Quiz Discussion

Roorkee express normally reaches its destination at 50 km/h in 30 hours. Find the speed at which it travels to reduce the time by 10 hours?

• 1] 38 km/h
• 2] 76 km/h
• 3] 75 km/h
• 4] 60 km/h

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

A is 10 miles west of B. C is 30 miles north of B. D is 20 miles east of C. What is the distance from A to D ?

• 1]

  10 miles

• 2]

  30 miles

• 3]

  \(10\sqrt {10}  \) miles

• 4]

  \(10\sqrt {13}  \) miles

• 5]

  \(30\sqrt {2}  \) miles

A truck covers a distance of 550 metres in 1 minute whereas a bus covers a distance of 33 kms in 45 minutes. The ratio of their speed is :

• 1] 4 : 3
• 2] 3 : 5
• 3] 3 : 4
• 4] 50 : 3

Starting from his house one day,a student walks at a speed of 2.5 kmph and reaches his house 6 minutes late.Next day he increases his speed by 1kmph and reaches school 6 minutes early.How far is the school from his house.

• 1]

  7/4 km

• 2]

  3/2 km

• 3]

  4/5 km

• 4]

  1/2 km

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

Two boats, travelling at 5 km/h and 10 km/h, head directly towards each other. They begin at a distance of 20 km from each other. How far apart are they (in km) one minute before they collide?

• 1]

  \(\frac{{1}}{{12}}\)

• 2]

  \(\frac{{1}}{{6}}\)

• 3]

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

• 4]

  \(\frac{{1}}{{3}}\)

• 5]

  None of these

A gun is fired from a fort. A man hears the sound 10 seconds later. If the sound travels at the rate of 330 m/sec, find the distance between the fort and the man.

• 1] 330 km
• 2] 33 km
• 3] 3.3 km
• 4] 0.33 km

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

The speeds of three cars are the ratio 2 : 3 : 4. The ratio of the taken by these cars to travel the same distance is :

• 1] 2 : 3 : 4
• 2] 4 : 3 : 2
• 3] 4 : 3 : 6
• 4] 6 : 4 : 3