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Problems on Trains


1.

A 110 metres long train is running with a speed of 60 kmph. In what time will it will pass a man running at 6 kmph in the direction opposite to that of train?

5 sec

6 sec

7 sec

10 sec


2.

Two trains 140 m and 160 m long, run at the speed of 60 km/hr and 40 km/hr respectively in opposite directions on parallel tracks. The time (in seconds) which they take to cross each other, is: 

9

9.6

10

10.8


3.

Two trains, each 100 m long, moving in opposite directions, cross each other in 8 seconds. If one is moving twice as fast the other one, then the speed of the faster train is: 

30 km/hr

45 km/hr

60 km/hr

75 km/hr


4.

Two trains are running at 40 km/hr and 20 km/hr respectively in the same direction. Fast train completely passes a man sitting in the slower train in 5 seconds. What is the length of the fast train?

23 m

23 (2/9) m

27 (7/9) m

29 m


5.

A train moves past a telegraph post and a bridge 264 m long in 8 seconds and 20 seconds respectively. What is the speed of the train?  

69.5 km/hr

70 km/hr

79 km/hr

79.2 km/hr


6.

Two trains of equal lengths take 10 seconds and 15 seconds respectively to cross a telegraph post. If the length of each train be 120 metres, in what time (in seconds) will they cross each other travelling in opposite direction?

10

12

15

20


7.

A train travelling at 48 kmph completely crosses another train having half its length and travelling in opposite direction at 42 kmph, in 12 seconds. It also passes a railway platform in 45 seconds. The length of the platform is:

400 m

450 m

560 m

600 m


8.

How many seconds will a 500 metre long train take to cross a man walking with a speed of 3 km/hr in the direction of the moving train if the speed of the train is 63 km/hr?  

25

30

40

45


9.

A train 800 m long is running at a speed of 78 km/hr. If it crosses a bridge in 1 minute, then the length of the bridge is:

540 m

130 m

500 m

260 m


10.

A passenger train 280 m long, running with a speed of 63 km/hr will pass a pole in:

15 seconds

20 seconds

18 seconds

16 seconds