Boat and Stream Practice Question and Answer

Q:

A boat travel 240 km downstream in 3 hours and the time is taken by the boat to travel the same distance in upstream in 6 hours. Find the speed of stream (in kmph).

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    40 kmph
    Correct
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  • 2
    30 kmph
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    20 kmph
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    35 kmph
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 3. "20 kmph "

Q:

Speed of a boat in still water is 6 km/hr and speed of the current is 2 km/hr. If boat takes four hours more in upstream than in the downstream to cover ‘D’ km, then find time take by boat to cover ‘D’ km in still water?

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    5 hours 30 minutes
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    5 hours 45 minutes
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    5 hours 10 minutes
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    5 hours 20 minutes
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 4. "5 hours 20 minutes"

Q:

A boat can row 15 km per hour downstream and 9 km per hour upstream. The speed (in km/hour) of the boat in still water is:

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    8
    Correct
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  • 2
    10
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    12
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    15
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 3. "12"

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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    13 km/hr
    Correct
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  • 2
    14 km/hr
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    13 km/hr
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    14 km/hr
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 2. "14 km/hr"

Q:

A boat goes downstream in one-third the time it takes to go upstream. Then the ratio between the speed of boat in still water and speed of the stream is

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    1 : 2
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    2 : 1
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    5 : 1
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    3 : 2
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 2. "2 : 1"

Q:

A boat goes 10kms an hour in still water, but takes twice as much time in going the same distance against the current. The speed of the current (in km/hr) is 

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    3 km/hr
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    5 km/hr
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    2 km/hr
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    4 km/hr
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 2. "5 km/hr"

Q:

Speed of a boat in still water is 6 km/hr and speed of the current is 2 km/hr. If boat takes four hours more in upstream than in the downstream to cover ‘D’ km, then find time take by boat to cover ‘D’ km in still water?

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    5 hours 30 minutes
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    5 hours 45 minutes
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    5 hours 10 minutes
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    5 hours 20 minutes
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 5
    5 hours 40 minutes
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 4. "5 hours 20 minutes"

Q:

Speed of current is 10% of speed of boat in still water and the time taken by the boat to cover X km in downstream is 100% more than time taken by the boat to cover (X-45) km in upstream. Find the value of X?

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    60 km
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    87 km
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    99 km
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    108 km
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 5
    90 km
    Correct
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Answer : 3. "99 km"

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