Boat and Stream Practice Question and Answer

Q:

A man goes downstream with a boat to some destination and returns upstream to his original place in 5 hours. If the speed of the boat in still water and the stream are 10 km/hr and 4 km/hr respectively, the distance of the destination from the starting place is : 

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    21 km
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    25 km
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    16 km
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    18 km
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    Wrong
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Answer : 1. "21 km "

Q:

Ratio of time taken by a sailor to cover some distance upstream and downstream is 4 : 1. If speed of stream is 4.5 km/hr. Then find out speed of boat? 

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    8.5 km / hr
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    9.5 km / hr
    Correct
    Wrong
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    7.5 km / hr
    Correct
    Wrong
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    8 km / hr
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Answer : 3. "7.5 km / hr "

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If the speed of a boat in still water is 20 km/hr and the speed of the current is 5 km/hr, then the time taken by the boat to travel 100 km with the current is : 

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    4 hr
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    7 hr
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    2 hr
    Correct
    Wrong
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    3 hr
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Answer : 1. "4 hr"

Q:

A man rows to a place 35 km in distance and back in 10 hours 30 minutes. He found that he can row 5 km with the stream in the same time as he can row 4 km against the stream. Find the rate of flow of the stream? 

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    1.33 km/hr
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    1.5 km/hr
    Correct
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  • 3
    1 km/hr
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    0.75 km/hr
    Correct
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Answer : 4. "0.75 km/hr"

Q:

A man can row at a speed of $$4{1\over 2}$$km/hr in still water. If he takes 2 times as long to row a distance upstream as to row the same distance downstream, then the speed of stream (in km/hr) is : 

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    2
    Correct
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    2.5
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    1
    Correct
    Wrong
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    1.5
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 4. "1.5 "

Q:

The speed of the motorboat in still water is 45 kmph. If the motorboat travels 80 km along the stream in 1 hour 20 minutes, then the time taken by it to cover the same distance against the stream will be: 

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    2 hrs, 40 min
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    2 hrs, 55 min
    Correct
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    3 hrs
    Correct
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    1 hrs, 20 min
    Correct
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Answer : 1. "2 hrs, 40 min "

Q:

A boat covers 24 km upstream and 36 km downstream in 6 hours, while it covers 36 km upstream and 24 km downstream in $$6{1\over 2}$$ hours. The speed of the current is: 

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    1.5 km/ hr
    Correct
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  • 2
    2.5 km/ hr
    Correct
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    1 km/ hr
    Correct
    Wrong
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    2 km/ hr
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Answer : 4. "2 km/ 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
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    4 km/h
    Correct
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    2.5 km/h
    Correct
    Wrong
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    3 km/h
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Answer : 3. "2.5 km/h "

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