Boats and Streams Problem Practice Question and Answer

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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    4 km/hour
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    3 km/hour
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    8 km/hour
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    $$6{1\over 2}$$ km/hour
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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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    1 hour $$25{7\over 13}$$ minutes
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    1 hour $$26{7\over 13}$$ minutes
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    1 hour $$27{7\over 13}$$ minutes
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    1 hour $$24{7\over 13}$$ minutes
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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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    $$28800 \ m^3 $$
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    $$32000\ m^3 $$
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    $$60000\ m^3 $$
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    $$18000\ m^3 $$
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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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    3 km
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    4 km
    Correct
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    5 km
    Correct
    Wrong
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    8 km
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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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    12
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  • 2
    21
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    18
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    10
    Correct
    Wrong
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    15
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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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    1 hr 30 min
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    45 min
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    2 hr 30 min
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    3 hrs
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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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    1 km/hr
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    2 km/hr
    Correct
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    4 km/hr
    Correct
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    3 km/hr
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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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    20
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    26
    Correct
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    25
    Correct
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    28
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Answer : 3. "25 "

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