Quiz Discussion

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

If a person walks at 14 km/hr instead of 10 km/hr, he would have walked 20 km more. The actual distance travelled by him is:

• 1] 50 km
• 2] 56 km
• 3] 70 km
• 4] 80 km

Two cars are moving with speed v1, v2 towards a crossing along two roads, If their distance from the crossing be 40 metres and 50 metres at an instant of time then they do not collide if their speeds are such that :

• 1]

  v1 : v2 =16 : 25

• 2]

  v1 : v2 e 4 : 5

• 3]

  v1 : v2 e 5 : 4

• 4]

  v1 : v2 e 25 : 16

Due to the technical snag in the signal system two trains start approaching each other on the same track from two different stations, 240 km away each other. When the train starts a bird also starts moving to and fro between the two trains at 60 kmph touching each train each time. The bird initially sitting on the top of the engine of one of the trains and it moves so till these trains collide. If these trains collide one and half hour after start, then how many kilometers bird travels till the time of collision of trains?

• 1] 90 km
• 2] 130 km
• 3] 120 km
• 4] 95 km
• 5] None of these

A boy rides his bicycle 10 km at an average speed of 12km/hr and again travels 12km at an average speed of the 10km/hr. His average speed for the entire trip is ?

• 1]

  10.8

• 2]

  10.4

• 3]

  11

• 4]

  12

The driver of an ambulance sees a school bus 40 m ahead of him after 20 seconds, the school bus is 60 meter behind. If the speed of the ambulance is 30 km/h, what is the speed of the school bus?

• 1] 10 kmph
• 2] 12 kmph
• 3] 15 kmph
• 4] 22 kmph

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

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

A man performs \(\frac{2}{15}\) of the total journey by rail, \(\frac{9}{20}\) by bus and the remaining 10 km, on the cycle. His total journey is :

• 1] 31.2 km
• 2] 38.4 km
• 3] 32.8 km
• 4] 24 km

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