Quiz Discussion

A thief is noticed by a policeman from a distance of 200 m. The thief starts running and the policeman chases him. The thief and the policeman run at the rate of 10 km and 11 km per hour respectively. What is the distance between them after 6 minutes ?

• 1]

  100 m

• 2]

  150 m

• 3]

  190 m

• 4]

  290 m

A passenger train 150 m long is travelling with a speed of 36 km/hr. If a man is cycling in the direction of train at 9 km/hr, the time taken by the train to pass the man is :

• 1] 10 seconds
• 2] 15 seconds
• 3] 18 seconds
• 4] 20 seconds

A journey of 192 km between two cities take 2 hours less by a fast train than by a slow train. If the average speed of the slow train is 16 km/hr less than that of the fast train, the average speed of the fast train is :

• 1] 32 km/hr
• 2] 36 km/hr
• 3] 48 km/hr
• 4] 64 km/hr

Two trains of equal length, running in opposite directions, pass a pole in 18 and 12 seconds. The trains will cross each other in:

• 1] 14.4 seconds
• 2] 15.5 seconds
• 3] 18.8 seconds
• 4] 20.2 seconds

A salesman travels a distance of 50 km in 2 hours and 30 minutes. How much faster, in kilometres per hour, n a n average must he travel to make such a trip in 5656 hour less time?

• 1]

  10

• 2]

  20

• 3]

  30

• 4]

  None Of these

The distance between two places R and S is 42 km. Anita starts from R with a uniform speed of 4 km/hr towards S and at the same time Romita starts from S towards R also with some uniform speed. They meet each other after 6 hours. The speed of Romita is :

• 1] 18 km/hr
• 2] 20 km/hr
• 3] 3 km/hr
• 4] 8 km/hr

A man reduces his speed from 20 kmph to 18 kmph. So, he takes 10 minutes more than the normal time. what is the distance traveled by him.

• 1] 30 km
• 2] 25 km
• 3] 50 km
• 4] 36 km

If a person travels from a point L towards east for 12 km and then travels 5 km towards north and reached a point M, then the shortest distance from L to M is :

• 1] 12 km
• 2] 14 km
• 3] 17 km
• 4] 13 km

Amit starts from a point A and walks to another points B and then returns from B to A by his car and thus takes a total time of 6 hours and 45 min. If he had driven both ways in his car, he would have taken 2 hours less. How long would it take for him to walk both ways ?

• 1] 7 hrs 45 min
• 2] 8 hrs 15 min
• 3] 8 hrs 30 min
• 4] 8 hrs 45 min

Without stoppage, a train travels a certain distance with an average speed of 60 km/h, and with stoppage it covers the same distance with an average speed of 40 km/h. On an average, how many minutes per hour does train stop during the journey ?

• 1] 20 min/hour
• 2] 15 min/hour
• 3] 10 min/hour
• 4] 12 min/hour