Boats and Train
Boats and Train
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BOATS AND TRAIN
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Q.1) A train covers 85m in passing a signal Q.5) A 440 m long train is running at 240
post. What is the length of the train? km/hr. In what time will it pass a man running
(a) 65m (b) 75m in the direction opposite to that of the train at
(c) 85m (d) 95m 24 km/hr?
(e) none of these (a) 9 sec (b) 6 sec
(c) 12 sec (d) 4 sec
Q.2) A 29 m long train passes a platform (e) none of these
which is 100 m long. Find the distance
discovered by the train in passing the Q.6) Two trains A and B start from Delhi and
platform. Patna towards Patna and Delhi, respectively.
(a) 119m (b) 129m After passing each other, they take 16 hour
(c) 130m (d) 140m and 9 hour to reach Patna and Delhi,
(e) none of these respectively. If the train from Delhi is moving
at 90 km/hr, then find the speed of the other
Q.3) 150 m long train running with the speed train (in km/hr)
of 90 km/hr to cross a bridge in 26 seconds. (a) 120 (b) 190
What is the length of the bridge? (c) 125 (d) 145
(a) 500 m (b) 600 m (e) none of these
(c) 659 m (d) 550 m
(e) none of these Q.7) Two trains running in opposite directions
cross a man standing on the platform in 54
Q.4) Two trains of length 80m & 90m are sec and 34 sec respectively and they cross
moving in opposite directions at 10 m/sec and each other in 46 sec. Find the ratio of their
7 m/sec, respectively. Find the time taken by speeds.
the trains to cross each other. (a) 3:2 (b) 2:3
(a) 8 sec (b) 10 sec (c) 5:3 (d) 3:5
(c) 12 sec (d) 6 sec (e) none of these
(e) none of these
Q.8) Two trains of same length take 6 sec and
9 sec, respectively to cross a pole. If both the
trains are running in the same direction, then a railway platform in 45 sec. The length of the
how long will they take to cross each other? platform is.
(a) 30 sec (b) 36 sec (a) 400m (b) 450m (c) 560m
(c) 40 sec (d) 42 sec (d) 600m (e) None of these
(e) none of these (e) none of these
Q.9) P and Q are 27 km away. Two trains Q.12) A train leaves Mumbai to Goa at 3:45
running at the speed of 24 km/hr and 18 pm and goes at a rate of 50 kmph. Another
km/hr respectively start simultaneously from train leaves Goa for Mumbai at 2:35 pm and
P and Q and travel in the same direction. They goes at the rate of 60kmph. If the distance
meet at a point R beyond Q. Distance QR is between Mumbai and Goa is 510km, at what
(a) 126 km (b) 81 km distance from mumbai will the two trains
(c) 48 km (d) 36 km meet?
(e) none of these (a) 200km (b) 150km (c) 145km
(d) 300km (e) None of these
Q.10) Two trains start at the same time from
station A and station B, which are 100 kms Q.13) A train P starts from Mokama at 5:00
apart, running at the speed of 50 km/hr and pm and reaches Hazipur at 6:00 pm. Another
75 km/hr respectively moving towards each train Q starts from Hazipur at 5:00 pm and
other. At what distance they meet with each reaches Mokama at 6:30 pm. At what time
other from station A? will two trains cross each other?
(a) 40 km (b) 20 km (a) 5:36pm (b) 4:36pm (c) 6:00pm
(c) 30 km (d) 25 km (d) 7:00pm (e) None of these
(e) none of these
Q.14) A train overtakes two girls who are
Q.11) A train travelling at 48km /hr walking in the opposite direction of the train
completely crosses another train having half- at the rate of 3 km/hr and 6km/hr and the
length of first train and travelling in opposite train passes them completely in 36 seconds
directions at 42km/ h in 12 sec. It also passes and 30 seconds respectively. The length of
the train is:
(a) 120 m (b) 150 m Q.18) A boatman takes twice as long to row a
(c) 125 m (d) 155 m distance against the stream as to row the
(e) none of these same distance with the stream. Find the ratio
of speeds of the boat in still water and the
Q.15) Two trains, of same length are running stream.
in parallel tracks in opposite directions with (a) 2 : 1 (b) 3 : 1
speeds 65 km/hr and 85 km/hr respectively. (c) 1 : 2 (d) 1: 3
They cross each other in 6 sec. The length of
each train is 19. Total time taken by a boat travelling from
(a) 100 m (b) 110 m A and B and B to A, is 1h 4mins. Speed of the
(c) 125 m (d) 150 m boat in still water is 12km/h and speed of the
(e) none of these current is 3km /h. What is the distance
between A to B?
Q.16) If the speed of a boat in still water is 8 (a) 6km (b) 14km
km/hr and the rate of stream is 4 km/hr, then (c) 10km (d) 4km
find upstream speed of the boat. (e) 8km
(a) 2 km/hr (b) 4 km/hr
(c) 8 km/hr (d) 6 km/hr 20. A boat travels 24kms upstream in 6hrs
(e) none of these and 20kms downtream in 4hrs.Then, the
speed of a boat in still water and speed of the
Q.17) A man can row downstream at 9km/hr current is respectively.
and upstream at 5 km/hr. Find the speed of a (a) 4kmph and 3kmph
man in still water and speed of current. (b) 4.5kmph and 0.5kmph
(a) 7 km/hr and 2 km/hr (c) 4kmph and 2kmph
(b) 8 km/hr and 6 km/hr (d) 5kmph and 2kmph
(c) 7 km/hr and 3 km/hr (e) None of these
(d) 8 km/hr and 2 km/hr
(e) none of these 21. The ratio of speed of a motorboat and the
current is 36:5. The boat goes along with the
current in 5h 10mins. It will come back in
(a) 5h 50min (b) 6h (c) 6h 50min 24km in 6hours. The ratio of speed of boat in
(d) 12h 10min (e) None of these still water and speed of current is
(a) 9:1 (b) 8:1 (c)
22. A boat goes 12kms in 1hr in still water. It 9:2
takes thrice time in covering the same (d) 8:3 (e) None of these
distance against the current. Find the speed
of the current. Q.26) What time will be taken by a boat to
(a) 8kmph (b) 12kmph (c) 6kmph cover a distance of 128 km along the stream,
(d) 7kmph (e) None of these if speed of a boat in still water is 24 km/hr
and speed of stream is 8 km/hr?
23. Two boats A and B start towards each (a) 8hr (b) 4hr
other from two places, 108km apart. Speeds (c) 7hr (d) 6hr
of the boats A and B in still water are 12kmph (e) None of these
and 15kmph, respectively. If A proceeds
downstream and B upstream, they will meet Q.27) A man can row 6 km/hr in still water. If
after the speed of current is 2km/hr, it takes 3 hrs
(a) 4.5h (b) 4h (c) 5.4h more in upstream than in the downstream for
(d) 6h (e) None of these the same distance. The distance is
(a) 30 km (b) 24 km
24. A boatman covers a distance of 10.2kms (c) 20 km (d) 32 km
downstream in 17 minutes. The speed of (e) None of these
boatman in Stillwater is 32 kmph. What
distance will he cover in 18minutes in Q.28) A boat goes 48 km downstream in 20
upstream? hrs. It takes 4 hrs more to cover the same
(a) 8.4km (b) 8.6km (c) 7.4km distance aganist the stream. What is the
(d) 7.6km (e) None of these speed of boat in still water?
(a) 2.2 km/hr (b) 2 km/hr
25. A boatman rows downstream a distance (c) 4 km/hr (d) 4.2 km/hr
of 30km in 6hours and upstream a distance of (e) None of these
Answers:
1.(c) 2. (b) 3. (a) 4. (b) 5. (b) 6. (a) 7. (a)
8. (b) 9. (b) 10. (a) 11. (a) 12. (a)
13. (a) 14. (b) 15. (c) 16. (b) 17. (a) 18.
(b) 19. (a) 20. (b) 21. (c) 22. (c)
23. (a) 24. (a) 25. (a) 26. (b) 27. (b) 28. (a)
29. (d) 30. (a) 17