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This section includes 74 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Problems on Trains knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
1. |
A 1200 m long train crosses a tree in 120 sec, how much time will I take to pass a platform 700 m long? |
A. | 180 sec |
B. | 190 sec |
C. | 170 sec |
D. | 175 sec |
Answer» C. 170 sec | |
2. |
A train is 360 meter long is running at a speed of 45 km/hour. In what time will it pass a bridge of 140 meter length? |
A. | 20 sec |
B. | 30 sec |
C. | 40 sec |
D. | 50 sec |
Answer» D. 50 sec | |
3. |
The two trains of lengths 400 m, 600 m respectively, running at same directions. The faster train can cross the slower train in 180 sec, the speed of the slower train is 48 km. then find the speed of the faster train? |
A. | 58 Kmph |
B. | 68 Kmph |
C. | 78 Kmph |
D. | 55 Kmph |
Answer» C. 78 Kmph | |
4. |
A train 400 m long can cross an electric pole in 20 sec and then find the speed of the train? |
A. | 65 Kmph |
B. | 70 Kmph |
C. | 72 Kmph |
D. | 75 Kmph |
Answer» D. 75 Kmph | |
5. |
A train crosses a platform of 120 m in 15 sec, same train crosses another platform of length 180 m in 18 sec. then find the length of the train? |
A. | 175 m |
B. | 180 m |
C. | 185 m |
D. | 170 m |
Answer» C. 185 m | |
6. |
A train 110 meters 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. | 4 |
B. | 6 |
C. | 5 |
D. | 9 |
Answer» C. 5 | |
7. |
The length of a train and that of a platform are equal. If with a speed of 90 k/hr, the train crosses the platform in one minute, then the length of the train (in meters) is: |
A. | 850 |
B. | 525 |
C. | 550 |
D. | 750 |
Answer» E. | |
8. |
A train 240 m long passed a pole in 24 sec. How long will it take to pass a platform 650 m long? |
A. | 65 sec |
B. | 89 sec |
C. | 100 sec |
D. | 150 sec |
Answer» C. 100 sec | |
9. |
A train covers a distance of 12 km in 10 min. If it takes 6 sec to pass a telegraph post, then the length of the train is? |
A. | 90 m |
B. | 100 m |
C. | 120 m |
D. | 140 m |
Answer» D. 140 m | |
10. |
A train running at the speed of 60 km/hr crosses a pole in 9 sec. What is the length of the train? |
A. | 120 m |
B. | None of these |
C. | Cannot be determined |
D. | 324 m |
Answer» C. Cannot be determined | |
11. |
How long does a train 110 m long running at the speed of 72 km/hr takes to cross a bridge 132 m length? |
A. | 9.8 sec |
B. | 12.1 sec |
C. | 12.42 sec |
D. | 14.3 sec |
Answer» C. 12.42 sec | |
12. |
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 |
Answer» B. 16 sec | |
13. |
In what time will a train 100 m long cross an electric pole, it its speed be 144 km/hr? |
A. | 2.5 sec |
B. | 4.25 sec |
C. | 5 sec |
D. | 12.5 sec |
Answer» B. 4.25 sec | |
14. |
How many seconds will a 500 meter 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 sec |
B. | 28 sec |
C. | 30 sec |
D. | 35 sec |
Answer» D. 35 sec | |
15. |
A train running at the speed of 60 km/hr crosses a pole in 9 seconds. Find the length of the train. |
A. | 150 m |
B. | 145 m |
C. | 140 m |
D. | 135 m |
Answer» B. 145 m | |
16. |
A train crosses a platform of 150 m in 15 sec, same train crosses another platform of length 250 m in 20 sec. then find the length of the train? |
A. | 150 m |
B. | 165 m |
C. | 155 m |
D. | 160 m |
Answer» B. 165 m | |
17. |
Two trains each of which is 100 m long moving in opposite direction to one another cross each other taking 8 seconds. If speed of one train is twice the speed of other |
A. | 48 km/hr |
B. | 30 km/hr |
C. | 60 km/hr |
D. | 40 km/hr |
Answer» D. 40 km/hr | |
18. |
A train runs across a post in 15 seconds and across a platform of length 100m in 25 seconds. Determine the length of this train: |
A. | 50 m |
B. | 200m |
C. | 130m |
D. | 150 m |
Answer» E. | |
19. |
Two trains 140 metres and 120 metres are running in the same direction with speeds 40 kmph and 60 kmph respectively. In what time will the faster train pass the slower one? |
A. | 0.60 minutes |
B. | 0.36 minutes |
C. | 0.78 minutes |
D. | 0.42 minutes |
Answer» D. 0.42 minutes | |
20. |
A train takes 20 seconds to pass completely through a station 160 m long and 15 seconds through another station 110 m long. Find the length of the train. |
A. | 100 m |
B. | 70 m |
C. | 60 m |
D. | 40 m |
Answer» E. | |
21. |
Two trains A and B leave Kolkata for Sikkim at 8:00 pm and 8:30 pm respectively and run at 90 km/hr and 120 km/hr, respectively. At what distance from Kolkata, will the two trains meet? |
A. | 450 kms |
B. | 180 kms |
C. | 150 kms |
D. | 360 kms |
Answer» C. 150 kms | |
22. |
Two trains A and B start from Jammu and Chennai towards Chennai and Jammu, respectively. From the moment they pass each other, they take 24 hrs 30 minutes and 18 hrs to reach Chennai and Jammu, respectively. The train from Jammu is running at 120 km/hr. What is the speed of the train starting from Chennai? |
A. | 150 km/hr |
B. | 140 km/hr |
C. | 165 km/hr |
D. | 160 km/hr |
Answer» C. 165 km/hr | |
23. |
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? |
A. | 150 m |
B. | 200 m |
C. | 350 m |
D. | 400 m |
Answer» D. 400 m | |
24. |
The length of the bridge, which a train 130 meters 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 |
Answer» D. 250 m | |
25. |
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 |
Answer» C. 7 sec | |
26. |
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 of the faster train is: |
A. | 30 km/hr |
B. | 45 km/hr |
C. | 60 km/hr |
D. | 75 km/hr |
Answer» D. 75 km/hr | |
27. |
Two trains 140 m and 160 m long run at the speed of 60 km/hr and 40 km/hr respectively in opposite directions on parallel tracks. The time (in seconds) which they take to cross each other, is: |
A. | 9 |
B. | 9.6 |
C. | 10 |
D. | 10.8 |
Answer» E. | |
28. |
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? |
A. | 230 m |
B. | 240 m |
C. | 260 m |
D. | 320 m |
Answer» B. 240 m | |
29. |
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? |
A. | 230 m |
B. | 240 m |
C. | 260 m |
D. | 270 m |
Answer» E. | |
30. |
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? |
A. | 3.6 sec |
B. | 18 sec |
C. | 36 sec |
D. | 72 sec |
Answer» D. 72 sec | |
31. |
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? |
A. | 40 sec |
B. | 42 sec |
C. | 45 sec |
D. | 48 sec |
Answer» B. 42 sec | |
32. |
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: |
A. | 36 |
B. | 45 |
C. | 48 |
D. | 49 |
Answer» D. 49 | |
33. |
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 |
Answer» C. 100 sec | |
34. |
A train passes a station platform 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. | 120 m |
B. | 240 m |
C. | 300 m |
D. | None of these |
Answer» C. 300 m | |
35. |
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 |
Answer» C. 3 : 4 | |
36. |
A man walks with 3kmph speed in the direction of a train. How much time will a 500m long train take to overtake him at a speed of 63kmph? |
A. | 42 seconds |
B. | 30 seconds |
C. | 50 seconds |
D. | 36 seconds |
Answer» C. 50 seconds | |
37. |
Two trains for Delhi leave Jaipur at 8:30 am and 9:00 am and travel at 60 km/hr and 75 km/hr respectively. How many km from Jaipur will the two trains meet? |
A. | 158 km |
B. | 150 km |
C. | 162 km |
D. | 148 km |
Answer» C. 162 km | |
38. |
Find the ratio of speed of truck to train if truck covers 550m in 1 minute and train covers 33 km in 45 min. |
A. | 4:3 |
B. | 3:4 |
C. | 2:1 |
D. | 1:2 |
Answer» C. 2:1 | |
39. |
Two trains are moving in the same direction at 50 km/hr and 30 km/hr. The faster train crosses a man in the slower train in 18 seconds. Find the length of faster train. |
A. | 125 meter |
B. | 100 meter |
C. | 110 meter |
D. | None of these |
Answer» C. 110 meter | |
40. |
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 |
Answer» B. 72 m | |
41. |
A train overtakes two boys who are running at the rate of 8 km/hr and 16 km/hr in the same direction as the train. The train completely passes them in 36 seconds and 40 seconds respectively. What is the length of the train? |
A. | 50 m |
B. | 100 m |
C. | 800 m |
D. | 200 m |
Answer» D. 200 m | |
42. |
Two trains A and B are moving in the same direction. A has speed of 8 km/h and B has speed of 13 km/h. What is relative speed of B with respect to A? |
A. | 2.5 km/hr |
B. | 5 km/hr |
C. | 21 km/hr |
D. | 10.5 km/hr |
Answer» C. 21 km/hr | |
43. |
With stoppage, the speed of a train is 36 km/hr. However without stoppage, it is 40 km/hr. Find out for how many minutes does the train stop per hour? |
A. | 6 minutes |
B. | 8 minutes |
C. | 10 minutes |
D. | 4 minutes |
Answer» B. 8 minutes | |
44. |
Stations A and B are 220 km apart. A train leaves towards station B with speed of 40 km/hr at 10 pm. Another train leaves towards station A from station B with speed of 50 km/hr at 11 pm. At what time both trains meet? |
A. | 12 pm |
B. | 2 am |
C. | 1 am |
D. | 1 pm |
Answer» D. 1 pm | |
45. |
A train is 31m long. It passes a platform which is 175 m long. What is the distance covered by the train in passing the platform? |
A. | 206 m |
B. | 144 m |
C. | 175/31 m |
D. | Cannot be determined |
Answer» B. 144 m | |
46. |
Stations M and N are 276 km part. At the exact same time, a train starts from M and other from N towards N and M respectively. These trains meet after 12 hours. The train travelling from M to N is slower by 14 km/hr in comparison to the other train. What is speed of slower train? |
A. | 5 km/hr |
B. | 13 km/hr |
C. | 7 km/hr |
D. | 4.5 km/hr |
Answer» E. | |
47. |
A train passes a stationary pole in 8 seconds. The train also passes a 200 m long bridge in 28 seconds. What is the length and the speed of the train? |
A. | Length = 200m; Speed = 36 m/s |
B. | Length = 160m; Speed = 20 m/s |
C. | Length = 80m; Speed = 10 m/s |
D. | Length = 100m; Speed = 20 m/s |
Answer» D. Length = 100m; Speed = 20 m/s | |
48. |
Two trains with lengths 126 m and 119 m respectively are moving towards each other. Their speeds are 12 m/s and 23 m/s, respectively. What will be the time needed by the trains to cross each other? |
A. | 35 seconds |
B. | 11 seconds |
C. | 210 seconds |
D. | 7 seconds |
Answer» E. | |
49. |
How long does a train 90 metres long running at the speed of 71 km/hr take to cross a bridge 132 metres in length? |
A. | 9.8 sec |
B. | 11.26 sec |
C. | 12.42 sec |
D. | 14.3 sec |
Answer» C. 12.42 sec | |
50. |
Two trains are traveling in the same direction at speeds of 50 kmph and 20 kmph respectively If the faster train passes the driver in the slower train in 20 seconds, What is the length of the faster train? |
A. | 150 m |
B. | 149 m |
C. | 162 m |
D. | 166 m |
Answer» E. | |