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  • Question
  • A train speeds past a pole in 15 seconds and a platform 100 m long in 25 seconds. Its length is:


  • Options
  • A. 50 m
  • B. 150 m
  • C. 200 m
  • D. Data inadequate

  • Correct Answer
  • 150 m 

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

    Then, x = 15     ⟹     y = x .
    y 15

    x + 100 = x
    25 15

    ⟹ 15(x + 100) = 25x

    ⟹ 15x + 1500 = 25x

    ⟹ 1500 = 10x

    x = 150 m.


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    • 1. 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:

    • Options
    • A. 45 km/hr
    • B. 50 km/hr
    • C. 54 km/hr
    • D. 55 km/hr
    • Discuss
    • 2. A 300 metre long train crosses a platform in 39 seconds while it crosses a signal pole in 18 seconds. What is the length of the platform?

    • Options
    • A. 320 m
    • B. 350 m
    • C. 650 m
    • D. Data inadequate
    • Discuss
    • 3. 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:

    • Options
    • A. 130
    • B. 360
    • C. 500
    • D. 540
    • Discuss
    • 4. 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?

    • Options
    • A. 25
    • B. 30
    • C. 40
    • D. 45
    • Discuss
    • 5. 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:

    • Options
    • A. 10
    • B. 18
    • C. 36
    • D. 72
    • Discuss
    • 6. 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 same direction. In how much time will the train pass the jogger?

    • Options
    • A. 3.6 sec
    • B. 18 sec
    • C. 36 sec
    • D. 72 sec
    • Discuss
    • 7. 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?

    • Options
    • A. 69.5 km/hr
    • B. 70 km/hr
    • C. 79 km/hr
    • D. 79.2 km/hr
    • Discuss
    • 8. 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?

    • Options
    • A. 230 m
    • B. 240 m
    • C. 260 m
    • D. 320 m
    • E. None of these
    • Discuss
    • 9. 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?

    • Options
    • A. 5 sec
    • B. 6 sec
    • C. 7 sec
    • D. 10 sec
    • Discuss
    • 10. 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:

    • Options
    • A. 36
    • B. 45
    • C. 48
    • D. 49
    • Discuss


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