Boat and Stream Practice Question and Answer

Q:

The speed of the current is 5 km / hour. A motorboat goes 10 km upstream and back again to the starting point in 50 minutes. The speed (in km / hour) of the motorboat in still water is: 

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    20
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  • 2
    26
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    25
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    28
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 3. "25 "

Q:

A boat rows downstream covers a distance of 20 km in 2 hrs while it covers the same distance upstream in 5 hrs. Then speed of the boat in still water is : 

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    9 km/ hr
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    10 km/ hr
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    7 km/ hr
    Correct
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    8 km/ hr
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Answer : 3. "7 km/ hr "

Q:

If a boat goes upstream at a speed of 24 km/hr and comes back the same distance at 40 km/hr. What is the average speed (in km/hr) for the total journey?

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    32
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    30
    Correct
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    31
    Correct
    Wrong
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    33
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Answer : 2. "30"

Q:

A man rows 12 km in 5 hours against the stream and the speed of current being 4 kmph, What time will be taken by him to row 15 km with the stream? 

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    1 hour $$25{7\over 13}$$ minutes
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    1 hour $$26{7\over 13}$$ minutes
    Correct
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    1 hour $$27{7\over 13}$$ minutes
    Correct
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    1 hour $$24{7\over 13}$$ minutes
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Answer : 2. "1 hour $$26{7\over 13}$$ minutes "

Q:

Speed of boat in upstream is 11km/hr and downstream is 23 km/hr find the speed of boat in still water?

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    15 km/hr
    Correct
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    17 km/hr
    Correct
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    9 km/hr
    Correct
    Wrong
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    8 km/hr
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Answer : 2. "17 km/hr"

Q:

A man swims downstream distance of 15 km in 1 hour. If the speed of the current is 5 km/ hr, the time taken by the man to swim the same distance upstream is : 

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    1 hr 30 min
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    45 min
    Correct
    Wrong
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    2 hr 30 min
    Correct
    Wrong
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    3 hrs
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 4. "3 hrs"

Q:

A man can row at a speed of $$4{1\over 2}$$km/hr in still water. If he takes 2 times as long to row a distance upstream as to row the same distance downstream, then the speed of stream (in km/hr) is : 

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    2
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    2.5
    Correct
    Wrong
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    1
    Correct
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    1.5
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Answer : 4. "1.5 "

Q:

A motorboat covers a certain distance downstream in a river in 3 hours. It covers the same distance upstream in 3 and half an hour. If the speed of the water is 1.5 km / h, then the speed of the boat in still water is: 

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    19.5 km/h
    Correct
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    19 km/h
    Correct
    Wrong
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    17 km/h
    Correct
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    17.5 km/h
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Answer : 1. "19.5 km/h"

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