Quiz Discussion

A car after traveling 18 km from a point A developed some problem in the engine and the speed became \(\frac{4}{5}\) th of its original speed. As a result, the car reached point B 45 minutes late. If the engine had developed the same problem after traveling 30 km from A, then it would have reached 36 minutes late. The original speed of the car (in km/h) is:

• 1] 25 kmph
• 2] 30 kmph
• 3] 20 kmph
• 4] 35 kmph
• 5] None of these

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

Each wheel of a car is making 5 revolutions per second. If the diameter of a wheel is 84 cm, then the speed of the car in cm/sec would be :

• 1] 420 cm/sec
• 2] 264 cm/sec
• 3] 1000 cm/sec
• 4] 1320 cm/sec

Amit travelled black to home in a car, after visiting his friend in a distant village. When he stated at his friend's house the car had exactly 18 litres of petrol in it. He travelled along at a steady 40 kilometres per hour and managed a 10 kilometres per litre of petrol. As the car was old, the fuel tank lost fuel at the rate of half a litre per hour. Amit was lucky as his car stopped just in front of his home because it had rum out of fuel and he only just made it. How far was it from his friend's home to Amit's home ?

• 1] 150 km
• 2] 170 km
• 3] 180 km
• 4] None of these

A motor car does a journey in 17.5 hours, covering the first half at 30 km/h and the second half at 40 km/h. Find the distance of the journey?

• 1] 684 km
• 2] 600 km
• 3] 624 km
• 4] 584 km

A person can row \(7\frac{1}{2}\) km an hour in still water. Finds that it takes twice the time to row upstream than the time to row downstream. The speed of the stream is:

• 1] 2 kmph
• 2] 2.5 kmph
• 3] 3 kmph
• 4] 4 kmph

A car travels the first one third of a certain distance with a speed of 10 km/hr, the next one third distance with a speed of 20 km/hr and the last one third distance with a speed of 60 km/hr. thee average speed of the car for the whole journey is :

• 1] 18 km/hr
• 2] 24 km/hr
• 3] 30 km/hr
• 4] 36 km/hr

A train 350 m long is running at the speed of 36 km/h. If it crosses a tunnel in 1 minute, the length of the tunnel in metres:

• 1] 200 meters
• 2] 250 meters
• 3] 300 meters
• 4] 150 meters

A man starts climbing a 11 m high wall at 5 pm. In each minute he climbs up 1 m but slips down 50 cm. At what time will he climb the wall?

• 1] 5:30 pm
• 2] 5:21 pm
• 3] 5:25 pm
• 4] 5:27 pm

An old man driving bike at 80 km per hour. However being sugar patient, old man could not travel continuously. He takes small breaks each of 2 minutes for every 15 minute of his drive. How much distance the old man will cover in 90 minutes?

• 1] 112 Km
• 2] 104 Km
• 3] 89 Km
• 4] 118 Km