Quiz Discussion

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 cyclist moving on a circular track of radius 100 meters completes one revolution in 2 minutes. What is the average speed of cyclist (approx.)?

• 1] 314 m/min
• 2] 200 m/min
• 3] 300 m/min
• 4] 900 m/min
• 5] None of these

Two joggers left Delhi for Noida simultaneously. The first jogger stopped 42 min later when he was 1 km short of Noida and the other one stopped 52 min later when he was 2 km short of Noida. If the first jogger jogged as many kilometers as the second, and the second as kilometers as first, the first one would need 17 min less than the second. Find the distance between Delhi and Noida?

• 1] 5 km
• 2] 15 km
• 3] 25 km
• 4] 35 km
• 5] 24 km

A train passes two bridges of length 500 metres and 250 metres in 100 seconds and 60 seconds respectively. The length of the train is :

• 1] 125 metres
• 2] 250 metres
• 3] 120 metres
• 4] 152 metres

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

Page and Plant are running on a track AB of length 10 metres. They start running simultaneously from the ends A and B respectively. The moment they reach either of the ends, they turn around and continue running. Page and Plant run with constant speeds of 2m/s and 5m/s respectively. How far from A (in metres) are they, when they meet for the 23rd time?

• 1]

  0 meters

• 2]

  10 meters

• 3]

  40 meters

• 4]

  \(\frac{{60}}{7}\) meters

• 5]

  None of these

A and B start at the same time with speed of 40 km/hr. and 50 km/hr respectively. If in covering the journey A takes 15 min longer than B, the total distance of the journey is :

• 1] 40 km
• 2] 48 km
• 3] 50 km
• 4] 52 km

A car goes 20 metres in a second. Find its speed in km/hr.

• 1] 20 km/hr
• 2] 18 km/hr
• 3] 72 km/hr
• 4] 36 km/hr

A car covers a distance from town 1 to town 2 at the speed of 56 km/hr and from town 2 to town 1 at the speed of 53 km/hr. What is the average speed of the car ?

• 1] 53.5 km/hr
• 2] 54 km/hr
• 3] 55 km/hr
• 4] 55.5 km/hr
• 5] None of these

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