Quiz Discussion

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

A train 350 m long is running at the speed of 36 km/h. If it crosses a tunnel in 1 minute, the length of the tunnel in metres:

• 1] 200 meters
• 2] 250 meters
• 3] 300 meters
• 4] 150 meters

Amit travelled black to home in a car, after visiting his friend in a distant village. When he stated at his friend's house the car had exactly 18 litres of petrol in it. He travelled along at a steady 40 kilometres per hour and managed a 10 kilometres per litre of petrol. As the car was old, the fuel tank lost fuel at the rate of half a litre per hour. Amit was lucky as his car stopped just in front of his home because it had rum out of fuel and he only just made it. How far was it from his friend's home to Amit's home ?

• 1] 150 km
• 2] 170 km
• 3] 180 km
• 4] None of these

Two cars are moving with speed v1, v2 towards a crossing along two roads, If their distance from the crossing be 40 metres and 50 metres at an instant of time then they do not collide if their speeds are such that :

• 1]

  v1 : v2 =16 : 25

• 2]

  v1 : v2 e 4 : 5

• 3]

  v1 : v2 e 5 : 4

• 4]

  v1 : v2 e 25 : 16

A postman goes with a speed of 36 km/h what is the speed of postman in m/s?

• 1] 4.5 m/s
• 2] 6 m/s
• 3] 5 m/s
• 4] 10 m/s

A 6 cm long cigarette burns up in 15 minutes if no puff is taken.For every puff, it burns three times as fast during the duration of the puff.If the cigarette burns itself in 13 minutes, then how many puffs has the smoker taken if the average puff lasted 3 seconds?

• 1] 17
• 2] 18
• 3] 20
• 4] 22
• 5] None of these

A motor boat takes 2 hours to travel a distance of 9 km downstream and it takes 6 hours to travel the same distance against the current. The speed of the boat in still water and that of the current (in km/h) respectively are:

• 1] 6, 5 km/h
• 2] 3, 1.5 km/h
• 3] 8, 5 km/h
• 4] 9, 3 km/h

A train started from station A and proceeded towards station B at a speed of 48 km/hr. Forty-five minutes later another train started from station B and proceeded towards station a at 50 km/hr. If the distance between the two stations is 232 km, at what distance from station A will the trains meet ?

• 1] 108 km
• 2] 132 km
• 3] 144 km
• 4] None of these

Two boats go downstream from point X to Y. The faster boat covers the distance from X to Y, 1.5 times as fast as slower boat. It is known that for every hour slower boat lags behinds the faster boat by 8 km. however, if they go upstream, then the faster boat covers the distance from Y to X in half the time as the slower boat. Find the speed of the faster boat in still water?

• 1] 12 kmph
• 2] 20 kmph
• 3] 24 kmph
• 4] 25 kmph
• 5] None of these

A man goes to the fair with his son and dog. Unfortunately man misses his son which he realizes 20 minutes later. The son comes back towards his home at the speed of 20 m/min and man follows him at 40 m/min. The dog runs to son and comes back to the man to show him the direction of his son. He keeps moving to and fro at 60 m/min between son and father, till the man meets the son. What is the distance traveled by the dog in the direction of the son?

• 1] 800 m
• 2] 1675 m
• 3] 848 m
• 4] 1000 m
• 5] None of these