Quiz Discussion

An athlete claimed that his timing for a 100 m dash should be corrected because the starting signal was gives by a gun fired from a point 10 m away from him and the timekeeper was standing close to the gun. The error due to this could be (in seconds) :

• 1] 0.03 sec
• 2] 0.1 sec
• 3] 0.5 sec
• 4] 0.7 sec

Two trains of equal length, running in opposite directions, pass a pole in 18 and 12 seconds. The trains will cross each other in:

• 1] 14.4 seconds
• 2] 15.5 seconds
• 3] 18.8 seconds
• 4] 20.2 seconds

The speed of electric train is 25% more than that of steam engine train. What is the time taken by an electric train to cover a distance which a steam engine takes 4 hours 25 minutes to cover ?

• 1]

  \(3\frac{1}{10}\) hrs

• 2]

  \(3\frac{11}{15}\) hrs

• 3]

  \(3\frac{11}{12}\) hrs

• 4]

  \(3\frac{8}{15}\) hrs

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

Amit starts from a point A and walks to another points B and then returns from B to A by his car and thus takes a total time of 6 hours and 45 min. If he had driven both ways in his car, he would have taken 2 hours less. How long would it take for him to walk both ways ?

• 1] 7 hrs 45 min
• 2] 8 hrs 15 min
• 3] 8 hrs 30 min
• 4] 8 hrs 45 min

A bus moving at a speed of 45 km/hr catches a truck 150 metres ahead going in the same direction in 30 seconds. The speed of the truck is :

• 1] 27 km/hr
• 2] 24 km/hr
• 3] 25 km/hr
• 4] 28 km/hr

A thief is noticed by a policeman from a distance of 200 m. The thief starts running and the policeman chases him. The thief and the policeman run at the rate of 10 km and 11 km per hour respectively. What is the distance between them after 6 minutes ?

• 1]

  100 m

• 2]

  150 m

• 3]

  190 m

• 4]

  290 m

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

A man travels the distance of his journey \(\frac{3}{4}\) by bus, \(\frac{1}{6} \)by rickshaw, and remaining 2 km on foot. The total distance traveled by the man is :

• 1] 12 km
• 2] 18 km
• 3] 20 km
• 4] 24 km

A certain distance is covered at a certain speed. If half of this distance is covered in double the time, the ratio of the two speed is :

• 1] 1 : 16
• 2] 4 : 1
• 3] 2 : 1
• 4] 1 : 4