Boats and Streams Problem Practice Question and Answer

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

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

Q:

A motorboat covers a certain distance downstream in a river in 3 hours. It covers the same distance upstream in 3 and half an hour. If the speed of the water is 1.5 km / h, then the speed of the boat in still water is: 

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    19.5 km/h
    Correct
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  • 2
    19 km/h
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    17 km/h
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    17.5 km/h
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 1. "19.5 km/h"

Q:

A boat rows downstream covers a distance of 20 km in 2 hrs while it covers the same distance upstream in 5 hrs. Then speed of the boat in still water is : 

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    9 km/ hr
    Correct
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  • 2
    10 km/ hr
    Correct
    Wrong
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    7 km/ hr
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    8 km/ hr
    Correct
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Answer : 3. "7 km/ hr "

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

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
    Correct
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  • 2
    2 hrs, 55 min
    Correct
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  • 3
    3 hrs
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    1 hrs, 20 min
    Correct
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Answer : 1. "2 hrs, 40 min "

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
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Answer : 3. "2 hours 40 minutes "

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