Quiz Discussion

Two trains 105 meters and 90 meters long, run at the speeds of 45 kmph and 72 kmph respectively, in opposite directions on parallel tracks. The time which they take to cross each other, is:

• 1] 8 seconds
• 2] 6 seconds
• 3] 7 seconds
• 4] 5 seconds

A plane left half an hour later than the scheduled time and in order to reach its destination 1500 kilometers away in time, it had to increase its speed by 33.33 percent over its usual speed. Find its increased speed.

• 1] 250 kmph
• 2] 500 kmph
• 3] 750 kmph
• 4] 1000 kmph
• 5] 1200 kmph

A star is 8.1 × 1013 km away from the earth. Suppose light travels at the speed of 3.0 × 105 km per second. How long will it take the light from the star to reach the earth ?

• 1] 7.5 × 103 hours
• 2] 7.5 × 104 hours
• 3] 2.7 × 1010 seconds
• 4] 2.7 × 1011 seconds

A and B travel the same distance at speed of 9 km/hr and 10 km/hr respectively. If A takes 36 min more than B, the distance travelled by each is :

• 1] 48 km
• 2] 54 km
• 3] 60 km
• 4] 66 km

A girl while walking diametrically across a semicircular playground, takes 3 minutes less than if she had kept walking round the circular path from A to B. If she walks 60 metres a minute, what is diameter of the play ground?

• 1] 60 m
• 2] 48 m
• 3] 84 m
• 4] 315 m
• 5] None of these

A car traveling with \(\frac{5}{7}\) of its actual speed covers 42 km in 1 hour 40 minute 48 seconds. Find the actual speed of the car.

• 1]

  \(17\frac{6}{7}\) km/hr

• 2]

  25 km/hr

• 3]

  30 km/hr

• 4]

  35 km/hr

In a race of 200 metres, B can give a start of 10 metres to A and C can give a start of 20 metres to B. The start that C can give to A, in the same race, is :

• 1] 30 metres
• 2] 25 metres
• 3] 29 metres
• 4] 27 metres

An ant moved for several seconds and covered 3 mm in the first second and 4 mm more in each successive second than its predecessor. If the ant had covered 1 mm in the first second and 8 mm more in each successive second, then the difference between the path it would cover during the same time and actual path would be more than 6 mm but less than 30 mm. find the time for which the ant moved (in seconds).

• 1] 5 s
• 2] 4 s
• 3] 6 s
• 4] 2 s
• 5] None of these

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 increases its normal speed by 12.5% and reaches its destination 20 min earlier. What is the actual time taken by the train in the journey ?

• 1] 145 minutes
• 2] 160 minutes
• 3] 180 minutes
• 4] 220 minutes