] 2.500 km
• 2] 2.750 km
• 3] 3.750 km
• 4] 3.25 km

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

The speed of a bus is 72 km /hr. The distance covered by the bus in 5 seconds is :

• 1] 100 metres
• 2] 60 metres
• 3] 50 metres
• 4] 74.5 metres

If a train runs at 40 kmph, it reaches its destination late by 11 minutes but if it runs at 50 kmph, it is late by 5 min only. The correct time for the train to complete its journey is :

• 1] 13 min
• 2] 15 min
• 3] 19 min
• 4] 21 min

A and B start at the same time with speed of 40 km/hr. and 50 km/hr respectively. If in covering the journey A takes 15 min longer than B, the total distance of the journey is :

• 1] 40 km
• 2] 48 km
• 3] 50 km
• 4] 52 km

A star is 8.1 × 1013 km away from the earth. Suppose light travels at the speed of 3.0 × 105 km per second. How long will it take the light from the star to reach the earth ?

• 1] 7.5 × 103 hours
• 2] 7.5 × 104 hours
• 3] 2.7 × 1010 seconds
• 4] 2.7 × 1011 seconds

A man travels for 5 hours 15 minutes. If he covers the first half of the journey at 60 km/hr and rest at 45 km/hr. Find the total distance travelled by him ?

• 1]

  \(1028\frac{6}{7}\) km

• 2]

  189 km

• 3]

  378 km

• 4]

  270 km

A car takes 15 minutes less to cover a distance of 75 km, if it increases its speed by 10 km/hr from its usual speed. How much time would it take to cover a distance of 300 km using this speed ?

• 1]

  5 hrs

• 2]

  \(5\frac{1}{2}\) hrs

• 3]

  6 hrs

• 4]

  \(6\frac{1}{2}\) hrs