Quiz Discussion

The wheel of an engine of 300 cm in circumference makes 10 revolutions in 6 seconds. What is the speed of the wheel (in km/h)?

• 1] 18
• 2] 20
• 3] 27
• 4] 36

The ratio between the speed of a bus and train is 15 : 27 respectively. Also, a car covered a distance of 720 km in 9 hours. The speed of the Bus is three-fourth the speed of the car. How much distance will the train cover in 7 hours?

• 1] 760 km
• 2] 756 km
• 3] 740 km
• 4] None of these

A car traveling with \(\frac{5}{7}\) of its usual speed covers 42 km in 1 hr 40 min 48 sec. What is the usual speed of the car?

• 1]

  \(17\frac{6}{7}\) km/hr

• 2]

  35 km/hr

• 3]

  25 km/hr

• 4]

  30 km/hr

A candle of 6 cm long burns at the rate of 5 cm in 5 hour and an another candle 8 cm long burns at the rate of 6 cm in 4h. What is the time required to each candle to remain of equal lengths after burning for some hours, when they starts to burn simultaneously with uniform rate of burning?

• 1] 1 hours
• 2] 1.5 hours
• 3] 2 hours
• 4] 3 hours
• 5] 4 hours

With an uniform speed, a car covers a distance in 8 hours. had the speed been increased by 4 km/hr, the same distance could have been covered in 7 hr and 30 min. What is the distance covered ?

• 1] 420 km
• 2] 480 km
• 3] 520 km
• 4] 640 km

Due to the technical snag in the signal system two trains start approaching each other on the same track from two different stations, 240 km away each other. When the train starts a bird also starts moving to and fro between the two trains at 60 kmph touching each train each time. The bird initially sitting on the top of the engine of one of the trains and it moves so till these trains collide. If these trains collide one and half hour after start, then how many kilometers bird travels till the time of collision of trains?

• 1] 90 km
• 2] 130 km
• 3] 120 km
• 4] 95 km
• 5] None of these

The ratio of speeds of A and B is 2 : 3 and therefore A takes 20 minutes more time than B. What is the ratio of time taken by A and B?

• 1] 2 : 3
• 2] 2 : 5
• 3] 3 : 2
• 4] 3 : 5

A boy rides his bicycle 10 km at an average speed of 12 km/hr and again travels 12 km at an average speed of 10 km//hr. His average speed for the entire trip is approximately:

• 1] 10.4 km/hr
• 2] 10.8 km/hr
• 3] 11 km/hr
• 4] 12.2 km/hr

Walking \(\frac{3}{4}\) of his normal speed, Rabi is 16 minutes late in reaching his office. The usual time is taken by him to cover the distance between his home and office:

• 1] 48 min.
• 2] 60 min.
• 3] 42 min.
• 4] 62 min.
• 5] 66 min.

A man on tour travels 160 km by car at 64 km/hr and another 160 km by bus at 80 km/hr. The average speed for the whole journey is :

• 1] 35.55 km/hr
• 2] 36 km/hr
• 3] 71.11 km/hr
• 4] 71 km/hr