Quiz Discussion

The speed \(3\frac{1}{3}\) m/sec when expressed in km/hr becomes :

• 1] 8 km/hr
• 2] 9 km/hr
• 3] 10 km/hr
• 4] 12 km/hr

A dog start chasing to a cat 2 hour later. It takes 2 hours to dog to catch the cat. If the speed of the dog is 30 km/h. what is the speed of cat?

• 1] 10 km/h
• 2] 12 km/h
• 3] 15 km/h
• 4] 20 km/h

A coolie standing on a railway platform observe that a train going in one direction takes 4 second to pass him. Another train of same length going in opposite direction takes 5 seconds to pass him. The time taken (in seconds) by two train to cross each other will be:

• 1]

  35 seconds

• 2]

  36.5 seconds

• 3]

  \(\frac{{40}}{9}\) seconds

• 4]

  36 seconds

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

How long must a driver take to drive the final 70 miles of a trip if he wants to average 50 miles an hour for the entire trip and during the first part of the trip he drove 50 miles in \(1\frac{1}{2}\) hours ?

• 1] 54 min
• 2] 1 hr
• 3] 66 min
• 4] 70 min

An express train travelled at an average speed of 100 kmph, stopping for 3 min after 75 km. A local train travelled at a speed of 50 kmph, stopping for 1 min after every 25 km. If the trains began travelling at the same time, how many kilometres did the local train travel in the time it took the express train to travel 600 km ?

• 1] 287.5 km
• 2] 307.5 km
• 3] 325 km
• 4] 396 km

Two trains start from the same point simultaneously and in the same direction. The first train travels at 40 km /h, and the speed of the second train is 25% more than the speed of first train. Thirty minutes later, a third train starts from same point and in the same direction. It over takes the second train 90 minutes later than it overtook the first train. What is the speed of the third train?

• 1] 20 km/h
• 2] 40 km/h
• 3] 60 km/h
• 4] 50 km/h
• 5] 80 km/h

A is travelling at 72 km per hour on a highway while B is travelling at a speed of 25 mitres per second. What us the difference in their speeds in mitres per second ?

• 1]

  \(1\frac{1}{2} \)m/sec

• 2]

  2 m/sec

• 3]

  3 m/sec

• 4]

  5 m/sec

A man walks a certain distance in certain time, if he had gone 3 km per hour faster, he would have taken 1 hour less than the scheduled time. If he had gone 2 km per hour slower, he would have taken one hour longer on the road. The distance (in km) is :

• 1] 60
• 2] 45
• 3] 65
• 4] 80

Starting from his house one day,a student walks at a speed of 2.5 kmph and reaches his house 6 minutes late.Next day he increases his speed by 1kmph and reaches school 6 minutes early.How far is the school from his house.

• 1]

  7/4 km

• 2]

  3/2 km

• 3]

  4/5 km

• 4]

  1/2 km