1. A train moves with a speed of 108 kmph.

Its
speed in metres per second is
(a) 10.8 m/sec.
(b) 18 m/sec.
(c) 30 m/sec.
(d) 38.8 m/sec.

2. A speed of 14 metres per second is the same as

(a) 28 km/hr
(b) 46.6 km/hr
(c) 50.4 km/hr
(d) 70 km/hr

3. A man sitting in a train is counting the pillars of

electricity. The distance between two pillars. Is 60
metres, and the speed of the train is 42 km/hr. in 5
hours, how many pillars will he count ?
(a) 3501
(b) 3600
(c) 3800
(d) None of these

4. In what time will a train 100 metres long cross an

electric pole, if its speed be 144 km/hr ?
(a) 2.5 seconds
(b) 4.25 seconds
(c) 5 seconds
(d) 12.5 seconds

5. A train 280 m long, running with a speed of 63

km/hr will pass a tree in:
(a) 15 sec
(b) 16 sec
(c) 18 sec
(d) 20 sec
6. A 100 m long train is going at a speed of 60
km/hr. It will cross a 140 m long railway bridge
(a) 3.6 sec
(b) 7.2 sec
(c) 14.4 sec
(d) 21.6 sec

7. A 120 metre long train is running at a speed of 90

km/hr. It will cross a railway platform 230 m long in
4
(a) 4 7 seconds
(b) 7 seconds
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(c) 9 5 seconds
(d) 14 seconds

8. A train travelling at a speed of 75 mph enters a

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tunnel 3 2 miles long. The train is 4 mile long. How
long does it take for the train to pass through the
tunnel from the moment the front enters to the
moment the rear emerges ?
(a) 2.5 min
(b) 3 min
(c) 3.2 min
(d) 3.5 min

9. A train running at the speed of 60 km/hr crosses a

pole in 9 seconds. What is the length of the train ?
(a) 120 metres
(b) 180 metres
(c) 324 metres
(d) Cannot be determined
(e) None of these

10. A train 132 m long passes a telegraph pole in 6

seconds. Find the speed of the train.
(a) 70 km/hr
(b) 72 km/hr
(c) 79.2 km/hr
(d) 80 km/hr

11. A train covers a distance of 12 km in 10 minutes.

If it takes 6 seconds to pass a telegraph post, then
the length of the train is
(a) 90 m
(b) 100 m
(c) 120 m
(d) 140 m

12. A train 240 m long passed a pole in 24 seconds.

How long will it take to pass a platform 650 m long ?
(a) 65 sec
(b) 89 sec
(c) 100 sec
(d) 150 sec
13. A 50-metre long train passes over a bridge at the
speed of 30 km per hour. If it takes 36 seconds to
cross the bridge, what is the length of the bridge ?
(a) 200 metres
(b) 150 metres
(c) 300 metres
(d) 350 metres

14. A train takes 5 minutes to cross a telegraphic

post. Then the time taken by another train whose
length is just double of the first train and moving with
same speed to cross a platform of its own length is
(a) 10 minutes
(b) 15 minutes
(c) 20 minutes
(d) Data inadequate

15. The length of the bridge, which a train 130

metres long and travelling at 45 km/hr can cross in
30 seconds, is
(a) 200 m
(b) 225 m
(c) 245 m
(d) 250 m

16. 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 metres) is:
(a) 130
(b) 360
(c) 250
(d) 450

17. A train running at the speed of 60 kmph crosses

a 200 m long platform in 27 seconds. What is the
length of the train ?
(a) 200 metres
(b) 240 metres
(c) 250 metres
(d) 450 metres
(e) None of these
18. A train running at a speed of 90 km/hr crosses a
platform double its length in 36 seconds. What is the
length of the platform in metres ?
(a) 200
(b) 300
(c) 450
(d) Cannot be determined
(e) None of these

19. A train of length 150 metres takes 40.5 seconds

to cross tunnel of length 300 metres. What is the
speed of the train in km/hr
(a) 13.33
(b) 26.67
(c) 40
(d) 66.67
20. A 280-metre long train crosses a platform thrice
its length in 50seconds. What is the speed of the
train in km/hr ?
(a) 60.48
(b) 64.86
(c) 80.64
(d) 82.38
(e) None of these

21. A train passes a station in 36 seconds and a

man standing on the platform in 20 seconds. If the
speed of the train is 54 km/hr, what is the length of
the platform ?
(a) 225 m
(b) 240 m
(c) 230 m
(d) 235 m
22. Train A crosses a stationary train B in 50 speeds
and a pole in 20 seconds with the same speed. The
length of the train A is 240 metres. What is the
length of the stationary train B ?
(a) 260 metres
(b) 300 metres
(c) 360 metres
(d) Cannot be determined
(e) None of these

23. A train speeds past a pole in 20 seconds and

speeds past a platform 100 metres in length in 30
seconds. What is the length of he train ?
(a) 100 m
(b) 150 m
(c) 180 m
(d) 200 m
(e) None of these
24. A train crosses a platform 100 m long in 60
seconds at a speed of 45 km/hr. The time taken by
the train to cross an electric pole is:
(a) 8 sec
(b) 52 sec
(c) 1 minute
(d) Data inadequate

25. A train, 150 m long, takes 30 seconds to cross a

bridge 500 m long. How much time will the train take
to cross a platform 370 m long ?
(a) 18 sec
(b) 24 sec
(c) 30 sec
(d) 36 sec

26. A train passes a platform 90 m long in 30

seconds and a man standing on the platform in 15
seconds. The speed of the train is
(a) 12.4 km/hr
(b) 14.6 km/hr
(c) 18.4 km/hr
(d) 21.6 km/hr

27. A train running at a certain speed takes 20

seconds to cross a signal post and 50 seconds to
cross a bridge. Which of the following statements is
correct about the length of the bridge ?
(a) 1.5 times the length of the train
(b) 2.5 times the length of the train
(c) 30 metres more than the length of the train
(d) cannot be determined

28. A train travelling with a constant speed crosses a

96-metre long platform in 12 seconds and another
141-metre long platform in 15 seconds. The length
of the train and its speed are
(a) 84 metres and km/hr
(b) 64 metres and km/hr
(c) 64 metres and km/hr
(d) 84 metres and km/hr

29. The time taken by a train 180 m long, travelling

at 42 kmph, in passing a person walking in the same
direction at 6 kmph, will be
(a) 18 sec
(b) 21 sec
(c) 24 sec
(d) 25 sec

30. A train with 90 km/hr crosses a bridge in 36

seconds. Another train 100 metres shorter crosses
the same bridge at 45 km/hr. What is the time taken
By the second train to cross the bridge ?
(a) 61 seconds
(b) 62 seconds
(c) 63 seconds
(d) 64 seconds

31. A jogger running at 9 kmph alongside a railway

track is 240 metres ahead of the engine of a 120
metre long train running at 45 kmph in the same
direction. In how much time will the train pass the
jogger ?
(a) 2.6 sec
(b) 18 sec
(c) 36 sec
(d) 72 sec

32. A train 110 metres long is running with a speed

of 60 kmph. In what time will it pass a man who is
running at 6 kmph in the direction opposite to that in
which the train is going ?
(a) 5 sec
(b) 6 sec
(c) 7 sec
(d) 10 sec
33. Two trains 200 metres and 150 metres long are
running on parallel rails in the same direction at
speeds of 40 km/hr and 45 km/hr respectively. Time
taken by the faster train to cross the slowed train will
be
(a) 72 seconds
(b) 132 seconds
(c) 192 seconds
(d) 252 seconds

34. Two trains A and B start running together from

the same point the same direction, at the speeds of
60 kmph and 72 kmph respectively. If he length of
each of the trains is 240 metres, how long will it take
for train B to cross train A ?
(a) 1 min 12 secs
(b) 1 min 24 secs
(c) 2 min 12 secs
(d) 2 min 24 secs
35. Two trains are moving in opposite directions @
60 km/hr and 90 km/hr. Their lengths are 1.10 km
and 0.9 km respectively. The time taken by the
slower train to cross the faster train in second is
(a) 36
(b) 45
(c) 48
(d) 49

36. Two trains of lengths 120 m and 90 m are

running with speeds of 80 km/hr and 55 km/hr
respectively towards each other on parallel lines. If
they are 90 m apart, after how many seconds they
will cross each other ?
(a) 5.6 sec.
(b) 7.2 sec.
(c) 8 sec.
(d) 9 sec.
37. Two trains are coming from opposite directions
with speeds of 75 km/hr and 100 km/hr on two
parallel tracks. At some moment the distance
between them is 100 km. After T hours, distance
between them is again 100 km. T is equal to
(a) 1 hr
1
(b) 1 7 hr
1
(c) 1 2 hr
(d) 2 hrs

38. A train 125 m long passes a man, running at 5

kmph in the same direction in which the train is
going, in 10 seconds. The speed of the train is:
(a) 45 km/hr
(b) 50 km/hr
(c) 54 km/hr
(d) 55 km/hr
39. A train 400 m long overtook a man walking along
the line in the same direction as the train, at the rate
of 5 kmph and passed him in 40 seconds. The train
reached the station in 20 minutes after passing the
man. In what time did the man reach the station ?
(a) 2 hr 24 min
(b) 2 hr 3 min 40 sec
(c) 2 hr 36 min 48 sec
(d) 2 hr 48 min 48 sec

40. A train, 240 m long, crosses a man walking

along the line in opposite direction at the rate of 3
kmph in 10 seconds. The speed of the train is ?
(a) 63 kmph
(b) 75 kmph
(c) 83.4 kmph
(d) 86.4 kmph

41. A train 75 m long overtook a person who was

walking at the rate of 6 km/hr in the same direction
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and passed him in 7 2 seconds. Subsequently, it
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overtook a seconds person and passed him in 6 4
seconds. At what rate was the second, person
travelling ?
(a) 1 km/hr
(b) 2 km/hr
(c) 4 km/hr
(d) 5 km/hr

42. If a train takes 1.75 sec to cross a telegraphic post

and 1.5 sec to overtake a cyclist racing along a road
parallel to the track @ 10 metres per second, then the
length of the train is
(a) 105 m
(b) 155 m
(c) 125 m
(d) 135 m
43. 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
(a) 50 m
(b) 72 m
(c) 80 m
(d) 82 m

44. A 270 m 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 ?
(a) 230 m
(b) 240 m
(c) 260 m
(d) 320 m
(e) None of these
45. Two trains are running in opposite directions with
the same speed. If the length of each train is 120
metres 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

46. A 180-metre long train crosses another 270-

metre long train running in the opposite direction in
10.8 seconds. If the speed of the first train is 60
kmph, what is the speed of the second train in
kmph ?
(a) 80
(b) 90
(c) 150
(d) Cannot be determined
(e) None of these
47. 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 ?
(a) 10
(b) 12
(c) 15
(d) 20

48. A train 108 m 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
49. A train B speeding with 120 kmph crosses
another train C running in the same direction, in 2
minutes. IF the lengths of the trains B and C be 100
m and 200 m respectively, what is the speed (in
kmph) of the train C ?
(a) 111 km
(b) 123 km
(c) 127 km
(d) 129 km

50. One local and another express train were

proceeding in the same direction on parallel tracks
at 29 km/hr and 65 km/hr respectively. The driver of
the farmer noticed that it took exactly 16 seconds for
the faster train to pass by him. What is the length of
the faster train ?
(a) 60 m
(b) 120 m
(c) 160 m
(d) 240 m
51. Two trains travel in opposite directions at 36
kmph and 45 kmph and a man sitting in slower train
passes the faster train in 8 seconds. The length of
the faster train is :
(a) 80 m
(b) 100 m
(c) 120 m
(d) 180 m

52. 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 4kmph and passes them
completely in 9 and 10 seconds respectively. The
length of the train is :
(a) 45 m
(b) 50 m
(c) 54 m
(d) 72 m
53. 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

54. Two men are running in the same direction with

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speeds of 6 km per hour and 7 2 km per respectively.
A train running in the same direction crosses them in
1
5 sec and 5 2 sec respectively. The length and the
speed of the train are respectively.
(a) 22.92 m (approximately) and 22 km per hour
(b) 22 m (approximately) and 22.5 km per hour
(c) 22.90 m (approximately) and 20.5 km per hour
(d) 22.92 m (approximately) and 22.5 km per hour
55. What is the speed of a train if it overtakes two
persons who are walking in the same direction at the
rate of a m/s and (a + 1) m/s and passes them
completely in b seconds and (b + 1) seconds
respectively ?
(a) (a + b) m/s
(b) (a + b + 1) m/s
(c) (2a + 1) m/s
(2 a+1)
(d) 2 m/s

56. Two trains, each 100 long, moving in opposite

directions, cross each other in 8 seconds. If one is
moving twice as fast the other, then the speed of
the faster trains is :
(a) 30 km/hr
(b) 45 km/hr
(c) 60 km/hr
(d) 75 km/hr
57. A 150 m long train crosses a milestone in 15
seconds and a train of same length coming from the
opposite direction in 12 seconds. The speed of the
other train is
(a) 36 kmph
(b) 45 kmph
(c) 50 kmph
(d) 54 kmph

58. A train moving at 15 m/sec takes 20 seconds to

pass a cyclist moving in the same direction as that of
the train. How much time will the train need to pass
the cyclist, if the cyclist moves in a direction opposite
to that of the train and if the speed of the cyclist is 5
m/sec and the length of the cycle is 1 m ?
(a) 9.95 sec
(b) 10 sec
(c) 10.05 sec
(d) 12 sec
59. A man standing on a platform finds that a train
takes 3 seconds to pass him and another train of the
same length moving in the opposite direction takes 4
seconds. The time taken by the trains to pass each
other will be
3
(a) 2 7 seconds
3
(b) 3 7 seconds
3
(c) 4 7 seconds
3
(d) 5 7 seconds

60. A train travelling at 84 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
(a) 400 m
(b) 450 m
(c) 560 m
(d) 600 m

61. Two trains running in opposite directions cross a

man standing on the platform in 27 seconds and 17
seconds respectively and they cross each other in
23 seconds. The ratio of their speeds is :
(a) 1 : 3
(b) 3 : 2
(c) 3 : 4
(d) None of these

62. Two trains, 130 and 110 metres long, are goin in
the same direction. The faster train takes on minute
to pass the other completely. If they are moving in
opposite directions, they pass each other completely
in 3 seconds. Find the speed of the faster train ?
(a) 38 m/sec
(b) 42 m/sec
(c) 46 m/sec
(d) 50 m/sec
63. Two identical trains A and B running in opposite
directions at same speed take 2 minutes to cross
each other completely. The number of bogies of A
are increased from 12 to 16. How much more time
would they now require to cross each other ?
(a) 20 sec
(b) 40 sec
(c) 50 sec
(d) 60 sec

64. Two stations A and B are 110 km apart on a

straight line. One trains 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 owards 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.
 65. A train X starts from Meerut at 4 p.m. and
reaches Ghaziabad at 5 p.m. while another train Y
starts from Ghaziabad at 4 p.m. and reaches Meerut
at 5.30 p.m. The two trains will cross each other at
(a) 4.36 p.m.
(b) 4.42 p.m.
(c) 4.48 p.m.
(d) 4.50 p.m.

66. The Ghaziabad-Hapur-Meerut EMU and the

Meerut-Hapur-Ghaziabad EMU start at the same
time from Ghaziabad and Meerut and proceed
towards each other at 16 km/hr and 21 km/hr
respectively. When they meet, it is found that one
trains has travelled 60 km more than the other. The
distance between two stations is
(a) 440 km
(b) 444 km
(c) 445 km
(d) 450 km

67. Two trains, one from Howrah to Patna and the

other from Patna to Howrah, start simultaneously.
After they meet, the trains reach their destinations
after 9 hours and 16 hours respectively. The ratio of
their speeds is :
(a) 2 : 3
(b) 4 : 3
(c) 6 :7
(d) 9 : 16

68. Two trains start simultaneously (with uniform

speeds) from two stations 270 km apart, each to the
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opposite station; They reach their destinations in 6 4
hours and 4 hours after they meet. The rate at which
the slower train travels is
(a) 16 km/hr
(b) 24 km/hr
(c) 25 km/hr
(d) 30 km/hr

69. A train which is moving at an average speed of

40 km/hr reaches its destinations on time. When its
average speed reduces to 35 km/h, then it reaches
its destination 15 minutes late. The distance
travelled by the train, is
(a) 70 km
(b) 80 km
(c) 40 km
(d) 30 km

70. A train takes 9 sec to cross a pole: If the speed

of the train is 48 kmph, they length of the train is
(a) 150 m
(b) 120 m
(c) 90 m
(d) 80 m
71. Two trains start at the same time from A and B
and proceed toward each other at the speed of 75
km/hr and 50 km/hr respectively. When both meet at
a point in between, one train was found to have
travelled 175 km more than the other. Find the
distance between A and B.
(a) 875 km
(b) 785 km
(c) 758 km
(d) 857 km

72. A train passes two bridges of lengths 500 m and

250 m in 100 seconds and 60 seconds respectively.
The length of the train is
(a) 152 m
(b) 125 m
(c) 250 m
(d) 120 m
73. Train A passes a lamp post in 9 seconds and 700
meter long platform in 30 seconds. How much time will
the same train take to cross a platform which is
800meters long ?
(a) 32
(b) 31
(c) 33
(d) 30

74. Train A travelling at 63 kmph can cross a

platform 199.5 m long in 21 seconds. How much
time would train A take to completely cross (from the
moment they meet) train B, 157m long and travelling
at 54 kmph in opposite direction while train A is
travelling ? (in seconds)
(a) 16
(b) 18
(c) 12
(d) 10