Problem on trains
1. A train running at the speed of 56 km/hr crosses a pole in 18 seconds. What is the length of the
train?
a. 200m
b. 250m
c. 325m
d. 280m
2. It takes a 360 m long train 12 seconds to pass a pole. How long will it take to pass a platform 900 m long?
a. 40 seconds
b. 32 seconds
c. 42 seconds
d. 50 seconds
3. A 400m long train is running at 72 Kmph. how much time will it take to cross an electric pole?
A. 15sec
B. 20sec
C. 19sec
D. 21sec
4. A train 240 m long passes 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
5. 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
6. 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?
a. 320 m
b. 350 m
c. 650 m
d. Data inadequate
7. A train speeds past a pole in 15 seconds and a platform 100 m long in 25 seconds. Its length is:
a. 50 m
b. 150 m
c. 200 m
d. Data inadequate
8. 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. 69.5 km/hr
b. 70 km/hr
c. 79 km/hr
d. 79.2 km/hr
9. A train moving at 50 km/hr crosses a bridge in 45 seconds. The length of train is 150 meters. Find the length of
the bridge.
a. 525m
b. 545m
c. 575m
d. 500m
10. A train of length 240 meters crosses a pole in 12 seconds. In what time it will cross a platform of length 400
meters?
a. 28 seconds
b. 33 seconds
c. 42 seconds
d. 50 seconds
11. 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:
a. 45 km/hr
b. 50 km/hr
c. 54 km/hr
d. 55 km/hr
12. 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
13. A train of length 200 meters crosses a man running at 10 km/hr in the same direction in 10 seconds. What is the
speed of the train?
a. 72 km/hr
b. 95 km/hr
c. 85 km/hr
d. 82 km/hr
14. A train moving at 108 km/hr crosses a platform in 30 seconds. Then it crosses a man running at 12 km/hr in the
same direction of train in 9 seconds. What is the length of train and platform?
a. 200 & 600
b. 220 & 630
c. 240 & 660
d. 260 & 690
15. Two trains of length 140 meters and 166 meters are moving towards each other on parallel tracks at a speed of
50 km/hr and 60 km/hr respectively. In what time the trains will cross each other from the moment they meet?
a. 8
b. 9
c. 10
d. 11
