Boats and Streams Problem Practice Question and Answer

Q:

The water in a river is flowing at a rate of 4 km/hr. If the width and depth of the river are 8m and 4m respectively, then how much water will enter the sea in 15 minutes? 

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    $$28800 \ m^3 $$
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    $$32000\ m^3 $$
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    $$60000\ m^3 $$
    Correct
    Wrong
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    $$18000\ m^3 $$
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Answer : 2. "$$32000\ m^3 $$"

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The speed of the current is 5 km / hour. A motorboat goes 10 km upstream and back again to the starting point in 50 minutes. The speed (in km / hour) of the motorboat in still water is: 

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    20
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  • 2
    26
    Correct
    Wrong
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    25
    Correct
    Wrong
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    28
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 3. "25 "

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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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    2
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    2.5
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    1
    Correct
    Wrong
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    1.5
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    Wrong
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Answer : 4. "1.5 "

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

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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    1.5 km/ hr
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    2.5 km/ hr
    Correct
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  • 3
    1 km/ hr
    Correct
    Wrong
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    2 km/ hr
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Answer : 4. "2 km/ hr "

Q:

A man swims downstream distance of 15 km in 1 hour. If the speed of the current is 5 km/ hr, the time taken by the man to swim the same distance upstream is : 

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    1 hr 30 min
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    45 min
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    2 hr 30 min
    Correct
    Wrong
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    3 hrs
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Answer : 4. "3 hrs"

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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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    9 km/ hr
    Correct
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    10 km/ hr
    Correct
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    7 km/ hr
    Correct
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    8 km/ hr
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Answer : 3. "7 km/ hr "

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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    2 hrs, 40 min
    Correct
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    2 hrs, 55 min
    Correct
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    3 hrs
    Correct
    Wrong
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    1 hrs, 20 min
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Answer : 1. "2 hrs, 40 min "

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