Boats and Streams Problem Practice Question and Answer

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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    5 hours 30 minutes
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    5 hours 45 minutes
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    5 hours 10 minutes
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    5 hours 20 minutes
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 4. "5 hours 20 minutes"

Q:

A boat can row 15 km per hour downstream and 9 km per hour upstream. The speed (in km/hour) of the boat in still water is:

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    8
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    10
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    12
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    15
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 3. "12"

Q:

Speed of current is 10% of speed of boat in still water and the time taken by the boat to cover X km in downstream is 100% more than time taken by the boat to cover (X-45) km in upstream. Find the value of X?

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    60 km
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    87 km
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    99 km
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    108 km
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 5
    90 km
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 3. "99 km"

Q:

A boat running upstream takes 7 hours and 40 minutes to cover a certain distance while it takes 5 hours to cover the same distance downstream. What is the ratio between the speed of the current and speed of the boat respectively? 

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    13: 4
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    17: 4
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    19: 4
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    4: 19
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 4. "4: 19 "

Q:

A person rows a distance of $$ {3{3\over4}{ \ km}}$$ upstream in $$ {1{1\over 2}{\ hours}}$$ and a distance of 13 km downstream in 2 hours. How much time ( in hours) will the person take to row a distance of 90 km in still water?

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    18
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    24
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    20
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    15
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 3. "20"

Q:

A motorboat covers a certain distance downstream in a river in 3 hours. It covers the same distance upstream in 3 and half an hour. If the speed of the water is 1.5 km / h, then the speed of the boat in still water is: 

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    19.5 km/h
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    19 km/h
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    17 km/h
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    17.5 km/h
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 1. "19.5 km/h"

Q:

A boat goes 12 km downstream and comes back to the starting point in 3 hours. If the speed of the current is 3 km/hr, then the speed (in km/hr) of the boat in still water is : 

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    8 km/ h
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    6 km/ h
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    12 km/ h
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    9 km/ h
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 4. "9 km/ h "

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Answer : 2. "6 hr. "

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