Boats and Streams aptitude Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: A boat covers a certain distance against the stream in 9 hours 36 min and it covers the same distance along the stream in 6 hours. What is the ratio of the speed of the boat in still water to that of the stream?
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647f54cb23e51f477702a0c5- 113 : 3true
- 29 : 2false
- 311 : 6false
- 48 : 5false
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Answer : 1. "13 : 3"
Q: A boat takes 16 minutes and 24 minutes to cover a certain distance downstream and upstream, respectively. If the speed of the boat in still water is 15 km/h, find the speed of the stream.
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6413120b5bff3d098de49198- 12.5 km/hfalse
- 23 km htrue
- 35 km/hfalse
- 42 km/hfalse
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Answer : 2. "3 km h"
Q: A boat travel 240 km downstream in 3 hours and the time is taken by the boat to travel the same distance in upstream in 6 hours. Find the speed of stream (in kmph).
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62f11d8909a97851b6265dac- 140 kmphfalse
- 230 kmphfalse
- 320 kmphtrue
- 435 kmphfalse
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Answer : 3. "20 kmph "
Q: A boat goes downstream in one-third the time it takes to go upstream. Then the ratio between the speed of boat in still water and speed of the stream is
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62fb455d047feb07925cf495- 11 : 2false
- 22 : 1true
- 35 : 1false
- 43 : 2false
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Answer : 2. "2 : 1"
Q: A boat goes 10kms an hour in still water, but takes twice as much time in going the same distance against the current. The speed of the current (in km/hr) is
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62fb44efd30c675eef59f092- 13 km/hrfalse
- 25 km/hrtrue
- 32 km/hrfalse
- 44 km/hrfalse
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Answer : 2. "5 km/hr"
Q: Speed of a boat in still water is 6 km/hr and speed of the current is 2 km/hr. If boat takes four hours more in upstream than in the downstream to cover ‘D’ km, then find time take by boat to cover ‘D’ km in still water?
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62e0fd56e50b894c6f5850ee- 15 hours 30 minutesfalse
- 25 hours 45 minutesfalse
- 35 hours 10 minutesfalse
- 45 hours 20 minutestrue
- 55 hours 40 minutesfalse
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Answer : 4. "5 hours 20 minutes"
Q: In a river the distance between two points is 80 km. A boat which rows 13 km/h in still water goes downstream from the first point to the second and returns upstream to starting point in 13 hrs., then find the speed of current.
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61555b3cffe69f11b0d317f4- 15 km / hfalse
- 23 km / htrue
- 32 km / hfalse
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Answer : 2. "3 km / h "
Q: A man can swim at the rate of 3 km/hr. in still water. Then, if speed of the stream is 2 km/hr., then in what time he will cover a total distance of 5 km in with the stream and against the stream?
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611f7cc2b14e9c13a8ec16fa- 16 hourstrue
- 26.5 hoursfalse
- 34 hoursfalse
- 45 hoursfalse
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