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Boats and Streams Problems for SSC and Bank Exams

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Boats and Streams Problems for Competitive exams

Q :  

If a boat goes upstream at a speed of 24 km/hr and comes back the same distance at 40 km/hr. What is the average speed (in km/hr) for the total journey?

(A) 32

(B) 30

(C) 31

(D) 33

Correct Answer : B

Q :  

A man rows to a place 35 km in distance and back in 10 hours 30 minutes. He found that he can row 5 km with the stream in the same time as he can row 4 km against the stream. Find the rate of flow of the stream? 

(A) 1.33 km/hr

(B) 1.5 km/hr

(C) 1 km/hr

(D) 0.75 km/hr

Correct Answer : D

Q :  

If the speed of a boat in still water is 20 km/hr and the speed of the current is 5 km/hr, then the time taken by the boat to travel 100 km with the current is : 

(A) 4 hr

(B) 7 hr

(C) 2 hr

(D) 3 hr

Correct Answer : A

Q :  

A man can row at a speed of km/hr in still water. If he takes 2 times as long to row a distance upstream as to row the same distance downstream, then the speed of stream (in km/hr) is : 

(A) 2

(B) 2.5

(C) 1

(D) 1.5

Correct Answer : D

Q :  

A man goes downstream with a boat to some destination and returns upstream to his original place in 5 hours. If the speed of the boat in still water and the stream are 10 km/hr and 4 km/hr respectively, the distance of the destination from the starting place is : 

(A) 21 km

(B) 25 km

(C) 16 km

(D) 18 km

Correct Answer : A

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