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Exercise :: Problems on Trains - General Questions
| 1. | A train running at the speed of 60 km/hr crosses a pole in 9 seconds. What is the length of the train? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Answer: Option D Explanation:
Length of the train = (Speed x Time).
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| 2. | A train 125 m long passes a man, running at 5 km/hr in the same direction in which the train is going, in 10 seconds. The speed of the train is: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Answer: Option B Explanation:
= 45 km/hr. Let the speed of the train be x km/hr. Then, relative speed = (x - 5) km/hr. |
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| 7. | Two trains of equal length are running on parallel lines in the same direction at 46 km/hr and 36 km/hr. The faster train passes the slower train in 36 seconds. The length of each train is: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Answer: Option A Explanation:
Let the length of each train be x metres. Then, distance covered = 2x metres. Relative speed = (46 - 36) km/hr
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| 11. | A 270 metres long train running at the speed of 120 kmph crosses another train running in opposite direction at the speed of 80 kmph in 9 seconds. What is the length of the other train? | ||||||||||||||||||||
Answer: Option A Explanation:
Relative speed = (120 + 80) km/hr
Let the length of the other train be x metres. |
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| 12. | A goods train runs at the speed of 72 kmph and crosses a 250 m long platform in 26 seconds. What is the length of the goods train? | ||||||||||||||
Answer: Option D Explanation:
Time = 26 sec. Let the length of the train be x metres. |
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| 17. | A train 800 metres long is running at a speed of 78 km/hr. If it crosses a tunnel in 1 minute, then the length of the tunnel (in meters) is: | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Answer: Option C Explanation:
Time = 1 minute = 60 seconds. Let the length of the tunnel be x metres.
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| 22. | Two goods train 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. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Answer: Option B Explanation:
We have to find the time taken by the slower train to pass the DRIVER of the faster train and not the complete train. So, distance covered = Length of the slower train. Therefore, Distance covered = 500 m.
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| 27. | A train overtakes two persons who are walking in the same direction in which the train is going, at the rate of 2 kmph and 4 kmph and passes them completely in 9 and 10 seconds respectively. The length of the train is: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Answer: Option B Explanation:
Let the length of the train be x metres and its speed by y m/sec.
On solving, we get: x = 50. |
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| 28. | 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? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Answer: Option D Explanation:
Let the speed of the train be x m/sec. Then, (x - 1.25) x 8.4 = (x - 1.5) x 8.5
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