Quiz Discussion

A thief running at 8 km/hr is chased by a policeman whose speed is 10 km/hr. If the thief is 100 metres ahead of the policeman, then the time required for the policeman to catch the thief will be :

• 1] 2 minutes
• 2] 3 minutes
• 3] 6 minutes
• 4] 10 minutes

When do the two hands of a clock of just after 3 pm make 30°angel between them?

• 1] 3:15:00
• 2] 3:10:54
• 3] 3:01:59
• 4] 3:5:20

A man covers half of his journey at 6 km/h and the remaining half at 3 km/h. His average speed is

• 1] 9 km/h
• 2] 4.5 km/h
• 3] 4 km/h
• 4] 3 km/h

Car A travels at the speed of 65 km/hr and reaches its destination in 8 hours. Car B travels at the speed of 70 km/hr and reaches its destination in 4 hours. What is the ratio of the distance covered by car A and car B respectively ?

• 1] 7 : 11
• 2] 13 : 7
• 3] 7 : 13
• 4] 11 : 7
• 5] None of these

A man can row 15 km/h in still water and he finds that it takes him twice as much time to row up than as to row down the same distance in the river. The speed of current (in km/h) :

• 1] 6 km/h
• 2] 6.5 km/h
• 3] 4.5 km/h
• 4] 5 km/h

Two trains for Mumbai leave Delhi at 6 am and 6.45 am and travel at 100 kmph and 136 kmph respectively. How many kilometers from Delhi will the two trains be together:

• 1] 262.4 km
• 2] 260 km
• 3] 283.33 km
• 4] 275 km
• 5] None of these

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

Roorkee express normally reaches its destination at 50 km/h in 30 hours. Find the speed at which it travels to reduce the time by 10 hours?

• 1] 38 km/h
• 2] 76 km/h
• 3] 75 km/h
• 4] 60 km/h

Four people are running around a circular ground from a point on the circumference at 9.00 am. For one round, these four persons take respectively 40, 50, 60 and 30 minutes. At what time will they meet together again ?

• 1] 4.30 pm
• 2] 7.00 pm
• 3] 6.00 pm
• 4] 5.30 pm

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