Boats and Streams aptitude Practice Question and Answer

Q:

A boat covers a certain distance against the stream in 9 hours 36 min and it covers the same distance along the stream in 6 hours. What is the ratio of the speed of the boat in still water to that of the stream?

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    13 : 3
    Correct
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  • 2
    9 : 2
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    11 : 6
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    8 : 5
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 1. "13 : 3"

Q:

A boat takes 16 minutes and 24 minutes to cover a certain distance downstream and upstream, respectively. If the speed of the boat in still water is 15 km/h, find the speed of the stream.

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

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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
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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:

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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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Answer : 4. "5 hours 20 minutes"

Q:

In a river the distance between two points is 80 km. A boat which rows 13 km/h in still water goes downstream from the first point to the second and returns upstream to starting point in 13 hrs., then find the speed of current. 

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    5 km / h
    Correct
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  • 2
    3 km / h
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    2 km / h
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    None of these
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Answer : 2. "3 km / h "

Q:

A man can swim at the rate of 3 km/hr. in still water. Then, if speed of the stream is 2 km/hr., then in what time he will cover a total distance of 5 km in with the stream and against the stream?

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    6 hours
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    6.5 hours
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    4 hours
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    5 hours
    Correct
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Answer : 1. "6 hours"

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