Boats and Streams Problem Practice Question and Answer

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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    3 hours 10 minutes
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    2 hours 30 minutes
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    2 hours 40 minutes
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    2 hours 42 minutes
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 3. "2 hours 40 minutes "

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:

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
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    26
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    25
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    28
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 3. "25 "

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
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    3 km/hour
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    8 km/hour
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    $$6{1\over 2}$$ km/hour
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 4. "$$6{1\over 2}$$ km/hour "

Q:

A boat running downstreams covers a distance of 30 kms in 2 hours. While coming back the boat takes 6 hours to cover the same distance. If the speed  of the current is half that of the boat, what is the speed of that boat in kmph?

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    15
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    5
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    10
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    Cannot be determined
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 5
    None of these
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 3. "10"

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

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Answer : 2. "6 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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    3.5 km/h
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    4 km/h
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    2.5 km/h
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    3 km/h
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 3. "2.5 km/h "

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