Boats and Streams Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: A boat covers 48 km. upstream and 72 km. downstream in 12 hours, while it covers 72 km. upstream and 48 km. downstream is 13 hours. The speed of stream is -
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60f7d5753ca0726dff34f9e6- 12.5 kmphfalse
- 24 kmphfalse
- 32 kmphtrue
- 42.2 kmphfalse
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Answer : 3. "2 kmph"
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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605a95cf281aeb2a4f44a1cf- 14 kmfalse
- 26 kmtrue
- 35 kmfalse
- 47.5 kmfalse
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Answer : 2. "6 km"
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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64e760cc2e7e7af712bc88cc- 145true
- 225false
- 335false
- 455false
- 560false
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Answer : 1. "45"
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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642d33149d18d2e8ae2a7310- 113 ; 5false
- 211 ; 4false
- 313 ; 2true
- 413 ; 6false
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Answer : 3. "13 ; 2 "
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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64083abda37bb1a5e169cbdc- 1$$3{3\over7}hr$$false
- 2$$7{4\over3}hr$$false
- 3$$6{2\over3}hr$$false
- 4$$7{1\over3}hr$$true
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Answer : 4. "$$7{1\over3}hr$$"
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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640839783218fd8d147b6397- 12 hrfalse
- 23 hrfalse
- 34 hrtrue
- 47 hrfalse
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Answer : 3. "4 hr "
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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64083a423218fd8d147b6785- 115 km / hrtrue
- 25 km /hrfalse
- 33 km /hrfalse
- 410 km /hrfalse
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Answer : 1. "15 km / 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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640836aa36c856ead7981490- 1$$60000 m^3 $$false
- 2$$18000 m^3 $$false
- 3$$288000 m^3 $$false
- 4$$32000 m^3 $$true
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