Quiz Discussion

A person travels three equal distance at a speed of x km/hr, y km/hr and z km/hr respectively. What is the average speed for the whole journey ?

• 1]

  \(\frac{{xyz}}{{3\left( {xy + yz + zx} \right)}}\)    km/hr

• 2]

  \(\frac{{xyz}}{{\left( {xy + yz + zx} \right)}}\)    km/hr

• 3]

  \(\frac{{\left( {xy + yz + zx} \right)}}{{xyz}}\)    km/hr

• 4]

  \(\frac{{3xyz}}{{\left( {xy + yz + zx} \right)}}\)    km/hr

Anna left for city A from city B at 5.20 am. She travelled at the speed of 80 km/hr for 2 hours 15 minutes. After that the speed was reduced to 60 km/hr. If the distance between two cities is 350 kms, at what time did Anna reach reach city A ?

• 1] 9.20 am
• 2] 9.25 am
• 3] 9.35 am
• 4] 10.05 am
• 5] None of these

If two incorrect watches are set at 12:00 noon at correct time, when will both watches show the correct time for the first time given that the first watch gains 1 min in one hour and second watch looses 4 min in two hours.

• 1] 6 PM, 25 days later
• 2] 12 noon, 30 days later
• 3] 12 noon, 15 days later
• 4] 6 AM, 45 days later
• 5] None of these

Deepa rides her bike at an average speed of 30 km/hr and reaches her destination in 6 hours. Hema covers the same distance in 4 hours. If Deepa increases her average speed by 10 km/hr and Hema increases her average speed by 5 km/hr, what would be the difference in their time taken to reach the destination ?

• 1] 40 min
• 2] 45 min
• 3] 54 min
• 4] 1 hr
• 5] None of these

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

A long distance runner run 9 laps of a 400 metres track everyday. His timings (in min) for four consecutive days are 88, 96, 89 and 87 respectively. On an average, how many metres/minutes does the runner cover ?

• 1] 17.78 m/min
• 2] 40 m/min
• 3] 90 m/min
• 4] None of these

Train A leaves Ludhiana for Delhi at 11 am, running at the speed of 60 km/hr. Train B leaves Ludhiana for Delhi by the same route at 2 pm on the same day, running at the speed of 72 km/hr. At what time will the two trains meet each other ?

• 1] 2 am on the next day
• 2] 5 am on the next day
• 3] 5 pm on the next day
• 4] None of these

A train covers a distance of 10 km in 12 minutes. If its speed is decreased by 5 km/hr, the time taken by it to cover the same distance will be :

• 1]

  10 minutes

• 2]

  13 minutes 20 seconds

• 3]

  13 minutes

• 4]

  11 minutes 20 seconds

In a race of 1000m, A can beat B by 100m. In a 400m, B beats C by 40m. In a race of 500m. A will beat C by

• 1] 95m
• 2] 50m
• 3] 45m
• 4] 60m

A car driver, driving in a fog, passes a pedestrian who was walking at the rate of 2 km/h in the same direction. The pedestrian could see the car for 6 minutes and it was visible to him up to distance of 0.6 km. what was speed of the car?

• 1] 30 kmph
• 2] 15 kmph
• 3] 20 kmph
• 4] 8 kmph
• 5] 12 kmph