Problems On Trains for IBPS RRB Prelims Exam: 27th July 2018

Numerical Ability or Quantitative Aptitude Section has given heebie-jeebies to the aspirants when they appear for a banking examination. As the level of every other section is only getting complex and convoluted, there is no doubt that this section, too, makes your blood run cold. The questions asked in this section are calculative and very time-consuming. But once dealt with proper strategy, speed, and accuracy, this section can get you the maximum marks in the examination. Following is the Quantitative Aptitude quiz to help you practice with the best of latest pattern questions.

Q1. A 180 m long train crosses another 270 m long train running in the opposite direction in 10.8 seconds. If the shorter train crosses a pole in 12 seconds, what is the speed of longer train? 
(a) 98 km/hr
(b) 96 km/hr
(c) 90 km/hr
(d) 88 km/hr
(e) 78 km/hr


Q2. Modi has to reach a certain place at a certain time, he observes that he reaches 15 min late with speed 4 km/hr, and if he walks at 6 km/hr he reaches  10 min earlier , , How far he has to walk?
(a) 25 km
(b) 5 km
(c) 10 km
(d) 7 km
(e)15 km


Q3. Pankaj travelled a certain part of the journey with speed 5 km/h and then he took an auto travelling at 25 km/h  for the remaining part of the journey. He took 10 hours for the entire journey. What distance did he travelled by auto if the average speed of the entire journey be 17 km/h.
(a) 750 km
(b) 100 km
(c) 150 km
(d) 200 km
(e) 250 km


Q4. Train – A crosses a stationary train – B in 50 seconds and a pole in 20 seconds with the same speed. The length of the train – A is 240 metres. What is the length of the stationary Train-B?
(a) 360 metres
(b) 260 metres
(c) 300 metres
(d) Cannot be determined
(e) None of these


Q5. The ratio between the speed of a train and a car is 18 : 3 respectively. Also, a bus covered a distance of 480 kms in 12 hours. The speed of the bus is five–ninths the speed of the train. How much distance will the car cover in 5 hours? 
(a) 50 kms.
(b) 80 kms.
(c) 75 kms.
(d) 120 kms
(e) 60 kms


Q6. Train-A crosses a pole in 25 seconds and another Train-B crosses as pole in 1 minute and 15 seconds. The Length of the train-A is half the length of the train-B. What is the respective ratio between the speed of the train-A to the speed of train-B? 
(a) 3 : 2
(b) 3 : 4
(c) 4 : 3
(d) 5 : 4
(e) 4 : 7


Q7.  Train A travelling at 52 km/hr crosses another train B, having three fourth of its length and travelling in opposite direction at 38 km/hr in 14 seconds. Train A passed a railway platform in 36 seconds. Find the length of platform. 
(a) 200 m
(b) 300 m
(c) 320 m
(d) 400 m
(e) 450 m


Q8. A train can travel 20% faster than a bus. Both start from the point A at the same time and reach point B 75 km away from A at the same time. But the train stopped for 12.5 minutes while stopping at the stations. Find the speed of the bus in km/hr. 
(a) 50 km/hr
(b) 55 km/hr
(c) 60 km/hr
(d) 65 km/hr
(e) 70 km/hr


Q9. A train travels a distance of 600 km at a constant speed. If the speed of the train is increased by 5 km/hr, the journey would take 4 hrs less. Find the speed of the train.
(a) 100 km/hr
(b) 25 km/hr
(c) 50 km/hr
(d) 40 km/hr
(e) 60 km/hr


Q10.  Train A covers 180 km distance in 4 hours. Another train B covers the same distance in 1 hour less time than train A. What is the difference in the distances covered by these trains in one hour if they are moving in the same direction?
(a) 35 km
(b) 9 km
(c) 45 km
(d) 40 km
(e) 15 km


Directions (11-15): In these questions, two equations numbered I and II are given. You have to solve both the equations and give answer
(a) x ≥ y
(b) x ≤ y
(c) x < y
(d) x > y
(e) Relationship between x and y cannot be established 

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