Train, Speed & Length

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?

  • (a) 25
  • (b) 30
  • (c) 40
  • (d) 45
Check Answer
  • (b) 30

Two goods trains each 500 m long, are running in opposite directions on parallel tracks. Their speeds are 45 km/hr and 30 km/hr respectively. Find the time taken by the slower train to pass the driver of the faster one.

  • (a) 12 sec
  • (b) 24 sec
  • (c) 48 sec
  • (d) 60 sec
Check Answer
  • (b) 24 sec

Two trains are running in opposite directions with the same speed. If the length of each train is 120 meters and they cross each other in 12 seconds, then the speed of each train (in km/hr) is:

  • (a) 10
  • (b) 18
  • (c) 36
  • (d) 72
Check Answer
  • (c) 36

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 meters, in what time (in seconds) will they cross each other travelling in opposite direction?

  • (a) 10
  • (b) 12
  • (c) 15
  • (d) 20
Check Answer
  • (b) 12

A train 108m long moving at a speed of 50 km/hr crosses a train 112 m long coming from opposite direction in 6 seconds. The speed of the second train is:

  • (a) 48 km/hr
  • (b) 54 km/hr
  • (c) 66 km/hr
  • (d) 82 km/hr
Check Answer
  • (d) 82 km/hr

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?

  • (a) 23 m
  • (b) 23 × 2/9  m
  • (c) 27 × 7/9mm
  • (d) 29 m
Check Answer
  • (c) 27 × 7/9mm

A train overtakes two persons who are walking in the same direction in which the train is going, at the rate of 2 km/hr and 4 km/hr and passes them completely in 9 and 10 seconds respectively. The length of the train is:

  • (a) 45m
  • (b) 50m
  • (c) 54m
  • (d) 72m
Check Answer
  • (b) 50m

A train overtakes two persons walking along a railway track. The first one walks at 4.5 km/hr. The other one walks at 5.4 km/hr. The train needs 8.4 and 8.5 seconds respectively to overtake them. What is the speed of the train if both the persons are walking in the same direction as the train?

  • (a) 66 km/hr
  • (b) 72 km/hr
  • (c) 78 km/hr
  • (d) 81 km/hr
Check Answer
  • (d) 81 km/hr

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

  • (a) 400 m
  • (b) 450 m
  • (c) 500 m
  • (d) 600 m
Check Answer
  • (a) 400 m

Two stations A and B are 110 km apart on a straight line. One train starts from A at 7 a.m. and travels towards B at 20 kmph. Another train starts from B at 8 a.m. and travels towards A at a speed of 25 kmph. At what time will they meet?

  • (a) 9 a.m
  • (b) 10 a.m
  • (c) 10:30 a.m
  • (d) 11 a.m
Check Answer
  • (b) 10 a.m

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