TIME, SPEED AND DISTANCE (TRAIN, BOAT & STREAM) (QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE) EPFO UPSC

Total Questions: 35

11. A train running at speed of 90 km per hour crosses a platform double its length in 36 seconds. What is the length of the platform in meters ?

Correct Answer: (c) 600
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12. A car travels a distance of 75 km at the speed of 25km/ hr. It covers the next 25 km of its journey at the speed of 5 km/ hr and the last 50 km of its journey at the speed of 25 km/ hr. What is the average speed of the car?

Correct Answer: (c) 15 km/hr
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13. Raman drove from home to another town at the speed of 50km/hr and on his return journey, he drove at the speed of 45km/hr and took an hour longer to reach home. What distance did he cover each way?

Correct Answer: (a) 450 km  
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14. A 240 - meter long train running at the speed of 60 kmph will take how much time to cross another 270 - meter long train running in the opposite direction at the speed of 48 kmph ?

Correct Answer: (a) 17 seconds
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15. Buses start from a bus terminal with a speed of 20 km/hr at intervals of 10 minutes. What is the speed of a man coming from the opposite direction towards the bus terminal if he meets the buses at intervals of 8 minutes ?

Correct Answer: (c) 5 km/hr
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16. A train, 300 m long, passed a man, walking along the line in the same direction at the rate of 3 km/hr in 33 seconds. The speed of the train is

Correct Answer: (d)
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17. In a 100m race, Kamal defeats Bimal by 5 seconds. If the speed of Kamal is 18 kmph, then the speed of Bimal is

Correct Answer: (c) 14.4 kmph
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18. A train, 240 m long crosses a man walking along the line in opposite direction at the rate of 3 kmph in 10 seconds. The speed of the train is

Correct Answer: (c) 83.4 kmph
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19. A boatman rows 1 km in 5 minutes, along the stream and 6 km in 1 hour against the stream. The speed of the stream is

Correct Answer: (a) 3 kmph
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20. A man can row 6 km/h in still water. If the speed of the current is 2 km/h, it takes 3 hours more in upstream than in the downstream for the same distance. The distance is

Correct Answer: (b) 24 km
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