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

An old man driving bike at 80 km per hour. However being sugar patient, old man could not travel continuously. He takes small breaks each of 2 minutes for every 15 minute of his drive. How much distance the old man will cover in 90 minutes?

• 1] 112 Km
• 2] 104 Km
• 3] 89 Km
• 4] 118 Km

Starting from his house one day,a student walks at a speed of 2.5 kmph and reaches his house 6 minutes late.Next day he increases his speed by 1kmph and reaches school 6 minutes early.How far is the school from his house.

• 1]

  7/4 km

• 2]

  3/2 km

• 3]

  4/5 km

• 4]

  1/2 km

A car travels 50% faster than a bike. Both start at the same time from A to B. The car reaches 25 minutes earlier than the bike. If the distance from A to B is 100 km, find the speed of the bike.

• 1] 120 kmph
• 2] 100 kmph
• 3] 80 kmph
• 4] 75 kmph

How long must a driver take to drive the final 70 miles of a trip if he wants to average 50 miles an hour for the entire trip and during the first part of the trip he drove 50 miles in \(1\frac{1}{2}\) hours ?

• 1] 54 min
• 2] 1 hr
• 3] 66 min
• 4] 70 min

A hunter fired two shots from the branch of a tree at an interval of 76 seconds. A tiger separating too fast hears the two shots at an interval of 83 seconds. If the velocity of the sound is 1195.2 km/h, then find the speed of the tiger.

• 1] 112.8 km/h
• 2] 100.8 km/h
• 3] 80.16 km/h
• 4] 85.16 km/h
• 5] None of these

Narayan walking at a speed of 20 km/h reaches his college 10 minutes late. Next time he increases his speed by 5 km/h, but finds that he is still late by 4 minutes. What is the distance of his college from his house?

• 1] 10 km
• 2] 6 km
• 3] 12 km
• 4] 15 km

Two ports A and B are 300 km apart. Two ships leave A for B such that the second leaves 8 hours after the first. The ships arrive at B simultaneously. Find the time the slower ship spent on the trip if the speed of one of them is 10 km/h higher than that of the other.

• 1] 25 hours
• 2] 20 hours
• 3] 15 hours
• 4] 20 hours
• 5] 24 hours

An express train travelled at an average speed of 100 km/hr, stopping for 3 minutes after every 75 km. How much time does the Train take to travel between two places which are 600 km apart?

• 1]

  6 hrs 21 min

• 2]

  6 hrs 24 min

• 3]

  6 hrs 27 min

• 4]

  6 hrs 30 min

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