Boats and Streams aptitude Practice Question and Answer

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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    5 km / h
    Correct
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  • 2
    3 km / h
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    2 km / h
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    None of these
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 2. "3 km / h "

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Two boats are traveling with speeds of 36 km/hr and 54 km/hr respectively towards each other. What is the distance (in meters) between the two boats one second before they collide?

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    10
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    15
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    25
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    5
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 3. "25"

Q:

The ratio of speed of boat in still water to speed of stream is 8 : 1. It takes 4 hours by boat to cover 54 km in downstream & 42 km in upstream. Find the downstream speed of boat.

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    25 kmph
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    24 kmph
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    21 kmph
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    27 kmph
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 5
    23 kmph
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 4. "27 kmph"

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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    40 kmph
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    30 kmph
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    20 kmph
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    35 kmph
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 3. "20 kmph "

Q:

A boat travels 24 km upstream in 6 hours and 20 km downstream in 4 hours. Then the speed of boat in still water and the speed of current are respectively. 

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    4 kmph and 3 kmph
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    4.5 kmph and 0.5 kmph
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    4 kmph and 2 kmph
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    5 kmph and 2 kmph
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 2. "4.5 kmph and 0.5 kmph"

Q:

A boat takes half time in moving a certain distance downstream than upstream. what is the ratio between the rate in still water and the rate of current? 

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    2 : 1
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    3 : 1
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    1 : 2
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    1 : 3
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 2. "3 : 1"

Q:

A man can row 30 km upstream and 44 km downstream in 10 hours. Also, he can row 40 km upstream and 55 km downstream in 13 hours. The rate of the current is – 

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    3 km / h
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    3.5 km / h
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    4 km / h
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    4.5 km / h
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 1. "3 km / h "

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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    3 km/hr
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    5 km/hr
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    2 km/hr
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    4 km/hr
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 2. "5 km/hr"

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