Time Speed and Distance (Railway Maths) (Part – V)

Total Questions: 50

31. 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 km/h. Another train starts from B at 8 a.m. and travels towards A at a speed of 25 km/h. At what time will they meet? [RRB JE 25/05/2019 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (c) 10 a.m.
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32. Ratio of speeds of two vehicles is 7 : 8. If the second vehicle covers 400 km in 5 hours, what is the speed of the first vehicle? [RRB JE 26/05/2019 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (a) 70 km/h
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33. A boatman covers a distance of 24 km against water current and 36 km along the water current and takes 6 hours each time. Find the speed of water current. [RRB JE 26/05/2019 (Afternoon) ]

Correct Answer: (a) 1 km/h
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34. A train moving with a speed 54 km/h crosses a platform and a man on the platform in 36 seconds and 20 seconds respectively. How long is the platform? [RRB JE 26/05/2019 (Afternoon) ]

Correct Answer: (b) 240 m
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35. A person travels from P to Q at a speed of 50 km/h for 30 minutes. He then increases his speed to 60 km/h and reaches his destination R in 20 minutes. What is his average speed for the whole journey? [RRB JE 26/05/2019 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (c) 54 km/h
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36. Two trains of equal lengths take 10 seconds and 15 seconds respectively to cross a telegraph post. If the length of each train is 120 m, in what time will they cross each other traveling in the opposite direction? [RRB JE 27/05/2019 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (a) 12 seconds
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37. Two motorists travelling in opposite directions meet at some point in between. After this, they take 9 and 16 hours to reach their respective destinations. What is the ratio of their speeds? [RRB JE 28/05/2019 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (c) 4 : 3
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38. A man takes twice as long to go upstream as to row downstream. What is the ratio of speed of boat in still water and the speed of stream? [RRB JE 28/05/2019 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (b) 3 : 1
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39. P and Q run around a circular track of 240m at 15m/min and 20m/min speeds respectively. If they start running simultaneously, after what time will they meet again at the starting point? [RRB JE 29/05/2019 (Morning) ]

Correct Answer: (d) 48 minutes
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40. Two trains 100 m and 120m in length are moving in opposite direction, with speeds 18 m/s and 15 m/s respectively. In what time will they cross each other? [RRB JE 30/05/2019 (Morning) ]

Correct Answer: (a) 6.7 seconds
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