Quiz Discussion

If two incorrect watches are set at 12:00 noon at correct time, when will both watches show the correct time for the first time given that the first watch gains 1 min in one hour and second watch looses 4 min in two hours.

• 1] 6 PM, 25 days later
• 2] 12 noon, 30 days later
• 3] 12 noon, 15 days later
• 4] 6 AM, 45 days later
• 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

A motor car does a journey in 17.5 hours, covering the first half at 30 km/h and the second half at 40 km/h. Find the distance of the journey?

• 1] 684 km
• 2] 600 km
• 3] 624 km
• 4] 584 km

A train is 250 m long. If the train takes 50 second to cross a tree by the railway line, then the speed of the train on Km /hr is :

• 1] 9 km/hr
• 2] 5 km/hr
• 3] 18 km/hr
• 4] 10 km/hr

Two buses start from a bus terminal with a speed of 20 km/h at interval of 10 minutes. What is the speed of a man coming from the opposite direction towards the bus terminal if he meets the buses at interval of 8 minutes?

• 1] 3 km/h
• 2] 4 km/h
• 3] 5 km/h
• 4] 7 km/h

The speed of a car increases by 2 kms after every one hours. If the distance travelled in the first one hour was 35 kms, what was the total distance travelled in 12 hours ?

• 1] 456 kms
• 2] 482 kms
• 3] 552 kms
• 4] 556 kms
• 5] None of these

A man can reach a certain place in 30 hours. If he reduces his speed by 1/15th, he goes 10 km less in that time. Find his speed in km/ hr?

• 1]

  9 km/hr

• 2]

  2 km/hr

• 3]

  7 km/hr

• 4]

  5 km/hr

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

Two trains start from a certain place on two parallel tracks in the same direction. The speed of the trains are 45 km/hr and 40 km/hr respectively. The distance between the two trains after 45 minutes will be :

• 1] 2.500 km
• 2] 2.750 km
• 3] 3.750 km
• 4] 3.25 km

Two planes move along a circle of circumference 1.2 kms with constant speeds. When they move in different directions, they meet every 15 seconds and when they move in the same direction one plane overtakes the other every 60 seconds. The speed of the slower plane is :

• 1] 0.02 km/sec
• 2] 0.03 km/sec
• 3] 0.04 km/sec
• 4] 0.05 km/sec