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A train 100 m long is running at the speed of 30 km/hr. Find the time taken by it to pass a man
standing near the railway line.
A. 10 sec.
B. 12 sec.
C. 14 sec.
D. 16 sec.
Solution
= (30 x 5/18)m/sec
Speed of the train
= (25 / 3) m/sec.
Distance moved in passing
= 100 m.
the standing man
= 100 /( 25 / 3)
Required time taken
=(100 x 3 / 25) sec
= 12 sec.
1.

2.

A man sitting in a train which is travelling at 50 kmph observes that a

goods train, travelling in opposite direction, takes 9 seconds to pass him.
If the goods train is 280 m long, find its speed.
A. 52 kmph.
B. 62 kmph.
C. 72 kmph.
D. 80 kmph.

Solution
A train 150 m long is running with a apecd of 68 kmph. In what time will it pass a man who is
running at 8 kmph in the same direction in which the train is going?
A. 6sec.
B. 7sec.
C. 9sec.
D. 11sec.
Solution
=( 68 - 8 )
= 60 Kmph
Speed of the train relative to man
= 60 x 5 / 18
=50/3 m/sec.
= (112 - 50)kmph
Time taken by it to cover 150 m at (50 /3)m/sec
= (150 x 3/50)sec
= 9 sec.
3.

4.

A train moves with a speed of 108 kmph.Its speed in metres per second
is
A. 10.8
B. 18
C. 30
D. 38.8

Solution
= 108 Kmph
Speed
= (108 x 5/18)m/sec
= 30 m/sec.
5.

Two trains travel in opposite directions at 36 kmph and 45 kmph and a

man sitting in slower train passes the faster train in 8 seconds. The
length of the faster train is
A. 80 m
B. 100 m
C. 120 m
D. 180 m
Solution
Relative Speed
Length of the train

= (36 + 45) km/hr

= (81 x 5/18) m/sec
= (45/2) m/sec
= (45 / 2 x 8) m
= 180 m.

6.
A train 220 m long is running with a speed of 59 kmph. In what time will it pass a man who is
running at 7 kmph in the direction opposite to that in which the train is going ?
A. 10 sec.
B. 12 sec.
C. 14 sec.
D. 16 sec.
Solution
Speed of the train
Time taken by it cover 220 m

7.

= (59 + 7) Kmph
= (66 x 5/18) m/sec
= (55 / 3 )m/sec
= (220 x 3 /55)sec
= 12 sec

Two stations A and B are 110 km apart on a straight line. One train starts
from A at 7 a.m. and travels towards B at 20 kmph. Another train starts
from B at 8 a.m. and travels towards A at a speed of 25 kmph. At what
time will they meet ?
A. 9 a.m
B. 10 a.m
C. 10-30 a.m
D. 11 a.m

Solution
Distance covered by A in x hours

= 20 x km

Distance covered by B in (x - 1) hours

= 25 (x - 1) km
= 20x + 25 (x - I)
= 110
= 45x = 135

x = 3. So, they meet at 10 a.m

8.

A train 108 m long moving at a speed of 50 km / hr crosses a train 112

m long coming from opposite direction in 6 seconds. The speed of the

second train is
A. 48km/hr
B. 54 km/hr
C. 66km/hr
D. 82km/hr
Solution
= (x + 50) km/ hr
=(x + 50) x 5/18 m/sec
= 250 + 5 x /18]m/sec
= (108 + 112) m
= 220 m

Relative speed
Distance covered

= 220 / (250 + 5x / 18) = 6

= 250 + 5 x= 660
= 82 km / hr.
How long does a train 110 metres long running at the speed of 72 km /
hr take to cross a bridge 132 metres in length ?
A. 9.8 sec
B. 12.1 sec
C. 12.42 sec
D. 14.3 sec

9.

Solution
Speed
Total Distance covered
Required time

= (72 x 5/18 )m/sec

= 20 m/ sec
= (110 + 132) m
= 242 m
= (242 / 60) sec
= 12.1 sec

In what time will a train 100 metres long cross an electric pole, if its
speed be 144 km/hr ?
A. 2.5 sec
B. 4.25 Sec
C. 5 sec
D. 12.5 sec

10.

Solution
Speed
Time taken

= (144 x 5 /18) m/sec

= 40 m / sec
= (100 /40) sec
= 2.5 sec.

11.
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.
Solution
Speed
Time taken

12.

= (63 x 5/18) m/sec

= 35/2 msec
= (280 x 2 /35)m/sec
= 16 sec.

A train running at the speed of 60 km/hr crosses a pole in 9 seconds.

What is ihe length of the train ?
A. 120 metres
B. 180 metres
C. 324 metres
D. None of these

Solution
Speed
Length of the train

13.

= (60 x 5/18) m/sec

= (50 / 3) m/sec
= (speed x Time )
= (50/3 x 9) m
= 150 m.

A jogger running at 9 kmph alongside a railway track is 240 metres

ahead of the engine of a 120 metre 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

Solution
Speed of train relative to jogger

Distance covered
Time taken

14.

Solution

= (45 - 9) km/hr
= 36 km/hr
= (36 x 5/18) m/sec
= 10 m/sec
= (240+120) m
= 360 m
= (360 / 10)sec
= 36 sec.

Two goods train each 500 m long, arc running in opposite directions on
parallel tracks. Their speeds are 45 km /hr and 30 km/hr respectively
Find the time taken by the slower train to pass the driver of the faster
one.
A. 12 sec
B. 24 sec
C. 48 sec
D. 60 sec

Relative speed
Total Distance covered
Required time

15.

= (45 + 30 )km/hr
= (75 x 5/18)m/sec
=(125 / 6) m/sec
= (500 + 500) m
= 1000 m
= (1000 x 6 /125)sec
= 48 sec

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

Solution
= (120 + 80)km/hr
Relative Speed

= (200 x 5/18)m/sec
= (500 / 9)m/sec

Let the length of the other train be x metres

Then, x + 270 / 9
x + 270 = 500
x = 230.

16.
Two trains travel in opposite directions at 36 kmph and 45 kmph and a man sitting in slower train
passes the faster train in 8 seconds. The length of the faster train is
A. 80 m
B. 100 m
C. 120 m
D. 180 m
Solution
Relative speed
Length of the train

17.

= (36 + 45) km/hr

= (81 x 5/18) m/sec
= (45 / 2) m/sec
= (45 / 2 x 8) m
= 180 m.

A train 132 m long passes a telegraph pole in 6 seconds. Find the speed
of the train
A. 70 km/hr
B. 72 km/hr
C. 79.2 km/hr
D. 80 km/hr

Solution
= (132 / 6) m/sec
Speed
= (22 x 18 /5)km/hr
= 79.2 km/hr
18.

A train 240 m long passed 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

Solution
Speed
Required time

19.

= (240 / 24) m/sec

= 10 m/sec
= (240 + 650/10) sec
= 89 sec.

A train of length 150 metres takes 40.5 seconds to cross a tunnel of

length 300 metres. What is the speed of the train in km/hr ?
A. 13 33
B. 26.67
C. 40
D. 66.67

Solution
=(150 + 300 / 40.5)m/sec
=(450/40.5x18/
speed
5) km/hr
= 40 km/hr

20.

In what time will a train 100 metres lomg cross an electric pole, if its
speed be 144 km/hr?
A. 2.5 seconds
B. 4.25 seconds
C. 5 seconds
D. 12.5 seconds

Solution
Speed
Time taken

= (144 x 5 / 18)m/sec
= (100 /40 ) sec
= 2.5 sec

1.
Two trains, one from Howrah to Patna and the other from Patna to Howrah, start simultaneously.
After they meet, the trains reach their destinations after 9 hours and 16 hours respectively The
ratio of their speeds is
A. 2 : 3
B. 4 : 3
C. 6 : 7

D. 9 : 16
Solution
Let us name the trains
as A and B.

22.

= (A'S speed) : (B's speed)

=b : a
= 16 : 9
=4:3

Two trains 100 meters and 120 meters long aer running in the same
diredtion with speeds of 72 km/hr and 54 km/hr. In how much time will
the first train cross the seconds?
A. 40 sec
B. 44 sec
C. 46 sec
D. 48 sec

Solution
Relative Speed of trains

Time taken to cover

23.

= (72 - 54) km/hr

= 18 km/hr
= (18 x 5 /18) km/hr
= 5 m /sec.
= (100 + 120) m/sec
= (220 / 5 ) sec
= 44 sec

A train 220 m long is running with a speed of 59 kmph. In what time

will it pass a man who is running at 7 kmph in the direction opposite to
that in which the train is going ?
A. 12 sec
B. 15 sec
C. 16 sec
D. 18 sec

Solution
= (59 + 7) kmph
Speed of the train
Time taken by it cover 220m at (55/3) m/sec

24.

Solution

= (66 x 5 /18) m/sec

= (55 / 3) m/sec.
= (220 x 3/55) sec
= 12 sec.

A train 360 m long is running at a speed of 45 km/hr. In what time it will

it pass a bridge 140 m long?
A. 40 sec
B. 42 sec
C. 45 sec
D. 48 sec

speed
Total distance covered
Required time

25.

=(45 + 5 / 18)m/sec
=(25 / 2)m/sec
=(360 + 140 )m
=500 m
=(500 x 2 / 25)sec
= 40 sec.

A train covers a distance of 12 km in 10 minutes. If it takes 6 seconds to

pass a telegraph post, then the length of the train is
A. 90 m
B. 100 m
C. 120 m
D. 140 m

Solution
Speed

Length of the train

= (12 / 10 x 60)km/hr
= (72 x 5/18) m/sec
= 20 m/sec.
= (speed x time )
= (20 x 6)m
= 120 m.
26.

A speed of 14 metres per second is the same as

A. 28 km.hr
B. 46.6 km/hr
C. 50.4 km/hr
D. 70 km/hr
Solution
= 14 m / sec
Speed
=(14 x 18 / 5)km/hr
= 50.4 km/hr

27.

Solution

A train travelling at a speed of 75 mph enters a tunnel 3 1/2 miles long.

The train is 1/4 mile long. How long does it take for the train to pass
through the tunnel from the moment the front enters to the moment the
rear emerges ?
A. 2.5 min
B. 3 min
C. 3.2 min
D. 3.5 min

Total distance covered

Time taken

28.

= (7/2 + 1/4) miles

= 15 / 4 miles
= (18 x 5 /18) km/hr
= (15 / 4 x 75) hrs
= 1 /20 hrs
= (1 / 20 x 60)
= 3 min.

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. None of these

Solution
= (300 / 18) m/sec
= (50 / 3) m/sec.
Length of the platform be x metres.
= x + 300 /39
= 50 / 3 m/sec
Then
= 3 (x + 300) =1950 .
= 350 m
Speed

29.

A train takes 18 seconds to pass completely through a station 162 m

long and 15 seconds through another station 120 m long. The length of
the train is
A. 70 m
B. 80 m
C. 90 m
D. 100 m

Solution

Let the length of the train be x metres.

30.

Solution

= x + 162 / 18
= x + 120 / 15
= 15( x+162)
= 18(x+120)
x= 90.

How many seconds will a 500 metre long train take to cross a man
walking with a speed of 3 krn/hr in the direction of the moving train if
the speed of the train is 63 km/hr ?
A. 25
B. 30
C. 40
D. 45

Speed of train relatively to man

Time taken to pass the man

= ( 63 - 3)km/hr
= 60 km /hr
= (60 x 5 / 18)m/sec
= (50 /3) m/sec
= (500 x 3 / 50)sec
= 30 sec.

31.
Two trains 200 m and 150 m long are running on parallel rails at the rate of 40 kmph and 45
kmph respectively. In how much time will they cross each other, if they are running in the same
direction ?
A. 72 sec
B. 132 sec
C. 192 sec
D. 252 sec
Solution
Relative Speed

Time taken

32.

= (45 - 40 ) Kmph
= 5 kmph
=(5 x 5 / 18)m/sec
= (25 / 18 ) m/sec
= (350 x 18 / 25) sec
= 252 sec.

30. A train 110 m long passes a man, running at 6 kmph in the direction
opposite to that of the train, in 6 seconds The speed of the train is
A. 54 km/hr
B. 60 km/hr
C. 66 km/hr
D. 72 km/hr

Solution
Speed of the train relative to man

= (110 / 6 ) m/sec
= (110 / 6 x 18 /5) km/hr
= 66 km/hr

speed of the train be x kmph.

Relative Speed

=(x + 6 ) kmph.
= x + 6 = 66
x = 60.

Verbal - Coding and Decoding -> Letter Coding

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Definitions

Letter Coding

Number Coding

DIRECTIONS : In these questions, the real alphabets in a word are replaced by certain other
alphabets according to a specific rule to form its code.
In a code, CORNER is written as GSVRIV. How can CENTRAL be
1.
written in that code?
A. DFOUSBM
B. GIRXVEP
C. GNFJKER
D. None of these
Which of the following words would correctly decode the word ZHOFRPH if the simple
2.
alphabet shifting code is used?
A. ARTISTS
B. COMPUTE
C. MAILING
D. MAILING
3. If people is coded as PLPOEE, how is trend coded?
A. TNERD
B. DNERT
C. NDETR
D. TRDNE
4. In a code, CORNER is written as GSVRIV. How can CENTRAL be written in that code?
A. DFOUSBM
B. GIRXVEP
C. GNFJKER
D. None of these
5. In a certain code, TRIPPLE is written as SQHOOKD. How is DISPOSE written in that code?
A. CHRONRD
B. DSOESPI
C. ESJTPTF
D. ESOPSID
In a certain code, COMPUTER is written as RFUVQNPC. How is MEDICINE written in the
6.
same code?
A. EOJDJEFM
B. EOJDEJF
C. MFEJDJOE
D. MFEDJJOE
7. If FRAGRANCE is written as SBHSBODFG, how can IMPOSING be written?
A. NQPTJHOJ
B. NQPTJOHI
C. NQTPJOHJ
D. NQPTJOHJ
8. If VICTORY is coded as YLFWRUB, how can SUCCESS be coded?
A. VXEEIVV
B. VXFFHVV
C. VYEEHVV
D. VYEFIVV
9. If in a certain language KINDLE is coded as ELDNIK, how is EXOTIC coded in that code?
A. EXOTLC
B. CXOTIE
C. COXITE
D. CITOXE

According to a military code, SYSTEM is SYSMET and NEARER is AENRER. What is the
code for fraction?
A. CARFTINO
B. CARFNOIT
C. FRACNOIT
D. ARFCNOIT
In a certain code INSTITUTION is written as NOITUTITSNI. How is PERFECTION
11.
written in that code?
B.
A. NOICTERFREP
NOITCEFERP
D.
C. NOITCEFRPE
NOITCEFREP
In a certain language ,MADRAS is coded as NBESBT, how is BOMBAY coded in that
12.
code?
A. CPNCBX
B. CPNCBZ
C. CPOCBZ
D. CQOCBZ
In a code language if TRAINS is coded as RTIASN, how PISTOL will be coded in the same
13.
language?
A. SITLOP
B. IPSTLO
C. SIPTLO
D. IPTSLO
14. If JOSEPH is coded as FKOALD, then GEORGE will be coded as
A. CADMNO
B. CAKNIT
C. CAKNCA
D. JAKINS
15. If POND is coded as RSTL, how is HEAR written in that code?
A. GHIJ
B. GHIZ
C. JIGZ
D. JCLZ
10.

Verbal - Coding and Decoding -> Number Coding

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Definitions

Letter Coding

Number Coding

DIRECTIONS : In these questions, either numerical code values are assigned to a word or
alphabetical code letters are assigned to the numbers.
If PAINT is coded as 74128 and EXCEL is coded as 93596, then how would you encode
1.
ACCEPT?
A. 455978
B. 547978
C. 554978
D. 735961
If the letters in PRABA are coded as 27595, and THILAK are coded as 368451, how can
2.
BHARATHI be coded?

A. 37536689
B. 57686535
C. 96575368
D. 96855368
3. If GIVE is coded as 5137 and BAT is coded as 924, how is GATE coded?
A. 5427
B. 5724
C. 5247
D. 2547
4. If Go =32, SHE = 49, then SOME will be equal to
A. 56
B. 58
C. 62
D. 64
If ROSE is coded as 6821, CHAIR is coded as 73456 and PREACH is coded as 961473, what
5.
will be the code for SEARCH?
A. 246173
B. 214673
C. 214763
D. 216473
6. TENANT
A. 956169
B. 196247
C. 352123
D. 312723
7.
SEDATE
A. 918731
B. 954185
C. 814195
D. 614781
8. NEATNESS
A. 25196577
B. 21732199
C. 21362199
D. 21823698
9.
ARREST
A. 744589
B. 744193
C. 166479
D. 745194
10.
ENDEAR
A. 524519
B. 174189
C. 128174
D. 124179