Boat and Stream Practice Question and Answer

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

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

Q:

A boat covers 35 km downstream in 2 h and covers the same distance upstream in 7 h. Find the speed (in km/h) of the boat in still water.  

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    11.25
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  • 2
    28.75
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    18.25
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    10.55
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Answer : 1. "11.25 "

Q:

A man can row 10 km/h in still water. When the river is running at a speed of 4.5 km/h, then it takes him 2 h to row to a place and comes back to the initial point . How far is the place (in km) (rounded off to two decimal places)?

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    5.50
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    8.98
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    7.98
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    6.25
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Answer : 3. "7.98 "

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

Q:

A boat moves 25km upstream and 39km downstream in 8 hours. It travels 35km upstream and 52km downstream in 11 hours. What is the speed of the stream if it travels at a uniform speed?

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

Q:

A motorboat whose speed is 20 km/h in still water takes 30 minutes more to go 24 km upstream than to cover the same distance downstream. If the speed of the boat in still water is increased by 2 km/h, then bow much time will it take to go 39 km downstream and 30 km upstream?

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    3 h 40 m
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  • 2
    2 h 40 m
    Correct
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  • 3
    3 h 10 m
    Correct
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  • 4
    2 h 50 m
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Answer : 3. "3 h 10 m"

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Answer : 3. "53.33 km/h"

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