Quiz Discussion

A coolie standing on a railway platform observe that a train going in one direction takes 4 second to pass him. Another train of same length going in opposite direction takes 5 seconds to pass him. The time taken (in seconds) by two train to cross each other will be:

• 1]

  35 seconds

• 2]

  36.5 seconds

• 3]

  \(\frac{{40}}{9}\) seconds

• 4]

  36 seconds

A distance of 425 km separates two trains moving towards each other at a speed of 200 km/hr each. What will be the distance between them after 1 hr 30 min, if they reduce their speed by half, every half an hour ?

• 1] 75 km
• 2] 120 km
• 3] 150 km
• 4] 200 km

An ant climbing up a vertical pole ascends 12 meters and slips down 5 meters in every alternate hour. If the pole is 63 meters high how long will it take it to reach the top?

• 1] 18 hours
• 2] 17 hours
• 3] 16 hours 35 min
• 4] 16 hours 40 min
• 5] None of these

A train running at a speed of 54 km/hr crosses a platform in 30 seconds. The platform is renovated and its length is doubled. Now, the same train running at same speed crosses the platform in 46 seconds. Find the length of the train.

• 1] 180 metres
• 2] 200 metres
• 3] 210 metres
• 4] 240 metres
• 5] 450 meters

A can give 40 metres start to B and 70 metres to C in a race of one kilometre how many metres starts can B give to C in a race of one kilometre ?

• 1]

  30 metres

• 2]

  \(\frac{700}{29}\) metres

• 3]

  \(31\frac{1}{4}\) metres

• 4]

  32 metres

If a distance of 50 m is covered in 1 minute, 90 m in 2 minutes and 130 m 3 minutes. Find the distance covered in 15th minute.

• 1] 610 minutes
• 2] 750 minutes
• 3] 1000 minutes
• 4] 650 minutes

Two boys A and B start at the same time to ride from Delhi to Meerut, 60 km away. A travels 4 km an hours slower than B, B reaches Meerut and at once turns back meeting A, 12 km from Meerut. A's rate was :

• 1] 4 km/hr
• 2] 8 km/hr
• 3] 12 km/hr
• 4] 16 km/hr

A man performs \(\frac{2}{15}\) of the total journey by rail, \(\frac{9}{20}\) by bus and the remaining 10 km, on the cycle. His total journey is :

• 1] 31.2 km
• 2] 38.4 km
• 3] 32.8 km
• 4] 24 km

Train A leaves Ludhiana for Delhi at 11 am, running at the speed of 60 km/hr. Train B leaves Ludhiana for Delhi by the same route at 2 pm on the same day, running at the speed of 72 km/hr. At what time will the two trains meet each other ?

• 1] 2 am on the next day
• 2] 5 am on the next day
• 3] 5 pm on the next day
• 4] None of these

A person X starts from Lucknow and another person Y starts from Kanpur to meet each other. Speed of X is 25 km/h, while Y is 35 km/h. If the distance between Lucknow and Kanpur be 120 km and both X and Y start their journey at the same time, when they will meet ?

• 1]

  1 hours later

• 2]

  2 hours later

• 3]

  \(\frac{1}{2}\) hours later

• 4]

  3 hours later