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Train overtakes a man moving in the same direction: length, speed or time

This type of question, asked 4 times: CDS 1 2017, CDS 2 2023, CDS 2 2025, CDS 2 2026. All 4 questions below, oldest first.

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  1. Question 1

    CDS 1 2017

    35
    A 225 m long train is running at a speed of 30 km/hour. How much time does it take to cross a man running at 3 km/hour in the same direction ?

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  2. Question 2

    CDS 2 2023

    78
    A train completely overtakes two persons, walking in the same direction with speeds 3 km/hr and 4 km/hr in 9 seconds and 758\frac{75}{8} seconds respectively. What is the length of the train ?

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  3. Question 3

    CDS 2 2025

    51
    Two trains XX and YY are travelling in the same direction at 100 km/hr and 60 km/hr respectively. Train XX crosses a man in train YY in 9 seconds. What is the length of train XX?

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  4. Question 4

    CDS 2 2026

    6
    A train completely crossed two persons X and Y moving in the same direction as the train in 8 seconds and 8.1 seconds respectively. X is walking at a uniform speed of 3 km/hr and Y is walking at a uniform speed of 4 km/hr. What is the speed of the train ?

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