Boat and Stream Practice Question and Answer

Q:

The speed of a boat in still water is 10 km/h. The speed of the stream is 2 km/h. What is the total distance that the boat will travel if it is rowed for 4 hours upstream and 3 hours downstream?

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    70 km
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  • 2
    72 km
    Correct
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  • 3
    64 km
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    68 km
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Answer : 4. "68 km"

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

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

Q:

A boat takes half time in moving a certain distance downstream than upstream. what is the ratio between the rate in still water and the rate of current? 

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    2 : 1
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    3 : 1
    Correct
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  • 3
    1 : 2
    Correct
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  • 4
    1 : 3
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Answer : 2. "3 : 1"

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
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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
    Correct
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Answer : 2. "3 km h"

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

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

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Speed of a boat in still water is 6 km/hr and speed of the current is 2 km/hr. If boat takes four hours more in upstream than in the downstream to cover ‘D’ km, then find time take by boat to cover ‘D’ km in still water?

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    5 hours 30 minutes
    Correct
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  • 2
    5 hours 45 minutes
    Correct
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  • 3
    5 hours 10 minutes
    Correct
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  • 4
    5 hours 20 minutes
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Answer : 4. "5 hours 20 minutes"

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