Boats and Streams Problem Practice Question and Answer

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

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

Q:

The water in a river is flowing at a rate of 4 km/hr. If the width and depth of the river are 8m and 4m respectively, then how much water will enter the sea in 15 minutes? 

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    $$28800 \ m^3 $$
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  • 2
    $$32000\ m^3 $$
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    $$60000\ m^3 $$
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    $$18000\ m^3 $$
    Correct
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Answer : 2. "$$32000\ m^3 $$"

Q:

A boat goes 12 km downstream and comes back to the starting point in 3 hours. If the speed of the current is 3 km/hr, then the speed (in km/hr) of the boat in still water is : 

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    8 km/ h
    Correct
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  • 2
    6 km/ h
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    12 km/ h
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    9 km/ h
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 4. "9 km/ h "

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

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Answer : 2. "6 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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  • 2
    4 km/h
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    2.5 km/h
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    3 km/h
    Correct
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Answer : 3. "2.5 km/h "

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