Boats and Streams Problem Practice Question and Answer
8 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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5f23e32c1436461f6a2f43c6- 11.5 km/ hrfalse
- 22.5 km/ hrfalse
- 31 km/ hrfalse
- 42 km/ hrtrue
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Answer : 4. "2 km/ hr "
Q: A person rows a distance of $$ {3{3\over4}{ \ km}}$$ upstream in $$ {1{1\over 2}{\ hours}}$$ and a distance of 13 km downstream in 2 hours. How much time ( in hours) will the person take to row a distance of 90 km in still water?
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60532282528a962d2e42e297- 118false
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Answer : 3. "20"
Q: Speed of current is 10% of speed of boat in still water and the time taken by the boat to cover X km in downstream is 100% more than time taken by the boat to cover (X-45) km in upstream. Find the value of X?
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61c20847dc4f51660a437e64- 160 kmfalse
- 287 kmfalse
- 399 kmtrue
- 4108 kmfalse
- 590 kmfalse
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Answer : 3. "99 km"
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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5f239310e3005114abcad6f1- 13 kmtrue
- 24 kmfalse
- 35 kmfalse
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Answer : 1. "3 km"
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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60f7d8563ca0726dff350803- 113: 4false
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Answer : 4. "4: 19 "
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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639c92e14eaee21296c2cb05- 18false
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Answer : 3. "12"
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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63d0d9e55392140e28ef4c90- 15 hours 30 minutesfalse
- 25 hours 45 minutesfalse
- 35 hours 10 minutesfalse
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Answer : 4. "5 hours 20 minutes"
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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5f23d4823494c5438aa7c492- 14 km/hourfalse
- 23 km/hourfalse
- 38 km/hourfalse
- 4$$6{1\over 2}$$ km/hourtrue
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