Quiz Discussion

If A travels to his school from his house at the speed of 3 km/h, then he reaches the school 5 minutes late. If he travels at the speed of 4 km/h, he reaches the school 5 minutes earlier than school time. The distance of his school from his house is:

• 1] 1 km
• 2] 2 km
• 3] 3 km
• 4] 4 km

A train passes two bridges of length 800 m and 400 m in 100 seconds and 60 seconds respectively. The length of the train is:

• 1] 80m
• 2] 90m
• 3] 200m
• 4] 150m

A man travels 600 km by train at 80 km/hr, 800 km by ship at 40 km/hr, 500 km by aeroplane at 400 km/hr and 100 km by car at 50 km/hr. What is the average speed for the entire distance :

• 1]

  \({ \text{60 km/hr}}\)

• 2]

  \(60\frac{5}{123}{ \text{ km/hr}}\)

• 3]

  \({ \text{62 km/hr}}\)

• 4]

  \(65\frac{5}{123}{ \text{ km/hr}}\)

A plane flying north at 500 mph passes over a city at 12 noon. A plane flying east at the same altitude passes over the same city at 12.30 pm. The plane is flying east at 400 mph. To the nearest hundred miles, how far apart are the two planes at 2 pm ?

• 1] 600 miles
• 2] 1000 miles
• 3] 1100 miles
• 4] 1200 miles
• 5] 1300 miles

A star is 8.1 × 1013 km away from the earth. Suppose light travels at the speed of 3.0 × 105 km per second. How long will it take the light from the star to reach the earth ?

• 1] 7.5 × 103 hours
• 2] 7.5 × 104 hours
• 3] 2.7 × 1010 seconds
• 4] 2.7 × 1011 seconds

A railway passenger counts the telegraph poles on the rail road as he passes them. The telegraph poles are at a distance of 50 metres. What will be his count in 4 hours, if the speed of the train is 45 km per hour.

• 1] 600
• 2] 2500
• 3] 3600
• 4] 5000

Gautam goes office at a speed of 12 kmph and return homes at 10 kmph. His average speed is :

• 1] 11 km/hr
• 2] 22 km/hr
• 3] 10.9 km/hr
• 4] 12.5 km/hr

A man covers half of his journey at 6 km/h and the remaining half at 3 km/h. His average speed is

• 1] 9 km/h
• 2] 4.5 km/h
• 3] 4 km/h
• 4] 3 km/h

Two ladies simultaneously leave cities A and B connected by a straight road and travel towards each other. The first lady travels 2 km/hr faster than the second lady and reaches B one hour before the second lady reaches A. The two cities A and B are 24 km apart. How many kilometres does each lady travel in one hour ?

• 1] 5 km, 3 km
• 2] 7 km, 5 km
• 3] 8 km, 6 km
• 4] 6 km, 14 km

A man can walk uphill at the rate of \(2\frac{1}{2}\) km/hr and downhill at the rate of \(3\frac{1}{4}\) km/hr. If the total time required to walk a certain distance up the hill and return to the starting point was 4 hr 36 min, then what was the distance walked up the hill by the man ?

• 1]

  4 km

• 2]

  \(4\frac{1}{2} \)km

• 3]

  \(5\frac{1}{2}\) km

• 4]

  \(6\frac{1}{2}\)km