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Topic Speed Time Distance
Asked 2 times across 2 UPSC exams, peaking in 2025.
Key insights
- Most tested in EPFO — 1 of 2 PYQs
- Most asked in 2025
- Recurs across 1 years (2025–2025)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
EPFO 2025 → ESE 2025
How the concept evolved
Rising — more than half its appearances (2 of 2) are since 2016.
Related concepts
Ideas UPSC tests alongside this one — keep exploring.
Sample questions
You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
EPFO2025
A train starts from station A at 9 AM and reaches station B at 2 PM. Another train starts from station B at 11 AM and reaches station A at 3 PM. On their way, they meet at a point P. The distances from station A to P and from station B to P bear the ratio :
- A 1 : 2
- B 2 : 1
- C 2 : 3
- D 3 : 2
Answer key not yet available (pending official release)
Quantitative Aptitude › Arithmetic
ESE2025
Two trains 120 m and 80 m length are running in opposite direction with velocities 42 km/hour and 30 km/hour respectively. To cross each other completely, the time taken will be
- A 10 sec
- B 15 sec
- C 18 sec
- D 20 sec
Answer key not yet available (pending official release)
Quantitative Aptitude › Arithmetic
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