Boats and Streams Practice Question and Answer

Q:

A boat goes from A to B in upstream and come back from B to A downstream taking a total time of 3.5 hours. If the speed of boat in still water is 7 km/hr and the speed of stream is 5 km/hr. Find the distance between A and B. 

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    4 km
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    6 km
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    5 km
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    7.5 km
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 2. "6 km"

Q:

A Man rows to a place 63 km far and comes back in 16 hours. He finds that he can row 18 km with the flow in the same time taken to row 14 km against the flow. What is the speed of the stream?

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    1 km/hr
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    2 km/hr
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    2.5 km/hr
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    4 km/hr
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 5
    5 km/hr
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 1. "1 km/hr"

Q:

A man can row downstream at a speed of 15 km/h and upstream at 11 km/h. Find his speed in still water and the speed of the current, respectively. [Give both your answers in km/h]

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    13 ; 5
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    11 ; 4
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    13 ; 2
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    13 ; 6
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 3. "13 ; 2 "

Q:

A boat starts travelling from point P, travels to point Q then returns to point P. The boat takes 12 hours to complete the journey. The speed of the stream is 5 km/hour and the speed of the boat in still water is 10 km/hour. What is the distance between P and Q?

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  • 1
    45
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    25
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    35
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    55
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 5
    60
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 1. "45"

Q:

On a river, Q is the mid-point between two points P and R on the same bank of the river. A boat can go from P to Q and back in 12 hours, and from P to R in 16 hours 40 min. How long would it take to go from R to P?

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    $$3{3\over7}hr$$
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    $$7{4\over3}hr$$
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    $$6{2\over3}hr$$
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    $$7{1\over3}hr$$
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 4. "$$7{1\over3}hr$$"

Q:

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

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    $$60000 m^3 $$
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    $$18000 m^3 $$
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    $$288000 m^3 $$
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    $$32000 m^3 $$
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 4. "$$32000 m^3 $$"

Q:

A man can row upstream at 12 km/hr and dowstream at 18 km/hr. The man's rowing speed in still water is:

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    15 km / hr
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    5 km /hr
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    3 km /hr
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    10 km /hr
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 1. "15 km / hr"

Q:

If the speed of a boat in still water is 20 km/hr and the speed of the current is 5km / hr, then the time taken by the boat to travel 100km with the current is

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    2 hr
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    3 hr
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    4 hr
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    7 hr
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 3. "4 hr "

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