Boat and Stream Practice Question and Answer

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
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  • 2
    17: 4
    Correct
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  • 3
    19: 4
    Correct
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  • 4
    4: 19
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Answer : 4. "4: 19 "

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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  • 2
    4 km
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  • 3
    5 km
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  • 4
    8 km
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Answer : 1. "3 km"

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

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

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Answer : 3. "53.33 km/h"

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

Q:

A man can row 10 km/h in still water. When the river is running at a speed of 4.5 km/h, then it takes him 2 h to row to a place and comes back to the initial point . How far is the place (in km) (rounded off to two decimal places)?

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    5.50
    Correct
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  • 2
    8.98
    Correct
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  • 3
    7.98
    Correct
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  • 4
    6.25
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Answer : 3. "7.98 "

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

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