Problems on Trains

A thief spots a policeman 100 m away and takes to his heels. If the police man gives a chase immediately, then how far would the thief have run before he is over taken? The speeds of the theif and policeman are 8 kmph and 10 kmph respectively.

• 450 m

• 500 m

• 400 m

• 300 m

A train crosses a Platform of length 99m in 13.5s and a man standing in the platform in 9s. Find the length of the train :

• 145 m

• 150 m

• 184 m

• 198 m

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 seconds and 10 seconds respectively. The length of the train (in metres)

• 45 m

• 50 m

• 54 m

• 72 m

A train 150m long, travelling at 75 kmph overtakes another train travelling in the same direction at 45 kmph. In how many seconds does the first train pass a passenger sitting in the second train? If the first train passes the second completely in 30 seconds, then find the length of the second train.

• 125 m

• 150 m

• 154 m

• 100 m

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:

• 1:2

• 3:2

• 1:3

• 2:3

A 300 meter long train crosses a platform in 39 seconds while it crosses a signal pole in 18 seconds. What is the length of the platform.

• 450 m

• 400 m

• 350 m

• 300 m

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?

• 23 m

• 23 2/9 m

• 27 7/9 m

• 29 m

A train M leaves Meerut at 5 m. and reaches Delhi at 9 m. Another train leaves Delhi at 7 m. and reaches Meerut at 10.30 m. At what time do the two trains cross each other?

• 7:56 a.m

• 7:36 a.m

• 6:36 a.m

• 6:56 a.m

A car starts from Hyderabad and moves towards Bangalore and at the same time, another car starts from Bangalore and moves towards Hyderaba~~ After crossing each other, they take 361 and 400 mins respectively to reach their destinations. What will be the speed of the first car, if the speed of second car is 76 kmph?

• 66 km/hr

• 110 km/hr

• 132 km/hr

• 57 km/hr

The jogging track in a sports complex is 726 m in circumference. Suresh and his wife start from the same point and walk in opposite direction at 4.5 km/hr and 3.75 km/hr respectively. They will meet for the first time in:

• 5.28 mins

• 6.28 mins

• 7.25 mins

• 8.25 mins