Questions of Speed Trains and

Distances for Aptitude tests

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A train 140 m long running at 72
kmph.In how much time will it
pass a platform 260m long.

Total distance to cover = 140+260 = 400

time = distance / speed
speed in meters per second = 72 *5/18 = 20
meters per second
time = 400/20 = 20 seconds answer

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 A man is standing on a railway bridge which is 180
m.He finds that a train crosses the bridge in 20
seconds but himself in 8 sec. Find the length of the
train and its sppeed

Let us assume the length of train = X

the speed of train = x meters/8
180 meters are covered by train in (20-8)
seconds
180/12 = 15 meters per second.
Thus the length of train is : 15*8 = 120
meters. Answer
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 A train 150m long is running with a speed of 54 Km
per hour. In what time will it pass a man who is
running at a speed of 9 km ph in the same direction in
which the train is going

Speed of train = 54 * 5/18 = 15 meters per

second
speed of mann = 9 * 5/18 = 2.5 meters per
second
distance to cover = 150
time = 150/(15-2.5) =12 seconds answer
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 A train 220m long is running with a speed of 59 k m
ph ..In what time will it pass a man who is running at 4
kmph in the direction opposite to that in which train is
going.

Distance to cover = 220 meters

speed = 59+4 = 63 km per hour.
In meters per second = 63*5/18 = 17.5 meters
per second.
Time required : 220/17.5 =12.57 seconds.
Answer
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Two trains 137m and 163m in length are running towards
each other on parallel lines,one at the rate of 42kmph &
another at 48 mph.In wht time will they be clear of each
other from the moment they meet.

Distance to cover 137+163 = 300 meters

speed = 42+48 = 90 km per hour
speed in meters per second = 90 * 5/18 = 25
meters per second
time required = 300/25 = 12 seconds answer

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 A train running at 54 kmph takes 20 sec to pass a
platform. Next it takes 12 sec to pass a man walking at
6kmph in the same direction in which the train is
going.Find length of the train and length of platform

Solution :
Train v/s man
speed = 54 -6 = 48 km per hour
speed in m/s =48 * 5/18 = 13.33 m / s
length of train = 12*13.33 = 159.6 meters
speed for platform =54*5/18 = 15 m / s
length of platform+ train = 20*15 = 300
length of platform = 300 – 159 = 140 meters approx.

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 A man sitting in a train which is travelling at 50mph
observes that a goods train travelling in opposite
direction takes 9 sec to pass him .If the goods train is
150m long find its speed

Solution : -
Distance travelled = 150
speed =150/9 = 16.66 meters per second
or 16.66 * 18/5 = 60 km per hour approx.
Thus the speed of goods train is 60-50 = 10 km
per hour. Answer
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 Two trains are moving in the same direction at
65kmph and 47kmph. The faster train crosses a man
in slower train in18sec.the length of the faster train is

Solution : =
When the trains are going in same direction,
we take difference of their speed.
65-47 =18 km per hour or 5 meters per second
distance travelled =(time 18 seconds * speed 5
meters per second) = 18 * 5 = 90 meters.
Thus the length of faster train is 90 meters.
Answer
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A train overtakes two persons who are walking in the
same direction in which the train is going at the rate
of 2kmph and 4kmph and passes them completely in
9 sec and 10 sec respectively. The length of train is
Solution : -
let us assume the speed of train to be X.
(X-2) * 9/3600 = (X-4) *10/3600
9X – 18 = 10X – 40
X=22 km per hour.
thus distance travelled = (22-4) * 5/18 = 5 m/s
time=10 seconds so length of train = 5*10 = 50 meters.
Answer

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 Two stations A & B are 110 km apart on a straight line.
One train starts from A at 7am and travels towards B at
20kmph. Another train starts from B at 8am an travels toward
A at a speed of 25kmph.At what time will they meet

From 7 am to 8 am only A is travelling. It

would travel 20 km. Now 90 km is to be
covered. 90 / (20+25)
=2 hours
so at 10 am they will meet.

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A train travelling at 48kmph completely crosses another
train
having half its length an travelling inopposite direction at
42kmph
in12 sec.It also passes a railway platform in 45sec.the
length of platform is

Distance by 2 trains = (48+42) = 90 or 25 m/s

25 * 12=300 meters. So the length of train is 200 meters.
Platform : 48 * 5/18 =13.33 m/ s
45*13.33 = 600
so length of platform = 600-200=400 meters. Answer

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 Find the time taken by a train
180m long,running at 72kmph in
crossing an electric pole

Speed of train = 72 * 5/18 = 20 m / s

time required = 180/20 = 6 seconds. Answer

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Two concentric circles form a ring. The inner
and outer circumference of the ring are
352/7 m and 528/7m respectively. Find the
width of the ring.
Solution:
Formula of circumference = 2 Pi * radius
2 * 22/7 * radius = 352/7
radius = 8
Formula of circumference = 2 Pi * radius
2 * 22/7 * radius = 528/7
radius = 12
thus width of ring = 12-8 = 4 answer
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 Four circular cardboard pieces, each of radius 7cm
are placed in such a way that each piece touches two
other pieces. The area of the space encosed by the
four pieces is

Solution :
area of one circle = (22/7) * 7 * 7 =154
square of on one circle = 14*14 = 196
difference of area : 42
one side 42/4 =10.5
we have 4 cirlces, each has 10.5 cm of space enclosed, so
total space enclosed is 42 sq. cm. Answer

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 A semicircular shaped window
has diameter of 63cm. Its
perimeter equals

Circumference of circle = diameter * 22/7

= 63 * 22/7 = 198
it is semicircle so divide by 2 = 99
add diameter also – to denote one side : 99+63
= 162 cm answer

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 The length of the room is 5.5m and width is
3.75m. Find the cost of paving
the floor by slabs at the rate of Rs.800 per sq
meter.

Total area = 5.5 * 3.75

=20.63
multiply it by 800
=Rs.16500

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 The no of revolutions a wheel of
diameter 49 cm makes in traveling
a distance of 176m is

Solution :
circumference = 22/7 * 49 = 154
17600 / 154 = 114.29
thus the wheel will make 115 revolutions.
Answer

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.A cow s tethered in the middle of a field with a 14feet
long rope.If the cow grazes 100 sq feet per day, then
approximately what time will be taken by the cow to
graze the whole field?

Solution
Area 22/7 * 14 * 14 = 616
time required = 616/100 = 6.16
so cow will take little over 6 days to
completely graze the whole field. Answer

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A man runs round a circular field of radius 49m at the
speed of 120 m/hr. What is the time taken by the man
to take twenty rounds of the field?

Solution :
circumference = 2* 22/7 * 49 =308
total distance to be travelled = 308 * 20 = 6160
time required = 6160/120 =51.3 hours.

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 .The wheel of a motorcycle 70cm in diameter
makes 40 revolutions in every 10sec.
What is the speed of motorcycle in km/hr?

Speed covered in 1 seconds : 4 * 22/7 *70

=880 cm or 8.8 meters.
Speed in km per hour :
8.8 * 18/5 = 31.68 km per hour answer

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A wire can be bent in the form of
a circle of radius 56cm.
If it is bent in the form of a
square, then its area will be
Solution :
its circumference is : 2 * 22/7 *56
= 352
when you make a circle out of it, one side will be : 352/4
= 88
thus its area will be : 88*88 =7744 answer

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 The area of the largest triangle
that can be inscribed in a
semicircle of radius 2 is?

Area of triangle = Formula = 1/2 * base *

height
= ½ * (2+2) *2
=4 answer

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 A rectangular plot measuring 90 meters
by 50 meters is to be enclosed
by wire fencing. If the poles of the fence
are kept 5 meters apart. How many poles
will be needed?

The total boundary = 2(90+50)= 280

280/5 = 56
so we will need 56 poles

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 The length of a rectangular plot is 20
meters more than its breadth. If the cost
of fencing the plot @ 26.50 per meter is
Rs. 5300. What is the length of the plot in
meter?

Total fencing = 5300/26.5 = 200

2(L+B) = 200
2(B+20+B) = 200
2B+20=100 or B=40 and L=60
so length is 60 meters answer

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 A rectangular field is to be fenced on three sides
leaving a side of 20 feet uncovered.
If the area of the field is 680 sq feet, how many feet of
fencing will be required?

Length = X bredth = 20
20X =680, or X = 34
boundary =2(34+20)=108
but we will not cover one side =108-20=88
feet. Answer

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A rectangular paper when folded into two congruent parts had
a perimeter of 34cm for each part folded along one set of sides
and the same is 38cm. When folded along the other set of
sides. What is the area of the paper?

When we fold from mid of length

= L+2B=34
When we fold from mid of width
= 2L+B=38
add them = 3L+3B=72
L+B=24, where L =14, B=10
so area of paper =14*10 =140 answer

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A took 15 seconds to cross a rectangular field diagonally
walking at the rate of 52 m/min and B took the same time
to cross the same field along its sides walking at the rate
of 68m/min. The area of the field is?

Diagonal = 52*15/60=13
½ of perimeter=68*15/60=17
X+Y=17 -- 1st
X^2+Y^2 =169 -- 2nd
square of 1st equation:X^2+Y^2+2XY=289
2XY=120 or XY =60
thus area of field is 60 sq.meter.

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The cost of fencing a square field @ Rs. 20 per metre
is Rs.10.080.How much will it cost to lay a three
meter wide pavement along the fencing inside the
field @ Rs. 50 per sq m

Boundary = 10.08/.20 = 50.4

one side is 12.6 area : 158.76
area without pavement : (12.6-6)^2= 43.56
pavement = 115.2
cost = 115.2*.5 = Rs. 57.6 answer

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Aman walked diagonally across a square plot.
Approximately what was the percent
saved by not walking along the edges?

Let us assume that the side of square is 1. had

he walked along edges, he would have
travelled 2. he walked on diagonal so he
walked sqrt(2) = 1.41
thus he has saved (2-1.41) =.59
or we can say that he has saved 29.5% answer

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.A man walking at the speed of 4
km p.h. crosses a square field
diagonally in 30 minutes.
The area of the field is

The diagonal is 2 km or 2000 meters

side of square is : 2000/sqrt(2) =1414
area of field =2000000 sq. m. Or 200 hectares

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