Quiz Discussion

A bus moving at a speed of 45 km/hr catches a truck 150 metres ahead going in the same direction in 30 seconds. The speed of the truck is :

• 1] 27 km/hr
• 2] 24 km/hr
• 3] 25 km/hr
• 4] 28 km/hr

Four people are running around a circular ground from a point on the circumference at 9.00 am. For one round, these four persons take respectively 40, 50, 60 and 30 minutes. At what time will they meet together again ?

• 1] 4.30 pm
• 2] 7.00 pm
• 3] 6.00 pm
• 4] 5.30 pm

A train met with an accident 120 km from station A. It completed the remaining journey at \(\frac{5}{6}\) of its previous speed and reached 2 hours late at station B. Had the accident taken place 300 km further, it would have been only 1 hour late. What is the speed of the train?

• 1] 100 km/h
• 2] 12 km/h
• 3] 60 km/h
• 4] 50 km/h

A man travels for 5 hours 15 minutes. If he covers the first half of the journey at 60 km/hr and rest at 45 km/hr. Find the total distance travelled by him ?

• 1]

  \(1028\frac{6}{7}\) km

• 2]

  189 km

• 3]

  378 km

• 4]

  270 km

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

• 1] 10.4 km/hr
• 2] 10.8 km/hr
• 3] 11 km/hr
• 4] 12.2 km/hr

Karan and Arjun run a 100 metre race, where Karan beats Arjun by 10 metre. To do a favour to Arjun, Karan starts 10 metre behind the starting line in a second 100 race. They both run at their earlier speeds. Which of the following is true in connection with the race?

• 1] Karan and Arjun reach the finishing line simultaneously
• 2] Arjun beats Karan by 1 metre
• 3] Arjun beats Karan by 11 metre
• 4] Karan beats Arjun by 1 metre
• 5] Cannot be said

A dog start chasing to a cat 2 hour later. It takes 2 hours to dog to catch the cat. If the speed of the dog is 30 km/h. what is the speed of cat?

• 1] 10 km/h
• 2] 12 km/h
• 3] 15 km/h
• 4] 20 km/h

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 salesman travels a distance of 50 km in 2 hours and 30 minutes. How much faster, in kilometres per hour, n a n average must he travel to make such a trip in 5656 hour less time?

• 1]

  10

• 2]

  20

• 3]

  30

• 4]

  None Of these

A journey of 192 km between two cities take 2 hours less by a fast train than by a slow train. If the average speed of the slow train is 16 km/hr less than that of the fast train, the average speed of the fast train is :

• 1] 32 km/hr
• 2] 36 km/hr
• 3] 48 km/hr
• 4] 64 km/hr