Quiz Discussion

A walk at a uniform rate of 4 km an hour; and 4 hr after his start, B bicycles after him at the uniform rate of 10 km an hour. How far from the starting point will B catch A ?

• 1] 16.7 km
• 2] 18.6 km
• 3] 21.5 km
• 4] 26.7 km

A train met with an accident 120 km from station A. It completed the remaining journey at \(\frac{5}{6}\) of its previous speed and reached 2 hours late at station B. Had the accident taken place 300 km further, it would have been only 1 hour late. What is the speed of the train?

• 1] 100 km/h
• 2] 12 km/h
• 3] 60 km/h
• 4] 50 km/h

A man travels 50 km at speed 25 km/hr and next 40 km at 20 km/hr and there after travel 90 km at 15 km/hr. His average speed is :

• 1] 18 km/hr
• 2] 25 km/hr
• 3] 20 km/hr
• 4] 15 km/hr

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

The driver of an ambulance sees a school bus 40 m ahead of him after 20 seconds, the school bus is 60 meter behind. If the speed of the ambulance is 30 km/h, what is the speed of the school bus?

• 1] 10 kmph
• 2] 12 kmph
• 3] 15 kmph
• 4] 22 kmph

An aeroplane covers a certain distance at a speed of 240 kmph in 5 hours. To cover the same distance in \(1\frac{2}{3}\) hours, it must travel at a speed of :

• 1] 300 kmph
• 2] 360 kmph
• 3] 600 kmph
• 4] 720 kmph

An athlete runs 200 meters race in 24 seconds. His speed in km/h is

• 1] 20
• 2] 24
• 3] 28.5
• 4] 30

A soldier fired two bullets at an interval of 335 seconds moving at a uniform speed V1. A terrorist who was running ahead of the soldier in same direction, hears the two shots at an interval of 330 seconds. If the speed of sound is 1188 km/h, then who is the faster and how much?

• 1] Soldier, 22 km/h
• 2] Terrorist, 25 km/h
• 3] Soldier, 18 km/h
• 4] Terrorist, 20 km/h
• 5] None of these

From two places, 60 km apart A and B start towards each other at the same time and meet each other after 6 hours. If A traveled with \(\frac{2}{3}\) of his usual speed and B traveled with double his speed they would have met after 5 hours. The speed of A is :

• 1] 4 km/hr
• 2] 6 km/hr
• 3] 10 km/hr
• 4] 12 km/hr

Sabarmati express takes 18 seconds to pass completely through a station 162 m long and 15 seconds through another station 120 m long. The length of the train is :

• 1] 132 m
• 2] 100 m
• 3] 80 m
• 4] 90 m