Boats and Streams Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: On a river, Q is the mid-point between two points P and R on the same bank of the river. A boat can go from P to Q and back in 12 hours, and from P to R in 16 hours 40 min. How long would it take to go from R to P?
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64083abda37bb1a5e169cbdc- 1$$3{3\over7}hr$$false
- 2$$7{4\over3}hr$$false
- 3$$6{2\over3}hr$$false
- 4$$7{1\over3}hr$$true
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Answer : 4. "$$7{1\over3}hr$$"
Q: A man can row upstream at 12 km/hr and dowstream at 18 km/hr. The man's rowing speed in still water is:
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64083a423218fd8d147b6785- 115 km / hrtrue
- 25 km /hrfalse
- 33 km /hrfalse
- 410 km /hrfalse
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Answer : 1. "15 km / hr"
Q: If the speed of a boat in still water is 20 km/hr and the speed of the current is 5km / hr, then the time taken by the boat to travel 100km with the current is
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640839783218fd8d147b6397- 12 hrfalse
- 23 hrfalse
- 34 hrtrue
- 47 hrfalse
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Answer : 3. "4 hr "
Q: Speed of a along and against the current are 14 km / hr and 8 kms/hr respectively. The speed of the current is:
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640838b1a37bb1a5e169be56- 111km/hrfalse
- 26 km/hrfalse
- 31.33 km/hrfalse
- 43 km/hrtrue
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Answer : 4. "3 km/hr"
Q: The water in a river is flowing at the rate of 4 km/hr. If the width and depth of the river is 8m and 4m respectively, then how much water will enter the sea in 15 minutes.
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640836aa36c856ead7981490- 1$$60000 m^3 $$false
- 2$$18000 m^3 $$false
- 3$$288000 m^3 $$false
- 4$$32000 m^3 $$true
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Answer : 4. "$$32000 m^3 $$"
Q: A boat goes 15 km in an hour in still water, and takes thrice the time to cover the same distance upstream. The speed of the current (in km / hr) is –
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62fb40bdd30c675eef59e1bf- 113 km/hrfalse
- 214 km/hrtrue
- 313 km/hrfalse
- 414 km/hrfalse
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Answer : 2. "14 km/hr"
Q: A boat covers 48 km. upstream and 72 km. downstream in 12 hours, while it covers 72 km. upstream and 48 km. downstream is 13 hours. The speed of stream is -
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60f7d5753ca0726dff34f9e6- 12.5 kmphfalse
- 24 kmphfalse
- 32 kmphtrue
- 42.2 kmphfalse
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Answer : 3. "2 kmph"
Q: A boat goes from A to B in upstream and come back from B to A downstream taking a total time of 3.5 hours. If the speed of boat in still water is 7 km/hr and the speed of stream is 5 km/hr. Find the distance between A and B.
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605a95cf281aeb2a4f44a1cf- 14 kmfalse
- 26 kmtrue
- 35 kmfalse
- 47.5 kmfalse
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