CET Trains and Boats Questions with Solutions – Page 4
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A jogger running @ 9 km/ph alongside a railway track is 240 metres ahead of the engine of a 120 metre long train which is running @ 45 km/ph in the same direction. In how much time will the train pass the jogger ?
- 36 seconds
- 25 seconds
- 28 seconds
- 32 seconds
- 48 seconds
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Answer: A. 36 seconds
The speed of a boat in still water is 5 km/hr. If it takes thrice as much time in going 20 km upstream as in going the same distance downstream, find the speed of the stream :
- 5.5kmph
- 2.5kmph
- 6.5kmph
- 15.5kmph
- 3.5kmph
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Answer: B. 2.5kmph
A boat takes 8 hrs upstream and 6 hrs downstream. Current speed = 4 kmph. Find boat speed in still water.
- 28 kmph
- 8 kmph
- 32 kmph
- 30 kmph
- 14 kmph
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Answer: A. 28 kmph
A train 400 m long overtakes a man walking at 5 km/h in the same direction in 40 seconds. The train reaches a station 20 minutes after it has overtaken the man. How long after being overtaken will the man reach the station?
- 2 hr 24 min 48 sec
- 2 hr 24 min 42 sec
- 2 hr 30 min 40 sec
- 2 hr 36 min 48 sec
- 2 hr 48 min 48 sec
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Answer: E. 2 hr 48 min 48 sec
Swati can row a boat on still water at a speed of 5 km/h. She rows the boat on a river from point X to point Y and back, where Y is N km upstream from X. It takes her 1 hour more to row 12 km upstream than to row 12 km downstream on this river. If she takes at least 2 hours to complete this round trip, what is the minimum possible value of N?
- 3.9 km
- 22 km
- 3.8 km
- 3.6 km
- 4.8 km
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Answer: E. 4.8 km