TIME, DISTANCE AND TRAIN

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1. A train is travelling at the rate of 45 km/hr. How (a) 600 (b) 750
many seconds it will take to cover a distance of (c) 1000 (d) 1250
4 6. A man crosses a road 250 metres wide in 75
km ?
5 seconds. His speed in km/hr is ?
4 250 75
45
5
?
(a) 10 (b) 12
(a) 36 sec. (b) 64 sec.
(c) 12.5 (d) 15
(c) 90 sec. (d) 120 sec.
7. The length of a train and that of a platform are
2. An aeroplane covers a certain distance at a speed equal. If with a speed of 90 km/hr the train
of 240 km/hour in 5 hours. To cover the same crosses the platform in one minute, then the
2 length of the train (in metres) is ?
distance in 1 hours it must travel at a speed
3 90
of ?
240
2 ?
5 1
3 (a) 500 (b) 600
(c) 750 (d) 900
(a) 300 km/hr (b) 360 km/hr 8. A train passes a 50 metres long platform in 14
seconds and a man standing on the platform in
(c) 600 km/hr (d) 720 km/hr
10 seconds. The speed of the train is ?
3. A train 100m long is running at the speed of 30
km/hr. The time (in second) in which it passes a 50
man standing near the railway line is ? 14 10
100 30
?
? (a) 24 km/hr (b) 36 km/hr
(a) 10 (b) 11 (c) 40 km/hr (d) 45 km/hr
(c) 12 (d) 15 9. An athlete runs 200 metres race in 24 seconds.
4. If a man walks 20 km at 5 km/hr. he will be late His speed in (km/hr) is ?
by 40 minutes. If he walks at 8 km/hr, how early 200 24
from the fixed time will he reach ?
?
20 5
(a) 20 (b) 24
40 (c) 28.5 (d) 30
8 10. A car goes 10 metres in a second. Find its speed
in km/hr ?
?
1 10
(a) 15 minutes (b) 25 minutes
(c) 50 minutes (d) 1½ hours ?
5. A man walking at the rate of 5 km/hr. crosses a (a) 40 (b) 32
bridge in 15 minutes. The length of the bridge (c) 48 (d) 36
(in metres) is ? 11. A man riding his bicycle covers 150 metres in 25
5 seconds. What is his speed in km per hour ?
15 150 25
? ?
(a) 25 (b) 21.6
 (c) 23 (d) 20
1
12. A train passes two bridges of lengths 800 m and (a) 6 km/hr (b) 5 km/hr
2
40 0 m in 10 0 secon ds and 60 seconds
respectively. The length of the train is ? (c) 4 km/hr (d) 5 km/hr
18. A train is moving with the speed of 180 km/hr.
100 400
Its speed (in metres per second) is ?
100 60
10
?
?
(a) 80 m (b) 90 m
(a) 5 (b) 40
(c) 200 m (d) 150 m
(c) 30 (d) 50
13. A train is 125 m long. If the train takes 30
19. A train takes 18 seconds to pass through a
seconds to cross a tree by the railway line, then
platform 162 m long and 15 seconds to pass
the speed of the train is ?
through another platform 120 m long. The length
125 of the train (in metre) is ?
30 162 18
? 120 15
(a) 14 km/hr (b) 15 km/hr
(c) 16 km/hr (d) 12 km/hr
?
14. A 120 m long train takes 10 seconds to cross a
man standing on a platform. What is the speed (a) 70 (b) 80
of the train ? (c) 90 (d) 105
20. A 120 metre long train is running at a speed of
120
90 km per hour. It will cross a railway platform
10 230 m long in ?
? 120 90
(a) 12 m/sec (b) 10 m/sec 230
(c) 15 m/sec (d) 20 m/sec
?
15. A 75 metre long train is moving at 20 kmph. It
will cross a man standing on the platform in ? 4 1
(a) 4 seconds (b) 9 seconds
75 20 5 5
(c) 7 seconds (d) 14 seconds
? 21. If a train, with a speed of 60 km/hr, crosses a
pole in 30 seconds the length of the train (in
(a) 12 seconds (b) 14 seconds
metres) is ?
(c) 13.5 seconds (d) 15.5 seconds
60
16. A train passes a man standing on a platform in
8 seconds and also crosses the platform which 30
is 264 metres long in 20 seconds. The length of ?
the train (in metres) is ?
(a) 1000 (b) 900
264 (c) 750 (d) 500
20 8 22. Two cars start at the same time from one point
? and move along two roads at right angles to each
other. Their speeds are 36 km/hr and 48 km/hr
(a) 188 (b) 176
respectively. After 15 seconds the distance
(c) 175 (d) 96 between them will be ?
17. A man can reach a certain place in 30 hours. If
1
he reduces his speed by th, he goes 10 km
15
36 48
less in that time. Find his speed per hour ?
15 ?
30
(a) 400 m (b) 150 m
1 (c) 300 m (d) 250 m
15 23. A train travelling at a speed of 30 m/sec crosses
10 a platform, 600 metres long in 30 seconds. The
length (in metres) of train is ?
?
30 600
 30 (c) 10 seconds (d) 15 seconds
30. In what time will a train 100 metres long cross
?
an electric pole, if its speed be 144 km/hr. ?
(a) 120 (b) 150
100 144
(c) 200 (d) 300
24. A train, 120 m long, takes 6 seconds to pass a ?
telegraph post; the speed of train is ? (a) 2.5 seconds (b) 5 seconds
120 5
(c) 12.5 seconds (d) 3 seconds
6 4
? 31. A man observed that a train 120 metre long
(a) 72 km/hr (b) 62 km/hr crosses him in 9 seconds. The speed (in km/hr)
(c) 55 km/hr (d) 85 km/hr of the train was ?
25. The ratio of length of two trains is 5 : 3 and the 120 9
ratio of their speed is 6 : 5. The ratio of time
taken by them to cross a pole is ?
?
6 : 5
(a) 42 (b) 45
5:3 (c) 48 (d) 55
? 32. A truck covers a distance of 550 metres in 1
(a) 5 : 6 (b) 11 : 8 minute whereas a bus covers a distance of 33
(c) 25 : 18 (d) 27 : 16 kms in 45 minutes. The ratio of their speed is ?
26. A train passes a platform 60 metre long in 30 1 550
seconds and a man standing on the platform in 33 45
15 seconds. The speed of the train is ?
?
60
(a) 4 : 3 (b) 3 : 5
15 30 (c) 3 : 4 (d) 50 : 3
? 33. A train moves past a telegraph post and a bridge
(a) 12.4 kmph (b) 14.4 kmph 264 m long in 8 seconds and 20 seconds
(c) 18.4 kmph (d) 21.6 kmph respectively. What is the speed of the train ?
27. A train 300 metres long is running at a speed of 264
25 metres per second. It will cross a bridge of 8 20
200 metres in ?
?
300 25
(a) 69.5 km/hr (b) 70 km/hr
200 (c) 79 km/hr (d) 79.2 km/hr
? 34. A person standing on a railway platform noticed
(a) 5 seconds (b) 10 seconds that a train took 21 seconds to completely pass
(c) 20 seconds (d) 25 seconds through the platform which was 84 m long and
28. A train 800 metres long is running at a speed of it took 9 seconds in passing him. The speed of
78 km/hr. If it crosses a tunnel in 1 minutes, the train was ?
then the length of the tunnel (in metres) is ? 84
800 78
1 9 21
? ?
(a) 77200 (b) 500 (a) 25.2 km/hr (b) 32.4 km/hr
(c) 1300 (d) 13 (c) 50.4 km/hr (d) 75.6 km/hr
29. A train is moving at a speed of 132 km/hour. If 35. A boy runs 20 km in 2.5 hours. How long will he
the length of the train is 110 metres, how long take to run 32 km at double the previous speed?
will it take to cross a railway platform 165 metres 2.5 20
long ?
32
110 132
?
165
(a) 2 hours (b) 2½ hours
? (c) 4½hours (d) 5 hours
(a) 5 seconds (b) 7.5 seconds 36. A train with a uniform speed passes a platform
 122 metres long, in 17 seconds and a bridge 210 60 110
metres long in 25 seconds. The speed of the train
170
is ?
122 ?
(a) 15.6 sec (b) 16.8 sec
17 210
(c) 17.2 sec (d) 18 sec
25 42. A train is running at 36 km/hr. If it crosses a
? pole in 25 seconds, its length is ?
(a) 46.5 km/hr (b) 37.5 km/hr 36
(c) 37.6 km/hr (d) 39.6 km/hr 25
37. A moving train crosses a man standing on a
?
platform and a bridge 300 metres long in 10
seconds and 25 seconds respectively. What will (a) 248 meter (b) 250 meter
be the time taken by the train to cross a platform (c) 255 meter (d) 260 meter
200 metres long ? 43. The speed of two trains are in the ratio 6 : 7. If
the second train runs 364 km in 4 hours, then
300
the speed of first train is ?
25 10
6:7
200
4 364
?
?
2 (a) 60 km/hr (b) 72 km/hr
(a) 16 seconds (b) 18 seconds
3 (c) 78 km/hr (d) 84 km/hr
(c) 20 seconds (d) 22 seconds 44. Walking at the rate of 4 km an hour, a man
38. A train passes a platform 110 m long in 40 covers a certain distance in 3 hours 45 minutes.
seconds and a boy standing on the platform in If he covers the same distance on cycle, cycling
30 seconds. The length of the train is ? at the rate of 16.5 km/hour, the time taken by
him is ?
110 40
4
30
3 45
?
16.5
(a) 100 metres (b) 110 metres
(c) 220 metres (d) 330 metres ?
39. A train, with a uniform speed, crosses a platform (a) 55.45 minutes (b) 54.55 minutes
162 metres long in 18 seconds and another (c) 55.44 minutes (d) 45.55 minutes
platform, 120 metres long in 15 seconds. The 45. A train crosses a pole in 15 seconds and a
speed of the train is ? platform 100 metres long in 25 seconds. Its
162 length (in metres) is ?
18 120 15 100

15 ? 25
(a) 14 km/hr (b) 42 km/hr ?
(c) 50.4 km/hr (d) 67.2 km/hr (a) 50 (b) 100
40. A train travelling with uniform speed crosses two (c) 150 (d) 200
bridges of lengths 300 m and 240 m in 21 seconds 46. A train of length 500 feet crosses a platform of
18 seconds respectively. The speed of the train length 700 feet in 10 seconds. The speed of the
is ? train is ?
300 240 500 700
21 18 10
? ?
(a) 72 km/hr (b) 68 km/hr (a) 70 feet/second (b) 85 feet/second
(c) 65 km/hr (d) 60 km/hr (c) 100 feet/second (d) 120 feet/second
41. A train, 110 m long is running at a speed of 60 47. The speed of 90 km/hour is same as ?
km/hr. How many seconds does it take to cross 90 ?
another train, 170 m long standing on parallel
(a) 9 m/s (b) 20 m/s
track ?
(c) 25 m/s (d) 28 m/s
48. The speed of a bus is 72 km/hr. The distance 10 ?
covered by the bus in 5 seconds is ?
(a) 63 km/hr (b) 36 km/hr
72 5 (c) 69 km/hr (d) 18 km/hr
? 55. A train covers a distance of 20 km in 24 minutes.
(a) 100 m (b) 60 m If its speed is decreased by 5 km/hr. the time
(c) 50 m (d) 74.5 m taken by it to cover the same distance will be ?
49. A train starts from a place A at 6 a.m. and arrives 20 24
at another place B at 4.30 p.m. on the same 5
day. If the speed of the train is 40 km per hour,
find the distance travelled by the train ?
?
A 6
(a) 10 minutes
B 4:30 (b) 26 minutes 40 seconds
40 (c) 13 minutes
? (d) 11 minutes 20 seconds
56. Two trains A and B start from station X and Y
(a) 320 km (b) 230 km
towards each other, they take 4 hours 48
(c) 420 km (d) 400 km
minutes and 3 hours 20 minutes to reach Y and
50. A train covers a distance of 10 km in 12 minutes. X respectively after they meet if train A is moving
If its speed is decreased by 5 km/hr. the time at 45 km/hr., then the speed of the train B is ?
taken by it to cover the same distance will be ?
A B X Y
10 12
Y X
5
4 48 3 20
?
A 45 B
(a) 10 minutes
(b) 13 minutes 20 seconds ?
(c) 13 minutes (a) 60 km/hr (b) 64.8 km/hr
(d) 11 minutes 20 seconds (c) 54 km/hr (d) 37.5 km/hr
51. A man walks 'a' km in 'b' hours. The time taken 57. A bullock cart has to cover a distance of 120 km
to wal 200 metres is ? 3
a b in 15 hours. If it covers half of the journey in
5
200 ? the time, the speed to cover the remaining
distance in the time left has to be ?
200b b
(a) hours (b) hours 120 15
a 5a
3
b ab
(c) hours (d) 5
a 200

1 ?
52. The speed 3 m/sec when expressed in km/hour
3 (a) 6.4 km/hr (b) 6.67 km/hr
becomes ? (c) 10 km/hr (d) 15 km/hr
1 58. A train covers a certain distance in 210 minutes
3 ? at a speed of 60 kmph. The time taken by the
3
train to cover the same distance at a speed of 80
(a) 8 (b) 9 kmph is ?
(c) 10 (d) 12
60 210
53. A train is running at a speed of 90 km/hr. If
crosses a signal in 10 sec., the length of the train
(in metres) is ? 80 ?
90
5 5
10 (a) 3 hours (b) 2 hours
8 8
?
5
(a) 150 (b) 324 (c) 4 hours (d) 3 hours
8
(c) 900 (d) 250
54. The speed of 10 m/s is the same as ? 59. A speed of 30.6 km/hr is the same as ?
 30.6 ? ?
(a) 8.5 m/sec (b) 10 m/sec (a) 100 km/h (b) 70 km/h
(c) 12 m/sec (d) 15.5 m/sec (c) 85 km/h (d) 90 km/h
66. The speed of 50.4 km/hr is same as ?
9
60. A man covers by bus and the remaining 10 50.4 ?
20
km on foot. His total journey (in km) is ? (a) 14 m/s (b) 15 m/s
(c) 28 m/s (d) 10 m/s
9 67. A train passes by a lamp post on platform in 7
20 seconds and passes by the platform completely
10 in 28 second. If the length of the platform is 390
m, then length of the train (in metres) is ?
?
390
(a) 15.6 (b) 24
(c) 18.18 (d) 12.8 28 7
61. A train 200 m long running at 36 kmph takes 55 ?
seconds to cross a bridge. Length of bridge is ? (a) 120 (b) 130
200 36 (c) 140 (d) 150
55 68. A train moving at a rate of 35 km/hr crosses a
standing man in 10 seconds. It will cross a
?
platform 55 metres long in ?
(a) 375 m (b) 300 m
36
(c) 350 m (d) 325 m
62. A train 270 metres long is running at a speed of 10 55
36 km per hour then it will cross a bridge of ?
length 180 metres in ? (a) 6 seconds (b) 7 seconds
270 36
1 1
180 (c) 15 seconds (d) 5 seconds
2 2
? 69. A train crosses a platform in 30 seconds
(a) 40 sec (b) 45 sec travelling with a speed of 60 km/h. If the length
(c) 50 sec (d) 35 sec of the train be 200 metres, then the length (in
63. The ratio of length of two trains is 4 : 3 and the metres) of the platform is ?
ratio of their speed is 6 : 5. The ratio of time 200 60
taken by them to cross a pole is ?
30
4:3 6:5
?
(a) 400 (b) 300
? (c) 200 (d) 500
(a) 5 : 6 (b) 11 : 8 70. Ram travelled 1200 km by air which formed 2/5
(c) 20 : 18 (d) 27 : 16 of his trip. He travelled one-third of the trip by
64. A distance is covered by a cyclist at a certain car and the rest by train. The distance (in km)
speed. If a jogger covers half the distance in travelled by train was ?
double the time, the ratio of the speed of the 1200
jogger to that of the cyclist is ?
2/5

?
?
(a) 480 (b) 800
(a) 1 : 4 (b) 4 : 1 (c) 1600 (d) 1800
(c) 1 : 2 (d) 2 : 1 71. The distance between place A and B is 999 kg.
65. A train is moving at a speed of 80 km/h and An express train leaves place A at 6 am and runs
covers a certain distance in 4.5 hours. The speed at a speed of 55.5 km/hr. The train stops on the
of the train to cover the same distance in 4 hours way for 1 hour 20 minutes. It reaches B at ?
is ?
A B 999
80
A 6 55.5
4.5 4
1
 20 B 3
(c) hours (d) 1 hour
? 2
(a) 1:20 am (b) 12 pm 77. A train 50 metres long passes a platform of
(c) 6 pm (d) 11 pm length 100 metres in 10 seconds. The speed of
72. A man is walking at a speed of 10 kmph. After the train in metre/second is?
every km, he takes a rest for 5 minutes. How 50 100
much time will he take to cover a distance of 5
10
km ?
10 ?
(a)50 (b) 10
5 5
(c) 15 (d) 20
78. A train 300 m long is running with a speed of 54
(a) 60 minutes (b) 50 minutes km/hr. In what time will it cross a telephone
(c) 55 minutes (d) 70 minutes pole ?
73. A train covers a distance of 10 km in 12 minutes. 300 54
If its speed is decreased by 5 km/hr, the time
?
taken by it to cover the same distance is equal
to ? (a) 20 seconds (b) 15 seconds
(c) 17 seconds (d) 18 seconds
10 12
79. A train travelling at a speed of 55 km/hr travels
5 from place X to place Y in 4 hours. If its speed in
? increased by 5 km/hr., then the time of journey
40 is reduced by ?
(a) 40 minutes (b) minutes 55 X Y
3
(c) 20 minutes (d) 15 minutes 4 5
74. A is twice as fast as B and B is thrice as fast as
C is. The journey covered by C in 1½ hours will
be covered by A in ? ?
A, B B, C C (a) 25 minutes (b) 35 minutes
(c) 20 minutes (d) 30 minutes
1½ A
80. A speed of 45 km per hour is the same as ?
?
45 ?
(a) 15 minutes (b) 2 minutes
(a) 12.5 metre/second (b) 13 metre/second
(c) 30 minutes (d) 1 hour
(c) 15 metre/second (d) 12 metre/second
75. A truck travels at 90 km/hr for the first 1½
81. If a distance of 50 m is covered in 1 minutes,
hours. After that it travels at 70 km/hr. Find
then 90 m in 2 minutes and 130 m in 3 minutes.
the time taken by the truck to travel 310
Find the distance covered in 15th minute ?
kilometres. ?
1 50 2 90
90 1½
3 130
70
15 ?
310
(a) 610 m (b) 750 m
? (c) 1000 m (d) 650 m
(a) 2.5 hrs (b) 3 hrs 82. If a person travels from a point L towards east
(c) 3.5 hrs (d) 4 hrs for 12 km and then travels 5 km towards north
76. A car travels at a speed of 60 km/hr and covers and reaches a point M, then shortest distance
a particular distance in one hour. How long will from L to M is ?
it take for another car to cover the same distance L 12
at 40 km/hr ?
5 M
60
L M ?
1 40
(a) 12 km (b) 14 km
(c) 17 km (d) 13 km
? 83. A train runs at an average speed of 75 km/hr. If
the distance to be covered is 1050 kms. How long
5
(a) hours (b) 2 hours will the train take to cover it ?
2
 75 500 250
1050 100 60
?
(a) 13 hours (b) 12 hours (a) 125 m (b) 250 m
(c) 15 hours (d) 14 hours (c) 120 m (d) 152 m
84. A train 180 metre long is running at a speed of 91. A train is 250 m long. If the train takes 50
90 km/h. How long will it take to pass a post ? seconds to cross a tree by the railway line, then
180 90 the speed of the train in km/hr is ?
250
(a) 8.2 secs (b) 8 secs 50
(c) 7.2 secs (d) 7.8 secs ?
85. 2 km 5 m is equal to ? (a) 9 (b) 5
2 5 (c) 18 (d) 10
(a) 2.5 km (b) 2.005 km 92. Each wheel of a car is making 5 revolutions per
(c) 2.0005 km (d) 2.05 km seconds. If the diameter of a wheel is 84 cm,
86. How many seconds will a train 120 metres long then the speed of the car in cm/sec. would be ?
running at a rate of 36 km/hr take to cross a 5
bridge of 360 metres in length ? 84
36 120
360 (a) 420 cm/sec (b) 264 cm/sec
(c) 1000 cm/sec (d) 1320 cm/sec
(a) 48 sec (b) 36 sec 93. Walking at the rate of 4 kmph a man covers
(c) 46 sec (d) 40 sec certain distance in 2 hrs 45 min. Running at a
87. The diameter of each wheel of car is 70 cm. If speed of 16.5 kmph the man will cover the same
each wheel rotates 400 times per minutes, then distance in how many minutes ?
4 2 45
 22 
the speed of the car (in km/hr) if Take p   ? 16.5
 7

70
(a) 35 min (b) 40 min
400 (c) 45 min (d) 50 min
 22  94. A man rides at the rate of 18 km/hr, but stops
?  ekuk p   for 6 mins to changes horses at the end of every
 7
7 km. The time that he will take to cover a
(a) 5.28 (b) 528 distance of 90 km is ?
(c) 52.8 (d) 0.528
18
88. A train passes an electrical pole in 20 seconds
and passes a platform 250 m long in 45 seconds. 7 6
Find the length of the train ? 90
20
250 45 (a) 6 hrs (b) 6 hrs 12 min
(c) 6 hrs 18 min (d) 6 hrs 24 min
95. The distance between 2 places R and S is 42 km.
(a) 200 m (b) 250 m
Anita starts from R with a uniform speed of 4
(c) 300 m (d) 400 m
km/hr towards S and at the same time Romita
89. A car goes 20 metres in a second. Find its speed
starts from S towards R also with same uniform
in km/hr ?
speed. They meet each other after 6 hours. The
20 speed of Romita is ?
R S 42 4
(a) 20 (b) 18 R S
(c) 72 (d) 36
90. A train passes two bridges of length 500 m and
25 0 m in 10 0 secon ds and 60 seconds S R 6
respectively. The length of the train is ?
 (a) 18 km/hour (b) 20 km/hour (a) 100 m (b) 190 m
(c) 3 km/hour (d) 8 km/hour (c) 200 m (d) 150 m
96. A train 180 m long moving at the speed of 20 m/ 101. Two trains, one 160 m and the other 140 m long
sec over-takes a man moving at a speed of 10 are running in opposite directions on parallel
m/sec in the same direction. The train passes rails, the first at 77 km an hour and the other
the man in ? at 67 km an hour. How long will they take to
180 20 cross each other ?

10 160 140

(a) 6 sec (b) 9 sec 77 67

(c) 18 sec (d) 27 sec
97. The distance between two cities A and B is 330 (a) 7 seconds (b) 7½ seconds
km. A train starts from A at 8 am and travels (c) 6 seconds (d) 10 seconds
towards B at 60 km/hr. Another train starts from 102. Two trains are running in opposite direction with
B at 9 am and travels towards A at 75 km/hr. At the same speed. If the length of each train is
what time do they meet ? 120 metres and they cross each other in 12
A B 330 seconds. The speed of each train (in km/hour)
A 8 60 B is ?

9 B
A 75 12

(a) 10:00 am (b) 10:30 am 120

(c) 11:00 am (d) 11:30 am (a) 72 (b) 10
98. Two men are standing on opposite ends of a (c) 36 (d) 18
bridge 1200 metres long. If they walk towards 103. A moving train, 66 metres long overtakes another
ea ch other a t the rate o f 5m/mi nutes train of 88 metres long, moving in the same
respectively, in how much time will they meet direction in 0.4168 minutes. If the second train
each other ? is moving at 30 km/hr at what speed is the first
1200 train moving ?

5 66 88
0.4168
(a) 60 minutes (b) 120 minutes 30
(c) 85 minutes (d) 90 minutes
99. How many seconds will a 500 metre long train (a) 85 km/hr (b) 52 km/hr
take to cross a man walking with a speed of 3 (c) 55 km/hr (d) 25 km/hr
km/hr in the direction of the moving train if the 104. A constable is 114 metres behind a thief. The
speed of the train 63 km/hr ? constable runs 21 metres per minutes and the
500 63 thief runs 15 metres in a minute. In what time
3 will the constable catch the thief ?
114
(a) 25 sec (b) 30 sec 21 15
(c) 40 sec (d) 45 sec
100. A thief is noticed by a policeman from a distance (a) 19 minutes (b) 18 minutes
of 200 m, the thief starts running and the (c) 17 minutes (d) 16 minutes
policeman chases him. The thief and the 105. A, B and C start at the same time in the same
policeman run at the rate of 10 km/hr and direction to run around a circular stadium. A
11 km/hr respectively. What is the distance completes a round in 252 seconds, B in 308
between them after 6 minutes ? seconds and C in 198 seconds. All starting at
200 the same point. After what time will they next
meet at the starting point again ?

10 11 A, B C

6 ?
 A 252 B 308 C, slower train passes the faster train 18 seconds.
The length (in metres) of the faster train is ?
198

30 58
(a) 46 min 12 sec (b) 45 minutes
(c) 42 min 36 sec (d) 26 min 18 sec
106. Two trains 140 m and 160 m long run at the 18
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 (a) 70 (b) 100
is ? (c) 128 (d) 140
111. A walks at a uniform rate of 4 km an hour; and
140 160
4 hours after his start, B bicycles after him at
the uniform rate of 10 km an hour. How far from
60 40 the starting point will B catch A ?
A4 4
(a) 10 sec (b) 10.8 sec B 10
(c) 9 sec (d) 9.6 sec
107. Two trains of equal length take 10 seconds and (a) 16.7 km (b) 18.6 km
15 seconds respectively to cross a telegraph post. (c) 21.5 km (d) 26.7 km
If the length of each train be 120 metres, in what
112. A train passes two persons walking in the same
time (in seconds) will they cross each other
direction at a speed of 3 km/hr. and 5 km/hr.
travelling in opposite direction ?
respectively in 10 seconds and 11 seconds
respectively. The speed of the train is ?
10 15 3
120 5
10 11

(a) 16 (b) 15 (a) 28 km/hr (b) 27 km/hr

(c) 12 (d) 10 (c) 25 km/hr (d) 24 km/hr
108. How much time does a train 50 metre long, 113. Two trains start at the same time for two station
moving at 68 km/hr take to pass another train A and B toward B and A respectively. If the
75 meter long moving at 50 km/hr in the same distance between A and B is 220 km and their
direction ? speeds are 50 km/hr and 60 km/hr respectively
50 68 then after how much time will they meet each
other ?
75
A B
50
50
60 A B 220
(a) 5 sec (b) 10 sec
(c) 20 sec (d) 25 sec
109. A constable follows a thief who is 200 m ahead (a) 2 hours (b) 2½ hours
of the constable. If the constable and the thief (c) 3 hours (d) 1 hour
run a t speed of 8 km/ hr and 7 km/hr 114. A man standing on a platform finds that a train
respectively, the constable would catch the thief takes 3 seconds to pass him and another train
in ? of the same length moving in the opposite
200 direction, takes 4 seconds. The time taken by
the trains to pass each other will be ?

8 7
3

(a) 10 minutes (b) 12 minutes

(c) 15 minutes (d) 20 minutes 4
110. Two trains are running with speed 30 km/hr and ?
58 km/hr in the same direction. A man in the
 The length of the railway platform is ?
2 3
(a) 2 seconds (b) 3 seconds 48
7 7
42
3 3
(c) 4 seconds (d) 5 seconds 12
7 7
45
115. Two trains 105 metres and 90 metres long runs
at the speed of 45 km/hr and 72 km/hr ?
respectively, in opposite directions on parallel (a) 200 m (b) 300 m
tracks. The time which they take to cross each (c) 350 m (d) 400 m
other is ? 120. A bus moving at a speed of 45 km/hr overtakes a
105 90 truck 150 metres ahead going in the same
direction in 30 seconds. The speed of the truck
45 72
is ?
45 150
?
30
(a) 8 seconds (b) 6 seconds
?
(c) 7 seconds (d) 5 seconds
116. Two trains travel in the same direction at the (a) Rs. 540 (b) Rs. 318
speed of 56 km/hr ad 29 km/hr respectively. The (c) Rs. 600 (d) Rs. 350
faster train passes a man in the slower train in 121. A passenger train 150 m long is travelling with a
10 seconds. The length of the faster train (in speed of 36 km/hr. If a man is cycling in the
metres) is ? direction of train at 9 km/hr., the time taken by
the train to pass the man is ?
150 36
56 29
9
?
10
(a) 10 seconds (b) 15 seconds
? (c) 18 seconds (d) 20 seconds
(a) 100 (b) 80 122. A constant distance from Chennai to Bangalore
(c) 75 (d) 120 is covered by a person who also returns to the
117. Two trains of equal length, running in opposite same distance at 80 km/hr, then the average
directions, pass a pole in 18 and 12 seconds. speed during the whole journey is ?
The trains will cross each other in ?

80
18 12
?
(a) 90.20 km/hr (b) 88.78 km/hr
? (c) 80 km/hr (d) 88.89 km/hr
(a) 14.4 seconds (b) 15.5 seconds 123. A jeep is chasing a car which is 5 km ahead.
(c) 18.8 seconds (d) 20.2 seconds Their respective speed are 90 km/hr and 75 km/
118. A train, 150 m long, passes a pole in 15 seconds hr. After how many minutes will the jeep catch
and another train of the same length travelling the car ?
in the opposite direction in 12 seconds. The speed 5
of the second train is ? 90 75
150
?
15 (a) 18 min (b) 20 min
12 (c) 24 min (d) 25 min
? 124. Buses start from a bus terminal with a speed of
20 km/hr at intervals of 10 minutes. What is
(a) 45 km/hr (b) 48 km/hr
the speed of a man coming from the opposite
(c) 52 km/hr (d) 54 km/hr
direction towards the bus terminal. If he meets
119. A train travelling at 48 km/hr crosses another the buses at intervals of 8 minutes ?
train, having half its length and travelling in
opposite direction at 42 km/hr, in 12 seconds. 10 20
It also passes a railway platform in 45 seconds.
 ?
8
(a) 48 (b) 64
? (c) 70 (d) 72
(a) 3 km/hr (b) 4 km/hr 130. A train 100 metres long meets a man going in
(c) 5 km/hr (d) 7 km/hr opposite direction at 5 km/hr and passes him in
125. A train 300 m long passed a man walking along 7 seconds. What is the speed of the train (in
the line in the same direction at the rate of 3 km/hr) ?
km/hr in 33 seconds. The speed of the train is ?
100 5
300 3
7
?
33 ? (a) 45 km/hr (b) 60 km/hr
(a) 30 km/hr (b) 32 km/hr (c) 55 km/hr (d) 50 km/hr
8 8 131. Two trains of equal length are running on parallel
(c) 32 km/hr (d) 35 km/hr lines in the same direction at 46 km/hr and 36
11 11
km/hr. The faster train passes the slower train
126. A train, 240 m long crosses a man walking along in 36 seconds. The length of each train is ?
the line in opposite direction at the rate of 3
kmph in 10 seconds. The speed of the train is ?
240 46 36

3 10
? 36
(a) 63 kmph (b) 75 kmph ?
(c) 83.4 kmph (d) 86.4 kmph (a) 82 m (b) 50 m
127. Two trains of length 70 m and 80 m are running (c) 80 m (d) 72 m
at speed of 68 km/hr and 40 km/hr respectively 132. Two trains start from a certain place on two
on parallel tracks in opposite directions. In how parallel tracks in the same direction. The speed
many seconds will they pass each other ? of the trains are 45 km/hr and 40 km/hr
70 80 respectively. The distance between the two trains
after 45 minutes will be ?
68 40

45 40 45
?
?
(a) 10 sec (b) 8 sec
(c) 5 sec (d) 3 sec (a) 2 km 500 m (b) 2 km 750 m
128. Two trains of length 137 metre and 163 metre (c) 3 km 750 m (d) 3 km 250 m
are running with speed of 42 km/hr and 48 km/ 133. Points 'A' and 'B' are 70 km apart on a highway
hr respectively towards each other on parallel and two cars start at the same time. If they travel
tracks. In how many seconds will they cross each in the same direction, they meet in 7 hours, but
other ? if they travel towards each other they meet in
one hour. Find the speed of the two cars (in km/
137 163
hr) ?
42 48 'A' 'B' 70

? 7
(a) 30 sec (b) 24 sec
(c) 12 sec (d) 10 sec
129. Two trains, 80 m and 120 m long are running at ?
the speed of 25 km/hr and 35 km/hr respectively (a) 20, 30 (b) 40, 30
in the same direction on parallel tracks. How (c) 30, 50 (d) 20, 40
many seconds will they take to pass each other ? 134. P and Q are 27 km away. Two trains with speed
80 120 25 of 24 km/hr and 18 km/hr respectively start
simultaneously from P and Q are travel in the
35
same direction. They meet at a point R beyond
Q. Distance Q to R is ?
'P' 'Q' 27
 'P' 'Q' 24 18 at a speed of 12 km per hour. His elder brother
started after 1 hr 15 min by scooter along the
same path and caught him at 1.30 pm. The speed
'Q' 'R' Q R of the scooter will be (in km/hr) ?
? 10 12
(a) 126 km (b) 81 km 1
(c) 48 km (d) 36 km
15
135. Sarita and Julie start walking from the same
place in the opposite directions. If Julie walks 1:30 ?
at a speed of 2½ km/hr and Sarita at a speed of
2 km/hr, in how much time will they be 18 km (a) 4.5 (b) 36
apart ?
2
(c) 18 (d) 9
3
140. A policeman goes after a thief who has 100
2½ 2 metres start, if the policeman runs a kilometre
18 ? in 8 min, and the thief a km in 10 min, the
(a) 4.0 hours (b) 4.5 hours distance covered by thief before he is over-take
(c) 5.0 hours (d) 4.8 hours is ?
136. Two trains 108 m and 112 m in length are 100
running towards each other on the parallel lines 9 1
at a speed of 45 k m/hr a nd 54 km/hr
10 1
respectively. To cross each other after they meet,
it will take ?
108 112 ?
45 (a) 350 m (b) 400 m
(c) 320 m (d) 420 m
54
141. Two trains are running 40 km/hr and 20 km/hr
? respectively in the same direction. The fast train
(a) 12 sec (b) 9 sec completely passes a man sitting in the slower
(c) 8 sec (d) 10 sec train in 5 seconds. The length of the fast train
137. Two trains 150 m and 120 m long respectively is ?
moving from opposite directions cross each other 40 20
in 10 secs. If the speed of the second train is
43.2 km/hr. then the speed of the first train is ?
5
150 120
?
10
43.2 2
(a) 23 m (b) 27 m
? 9

(a) 54 km/hr (b) 50 km/hr 7

(c) 52 km/hr (d) 51 km/hr (c) 27 m (d) 23 m
9
138. Two trains, each of length 125 metre, are running
142. Two trains 180 metres and 120 metres in length
in parallel tracks in opposite directions. One
are running towards each other o parallel tracks,
train is running at a speed 65 km/hr and they
one at the rate 65 km/hr and another at 55 km/
cross each other in 6 seconds. The speed of the
hour. In how many second will they be clear of
other train is ?
each other from the moment they meet ?
125
180 120
65

65 55
6
?
?
(a) 75 km/hr (b) 85 km/hr
(a) 6 (b) 9
(c) 95 km/hr (d) 105 km/hr
(c) 12 (d) 15
139. A boy started from his house by bicycle at 10 am
143. Two trains of same length, are running on parallel 147. Motor-cyclist P started his journey at a speed of
tracks in the same direction with speed 60 km/ 30 km/hr. After 30 minutes, motor-cyclist Q
hour and 90 km/hour respectively. The latter started from the same place but with a speed of
completely crosses the former in 30 seconds. The 40 km/hr. How much time (in hours) will Q take
length of each trains (in metres) is ? to overtake P ?
60 P, 30
90 30 Q, 40
30 P
? ?
(a) 125 (b) 150
3
(c) 100 (d) 115 (a) 1 (b)
2
144. Two trains 125 metres and 115 metres in length,
are running towards each other on parallel lines, 3
one at the rate of 33 km/hr and the other at 39 (c) (d) 2
8
km/hr. How much time (in seconds) will they
148. A train running at the speed of 84 km/hr passes
take to pass each other from the moment they
a man walking in opposite direction at the speed
meet ?
of 6 km/hr in 4 seconds. What is the length of
125 115 train (in metre) ?
33 39 84
6
? 4
(a) 8 (b) 10 ?
(c) 12 (d) 15
(a) 150 (b) 120
145. A thief steals a car at 1:30 pm and drive it off at
(c) 100 (d) 90
40 km/hr. The theft is discovered at 2 pm and
149. A and B are 20 km apart, A can walk at an
the owner sets off in another car at 50 km/hr he
average speed of 4 km/hr and B at 6 km/hr. If
will overtake the thief at ?
they start walking towards each other at 7:00
1:30 40 am when they will meet ?
50 A B 20
2:00 A B
? 7:00 4
(a) 5:00 pm (b) 4:00 pm 6
(c) 4:30 pm (d) 6:00 pm
?
146. Two trains 100 metres and 95 metres long
respectively pass each other in 27 seconds when (a) 8:00 am (b) 8:30 am
they run in the same direction and in 9 seconds (c) 9:00 am (d) 10:00 am
when they run in opposite directions. Speed of 150. Two trains of equal length are running on parallel
the two trains are ? lines in the same direction at the rate of 46 km/
hr and 36 km/hr. The faster train passes the
100 95
slower train in 36 seconds. The length of each
train is ?
27
9 46 36
? 36
(a) 44 km/hr, 22 km/hr (b) 52 km/hr, 26 km/hr ?
(c) 36 km/hr, 18 km/hr (d) 40 km/hr, 20 km/hr
(a) 50 m (b) 72 m

(c) 80 m (d) 82 m
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1. (b) 2. (d) 3. (c) 4. (c) 5. (d) 6. (b) 7. (c) 8. (d) 9. (d) 10. (d)
11. (b) 12. (c) 13. (b) 14. (a) 15. (c) 16. (b) 17. (d) 18. (d) 19. (c) 20. (d)
21. (d) 22. (d) 23. (d) 24. (a) 25. (c) 26. (b) 27. (c) 28. (b) 29. (b) 30. (a)
31. (c) 32. (c) 33. (d) 34. (a) 35. (a) 36. (d) 37. (c) 38. (d) 39. (c) 40. (a)
41. (b) 42. (b) 43. (c) 44. (b) 45. (c) 46. (d) 47. (c) 48. (a) 49. (c) 50. (b)
51. (b) 52. (d) 53. (d) 54. (b) 55. (b) 56. (c) 57. (c) 58. (b) 59. (a) 60. (c)
61. (c) 62. (b) 63. (c) 64. (a) 65. (d) 66. (a) 67. (b) 68. (c) 69. (b) 70. (b)
71. (a) 72. (b) 73. (d) 74. (a) 75. (d) 76. (c) 77. (c) 78. (a) 79. (c) 80. (a)
81. (a) 82. (d) 83. (d) 84. (c) 85. (b) 86. (a) 87. (c) 88. (a) 89. (c) 90. (a)
91. (c) 92. (d) 93. (b) 94. (b) 95. (c) 96. (c) 97. (c) 98. (b) 99. (b) 100. (a)
101. (b) 102. (c) 103. (b) 104. (a) 105. (a) 106. (b) 107. (c) 108. (d) 109. (b) 110. (d)
111. (d) 112. (c) 113. (a) 114. (b) 115. (b) 116. (c) 117. (a) 118. (d) 119. (d) 120. (a)
121. (d) 122. (c) 123. (b) 124. (c) 125. (d) 126. (c) 127. (c) 128. (c) 129. (d) 130. (a)
131. (b) 132. (c) 133. (b) 134. (b) 135. (a) 136. (c) 137. (a) 138. (b) 139. (c) 140. (b)
141. (c) 142. (b) 143. (a) 144. (c) 145. (b) 146. (b) 147. (b) 148. (c) 149. (c) 150. (a)