Boats and Streams Problem Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: A boat moves downstream at the rate of 1 km in $$7{1\over 2}$$ minutes and upstream at the rate of 5 km an hour. What is the speed of the boat in the still water?
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5f23d4823494c5438aa7c492- 14 km/hourfalse
- 23 km/hourfalse
- 38 km/hourfalse
- 4$$6{1\over 2}$$ km/hourtrue
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Answer : 4. "$$6{1\over 2}$$ km/hour "
Q: A man rows 12 km in 5 hours against the stream and the speed of current being 4 kmph, What time will be taken by him to row 15 km with the stream?
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5f23be4a4e7e0d508b5841ea- 11 hour $$25{7\over 13}$$ minutesfalse
- 21 hour $$26{7\over 13}$$ minutestrue
- 31 hour $$27{7\over 13}$$ minutesfalse
- 41 hour $$24{7\over 13}$$ minutesfalse
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Answer : 2. "1 hour $$26{7\over 13}$$ minutes "
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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5f239698e3005114abcaecb8- 1$$28800 \ m^3 $$false
- 2$$32000\ m^3 $$true
- 3$$60000\ m^3 $$false
- 4$$18000\ m^3 $$false
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Answer : 2. "$$32000\ m^3 $$"
Q: A man can row $$7{1\over 2}km/h$$ in still water. If a river running at 1.5 km an hour, it takes him 50 minutes to row to a place and back, how far off is the place?
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5f239310e3005114abcad6f1- 13 kmtrue
- 24 kmfalse
- 35 kmfalse
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Answer : 1. "3 km"
Q: A motorboat, whose speed is 45 km./hr. in still water goes 180 km. downstream and comes back in a total of 9 hours. The speed of the stream (in km/hr.) is-
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5e96c3fa3d565c17b6031218- 112false
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Answer : 5. "15"
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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5dd6230bc2282c484e4b25d3- 11 hr 30 minfalse
- 245 minfalse
- 32 hr 30 minfalse
- 43 hrstrue
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Answer : 4. "3 hrs"
Q: A man can row 30 km downstream and return in a total of 8 hours. If the speed of the boat in still water is four times the speed of the current, then the speed of the current is:
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5dd62400c2282c484e4b29dc- 11 km/hrfalse
- 22 km/hrtrue
- 34 km/hrfalse
- 43 km/hrfalse
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Answer : 2. "2 km/hr "
Q: 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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5dd62299a1c5834595c3a927- 120false
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