Trains Running in Opposite Direction

Author:M. Tyra
UPSC CAPF AC Paper - I
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It takes 24 seconds for a train travelling at 93 kmph to cross entirely another train half its length travelling in opposite direction at 51 kmph. It passes a bridge in 66 seconds. What is the length of the bridge? (in m)

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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 per hour speed. Another train starts from B at 8 a.m. and travels towards A at a speed of 25 km per hour. At what time will they meet?

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A train, 100 metres long, moving at a speed of 50 kmph, crosses a train 120 metres long coming from opposite direction in 6 seconds. The speed of the second train is _____ kmph.

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Two trains running in the same direction at 40 kmph and 22 kmph completely pass one another in 1 minute. If the length of the first train is 125 metres, the length of the second train is _____ metres.

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Two trains are running in opposite directions with speeds of 62 kmph and 40 kmph respectively. If the length of one train is 250 metres and they cross each other in 18 seconds, the length of the other train is _____ metres.

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A train 100 metres in length passes a milestone in 10 seconds and another train of the same length travelling in opposite direction in 8 seconds. The speed of the second train is _____ kmph.

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Two trains, each 80 m long, pass each other on parallel lines. If they are going in the same direction, the faster one takes one minute to pass the other completely. If they are going in different directions, they completely pass each other in 3 seconds. Find the rate of each train in m per second.

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Two trains measuring 100 and 80 m respectively, run on parallel lines of rails. When travelling in opposite directions they are observed to pass each other in 9 seconds, but when they are running in the same direction at the same rates as before, the faster train passes the other in 18 seconds. Find the speed of the two trains in km per hour.

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Two trains running at the rates of 45 and 36 km an hour respectively, on parallel rails in opposite directions, are observed to pass each other in 8 seconds, and when they are running in the same direction at the same rate as before, a person sitting in the faster train observes that he passes the other in 30 seconds. Find the lengths of the trains.

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A train 75 metres long overtook a person who was walking at the rate of 6 km an hour, and passed him in 712 seconds. Subsequently it overtook a second person, and passed him in 634 seconds. At what rate was the second person travelling?

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How many seconds will a train 60 m in length, travelling at the rate of 42 km an hour, take to pass another train 84 m long, proceeding in the same direction at the rate of 30 km an hour?