Boat and Stream Practice Question and Answer

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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    18
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  • 2
    24
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    20
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    15
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 3. "20"

Q:

A boat goes 15 km in an hour in still water, and takes thrice the time to cover the same distance upstream. The speed of the current (in km / hr) is –

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    13 km/hr
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  • 2
    14 km/hr
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    13 km/hr
    Correct
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  • 4
    14 km/hr
    Correct
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Answer : 2. "14 km/hr"

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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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    3 km
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  • 2
    4 km
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    5 km
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    8 km
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 1. "3 km"

Q:

A man can row 30 km upstream and 44 km downstream in 10 hours. Also, he can row 40 km upstream and 55 km downstream in 13 hours. The rate of the current is – 

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    3 km / h
    Correct
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  • 2
    3.5 km / h
    Correct
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  • 3
    4 km / h
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    4.5 km / h
    Correct
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Answer : 1. "3 km / h "

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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    60 km
    Correct
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  • 2
    87 km
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    99 km
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    108 km
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 5
    90 km
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 3. "99 km"

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

Q:

A boat takes 16 minutes and 24 minutes to cover a certain distance downstream and upstream, respectively. If the speed of the boat in still water is 15 km/h, find the speed of the stream.

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

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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    8
    Correct
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  • 2
    10
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    12
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    15
    Correct
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Answer : 3. "12"

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