Quiz Discussion

A car driver, driving in a fog, passes a pedestrian who was walking at the rate of 2 km/h in the same direction. The pedestrian could see the car for 6 minutes and it was visible to him up to distance of 0.6 km. what was speed of the car?

• 1] 30 kmph
• 2] 15 kmph
• 3] 20 kmph
• 4] 8 kmph
• 5] 12 kmph

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

if a man increase his speed by 3km/hr,he reaches his home in 3/4th of his normal time. if he decreases his speed by 3km/h he reaches his home 2 hours late. what is the distance the man travel to reach his home​

• 1]

  32 km

• 2]

  34 km

• 3]

  36 km

• 4]

  38 km

In a race of 1000m, A can beat B by 100m. In a 400m, B beats C by 40m. In a race of 500m. A will beat C by

• 1] 95m
• 2] 50m
• 3] 45m
• 4] 60m

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

Walking \({\frac{6}{7}}\) th of his usual speed, a man is 12 minutes too late. The usual time taken by him to cover that distance is :

• 1] 1 hour
• 2] 1 hr 12 min
• 3] 1 hr 15 min
• 4] 1 hr 20 min

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

Train A travelling at 60 km/hr leaves Mumbai for Delhi at 6 pm. Train B travelling at 90 km/hr also leaves Mumbai for Delhi at 9 pm. Train C leaves Delhi for Mumbai at 9 pm. If all the three trains meet at the same time between Mumbai and Delhi, then what is the speed of train C if the distance between Delhi and Mumbai is 1260 km ?

• 1] 60 km/hr
• 2] 90 km/hr
• 3] 120 km/hr
• 4] 135 km/hr

Rohan, Shikha's boyfriend, had to pick her from her home for a live concert on her 23rd birthday. The venue of the concert and Shikha's home were in opposite directions from Rohan's office. He got late because of some work at office and realised that if he goes to pick Shikha from her home, which was a 48-minute drive from his office, they would be late for the show by 16 minutes. He asked her to start from her home towards his office in an auto-rickshaw and himself started driving towards her home. Both of them started simultaneously, he picked her as soon as they met and they managed to reach the venue just in time for the concert. If Rohan drives at an average speed of 60 km/hr, find the speed (in km/hr) of the auto-rickshaw.

• 1] 16 km
• 2] 20 km
• 3] 12 km
• 4] 15 km
• 5] None of these

The average speed of a train in the onward journey is 25% more than that in the return journey. The train halts for one hour on reaching the destination. The total time taken for the complete to and fro journey is 17 hours, covering a distance of 800 km. The speed of the train in the onward journey is :

• 1] 45 km/hr
• 2] 47.5 km/hr
• 3] 52 km/hr
• 4] 56.25 km/hr