Quiz Discussion

An athlete claimed that his timing for a 100 m dash should be corrected because the starting signal was gives by a gun fired from a point 10 m away from him and the timekeeper was standing close to the gun. The error due to this could be (in seconds) :

• 1] 0.03 sec
• 2] 0.1 sec
• 3] 0.5 sec
• 4] 0.7 sec

Walking \({\frac{6}{7}}\) th of his usual speed, a man is 12 minutes too late. The usual time taken by him to cover that distance is :

• 1] 1 hour
• 2] 1 hr 12 min
• 3] 1 hr 15 min
• 4] 1 hr 20 min

Walking \(\frac{3}{4}\) of his normal speed, Rabi is 16 minutes late in reaching his office. The usual time is taken by him to cover the distance between his home and office:

• 1] 48 min.
• 2] 60 min.
• 3] 42 min.
• 4] 62 min.
• 5] 66 min.

Train X leaves New York at 1 am and travels east at a constant speed of x mph. If train Z leaves New York at 2 am and travels east, at what constant rate of speed will train Z have to travel in order to catch train X at exactly 5.30 am ?

• 1]

  \(\frac{5}{6}x\)

• 2]

  \(\frac{9}{8}x\)

• 3]

  \(\frac{6}{5}x\)

• 4]

  \(\frac{9}{7}x\)

• 5]

  \(\frac{3}{2}x\)

With an average speed of 50 km/hr, a train reaches its destination in time. If it goes with an average speed of 40 km/hr, it is late by 24 min. The total journey is :

• 1] 30 km
• 2] 40 km
• 3] 70 km
• 4] 80 km

An express train travelled at an average speed of 100 km/hr, stopping for 3 minutes after every 75 km. How much time does the Train take to travel between two places which are 600 km apart?

• 1]

  6 hrs 21 min

• 2]

  6 hrs 24 min

• 3]

  6 hrs 27 min

• 4]

  6 hrs 30 min

A train leaves Delhi at 4.1 pm and reaches Aligargh at 7.25 pm. The average speed of the train is 40 km/hr. What is the distance from Delhi to Aligarh ?

• 1] 120 km
• 2] 130 km
• 3] 135 km
• 4] 140 km

A man goes to the fair with his son and dog. Unfortunately man misses his son which he realizes 20 minutes later. The son comes back towards his home at the speed of 20 m/min and man follows him at 40 m/min. The dog runs to son and comes back to the man to show him the direction of his son. He keeps moving to and fro at 60 m/min between son and father, till the man meets the son. What is the distance traveled by the dog in the direction of the son?

• 1] 800 m
• 2] 1675 m
• 3] 848 m
• 4] 1000 m
• 5] None of these

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

A train covers a distance between two stations A and B in 45 minutes. If the speed of the train is reduced by 5 km/hr, then it covers the distance in 48 minutes. The distance between the stations A and B is :

• 1] 55 km
• 2] 60 km
• 3] 64 km
• 4] 80 km