Quiz Discussion

A gun is fired at a distance of 1.7 km from Ram and he hears the sound after 25 seconds. The speed of sound in meter per second is

• 1] 60 m/s
• 2] 62 m/s
• 3] 64 m/s
• 4] 68 m/s

In covering a distance of 30 km, Abhay takes 2 hours more than Sameer. If Abhay doubles his speed, then he would take 1 hour less than Sameer. Abhay's speed is:

• 1] 5 km/hr
• 2] 6 km/hr
• 3] 6.25 km/hr
• 4] 7.5 km/hr

A tiger is 50 of its own leaps behinds a deer. The tiger takes 5 leaps and per minutes to the deer's 4. If the tiger and the deer cover 8 m and 5 m per leap respectively, what distance will the tiger have to run before it caches the deer?

• 1] 600 m
• 2] 700 m
• 3] 800 m
• 4] 1000 m
• 5] None of these

A train 100 m long is running at the speed of 30 km/hr. The time (in second) in which it passes a man standing near the railway line is :

• 1] 10 seconds
• 2] 11 seconds
• 3] 12 seconds
• 4] 15 seconds

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

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 man can reach a certain place in 30 hours. If he reduces his speed by 1/15th, he goes 10 km less in that time. Find his speed in km/ hr?

• 1]

  9 km/hr

• 2]

  2 km/hr

• 3]

  7 km/hr

• 4]

  5 km/hr

Two trains start simultaneously from two stations Howrah and Delhi, respectively towards each other on the same track. The distance between the two stations is 560 km and the speeds of trains are 30 kmph and 40 kmph.

• 1] 70 km
• 2] 560 km
• 3] 640 km
• 4] 650 km
• 5] None of these

The speed of electric train is 25% more than that of steam engine train. What is the time taken by an electric train to cover a distance which a steam engine takes 4 hours 25 minutes to cover ?

• 1]

  \(3\frac{1}{10}\) hrs

• 2]

  \(3\frac{11}{15}\) hrs

• 3]

  \(3\frac{11}{12}\) hrs

• 4]

  \(3\frac{8}{15}\) hrs

Two boys A and B start at the same time to ride from Delhi to Meerut, 60 km away. A travels 4 km an hours slower than B, B reaches Meerut and at once turns back meeting A, 12 km from Meerut. A's rate was :

• 1] 4 km/hr
• 2] 8 km/hr
• 3] 12 km/hr
• 4] 16 km/hr