Quiz Discussion

A car travels at a speed of 60 km/hr and covers a particular distance in one hour. How long will it take for another car to cover the same distance at 40 km/hr ?

• 1]

  \(\frac{5}{2}\) hours

• 2]

  2 hours

• 3]

  \(\frac{3}{2}\) hours

• 4]

  1 hour

A motorboat in still water travels at speed of 36 kmph. It goes 56 km upstream in 1 hour 45 minutes. The time taken by it to cover the same distance down the stream will be:

• 1] 2 Hours 25 Minutes
• 2] 3 Hours
• 3] 1 Hours 24 Minutes
• 4] 2 Hours 21 Minutes

Two cyclists start from the same place in opposite directions. One goes towards north at 18 kmph and the other goes towards south at 20 kmph. What time will they take to be 47.5 km apart ?

• 1]

  \({ \text{1}}\frac{1}{4}{ \text{ hrs}}\)

• 2]

  \({ \text{2}}\frac{1}{4}{ \text{ hrs}}\)

• 3]

  2 hrs 23 min

• 4]

  \({ \text{2}}\frac{1}{2}{ \text{ hrs}}\)

A postman goes with a speed of 36 km/h what is the speed of postman in m/s?

• 1] 4.5 m/s
• 2] 6 m/s
• 3] 5 m/s
• 4] 10 m/s

Two rifles are fired from the same place at a difference of 11 minutes 45 seconds. But a man who is coming towards the place in a train hears the second sound after 11 minutes. Find the speed of train. (speed of sound = 330 m/s)

• 1] 72 kmph
• 2] 36 kmph
• 3] 81 kmph
• 4] 108 kmph
• 5] None of these

Two trains 150 m and 120 m long respectively moving from opposite direction cross each other in 10 sec. If the speed of the second train is 43.2 km/hr, then the speed of the first train is :

• 1] 54 km/hr
• 2] 50 km/hr
• 3] 52 km/hr
• 4] 51 km/hr

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

Due to the technical snag in the signal system two trains start approaching each other on the same track from two different stations, 240 km away each other. When the train starts a bird also starts moving to and fro between the two trains at 60 kmph touching each train each time. The bird initially sitting on the top of the engine of one of the trains and it moves so till these trains collide. If these trains collide one and half hour after start, then how many kilometers bird travels till the time of collision of trains?

• 1] 90 km
• 2] 130 km
• 3] 120 km
• 4] 95 km
• 5] None of these

A runs \(\frac{7}{4}\) times as fast as B. If A gives B a start of 300 m, how far must the winning post be if both A and B have to end the race at the same time?

• 1] 1400 m
• 2] 700 m
• 3] 350 m
• 4] 210 m

Walking \(\frac{3}{4}\) of his normal speed, Rabi is 16 minutes late in reaching his office. The usual time is taken by him to cover the distance between his home and office:

• 1] 48 min.
• 2] 60 min.
• 3] 42 min.
• 4] 62 min.
• 5] 66 min.