APTITUDE-Train

1. A train running at the speed of 60 km/hr crosses a pole in 9 seconds.

What is the length of the train?
Let the length of the train be x metres and its speed by y m/sec.
A.120 metres B. 180 metres
C. 324 metres D.150 metres
x x
Then, = 15 y= .
y 15
Answer: Option D
x + 100 x
=
Explanation: 25 15

5 50 15(x + 100) = 25x

Speed= 60 x =
18 3
m/sec m/sec. 15x + 1500 = 25x

50
Length of the train = (Speed x Time) = x9 1500 = 10x
3
m = 150 m.
x = 150 m.
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:
20. 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?
A.45 km/hr B. 50 km/hr
C. 54 km/hr D.55 km/hr
A.69.5 km/hr B. 70 km/hr
C. 79 km/hr D.79.2 km/hr
Answer: Option B
Answer: Option D
Explanation:
Explanation:
125
Speed of the train relative to man = Let the length of the train be x metres and its speed by y m/sec.
10
m/sec

25 x
Then, = 8 x = 8y
y
=
2
m/sec. x + 264
Now, =y
20
25 18
= x
2 5 8y + 264 = 20y
km/hr

= 45 km/hr. y = 22.

Let the speed of the train be x km/hr. Then, relative speed = (x - 5) km/hr. 18
Speed = 22 m/sec = 22 x km/hr = 79.2 km/hr.
5
x - 5 = 45 x = 50 km/hr. 21. 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
3. The length of the bridge, which a train 130 metres long and travelling at C. 40 D.45
45 km/hr can cross in 30 seconds, is:

A.200 m B. 225 m Answer: Option B

C. 245 m D.250 m
Explanation:
Answer: Option C
Speed of the train relative to man= (63 - 3) km/hr
Explanation: = 60 km/hr
5
= 60 x m/sec
5 25 18
Speed = 45 x = 50
18 2
m/sec m/sec. = m/sec.
3
3
Time = 30 sec.
Time taken to pass the man = 500 x sec
50
Let the length of bridge be x metres. = 30 sec.

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 130 + x 25 22. Two goods train each 500 m long, are running in opposite directions
Then, =
30 2 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.
2(130 + x) = 750
A.12 sec B. 24 sec
C. 48 sec D.60 sec
x = 245 m.
Answer: Option B
4. Two trains running in opposite directions cross a man standing on the
platform in 27 seconds and 17 seconds respectively and they cross each
Explanation:
other in 23 seconds. The ratio of their speeds is:

A.1 : 3 B. 3 : 2 Relative speed == (45 + 30) km/hr

C. 3 : 4 D.None of these 5
= 75 x m/sec
18
Answer: Option B
125
= m/sec.
Explanation: 6

Let the speeds of the two trains be x m/sec and y m/sec respectively. We have to find the time taken by the slower train to pass the DRIVER of the
faster train and not the complete train.
Then, length of the first train = 27x metres,
So, distance covered = Length of the slower train.
and length of the second train = 17y metres.
Therefore, Distance covered = 500 m.
27x + 17y
= 23
x+ y 6
Required time = 500 x = 24 sec.
125
27x + 17y = 23x + 23y

23. Two trains are running in opposite directions with the same speed. If
4x = 6y 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:
x 3
= .
y 2
A.10 B. 18
5. A train passes a station platform in 36 seconds and a man standing on C. 36 D.72
the platform in 20 seconds. If the speed of the train is 54 km/hr, what is the
length of the platform? Answer: Option C

A.120 m B. 240 m
C. 300 m D.None of these Explanation:

Answer: Option B Let the speed of each train be x m/sec.

Explanation: Then, relative speed of the two trains = 2x m/sec.

5 (120 + 120)
So, 2x =
Speed = 54 x 12
18
m/sec = 15 m/sec.
2x = 20
Length of the train = (15 x 20)m = 300 m.
x = 10.
Let the length of the platform be x metres.
18
Speed of each train = 10 m/sec = 10 x km/hr = 36 km/hr.
x + 300 5
Then, = 15
36

x + 300 = 540

x = 240 m.
24. 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
6. A train 240 m long passes a pole in 24 seconds. How long will it take to metres, in what time (in seconds) will they cross each other travelling in
pass a platform 650 m long? opposite direction?

A.65 sec B. 89 sec A.10 B. 12

C. 100 sec D.150 sec C. 15 D.20

Answer: Option B Answer: Option B

Explanation: Explanation:

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 120
Speed of the first train = m/sec = 12 m/sec.
10
240
Speed = 120
24
m/sec = 10 m/sec. Speed of the second train = m/sec = 8 m/sec.
15
240 + 650
Required time =
10 Relative speed = (12 + 8) = 20 m/sec.
sec = 89 sec.

(120 + 120)
7. Two trains of equal length are running on parallel lines in the same Required time = sec = 12 sec.
direction at 46 km/hr and 36 km/hr. The faster train passes the slower 20
train in 36 seconds. The length of each train is:
25. A train 108 m long moving at a speed of 50 km/hr crosses a train 112
A.50 m B. 72 m m long coming from opposite direction in 6 seconds. The speed of the
C. 80 m D.82 m second train is:

Answer: Option A A.48 km/hr B. 54 km/hr

C. 66 km/hr D.82 km/hr

Explanation:
Answer: Option D

Let the length of each train be x metres.

Explanation:

Then, distance covered = 2x metres.

Let the speed of the second train be x km/hr.

Relative speed = (46 - 36) km/hr

Relative speed= (x + 50) km/hr
5
5 = (x + 50) x m/sec
= 10 x 18
18
m/sec 250 + 5x
= m/sec.
18
25
=
9
m/sec Distance covered = (108 + 112) = 220 m.
2x 25
= 220
36 9
250 + 5x
=6
2x = 100 18

x = 50. 250 + 5x = 660

x = 82 km/hr.
8. A train 360 m long is running at a speed of 45 km/hr. In what time will
it pass a bridge 140 m long?
26. Two trains are running at 40 km/hr and 20 km/hr respectively in the
A.40 sec B. 42 sec same direction. Fast train completely passes a man sitting in the slower
C. 45 sec D.48 sec train in 5 seconds. What is the length of the fast train?
2
A.23 m B. 23 m
9
Answer: Option A
7
C. 27 m D.29 m
9
Explanation:
Answer: Option C
5
Formula for converting from km/hr to m/s: X km/hr = X x m/s. Explanation:
18

5 25 5 50
Therefore, Speed = 45 x = m/sec. Relative speed = (40 - 20) km/hr = 20 x m/sec = m/sec.
18 2 18 9
m/sec
50 250 7
Total distance to be covered = (360 + 140) m = 500 m. Length of faster train = x 5 m = m = 27 m.
9 9 9

Distance
Formula for finding Time =
Speed

500 x 2
27. A train overtakes two persons who are walking in the same direction
Required time = = 40 sec.
25 in which the train is going, at the rate of 2 kmph and 4 kmph and passes
sec them completely in 9 and 10 seconds respectively. The length of the train
is:
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 A.45 m B. 50 m
C. 54 m D.72 m

Answer: Option B
9. 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 seconds is: Explanation:

A.36 B. 45
5 5
C. 48 D.49
2 kmph = 2 x m/sec = m/sec.
18 9
Answer: Option C
5 10
Explanation: 4 kmph = 4 x m/sec = m/sec.
18 9

Relative speed = (60+ 90) km/hr

Let the length of the train be x metres and its speed by y m/sec.

5
= 150 x x x
18
m/sec Then, 5 = 9 and 10 = 10.
y- y-
9 9
125
=
3
m/sec. 9y - 5 = x and 10(9y - 10) = 9x

Distance covered = (1.10 + 0.9) km = 2 km = 2000 m. 9y - x = 5 and 90y - 9x = 100.

3 On solving, we get: x = 50.

Required time = 2000 x
125
sec = 48 sec.
Length of the train is 50 m.
10. A jogger running at 9 kmph alongside a railway track in 240 metres
ahead of the engine of a 120 metres long train running at 45 kmph in the 28. A train overtakes two persons walking along a railway track. The first
same direction. In how much time will the train pass the jogger? one walks at 4.5 km/hr. The other one walks at 5.4 km/hr. The train needs
A.3.6 sec B. 18 sec 8.4 and 8.5 seconds respectively to overtake them. What is the speed of the
C. 36 sec D.72 sec train if both the persons are walking in the same direction as the train?

Answer: Option C A.66 km/hr B. 72 km/hr

C. 78 km/hr D.81 km/hr

Explanation:
Answer: Option D

Speed of train relative to jogger = (45 - 9) km/hr = 36 km/hr.

5 5
4.5 km/hr = 4.5 x m/sec = m/sec = 1.25 m/sec, and
5 18 4
= 36 x
18
m/sec 5 3
5.4 km/hr = 5.4 x m/sec = m/sec = 1.5 m/sec.
18 2
= 10 m/sec.

Let the speed of the train be x m/sec.

Distance to be covered = (240 + 120) m = 360 m.

360 Then, (x - 1.25) x 8.4 = (x - 1.5) x 8.5

Time taken = = 36 sec.
10
sec 8.4x - 10.5 = 8.5x - 12.75

0.1x = 2.25
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? x = 22.5

A.230 m B. 240 m 18
C. 260 m D.320 m
Speed of the train = 22.5 x km/hr = 81 km/hr.
E. None of these 5
29. A train travelling at 48 kmph completely crosses another train having
Answer: Option A 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
Explanation:
A.400 m B. 450 m
Relative speed = (120 + 80) km/hr C. 560 m D.600 m

Answer: Option A
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 5 Let the length of the first train be x metres.
= 200 x
18
m/sec x
Then, the length of the second train is metres.
2
500
= 5
9
m/sec. Relative speed = (48 + 42) kmph = 90 x m/sec = 25 m/sec.
18

Let the length of the other train be x metres.

[x + (x/2)] 3x
= 12 or = 300 or x = 200.
25 2
x + 270 500
Then, =
9 9
Length of first train = 200 m.

x + 270 = 500
Let the length of platform be y metres.

x = 230.
5 40
Speed of the first train = 48 x m/sec = m/sec.
18 3
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? 3
(200 + y) x = 45
40
A.230 m B. 240 m
C. 260 m D.270 m
600 + 3y = 1800
Answer: Option D
y = 400 m.
Explanation:
30. 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
5 starts from B at 8 a.m. and travels towards A at a speed of 25 kmph. At
Speed = 72 x = 20 m/sec. what time will they meet?
18
m/sec
A.9 a.m. B. 10 a.m.
C. 10.30 a.m. D.11 a.m.
Time = 26 sec.

Answer: Option B
Let the length of the train be x metres.

Suppose they meet x hours after 7 a.m.

x + 250
Then, = 20
26
Distance covered by A in x hours = 20x km.
x + 250 = 520
Distance covered by B in (x - 1) hours = 25(x - 1) km.
x = 270.
20x + 25(x - 1) = 110
13. 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, then the speed 45x = 135
of the faster train is:
x = 3.
A.30 km/hr B. 45 km/hr
C. 60 km/hr D.75 km/hr
So, they meet at 10 a.m.
Answer: Option C
31. Two, trains, one from Howrah to Patna and the other from Patna to
Explanation: Howrah, start simultaneously. After they meet, the trains reach their
destinations after 9 hours and 16 hours respectively. The ratio of their
speeds is:
Let the speed of the slower train be x m/sec.

A.2 : 3 B. 4 : 3
Then, speed of the faster train = 2x m/sec.
C. 6 : 7 D.9 : 16

Relative speed = (x + 2x) m/sec = 3x m/sec.

Answer: Option B

(100 + 100)
= 3x
8

Let us name the trains as A and B. Then,

24x = 200

(A's speed) : (B's speed) = /b : /a = /16 : /9 = 4 : 3.

25
x= .
3

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 50
So, speed of the faster train = m/sec
3
Formulas
50 18
= x
3 5
km/hr

= 60 km/hr. 1. km/hr to m/s conversion:

14. Two trains 140 m and 160 m long run at the speed of 60 km/hr and 40 5
km/hr respectively in opposite directions on parallel tracks. The time (in a km/hr = a x m/s.
18
seconds) which they take to cross each other, is:

A.9 B. 9.6 2. m/s to km/hr conversion:

C. 10 D.10.8

18
Answer: Option D a m/s = a x km/hr.
5
Explanation:
3. Formulas for finding Speed, Time and Distance
5 250 4. Time taken by a train of length l metres to pass a pole or standing
Relative speed = (60 + 40) km/hr = 100 x = man or a signal post is equal to the time taken by the train to cover l
18 9 metres.
m/sec m/sec.
5. Time taken by a train of length l metres to pass a stationery object of
length b metres is the time taken by the train to cover (l + b) metres.
Distance covered in crossing each other = (140 + 160) m = 300 m. 6. Suppose two trains or two objects bodies are moving in the same
direction at u m/s and v m/s, where u > v, then their relative speed is
9 54 = (u - v) m/s.
7. Suppose two trains or two objects bodies are moving in opposite
Required time = 300 x = sec = 10.8 sec.
250 5 directions at u m/s and v m/s, then their relative speed is = (u + v)
sec m/s.
8. If two trains of length a metres and b metres are moving in opposite
directions at u m/s and v m/s, then:
15. 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 (a + b)
The time taken by the trains to cross each other = sec.
to that in which the train is going? (u + v)

A.5 sec B. 6 sec 9. If two trains of length a metres and b metres are moving in the same
C. 7 sec D.10 sec direction at u m/s and v m/s, then:

Answer: Option B (a +
The time taken by the faster train to cross the slower train
b) sec.
=
Explanation: (u - v)

Speed of train relative to man = (60 + 6) km/hr = 66 km/hr. 10. If two trains (or bodies) start at the same time from points A and B
towards each other and after crossing they take a and b sec in
reaching B and A respectively, then:
5
= 66 x
18 (A's speed): (B's speed) = (/b : /a)
m/sec

55 Directions to Solve
=
3
m/sec. Each of the questions given below consists of a statement and / or a question
and two statements numbered I and II given below it. You have to decide
3 whether the data provided in the statement(s) is / are sufficient to answer the
Time taken to pass the man = 110 x given question. Read the both statements and
55
sec = 6 sec.

 Give answer (A) if the data in Statement I alone are sufficient to

answer the question, while the data in Statement II alone are not
16. A train travelling at a speed of 75 mph enters a tunnel 3 miles long. sufficient to answer the question.
 Give answer (B) if the data in Statement II alone are sufficient to
The train is mile long. How long does it take for the train to pass answer the question, while the data in Statement I alone are not
through the tunnel from the moment the front enters to the moment the sufficient to answer the question.
rear emerges?
 Give answer (C) if the data either in Statement I or in Statement II
alone are sufficient to answer the question.
A.2.5 min B. 3 min
C. 3.2 min D.3.5 min  Give answer (D) if the data even in both Statements I and II together
are not sufficient to answer the question.

Answer: Option B
 Give answer(E) if the data in both Statements I and II together are
necessary to answer the question.
 1.
7 1 What is the speed of the train whose length is 210 metres?
Total distance covered= + miles I. The train crosses another train (Howrah Express/12869) of 300 metres
2 4
length running in opposite direction in 10 seconds.

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 15 II. The train crosses another train (Howrah Express/12869) running in the same
= miles.
4 direction at the speed of 60 km/hr in 30 seconds.

A.I alone sufficient while II alone not sufficient to answer
B. II alone sufficient while I alone not sufficient to answer
15 C. Either I or II alone sufficient to answer
Time taken= hrs D.Both I and II are not sufficient to answer
4 x 75
E. Both I and II are necessary to answer
1
= hrs
20 2.
1 What is the length of a running train crossing another 180 metre long train
= x 60 min. running in the opposite direction?
20
I. The relative speed of the two trains was 150 kmph.
= 3 min. II. The trains took 9 seconds to cross each other.

17. A train 800 metres long is running at a speed of 78 km/hr. If it crosses A.I alone sufficient while II alone not sufficient to answer
a tunnel in 1 minute, then the length of the tunnel (in meters) is: B. II alone sufficient while I alone not sufficient to answer
C. Either I or II alone sufficient to answer
A.130 B. 360 D.Both I and II are not sufficient to answer
C. 500 D.540 E. Both I and II are necessary to answer

Answer: Option C 3.
What is the length of a running train?
I. The train crosses a man in 9 seconds.
Explanation: II. The train crosses a 240 metre long platform in 24 seconds.

A.I alone sufficient while II alone not sufficient to answer

5 65
B. II alone sufficient while I alone not sufficient to answer
Speed = 78 x m/sec= m/sec.
18 3 C. Either I or II alone sufficient to answer
D.Both I and II are not sufficient to answer
E. Both I and II are necessary to answer
Time = 1 minute = 60 seconds.

Let the length of the tunnel be x metres.

800 + x 65
Then, =
60 3 1.
What is the speed of the train?
I. The train crosses a signal pole in 18 seconds.
3(800 + x) = 3900 II. The train crosses a platform of equal length in 36 seconds.
III. Length of the train is 330 metres.
x = 500.
A.I and II only
B. II and III only
18. A 300 metre long train crosses a platform in 39 seconds while it crosses C. I and III only
a signal pole in 18 seconds. What is the length of the platform? D.III and either I or II only
E. Any two of the three
A.320 m B. 350 m
C. 650 m D.Data inadequate 2.
What is the speed of the train?
Answer: Option B I. The train crosses a tree in 13 seconds.
II. The train crosses a platform of length 250 metres in 27 seconds.
III. The train crosses another train running in the same direction in 32 seconds.
300 50
Speed = m/sec = m/sec. A.I and II only
18 3
B. II and III only
C. I and III only
D.Any two of the three
Let the length of the platform be x metres.
E. None of these

x + 300 50 1.
Then, = At what time will the train reach city X from city Y?
39 3
I. The train crosses another train of equal length of 200 metres and running in
opposite directions in 15 seconds.
II. The train leaves city Y and 7.15 a.m. for city X situated at a distance of
3(x + 300) = 1950 558 km.
III. The 200 metres long train crosses a signal pole in 10 seconds.
x = 350 m.
A.I only
B. II only
19. A train speeds past a pole in 15 seconds and a platform 100 m long in C. III only
25 seconds. Its length is: D.II and III only
E. All I, II and III are required.
A.50 m B. 150 m
C. 200 m D.Data inadequate

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