Quiz Discussion

Two guns are fired from the same place at an interval of 6 minutes. A person approaching the place observes that 5 minutes 52 seconds have elapsed between the hearings of the sound of the two guns. If the velocity of the sound is 330 m/sec, the man was approaching that place at what speed (in km/h)?

• 1] 24 kmph
• 2] 27 kmph
• 3] 30 kmph
• 4] 36 kmph

A and B run a kilometre and A wins by 25 sec. A and C run a kilometre and A wins by 275 m. When B and C run the same distance, B wins by 30 sec. The time taken by A to run a kilometre is :

• 1] 2 min 25 sec
• 2] 2 min 50 sec
• 3] 3 min 20 sec
• 4] 3 min 30 sec

A motor boat takes 2 hours to travel a distance of 9 km downstream and it takes 6 hours to travel the same distance against the current. The speed of the boat in still water and that of the current (in km/h) respectively are:

• 1] 6, 5 km/h
• 2] 3, 1.5 km/h
• 3] 8, 5 km/h
• 4] 9, 3 km/h

A thief steals a car at 2.30 pm and drives it at 60 kmph. The theft is discovered at 3 pm and the owner sets off in another car at 75 kmph. When will he overtake the thief ?

• 1]

  4.30 pm

• 2]

  4.45 pm

• 3]

  5 pm

• 4]

   5.15 pm

Three runners A, B and C run a race, with runner A finishing 12 metres ahead of runner B and 18 metres ahead of runner C, in another race of same type runner B finished 8 metres ahead of runner C. Each runner travels the entire distance at a constant speed. The length of the race is :

• 1] 36 metres
• 2] 48 metres
• 3] 60 metres
• 4] 72 metres

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

Jane travelled \(\frac{4}{7}\) as many miles on foot as by water and \(\frac{2}{5}\) as many miles on horseback as by water. If she covered a total of 3036 miles, how many miles did she travel on foot?

• 1] 1540 miles
• 2] 880 miles
• 3] 756 miles
• 4] 616 miles

Robert is travelling on his cycle and has calculated to reach point A at 2 P.M. if he travels at 10 kmph, he will reach there at 12 noon if he travels at 15 kmph. At what speed must he travel to reach A at 1 P.M.?

• 1] 8 kmph
• 2] 11 kmph
• 3] 12 kmph
• 4] 14 kmph

Two guns were fired from the same place at an interval of 8 minutes. A person approaching the place observes that 5 minutes 52 seconds have elapsed between the hearing of the sound of the two guns. If the velocity of the sound is 330 m/sec, the man was approaching the place at what speed (in km/hr) ?

• 1] 24 km/hr
• 2] 27 km/hr
• 3] 30 km/hr
• 4] 36 km/hr

A bus moving at a speed of 45 km/hr catches a truck 150 metres ahead going in the same direction in 30 seconds. The speed of the truck is :

• 1] 27 km/hr
• 2] 24 km/hr
• 3] 25 km/hr
• 4] 28 km/hr