CAT 1997 — QA Question 55
Answer the next 2 questions based on the following information.
A thief, after committing the burglary, started fleeing at 12 noon, at a speed of 60 km/hr. He was then chased by a policeman X. X started the chase, 15 min after the thief had started, at a speed of 65 km/hr.
Direction: Each of these items has a question followed by two statements, I and II. Mark the answer
1. if the question can be answered with the help of one statement alone.
2. if the question can be answered with the help of any one statement independently.
3. if the question can be answered with the help of both statements together.
4. if the question cannot be answered even with the help of both statements together.
After what time will the two persons Tez and Gati meet while moving around the circular track? Both of them start at the same point and at the same time.
I. Tez moves at a constant speed of 5 m/s, while Gati starts at a speed of 2 m/s and increases his speed by 0.5 m/s at the end of every second thereafter.
II. Gati can complete one entire lap in exactly 10 s.
Answer & solution
Answer: 4
None of the statements specifies the direction in which Tez and Gati are moving, which is very significant.