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11.

A man travels 450 km to his home partly by train and partly by car. He takes 8 hours 40 minutes if he travels 240 km by train and rest by car. He takes 20 minutes more if he travels 180 km by train and the rest by car. The speed of the car in km/hr is

  • 45

  • 50

  • 60

  • 60

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12.

A train 'B' speeding with 100 kmph crosses another train C, running in the same direction, in 2 minutes. If the length of the train B and C be 150 metre and 250 metre respectively, what is the speed of the train C (in kmph)?

  • 75

  • 88

  • 95

  • 95

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13.

A train, 200 m long is running at a speed of 54 km/hr. The time in seconds that will be taken by train to cross a 175 m long bridge is:

  • 12.5

  • 20

  • 25

  • 25

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14.

A train 100 m long is running at a speed of 120 km/hr. The time taken to pass a person standing near the lines is

  • 1 sec

  • 3 sec

  • 5 sec

  • 7 sec

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15.

A train 110 m long is running with a speed of 60 km/h. In what time will it pass a man who is running at 6 km/h in the direction opposite to that in which the train is going?

  • 5 sec

  • 6 sec

  • 7 sec

  • 10 sec

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16.

In what time will a train, 60m long, running at the rate of 36 km/h pass a telegraph post?

  • 9 sec

  • 8 sec

  • 7 sec

  • 6 sec


17.

A train, 300 m long, passed a man, walking along the line in the same direction at the rate of 3 km/h in 33 s. The speed of the train is

  • 30 km/h

  • 32 km/h

  • 32 8 over 11 space km divided by straight h

  • 35 8 over 11 space km divided by hr

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18.

If I walk at 5 km/h, I miss a train by 7 min. If, however, I walk at 6 km/h, I reach the station 5 min before the departure of the train. The distance (in km) between my house and the station is

  • 6

  • 5

  • 4

  • 3


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Shortcut Method:
   Distance space equals space fraction numerator left parenthesis Product space of space the space Speed right parenthesis over denominator left parenthesis Difference space of space the space speed right parenthesis end fraction space cross times space Difference space in space time
           equals space fraction numerator left parenthesis 5 space cross times space 6 right parenthesis over denominator left parenthesis 6 minus 5 right parenthesis end fraction space cross times space fraction numerator left parenthesis 7 plus 5 right parenthesis over denominator 60 end fraction
equals space 30 space cross times space 1 fifth space equals space 6 space km

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19.

With average speed of 40 km/h, a train reaches its destination in time. If it goes with an average speed of 35 km/h, it is late by 15 min. The total journey is

  • 30 km

  • 40 km

  • 70 km

  • 80 km

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