Boat and Stream Practice Question and Answer

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

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Answer : 3. "53.33 km/h"

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

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

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A boat running upstream takes 7 hours and 40 minutes to cover a certain distance while it takes 5 hours to cover the same distance downstream. What is the ratio between the speed of the current and speed of the boat respectively? 

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    13: 4
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  • 2
    17: 4
    Correct
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    19: 4
    Correct
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  • 4
    4: 19
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Answer : 4. "4: 19 "

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A motorboat can travel at 10 km/hr. in still water it travelled 91 km downstream in a river and then returned taking at together 20 hours. Find the rate of flow of the river 

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    5 km/hr
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    8 km/hr
    Correct
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    3 km/hr
    Correct
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  • 4
    6 km/hr
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Answer : 3. "3 km/hr"

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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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    2.5 kmph
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    4 kmph
    Correct
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    2 kmph
    Correct
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    2.2 kmph
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Answer : 3. "2 kmph"

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

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