Boats and Streams Problem Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: A boat rows downstream covers a distance of 20 km in 2 hrs while it covers the same distance upstream in 5 hrs. Then speed of the boat in still water is :
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5f23e7d11436461f6a2f5859- 19 km/ hrfalse
- 210 km/ hrfalse
- 37 km/ hrtrue
- 48 km/ hrfalse
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Answer : 3. "7 km/ hr "
Q: A boat goes 75 km upstream in 3 hours and 60 km downstream in 1.5 hours. Then the speed of the boat in still water is:
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5f2397e1e3005114abcaf6cb- 165 kmphfalse
- 260 kmphfalse
- 332.5 kmphtrue
- 430 kmphfalse
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Answer : 3. "32.5 kmph "
Q: The speed of a boat downstream is 15 km/hr. and the speed of current is 3 km/hr. Find the total time taken by the boat to cover 15 km upstream and 15 km downstream.
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5f2398831436461f6a2dc47a- 13 hours 10 minutesfalse
- 22 hours 30 minutesfalse
- 32 hours 40 minutestrue
- 42 hours 42 minutesfalse
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Answer : 3. "2 hours 40 minutes "
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 :
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5f23e93f4e7e0d508b591efc- 121 kmtrue
- 225 kmfalse
- 316 kmfalse
- 418 kmfalse
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Answer : 1. "21 km "
Q: A man can row at a speed of $$4{1\over 2}$$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 :
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5f23ea55e3005114abcc5c22- 12false
- 22.5false
- 31false
- 41.5true
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Answer : 4. "1.5 "
Q: The speed of the motorboat in still water is 45 kmph. If the motorboat travels 80 km along the stream in 1 hour 20 minutes, then the time taken by it to cover the same distance against the stream will be:
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5f23e6e03494c5438aa8242c- 12 hrs, 40 mintrue
- 22 hrs, 55 minfalse
- 33 hrsfalse
- 41 hrs, 20 minfalse
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Answer : 1. "2 hrs, 40 min "
Q: A boat covers 24 km upstream and 36 km downstream in 6 hours, while it covers 36 km upstream and 24 km downstream in $$6{1\over 2}$$ hours. The speed of the current is:
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5f23e32c1436461f6a2f43c6- 11.5 km/ hrfalse
- 22.5 km/ hrfalse
- 31 km/ hrfalse
- 42 km/ hrtrue
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Answer : 4. "2 km/ hr "
Q: The speed of a boat in still water is 10 km/hr. It covers (upstream) a distance of 45 km in 6 hours. The speed (in km/hr) of the stream is :
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5f23e0653494c5438aa7fd32- 13.5 km/hfalse
- 24 km/hfalse
- 32.5 km/htrue
- 43 km/hfalse
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