Quiz Discussion

A and B run a kilometre and A wins by 25 sec. A and C run a kilometre and A wins by 275 m. When B and C run the same distance, B wins by 30 sec. The time taken by A to run a kilometre is :

• 1] 2 min 25 sec
• 2] 2 min 50 sec
• 3] 3 min 20 sec
• 4] 3 min 30 sec

The speed of two trains are in the ratio 6 : 7. If the second train runs 364 km in 4 hours, then the speed of first train is :

• 1] 60 km/hr
• 2] 72 km/hr
• 3] 78 km/hr
• 4] 84 km/hr

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

A man on tour travels first 160 km at 64 km/hr and the next 160 km at 80 km/hr. The average speed for the first 320 km of the tour is:

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

A thief sees a jeep at a distance of 250 m, coming towards him at 36 km/h. Thief takes 5 seconds to realize that there is nothing but the police is approaching him by the jeep and start running away from police at 54 km/h. But police realise after 10 second, when the thief starts running away, that he is actually a thief and gives chase at 72 km/h. How long after thief saw police did catchup with him and what is the distance police had travel to do so?

• 1] 50 s, 1000 m
• 2] 65 s, 1150 m
• 3] 65 s, 1300 m
• 4] 45 s, 1050 m
• 5] None of these

A cyclist rides 24 km at 16 kmph and further 36 km at 15 kmph. Find his average speed for the journey ?

• 1] 15.38 km/hr
• 2] 15.5 km/hr
• 3] 16 km/hr
• 4] None of these

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 moving train passes a platform 50 m long in 14 seconds and a lamp post in 10 seconds. The speed of the train (in km/hr) is :

• 1] 24 km/hr
• 2] 36 km/hr
• 3] 40 km/hr
• 4] 45 km/hr

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

A gun is fired at a distance of 1.7 km from Ram and he hears the sound after 25 seconds. The speed of sound in meter per second is

• 1] 60 m/s
• 2] 62 m/s
• 3] 64 m/s
• 4] 68 m/s